Sensex rallies 225 points in early trade
The benchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday spurted over 225 points in early trade, led by auto, infra and oil and gas stocks amid expectations of encouraging IIP data for June to be released later in the day. The 30-share index shot up by 225.27 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 25,744.51 with stocks of auto,... read more »
9 killed in heavy rains in southwest China
At least nine people were killed and 11 others went missing after heavy rains lashed southwest China for the last two days. Nine deaths were reported in Xishui County of Guizhou Province, which was battered by torrential rain on Sunday and Monday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. So far 3,120... read more »
8 BSF jawans injured in Kashmir attack ahead of Modi’s visit
Eight men of the Border Security Force (BSF) 151 battalion, including an Assistant Commandant sustained injuries in a militant attack on the paramilitary convoy at Pampore, 14 km from Srinagar, on Srinagar-Jammu highway late on Monday night. Official sources told The Hindu that the BSF convoy was... read more »
Experimental Ebola drug on its way to Liberia
The government of Liberia says that sample doses of the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp will be sent there to treat doctors who have contracted the deadly virus. The White House and Food and Drug Administration approved the Liberian request for the drug to be made available to them. Liberia... read more »
Sebi bans Raju, others for 14 years in satyam case
Closing five-and-a-half year long probe into the country’s biggest corporate fraud, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Tuesday barred erstwhile Satyam Computer’s... read more »
SEBI forbid Ramalinga Raju, aides from accessing market
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Tuesday, barred erstwhile Satyam Computer Serviceschairman B. Ramalinga Raju and its former top officials from accessing the securities... read more »
Kingfisher Airlines loses TDS case
In a major setback to Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines, the Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday, upheld the 2011 assessment order of the Income-Tax Department, asking the company to remit... read more »
Nigerian police arrest top Boko Haram commander
Police in Nigeria have arrested Mohammed Zakari, a senior commander of the Boko Haram sect, blamed for killing hundreds of people since 2009, a police officer said on Tuesday. Zakari, 30,... read more »
Israel resumes air strikes on Gaza as ceasefire fails
Israel on Tuesday resumed airstrikes on Gaza after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire failed to stop the escalating violence that has killed 192 Palestinians in nine days of fighting as Hamas continued... read more »
