Sudan and main rebel group kick off peace talks in JubaAl-Hilu's movement is Sudan's single largest rebel group and is active in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan provinces, where it controls sig...
South Sudan’s president appoints new army chiefSouth Sudan erupted into civil war soon after securing independence from Sudan in 2011, leading to an estimated 400,000 deaths and one of t...
VK Singh to lead evacuation of Indians from South SudanTwo IAF C-17 Globemasters will take off for Juba in South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate around 500 Indian nationals from the violence-hit A...
South Sudan army ordered to end fighting ahead of ceasefireSouth Sudanese President Salva Kiir has ordered all government troops to cease fighting rebel forces as part of a peace agreement.
South Sudan's civil war is one of the worst conflicts on earth - with no end in sightThe Obama administration on Thursday placed sanctions on leaders from opposing military forces in South Sudan for their roles in the countr...
UN resolution addresses Indian concerns in South Sudan violenceIndia's concerns over security in South Sudan has found support from several UN Security Council members, by passing a resolution.
US calls for immediate political talks in South SudanUS officials led by Secretary of State John Kerry have been trying to connect with leaders in Africa to solve ethnic and political violence.
UNSC increases peacekeeping force in South Sudan to nearly 14,000Reinforcement would be made through transfer of units from other UN forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Darfur, Abyei, Cote d'Ivoir...
3 Indians killed in attack on UN base in South SudanThree Indian peacekeepers were killed when attackers stormed a United Nations base in South Sudan where civilians had taken refuge.
Not only me but thousands booked under Sedition law: Binayak SenActivist Binayak Sen today indicated that the draconian law is being misused and thousands of people have already become victims of the leg...
Cash-rich Castrol to reward its investorsCastrol will return half of its Rs 494.56-crore equity capital in its books to its shareholders by giving Rs 5 for every share they own.
Oil futures drop as much as 0.5%, Morgan Stanley sees demand dipSudanese President Umar al-Bashir and South Sudan’s Salva Kiir will meet in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on January 13.
- India extends diplomatic recognition to South Sudan
India has become one of the first nations to accord diplomatic recognition to South Sudan, the world's youngest country.
- GDRs are passe', corporates now go for QIPs
Qualified institutional placement (QIP) has emerged as a new fund-raising instrument for listed corporates in India. This is supposed to ov...
- Deep Industries to tap capital mkt with IPO
Air and gas compression company Deep Industries Ltd on Thursday announced its plans to tap the capital market to mop up around Rs 40 crore ...
- IITians opt for career engineering
IIT engineers are giving up jobs with the bluest of the blue chips to work at start-ups .
- IITians take the road less travelled
IIT passouts are giving up jobs with the bluest of the blue chips to work at start-ups.