Food inflation accelerates to 10-week high (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:13 AM PST Reuters - India's food inflation accelerated to a 10-week high in mid-December on rising prices of vegetables, while the fuel index also rose, adding to inflationary worries in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Sehwag ruled out of ODI series in S Africa (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:04 AM PST Reuters - India opener Virender Sehwag will skip the one-day international series against South Africa because of a troublesome shoulder, his country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday. |
Facebook tops Google as most visited site in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST Reuters - Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010. |
Odd 2010: Sound the vuvuzela for year of the mystic mollusc (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST Reuters - The astounding predictions of an octopus, the perils of "chexting" and the pain of getting around on planes were the laughing matters of 2010. |
Russia's Khodorkovsky sentenced to six more years (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST Reuters - A Russian judge ordered former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailed until 2017 on Thursday after being convicted of theft and money-laundering, in a court case seen by the West as a test of the rule of law in Russia. |
Govt seeks disclosure of illegal companies monitoring gear (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:24 AM PST Reuters - India's telecoms ministry on Thursday has asked companies, including state-run firms, and individuals who possess unauthorised equipments that can intercept communication through wireless networks to give their details within 60 days or face prosecution. |
Three charged over plot to attack Danish newspaper (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST Reuters - Three men suspected of preparing a deadly attack on a newspaper were charged by a Danish court on Thursday with plotting an act of terrorism. |
British queen becomes a great-grandmother (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:18 AM PST Reuters - Queen Elizabeth, 84, became a great-grandmother for the first time when the wife of her grandson Peter Phillips gave birth to a baby girl, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. |
Cabinet OKs 12-bln-rupee infusion into Air India (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST Reuters - The Cabinet has approved an equity infusion of 12 billion rupees into state-run Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told reporters on Thursday. |
India expects quick solution to Iran payments issue (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:08 AM PST Reuters - India will try to resolve a payments dispute with Iran when their central banks meet on Friday to keep oil shipments flowing from the Islamic Republic without backtracking on a move praised by the United States. |
Q&A - How will India and Iran settle their payments impasse? (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST Reuters - India's central bank has said payments for trade with Iran should be settled outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), prompting fears in India that oil imports from the OPEC member could dry up without an alternative. |
Fewer reporters killed, more kidnapped in 2010 (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 05:43 AM PST Reuters - A total of 57 journalists were killed while working in 2010, down from 76 last year, but kidnappings of reporters surged, media rights group Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday. |
Injury denies Ponting chance to salvage pride (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:02 AM PST Reuters - Ricky Ponting's hopes of staying on as captain to lead Australia to a pride-salvaging victory in the fifth and final Ashes test have been dashed due to complications with his broken finger. |
U.S. praises Reserve Bank of India in Iran dispute (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:38 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Wednesday praised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for reducing its dealings with Iran's central bank, saying the Islamic Republic misuses its financial relationships to support its nuclear program. |
Iran, India oil row escalates; c.bankers to meet (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:12 AM PST Reuters - A payments dispute between India and Iran escalated after Tehran refused to sell oil to India under New Delhi's prohibitive new rules, sources on both sides said on Wednesday. |
Jackson doctor defense may say singer killed self (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:11 PM PST Reuters - Lawyers for the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson could claim the pop star killed himself when a hearing begins next week, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. |