US top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. (Boeing) on Tuesday called as “a landmark decision” a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) determining that the European Union (EU) has provided billions of US dollars in subsidies to European aircraft maker Airbus. Boeing said the WTO has found that the EU has failed to honour multiple […]
In view of recent “provocative” acts such as the South Korea-US joint military exercises, North Korea has no choice but to suspend high-level talks with Seoul, KCNA news agency said on Wednesday. It also said the US should think twice about the fate of the planned North Korea-US summit, reports Xinhua. Shortly after the report, […]
The multi-crore fraud hit Punjab National Bank posted a net loss of Rs 13,417 crore for the fourth quarter (January-March) of 2017-18, a regulatory filing by the company on the BSE stated on Tuesday. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 262 crore for the corresponding quarter in 2016-17. The gross non-performing assets […]
Apart from the rising number of female foeticide cases in India, more than 200,000 girls under the age of five die each year in the country, finds a Lancet study led by an Indian-origin researcher. The study, published in the journal Lancet Global Health, has found that there is on an average 239,000 excess deaths […]
Iceland’s low fare transatlantic airline — WOW air — on Tuesday said that it will commence operations between New Delhi and Keflavik airport to multiple destinations in North America at fares starting from Rs 13,499 including taxes. According to the low fare transatlantic airline, its India operations will commence from December 7, 2018 with five […]
Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday wrote to Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala seeking an appointment to meet him, after accepting the support extended by the Congress to form the government in the state. The JD-S has already announced that Kumaraswamy would be the party’s candidate for the Karnataka Chief Minister’s post. “This is […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Tuesday evening that he had urged Governor Vajubhai R. Vala to allow him to prove majority support in the Karnataka Assembly. “We are the single largest party. We have requested the Governor to give the BJP a chance to prove majority in the Assembly. […]
Veteran stage, TV and Malayalam film artiste Kalashala Babu passed away here in Kerala early on Monday at a private hospital, family sources said. He was 68. Apart from donning the grease paint in close to 150 films, mostly in small character roles, the multifaceted Babu was also a hugely popular stage artiste, who began […]
A coalition supporting radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who rose up in arms against the US invasion, is leading in the initial vote count of the parliamentary elections, said the poll panel on Monday. Al Sadr’s candidates were leading in several provinces, including Baghdad, where incumbent Prime Minister Haider al Abadi was in sixth […]
A family of six, who carried out three church bombings in Indonesia killing 13 persons, had returned from Syria, police said. The Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed responsibility for the attacks that took place on Sunday, the BBC reported. A mother and two daughters blew themselves up at a church, while the father […]