December 21, 2012
Pakistan is one of the three countries in the world where polio is still prevalent. But Pakistan's efforts to rid itself of polio are being hampered by a toxic mix of conspiracy theories about plots to sterilize Muslims and hostility from militants.
December 21, 2012
MELBOURNE: Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu today condemned as "sickening" an alleged racial attack on two young Indian women on a local bus in Australia, while denouncing the idea of racism as "contemptible" and "disgraceful".
In an incident that reportedly happened on December 12, a woman of solid built who has been described as "very manly" slapped the Indian women while racially abusing them after getting off a bus in Melbourne, the police has said.
December 21, 2012
NEW DELHI: Global rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has said it expects India to grow by 6.5 per cent during 2013, amidst the possibility of global economic recovery continuing during the year.
December 21, 2012
By now, almost everyone is aware that Dec. 21, 2012, is supposed to be “the end of the world” according to the Mayan calendar. But is that really what the Mayan calendar says? How did this apocalypse rumor get started, anyway?
December 20, 2012
According to a senior member of the Indian police, women should carry chili powder to deter sexual assault. The statement provoked fury from women’s rights campaigners, who have been protesting all week following the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman aboard a bus.
December 20, 2012
Narendra Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party won 115 seats in the Gujarat state state Thursday. Modi gave his victory speech in Hindi instead of the local language, in order to reach out to a larger national audience. Supporters believe could become prime minister in 2014.
December 20, 2012
Obama said Republicans 'keep on finding ways to say no' to a grand deficit-cutting plan. Earlier, the White House threatened to veto Boehner's so-called Plan B for avoiding the fiscal cliff.
December 20, 2012
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across India on Wednesday, calling on authorities to stem the rising tide of violent sexual attacks on women, after a 23-year-old medical student was raped and beaten by six men on a Delhi bus.
The incident on Sunday night has convulsed India, sparking fierce criticism of the police, rows in parliament, blanket coverage in the media and even a debate on the role of revealing outfits worn by stars of Bollywood films.
December 20, 2012
The statement came in response to a US affidavit which stated Pakistan's intelligence service and former chiefs enjoy immunity from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Indian government believes Pakistan's intelligence service was behind the attacks, which left 166 people dead.
December 20, 2012
NEW DELHI: Former skipper Kapil Dev came to the defence of underfire Indian captain MS Dhoni, saying that there was no one in the current Test team who could replace him at the helm, mostly because most of the claimants are out of form. Kapil also dismissed the talk of pitch-forking Virat Kohli into the job.
