February 16, 2016
New Delhi, INDIA: A Russian helicopter design and manufacturing company is planning to conclude a contract with Indian counterparts for 200 choppers, more than 140 of which will be made in India under an inter-government pact.

February 16, 2016
WASHINGTON — Americans aren't just for or against presidential candidates this year: Color them scared.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Greenville, S.C.
February 16, 2016
WASHINGTON – Eight years after the financial crisis, the world is coming to grips with an unpleasant realization: serious weaknesses still plague the global economy, and emergency help may not be on the way.

February 16, 2016
Pope Francis visited Mexico's gang-infested heartland on Tuesday, calling on priests to fan out and combat the scourges of corruption and drugs trafficking that have stoked a decade of bloodletting that the government has been unable to stop.

February 16, 2016
The Congress party didn't listen to Dr Manmohan Singh, and is in tatters today - why is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trying to repeat similar mistake.

February 16, 2016
Workers making clothes for Marks & Spencer in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India are still not being paid sufficiently, six years after the retailer promised to support the payment of a living wage in those countries.
Under the British chain’s Plan A environmental and social policy, it promised to “implement a process to ensure our suppliers are able to pay workers a fair living wage” in the three south Asian countries.
February 15, 2016
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised scientists involved in the country's recent rocket launch that he said struck a "telling blow" to enemies and ordered them to press ahead with more launches, state media reported Monday.

February 15, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Space tourism projects leaped off the drawing board when a $10 million prize was offered as an incentive for private development of manned rockets, but it took years to make a winner.

February 15, 2016
After months of intensifying attacks on its policies, and steadily tanking equity markets, the best the Fed found to say last week was "don't blame us, blame China and the weakening energy prices."

Needlessly on the defensive, the Fed apparently could not find anything to reassure the markets with facts about the true state of the U.S. economy. So, here are some ideas.
February 14, 2016
Brief Scorecard: India 84 for 1 (Dhawan 46*) beat Sri Lanka 82 (Ashwin 4-8, Raina 2-6) by 9 wickets

R Ashwin celebrates a dismissal with Yuvraj Singh, India v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Visakhapatnam, February 14, 2016 © Associated Press















































































































