Washington : Democrats introduced ambitious climate-change legislation Wednesday in the Senate with the goal of reducin greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, a larger reduction than the 17-percent approved in June by the House. The bill introduced by Democratic Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer outlines a plan to curb toxic [...]
Washington : Eyeing India’s estimated $100 billion nuclear pie, a US-India trade group has hailed reservation of two sites for US commercial nuclear technology as a “significant step” toward implementing the US-India civil nuclear deal. The Indian cabinet has reserved sites at Mithi Virdi in Gujarat and at Kovada in Andhra Pradesh to host the [...]
Washington : The US will provide $5 billion in new grants for medical research, which will also create thousands of new jobs, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday. The funds will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as the $787-billion economic stimulus package passed in February is known, to “conduct cutting-edge research all across [...]
London : Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has flown a faith healer from the Caribbean to help beat her addictions. Winehouse, 26, who has struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, met Peter Hippolyte while she was living on the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia and was very impressed by him. “When I come to UK, I [...]
London : Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has rubbished reports suggesting that she has shed 14 pounds for her role in “Iron Man 2″. The actress admits that she slimmed down to fit into a catsuit to play Black Widow in the forthcoming sequel, but is outraged over reports she went to extreme lengths to lose [...]
London : Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore badly bruised her leg while filming for her directorial debut “Whip It”, about a roller derby team. Barrymore, who is also acting in the movie, was left black and blue when a training session with Detroit Derby Girls star Racer McChasher went wrong, reported contactmusic.com. “We were wrestling and [...]
Washington : The US Congress has passed a bill to triple non-military aid to Pakistan to $7.5 billion in the next five years, but with stringent conditions demanding action against extremist groups on its soil and prevention of attacks into neighbouring countries. Though the compromise bill passed by House of Representatives Wednesday does not specifically [...]
New York : Wall Street benchmarks lost ground Thursday after a renewed, unexpected drop was reported in sales of existing homes, despite an earlier reported surprise decrease in new unemployment claims had pointed to a stabilizing economy. The rate-setting Federal Reserve Board announced Thursday that it would cut back a programme established to bolster credit [...]
Pittsburgh, Sep 24 (IANS) As G20 leaders converged here for their third summit, a major consensus that has emerged is economies like India have a key role to play in restoring normalcy in the global financial system and to overcome the current economic downturn. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already said India had much [...]
Chicago : An American convert to Islam was Thursday charged with a plot to blow up the court building in Springfield in Illinois state and trigger mass murder. Michael Finton, who converted to Islam in jail some time ago to become Talib Islam, was arrested Wednesday after an undercover operation which began in 2007. He [...]