Top 7 IT firms including Infosys, Wipro to lay off at least 58,000 employees this year
May 11, 2017
Bengaluru: Information technology (IT) companies in India are in the midst of the industry’s largest retrenchment drive with seven of the biggest IT firms planning to ask at least 58,000 engineers to leave this year.

Sri Lanka rejects Chinese request for submarine visit over India’s concern; Modi lands in island nation
May 11, 2017
Sri Lanka has rejected China’s request to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month, two senior government officials said on Thursday as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in the island nation.

After minimum balance rule; now SBI levies Rs 25 charge on all ATM withdrawals from June 1
May 11, 2017
State Bank of India, India's largest bank, has announced that charges would be levied on all ATM withdrawals from June onwards.

May 11, 2017
India must immediately revoke a ban on social media in Jammu and Kashmir to guarantee freedom of expression and seek a lasting solution to the decades-long conflict through democratic dialogue, the United Nations said on Thursday.

A Kashmiri protester throws rocks at Indian security forces
May 10, 2017
US authorities are considering banning carry-on computers on European flights to the United States, widening the security measure introduced for flights from eight countries in March, an official said Tuesday.

Barack Obama warns climate change could create refugee crisis ‘unprecedented in human history’
May 10, 2017
Climate change could produce a refugee crisis that is “unprecedented in human history”, Barack Obama has warned as he stressed global warming was the most pressing issue of the age.

May 9, 2017
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 167 for 6 (Maxwell 44, Saha 38, Woakes 2-20) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 153 for 6 (Lynn 84, Tewatia 2-18, Mohit 2-24) by 14 runs

Punjab team celebrate, Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2017, Mohali, May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
India's software companies like Wipro and Infosys are in the process of laying off employees on a massive scale, the Times of India reported today. The move has come after the growth in India's 150-billion dollar IT industry has slowed down more than anticipated.

May 9, 2017
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) drew flak from veteran shooters Abhinav Bindra and Anjali Bhagwat after a dozen members of the Indian shooting squad were detained at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for more than 13 hours as the customs department did not clear their weapons.

China invites North Korea to major economic summit, despite U.S. pressure to isolate Pyongyang
May 9, 2017
BEIJING — A North Korean delegation will attend a large multilateral economic summit in Beijing next week, China’s foreign ministry announced Tuesday, underlining its reluctance to join American efforts to completely isolate the regime in Pyongyang.














































































































