Atlantic warming points to malaria risk… in India
March 5, 2013
A new study has linked rising temperatures in the South Atlantic with a growing Malaria risk in India. The warmer temperatures could affect monsoon rains in the country, which is a key factor for malarial mosquitos.
Indian construction workers cover their faces during fumigation in New Delhi
Record 259 nominees for 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
March 4, 2013
OSLO: A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize -- 209 individuals and 50 organizations – with the laureate to be announced in October, the Nobel Institute said on Monday.
Ind vs Aus: Australia 74/2 at stumps in second innings on...
March 4, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Australia 237 for 9 dec and 74 for 2 (Ashwin 2-42) trail India 503 (Pujara 204, Vijay 167, Maxwell 4-127) by 192 runs
R Ashwin is congratulated by M Vijay after David Warner's wicket, India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 3rd day, March 4, 2013
13-Year Old Girl Raped in Chennai
March 4, 2013
Rape has become a curse and seems like it has come to the city of Chennai now. A 13-year old girl was raped by Mahendran, a 34-year old load auto driver at knife point. Noticing that the girl was alone at home, the rapist allegedly barged into the place in an excuse of asking water. He then assaulted the girl sexually.
Australia’s job advertising rises
March 4, 2013
Sydney — Australia's job advertising rose to the highest level in February since October 2012, according to the ANZ Bank Job Advertisement survey released Monday.
The survey showed the total number of advertisement on the internet and in newspapers rose 3.0 percent in February, Xinhua reported.
Job advertising on the internet was up 3.3 percent in the month while newspaper job advertisements fell 2.9 percent.
Indian women use smartphones to ‘pin the creeps’
March 4, 2013
Women in urban India are using their smartphones - with panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, for protection after a notorious gang-rape in New Delhi. However technology clearly has its limits: and it cannot fulfill the need for decent law enforcement, or change attitudes towards women.
2nd T20: Pakistan beat South Africa by 95 runs
March 3, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 195 for 7 (Hafeez 86, Kleinveldt 2-27) beat South Africa 100 (De Villiers 36, Gul 5-6) by 95 runs
Congress never tried to develop India, Narendra Modi says
March 3, 2013
NEW DELHI: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a direct attack at the Congress, saying the party has never tried to develop the nation.
India headed for economic doom, prominent US thinktank says
March 3, 2013
NEW DELHI: India is heading straight for economic failure post-Chidambaram's budget as a direct result of the lack of meaningful economic reform, says Heritage Foundation, an important conservative think-tank in the US.
Syria reaches out to India to resolve crisis
March 3, 2013
New Delhi — Syrian President Bashar-Al-Asad is sending his top aide Buthaina Shabaan to India to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and brief him about the ongoing conflict in the country.
Buthaina, who is Asad's political and information advisor, is expected to meet Manmohan Singh Tuesday when she will deliver a special message.
