Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a renewed push for expansion of the United Nations Security Council and reforms in all global institutions to reflect world's 'new realities', as the G20......
After four years, Pakistan has been taken off from the infamous grey list of Financial Action Task Force, the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering, in the wake of Islamabad's......
Sri Lankan protesters, who have been camping at the main beachfront outside Sri Lankan President's Secretariat in Colombo, have now extended their protest to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's......
Pakistan will remain on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) until it further demonstrates that action is being taken against Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and......
The ineptness of successive American presidents, from Bush the Younger to Joe Biden the Old, combined with the cluelessness that Americans demonstrate in foreign lands, contrasts with the Chinese......
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back on Tuesday after four days of sharp decline on easing retail inflation and a rebound in global markets. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......
Stock markets snapped the six-day losing run on Tuesday with benchmark Sensex climbing nearly 585 points on the back of value buying in blue-chips like HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Mahindra &......
Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will......
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tanked around 1 per cent on Thursday dragged by selling in banking and auto shares due to increased uncertainty about the timing of interest rate cuts after......
Photograph: Ministry of External Affairs Aiming to transform the region into a vibrant economic zone, SAARC resolved to set up a South Asian Economic Union on the lines of European Union by......
Taking note of the "indigent circumstances" in which former athlete Santhi Soundarajan has been living, the Sports Ministry has sanctioned an assistance of Rs 60,500 to fund her NIS Diploma Course......
In a morale-booster for sportspersons, players working in central government will get up to three out of turn promotions during their service career for winning medals at various international......
Turkey laid the foundations on Wednesday for a track to stage Formula One races from 2005 in a $100 million project hailed by the government as a crucial contribution to tourism.The launch of the......