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Beijing, Sept 27 (ANI): The move of US President Barack Obama and Southeast Asian leaders for a peaceful resolution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and America’s strong intentions to expand its influence in the region, is a challenge to the bilateral negotiation mechanisms in solving the territorial disputes, according to Chinese analysts. [...]

Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Sept.27 (ANI-Business Wire India): Pitney Bowes Software India, a subsidiary of the US-based Pitney Bowes Inc, a global technology company recognized as leader in innovation, recently won the very prestigious ”Diversity Impact Award” at the Asia Best Employer Brand Awards 2010, held in Singapore. The prestigious award is yet recognition for the [...]

New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said India wants to strengthen economic relations with her neighbours since a peaceful neighbourhood is mandatory for the ”realisation of our own vision of economic growth”. “Any visualization of India”s global role must begin in our immediate neighbourhood because situational factors in that environment affect [...]

London, Sep 21 (ANI): Living in a crowded city may not seem to be the right way to stay healthy, but it did help our ancestors protect their descendants from disease. Some people carry a genetic sequence, or allele, that provides immunity to leprosy and tuberculosis. Mark Thomas of the University College London, and Ian [...]

Karachi, Sept 21 (ANI): In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal rocking Pakistan, former chief of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)- Arif Abbasi- has claimed that all cricket-playing nations are somehow involved in match-fixing. In an interview, Abbasi said that though every team in world cricket was somehow linked with match-fixing, but everyone was only holding [...]

Karachi, Sept 21 (ANI): In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal rocking Pakistan, former chief of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)- Arif Abbasi- has claimed that all cricket-playing nations are somehow involved in match-fixing. In an interview, Abbasi said that though every team in world cricket was somehow linked with match-fixing, but everyone was only holding [...]

Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) The $135 million US based information technology (IT) company CSS Corp is mulling an initial public offer (IPO) sometime in the future in India, said a top company official. ‘We can list the company in London, US or in India. However initial listing will be in India,’ CEO Nick Sharma told [...]

London, Sept.20 (ANI): A documentary titled “Lost Land of the Tiger” has provided the first real evidence that tigers can thrive and breed in the foothills of the Himalayas, which are more than 13,000 feet above sea level. A team from the BBC Natural History Unit captured the images using hidden cameras wedged into gullies [...]

Bangalore (Karnataka), Sept.17 (ANI-Business Wire India): Paul Writer has launched India”s first community dedicated to B2B marketers at www.paulwriter.com. Envisioned as a place that provides the B2B marketing community access to high-quality content, discussion, and research in a single location, the site has already garnered over 21000 views since going live for beta testing. “Our [...]

London, Sep 14(ANI): Former England cricketer Derek Pringle has said that captain Andrew Strauss is not worth a place in the 15-man squad for next year’s World Cup despite his century in the second ODI against Pakistan at Headingley. His justification was that with Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell in the team, someone had to [...]

London, Sep 14(ANI): An International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption unit adviser and a senior betting industry expert has urged the governing body to investigate the first-ball wide from Pakistan fast bowler Mohammed Amir in the tarnished Lord’s Test against England. Mark Davies said that the ICC inquiry into allegations of bowling ‘no-balls’ to order — [...]

Vientiane (Laos), Sept.13 (ANI): Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday said that bilateral trade between India and Laos was currently quite modest, and therefore, there was a need to address this aspect of ties on a priority basis. Stating that bilateral trade was currently pegged at below seven million dollars, Patil told the [...]

Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Accusing opposition Republicans of pushing bankrupt economic policies and putting politics ahead of national welfare, President Barack Obama has vowed to end Bush era tax cuts encouraging companies to ‘create jobs and profits in other countries’. ‘I think if we’re going to give tax breaks to companies, they should go to [...]

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) During her college years, scriptwriter-actor Pakhi was starry-eyed over handsome hunk John Abraham. And when she sat down to write her first script, she had only him in mind for the lead role. Pakhi has acted in her husband Abbas Tyrewala’s directorial ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ which she also wrote. ‘I [...]

Washington, Sep 6 (ANI): A new study has revealed that why irrespective of the 2005 outbreak of the H5N1 ”bird flu” virus in South East Asia, it didn”t” turn into a pandemic. Scientists have shown why the global spread of bird flu by direct migration of wildfowl is unlikely. They have also provided a new [...]

Los Angeles, Sep 3 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned her fans after posing with two nude men for a magazine photo shoot. She describes it as one of her most risque covers to date. The 29-year-old posted a picture of her with two nude men gracing the cover of Hong Kong’s Prestige magazine for [...]

Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Be it soccer legend Diego Maradona, tennis star Martina Hingis or football World Cup hero Diego Forlan – they have all visited the plain two-storey Missionaries of Charity headquarters here that houses Mother Teresa’s grave. It’s a must-see for foreign tourists visiting eastern India even 13 years after her death. Sep [...]

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Here is a factfile on Commonwealth countries ahead of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi Oct 3-14. These nations were once part of the British empire. No. of Commonwealth Countries: 53 No. of Commonwealth Games Associations participating as separate teams: 71 Continent and region-wise break-up of [...]

Singapore, Sep.2 (ANI): The ongoing political turmoil in Thailand has apparently not prevented the kingdom”s richest people from getting richer.The biggest gainer in percentage terms is longtime Thai Indian resident Aloke Lohia. His wealth soared by 252 percent when he took his integrated polyester company, Indorama Ventures, public earlier this year. This son of an [...]

Singapore, Sep.2 (ANI): Indian animated movie maker Compact Disc India and software company Micro Technologies continue to members of Forbes Asia’s “Best Under A Billion” list, even as 151 new companies have made their maiden appearance on the list this year. This year, China and Hong Kong have once again outdone the rest of Asia [...]