Losing Bihar's middle ground

DUBAI (Reuters) - Economic sanctions imposed on Qatar by three fellow Gulf states do not violate World Trade Organisation agreements, a United Arab Emirates official said, after Doha launched a wide-ranging legal complaint at the Geneva-based body this week.

By Jan Lopatka BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Central and Eastern Europe faces the end of an economic era. With employment rates at record highs, and workers demanding wages closer to western levels, the cheap-labour model that has driven growth since the fall of ...

Zika virus disease has reached India, with the World Health Organisation confirming first three cases in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. The WHO endorsed the findings of laboratory tests conducted in the country, saying all three cases, including that of a pregnanat woman, were reported from Bapunagar area of the city. The disease is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes and an infection during pregnancy can cause birth defects in newborns known as microcephaly--a condition in which babies' head is ...

Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice-President of Iran and the head of Iran's atomic energy organisation has warned the U.S. for supporting Saudi Arabia saying, it will upset the regional balance of power. He further stressed that West must change the course "If the Iran ...

At least 36 more flood- related deaths have been reported from Bihar and Assam, even as over 1.20 crore people have been marooned in the two states. The figure of flood casualties mounted to 98 in Bihar, with 26 more people losing their lives. The deluge has ...

Maharashtra is set to get funding worth $1 billion by adopting a multi-stakeholder partnership approach to address critical water resources challenges. Of the $1 billion, as high as $480 million will come from World Bank as loan, $270 million worth grant from ...

Sangeetha G & Nirbhay Kumar City: Chennai/New Delhi The continent has unmatched allure for Indian travellers and accounts for 30 per cent of this country’s outbound travel, irrespective of the season, reports Sangeetha G and Nirbhay Kumar In the early ...

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been declared a proclaimed offender and the process to attach his assets has been initiated, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said today. It said the order declaring Naik a proclaimed offender was issued ...

Bloomberg In retrospect, said Vladimir Bogdanov, it wasn’t the best time to start the first passenger-ship service between Russia and North Korea shortly before Kim Jong Un shocked the world by announcing he’s successfully tested a missile capable of ...