January 3, 2014
JAKARTA/PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia – Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said on Saturday.
January 3, 2014
The honking of car horns in India is everywhere. It’s enough to make anyone lose their mind — and make me wear earplugs whenever I step out of my house.
Indian economist Jayraj Salgaonkar, creator of the horn usage meter called Oren.
January 2, 2015
Solar panels, electric cars, high-efficiency washing machines — these are the "green," or earth-friendly, technologies that you probably see every day. But there are also many lesser-known tech devices out there designed to reverse the negative effects of human activity on the environment.
January 2, 2015
GUANTÁNAMO, Cuba — At a military checkpoint on the road that approaches the American naval base here, one of three along the way, four Cuban soldiers in pea-green fatigues, without guns, stood on duty last Sunday laughing over a joke in the shade of an almond tree, beside a neatly cultivated flower bed. A large sign declared the site, “the first anti-imperialist trench.”
January 2, 2015
SURABAYA, INDONESIA – As search teams hunt for the black boxes of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, analysts say the pilot may have managed to make an emergency water landing, only for the plane to be overcome by high seas.
January 1, 2014
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said, "Islamabad does not seem to learn any lesson." This statement came in reference to the recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
January 1, 2015
This new Pew Research survey might explain why the most active people in your Facebook friends list are your grandparents and selfie-loving high school cousin.
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January 1, 2015
Circa 2014 was Narendra Modi's non-stop party. He invited us all with promises, shibboleths, slogans, dreams, hopes; anything he could conjure.
January 1, 2015
Mumbai, INDIA: The electronic toll (e-toll) collection system introduced in the country will help save `88,000 crore and cut waiting time at toll plazas significantly, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.
Highway Minister: Nitin Gadkari
January 1, 2015
New Delhi: India's maiden mission to Mars, Mangalyaan, today successfully completed 100 days in the orbit of the Red planet.
Mangalyaan is said to be healthy and collecting scientific data. The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO is marking this 100-day achievement with a special conference.
