Landslide kills 19 workers in China
At least 19 people were killed and two others injured when a landslide struck a highway construction site in China’s Shaanxi Province. Rescuers said the landslide engulfed the eight temporary dormitory rooms for construction workers who were sleeping inside. The landslide broke down eight... read more »
After Satya Nadella’s gaffe, Microsoft board to look at gender pay ga...
A well-known picture in tech circles, taken in 1978, shows the first 11 employees at Microsoft. Two are women. One of them left two years later after a pay dispute. Almost four decades later, the ratio has improved: About a third of Microsoft’s 110,000 or so employees are women. But the... read more »
Border tension: Onus on Pakistan to de-escalate, India says
NEW DELHI: As stray incidents of firing continued to be reported from the international border in J&K, India further hardened its position saying the onus for de-escalation is on Pakistan. After the Pakistan foreign ministry accused India of starting ceasefire violations, the MEA responded by... read more »
Bombay high court rules in favour of Vodafone in transfer pricing case
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday ruled in favour of the Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc in a case relating to addition of about Rs.3,200 crore to the taxable income of Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd for fiscal year 2009-10 by the tax department. A division bench of chief justice... read more »
Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on the 10th day of a military operation against the coastal territory. | Israel launches ground... read more »
Ukraine: We did not shoot at any plane
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane went down over Ukraine. Mr.... read more »
154 Dutch citizens killed in Malaysian air crash
At least 154 Dutch citizens have been killed in the Malaysian passenger crash in the eastern part of Ukraine on Thursday, the airlines’ European head said. Huib Gorte said that the... read more »
Malaysia Airlines plane crashes with 295 on board over Ukraine near Russian border
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with... read more »
BJP set to form government in Delhi? AAP alleges horse-trading
NEW DELHI: Under pressure from its MLAs, BJP is exploring options of forming a government in Delhi, but is faced with the uphill task of breaking away two-thirds of either Congress or Aam Aadmi... read more »
