NEW DELHI: The rupee does not face any “serious challenge” of depreciation and will find its own level after initial bouts of volatility, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. “I think India’s currency is finding its own level. I don’t see a very serious challenge,” he said at an ... Read More »
Mamata Banerjee may retain power in West Bengal and Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu while it may be a hung assembly in Assam with an edge to the BJP and the Left return to power in Kerala, says a recent poll survey. According to the India TV C-Voter poll carried out ... Read More »
“I just need a roof over my head – preferably one I own,” says Alastair Wilson, a new father, who echoes many in Sydney’s notoriously fevered real estate market. “I was used to astounding prices in London. However, Sydney prices made my jaw drop.” Emigrating from the UK in 2008, ... Read More »
MOSCOW, April 4 — Russian oil producer Lukoil said Monday its full-year 2015 profit was down more than 20 percent from the previous year, though total output increased. Lukoil, the No. 2 oil producer in Russia, reported total petroleum productionincreased 2.8 percent to reach 2.4 million barrels of oil equivalent ... Read More »
The content of the app, in the Pashto language, included official statements and videos from the Afghan movement. The hardline group blamed “technical issues” for its disappearance shortly after it launched on 1 April. However the BBC understands it was taken down because it violated a Google app policy which ... Read More »
Of the four states and a Union Territory going to polls, Assam offers BJP — smarting from electoral setbacks in Delhi and Bihar — its best shot at victory. The party’s bid to end the Congress’ 15-year run will depend on how it performs in the first phase on Monday, ... Read More »
ABERDEEN, Scotland, April 4 —British oil services company Wood Group said it was given a contract extension by a Middle East company to continue operations in the North Sea. The Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., known also as TAQA, extended a contract for Wood Group by two years. “Under the ... Read More »
“Revenge porn” broadly describes the act of publishing explicit images of someone without their consent. The MPAA said the Minnesota draft law could restrict the publication of “items of legitimate news, commentary, and historical interest”. But supporters of the proposal said its reach was “plainly legitimate”. Revenge porn commonly refers ... Read More »
In November last year, when pieces of the poll puzzle in Assam were scattered all over, the BJP looked the most sure-footed, with a defined target, a dynamic leadership and surging popularity. The only hitch was Badruddin Ajmal-led AIDUF, which claims to represent the state’s minorities — not the BJP’s ... Read More »
NEW YORK, April 4 — Crude oil prices drifted marginally lower in early Monday trading after Iran said it was preparing to put more of its petroleum products on the global market. Crude oil prices suffered one of the worst days of the year Friday after Saudi officials said they’d ... Read More »
The BJP’s electoral appeal in the absence of any perceptible Modi wave and the Congress’s tenacity against a spirited attack on one of its last fortresses will be under test when people in Assam’s 65 constituencies, and 18 in West Bengal, vote in the first phase on Monday. Of the ... Read More »
The first headsets were due to have arrived with customers on 28 March, but many are still waiting. The firm has blamed an “unexpected component shortage” and says customers should receive updated news on their orders by 12 April. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey said he had no further information to ... Read More »
