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Russia launches security clampdown for Winter Olympics
Three Russian Olympic gold medallists te...

Three Russian Olympic gold medallists test positive for doping

Three Russian Olympic gold medallists in race walking were tested positive for abuse of using performance improving drugs, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said on Tuesday. Sergey Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina were banned for three years and two months, while Valery Borchin received a ban... read more »

Obama’s trade and tax wish list may impa...

Obama’s trade and tax wish list may impact India

While India found no mention in U.S. President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union (SOTU) address, certain policy proposals that he made to both houses of Congress on Tuesday evening, including increased trade authority and a tax clampdown on businesses, could have a ripple effect on... read more »

Installed solar capacity crosses 3 GW

Installed solar capacity crosses 3 GW

New capacity addition in the clean energy sector was up nine per cent during the first 9-month of this fiscal. The total installed capacity of solar power in the country crossed 3,000 MW during the 3rd quarter. Renewable energy sector added 2,104 MW of new capacity during first three quarters of... read more »

Toyota tops in global vehicle sales, bea...

Toyota tops in global vehicle sales, beats VW, GM

Toyota Motor stayed at the top in global vehicle sales in 2014, selling 10.23 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen and General Motors. Volkswagen AG of Germany sold 10.14 million vehicles in 2014 while the Detroit-based General Motors was third at 9.92 million vehicles, a company record. Toyota’s... read more »

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Question mark on PM attending CHOGM continues

Question mark on PM attending CHOGM continues

New Delhi – A question mark continued to hang on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would attend the CHOGM in Colombo with the external affairs ministry saying Saturday that India has not... read more »

BSP a force to reckon with: Mayawati

BSP a force to reckon with: Mayawati

Lucknow – Bahujan Samaj Party will emerge as a force to reckon with in the forthcoming assembly elections in four states and the Lok Sabha... read more »

Mayawati rules out alliance with any party ahead of 201...

Mayawati rules out alliance with any party ahead of 2014 general elections

Lucknow – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday ruled out going into alliance with any political party ahead of the 2014 general... read more »

Orbit of India’s Mars mission raised further

Orbit of India's Mars mission raised further

Chennai – The third orbit raising manoeuvre for India’s Mars Orbiter went smoothly Saturday morning, the country’s space agency ISRO... read more »

Government moves SC on Gauhati HC ruling on CBI

CAG gets high court nod to audit accounts of private telecom companies

New Delhi – The union government Saturday moved the Supreme Court, contesting the Gauhati High Court’s verdict holding the CBI... read more »

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5 dead, 38 injured in Beijing car blaze

5 dead, 38 injured in Beijing car blaze

BEIJING – A jeep crashed into a crowd of people and caught fire in front of the Tian’anmen rostrum in downtown Beijing at noon on Monday, killing five people and injuring another 38,... read more »

PML-N member from National Assembly disqualified

PML-N member from National Assembly disqualified

Islamabad – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday disqualified Sumaira Malik as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the National... read more »

Israeli military confirms air attack on Gaza

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Jerusalem – The Israeli military confirmed Monday its air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip following rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel... read more »

Chinese newspaper apologises after detained journalist’...

Chinese newspaper apologises after detained journalist’s TV confession

Beijing – A Chinese newspaper has published a front-page apology after one of its reporters who has been detained due to allegations of defamation made a... read more »

Iran lodges strong protest with Pakistan over killing o...

Iran lodges strong protest with Pakistan over killing of 14 border guards

Islamabad – Iran has asked Pakistan to take measures to control the border more seriously. The call from Iran comes as it lodged a strong protest over... read more »

Jayant Sinha Takes Charge as Minister of State in Finance Ministry

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) and Harvard Business School alumnus Jayant Sinha today took charge as Minister of State in the Finance Ministry. Mr Sinha was briefed by senior... read more »

Cabinet reshuffle: Technocrats in Team Modi for reforms push

In the coming months, the government has promised to move on big-ticket issues such as land acquisition, infrastructure, skill development and also to step up growth in industry and... read more »

Fate of Isis leader remains unclear after US airstrike in Iraq

Officials in Baghdad and Washington remained unclear on Sunday about the fate of the Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a key aide was killed in a US air strike near... read more »

Centre sanctions 4,000cr for national supercomputing policy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on science, technology and environment Ashwani Kumar said that the Centre has approved the national supercomputing... read more »

Daily habits of happy people

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit, according to Greek philosopher Aristotle. The world is changing faster than you can wrap your head around new ideas, but the... read more »