Новости за 21.03.2016

OSLO The rate of carbon emissions is higher than at any time in fossil records stretching back 66 million years to the age of the dinosaurs, according to a study on Monday that sounds an alarm about risks to nature from man-made global warming. Scientists wrote that the pace of emissions even eclipses the onset of the biggest-known natural surge in fossil records, 56 million years ago, that was perhaps driven by a release of frozen stores of greenhouse gases beneath the seabed

India's oil imports in February increased by 29.93 percent year on year to 4.27 million barrels per day (bpd), or 16.88 million tonnes, government data showed. Overseas purchases of oil products were 17.69 percent higher, while exports rose 21.25 percent, the data showed. India's annual fuel demand rose 11.7 percent in February and the oil ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell expects gasoline demand to grow to 24.2 million tonnes (560,000 bpd) in the 2016/17 financial year, up more... Читать дальше...

Former Union Minister Deepa Dasmunsi was on Friday made the Congress candidate from Bhawanipore seat in West Bengal to take on Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in the Assembly elections.

MOSCOW Russian investigators said on Monday they had been able to retrieve data from a damaged cockpit voice recorder recovered from the scene of a plane crash at the weekend in southern Russia that killed all 62 people on board. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered officials to examine whether Russia's flight safety rules needed to be tightened up after the crash, which happened as the Boeing 737-800 tried to land at a regional airport in strong, gusting wind

Wall Street flip-flopped between meager losses and gains on Monday as investors sought fresh trading catalysts after a five-week rally that helped stocks recover from a rout this year. The rally pushed the Dow and the S&P 500 into positive territory for the year last week. "Our market is really resting on the back of the dovish statement from the Fed and waiting to see where we are headed with the economic data," said Lisa Kopp, head of traditional investments at U.S

Live updates from the World T20 clash between Australia and Bangladesh in Bangalore

Barack Obama became the first US president in 88 years to visit Cuba when he landed in the island nation on Sunday

Sehwag showered praise on Kohli after his match-winning knock against Pakistan in Kolkata, and said India's chances of winning the World T20 was 99 percent.

Pakistan's cricket legend, Imran Khan has said that he would like to see Pakistan and India resume bilateral series after the warm welcome given to the National team in India during the ICC World T20.

DMK on Monday said talks were on with DMDK for a tie-up in the coming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, giving a new twist to the political scenario in the state days after the Vijayakanth-led party announced it would go it alone.

Seeking to embarrass the Nitish Kumar government over non-payment of salaries to lakhs of school teachers, two top state BJP leaders today returned the gifts given to them by the Education Department and others may follow suit.

The outreach is being made so that meritorious students, who seek no financial support, can be given affordable technical education in India, the minister said.

Bombay HC admitted a petition filed by Jamait-e-Islami Hind questioning a Mumbai police circular which alleges that it trains young Muslim girls for jihad

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist turned approver David Coleman Headley's cross-examination will be conducted in a Mumbai special court from Tuesday, an official said on Monday.

Amitabh Bachchan sang the national anthem on March 19 at the Eden Garden in Kolkata along with thousands at the sprawling stadium.

A Delhi court on Monday asked the police to file an action taken report on a plea seeking lodging of FIR against JNU students SU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others for allegedly raising anti-Brahmin slogans and burning a copy of an ancient socio-religious text of Manusmriti.

The Congress on Monday virtually disapproved of party leader Shashi Tharoor comparing JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charges, with Bhagat Singh.

Influential skipper Sunil Chhetri has been ruled out of India's World Cup qualifier against Iran owing to a groin injury, dealing a body blow to the beleaguered outfit's prospects of putting up a fight.

The sweep shot signifies the confidence Virat Kohli possesses in his abilities. Most of all, it is a poignant marker of the remarkable hard work Kohli has put into his game behind the scenes.

Toughening its stand on rebel leaders, the Congress on Monday expelled from the party two senior leaders for six years for indulging in anti-party activities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid glowing tributes to BR Ambedkar, comparing him with iconic civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr

Indian residents would have to fall in line because otherwise the advertisement expenses will not make the grade

Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed BR Ambedkar at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the BR Ambedkar National Memorial in New Delhi.

Influential skipper Sunil Chhetri has been ruled out of India's World Cup qualifier against Iran owing to a groin injury, dealing a body blow to the beleaguered outfit's prospects of putting up a fight.