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June 28, 2012

The Congress Party is trying to HIT back at BJP real hard.

Congress asked BJP to rename itself as Bhrasht (Corrupt) Janta Party after the Opposition party attacked the government over the Adarsh scam and the resignation of Union Minister Virbhadra Singh. "BJP has lost all moral rights to speak on corruption and that is why they have outsourced it to the civil society. The opposition party should look within.

June 28, 2012

In a dramatic victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld the 2010 health care law Thursday, preserving Obama’s landmark legislative achievement.

The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts, who held that the law was a valid exercise of Congress’s power to tax.

June 28, 2012

Strategies to bring out-of-school children, most of whom are migrants, under the umbrella of education are being tried out in Gujarat.

ISSUES OF MIGRATION: Children of salt pan workers have it hard.

June 28, 2012

Pakistan released 300 Indian fishermen who were arrested after crossing the indiscernible border into Pakistan. This marks the largest release of prisoners on a single day in Pakistan, which many see as a sign of improved relations.

June28, 2012

A gruesome video released by the Taliban shows 17 heads of Pakistani soldiers who were killed and beheaded in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan. The video obtained from the Pakistani Taliban indicates the domestic and external threat Pakistan faces from militants opposed to the current government.

June 27, 2012

Bollywood star A.R. Rahman has teamed up with American rock artist Liz Phair to write the score for ‘People Like Us’, an Indie film starring Elizabeth Banks and Chris Pine. Despite their musical differences, the duo successfully collaborated to create a piece of music that was a departure for both of them.

June 27, 2012

Due to opposition from powerful India, the International Cricket Council turned down a move to make the Decision Review System compulsory. India provides the majority of global ICC revenues and came out against the recommendation.

June 27, 2012

Under intense pressure from customers and others for an IT failure that affected the transactions of millions of customers, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said there was no link to its outsourcing programme to India.

June 27, 2012

Washington – A diet enriched with a popular omega-3 fatty acid and curcumin, found in Indian curry spice turmeric, preserved walking ability in rats with spinal-cord injury.

The findings by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) suggest that these dietary supplements help repair nerve cells and maintain their function after degenerative damage to the neck.

June 27, 2012

Sania Mirza has criticized India's tennis chiefs, saying she was humiliated at being used as "bait" in an Olympic selection row to pacify a disgruntled Leander Paes.