An earthquake reaching magnitude 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province in Southwestern China at 2:28 P.M. on May 12 Beijing time (2:28 A.M. May 12, U.S. Eastern time)....
Pranab Mukherjee, External Affairs Minister is visiting the United Arab Emirates during 12th to 14th May 2008. During the visit, the External Affairs Minister is to meet the leadership of the United Arab Emirates and also address the Emirates Centre
An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft today airlifted more relief supplies to cyclone-hit Myanmar. The aircraft took off from Bagdogra carrying over 12,000 packets of readymade meals for the people of Myanmar, devastated by the severe cyclone 'Nargis'. With this
In the UK more than 2.5 million people went to see Hindi films in 2005 and Indian film accounted for over 16% of all UK releases. The UK and Indian Governments have successfully completed negotiations, which will enable the UK-India
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh presented the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Awards for the Year 2007 to various scientists and engineers in a simple ceremony held here today. The following is the full list of awardees:- 1. SILICON
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a leading global venture capital firm, announced today the closing of Lightspeed Venture Partners VIII, L.P. capitalized with $800 million of limited partner commitments, above the firm's target of $675 million. This closing brings Lightspeed's base of
Close to 9000 people are reported dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Wenchuan, Sichuan. Read here for the latest updates. Below are some images of the devastation. From AP news: From CCTV: A student at Sichuan University took
The Chinese government has discussed the possibility of inviting the Dalai Lama to the Olympics, and the Dalai Lama has said he maybe willing to attend. From Reuters: Khedroob Thondup, a Taipei-based member of Tibet's parliament-in-exile, said a senior leader
A 75 year old Israeli woman was killed yesterday by a rocket fired from Gaza as Israel suggested any truce in the Strip depended on the release of the Army corporal seized almost two years ago.The woman died after the
With practically no weapons, the Druze men took on the menacing rockets of Hezbollah. Druze fighters in Mount Lebanon refused to sit quietly while Hezbollah militiamen ravaged their homes and shops.
Concern grows about irrigation problems which could adversely effect Uzbekistanв ™s cotton crop. Cotton now accounts for one-fifth of Uzbekistanв ™s hard currency revenues. Observers note that Uzbekistanв ™s water reservoirs for crop irrigation were nearly depleted during last summerв
Good harvests, subsidies and a mix of government controls have isolated China from the worst of international grain price increases. That is unlikely to last as farmland is lost to urbanization and impoverished farmers flee the land. - Sally Wang
The world is awash in excess funds, large amounts of these in the form of foreign currency reserves, available to bid up prices of critical tradable resources. A key question is how much will China, India, Russia and others be
Claims that China is an emerging superpower overlook the reality that the ineffectually governed country will struggle for decades to get and stay beyond subsistence. The West, rather than fearing China's expansion, should be preparing for a dramatic setback in
Washington is likely to decide that North Korea's delivery of 18,000 documents on its nuclear program suffices to ask the US Congress to remove Pyongyang from an international terrorist list and lift sanctions. Yet the papers are not expected to
Chinese President Hu Jintao's five-day visit to Japan was an important step towards stabilizing relations between the two powers. Clearly, a positive Sino-Japanese relationship serves the interests of the region - and the United States - but territorial disputes, food
India's burgeoning TV industry attracts more than US$2.1 billion in annual advertising revenue allocated largely on the basis of viewing figures produced by two agencies whose survey methods are coming under scrutiny. The stakes are high, with a government minister
The Myanmar junta's botching of cyclone relief efforts is part of a larger trend of authoritarian regimes mismanaging disaster response. The long-term "NGO-ization" that occurred in Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami has the fiddling Neros in Naypyidaw afraid that the
