The slowdown in inflation and hastening of government’s efforts to pass key bills and resolve tax issues failed to cheer investors’ sentiments, which were impacted by poor quarterly results, the slide in rupee value and international market volatility. The benchmark 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed the weekly trade […]
A pilgrim approaching the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district was killed on Saturday after being struck by a falling stone, police said. “The devotee, identified as Sampat Kumar Rao, aged 59, resident of Hyderabad died on the spot after being hit by a falling stone on the Mata Vaishno Devi […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he shares a close friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which he described as “plus one”. Addressing a 5,000-strong Indian community at the Shanghai Expo Centre here, Modi said ancient Chinese Buddhist scholar Hieun Tsang had written that in western India, especially Gujarat, there was a lot of […]
Twenty six pacts worth $22 billion! That was the sum and substance of the pacts signed between the businesses of India and China on Saturday, the major ones accounted for by the Adani and Bharti groups, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit here. The pacts were signed against the backdrop of Prime Minister Modi […]
Just like arranged marriages in India, a new film on the subject uses a new more “democratic” way of distributing films to match niche South Asian audiences with select theatres in America. Theatrical-on-Demand (ToD) puts the power in the hands of the audience, says Rohena Gera, director of “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is executing his “fast-track diplomacy” -as his government calls it – with gusto: Including his current China visit, he will have been abroad for 53 of 365 days in 17 countries during his first year as prime minister. That’s not very different from Manmohan Singh, who spent 47 of 365 days […]
Inmates of a Bihar jail are being trained to play different musical instruments, officials said on Friday. A music training programme was launched early this month at Bhagalpur central jail to reform the inmates. “At present, 15 inmates are learning to play musical instruments and more would join soon,” jail superintendent Neeraj Jha said. Inmates […]
The musical world of Blues went silent with the death of “King of the Blues” B.B. King. International celebrities like Bryan Adams and Snoop Dogg and Indian talents Mohit Chauhan and Randeep Hooda mourned his loss, saying that the musical pitch laid by the late singer and guitarist will continue to live on. According to […]
While Nepal is coping with the devastation caused by two major earthquakes and a series of aftershocks, a woman who delivered a baby girl at an Indian Army run field hospital here on Thursday has chosen to name her “Bharti”. Bhawana Sapkota Pudasaini named her “Bharti” for her love and respect for India, the army […]
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday rejected some of the core demands put forward by the Scottish National Party (SNP), after holding talks with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon over increasing powers for the Scottish parliament, a media report said. It was the first meeting of the prime minister and Sturgeon since the May […]