Usain Bolt confirmed for London Anniversary Games
Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 18, 2013
The Jamaican powered to gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the London Games last year to replicate his extraordinary achievements at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Dow Jones record may boost spending by wealthy; others still wary
Wednesday March 6, 2013
About an hour after the Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high on Tuesday, Kansas-based financial adviser Brad Stratton got an e-mail from a client asking how she could "make hay while the sun shines."
'Disappointing that Wharton rescinded its invite to Narendra Modi': US lawmaker
Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 6, 2013
Expressing disappointment at the decision of Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) on rescinding its invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a US lawmaker has said that for Wharton "to suppress the views of some at the expense of others" is...
Utah Jazz beat San Antonio Spurs 99-96
Associated Press | Thursday December 13, 2012
Utah's Mo Williams sank a 3-pointer on the buzzer to give the Jazz a 99-96 win over San Antonio on Wednesday, ending the Spurs' winning streak at five and stopping the Texan team moving to the top of the NBA standings.
Cabinet reshuffle: Railways with Congress after 16 years
Press Trust of India | Sunday October 28, 2012
After almost one-and-a-half decade, the key Railway Ministry is back with Congress with Pawan Kumar Bansal becoming the cabinet minister and both the MoS portfolios going to the party.
IPL controversy over many years ago: New minister Shashi Tharoor
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Sunday October 28, 2012
The suave, multi-lingual Shashi Tharoor is Sunday's Comeback Kid. He is back in the union council of ministers after two and a half years and will be minister of state for Human Resource Development.
Knives come out over China writer's Nobel win
Agence France-Presse | Friday October 12, 2012
Chinese dissidents assailed Mo Yan's Nobel literature prize as a disgraceful vindication of the Communist Party's control of creative expression on Friday, accusing the author of being a stooge of officialdom.
China's Mo Yan feeds off suffering to win Nobel literature prize
Reuters | Thursday October 11, 2012
Mo Yan, who has won the Nobel literature prize, was forced to drop out of primary school and herd cattle during China's Cultural Revolution and was sometimes so destitute he ate tree bark and weeds to survive.
Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Reuters | Thursday October 11, 2012
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with folk tales, history and contemporary life grounded in his native land.
Google launches new initiative for mobile Internet users
Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 29, 2012
Under the 'Let's talk Mo' initiative', Google will help businesses create mobile sites for free.
S&P 500 breaks longest winning streak since December 2010
Tuesday August 14, 2012
US stocks fell as evidence piled up that the global economic slowdown is dragging on Asia. Slower growth in Asia worries investors because Asia's economic endurance has helped offset weakness in the U.S. and Europe in recent years.
CCI investigating Google's anti-competitive practices: Govt
Monday August 13, 2012
MoS corporate affairs R.P.N. Singh said CCI has received information for contravention of section 4 of the Competition Act.
Olympics review: Bolt, Phelps, Farah and beating heart of London
Agence-France Presse | Monday August 13, 2012
Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and Mo Farah delivered the signature performances of the Olympics as Great Britain shrugged off its grim economic worries to stage a memorable, record-breaking showpiece.
London 2012: Out of Africa - Mo Farah, Britain's golden boy
Agence France Presse | Sunday August 12, 2012
When Britain's Mo Farah became only the seventh man to achieve the 5,000-10,000m Olympic double on Saturday, it completed a remarkable journey which began in war-torn Somalia.
Former airhostess suicide case: Geetika Sharma's note
NDTV.com | Wednesday August 8, 2012
On August 5, former airhostess Geetika Sharma was found dead in her room. The 23-year-old had killed herself and in her suicide note she named her former employee and Haryana politician Gopal Goyal Kanda who was also the Minister of State(MoS) Home i...
