India has no plans to curb capital outflows: adviser
India has no plans to tax or impose restrictions on capital outflows, a top finance ministry adviser said on Monday, adding the government will instead focus on liberalising fund inflows into the econ
Blackburn to tour India early next month
Blackburn Rovers will visit India early next month, having cancelled their July trip at the last minute following blasts in Mumbai, the Indian owners of the English Premier League side said on Monday.
Catholics cannot accept gay marriage, Pope says
Pope Benedict said on Saturday the Catholic Church could not accept gay marriage and urged young people to root out evil in society and shun a "lukewarm" faith that damages their Church.
The 84-year-
Small plane with 19 people crashes in Nepal
A small plane with 19 people on board, most of them foreign tourists on a trip to view Mount Everest, crashed in central Nepal near Kathmandu on Sunday, Nepali television channels and a government of
Boeing hands over first 787 Dreamliner to ANA
Boeing's long-awaited 787 Dreamliner became a commercial reality on Sunday when the US planemaker signed a final contract to deliver the world's first lightweight composites jetliner to its Japanese c
By rickshaw from London to India - for charity
A three-wheeled rickshaw hardly seems the vehicle of choice for travelling thousands of kilometres and crossing 14 countries.
Yet the ‘Flying Rani,’ a black-and-yellow auto rickshaw with a 175 cc eng
Informal lending stymies India's inflation fight
Sudhir Kakkar, a business executive in a New Delhi publishing firm, recently needed to borrow money to furnish his house after getting married. Instead of approaching commercial banks for his loan, ho
Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognise a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the world body as a 'theater of the
Rupee hits 50/dlr for first time in over 28 months
The Indian rupee tumbled by 34 paise to an almost 28-month low of Rs 49.82 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today as the American currency firmed up against other major r
‘Penguins identify mates, kin by smell’
Penguins can sniff out the odour of lifelong mates, helping them reunite in crowded colonies, and also can identify the scent of close kin to avoid inbreeding, scientists said on Wednesday.