June 20, 2012
Laughing yoga clubs are supposed reduce stress and improve well-being, but a court in India has banned one such club after a 78-year old man filed a complaint. The man suggested that the club was causing him "mental agony."
June 20, 2012
Washington, June 20 — A US report accusing India of being a source, destination, and transit country for forced labour and sex trafficking, has asked New Delhi to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law.
The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday places India for the second year among Tier 2 countries whose governments do not fully comply with minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance.
June 19, 2012
Positive stereotypes about Asian Americans are rooted in reality: They are more educated, wealthier and value work, marriage and family more than Americans as a whole, according to a Pew Research report out today.
Shoppers buy food in the Chinatown neighborhood in New York.
June 19, 2012
Washington: In the hope of bringing back millions of users, software giant Microsoft has revamped its email service Hotmail, which has a striking resemblance to Gmail in its design.
Newmail is understood to have a 'clean look' when it comes to the font that has been used for the labels in the inbox, which resembles its Google adversary.
June 19, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Los Cabos on Monday for the G20 Summit with the hope that the two-day event will find meaningful ways out of the current global economic turmoil and restore growth.
June 19, 2012
In a major boost to UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, key NDA constituent Shiv Sena on Monday night assured him of its support in his bid for the top Constitutional post. "The Sena will support Pranab Mukherjee (in the Presidential polls)," Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said here.
June 18, 2012
The Taliban published rare words of praise for India on their English language website, regarding media reports that India has declined the U.S.'s request to become militarily involved in Afghanistan.
Former Taliban fighters display their weapons.
June 18, 2012
Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal served a warning to the formidable Chinese ahead of next month's Olympics as she clinched her third Indonesia Open Super Series title after beating world number three Xuerui Li in a see-saw summit clash in Jakarta today.
June 18, 2012
Although Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is widely expected to make it to Rashtrapati Bhavan, former president APJ Abdul Kalam is said to be under pressure to contest against him. As per reports, Monday, the Trinamool Congress, BJP and Shiv Sena are keen that he jump into the fray and take on dada.
June 18, 2012
A new book has traced First Lady Michelle Obama's ancestry to white slave-owners in Georgia, whose white descendants have mixed feelings about the revelation.
New York Times reporter Rachel L. Swarns has traced the ancestry in her new book 'American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama'.
