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Measures to curb demand for imported gold have contributed to a sharp narrowing of India’s current account deficit, global consultancy firm Capital Economics said.
“This should make the rupee less vulnerable to shifts in global investor sentiment,” it said in a report released today.
Preliminary balance of payments data published on Monday showed that the current account deficit fell to USD 5.2 billion in the July-September quarter of 2013-14, or 1.2 per cent of GDP.
“The decrease was due to a pick-up in exports and a slump in gold imports, it noted.
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India’s services sector activity witnessed a moderate improvement in November over the previous month, even while indicating the fifth successive monthly contraction, an HSBC survey said today.
The HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers Index for the services industry inched up to 47.2 in November from 47.1 in October, the fifth sub-50.0 reading and indicated an output contraction across the Indian service economy.
An index value of below 50 indicates contraction.
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The benchmark BSE Sensex today fell over 39 points in early trade on sustained selling by funds amid a weak trend in other Asian markets.
The 30-share index, which had lost 43.09 points in the previous session, fell further by 39.47 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 20,815.45, led by losses in stocks of banking, oil and gas, auto and FMCG sectors.
Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty declined by 13.75 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 6,188.10.
Kashmir is a flashpoint that can trigger a fourth war between Pakistan and India anytime, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said, seeking an early settlement of the issue.
He also said he had a dream of seeing Indian Kashmir free and hoped to see it happen during his lifetime.
“Kashmir is a flashpoint and can trigger a fourth war between the two nuclear powers at anytime,” he was quoted as saying by the Dawn daily in his brief address to the budget session of the ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Council’ in Pak-occupied Kashmir yesterday.
A Goa court on Wednesday rejected an application filed by Tehelka magazine Editor Tarun Tejpal seeking permission to get a fan installed in the police lock up where he is being kept. Judicial Magistrate First Class Kshama Joshi rejected the application by Tejpal, who has been lodged in Panaji police custody since Saturday in connection with a sexual assault case.
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari was among the first few voters to cast his vote at the Nirmal Bhawan polling booth in New Delhi constituency on Wednesday. Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is contesting from the New Delhi constituency against incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and BJP leader V. Gupta, cast his vote within the first half an hour of polling. BJP chief ministerial candidate Dr. Harsh Vardhan, who is contesting from the Krishnanagar seat in East Delhi was also among the first voters to cast his vote.
Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets.
The five planets-WASP-17b, HD209458b, WASP-12b, WASP-19b and XO-1b-orbit nearby stars.
The strengths of their water signatures varied. WASP-17b, a planet with an especially puffed-up atmosphere, and HD209458b had the strongest signals.
The signatures for the other three planets, WASP-12b, WASP-19b and XO-1b, also are consistent with water.
A 36-member foreign delegation will visit all major polling stations to witness the voting procedure for the Delhi assembly elections, an official said Wednesday.
“The delegation comprises members from eight countries including Senegal, Lebanon, Nigeria, Jordan and Zambia,” Special Chief Electoral Officer, Surbhir Singh said.
The team is in the national capital after witnessing elections in Rajasthan.
During their visit, the team would see the polling procedure in constituencies like New Delhi, Shalimar Bagh, Krishna Nagar, Patel Nagar and some other prominent centres, added Singh.
Actress Dimple Kapadia may not have time for herself but is such an avid fan of “Bigg Boss” and its host, Bollywood star Salman Khan, that she takes out time to watch every episode of the reality show.
The “Bobby” fame actress is hardly seen at the Bollywood bashes and when asked what keeps her busy, she said: “I don’t know what I am busy doing, but I am very busy. I don’t have time for myself.”
Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh, who was arrested for damaging a toll booth and beating its operators Tuesday evening was released on bail early Wednesday.
Nitesh Rane has been asked to report at Goa’s Pernem police station for three days as per conditions of the bail, and has also been told not to leave the country, police said.
The incident occurred Tuesday evening when Rane’s entourage was asked to pay toll at Dhargal on the Goa border.
Astronomers using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have spotted what appears to be two supermassive black holes, at the heart of a remote galaxy, circling each other like dance partners.
