JULY 27, 2018
Domestic stock markets opened at fresh record highs yet again on Friday. The Sensex opened at 37,253.86 while the Nifty50 at 11,232.75. ITC, Bajaj Auto, Kotak Mahindra Bank led Sensex's gains.
In global markets, Asian stocks struggled to gain traction, following a mixed Wall Street finish and as the worsening Sino-US trade dispute kept investors in the region...
JULY 26, 2018
Bengaluru: The government has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe political consultancy Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of Facebook user data, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told parliament on Thursday.
“It is suspected that Cambridge Analytica may have been involved in illegally obtaining data of Indians which could be misused,” Prasad said.
The consultancy allegedly used...
JULY 26, 2018
West Bengal is a step closer to becoming "Bangla", with all parties in the state approving the name-change in the assembly today. The new name needs the Centre's clearance.
It will be "Bangla" in all languages, according to a leader of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. On this at least, the ruling party concurs with its rival Left,...
JULY 21, 2018
The standoff between Apple and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been on for several months. While the regulator wanting Apple to install a DND app to report spam calls, Apple refuses to do so to ensure privacy to its users. However, a new mandate may force the Cupertino-based company to comply or risk losing...
July 21, 2018
President Trump’s pursuit of warmer relations with Russia has grown increasingly at odds with his administration’s policies of isolating Moscow. - Al Drago for The New York Times
WASHINGTON — When President Trump directed aides to ask President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to the White House this fall, the invitation was his latest attempt to use personal...
JULY 20, 2018
The Justice Department is investigating the involvement of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about Mr. Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. - Jeenah Moon/Reuters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation with Mr. Trump two months before the presidential election...
JULY 18, 2018
Brief Scorecard: England 260 for 2 (Root 100*, Morgan 88*) beat India 256 for 8 (Kohli 71, Dhawan 44, Willey 3-40, Rashid 3-49) by eight wickets
Cricket - England v India - Third One Day International - Emerald Headingley, Headingley, Britain - July 17, 2018 England's Eoin Morgan and team mates celebrate winning the series with the trophy...
JULY 16, 2018
France's Antoine Griezmann celebrates winning the World Cup - REUTERS/Darren Staples
It was a final that had everything Russia 2018 has been celebrated for, everything it has enthralled us with, except one key ultimately decisive factor: a surprise. France football lifted their second World Cup 2018 trophy because Croatia football just couldn’t lift themselves that bit further, that...
JULY 15, 2018
Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, and his leadership team scored lower than the previous director, James B. Comey, and his team did last year in an internal survey, undercutting a rationale given by President Trump for firing Mr. Comey. - Mark Wilson/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year after President Trump fired the F.B.I. director, James B....
JULY 15, 2018
GARDEN CITY, Ind. — Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the "front row of the American dream."
The collapse of Kiel Bros. Oil Co. in 2004 was widely publicized....
