Geithner: U.S., India not at odds on financial goals (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday that the United States and India had complementary objectives in developing India's financial markets. |
Indians look to Anna Hazare's village for inspiration (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:29 AM PDT Reuters - Clad in white home-spun garments and living in a spartan room of his village's Hindu temple, Anna Hazare is an unlikely thorn in the side of the government hundreds of miles away in New Delhi. |
U.S., India mum on IMF race but upbeat on reform (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee kept mum on Monday on which candidate their countries are backing to lead the International Monetary Fund. |
Serena and Venus bow out, worry for Nadal (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - It took less than two brutal hours at Wimbledon on Monday to disprove the theory that Serena and Venus Williams could march back to continue their domination of the grasscourt slam having hardly swung their rackets in anger for months. |
India growth to overtake China - economic adviser (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - India's growth rate is poised to overtake China's within two to three years, despite a near-term slowdown, India's chief economic adviser said on Monday. |
India ready to use modified DRS (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:37 AM PDT Reuters - The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has finally agreed to use the Decision Review System (DRS) after the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday proposed a modified version of the technology which allows teams to challenge umpire rulings. |
Fame-hungry children driving India's reality TV boom (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:11 AM PDT Reuters - It is 5 p.m. and Rima Chakravorty has not eaten her lunch. Dressed in a shiny pink and green dress with gauze and sequins, her face heavy with make-up, the 14-year-old sidles up to her father and complains that she is hungry and feeling feverish. |
West Indies turn to psychologist for help (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:07 PM PDT Reuters - Struggling West Indies have turned to a renowned sports psychologist to try to drag them out of a prolonged batting slump in time to save the test series against India. |
Pakistan's MQM quits governing coalition (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Monday it was quitting the ruling coalition, raising fears of growing violence in Karachi, the country's commercial capital and the party's political base. |
Chatting, texts, now apps distract young drivers (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT Reuters - First it was chatting, then texts. Now apps are distracting young drivers, with more than a third of college students at a U.S. university saying they use them while behind the wheel. |
Monsoon early in northwest regions - IMD (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT Reuters - India's crucial monsoon rains have advanced a few days ahead of schedule in the north west of the country, the weather office said, raising expectations of higher cane output in Uttar Pradesh state although a lull is still likely in early July. |
Int'l court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital. |
France's Lagarde poised to become next IMF chief (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:44 PM PDT Reuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appeared poised to become the head of the International Monetary Fund this week despite a strong challenge to Europe's traditional hold on the job. |
Magnificent seven gear up for Manic Monday (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:40 PM PDT Reuters - Wimbledon is ready to kick into gear after a stop-start first week, with seven grand slam champions in action on "Manic Monday" when all the men's and women's fourth-round matches are contested. |