Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Exports slip for 16th straight month

NEW DELHI: Falling for the 16th month in a row, exports dipped 5.5% in March to $22.7 billion due to contraction in shipments of petroleum and engineering goods amid tepid global demand.Read More

Oil lower as OPEC disarray narrative offset by Kuwait strike

Brent crude for June settlement dropped 19 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $US42.91 on London's ICE Futures Europe exchange after earlier falling as much as 7 per cent. Read More

Mortal remains of Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh to arrive in India today

New Delhi: The mortal remains of Kirpal Singh, the Indian prisoner who died under mysterious circumstances in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail, will be handed over to India on Tuesday, according to sources. Read More

Brazil's Rousseff vows to fight on after impeachment defeat

BRASILIA : Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff vowed on Monday to fight impeachment tooth-and-nail in the Senate after a heavy defeat in the lower house of Congress raised the likelihood of an end to 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's largest ... Read More

Despite odd-even, Delhi faces heavy traffic

Traffic police says heavy traffic due to office rush was seen at ITO and near Akshardham in the morning hours, especially after 9am. Read More

Jerusalem bus bomb wounds 16, Israeli PM Netanyahu hints at Palestinian link

Flames rise at the scene where an explosion tore through a bus in Jerusalem on Monday setting a second bus on fire, in what an Israeli official said was a bombing, April 18, 2016. Read More

Odd-even to have positive impact on Delhi's air quality: Pollution body

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee on Monday said initial trends showed odd even will have a positive impact on the Capital's air quality. Read More

Dramatic rescue amid rubble gives Ecuador hope for survivors

MANTA (ECUADOR): Rescuers pulled three people out alive on Monday after they had been trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of a shopping centre that was flattened by this weekend's powerful earthquake on Ecuador's coast. Read More

Obama calls Putin expresses concern over Syrian situation

US President Barack Obama today spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to express his concern over the status of cessation of hostilities in Syria as the two leaders affirmed the need to end attacks and ensure humanitarian access to all ... Read More

SC: Why compel deity to see women?

Why should women compel the Sabarimala deity to grant them darshan when the deity does not want to as per tradition, the Supreme Court asked on Monday. Read More

Kerala polls: Far away from Nitish's Bihar, BJP isn't the common rival to unite against

Over the weekend, even as Nitish Kumar was proposing a grand national alliance against the BJP in Patna, here in poll-bound Kerala two candidates who would love the idea were battling a different reality. Read More

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Edges Closer To Political Abyss

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff edged closer to being ousted as an impeachment case moved quickly through Congress. (File Photo). Read More

Treasury's Brexit analysis: how George got his magic number

The Treasury's economists analysed the probable impact of these Brexit scenarios on foreign direct investment and trade. Read More

Poll: More than half of voters wouldn't back Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton

It's a common phrase in a tough election to say someone's choosing between the "lesser of two evils" when it comes to candidates--and new polling indicates that voters largely see themselves facing that kind of choice in the general election this fall. Read More

ED likely to seek Interpol's help to arrest Vijay Mallya

Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) chairman Vijay Mallya left India on March 2, crinkling the Enforcement Directorate's attempts to have Mallya brought in for questioning in a money laundering case. Read More