India will push ahead with reform to a land purchase law blamed by business for slowing industrial projects, even if there is resistance to loosening the rules, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. Jaitley said changes to the law were needed to fulfil Prime Minister Modi’s vision Continue Reading
Month: November 2014
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., India’s two main stock exchanges, will suspend trading of shares of grounded Kingfisher Airlines Ltd from December 1 for failing to comply with rules on reporting financial results, the bourses said in separate Continue Reading
Police in Britain shot a man discovered attempting to eat a murdered woman in a Welsh hotel with a stun gun, the Independent newspaper reported on Friday, saying the man later died. Welsh police said they were called to an incident at a hotel in Argoed, a village 160 miles west of London, after Continue Reading
An Indian airliner crashed into a stray buffalo during take-off from the western city of Surat although no passengers or crew were hurt, the plane’s operator, SpiceJet Ltd, said on Friday. The airline was forced to ground the Boeing 737 which suffered “substantial damages”, it Continue Reading
New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in an interview with federal agents probing a Florida anti-aging clinic at the center of baseball’s doping scandal, the Miami Herald reported on Wednesday. The admission, if true, represents an about-turn Continue Reading
Palo Alto Networks Inc has discovered a new family of malware that can infect Apple Inc’s desktop and mobile operating systems, underscoring the increasing sophistication of attacks on iPhones and Mac computers. The “WireLurker” malware can install third-party applications on Continue Reading
A Vatican bioethics official condemned the death by assisted suicide of American Brittany Maynard, a terminally ill 29-year-old who ended her life over the weekend, as an undignified “absurdity.” “This woman (took her own life) thinking she would die with dignity, but this is Continue Reading
Thais releasing paper lanterns skyward to usher in good luck have been warned by police: anyone found releasing them near an airport could face the death penalty. This week’s annual Loy Krathong festival which is sometimes translated as “to float a basket” festival is seen as Continue Reading
There’s a saying which I learned when I was younger, “love your enemies as you love your neighbours.” Every day as I browse through the news, I’ll keep coming across news about bombings happening here and there, and invasions everywhere. Now I am sure that this thought has crossed everyone’s Continue Reading
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has seized the top spot in Britain’s singles chart with his track “Thinking Out Loud” after the longest ever climb to the top spot, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. The English artist’s song spent 19 weeks in the top 40 gradually Continue Reading