Januaray 15, 2013
One in five women in both India and Egypt say that using the internet would be inappropriate and their families would likely disapprove. In developing countries, nearly 25 percent fewer women than men have access to the internet.
An Indian woman
January 15, 2013
MUMBAI: A settlement in Bhayander (W), named as 'Bangladesh zopadpatti' on government documents, has recently come to light. Interestingly, the slum has been carrying the name for over 35 years and is occupied mostly by people from the interiors of Maharashtra.
January 15, 2013
AUSTIN (Texas): Cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview on Monday that he used performance enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation said.
January 15, 2013
Saeed Ajmal won bowling honors at Pakistan’s cricket awards ceremony after not being included in any ICC shortlists. He won the highest honor of the year, best bowler.
January 15, 2013
President Barack Obama may fail to outlaw high-power assault weapons, he admitted, as he was accused by Michael Bloomberg of jeopardizing American lives by not confronting the gun lobby.
Mr. Obama confirmed that he would attempt to go round Congress and enact some by executive action
January 15, 2013
Somdev Devvarman, who refuses to play in the Indian Davis Cup, excelled into the second round of the Australia open. Devvarman, along with ten other athletes will not play unless the All India Tennis Association meets specific demands.
January 14, 2013
A government spokesperson has lashed out at the international reaction to Saudi Arabia’s beheading of a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing a baby. It has been claimed that the girl was only 17 when charged with murdering the child.
January 14, 2013
Millions of devout Hindus plunged into the Ganges River in a festival ritual to wash away their sins. The event marks the Kumbh Mela, which is one of the biggest religious gatherings and lasts 55 days.
January 14, 2013
New Delhi — In a move to boost investor sentiment, the Indian government Monday deferred the implementation of the controversial General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), meant to prevent tax avoidance through foreign investments, by two years to April 1, and exempted non-resident Indians in foreign institutional investors (FIIs) from its purview.
January 14, 2013
Bus driver Ram Singh, accused of a gang rape and murder of an Indian student, confessed that he attempted to kill the victim to prevent her from identifying her attackers. He also revealed that the six men cleaned the blood from the bus with the victim’s clothes before burning it.
