India-Latin America trade to double in five years: Official
March 6, 2013
Hyderabad — The bilateral trade between India and Latin America is likely to double in five years from the current level of $30 billion, said a senior Indian official Tuesday.
"At the rate at which it is growing in about five years, we should be able to double it. If not, it will be $50 billion," said Dammu Ravi, joint secretary (Latin America and Caribbean) in the ministry of external affairs.
Pakistan prime minister to make first visit to India
March 6, 2013
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will make a private visit to India this week. Ashraf will not meet any Indian officials, but instead will visit the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz in Ajmer Sharif.
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (R), pictured on a visit to London on February 12, 2013
Eighty percent of Indian sewage ‘flows untreated into rivers’
March 6, 2013
Eighty percent of sewage in India is thrown directly into the nation's rivers, polluting the country's main sources of drinking water. Weak or non-existent enforcement of environmental laws, rapid urban development and a lack of awareness about the dangers of sewage are all blamed for water pollution.
Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
March 5, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and again, defeating a coup attempt, winning re-election three times and using his country's vast oil wealth to his political advantage.
Ex-US official reveals internal war over Afghan policy
March 5, 2013
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 14, 2013
Schoolgirl of Indian descent has higher IQ than Einstein
March 5, 2013
A British schoolgirl of Indian origin has an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Last summer Neha Ramu asked her parents if she could go to an academic camp in the United States to learn about the brain and the nervous system.
A 12-year-old girl has stunned her parents after she was revealed as having an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Pakistan hockey to play in India after 7 years
March 5, 2013
Pakistan’s hockey team will tour India for the first time in nearly seven years. Pakistan Hockey Federation secretary Asif Bajwa called the revival of sporting ties “a big step”.
Muhammad Imran plays during a quarter final match at the Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne on December 6, 2012
India’s billionaire wealth much above country’s fiscal deficit
March 5, 2013
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK: The total networth of India's 55 billionaires has fallen marginally to $189 billion (over Rs 10 lakh crore) in the past one year, but even half of this amount exceeds the country's total fiscal deficit.
Sri Lanka cricket crisis ends thanks to Jayasuriya
March 5, 2013
All national cricketers have agreed to sign the contract with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after a lengthy meeting on Sunday night at SLC headquarters with National Chief Selector Sanath Jayasuriya.
Nuwan Kulasekara is in the top tier in the contracts list
Western brands corner Pakistan middle class
March 5, 2013
Consumer spending is rising in Pakistan, where Western food and clothing brands are popular with the country’s middle class. Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad have all seen a significant rise in Western-style coffee shops, fast-food chains and malls.
