The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on the Akhilesh Yadav government over dumping of solid waste in River Yamuna near the Taj Mahal, saying the state was unable to protect the 17th century monument from which it was making "millions".
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New U.S. money market fund rules have been both an albatross for money market investors and a beacon for ultrashort bond funds since they were announced by the SEC two years ago. With less than 90 days until the new rules go into effect on 14 October, the landscape at the front end of the yield curve is finally changing, creating potential opportunities for short-term investors.
The most noticeable effect of the upcoming reform is that assets in institutional prime money market funds... Читать дальше...
Draw for the final round of qualifying for the UCL group stage is complete.
ENSCHEDE - Albert 'Appie' Lammers zat 47 jaar in de vis. En nu stopt hij. De kenmerkende winkel aan de Brinkstraat op het Hogeland in Enschede gaat zonder hem verder.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With 95 percent of votes counted Friday in municipal elections, South Africa's ruling party appeared to have suffered its biggest electoral blow since it won power at the end of the apartheid era 22 years ago.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With 95 percent of votes counted Friday in municipal elections, South Africa's ruling party appeared to have suffered its biggest electoral blow since it won power at the end of the apartheid era 22 years ago.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee said he is happy with the outcome of the rehabilitation and conditioning camp which ended on Thursday.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New election technology will be used in Hennepin County in next week's primary.
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares traded 0.54 percent higher late Friday morning as foreign investors welcomed the Bank of England's interest rate cut and stimulus package, with tech heavyweights leading the gains. The benchmark Korea
In a blow to South Africa’s ruling party, the pro-business Democratic Alliance has wrested away control of the manufacturing town of Port Elizabeth from the African National Congress for the first time since the end of apartheid.
Greek Prime Minister plans in to hold a summit of southern European countries early September, local media reported Friday.
For some obstetricians and gynecologists, Zika virus is transforming how they practice medicine. Talks with pregnant patients now include testing for the virus and the risks of long-term effects.
The presidential nominee, the bikini and the burqa
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Via Dave Lutz, head of ETFs at JonesTrading, here's a quick guide to what traders are talking about ahead of the jobs report:
Good Morning, and Happy Jobs Friday (Street at 180,000 jobs but whisper headed higher, AlmanacTrader notes S&P 500 down 12 of last 15 on this print) – US Futures are starting on a upbeat note, climbing 25bp as Earnings (KHC, PCLN) and M&A (RAX) provide tailwinds. All green in Europe despite Insurers weaker on Allianz #s, with... Читать дальше...
African National Congress (ANC) regional structures in Nelson Mandela Bay are digging in their heels and will stick to a decision to lodge a complaint regarding voting irregularities.
In a stern message to party workers, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday asked them to pull up their socks for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls and stop "grabbing lands" or indulging in other such deeds.
Police on the Indonesian island of Batam arrested six suspected terrorists Friday, including one they said had plotted with an Islamic State supporter to fire a rocket from the island into neighboring Singapore.
Daniel J. Graeber
DALLAS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- While growth increased in the Texas economy, the oil-rich state still faces significant headwinds because of the energy market downturn, a state economist said.
The 1960s cast a long shadow. We live in nostalgia-addled times, an era when retro-culture and revivals are ever-present and intermingled in the vast and readily accessible digital landscape. Sure, the '80s always seem to be impacting something or another, and in recent years the '90s and early '00s made a comeback, too. But the…
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LONDON (AP) — Activists linked to the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London's Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities.
LONDON (AP) — Activists linked to the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London's Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities.
The DA has made history by winning the Nelson Mandela Bay metro from ANC in what was described as the most contested election since '94.
Читать дальше...Hillary Clinton admitted to her running mate, Tim Kaine, that she made a mistake when she used her private email server for state business.