Новости за 09.03.2016

Australia gained a confidence boost ahead of the World Twenty20 with an impressive run chase to defeat South Africa by six wickets in the third and final Twenty20 international at Newlands on Wednesday.

New Zealand`s central bank cut interest rates to a record low on Thursday, citing the country`s struggling dairy industry and a deteriorating global outlook.

Thirty-four people died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria`s biggest city, Lagos, a rescue official said on Wednesday.

In view of photographs showing mass scale copying in last year's matriculation examination, the Bihar government on Wednesday resolved to conduct the test in a "free and fair" manner this year.

Parliament on Wednesday passed the National Waterways Bill, which provides for declaring certain inland waterways as national waterways with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the legislation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress on Wednesday, comparing it with "death" which he said never gets criticised, even as he urged the opposition to pass bills in the Rajya Sabha.

Members of parliament from the northeast on Wednesday paid tribute to former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma, who passed away on March 4, at a condolence meeting organised by the Northeast MPs' Forum (NEMPF).

Swedish runner Abeba Aregawi became the latest athlete to test positive for meldonium on Wednesday, the same substance that tennis star Maria Sharapova was caught taking.

An amount of Rs.8 crore was saved in the construction of an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in west Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday.

This eye-opening documentary explains in brief  how slowing earth would bring catastrophically geological change.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Wednesday said the top priority for authorities here was to make liquor baron Vijay Mallya return and disclose his assets, most of which are abroad, failing which proceedings for revocation of his passport may be initiated as was done in the case of former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

Offshore schemes operated by UBS and Deutsche Bank in a bid to avoid paying income tax on bankers` bonuses are not exempt from tax, the Supreme Court in London ruled Wednesday

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday cleared the decks for the three-day cultural extravaganza of Art of Living (AOL) on the flood plains of Yamuna river from Friday.

The player appeared before the SIT today and endorsed all allegations which she had written to SHO Koomkalan police station on February 1.

For the past three days, 15-year-old Ola has clung onto a scrap of cardboard bearing the number 22, hoping her turn will finally come to cross the sealed metal fence on the Greek-Macedonian border.

Overtly endorsing violence in Maharashtra, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday urged his party followers to burn the newly-registered autorickshaws run by non-Marathis.

In the third T20I, both teams would want to play out of their skins to seal the series and carry some confidence going into the ICC World Twenty20.

This catch would certainly make even Jonty Rhodes proud.

The slump in Chinese growth and its nascent economic transition was the key factor in a sharp slowdown last year in global trade, the World Bank said Wednesday.

German engineering giant Siemens said Wednesday it would slash 2,500 jobs from its industrial division in a reorganisation to cope with a slump in the oil and gas as well as the metals and mining sectors.

Zimbabwe needs urgent reforms and fiscal belt-tightening as its moribund economy takes further knocks from low commodity prices and an ongoing drought, the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday.

Chasing 154, Oman openers Zeeshan Maqsood and Khawar Ali got the team to a great start by stitching a 69-run stand in just 8.3 overs.

Cautioning against the "misuse" and politicisation of some of the proposed methods for evaluating the implementation of UN`s sustainable development goals (SDG), India has asserted that they ignored international cooperation and the obligations of developed countries.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would tomorrow hear a plea seeking an SIT probe into the incidents at Patiala House courts in which three lawyers were allegedly caught on camera "bragging and boasting" they had beaten up JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including journalists.

The Political Affairs Committee of Aam Aadmi Pary today cleared eight names for MCD bypolls which are expected to be held next month, ahead of its rivals BJP and Congress.