Injured Harbhajan, Yuvraj ruled out of test series (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:20 AM PDT Reuters - India spinner Harbhajan Singh and batsman Yuvraj Singh have been ruled out of the rest of the test series against England with injuries, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) said on Wednesday. |
Karnataka gets new leader, iron ore ban eyed (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - A political crisis gripping Karnataka, India's second-biggest iron ore exporting region, blew over on Wednesday with the appointment of a new chief minister but the move is not expected to see a ban on ore exports lifted any time soon. |
BJP ups pressure on government on inflation (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday upped pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government to tame soaring prices, demanding steps such as releasing 25 million tonnes of grain to the open market and reining in the fiscal deficit. |
India, Iran buy time to find other oil partners (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT Reuters - India and Iran's mechanism to end a seven-month-old stalemate over oil payments could keep U.S. pressure at bay long enough for the two countries to work out a long-term separation that would change oil routes through Asia and the Middle East. |
Monsoon rains seen reviving next week - sources (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - Monsoon rains may revive over central and north India next week, weather officials said on Wednesday, setting aside fears of a third straight week of poor rainfall hitting output prospects for summer planted crops such as cane and cotton. |
Supreme Court begins $2.5 bln Vodafone tax case hearing (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing Vodafone's appeal challenging a $2.5 billion tax bill over its acquisition of mobile assets in the country, a case keenly watched by foreign investors in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Ambitious Ronjan takes aim at London medal (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - Ronjan Sodhi is a hard man to please and the Indian shooter insists he will not rest on his laurels after rising to number one in the world rankings and is setting his sights on a medal at next year's London Olympics. |
Egypt puts Mubarak on trial, transfixing Arab world (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a courtroom cage in a hospital bed on Wednesday to face trial for killing protesters -- an image that thrilled those who overthrew him and must have chilled other Arab autocrats facing popular uprisings. |
China praises Pakistan, downplaying risk of rift (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:27 AM PDT Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday praised Pakistan as a firm partner against terror and religious extremism, playing down the risk that ties could be strained by an attack that Chinese officials blamed on militants trained in Pakistan. |
Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered, U.N. hit (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:20 AM PDT Reuters - Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world. |
Google+, Apple's iCloud keep developers interested (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:47 AM PDT Reuters - Mobile developers more than ever want to devote their energies to writing apps for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms at the expense of their less popular rivals, a study released on Wednesday showed. |
Bharti Airtel Q1 net falls more than expected (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:35 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected 28 percent fall in quarterly profit, hit by interest costs related to its purchase of African operations and costs of its new third-generation network in India. |
Asia decoupling? Not without more help from China (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:01 AM PDT Reuters - Asia's best hope for insulation against a worsening economic outlook in the United States and Europe rests on China, and it may not be willing or able to do the job. |
U.S. avoids default but fails to dispel economy fears (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of a last-gasp deficit-cutting plan failed to dispel fears of a credit downgrade and future tax and spending feuds. |
Can chewing more help you eat less? (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:27 AM PDT Reuters - People who chew their food more take in fewer calories, mainly because more chewing is related to the levels of hormones that regulate appetite, according to a Chinese study. |
Sensex hits 6-week low as global worries intensify (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:52 PM PDT Reuters - Suzuki Motor Corp posted a 20 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Wednesday after the March 11 earthquake hampered production, and it stuck to its annual guidance for a small profit rise driven by the Indian market. |