Saying Washington and Beijing have a responsibility to co-operate more on global issues, the US secretary of state has announced that the two countries are to hold counterterrorism talks this year. Hillary Clinton made the announcement at a Washington dinner welcoming Wu Bangguo, the head of China’s congress, on Thursday. For his part, Wu called [...]
Brazil has moved out of recession in the second quarter of the year, after two quarters of negative growth caused in part by the global financial crisis. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.9 per cent from the previous quarter, official data released on Friday showed, bettering predictions by analysts. A median forecast of [...]
A vaccine against the H1N1 virus will be effective in just one dose and within eight to 10 days of being taken, US government tests have confirmed. The announcement on Friday of the trial results support earlier tests on the vaccine produced by Sanofi-Pasteur SA and CSL Ltd. Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US’ [...]
Barack Obama, the US president, has laid a wreath at the Pentagon in memory of those who were killed in a series of attacks on the mainland on September 11 eight years ago. Obama on Friday attended the memorial service at the headquarters of the department of defence in Washington, which was attacked along with [...]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday suspended a Madhya Pradesh-based Christian school’s order expelling a Muslim student for sporting a beard. A Bench of Justice B N Agrawal and Justice G S Singhvi asked the unaided minority institution of one community to allow the schooling of the student from another minority community with it till [...]
The state authorities have ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. Nearly five girls have been killed and 27 others injured in a stampede at a government school in Khajuri Khas , a crowded area of Delhi. Doctors say five of the injured victims are in a critical condition. This stampede took place when a [...]
In surprise turnout, Taiwan’s former president, Chen Shui bian, who was on trial for corruption charges was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also fined $6 m. He is convicted of laundering state funds and taking bribes by the district court in the capital Taipei on Friday. Former first lady was also sentenced to life [...]
More and more heat rising in the Jet Airways strike issue, Bombay High Court gave a contempt notice to the pilot’s union for not following the previous order of the court. The contempt notice was issued by Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud who sought a reply by September 14 on a petition by the airline. A division [...]
Referring to the fake encounter cases coming out day by day, the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday asked the Gujarat government to investigate such incidents in their root matter and to come clean on such incidents. A Bench of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Aftab Alam made this statement on the wake of Gujarat government [...]
