INDIA

Malaysia's AirAsia is the first non-Indian airline to set up shop in the country after barriers were lifted.

“How stupid do you think we are?” Titan's CEO asked France's government when it asked him to invest in a plant.

The Beatles are so popular and well-known in India that they are not even identified on the poster.

Trade Unions in India began a two-day nationwide strike Wednesday in protest against government’s economic reforms, which they say will lead to price rise, privatization and loss of labor.

No construction can proceed within 100 meters or 330 feet of a historical monument.

ASEAN economies likely will see much more favorable demographics compared to Northeast Asia.

David Cameron became the first serving British prime minister to visit the scene of a 1919 massacre in India, one of the bloodiest events in Britain’s colonial past.

Despite mounting pressure on India to facilitate the arrest of former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who has taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in Male, the capital, the Indian government is unlikely to ask the president to leave, Indian media reported.

Meghalaya traditionally holds elections with candidates sporting colorful or eccentric names.

The recent price drop in gold -- 10 percent since October to about $1,610 per ounce -- could continue.

Cameron likely realizes that India plans to spend some $1 trillion on infrastructure over the next five years.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Monday with Japanese shares climbing more than 2 percent after the weekend’s Group of 20 finance chiefs' meeting has refrained from criticizing Tokyo’s monetary policies that have weakened the yen.

Move to Nepal, pay $60 a week, and attract thousands of workers for "crowdsourced" jobs, a model that may help fight poverty worldwide.

The Indian army said that its troops killed a Pakistani soldier who strayed across the de facto border in Kashmir into the Indian-administered territory on Thursday.

The French did not officially relinquish the port city of Pondicherry back to India until 1954.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open Friday ahead of the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report.

Seventeen Indian men on death row in the UAE for the murder of a Pakistani man returned home this week after an Indian businessman paid $1 million to secure their release.

The sale of the Rafale jets remains at the heart of France’s current push in India, which is now the world’s largest arms importer.

If a young Indian couple falls in love in defiance of their parents’ wishes, they often face grim consequences.

Central banks are now buying more gold than ETF investors -- a very startling result. Will the trend continue?

In Japan, Valentine's Day is slightly different than in the West: it's the women who give gifts, and it's mostly chocolates.