World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has praised the cash transfer programmes being implemented by several countries in the world as an effective way to help poor and reduce poverty. Without naming India, which is one of the countries implementing the cash transfer programme, Jim described the scheme as an important step towards inclusive growth.

Flagging concerns of Indian companies on the H-1B visa issue in the latest US immigration bill, finance minister P. Chidambaram today told his American counterpart Jack Lew that temporary relocation of knowledge workers should not be confused with immigration.

Finance minister P Chidambaram today refused to comment on the JPC draft report which gives him a clean chit in the 2G scam, saying that he has “never been concerned” about the allegations.

A Chechen-origin teenager suspected to be behind the deadly Boston bombings was today captured by the police here after a 24-hour drama that saw another suspect being killed and the city virtually shut.

Estranged couple Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were spotted kissing in Norway after she flew down to see the teen pop sensation.

The two suspects in the deadly Boston marathon bombings, one of whom was killed in a shootout with the police overnight, are brothers of Chechen origin, NBC News reported Friday.

Thousands of heavily armed police went door-to-door through a Massachusetts town on Friday in an unprecedented massive hunt for the remaining Boston marathon bombing fugitive.

R&B singer Rihanna is facing pregnancy rumours after she cancelled four tour dates due to mystery illness.

Finance minister P. Chidambaram today rejected suggestions that India is imposing restrictions on investments and said the country’s economy is opening up in a gradual manner.

The police killed one of the suspected Boston marathon bombing suspects in a shootout early Friday and pursued a chaotic deadly street-to-street manhunt for his accomplice, officials said.