India's navy is in the hunt for a new foreign fighter jet after rejecting an indigenously made aircraft as too heavy, the latest sign of the struggle to get Asian militaries to buy locally to grow their defence industries.
A strike in Delhi by thousands of Uber and Ola drivers demanding better pay has paralysed the ride-hailing services that have grabbed business from traditional taxi and rickshaw operators with their cheaper fares.
In the rubble-strewn square outside Aleppo's ancient citadel, workmen are starting to mend the destruction of a war that has shattered the Syrian city's priceless historical heritage.
Joe Root was appointed England's test cricket captain on Monday, replacing Alastair Cook who resigned last week after four and a half years in charge.
BAGHDAD The Iraqi airforce carried out a strike on a house where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military said on Monday, without making clear whether he had been hit.
NEW DELHI India's inflation cooled to its lowest in at least five years in January as food prices fell following the government's cash clampdown, but emerging price pressures mean the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will probably keep interest rates on hold.
SAN FRANCISCO Apple shares cruised to a record-high close Monday, helping catapult the S&P; 500 stock index over the $20 trillion mark in what amounts to a victory for plain-vanilla mutual funds over a bevy of hedge fund managers who recently backed away from the iPhone maker.
TAIPEI At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus crashed near Taipei on Monday night, with television footage showing the bus careening towards a road barrier before flipping on its side.
NEW YORK Oil prices declined on Monday by about 2 percent, the most since mid-January, pressured by a stronger dollar and signs of rising U.S. crude output.
NEW DELHI A strike led by drivers' unions in the Indian capital demanding better pay from Uber and Ola has paralysed the ride-hailing services that have grabbed business from traditional taxi and rickshaw operators with their cheaper fares.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| INR 10YR |
+6.828
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+0.023 |
| US10YT=XX |
+2.436
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+0.027 |
| JP10YT=XX |
+0.092
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+0.001 |
| Name | INR | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
| INR | 1 | 66.9000 | 70.8870 |
| USD | 0.0149 | 1 | 1.0596 |
| EUR | 0.0141 | 0.9437 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
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| Gold |
1,224.40
USD
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+0.00
Exp: Feb2017
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| Copper |
2.78
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Feb2017
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| Brent Crude |
55.59
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Feb2017
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