June 20, 2012
Pakistan's parliament is to meet on Friday to elect the country's new prime minister. Reports indicate that Makhdoom Shahabuddin, the outgoing textile minister, is the likely candidate.
Pakistan's president summoned parliament to meet on Friday to elect a new prime minister, with the outgoing textile minister emerging as the likely candidate for the job.
June 20, 2012
For the first time, the Asia-Pacific is home to more millionaires than North America. However, losses in markets such as Hong Kong and India meant that wealth decreased in Asia-Pacific overall.
The number of millionaires in Asia-Pacific has overtaken North America for the first time, a survey found.
June 20, 2012
Pakistani pop singer Ghazala Javed has been shot dead in an apparent honor killing. The 24-year-old was forced to flee northwestern Pakistan in 2009 after being threatened by the Taliban.
A popular Pakistani singer who fled the Taliban to pursue her music career away from their repressive dictates was shot dead in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Tuesday.
June 20, 2012
Yuvraj Singh, India's all-rounder cricketer hopes to play in the World Twenty20 tournament in September. Singh is back in light training after undergoing chemotherapy in the US for a rare tumor.
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.
