Septemebr 12, 2012
Kochi — US ambassador to India Nancy Powell Wednesday told the 'Emerging Kerala-2012 Investor Meet' here that the US wants Kerala to be part of the growth of US-India trade.
The event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier Wednesday.
September 12, 2012
The death toll continues to rise in the factory fires that raged across Pakistan Tuesday. Fires erupted at a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe factory in Lahore.
Shoe factory fire in Pakistan
September 12, 2012
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday assured congressional lawmakers that agents would play no role in enforcing the controversial requirement that Americans buy insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul.
"IRS revenue agents will not be involved. There will not be audits," IRS Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller told a subcommittee of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
September 12, 2012
AHMEDABAD -- Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a month-long campaign ahead of the December assembly elections by accusing the Congress of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), at a massive rally in politically-important northern Mehsana district on Tuesday.
September 11, 2012
NEW YORK — Americans marked the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks Tuesday in familiar but subdued ceremonies that put grieving families ahead of politicians and suggested it’s time to move on after a decade of remembrance.
September 11, 2012
According to a Pew Research Center study, only 45 percent of Indians believe the economy will improve. Despite this, two out of every three Indians said they were pleased with their personal financial situation.
September 11, 2012
Abuse of synthetic opioids and prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing problems in India. Use of heroin and cocaine continues to drop, due to the fact that pharmaceutical drugs are often 10 times less expensive.
An unidentified Indian Injected Drug User
September 11, 2012
Pakistani cricketer Zaka Ashraf will receive his own special award, after he was excluded from a list of best Test players by the International Cricket Council. The Pakistan Cricket board calls Ajmal the “world’s best bowler.”
September 11, 2012
WASHINGTON: Ponisseril Somasundaran, an Indian American member of the faculty of Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been chosen as the sole foreign fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada.
September 11, 2012
Traditional and contemporary performances of Cambodian music and dance, Southeast Asian ethnic cuisine, arts and handicrafts, and a handmade scale model of the Angkor Wat temple, the structure that graces the Cambodian flag, provided visitors with a glimpse of the country's culture and architecture
By Sam Prasad Jillella - Special to MYDOSTI.COM
