December 5, 2012
India has lifted the restriction of a two-month gap on re-entry to the country for most foreign tourists, which was implemented after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The 60-day gap rule will still be applied to nationals from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and Bangladesh.
Tourists attend the Indian Camel Fair
December 4, 2012
New Delhi — Animal rights group PETA joined hands with some cosmetic companies and animal welfare organisations in urging union health ministry to ban painful and deadly tests for cosmetics on animals.
December 4, 2012
New Delhi (India)/Lausanne (Switzerland): In a huge embarrassment for India, the International Olympic Committee today suspended the Indian Olympic Association because of government interference, a development which puts a bar on the country's Olympic participation.
December 4, 2012
To understand why the saffron hordes demolished the Babri Masjid 20 years ago on December 6, 1992, it is necessary to go back to 1984. In that year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was then only four years old, reached the lowest point of its brief political life since it could win only two Lok Sabha seats.
December 4, 2012
Washington — Louisiana's Indian American governor Bobby Jindal may well be making a bid for the White House in 2016, a leading US news site suggested citing a meeting with a wealthy Republican fund raiser.
December 4, 2012
Washington — Calling India a dynamic link that "fuses" the Greater Middle East and East Asia, a top US diplomat has said the Obama Administration's strategic rebalancing to Asia was expected to continue with renewed vigour.
December 4, 2012
Washington — Incredibly life-like wax figures of five Hindi cinema legends, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan and superstar Shah Rukh Khan, will be on display at Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. through the end of the year as part of a travelling Bollywood exhibit at the famed wax attraction.
December 3, 2012
Washington — Metformin, the drug commonly administered in diabetes, has shown a promise in extending the lifespan of patients with ovarian cancers, say findings from a new study conducted by Indian-American medical researchers.
New treatments are desperately needed for ovarian cancer patients. A previous research has indicated that metformin, which originates from the French Lilac plant, may have anti-cancer properties.
December 3, 2012
SYDNEY: Cricketing great Ricky Ponting, who retired from all forms of the game after playing his last Test match at Perth against South Africa, on Monday, said India's Sachin Tendulkar is the best player he has played against.
December 3, 2012
NEW DELHI: Viewing the rapid modernization of Chinese Navy as a "major concern", navy chief Admiral D K Joshi on Monday made it clear that India will protect its interests in the disputed South China Sea, even if it means sending forces there.
