open view web desk The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that India has always been a voice for peace and non violence from time immemorial. He was addressing the Indian Diaspora at UNSECO in Paris, France, yesterday. The Ambassador of India, Shri Veniay […]
Sri Lanka’s president dissolved Parliament and called for elections on Jan COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president dissolved Parliament and called for elections on Jan. 5 in a bid to stave off a deepening political crisis over his dismissal of the prime minister that opponents say is […]
Facebook is dropping a requirement for mandatory arbitration of sexual misconduct allegations, acceding to a demand recently pressed by other Silicon Valley tech workers. Google made a similar change on Thursday, a week after thousands of employees briefly walked off their jobs to protest how the company handled sexual-misconduct allegations against […]
WASHINGTON— The Latest on U.S.-China talks involving top diplomats and defense chiefs (all times local): 1:50 p.m. China is telling the U.S. to stop sending American ships and military aircraft close to islands that Beijing claims in the South China Sea. Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi (YAHNG jee-uh-CHERR) […]
PARADISE, Calif.— Not a single resident of Paradise can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the burning Northern California community that may be lost forever. Abandoned, charred vehicles cluttered the main thoroughfare, evidence of the panicked evacuation a day earlier. Most of its buildings […]
New Delhi : Amid a face-off with the RBI, the government Friday said it is discussing an “appropriate” size of capital reserves that the central bank must maintain but denied seeking a massive capital transfer from the Reserve Bank. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has a massive Rs […]
Mumbai : The rupee rose by 50 paise to end at 72.50 per US dollar Friday on increased selling of the greenback by exporters amid softening crude oil prices, which slipped below the USD 70 per barrel mark. The dollar weakened following the US mid-tem election results, which showed […]
New Delhi : Reliance Communications has settled a case with Sebi for alleged non-cooperation with the credit rating agencies and debenture trustee in violation of listing norms. The company has also reached a settlement regarding non-compliance with listing norms including failure to inform interest payment default on debentures, […]
Jakarta : Two Papuan independence fighters and a third person have been killed during a week of gunbattles with security forces in the highlands of Indonesia’s remote Papua region, both sides in the conflict say. An Indonesian police and military operation is trying to capture Purom Wenda, a West […]
Stockholm : A Swedish man was convicted of attempted murder Friday for sending a letter bomb to a bitcoin company in London and also convicted of sending threatening letters to lawmakers in Sweden, including government members. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Michael Salonen, 43, to seven years in prison. […]
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