Paes Bhupathi in finals of Sony Ericsson Miami ATP event Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi saved a match point en route to a hard-fought three-set win over Oliver Marach and Janko Tipsarevic to book a berth in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Miami,US.
The third-seeded Indian pair won 6-3 5-7 11-9 to set up a clash with second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, who defeated Read more…
US removes ISRO and DRDO from their entities list The United States Administration has removed 9 India space and defense related companies including the Indian Space Research Organization and Defense Research and Development Organization form their entities.
The notification comes week ahead of the high-profile visit of a US trade Read more…
BSE Sensex benchmark slipped by nearly 117 points in the morning trade today. IT stocks suffered setback after the industry bellwether Infosys Technologies posted third quarter earnings lower than the market expectations.
The 30-share barometer, which had gained 338 points in the previous session, Read more…
US files civil suit against BP & 9 companies for spill damages A civil lawsuit has been filed by US against British Petroleum and nine other companies for oil spill damages off the Mexican Gulf.
In the complaint filed yesterday in the District Court in New Orleans, the US alleged violations of federal safety and Read more…
BSE Sensex falls 46 points in the opening trade The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by over 46 points in the opening trade today.It was trading at 19,940, down by over 41 points a short while ago. Analysts said the fall in sensex is due to profit-booking amid weak trend on the other Asian markets.
Meanwhile, in other markets in Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was trading lower by 0.31 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei shed Read more…
‘No doubt on US support to India’s UNSC bid’ The Obama administration has said that there is no contradiction in its commitment to the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and endorsement of India, which is not a signatory to the accord, for permanent membership of the UN Security Council.
In response to a question, the State Department said there had been no change in the US position regarding nuclear Read more…
Sensex turns a loss 53 pts in noonday trade The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange, which had opened 122 points higher, later gave up all its intial gains, and stood 53 points, or 0.3 percent in the red, at 19,407, a short while ago.
Asian markets in Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan were up by between 0.5 percent and 1 percent, on Read more…
Sensex earns 48 pts in midday trade, trading above 19k
The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange, which had opened 68 points higher, this morning, later stood 48 points, or 0.3 percent in the green, at 19,740, in afternoon trade, a short while ago.
Short-covering by speculators, ahead of tomorrow’s monthly expiry in the derivatives segment helped support Read more…
India, US intent to attaining bilateral trade target of $ 220 billion An industry body has said that Bharat and the United States government should intent at reaching the bilateral trade target of 220 billion US Dollars in the following ten years, to strengthen the economic ties between the 2 countries.
Assocham President Swati Piramal said in a statement that India accounts for a only 1.3 per cent of the US trade and there is Read more…
Obama & First Lady Michelle arrives in Cadillac Limousine at Taj Hotel
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrived in a Cadillac Limousine at Taj Mahal Hotel. The president is expected to pay homage to the victims and sign the guest book at the 26/11 memorial in the hotel lobby.
The presidential suite where the President and his wife are staying is on the sixth floor of the Palace wing of the seafront hotel which offers a Read more…