New StanChart CEO Winters says needs to strengthen finances

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 14:38

Standard Chartered`s new chief executive Bill Winters said the Asia-focused bank needs to strengthen its financial position, simplify and restructure to achieve better returns, in a letter to staff on his first day in charge.

StanChart rules out share sale as profit plunges 25%

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 15:50

Standard Chartered ruled out plans to raise capital on Wednesday despite reporting a 25 percent slide in annual pretax profits on the back of soaring bad loans.

Britain`s Standard Chartered bank says CEO to step down

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 14:24

Asia-focused British bank Standard Chartered`s chief executive will step down in June, the company said on Thursday, following poor results, job cuts and fines for failing to detect possible money-laundering.

Delhi govt rolls back its move on working hours for teachers

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 01:42

Facing flak from teachers` community, Delhi government has withdrawn its order of increasing the working hours of school teachers to 45 hours per week and resorted the earlier schedule.

Omar reviews snow clearance operations in Valley

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 20:29

Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the snow clearance operations and progress on restoration of essential services in the wake of snowfall in the Valley.

Cold wave persists in UP, two more dead

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 19:57

Two persons have died due to cold in different parts of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours as cold wave continued unabated in the state.

Thanks to scientists, feast on litchis even in winter

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:49

The delectably sweet and juicy litchi, hitherto a summer fruit, is now being cultivated in winter, thanks to a successful experiment in two southern states by the Bihar-based National Research Centre for Litchi (NRCL), an official said.

Omar takes stock of affected services after heavy snow in J&K

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 16:39

As Kashmir remained cut off from the country due to heavy snowfall, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked the administration in the Valley to be alert and responsive to the needs of the people in the state.

Rains lash parts of UP, give slight relief from cold

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 21:08

Light to moderate rains drenched a few places in western parts of Uttar Pradesh, causing temperatures to rise slightly.

Heavy snowfall disrupts life in Kashmir

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 15:05

Kashmir valley Tuesday received the season`s heaviest snowfall throwing life out of gear and severing the valley`s road and air links with rest of the country.

Delhi shivers at 2.4 degrees, season`s coldest day

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 00:48

The national capital Monday shivered at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below the average for this time of the year.

How plants evolved to survive cold winters

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 11:41

Researchers studying plants have amassed the largest dated evolutionary tree, using it to show the order in which flowering plants evolved specific strategies, like the seasonal shedding of leaves, to move into areas with cold winters .