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Delhi was about 1.2 tonnes per day in June-July last year but had.

Nigel Pearson believes the work he did at Leicester was "pivotal" to their title bid and he believes they can win the Premier League

During my 20 years in high-tech sales and marketing, I have achieved many goals, developed many strategies, experienced many successes, and learned many lessons. Much of this can be attributed to a constantly growing knowledge of how to manage and maximize my network. Especially in the past decade, our world has witnessed an explosion in the role social media plays in our daily, personal, and professional lives. While I do enjoy Facebook as a vehicle for the daily and personal aspects, my main tool for professional interaction is LinkedIn... Читать дальше...

Iran has indicated that it wants to settle payments for its new and outstanding oil sales in euros and not in dollars or any other currencies.

Retail sales smash expectations as economists say consumer spending 'still firing on all cylinders'

The Belgium international's form has nosedived in 2015-16, with only one club goal to his name so far this season, and the Blues are keen to address his performances

The qualification for Rio will depend on the rankings published on June 6, while the French Open will be played from May 16 to June 5.

Out of the 114 shortlisted names for this year's official Press Awards, can you guess how many were women?

Special tax unit raises extra £414m from the 6,000 wealthiest individuals

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Replacing Scalia: Sri Srinivasan—remember the name

Replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court is going to be a contentious partisan issue in the coming months. Scalia, 79, the first Italian-American to serve on the Supreme Court, died Feb. 13 after serving 30 years on the bench.

Gun rights advocates will remember Scalia for writing the majority opinion in 2008’s landmark District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution... Читать дальше...

“Jesus, plus minus everything” is the motto that local hip hop newcomer, Big Star Johnson, lives by.

While bookings for Freedom 251, the world’s cheapest smartphone, soared after its Wednesday release in India, Hindustan Times (HT), a local newspaper, reported Friday the phone violates Apple's copyright by using its icons. The phone was launched for just 251 rupees ($3.60) by the previously unknown Indian company Ringing Bells and will be promoted as a part of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s "Make in India" campaign that aims to increase manufacturing on the subcontinent.

At least one million children have been left in the grips of severe malnutrition, as one of the most powerful El Nino events in 50 years continues to wreak havoc across southern Africa.

-The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello has expressed concerns over the proliferation of sub-standard private schools into the city -Bello said the FCT administration would go tough on such schools Bello said that his administration will go tough on sub-standard school in Abuja adding that their activities would be counterproductive to the […]

Love appears to have lifted Rob Kardashian up where his family belongs: in the spotlight. The only Kardashian son has shunned attention for over a year, dropping out of his family’s reality show and being seen only in paparazzi shots that purported to show a hefty weight gain. But as he’s now dating model (and […]

Though Donald Trump continues to lead heading in to South Carolina’s primary Saturday, a new poll suggests his support could be fading in the campaign’s final days. According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist survey released Friday, the billionaire businessman leads the Republican race in the Palmetto State with 28% support. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz […]

U.S. warplanes on Friday struck an ISIS hub in Libya where Noureddine Chouchane, a senior operative in the terrorist group, was believed to be, a U.S. official told CNN. Chouchane is believed to have played an instrumental role in two terror attacks in Tunisia last year, one at Tunis’ Bardo Museum that killed 23 people […]

Flint, Michigan, is not far from fresh water. The city is sandwiched between three of the Great Lakes: Lake Michigan about 140 miles west, Lake Huron just 40 miles north, and Lake Erie 100 miles or so south.

The process of printing documents for the Budget 2016-17 began Friday with the ritual 'halwa ceremony', which was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his deputy Jayant Sinha in the North Block office.

The case concerns the South Carolina Ports Authority's plans to build a new cruise terminal by renovating a waterfront warehouse. Preservation and conservation groups are challenging the permit, saying regulators didn't consider the impact of the terminal on historic Charleston.

China will announce its top securities regulator is stepping down within days, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing officials.

The Swiss investment bank's analysts believe that fears that the global economy is headed for another meltdown are overblown

The son of suspended Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Rajballabh Yadav, who has been accused of raping a minor, was on Friday detained by police over suspicion of destroying evidence in connection with the case.