October 4, 2012
Beijing — India's Sania Mirza and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives moved into the women's doubles semi-finals of China Open tennis with a come-from-behind win against Julia Goerges and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova here Thursday.
October 4, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is pushing ahead with his make-or-break reform agenda and is set to approve foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance and pensions sectors following similar moves for the aviation, broadcasting and retail industries last month.
October 4, 2012
Brief Scorecard: England 94 for 3 (Edwards 33, Ruck 2-22) beat New Zealand 93 for 8 (Satterthwaite 30, Colvin 2-15, Wyatt 2-15) by seven wickets
ICC Women World T20: Celebrations as England reach the final.
October 4, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission has blocked operations and frozen assets of fraud tech support scams out of India. The groups would falsely inform computer owners that their devices had viruses, and then sell “fixes” for as high as $450.
United States FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
October 4, 2012
AHMEDABAD -- Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday gave a clarion call for a --new Gujarat-- while keeping its traditions intact.
October 4, 2012
New Delhi — To provide affordable healthcare, the government has proposed free supply of essential medicines in public health facilities, union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said Wednesday.
The minister said this would reduce out-of-pocket expenses on medicines.
October 3, 2012
United Nations — Stressing that Gandhian way was a real, live option for ending conflicts and inequalities around the world, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna hoped Gandhian truth and action would be embraced by all.
United Nations - Mahatma Gandhi birthday celebrated as international day of NO-VIOLENCE
October 3, 2012
Patna: India needs another Green Revolution, President Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday, after unveiling the much-awaited agriculture road map of Bihar.
The second wave "Green Revolution in India"
October 3, 2012
Washington — High-tech startups founded by immigrants from India have grown phenomenally in US amidst a decline in immigrant entrepreneurs considered a critical source of fuel for the US economy, according to a new study.
The proportion of immigrant-founded companies in the US has slipped from 25.3 percent to 24.3 percent since 2005, according "America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Then and Now", a Kauffman Foundation survey published Tuesday.
October 3, 2012
MANILA: THE Philippine government faced a barrage of Internet protests on Wednesday as a cybercrime law went into effect that could see people given long jail terms for posting defamatory comments online.
Protest against the new Cyber Crime Law that took effect in Philippines
