With monsoon rains expected to continue pummeling Pakistan for several more weeks, the United Nations on Friday warned that the south part of the Asian country could also be affected by deadly flooding, which has already affected millions of people. Martin Mogwanja, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan, told reporters in New York via telephone […]
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The rupee on Friday appreciated by 11 paise to trade at a six-week high against the US currency on increased capital inflows and dollar’s losses against a basket of major world currencies. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, the rupee was quoted 11 paise higher at 46.08 a dollar, the highest since 28th June, in […]
Engulfed in a spate of corruption allegations, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Thursday finally cracked the whip by suspending T S Darbari and two other tainted high-ranked officers in a desperate bid to restore its credibility. Under increasing pressure to take a tough stand as more scandals rocked the mega event, the OC also […]
Morethan 59 people have lost their lives and many went missing after a heavy downpour triggered flash floods devastating Leh in the Ladakh region. 59 bodies have been recovered from the flooded areas, J and K Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda said. Among the dead were three jawans of the Army Service Corps. He […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Thursday visited the city of Nagasaki for the first time and appealed for nuclear disarmament after meeting with victims of the atomic bomb dropped by the US during World War II ahead of the 65th anniversary of the attack next Monday. “The only way to ensure (nuclear) weapons will never […]
Gold may advance for a seventh day, the longest winning streak in two months, because of speculation that investor demand will remain buoyant after China’s move to relax trading rules for the metal. Gold for immediate delivery strengthened as much as 0.2 percent to $1,197.46 an ounce before trading at $1,194.45 an ounce at 11:14 […]
Expressing concern over high food prices, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the hike in minimum support price to farmers was not a populist measure, but was taken to ensure higher foodgrains production in the country. “We have to give more price to farmers. It is not a populist scheme if we increase (minimum […]
BlackBerry controversy has taken a new turnwith the the government fixing the responsibility of giving access to security agencies to monitor the information on these smart phones lies with the service providers. As telecom service providers like Airtel, Vodafone, RCom, the Tatas and the government-run BSNL and MTNL are offering BlackBerry services, it is the […]
The US envoy on arms control met with South Korean finance ministry officials Tuesday to discuss financial sanctions to be soon imposed on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to halt its allegedly illicit activities for nuclear proliferation, local media reported. Robert Einhorn, the State Department’s special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, held […]
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