Bowing to pressure from the Supreme Court, the Pakistan government on Wednesday said it has asked Switzerland to reopen graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari over alleged stashing of $60 million in Swiss banks.
The analysis of this data that could lead to the discovery of the Higgs boson, also called as the 'God particle', that is believed to have existed when the universe was born, said Prof Satyaki Bhattacharya of Delhi University who is involved in the LHC experiment.
The Central Information Commission has directed the Ministry of External Affairs to disclose details of an ongoing Swiss judicial enquiry against an Indian businessman accused of stashing black money in Swiss accounts.
Neymar becomes goodwill ambassador for world's disabled
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Kerry said this in a newspaper article co-authored by US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
Hitting out at the report, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in New Delhi that the update of the earlier OHCHR report is "merely a continuation of the earlier false and motivated narrative" on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ladies around the world please take note: Scientists have announced the mathematical formula for the perfect wife.
Formula One teams and the sport's governing body said Tuesday that they had agreed "significant" cost savings for 2009 and 2010.
'Why not ask for a change of leadership in Qatar, Bahrain or Saudi Arabia? Is there a constitution in Saudi Arabia? Are there elections in Saudi Arabia? Why no talk of democracy in these countries?' 'America said change the leader now, but is now ignoring the feelings of the Syrian moderate majority. Is that democracy,' asks H E Dr Riad Abbas, Syrian ambassador to India, in an interview to Cleo Paskal.
As one surveys the changing face of mulilateralsim today, we see mutation and multiplication. The underlying reality is that the world is multipolar and with more poles, you tend to get more constellations.
France, Turkey and Italy, the three candidates to stage the 2016 European championship, formally handed over their bids on Monday in a ceremony at UEFA headquarters.
Lives "will once again be at risk" if funding is not urgently secured, United Nations officials have said on the eve of the first anniversary of a military crackdown that forced them to flee their country.
The data for 2009 reveals that Indian firms and scientists filed one-tenth of patent applications filed by their Chinese counterparts during the same period.
China, for example, filed 7,946 patent applications last year, compared to 761 by India.
According to a senior commerce department official, though India is ready to sign the TFA and take necessary actions towards that, it is imperative that a discussion on public stockholding gets its due importance.
A top UN body dealing with trade and development issues has recommended "deep and lasting" reforms to avoid a repetition of the current economic downturn.
Former minister responds to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com's questions.
The new Micra looks stunning compared to the earlier versions. The front and the rear views are appealing and the colours offered by Nissan are also very captivating.
While reserving the verdict, the apex court had said that the pricing details of Rafale jets could only be discussed after it decides on whether to make it public.
Talks had collapsed in Geneva in July last year after India, among others, opposed agriculture subsidies offered by rich nations to their farmers on the grounds that this distorts trade by making produce of developing countries costly. The negotiators will meet for a week beginning September 14.
Here is a Factbox on Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who beat American Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon singles title on Saturday:
The car is inspired by jets of the aeronautical world
Scientists will be stepping up efforts to detect the elusive 'God Particle' by triggering collision of two proton beams in the world's largest atom smasher located on the Franco-Swiss border on the outskirts of Geneva on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is leaving for a nine-day long tour on November 21.Dr Singh will take a break in Geneva before reaching Washington on the evening of November 22. He, along with his wife Gursharan Kaur, will stay at the luxurious and heritage Hotel Willard Inter Continental. The hotel is located at 1401, Pennsylvania Avenue, just two blocks away from the White House.
Although Indian team is in full strength at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, officials back home are apprehensive of any concrete developments in absence of 'right signals' from Washington.
The United Nations Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, is expected to ratify draft principles which will recognize India's caste system as a human rights abuse.
According to the information available with the WIPO, Geneva-based WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has ordered the transfer of domain name to the US-based search giant after Herit Shah of Gujarat offered to surrender the disputed name to Google. Google had challenged the registering of domain name 'googblog.com' by Shah at WIPO stating that it was confusingly similar to its trademark on which the company has rights.
India is among the worst-performing BRICS nations along with Brazil (ranked even lower than India at 71st this year).
It has been reportedly revealed that Formula One legend Michael Schumacher cries when he hears his loved ones voices a year after a horrific skiing accident left him in a coma.
With 'nothing to lose', Kuznetsov senses upset over vulnerable Murray
In a sharp contrast to the United States position, India on Tuesday disfavoured any "military solution" to resolve the Syrian conflict and said it will prefer to await the full results of the United Nations probe into the Syrian government's apparent use of chemical weapons that killed thousands of people.
The company, which unveiled the electric version of the small car -- Tata Nano EV -- would also launch the version in the domestic market. However, no possible timeframe has been fixed for its launch in the home market.
The Hindujas have taken off the veil over their mid-sized Amas Bank in Switzerland by renaming it as "Hinduja Bank", in what its chief executive described as a bold move to expand its activities in trade finance, wealth management and investment banking.
The manufacturing capacity for the influenza vaccines is inadequate for a world of 6.8 billion people, nearly all of whom are susceptible to infection by the new H1N1 virus, a top official of the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.
Micra is being considered an important model of Nissan and would be showcased at the Geneva Motor Show.
A police official said the five arrested are suspected to have Maoist links and had allegedly funded the Elgar Parishad conclave.
"There has been interest from various foreign companies in the planned 3G auction," telecom minister A Raja told reporters in Geneva, exuding confidence that the auction of 3G and Wi-Max spectrum would generate at least Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) of revenue for the Indian government.
Zinedine Zidane put head before heart on Wednesday and tipped Spain to win the World Cup in South Africa this year.
The G-20 leaders at their last meeting at London had asked Lamy to explore ways to improve the political engagements for resolving differences on the much-delayed Doha Round of negotiations, which were meant to culminate into a multilateral trade liberalising agreement in 2005.
Japan granted the maximum number of patents in 2007 and has replaced the United States from number one position, a status it was enjoying for nearly a decade, a UN agency report says.
