How the West's central banks' turbulence will AFFECT India

A strong stock market and higher-than-expected job growth have put the US Federal Reserve and its governor, Ben Bernanke, under pressure to outline a possible road map for an exit from this......

Markets end flat as oil stocks decline

Markets ended up marginally, after recovering from the lows of the day.The Sensex touched a high of 18,527 in morning trades on the back of strong FII investmenets.However, weakness in oil & gas......

'Fiscal policy is at the heart of inflation'

For a long time, the government maintained that inflation was a price the country had to pay for high growth. Over the last few months, economists have debated whether high inflation should become......

Infosys, inflation dent Sensex

It was a double whammy for the markets on Friday as Infosys fourth quarter results were below analysts' estimates and inflation for the month of March surpassed the Reserve Bank of India target of......

World Jr Chess: Shanglei, Yi lead Chinese charge

China’s Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited their rising chess prowess with convincing victories over Russians Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed, and Mikhail Antipov, in the 10th......

World Jr Chess: Narayanan shocks Polish GM Dragun

India’s S L Narayanan during his World Junior Chess Championships match against Polish Grandmaster Kamil Dragun. S L Narayanan, a regular visitor to Pune for the Maharashtra Chess League,......

World Chess Game 8: Title slipping out of grip as Anand scores another draw

World champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen played out another quick draw in game 8. This brings Carlsen close to winning the 12-game match. The 22-year-old Carlsen leads 5-3 and......

Moves: Anand vs Carlsen, Game 8, World Chess Championship

World champion Viswanathan Anand, playing black, was involved in another draw with challenger Magnus Carlsen in the eighth game of the World Chess Championship, in Chennai, on Tuesday. The sharing......

World Chess: Carlsen in control as Anand draws Game 8

World champion Viswanathan Anand got an easy draw with black as challenger Magnus Carlsen continued his march towards the throne after the end of the eighth game of the World Chess Championship,......