Snigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didn’t know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone. Calm and collected throughout, the 14-year-old Indian-...
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday welcomed Sudan and South Sudan’s withdrawal of military forces from the disputed Abyei border region and called for the pullout of police, including from the...
Triumphant from start to finish, the SpaceX Dragon capsule parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday to conclude the first private delivery to the International Space Station and inaugurate NASA’s n...
Former first lady Nancy Reagan served lemonade and cookies to Mitt Romney and his wife and offered the presumptive Republican presidential nominee something extra her endorsement.The widow...
The Government has short-listed around 54 coal blocks that would be put up on offer through the competitive bidding route.The Government had recently short-listed credit rating agency Crisi...
Samsung says it expects to capture 60 per cent share of the Indian smartphone market this year on the back of a slew of new devices, including its latest Galaxy S-III. “According to third...
India and Bahrain, on Thursday, announced the signing of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation and joint investment between the two countries aimed at boosting bilat...
The government's fiscal deficit during 2011-12 worked out to be 5.7 per cent of GDP, lower than 5.9 per cent projected in the revised estimates in the Budget. Fiscal deficit, the differen...
Unit 1 of Thermal Power Station-1 of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation completed 50 years of fruitful operations on May 30 and is going strong, well beyond its lifespan.To commemorate the occa...