The BSE Sensex rose as much as 1.9 percent on Monday, with index heavyweight Reliance Industries and banking stocks leading the gains, as investors grew optimistic about renewed efforts by European leaders to limit the region's debt crisis.
Diversified, industrial giant General Electric (GE) continues to show impressive order growth in emerging markets -- and that bodes well for the global economy in 2012 and for GE's stock.
NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002.
Known for his love of women, the recently killed Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, married twice. His life centered on his two wives, a doting daughter, hundreds of gun-toting female guards, a Ukrainian nurse and many more women supporters who stood by him.
The Kalash community -- primarily residing in the Bumboret Kalash valley of northwestern Pakistan and said to be descendants of Alexander the Great's army -- says it is under increasing pressure to convert to Islam.
General Electric Co reported earnings that met Wall Street expectations, but its shares slipped 1.4 percent as investors worried about declining profit margins at its energy equipment division.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Seagate Technology, Synaptics, China Ceramics, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and SanDisk. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Informatica, Rediff.com India, Acme Packet, LM Ericsson Telephone, and ASML Holding.
India pulled off a thrilling five-wicket victory over England with four balls to spare in the third one-day international on Thursday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off his family's protests and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer.
People across the globe look at death from different perspectives, but few deal with the issue more than the undertaker at the cremation ghats of Varanasi, India.
Bangalore thus becomes the first city in the south of India to have a mass rail transit system.
An estimated 2,000 sharks have been slaughtered in waters off Malpelo Island, located near Colombia's Pacific coast, according to Colombian environmental authorities.
Biocon Ltd, India top biotechnology company, reported a 4 percent drop in quarterly profit due to higher energy costs and rise in wages, but said strong demand from branded formulations offered opportunities for growth.
The foreign ministry in Beijing said the suicides were a form of terrorism in disguise
Essex Police successfully evicted the Irish Traveller residents of Dale Farm on Wednesday. But who are the travellers and why are they so hated?
Aishwarya Rai is expecting a baby in November.
Asia's gold buyers trimmed purchases as prices rebounded, but demand is expected to stay firm as India approaches key festivals next week, underpinning sentiment in the precious metal.
Formula 1 is all set to make a competitive return to the United States of America. The re-introduction of Formula 1 – administered by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and enormously popular across Europe and Asia – will certainly throw up comparisons between IndyCars and F1, if only because the latter is, in terms of racing designs and category of race car, the closest thing to an IndyCar.
Scientists calculated the size of hundred year old comet findings and found a near catastrophe.
Why anyone would publicly admit that The Hangover 2 was based on his own life is a mystery, but that's exactly what's happened in a lawsuit filed by an aspiring actor and filmmaker who claims the movie's makers lifted the plot from his life experiences.
A total of nine Tibetan clergy have now set themselves alight this year – seven in just the last month.
The BSE Sensex fell more than 1.5 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by IT stocks after Tata Consultancy Services reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings and said the outlook for pricing was tough.
