The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex added 62 points after a choppy session today ahead of the two-day US Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to determine the timing and extent of stimulus tapering.

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Inflation based on the wholesale price index accelerated to a six-month high at 6.1 per cent in August due to soaring food prices and high fuel costs.

Asian champion Amit Kumar assured India of at least a silver by storming into the finals of the 55kg category on the opening day of World Wrestling Championships here on Monday.

The foreign ministers of Russia and France on Tuesday admitted they still had differences over their approaches on how to end the Syrian conflict, despite a landmark agreement for Damascus to hand over its chemical weapons.

Drugs which have already been on the market in well-regulated countries with good post-marketing surveillance (PMS) for more than four years with a satisfactory report may be granted marketing licence

Ahead of the crucial meeting of the National Integration Council scheduled for September 23 to discuss the contentious issue of communal riots, the Intelligence Bureau, in a classified report submitted to the Union home ministry and the Cabinet Secretariat on Monday, pointed out that at least 50 districts across 13 states are “highly prone and sensitive to communal riots in the runup to the Lok Sabha elections”.

The prestigious Hero Indian Open — country’s premier Asian Tour golf event — will celebrate its golden jubilee edition at the scenic Delhi Golf Club from November 7 to 10.

Ravindra Jadeja continues to jointly top the bowlers’ list, while Virat Kohli is the highest-ranked Indian batsman at fourth in the latest International Cricket Council’s One Day International rankings issued Tuesday.

External affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said that the boundary dispute between India and China is “not an insurmountable problem” and that both sides are committed to getting rid of such irritan