India and the United States vowed to step up joint efforts to halt illicit money flows after revelations that Iranian oil export revenues had been siphoned out of an Indian bank in a suspected money- laundering scheme. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the case centering on state-controlled Continue Reading
India and Russia will strike an energy partnership when Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to prepare the way for two Siberian oil deals and chart a route for a first pipeline between the two countries. But a joint ‘vision’ document is likely to lack hard details, with terms still being thrashed out for […]Continue Reading
India is pressing rich countries in the Gulf to raise the wages of millions of Indians working there, in a drive that could secure it billions of dollars in fresh income but risks pricing some of its citizens out of the market. Over 5 million Indian nationals are believed to be employed in the oil […]Continue Reading
India will push ahead with reform to a land purchase law blamed by business for slowing industrial projects, even if there is resistance to loosening the rules, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. Jaitley said changes to the law were needed to fulfil Prime Minister Modi’s vision of building 100 new “smart” cities across […]Continue Reading
China and India are facing a cancer crisis, with smoking, belated diagnosis and unequal access to treatment all causing large-scale problems, experts said on Friday. Residents wear masks in Beijing as environmental authorities issued a “yellow” smog alert for the capital on March 26, 2014 In a major report, published in The Lancet Oncology, more […]Continue Reading
India successfully conducted maiden night test of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army. The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 2310 hours from launch […]Continue Reading
Last year around one hundred and thirty four journakists and media support staff were killed when they were on reporting assignments and according to the London based International News Safety Institute (INSI) India is the fourth country on the list with the most death rates of journalists. Most of the journalists who were killed were […]Continue Reading
As another year begins, another exciting round of Manappuram’s Miss. South India directed by Mr. Ajith Ravi Pegasus, the founder and chairman of PEGASUS was wrapped up to kick off the new year of 2014. This time around the three winners are the three gorgeous Shetty’s from the beautiful state of Karanataka. As the first […]Continue Reading
The 11th edition of Miss South India 2014 will be held at Le Meridien, Coimbatore on 18th of January 2014. The Pageant aims to discover the freedom of expression and talent of the women of India. This edition of the pageant will bring together the youth of South India reflecting the culture & tradition of […]Continue Reading
Shanti is a small, bird-like woman with unkempt grey hair, a wizened face and an innocent, trusting smile. The constant smile is remarkable because her life is unbelievably difficult. She lives in a mud hut in Katihar district of Bihar with her paralyzed husband. Her daughter has been married off and her son has “gone […]Continue Reading
