March 6, 2013
Eighty percent of sewage in India is thrown directly into the nation's rivers, polluting the country's main sources of drinking water. Weak or non-existent enforcement of environmental laws, rapid urban development and a lack of awareness about the dangers of sewage are all blamed for water pollution.
March 5, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and again, defeating a coup attempt, winning re-election three times and using his country's vast oil wealth to his political advantage.
March 5, 2013
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 14, 2013
March 5, 2013
A British schoolgirl of Indian origin has an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Last summer Neha Ramu asked her parents if she could go to an academic camp in the United States to learn about the brain and the nervous system.
A 12-year-old girl has stunned her parents after she was revealed as having an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
March 5, 2013
Pakistan’s hockey team will tour India for the first time in nearly seven years. Pakistan Hockey Federation secretary Asif Bajwa called the revival of sporting ties “a big step”.
Muhammad Imran plays during a quarter final match at the Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne on December 6, 2012
March 5, 2013
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK: The total networth of India's 55 billionaires has fallen marginally to $189 billion (over Rs 10 lakh crore) in the past one year, but even half of this amount exceeds the country's total fiscal deficit.
March 5, 2013
All national cricketers have agreed to sign the contract with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after a lengthy meeting on Sunday night at SLC headquarters with National Chief Selector Sanath Jayasuriya.
Nuwan Kulasekara is in the top tier in the contracts list
March 5, 2013
Consumer spending is rising in Pakistan, where Western food and clothing brands are popular with the country’s middle class. Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad have all seen a significant rise in Western-style coffee shops, fast-food chains and malls.
March 5, 2013
A new study has linked rising temperatures in the South Atlantic with a growing Malaria risk in India. The warmer temperatures could affect monsoon rains in the country, which is a key factor for malarial mosquitos.
Indian construction workers cover their faces during fumigation in New Delhi
March 4, 2013
OSLO: A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize -- 209 individuals and 50 organizations – with the laureate to be announced in October, the Nobel Institute said on Monday.