Follow-up observations with the Australian Telescope Compact Array near Narrabri, Australia, and the Gemini South telescope in Chile revealed unusual features in the galaxy, including a lumpy jet thought to be the result of one black hole causing the jet of the other to sway.
A total of 60 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were replaced before and during polling in all the constituencies in the capital, said an election commission officer.
“In ward number AC 55 (Trilokpuri), eight EVMs have been replaced, whereas in ward number AC 67 (Babarpur Shahdara), four EVMs were replaced. This is in addition to the four being replaced in both ward AC 52 (Tughlakabad) and AC 23 (Karol Bagh),” said Additional Chief Electoral Officer Neeraj Bharti.
“We have enough EVM backups to conduct the polls in a peaceful manner,” he added.
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Cold wave conditions continued without respite across the Kashmir Valley Wednesday, and night temperatures dropped several notches below freezing point.
“The minimum temperature was minus 2.7 degrees Celsius in Srinagar today (Wednesday). It was minus 5.2 in Pahalgam and minus 1.8 in Gulmarg. Minimum temperature today dropped to minus 12.8 in Leh and minus 9.7 in Kargil town of Ladakh region,” an official of the local weather office said.
The official said night temperature was 8.7 degrees in Jammu city Wednesday, a degree less than normal for this time of year.
The results of the assembly elections will influence the upcoming winter session of parliament, the BJP said Wednesday.
“Much of the colour of this parliament (session Dec 5-20) would be determined by the outcome of the election counting on Dec 8,” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said here after a meeting with the party leaders.
The meeting was attended by the top BJP leaders, including party president Rajnath Singh, L. K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley.
A new study has found that workers are becoming slaves to the screen and are forgoing time with their families and friends to keep their workload under control.
The survey of more than 1000 Australian workers found that about 50 percent of workers admitted they check in at the office on holiday, with 42 per cent saying they did a full day’s work outside of office hours, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Swapping your daily cup of caffeine with short bouts of intense exercise can help you perform better at your work place, it has been revealed.
According to the Daily Beast, a guy called Gregory Ferenstein replaced his regular trips to the barista with short bursts of intense exercise, News.com.au reported.
Ferenstein wrote in a post that whenever he needs a “pick-me-up”, he finds a quiet corner and perform some form of body-weight exercise that jolts his heart up to at last 70 per cent of the maximal beats per minute.
It might come as a relief to women as researchers at Microsoft have designed a smart bra that can detect stress.
The prototype contains removable sensors that monitor heart and skin activity to provide an indication of mood levels.
The aim was to find out if wearable technology could help prevent stress-related over-eating, the BBC reported.
Mood data was provided to the wearer via a smartphone app in order to highlight when “emotional eating” was likely to occur.
Certain Facebook photo activities are linked to body dissatisfaction among teen girls that may lead to eating disorders and a drive for thinness, a new study has revealed.
The study explored on the theory that appearance exposure on the Internet is linked to body image disturbance among adolescent girls and found that specific Facebook activities are closely linked to body dissatisfaction and a drive for thinness.
A NASA application allows users to view ‘before and after’ images of the impact of human activities, a changing climate and natural disasters on Earth.
With NASA’s Images of Change iPad application, users can get an interactive before-and-after view of the changes on Earth.
The app presents sets of images of places around the world that have changed dramatically.
Some of these locations have suffered a disaster, such as a fire or tsunami, or illustrate the effects of human activities , such as dam building or urban growth.
Siasat Daily, Millat Islamia Welfare Society (AP) will be organizing ‘Simple wedding campaign’ round table conference on December 7, at Azam Function Hall, Azam Pura at 11 am. Preparations for the conference are in full swing in view of participation of community and social organizations from Telangana districts on large scale. Intellectuals, Imams of Masajid and heads of the community institutions from the city are being invited.
Hassan Lakki, a Hezbollah leader, was “assassinated” near his home in Beirut on Wednesday, the militant group reportedly said.
The militant group said that Lakki was killed while he on his way back home from work, as per a BBC news report.
Hezbollah blamed Israel for the killing and said that several unsuccessful attempts were made earlier on Lakki’s life as well.
However, Israel has yet not reacted to the allegations.