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Gold regains Rs 28,000 mark on seasonal ...

Gold regains Rs 28,000 mark on seasonal demand, global cues

Continuing its rising streak for the third consecutive day, gold crossed the Rs 28,000 level after over four months by gaining Rs 100 at the bullion market in the national capital on Monday. The precious metal rose to Rs 28,080 per ten grams largely on the back of sustained buying by jewellers and... read more »

Sensex breaches 28,900-mark; Nifty at 8,...

Sensex breaches 28,900-mark; Nifty at 8,730.45

The BSE Sensex breached the 28,900-mark and the NSE Nifty touched a new peak of 8,730.45 in early trade on Wednesday on sustained fund inflows, driven by the encouraging corporate earnings coupled with pre-budget optimism among participants. Rising for the fifth straight day, the 30-share index... read more »

Gilead licences Strides to make, distrib...

Gilead licences Strides to make, distribute AIDS drug in 112 countries

U.S. pharmaceutical major Gilead Sciences has signed a licensing agreement with Bengaluru-based Strides Arcolab, under which Gilead has extended non-exclusive rights to Strides to make and distribute Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF), both as a single agent product and in combination with other... read more »

World Bank to commit $1 billion in clean...

World Bank to commit $1 billion in clean India programme

World Bank today said it will commit $1 billion in the government’s Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign. World Bank’s country director in India Onno Ruhl said the World Bank is considering considerable large sums of financing for that. “The government has asked us at the highest... read more »

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Close fight between BJP and AAP in Delhi

Close fight between BJP and AAP in Delhi

Counting of votes for the closely watched Delhi Assembly election, considered significant ahead of Lok Sabha polls next year, began on Sunday morning amid tight security. The electoral fate of... read more »

Delhi awaits a political Super Sunday

Delhi awaits a political Super Sunday

New Delhi – The outcome of the Delhi assembly elections – arguably the most exciting among the five states that went to polls in Nov-Dec... read more »

Delhi Assembly Elections: Why exit polls can’t predict ...

Delhi Assembly Elections: Why exit polls can’t predict the next CM

New Delhi: A 66 per cent voter turnout in an urban centre like Delhi is phenomenal by any standards. No one had expected such brisk polling from an... read more »

Uncertainty over fresh parole for Sanjay Dutt

Uncertainty over fresh parole for Sanjay Dutt

Nagpur – Uncertainty looms over the fresh parole granted to imprisoned Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt as the state government Saturday sought a report on... read more »

Police crosschecks Narayan Sai’s account of 58 ab...

Police crosschecks Narayan Sai's account of 58 absconding days

Surat – Gujarat Police has said it is crosschecking Narayan Sai’s account of the past 58 days that he had been absconding. Police Commissioner... read more »

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Maldives election results Sunday

Male – Maldives Elections Commissioner Fuad Thoufeek has said the final results of the presidential run-off will be announced Sunday, a media report said. Thoufeek, however, said the... read more »

31 killed in attack on anti-militia protesters in Libya capital

31 killed in attack on anti-militia protesters in ...

TRIPOLI – A group of militiamen opened fire here on Friday at hundreds of protesters, killing at least 31 people and wounding 230 others, the... read more »

Albania “impossible” to get involved in des...

Albania "impossible" to get involved in destruction of Syrian chemical weapons: PM

TIRANA – It is “impossible” for Albania to be involved in the operation to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons, Albanian Prime Minister... read more »

Former Cyprus president Glafkos Clerides dies at 94

Former Cyprus president Glafkos Clerides dies at 94

Nicosia – Former Cyprus president Glafkos Clerides has died in a hospital here, his do! ctor announced. He was 94. His death was announced by his... read more »

Colombo rejects Britain’s call for human rights p...

Colombo rejects Britain's call for human rights probe

Colombo – Sri Lanka says there’s no need for an international probe into its human rights record as proposed by British Prime Minister David... read more »

Ebola outbreak: British nurse back to help after recovery

The British nurse who has returned to Sierra Leone after recovering from Ebola has told the BBC he is “frustrated” by the “woefully slow” international response to... read more »

Jerusalem terror attack ‘strikes at soul’ of Jews worldwide

Books, filled with prayers for peace, splattered with blood. Sacred vestments shredded by bullets and knives. Lifeless bodies in the sanctuary. The rabbis had gathered to ask God to bestow... read more »

‘Proud to have India as a partner in Fiji’s future’, says Fijian PM Josi...

Expressing his delight at the signing of three agreements between New Delhi and Suva, Fijian Prime Minister Josiah Bainimarama on Wednesday said that he is proud to have India as a partner... read more »

Iraqi troops retake oil refinery

BAGHDAD — Iraqi state television on Tuesday displayed images of triumphant soldiers inside the Beiji refinery, the first confirmation of many previous reports that government forces had... read more »

The Geography of Terrorism

Of the 17,958 people who died in terrorist attacks in 2013, 82 percent were in one of five countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria. That’s one finding from this year’s... read more »