Indian medal hopes dashed as Nehwal falls (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - Indian hopes of a medal at the world badminton championships were finally snuffed out on Friday when world number two Saina Nehwal bowed out in the women's singles quarter-finals. |
No change seen in Pakistan's view of India threat (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:26 AM PDT Reuters - The Pakistan army is unlikely to change its assessment of the threat from India despite heavy demands on its troops to provide flood relief while also fighting Islamist militants, a senior security official said. |
Kashmir visa row stokes India, China tensions (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:54 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India summoned China's ambassador on Friday to protest against the refusal of a visa to an Indian general from the disputed Kashmir region, the latest spat between two Asian giants jostling for global influence and resources. |
A Minute With: Shah Rukh Khan gets up close and personal (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:44 AM PDT Reuters - One of India's most popular superstars, Shah Rukh Khan, is known for guarding his personal life fiercely from the media glare. |
Q+A - Proposed direct tax code (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:23 AM PDT Reuters - The cabinet approved a new direct tax code on Thursday that will replace archaic income and wealth tax laws in the country, a key reform initiative that is aimed at widening the tax net and increasing federal revenues. |
India may extend deadline on BlackBerry security row (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:45 AM PDT Reuters - India may extend an Aug. 31 deadline in its standoff with Research In Motion over access to Blackberry data, if the Canadian firm says it has a solution and asks for time, a government source said on Friday. |
Pakistanis stream out of town as flood spreads (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:24 AM PDT Reuters - Thousands of people fled on Friday from the southern Pakistani town of Thatta after the swollen Indus river burst its banks and authorities ordered an evacuation. |
Australia must tighten mining, racism laws - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:53 AM PDT Reuters - Australia must tighten rules governing the behaviour of its companies, especially mining firms, towards indigenous people at home and abroad, a United Nations human rights body said on Friday. |
Saina Nehwal exits world championship (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:51 AM PDT Reuters - Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei exited the world badminton championships on Friday, beaten 21-15 11-21 21-12 in the quarter-finals by former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat. |
Inflation pressures easing: RBI head (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:35 AM PDT Reuters - India's growth is getting more broad-based and inflationary pressures are easing and the central will calibrate policy action to the evolving growth-inflation dynamics, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor said on Friday. |
BlackBerry solution needs to pass through trials (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:37 PM PDT Reuters - Any solution provided by Research in Motion , makers of BlackBerry smartphones, must pass through field trials to satisfy India's security concerns, a senior government source said on Friday. |
Sachin Pilot: Hopeful of BlackBerry solution (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:31 AM PDT Reuters - The government is hopeful Research In Motion, makers of BlackBerry smartphones, will come up with a solution to enable security agencies access its encrypted data, junior telecoms minister Sachin Pilot said on Friday. |
"We're about to crash," BA passengers told in error (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:54 AM PDT Reuters - British Airways apologised to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake. |
Management Tip of the Day: Getting Started in Social Media (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:14 AM PDT Reuters - The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (http:\\www.hbr.org). Any opinions expressed are not endorsed by Reuters. |