Scientists find superbugs in Delhi drinking water (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi used by local people for drinking, washing and cooking, scientists said on Thursday. |
Indian super rich to splurge on jets and yachts (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:29 AM PDT Reuters - Indians are the most likely members of the global super rich to spend more on private jets and yachts over the next five years while Africans and Russians are expected to increase their charitable giving, a survey showed on Wednesday. |
World Bank head: Must adapt to 'revolution' in Mideast (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - The World Bank will need to adapt its approach to fighting poverty to cope with revolutionary change in the Middle East and North Africa, the bank's president said on Wednesday. |
Govt further delays Cairn-Vedanta deal (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:18 AM PDT Reuters - Vedanta Resources appeared no closer to winning India's approval for its $9.6 billion deal to buy Cairn Energy's India assets after the government stuck to its stance on royalties and referred the matter to a panel for further review. |
Repetition marks Rajaratnam prosecution evidence (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT Reuters - Phone calls with insiders. Discussions about corporate deals, earnings results or big investments. Then, the celebrations and thanks. |
Japan focuses on hydrogen buildup after nuclear leak (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - Japan began pumping nitrogen gas into a crippled nuclear reactor, refocusing the fight against the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years on preventing an explosive buildup of hydrogen gas at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. |
Miserly duck tops list of richest fictional characters (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - A miserly duck, a vampire and pair of precocious kids are among the richest fictional characters, according to a ranking by Forbes. |
Rooney answers his critics with superb winner (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:34 PM PDT Reuters - Wayne Rooney let his feet do the talking with a superb first-half goal to give Manchester United a 1-0 first leg win at Chelsea and tip the balance of the Champions League quarter-final their way on Wednesday. |
Grammy Awards cut 31 categories in big overhaul (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - In a major Grammys overhaul designed to reduce the bloated structure of the music industry's top awards, organizers said on Wednesday they would slash the number of categories to 78 from 109 for next year's ceremony. |
Maruti to recall 13,157 Swift, Ritz diesel models (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:08 AM PDT Reuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker, said on Wednesday it would recall 13,157 diesel engine cars. |
Afridi should captain Pakistan in tests, says Imran (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's limited overs captain Shahid Afridi should return to test cricket and skipper the national team in all three formats of the sport, former captain Imran Khan said. |
INTERVIEW - Norway PM worried India row may hit Telenor (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:43 AM PDT Reuters - Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is worried that Norwegian mobile operator Telenor may be wrongly penalised in India's telecom licensing graft scandal, he told Reuters on Wednesday. |
Nepal to count endangered rhinos threatened by poachers (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:11 AM PDT Reuters - Nepal has begun combing its southern plains for endangered one-horned Asian rhinoceroses to determine their numbers and locations to help protect them from poachers who sell their horns as an aphrodisiac. |
U.N. climate talks risk backsliding on Cancun outcome (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - Arguments over the agenda that have stalled U.N. climate talks in Bangkok this week show that some nations are trying to row back from hard-won agreements reached last December, Russia said on Wednesday. |
Everest climbers set off for spring cleaning expedition (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - KATHMANDU (Reuters) -An international expedition left for the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday on a spring cleaning mission to clear away tonnes of decades-old garbage and waste from the littered slopes of the worlds highest peak. |
Inflation a threat to sustained Asian recovery - ADB (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:09 PM PDT Reuters - Some of Asia's emerging economies are showing signs of overheating, underscoring the need for further policy tightening and more flexible foreign exchange rates to tackle growing inflationary pressures, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday. |
Twitter disables new version of website (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:51 PM PDT Reuters - Twitter experienced service disruptions on Tuesday, displaying an older version of the social networking website to some users and becoming completely inaccessible to others. |