January 6, 2015
Resisting the temptation to bow to popular sentiment, India’s national selectors named a 15-man squad for the World Cup that had few surprises, with Stuart Binny and Axar Patel breaking through as medium pace and spin all-round options respectively, and Yuvraj Singh expectedly overlooked despite three consecutive centuries in the ongoing Ranji Trophy.
January 6, 2015
Indonesian Navy divers hunted for more wreckage and recorders from the crashed AirAsia Bhd. jetliner as inclement weather and mud at the bottom of the sea hampered their efforts.
The mourning of AirAsia flight victims
January 5, 2015
"Balanced yet intense, ruthless in his need to succeed, always contributing to his team's cause, he is among the finest cricketers Sri Lanka has produced," the late Peter Roebuck, one of the world's greatest cricket writers, once wrote about Kumar Sangakkara.
Kumar Sangakkara is no less than Sachin Tendulkar
January 5, 2015
New Delhi: Four fresh cases of swine flu were reported in the national capital on Monday, taking the figure to 9 so far this year.
Four fresh cases of swine flu were reported in the national capital on Monday, taking the figure to 9 so far this
year
January 5, 2015
It started 15 years ago with plans to expand the Tower of David Museum. But the story took a strange turn when archaeologists started peeling away layers under the floor in an old abandoned building adjacent to the museum in Jerusalem’s Old City.
January 4, 2015
Fast-growing Chinese tech firm Xiaomi Technology Ltd Co [XTC.UL] booked 74.3 billion yuan ($11.97 billion) in pre-tax sales last year, up 135 percent from 2013, the firm's chief executive Lei Jun said on his official microblog account on Sunday.
January 4, 2015
The use of Mahatma Gandhi's image on beer cans and bottle by a US company has raised hackles with a petition being filed in a Hyderabad court alleging it had insulted the father of the nation following which the liquor company has apologized.
January 4, 2015
New Delhi: Intelligence agencies have alerted the Bureau of Civil aviation security (BCAS) about a possible hijack attempt on an Air India flight. The security agencies have identified sensitive airports, including Kabul, and say that the Delhi-Kabul flight could be targeted.
The alert has been issued in the run-up to the Republic Day and US President Barack Obama's visit to India. Mr. Obama will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
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.
