Discovery network cancels Everest jump
April 21, 2014
The channel's daredevil’s jump has been cancelled following the avalanche that killed at least 13 people on Friday.
Picture shows daughter of Nepalese mountaineer Ang Kaji Sherpa, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest after her father's body is brought to the Sherpa Monastery in Kathmandu on Sunday.
Why are Americans obsessed with missing plane?
April 21, 2014
PERTH, Australia: From the disappearances of aviator Amelia Earhart to labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa, there's just something about a good mystery that Americans find too tantalizing to resist. Perhaps that's why the saga of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has continued to rivet the country long after people elsewhere have moved on.
‘The lady in Tamil Nadu is better than Modi in Gujarat’
April 21, 2014
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wound up her 51-day campaign in the Chennai saying, “The lady in Tamil Nadu is better than Modi in Gujarat in governance”
No Wi-Fi in planes please, we are India
April 21, 2014
NEW DELHI: Each time you board an aircraft to fly in India — or even overfly the country — you are journeying back in time. An iron curtain prohibits flyers in Indian airspace from enjoying Wi-Fi connectivity. While international flyers can log on to the net as soon as they are out of Indian airspace, desi ones can do so only before takeoff and after landing.
Easter celebrated in Meghalaya
April 21, 2014
Leaders of various political parties greeted Christians on the occasion
Shillong: Christians in Meghalaya Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter.
Believers throngeed Cathedrals and other churches in the Christian-majority state for the special mass and other celebratory events.
Sex and the city: Author of ‘India in Love’ speaks
April 21, 2014
India has always been known as a land of diversity — it is home to a host of different cultures, traditions, religions, languages and customs. Ira Trivedi, however, has found one of the threads that unifies its billion-strong (and growing) population — the sexual homogenisation of its urban youth.
Pakistan plans huge desert solar park to fight energy crisis
April 21, 2014
Badaiwani Wala (Pakistan) – For years Pakistanis have sweated and cursed through summer power cuts, but now the government plans to harness the sun's ferocious heat to help tackle the country's chronic energy crisis.
Workers prepare solar energy light panels on a road divider in Islamabad, on February 2, 2014.
IPL 7: Maxwell plays another blinder, leads Punjab to stunning win
April 20, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 193 for 3 (Maxwell 89, Miller 51*, Pujara 40*) beat Rajasthan Royals 191 for 5 (Samson 52, Watson 50) by 7 wickets
Glenn Maxwell of the Kings XI Punjab plays a shot during an IPL 7 match against Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah on Sunday.
Abdullah Abdullah widens lead in Afghan presidential vote
April 20, 2014
KABUL: Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah's lead in the Afghan presidential race has widened, the latest official tally of votes released on Sunday showed, although half of the votes have yet to be counted.
"We are still hoping the elections will be completed in the first round," Abdullah said.
US registers 32% jump in graduate applications from India
April 20, 2014
WASHINGTON: For the second year in a row, applications to US graduate schools from India skyrocketed in 2014, while those from prospective Chinese students fell, according to a new report.
Applications to US graduate schools from India skyrocketed in 2014,
