2014-12-29 India Spotlight

Farm loan waivers   
The Hindu
The RBI Governor's anguish that debt waivers constrain credit flow to the farmer is understandable, and quite rightly so (“Farm loan waivers hit credit flow: Rajan,” Dec.28). Be it the UPA government in 2008 or Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Chief ...

2014-12-29 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

AirAsia live: QZ8501 has crashed; could be at bottom of sea, says search ops head   
Firstpost
The AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday. "Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the ...

2014-12-29 India Health

Cardiorespiratory fitness enhances memory in older adults   
Sierra Leone Times
A new study has examined the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), memory and cognition in young and older adults and has shown that cardiorespiratory fitness improves memory among older adults. The study conducted at Boston ...

2014-12-29 India Science

Press Herald   

2015 Predictions: The year ahead for Bollywood celebs   
Times of India
It's that time of the year when most of us would be interested to know how 2015 will treat us. A Bollywood fanatic and a movie buff will go even further and be eager to know how 2015 will fare for movie stars. Astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi explains what ...

2014-12-29 India Sports

Hindustan Times   

Australia 90/1 at lunch; lead by 155   
Daily News & Analysis
Australia took a 155-run lead at lunch after fast bowler Mitchell Johnson quickly polished off the Indian tail on the fourth day of the third cricket Test at the MCG here on Monday. Australia were 90 for one in 22 overs in their second innings at lunch. This was ...

2014-12-29 India Entertainment

Financial Express   

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev calls for social boycott of PK   
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday called for a social boycott of those involved in the making of the Aamir Khan movie 'PK' as it has criticised Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Ramdev, who was in Mumbai to condone the death of the mother of one ...

2014-12-29 India Technology

Daily News & Analysis   

With over 60k cyber fraud cases till June 2014, India registers forty% annual rise ...   
Bharat Press
Hacking, publication of obscene contents, bank card and banking frauds amongst different cyber crimes have registered an annual improve of greater than forty% in the nation in the previous two years. In line with Residence Ministry statistics, as many as ...

2014-12-29 India Business

Moneycontrol.com   

ING Bk staff want job safety post merger,to strike on Jan 7   
Moneycontrol.com
To ensure that interests of all the stakeholders are 'protected', SA Sridhar from the ING Vysya Bank officers' association said a "tri-partite agreement" between Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB), ING Vysya Bank, and employees and officers, be signed which will lay ...

2014-12-29 India World

Reuters   

Indonesia searches Java Sea for missing AirAsia plane, relatives wait   
Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia searched the Java Sea on Monday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm cell during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to ...

2014-12-29 India India

Daily News & Analysis   

Bengaluru blast: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announces Rs 5 lakh ...   
Daily News & Analysis
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the kin of a woman who was killed in the low-intensity explosion outside a popular restaurant here that also left three persons injured. Speaking to reporters after visiting the ...