Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Premier Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks.
Physicists’ hunt for science's modern day Holy Grail, Higgs boson, is getting harder as new data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has shown that the 'God particle' doesn't' exist in a wide range of possible masses.
Investors were cautious on Monday on the prospect of rivals challenging Peabody Energy's (BTU.N) bid for Macarthur Coal (MCC.AX), though sources familiar with the matter said potential suitor Anglo American (AAL.L) was studying the books.
In November 1970, the Bhola Cyclone smashed into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Bengal (India) and killed at least 500,000 people
The new Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial in Washington will open to the public on Monday.
Miners helped Britain's bruised FTSE 100 stage a recovery on Monday, with Randgold Resources boosted by bullish gold prices and broker comment, and Anglo American up as it considered a bid for Australia's Macarthur Coal.
The rupee is expected to inch up in early trade on Monday, tracking firm Asian peers, with the performance of local shares seen providing further direction during the day.
Anna Hazare whose hunger strike has galvanised millions to hold the biggest protests in decades appeared on Sunday ready to end a standoff with the government, saying he was open to dialogue.
Textile manufacturers in Bangladesh said they might be forced close their factories unless the government acts to provide more cash incentives and restrictions on imported yarn and fabrics from India.
Leading book publisher, Penguin Books India has launched a mobile application that offers information of all books by the penguin Books India.
Gold buyers in India, the world's largest consumer of the yellow metal, are investing in it on expectations prices may rise, but imports are likely to fall as limited budgets buy less gold, the head of India's biggest importing bank told Reuters on Saturday.
Gold buyers in India, the world's largest consumer of the yellow metal, are investing in it on expectations prices may rise, but imports are likely to fall as limited budgets buy less gold, the head of India's biggest importing bank told Reuters on Saturday.
Is the PC dead? With tablets booming, will there be a PC in 10 years?
German composer Robert Schumann's tale of a fairy-like creature's quest to enter paradise opened an Oriental-themed Edinburgh International Festival this weekend to the acclaim of the critics.
Adrian Tan owns two Mercedes sedans and is looking to buy a third car. The 36-year-old financial trader was shopping with his wife on a Singapore street lined with luxury car dealerships and said he may stick with Mercedes or go for an Audi or a BMW.
A. Chandra Shekhar, the CEO of a small alternative energy solutions firm at the heart of India's much-vaunted boom story, should be rolling in orders and expanding his business on the coat-tails of near double-digit economic growth.
Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare walked out of jail Friday, hailed by a huge crowd, to carry on his fast after the government caved in to mass protests across the country
The company behind what is expected to one day be the world's largest solar power plant on Thursday said the California project will use photovoltaic technology instead of solar thermal power because of the dramatic drop in the price of solar panels.
India's centuries-old gold industry is the world's biggest market for the metal, with imports meeting almost all the country's 800-900 tonnes per year requirements for jewellery and investment.
The global demand for gold will remain high for the rest of the year, the World Gold Council said Thursday in a report.
Emerging markets will not save the world if the West slides back into recession. In an interconnected global economy, decoupling is a beguiling myth.
Emerging markets will not save the world if the West slides back into recession. In an interconnected global economy, decoupling is a beguiling myth.
