After having barely emerged from the corporate bad debt hangover, banks are worried about the next threat — farm loan waivers. With Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi challenging PM Narendra Modi to waive farm loans across the country, bankers believe it is a danger if implemented. “It...

Nine months after a whistleblower revealed that Facebook had allowed outsiders to improperly access personal information about millions of its users, the social media giant faced its first major rebuke from regulators in the United States - a lawsuit filed by the attorney general of...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch on Wednesday GSAT-7A, a geostationary communication satellite, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The 26-hour countdown for its launch began yesterday as the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-F11...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised that the country will “never seek hegemony” even as it approaches the center of the world stage. Mr. Xi gave a speech on Tuesday on completion of the country’s 40 years of reform and opening up. The address credited former leader Deng Xiaoping’s...

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been found guilty and has been sentenced to life imprisonment in for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by the Delhi High Court, which cancelled an earlier court order acquitting him. Sajjan Kumar, 73, was convicted in the killing of five members of...