Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) It was a see-saw trading session till noon Tuesday at the Indian equities markets, with a key index pulling back into the green after slipping more than 373 points in the morning.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which had opened higher at 14,757.82 points, and slipped more than 373 points soon after, pulled back in the green to rule at 14,602.8 points, 318.59 points or 2.23 percent up from its close Monday.
Ipoh (Malaysia), May 19 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress has urged the Perak Government to name a street in the Teluk Intan District after late Tamilian philanthropist Vallal Rengasamy Pillai.
Vallal Rengasamy Pillai was a well-known businessman. He had financed the Tamil Festival in Penang that earned him the title “Vallalâ€. The Tamil term means generous, […]
Toronto, May 19 (IANS) A visiting Pakistan minister vowed to protect Sikhs from the Taliban even as Canada announced $5 million for Pakistan’s Sikh families who have fled the Swat Valley after the imposition of ‘jaziya’ (tax on non-Muslims) by the Taliban.
Washington, May 19 (IANS) A bunch of spinach packs in more nutritional wallop than a wedge of iceberg lettuce, because darker colours in leafy vegetables signify antioxidants that are thought to have a variety of health benefits. Now a team of plant physiologists has developed a way to make lettuce darker and redder and therefore healthier-using ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
The dark red tinges on a leaf of red leaf lettuce are the plant kingdom’s equivalent of suntan lotion. When bombarded with ultraviolet rays from the sun, the lettuce leaf creates UV-absorbing polyphenolic compounds in its outer layer of cells.
Washington, May 19 (ANI): The US State Department has said Washington will closely work with the Pakistan Government in making sure that the money the money sanctioned by the US Congress is spent appropriately.
Colombo, May 19 (ANI): The Sri Lanka President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his victory speech to the Parliament termed “the victory achieved by defeating the LTTE as the victory of the country†here on Tuesday.
London, May 19 (ANI): Want to make your employees more productive and creative? Well, then allow them to take shower during the working day.
Washington, May 19 (ANI): Hollywood hunk George Clooney has been roped in to play an assassin in a new film titled ‘A Very Private Gentleman’.
Islamabad, May 19 (ANI): The US House of Representatives has approved 1.9 billion dollar in aid for Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.
Washington, May 19 (ANI): An American study suggests that smoking bans do not trigger job losses in bars and restaurants.
Conducted in Minnesota, the study has shown that exempting bars from community smoking bans does not have any effect on the preservation of bar employment.
Study leader Elizabeth Klein, assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Promotion at Ohio State University, has found that even the most comprehensive clean indoor air policies do not lead to a reduction in hospitality jobs.