AUGUST 3, 2018
The Mayan empire, exceptionally advanced for its time, collapsed in just a few hundred years. - Mark Brenner/University of Florida/
The sediment under a lake in Mexico contains some of the long-sought answers to the mystery of the Mayan demise.
Ancient Mayans, primarily concentrated in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, were among the most advanced civilizations of their...
AUGUST 2, 2018
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring a century during the second day of the first test cricket match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Virat Kohli took a giant stride towards exorcising the ghosts of 2014 with a masterful century as he singlehandedly...
August 2, 2018
Gold tumbled by Rs 365 to Rs 30,435 per 10 gram today on the back of subdued global cues amid slump in demand from local jewellers, reported news agency Press Trust of India. Silver followed suit and declined by Rs 50 to Rs 39,000 per kg owing to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders...
AUGUST 2, 2018
An Iranian war-boat fires a missile during the "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on December 30, 2011. Iran, which has been carrying out war games in the Strait of Hormuz over the past week, has said that "not a drop of oil" would pass through the strait if Western governments follow...
AUGUST 1, 2018
Impact of Home Loan Rate Hike on EMI & Total Interest Payable
Bad news for borrowers, particularly those who have taken a home loan or are planning to take one, as with the latest hike in policy rates, their EMIs are all set to go up soon. Contrary to wide expectations that the Reserve Bank of India will...
AUGUST 1, 2018
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected as “totally wrong” US concerns that any new International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout for the country could be used to repay Chinese debt.
The finance ministry reacted strongly to US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s warning on Monday that any IMF bailout for Pakistan’s incoming government led by Imran Khan should not provide funds...
AUGUST 1, 2018
Islamabad: Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister-to-be, has invited actor Aamir Khan and former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu to his oath-taking ceremony on August 11.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf emerged as the single largest party in Pakistan's national assembly after the July 25 general election in the country. However, it is still...
AUGUST 1, 2018
Brief Scorecard: Innings 1 - England 285/9 (Root 80, Bairstow 70, Ashwin 4 for 60)
Cricket - England v India - First Test - Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - August 1, 2018 India's Virat Kohli celebrates after running out England's Joe Root Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
On Yorkshire Day, two Yorkshire batsmen put England in a position...
August 1, 2018
President Donald Trump gestures during a rally Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. - AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
TAMPA, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday wrongly claimed that shoppers need to show photo identification to buy groceries and accused Democrats of obstructing his agenda and his Supreme Court nominee during a raucous rally aimed at bolstering two...
JULY 31, 2018
The move would reinforce a liberal critique of Republican tax policy as Republicans are struggling to sell middle-class voters on the benefits of the tax cuts President Trump signed into law late last year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut mainly to the wealthy,...
