Business : India has signed two agreements for a World Bank loan of 407 million US dollars for scaling up of sustainable micro-finance and strengthening of the statistical institutions in the country.
According to an official release, a loan of 300 million US dollars for the first project to be implemented by SIDBI, will help in [...]
Business : Rising for the second straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange jumped 182 points, or 1 percent, to 17,834, lifted by a surge in telecom stocks, and amid firm Asian markets, today.
The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 56 points, or 1.1 percent, to 5,352.
Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong [...]
Pakistan : Even as China chose to remain mum on its plans to build two new nuclear reactors for Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari today expressed satisfaction over the Sino-Pak atomic cooperation, notwithstanding reservations from countries like India and the US.
On the fourth day of his visit to China which gained prominence with speculation that [...]
Nepal : 22 smaller parties in the Constituent Assembly today reiterated their call for forming a national consensus government describing it as the need of the hour.
The meeting held in Kathmandu urged the three major parties-Unified CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN(UML) to rise above their vested party interest and think of larger national agenda [...]
Iraq : At least five people were killed and 18 others wounded in a car bomb blast in western Baghdad today.
Voice of Iraq news agency quoting security sources has reported that the incident occurred when a car rigged with explosives went off near an army checkpoint in al-Aamiriya neighbourhood in western Baghdad.
The killed include three [...]
Philippines : Seven government soldiers, including a young officer, were killed today in an ambush by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the northern mountain province of the country. Army Commanader Col.
Eliseo Posadas said his men were aboard a military truck when they were ambushed by the rebels between Talubin and Samoki villages in Bontoc [...]
Karnataka : The members of treasury and opposition benches in Karnataka Assembly almost came to blows over the issue of illegal mining today.
The heated argument began after the Speaker adjourned the house to Monday. Both Congress and BJP members exchanged heated arguments.
Thereafter speaking to the media persons, the Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah alleged that [...]
Uttarakhand : At lest 10 persons have been feared dead in a road accident when a bus fell in the river Alaknanda near Kuher in Chamoli district today.
According to Inspector General of Police, Garhwal Range, M.A. Ganapathi three bodies have been recovered so far.
He told our Dehradun Correspondent that five injured have been hopitalised in [...]
New Delhi : Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said, he has asked state governments to promote generic drugs to help the poverty-stricken get access to medical care.
Ruing the lack of adequate health care for the economically weaker sections, he said in a seminar in New Delhi that even the low cost drugs are [...]
Punjab : Water has started receding in the flood-hit areas. However, some new areas of Patiala and Sangrur districts have been flooded.
Rescue teams have helped hundreds of people to reach safer places but many people are still for the relief as rescue teams could not reach there due to heavy flow of water.
Breaches at various [...]