December 22, 2012
New Delhi — India lacks approximately 64 lakh paramedic staff, mostly in states like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, a central government report revealed Friday.
"There is a total national shortage of approximately 64 lakh AHPs (Allied Health Professionals) with highest gaps in the states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh," the report of the National Initiative for Allied Health Sciences (NIAHS) observed.
December 21, 2012
New Delhi — Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit here, India Friday said "issues of concern", including that of the Sistema investment, will be addressed and Moscow stressed that the two sides are in touch to resolve the contentious issue.
Indo-Russian Relations
December 21, 2012
For South Asia, 2012 looked bleak in prospect – a year of political strife, with the sun rising only on Burma on its far-eastern flank.
Pakistan began the year with a continuing clash between its elected government and its powerful military, the Congress-led government in India was threatened with the collapse of its coalition over new economic reforms, and the progressive government of Mohamed Nasheed in the Maldives was heading for a fall.
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.
