March 18, 2014
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Some US doctors are becoming concerned about the quality of generic drugs supplied by Indian manufacturers following a flurry of recalls and import bans by the Food and Drug Administration.
India supplies about 40 percent of generic and over-the-counter drugs used in the United States, making it the second-biggest supplier after Canada.
March 18, 2014
CHENNAI: For the first time, a large section of the still classified Henderson Brooks Report, which details a comprehensive operational review of India’s military debacle in 1962, has been made public.
A wounded Indian soldier being evacuated to hospital during the 1962 war with China.
March 17, 2014
MIRPUR: Indian team's batting woes continued in the familiar sub-continental conditions as they lost their opening warm-up tie of the ICC World T20 against Sri Lanka by five runs on Monday.
Lasith Malinga finished with figures of 4/30 from four overs.
March 17, 2014
Modern civilization is heading for collapse within a matter of decades because of growing economic instability and pressure on the planet's resources, according to a scientific study funded by Nasa.
March 17, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: When someone at the controls calmly said the last words heard from the missing Malaysian jetliner, one of the Boeing 777's communications systems had already been disabled, authorities said on Sunday, adding to suspicions that one or both of the pilots were involved in disappearance of the flight.
March 17, 2014
NEW DELHI: Fresh B-school graduates are increasingly shunning the security of a steady job and striking out on their own. A worldwide survey of B-school alumni reveals that 45% of those who graduated between 2010 and 2013 preferred self-employment — that's almost double the proportion of their seniors who opted to pursue their own dreams in the 2000-2009 period.
March 17, 2014
DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has taken on BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying any clean chit was "politically expedient and far too premature" and insisted the Gujarat chief minister was legally and morally accountable for failing to control the violence.
March 16, 2014
SYDNEY - The southern Indian Ocean, where investigators suspect missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have come down, is one place where a commercial airliner can crash without a ship spotting it, a radar plotting it or even a satellite picking it up.
March 16, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 78 for 1 (Anamul 44*) beat Afghanistan 72 (Shakib 3-8, Razzak 2-20) by nine wickets
Shakib Al Hasan picked up three wickets, Bangladesh v Afghanistan, World T20, Qualifying Group A, March 16, 2014
March 16, 2014
NEW YORK: New York City investigators on Sunday hope to uncover the cause of an explosion that flattened two apartment buildings and killed eight people.
More than 60 people were injured in the explosion, and more than 100 others were displaced.
