Five Years

Pakistan's election commission has barred Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a close aide of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, from running in elections for five years after the former foreign minister was sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets.

Indian Bank to revise interest rates on FCNR (B) deposits

"For FCNR (B) deposits, in USD, the revised interest rate has been revised to 2.34 percent (from 2.36) for deposits of one year and above but less than two years", the Chennai-based bank said in a statement

Economy may touch 8% average growth: Maira

Sufficient action has not been taken to revive the economy, says Planning Commission member Arun Maira. Talking to CNBC-TV-18 , he says that if appropriate and timely action is taken, we could touch 8 percent average growth in the five years of the 12th Plan.

Monk first to be charged under Bhutan smoking law

A Buddhist monk could face five years in prison after becoming the first casualty of a stringent anti-smoking law in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which vows to become the first smoke-free nation.