India's COVID-19 toll tops 14,000; govt cites low mortality rate

As COVID-19 fatalities in India crossed the 14,000 mark, the Centre on Tuesday said the country has one death from the disease per lakh population and the mortality rate is among the lowest as......

Will enter into talks with all neighbours to bring peace: Imran Khan

IMAGE: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the nation on Sunday after being sworn-in a day before. Photograph: Courtesy @PTIOfficial/Twitter Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on......

PM's speech at Governors' Conference

Following is the full text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the Governors' Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday:"I am delighted to greet and welcome the Hon. Governors and Lt. Governors......

Modi and Obama set out to create a model for the world

Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in......

Nooyi elected to Fed Reserve Bank board

Indra Nooyi, president and chief financial officer, PepsiCo, Inc, has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for a term ending in December 2006.Nooyi was......

As RBI battles inflation, all eyes are on possible rate cut in 2024

For five consecutive policy reviews in 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chose to hold rates, citing inflation threat. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters And when the prices did cool off......

Google pushes UPI model of digital payments for US Fed

Citing the UPI’s phenomenal success in India, Google, in a letter to the Fed, said FedNow should be an open system, like the UPI. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters. The US Federal......

She is likely to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chief

US President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Janet Yellen as head of the Federal Reserve Board, White House has said. If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace Ben Bernanke as Chair of the......