Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Cannes 2012 appearance reignited spirited online debate about her physical appearance on the heels of controversy over her post-pregnancy weight gain.
Fearing a political backlash, the Indian government has postponed the decision to hike the diesel prices for the time being. However, economists feel that it is time the government deregulated the prices of diesel and stopped subsidizing them.
Asian markets declined this week on increasing concerns about China's economic slowdown and Greece possibly exiting the euro zone.
The meeting with officials from the Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG) lasted 90 minutes.
India Government may go slow on boosting diesel prices as the recent steep petrol hike has generated strong opposition from both the public and opposition parties.
When Aung San Suu Kyi left her husband and children in England to visit her ailing mother in Myanmar 24 years ago, she never imagined that she'd be stuck inside the Southeast Asian country for 24 years. Now, she will leave Myanmar for the first time since 1988.
Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex started on a negative note Friday and was trading in the red in the morning session.
Asian markets fell Friday on increasing concerns about China?s economic slowdown and Greece exiting the euro zone.
Aishwarya Rai, who has been the center of a tumultuous weight-gain controversy after the birth of her daughter just six months ago, debuted her post-baby body at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. What did she wear?
2012 will be a historic moment in the shift of global power from the West to the East. According to expert estimates and figures on military spending, in 2012 Asia's spending on defense will eclipse Europe's for the first time in the modern era.
GPEI warned that failure to eradicate polio could lead to as many as 200,000 paralyzed children a year across the globe.
Even as a possible Greece exit from the euro zone is creating ripples of fear in the global economy, it seems that the Asian countries, especially India, is better placed to face the euro zone breakup storm than other regions.
In 2010, the Indian government permitted state-owned oil companies to establish the price of petrol.
The common currency was punished overnight as sentiment regarding Greece turned from bad to worse.
For centuries, the Roma people have been marginalized and misunderstood by their European neighbors. A new report by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) sheds light on this age-old human rights issue.
Among other options being considered by senior officials in the UK government's National Security Council is the deployment of the Royal Navy in the Middle East.
Asian, European and U.S. stocks fell hard Wednesday on rising fears and uncertainty about a possible Greek exit from the euro zone as well as concerns over slowing economic growth.
The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued a contempt notice to the striking Air India pilots for not complying with its previous order restraining them from continuing with the strike.
The Indian rupee descended to the all-time-low of 56.04 per dollar Wednesday even as the Reserve Bank of India and the Indian government said that they were monitoring the situation closely and taking corrective measures.
At least 10 people were killed in Pakistan on Tuesday when a rally in Sindh Province erupted in violence. Gatherers had been marching to protest the division of the province.
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer maker, said it opened a new center in Da Nang, Vietnam, its third center in the Southeast Asian country.
India reportedly has about 40 million guns in circulation (a modest number compared to its 1 billion-plus population), and only the United States has more.
