My parents couldn’t afford a blazer for me: RBI Governor Raghuram Raj...
New Delhi – Recalling his days as a student whose parents could not afford a blazer for him, and the way he used to enjoy playing the banjo, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday asked children at his alma mater to make the most of the opportunities offered by... read more »
Dozens of Vehicles Involved in Deadly Indiana Pileup
More than 40 vehicles, many of them semitrailers, collided amid whiteout conditions in a massive highway pileup that left three people dead and more than 20 others injured – at least one critically – in northwestern Indiana, police said Thursday. The pileup on Interstate 94... read more »
Sikhs fight back against new Pentagon dress code
Washington – American Sikh leaders, disappointed that new Pentagon dress code requirements released on Wednesday do not go as far as the Sikhs would like, are turning to Congress to increase the pressure on the military. The Sikhs, who want looser restrictions on turbans, head scarfs and... read more »
Somnath Bharti won’t quit; summoned by women’s commission today
New Delhi – Somnath Bharti, Delhi’s Law Minister, has been summoned by the state’s women’s commission at 3 pm today. Mr Bharti’s party has ruled out his resignation, saying there is no evidence to suggest that he made racist comments or misbehaved with African women... read more »
Partial success, but principles more important: AAP on compromise deal
New Delhi – The morning after Arvind Kejriwal accepted what many see as a face-saving formula and called off his 33-hour protest in the heart of Delhi, his Aam Aadmi Party says it is... read more »
Arvind Kejriwal in hospital, police file case against his sit-in
New Delhi – The Delhi Police have registered a first information report or FIR against the Aam Aadmi Party protesters who staged a 33-hour demonstration outside Rail Bhavan in the... read more »
Snobbery about vocational education is denying our children opportunities
It is comforting to believe that one child’s success need not diminish another’s. In reality, we cannot avoid turning some children into sacrificial lambs. For the past four... read more »
‘India’s political culture has crippled intelligence agencies’
British journalist Adrian Levy pieced together stories of the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai — “the fourth largest city in the world under siege for three days on live TV” — in his... read more »
Gold Market Update : Gold Hit High Of $1262
Gold hit a high of $1262 overnight, touching the upper boundary of the down trend channel on the daily chart and finding resistance there as would be expected. The price has drifted back to $1254... read more »
