WTO deal on MSP for farm produce is a win for India’s farmers: Anand ...
Bali ( Indonesia) – India has accepted a WTO draft proposal that will allow countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action. That the WTO has issued a revised draft of the Bali package and addressed India’s concerns on food security, is being seen... read more »
Assad ridiculed for calling Mandela’s life ‘lesson to tyrants&#...
Washington – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been criticized for praising former South African President Nelson Mandela while morning his death, calling his life an inspiration for freedom fighters and a lesson to tyrants. Assad said Mandela’s history of struggle has become an... read more »
Acer joins the table-top computing party
The company’s latest all-in-one desktop also doubles up as a 21.5-inch Windows tablet. Just like the latest offerings from Dell, Sony, HP and Lenovo, the Acer Z3-600 is focused on making desktop computing more aesthetically pleasing, clutter free and, above all, social. Thereare two notable... read more »
Court allows Tytler to go abroad
New Delhi – A court here Friday allowed Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, char! ge sheeted in a case of alleged forgery of a letter sent to the prime minister, to go abroad for a sport-related event. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge V.K. Gupta allowed Tytler to attend... read more »
China signs trade deals with Latin American countries
San Jose – China signed more than 50 bilateral cooperation agreements with Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries here Wednesday during the 7th China-LAC Business Summit. A... read more »
Keep off cricket, Thackeray tells politicians
Mumbai – Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray! Thursday urged all politicians to keep off cricket for the betterment of the sport. Thackeray’s comment came in the wake of the... read more »
‘CCTV grab shows Tejpal entering lift with woman journalist’
In more trouble for Tehelka’s founder-editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting his junior colleague, the CCTV footage sourced by Goa Police from a starred hotel here has... read more »
Gen Sharif shifted army from India-centric position: Daily
Islamabad – Pakistan’s new army chief General Raheel Sharif is credited with “shifting the army away from its India-centric position”, said a daily here Friday. An... read more »
Relief for Andhra as cyclone weakens
Hyderabad – Cyclonic storm Lehar in the Bay of Bengal has weakened and is likely to weaken further before crossing Andhra Pradesh coast Thursday afternoon, India Meteorological Department (IMD)... read more »
