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Markets see BJP as being more investment friendly

Ut World May 10, 2014 0

Indian markets are so confident the opposition party led by Narendra Modi will win the country’s elections that brokers fear anything short of a decisive victory could spark the worst sell-off in years. Shares hit a record high on Friday as opinion polls pointed to a sweeping win for the Continue Reading

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Cause of fatal diseases

Ut World May 9, 2014 0

One billion people worldwide still practise “open defecation” and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said on Thursday at the launch of a study on drinking water and sanitation.  ” ‘Excreta’, ‘faeces’, ‘poo’, I could even say ‘shit’ maybe, this is the root cause Continue Reading

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Survey shows New Delhi has the dirtiest air

Ut World May 8, 2014 0

An effort by the World Health Organization to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing’s measurements, like its skies, are far from clear. The study of 1,600 cities found air pollution had worsened since a smaller survey in 2011, especially in poorer countries, […]Continue Reading

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Voters boycotting elections in J&K causes more violence to erupt

Ut World May 8, 2014 0

A bomb blast near a polling booth in Kashmir injured a policeman on Wednesday, amid further stone-throwing protests and a widespread boycott of the general election in the mainly Muslim region. Separatists have called on voters to shun the election in Jammu and Kashmir, holding staggered voting in its six parliamentary seats to allow 700,000 […]Continue Reading

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Supreme Court rejects appeal to release Subrata Roy

Ut World May 7, 2014 0

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release Sahara conglomerate Chairman Subrata Roy, who has been in jail for two months over his group’s alleged failure to refund investors in an outlawed bonds scheme.Roy, one of India’s most enigmatic corporate personalities, is mired in a long-running legal battle between his group and the […]Continue Reading

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India seeks to repair reputation as drug exporter

Ut World May 7, 2014 0

India is launching a campaign to repair its reputation as a global supplier of cheap high-quality drugs, responding to bans imposed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on several suppliers, two top officials said on Tuesday. As part of the charm offensive, New Delhi has invited global regulators – including the FDA – to […]Continue Reading

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Owner of art looted by Nazis dies

Ut World May 7, 2014 0

The elderly German recluse whose Munich apartment contained a secret art hoard, including masterpieces looted by the Nazis from their Jewish owners in World War Two, has died after a heart operation, his spokesman said. Authorities stumbled upon Cornelius Gurlitt’s trove of paintings and drawings by the likes of Marc Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso in […]Continue Reading

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Landslide causes numerous deaths in Afghanistan

Ut World May 5, 2014 0

Hundreds of people have been killed and more than 2,000 are missing after a landslide smashed into a village in a mountainous area of north Afghanistan on Friday, and rescue teams were struggling to reach the remote area. Villagers dug with their bare hands to try to find survivors under the mountain of mud, but […]Continue Reading

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Bomb explosion kills 15 in Nigeria

Ut World May 2, 2014 0

A suspected car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday, killing at least 15 people a week before the city was to host a conference of leaders and business executives focused on Africa’s growth prospects, witnesses said. The explosion hit the suburb of Nyanya, close to the site of a morning […]Continue Reading

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Settlers killed in attack in Assam

Ut World May 2, 2014 0

Suspected tribal rebels shot dead 11 Muslim settlers, including two women, in attacks in tea-growing Assam where tension is running high during an election, officials said on Friday. Police said they suspected the militants behind the overnight killings were members of the Bodo tribe. Bodo people have frequently clashed with Muslims they say have illegally […]Continue Reading