Achche din: Modi, Satyarthi are 'world's greatest leaders'; Obama not

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi have been named among the 50 greatest leaders in the world by Fortune magazine in its annual list of “extraordinary”......

2015 in PHOTOS: From bloodshed to brotherhood

From the rise of the Islamic State to the violent terror attack on Paris to Europe's migrant crisis, there was no lack of news in 2015. In this series, Rediff.com presents a selection of the......

ECB agrees to extra emergency funding for Greek banks

Conditions are fit for a raise in Emergency Liquidity Assistance Greek banks will be allowed to draw down more emergency funding, the European Central Bank decided on Thursday, increasing it by......

Rupee takes a pause after 3-day rally; down 6 paise

The Indian currency had appreciated by a whopping 85 paise in three-day surge Breaking a three-day spectacular upmove, the rupee retreated modestly from a near one-month high to end at 67.42......

Merkel set for confrontation with other EU leaders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading for a confrontation with her other European counterparts at a crucial EU summit as she dashed hopes for an agreement to share debt liability among the......

Rupee ends 29 paise up at 64.83 against USD

The Indian unit had opened sharply higher at 64.80 as against Wednesday's closing level of 65.12. Snapping its 2-day losing streak, the rupee gained 29 paise at 64.83 against the US dollar on fresh......