RBI-reference rate for US dollar, euro
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday fixed the reference rate of rupee against U.S. dollar at 62.1024 and the euro at 85.4284 as against 62.1266 and 85.4135 on last Friday. In a press release issued by RBI, the exchange rates for the pound and yen against the rupee were quoted at 101.2704 and... read more »
No luck for ‘Jackpot’, ‘What The Fish’ at box offic...
New Delhi – Neither veteran actress Dimp! le Kapadia’s “What The Fish” nor adult films star-turned-actress Sunny Leone-starrer “Jackpot” managed to pull in audiences to theatres over the last weekend. Both films failed to meet expectations, say experts. Puneet Sahay of Spice... read more »
SC unites woman with man she wants to marry
New Delhi – The Supreme Court Monday united a young couple after the woman, the daughter of a Rajasthan High Court judge, said she was facing resistance from her family as the man she wanted to marry was from a different caste. The apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C.... read more »
SpiceJet, Tigerair sign agreement
Hyderabad – India’s low-cost airline SpiceJet and Singapore’s largest budget carrier Tigerair Monday announced that they have signed a three-year interline agreement to connect 14 Indian cities to Singapore via Hyderabad airport. Starting from Jan 6, 2014, customers travelling on... read more »
EU fines Johnson & Johnson, Novartis $22 mn
Brussels – The European Commission fined drugmakers Johnson & Johnson and Novartis a combined 16 million euros or about $21.95 million Tuesday for delaying market entry of a... read more »
Kerr, Bloom ‘united’ for son’s sake
New York – Supermodel Miranda Kerr believes it is important for her to stand “united” with her estranged husband Orlando Bloom for their two-year-old son’s... read more »
20,000 could be pardoned under Russian amnesty
Moscow – About 20,000 people could be granted amnesty to mark the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution, the head of the country’s Human Rights Council said... read more »
Nicolas Cage doesn’t take criticism seriously
Los Angeles – Actor Nicolas Cage does not pay heed to either negative or positive remarks about him. He believes negative comments will hinder his progress, and positive ones are... read more »
No time for social media: Karl Lagerfeld
London – German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has four iPhones, but he says he’s neither a fan of gadgets nor social networking. “The world is distorted by these (iPhones). I have... read more »
