Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain's economy would begin emerging from recession "at the end of this year or the beginning of 2010", though he acknowledged that unemployment - now nearly 18 percent - would r ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday urged the agitating students of Vishva Bharati University to "desist from disrupting normal life" and end their stir to protest the theft of a CD containing paintings and unpublished documents of Nobel  ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to his alma mater Punjab University Tuesday was full of emotions and nostalgic feelings for both him as well as for those who had spent days together with him then in the campus. Right at the onset of his spe ..

Offering an opportunity to poor Indian students to study in Cambridge University, Britain, the British Council has announced the Dr. Manmohan Singh scholarships for 2010-12. Instituted in 2007, the scholarships were launched by St. John's college ..

A key index of the Indian equities markets started on a weak note Tuesday and was ruling 0.38 percent in the red about ten minutes into trade.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened lower at 15,838.63 points an ..

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sold $6.7-billion worth of gold to India, the crisis-lender said Monday, completing about half of a sale that was authorized in September. The IMF said it sold 200 tonnes of gold to India's central bank o ..

US stocks started the week stronger Monday amid a surge of positive economic news and surprising profits for carmaker Ford. Ford Motor Co reported a net income of $997 million in the third quarter, its first operating profit since the first three mon ..

India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) Saturday said its net profit for the quarter ended Sep 30 rose 10.19 percent to Rs.2,490 crore from Rs.2,260 crore in the like period of last fiscal.The state-owned bank said its total income for t ..

India's exports of services, which declined in the first two quarters of 2009, will return to growth by the year-end, according to a report by the the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The overall services exports de ..

US automaker Ford Motor Monday announced a net income of nearly a billion dollars in the third quarter, surprising many analysts as weak economic conditions continue worldwide. The $997 million profit marks the company's first operating profit si ..

At least 16 new cases of dengue were reported Monday, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease in the national capital to 391, a health department official said. "There were 16 new, confirmed cases of dengue today (Monday). T ..

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was Friday temporarily shut down following protests by students over the murder of a final year student. "The decision to close down the university and its maintained institutions was taken in a consultative meeti ..

State-run Syndicate Bank posted a net profit of Rs.178 crore for the second quarter this fiscal, a 32 percent decline compared to the Rs.262 crore earned in the corresponding period last fiscal. In a regulatory filing Friday, the Manipal-based bank s ..

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) here, a report said. The MoU was signed by DFSA'S chief executive Paul Koster and SEBI chairman C ..

A key Indian equity index Friday closed 0.97 percent down for the fifth consecutive day to end below 16,000 points. The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 16,135.87 points, ended 15,896.28 points -- 15 ..

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday said the government would first assess the economic situation in the third quarter before taking a stand on withdrawing the fiscal stimuli it has extended to the corporate sector. "We need to watch for th ..

The country's largest private lender ICICI Bank Friday said its net profit increased a marginal 2.6 percent for the quarter ended Sep 30 to Rs.1,040 crore ($216 million) compared to the like quarter last fiscal. However, it was up 18 percent over ..

Underlining that the challenges lie "primarily at home", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday unveiled his vision of India in 2020 revolving around the three pillars of inclusive growth, composite culture and a peaceful, forward-looking nei ..

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday said he would meet Swiss authorities in December about amending the double taxation avoidance treaty between the two countries. This would help India bring back slush funds for years flowing out of the country ..

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday defended the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's austerity measures, saying those were a "need" to curtail expenditure and were not mere tokenism. Mukherjee, who was in the midst of a  ..