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A swine flu outbreak in India has claimed 12 lives since the beginning of this month and more than a hundred people have been infected so far. The source of the outbreak has not yet been determined, but India's Health Ministry has said it is being contained and urged people not to panic.

The 27-year-old pop icon will kick start the Season 5 of India's annual Twenty20 cricket tournament - the Indian Premier League - with her electrifying Hot n Cold performance in Chennai April 3.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is quite busy with her four-month-old daughter and enjoying each and every moment of motherhood.

The increase in oil prices in recent weeks has caused some to fear that inflation in Asia will soon rise sharply. However, according to Capital Economics, even if oil prices stayed at current levels, inflation would continue to ease across the region.

Sri Lanka has rejected a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution urging the country to look into alleged war crimes committed by the military in 2009.

China has already vowed to boycott the tax, while the U.S. and Russia have also objected to the scheme.

Drugmaker Roche Holdings AG will cut the prices of two major cancer drugs in India after the country’s regulators stripped industry rival Bayer AG of its exclusive rights to market its own cancer drug, reported Reuters, which cited a company spokesperson.

Tuberculosis reached its lowest levels in the United States since 1953, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

The reserve requirement for 379 branches of state-run Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., the country's third-biggest lender, will decline by two percentage points below that of other Chinese banks.

The Indian government is attempting to extinguish a $211 billion coal scandal, claiming that the leaked report from a state auditor was only a rough draft.

The second episode in South Park's 16th season took on Cash for Gold stores and cable shopping networks, mapping out a ridiculous conspiracy in which gold is continuously made into jewelry, sold to old Americans, gifted to their children and grandchildren, sold for a few bucks at pawn shops, smelted down and then forged into jewelry again in a never ending cycle designed to rip off the elderly. Of course Stan sets out to solve the mystery and right the wrong while Cartman attempts to cash in ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate possible war crimes that may have been committed by both sides of the island nation's 26-year civil war.

The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution Thursday asking Sri Lanka to re-investigate alleged war crimes during its 26-year-long war with Tamil tigers. The U.S-sponsored resolution was backed by 24 countries while 15 countries voted against it. Eight countries chose to abstain from the voting.

Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation will commit $220 million over the next four years to fight tobacco use globally, including for the funding of legal challenges against the industry.

Gold hit its lowest level since mid-January on Thursday, influenced by dollar strength, with the market having unwound all of the premium built up on expectations for further U.S. quantitative easing.

Boeing Co , Airbus and Embraer have come together to work with governments and biofuel producers to promote and speed up the availability of jet fuels that reduce carbon emissions.

Bollywood actor Sunny Deol's first look for the upcoming movie “Bhaiyaji Superhit was released recently. The actor would be playing the role of a gangster in the movie, directed by Neerraj Pathak and Sunny's stylish appearance has been the talk of the town for the last few days.

Markets bobbed up and down Wednesday on conflicting data as to what the U.S. economic picture will look like in the near term. Investors spent the day dealing with conflicting sentiments: a less-than-enthusiastic housing report on the one hand, a view that the U.S. economy is generally getting better on the other.

Large enterprises that see the perils of “Big Data” are planning ahead by upgrading their computer centers now, a senior VP of IBM (NYSE: IBM) said.

The move means that banks in Japan and 10 EU nations have been given a six-month break from being cut off from the US financial system while they work to reduce their dependence on Iranian oil.

The Supreme Court in India reaffirmed on Monday its ruling rejecting a $2.2 billion tax claim by the Indian government against Vodafone Group Plc., and the Indian government return a 25 billion rupees, $500 million, tax deposit to the company Monday.