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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government has corrected past weaknesses of the economy, and urged industrialists to “invest boldly”, promising protection against wrong actions in genuine commercial failures. “I want to assure the banking and corporate world that we have been able to overcome weaknesses in the system to a large [...]

Indian state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp plans to bid for Israeli offshore oil-and-gas exploration blocks, India’s oil minister told Reuters, the first major deal between the two countries since a groundbreaking trip by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July. India and Israel have deep defence ties but Modi and his right wing ruling group [...]

India’s Supreme Court has convicted the head of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu state of corruption, ending her attempts to become chief minister. Sasikala Natarajan was an aide of late chief minister Jayalalitha. Though she has never held public office, the ruling AIADMK party said last week that she would be the southern state’s [...]

The ex-MI6 officer believed to be behind the Trump memos was hired by England’s 2018 World Cup bid team. It is understood Christopher Steele gathered information on football body Fifa and other countries bidding to host the tournament, mainly Russia. The connection comes after Mr Steele was named author of a series of papers containing [...]

Microsoft is getting artsy. The tech giant unveiled tools for artists and designers on Tuesday in Manhattan, including a smartphone app that allows users to scan 3D images of everyday objects and move them around in virtual or “mixed” reality. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, said he anticipated a greater market for creative tools as the [...]

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday discussed the misgivings that have cropped up between the two sides, after India’s failed bid to become a member of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). India has singled out China for having put obstacles in New Delhi’s path, while Beijing [...]

A new update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 is coming, but you’re forgiven if you didn’t know. It turns out not many people are going to tell you. Admittedly, there’s not much to talk about. The list of refinements for Microsoft’s free paper-anniversary update to Win 10 can fit on a small sheet with about a [...]

One of the nation’s most troubled school districts is now two. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation this summer that divides the Detroit school district into two separate systems: a new district tasked with educating the city’s 46,000 regular public school students; and the old district left intact solely to pay off hundreds of millions [...]

A federal judge says a transgender teen should not be blocked from using the boy’s bathroom at school while the school board pursues an appeal in the student’s discrimination lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. Doumar had ordered the Gloucester County School Board in June to let Gavin Grimm use the bathroom corresponding to [...]

STAMFORD, Conn., April 1  — China’s Anbang Insurance Company, the highest bidder at $14 billion for Starwood Hotels, withdrew its offer, leaving a buyout offer from Marriott International. The Chinese firm led a consortium of companies in making the $14 billion all-cash offer after Marriott had offered $13.8 billion in cash and stock, its final [...]