CHINA

India plans to make health care a fundamental right. But, funding the effort will be a challenge for the revenue-strapped government.

The satellite will collect and transmit meteorological data to improve the quality of weather forecasts.

Six people in the Chinese mainland tested positive for bird flu and one of them had reportedly died.

Global benchmark Brent crude has fallen 49 percent in 2014.

The data put a final sluggish stamp on what has been a surprisingly grim fourth quarter for the world's second-largest economy.

Markets were set for a cautious close to 2014 as worries about Greece's future in the euro zone served as an excuse to take profits on popular trades.

Chinese users frustrated by an inability to access Gmail might be stuck in the lurch for the foreseeable future.

Tigers were electrocuted and butchered on the spot for the man, who paid over $70,000 for their meat to serve up to friends and colleagues.

AirAsia confirmed debris found in the Karimata Strait was from missing Flight 8501.

Asian shares got off to a lacklustre start on Tuesday, as a sharp selloff in commodities and political uncertainty inGreece made investors less willing to take risks in the final trading days of 2014.

Indonesia has sent a ship to test an oil patch found in the reported location of the downed AirAsia plane to see if it is aircraft fuel.

Xiaomi, the Chinese technology upstart has closed a $1.1 billion round of funding, at a valuation of $45 billion.

The bird flu pandemic has infected two farms in the prefecture of Miyazaki, Japan, during the month of December.

Beijing’s municipal government said that police had detained people who may be directly linked to the accident.

China has blocked access to Google's Gmail service in the latest move to curb foreign Internet services.

China is set to finalize a similar deal with Canada, Chinese state media reported this month.

Oil prices rose on Monday, after dropping for the past two sessions, as escalating clashes stoked worries about supply from the OPEC member.

North Korea is pointing a finger at the U.S. over its Internet and 3G mobile network outages, but some speculate China could be involved.

China’s trade figures have repeatedly fallen short of expectations in the second half of this year.

The move will help “root out illegal religious activities” in the country, officials say.

The fire, which occurred in June last year at a poultry plant, had killed 121 people and injured 76 others.