Asia

Stock indexes edge lower, pulling S&P 500 below record high

US stock indexes rally following solid retail sales report

9:44 pm January 16, 2020

NEW YORK: Stocks rallied on Wall Street in early trading as a solid retail sales report injected more optimism into markets following the signing of an initial trade deal between the US and China. Consumers have been the backbone of economic growth and the government’s December report on retail sales showed that they continued spending […]

IIT-Jodhpur to offer MBA course from this year

10:24 pm January 12, 2020

Jodhpur (RJ): IIT-Jodhpur has announced it will offer MBA course at its new ‘School of Management & Entrepreneurship’ in the academic session beginning in July 2020. The MBA programme will be a “tech-management combo”, the first year of which will be a foundation course, while the second will offer specialisation in different areas. Explaining the […]

Myanmar junta to start court case against Suu Kyi next week

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits China border state as Xi visit looms

8:05 pm January 10, 2020

Myitkyina (Myanmar): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi made a rare trip to a region bordering China days before President Xi Jinping is expected to push for controversial port and dam projects during a visit to the country. Wearing traditional ethnic attire Suu Kyi danced with a street procession on Friday in northern Kachin state’s […]

Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections

About 5,000 golden eagles winter in eastern US

11:36 pm January 1, 2020

New Orleans: Golden eagles are back from Canada, spending the winter in the eastern US. Researcher Trish Miller said there are probably around 5,000 east of the Mississippi River, compared to estimates of 1,000 to 2,500 when she and her husband, Michael Lanzone, began studying them in 2005. Other scientists have come up with similar […]

North Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US

3:17 pm December 29, 2019

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea has opened a high-profile political conference to discuss how to overcome “harsh trials and difficulties,” state media reported Sunday, days before a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to make concessions in nuclear negotiations. The ruling Workers’ Party meeting is a focus of keen attention as some observers predict […]