President-elect Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone at a much-anticipated meeting with some of his most prominent opponents Wednesday, offering to work with Silicon Valley executives to foster innovation and support fairer trade deals. Part public spectacle, part private discussion, the 90-minute meeting in Trump Tower in New York marked ... Read More »
Pakistan on Friday “completely rejected” India’s claim to have sent troops across its disputed border in Kashmir to kill suspected militants, as India evacuated villages near the frontier amid concerns about a military escalation. In a rare public announcement of such a raid, India on Thursday said it had carried ... Read More »
Indian equity markets plunged on Thursday afternoon following the news of surgical strikes by the army across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. Both the key indices plummeted by almost one per cent each. All the 19 sub—indices of the BSE were trading in the red. The ... Read More »
MUMBAI, SEPT 29: The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered slightly from intraday low of 27,719.92 but was still trading down by over 450 points as India conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads last night across the Line of Control (LoC) and inflicted significant casualties and heavy damages. Lt General Ranbir ... Read More »
A change is coming at the end of the month in the way stock indexes are classified. Real estate, now part of the broader financials category, will go out on its own. But before you yawn and say that the change seems akin to moving the deck chairs around on ... Read More »
A change is coming at the end of the month in the way stock indexes are classified. Real estate, now part of the broader financials category, will go out on its own. But before you yawn and say that the change seems akin to moving the deck chairs around on ... Read More »
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down North Carolina’s requirement that voters show identification before casting ballots and reinstated an additional week of early voting, finding that legislators had acted with “discriminatory intent” in imposing strict election rules. The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of ... Read More »
A federal judge has struck down the Obama administration’s rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, a victory for oil and gas producers and state regulators who opposed the rules as an egregious overreach. The ruling, which the White House vowed to appeal, halts the administration’s efforts to address what ... Read More »
Teachers are threatening strike action in their campaign against excessive workload. The National Union of Teachers’ annual conference has called for “sustained strike action” to back schools challenging a long hours culture. The union says teachers’ workload is “intolerable and getting worse”. The Department for Education said rather than threatening ... Read More »
