Seoul:  South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor on Tuesday said its first-half operating profit declined seven percent at 3.1 trillion won ($2.73 billion) due to soft demand from emerging economies. Revenue increased 7.5 percent from a year earlier to 47.03 trillion won during the January-June period, but net income also declined 6.4 percent to 3.53 […]

Chennai: India has lost its arbitration case in an international tribunal against the Bengaluru-based Devas Multimedia Private Ltd. for cancelling the space/satellite contract with the government-owned Antrix Corporation, Devas said on Tuesday. In a statement, Devas said: “A Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal has found that the government of India’s actions in aning a […]

Panaji:  All hope is not lost as far as Goa’s pursuit for special status is concerned, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the legislative assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply, Parsekar said the state government was making “all efforts to pursue” the matter with the Central government. “The proposal for grant of special status […]

New York: Making official the $4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core internet business by US wireless company Verizon, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said on Tuesday that the deal “presents exciting opportunities to accelerate Yahoo’s transformation” and that she plans to stay to “see Yahoo into its next chapter”. “Today’s announcement not only brings us an […]

Bangkok:  Thailand plans to increase its population of tigers by about 50 percent in the next several years, a senior official said on Tuesday. Given the current population of about 750 tigers in Thailand’s evergreen forests, the number will rise by at least 300 to add up to over 1,000 tigers by 2022, Xinhua news […]

New Delhi:  Animal activists call him the “unluckiest elephant” they had known so far and it took over 50 police officers, several foresters and a 20-hour-long operation following years of legal battle to finally rescue Mohan from slavery. Now free from its influential and politically-backed captors in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, after the district […]

New Delhi:  About 90 percent of 4.75 lakh candidates who had registered for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) II exam for admission to medical and dental colleges took the test on Sunday in 56 cities across the country. Official sources said that the exam was conducted at 739 centres in 56 cities. Strict […]

Agartala/Guwahati: The Union Home Ministry has alerted all the eight northeastern states to maintain a maximum vigil to deal with any threat of Jihadi Activities in the region, a top official said on Monday. “The MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) has requested all the eight northeastern states to remain maximum alert to tackle any threat […]

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Monday over a private member’s bill on giving special status to Andhra Pradesh, which could not be taken up in the House on Friday due to pandemonium. The Congress, which raised the issue on Monday morning as well, disrupted the proceedings post-lunch over the issue, with its […]

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said it will move the Delhi High Court against the arrest of its legislators by Delhi Police in false cases. The AAP accused the Centre of using Delhi Police as a “political tool” and said police had failed to control the rising crime against women in […]