'Pro-China' Prachanda returns as Nepal PM for 3rd time

Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-MC) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' was on Sunday appointed Nepal's new Prime Minister, after the former guerrilla leader dramatically broke away......

Govt and the bogey of content regulation

Even if it wants to censor what you read, watch, or consume, the amount of content online is so huge that it is physically impossible for any government to do it, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.......

Nepal elects Vidya Devi Bhandari as its first woman president

Communist leader Vidya Devi Bhandari was on Wednesday elected as Nepal's first woman President by the parliament, weeks after it adopted a new landmark Constitution that declared the country a......

Nepal to remain secular, proposal for a Hindu nation rejected

A proposal to revert Nepal as a Hindu state was on Monday overwhelmingly rejected by the constituent assembly, which declared that the Hindu-majority nation will remain secular, triggering violent......

Sensex, Nifty climb 1% as oil prices rally

The S&P BSE Sensex surged 267 points to end at 23,649 and the Nifty50 soared 83 points to close at 7,192. Benchmark indices climb for the second day amid a firm rally in the Asian equities as......

Markets pare gains to end flat; auto, IT gain, aviation stocks fall

The 30-share Sensex ended up 27 points at 25,868 after hitting a high of 26,059 and 50-share Nifty ended up 14 points at 7,857. Indian equities erased early gains to end flat amid profit taking in......

Sensex drops 244 points on weak eco data, Fed caution

Benchmark share indices ended lower on Monday recording their highest single day fall since August 8 after sluggish July domestic industrial growth and weaker-than-expected economic data from China......

Markets dip on weak December services PMI

Markets ended lower for the fourth straight session, amid weak Asian cues, after sharp contraction in December services PMI dashed hopes of a recovery in the second half of the year. The 30-share......

Sports Shorts: Asiad gold medallist Panghal nominated for Arjuna

IMAGE: India’s Amit Panghal celebrates after defeating Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan at the Asian Games. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Asian Games gold......