Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan will open the London Asian Film Festival 2012 along with British comedian and writer Meera Sayal. The nine-day festival, hosted by Tongues on Fire, will be held in multiple venues in London from March 16 to 24.
Luxury brand Tag Heuer signed Hollywood star Cameron Diaz as the new face of the brand during the opening of the global watch event Baselworld 2012 in Switzerland.
David Guetta is on an India tour and he sure is loving it. His first performance in India was for the Gurgaon crowd, and an overwhelmed Guetta could not believe a crowd gathering that numbered to 6000 plus, dancing non-stop to his tunes. When I left for India, I didn't know what to expect. Whether to expect a crowd of 600 or 6,000. It's so wonderful to see that it's a crowd of 6,000 plus, Guetta said in the midst of his show Friday night. The DJ and house music producer played f...
Iran and India have plans to increase the annual bilateral trade to $25 billion by 2015, according to the statement by Arvind Mehta, joint secretary in the Indian Commerce Ministry.
Kunal Nayyar’s wedding was quite the party!
Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid, often referred to as the The Wall, announced his retirement from the game at a press conference in Bangalore Friday.
India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget to parliament on Friday March 16 in which there is a high possibility that it will be longer on promises than on specific measures according to Capital Economics.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made the decision on Friday to cut its cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 75 basis points in a response to continued shortage of liquidity in the banking sector.
On Friday, President Barack Obama appointed Todd Park, a 39-year-old former entrepreneur and founder of Athenahealth, to be the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Park takes over for Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. CTO, who resigned in February.
Leaders of China and India, two of the world's biggest economies, are responding to a decline in their nation's blistering rates of growth by focusing on virtually identical ways to stimulate bank lending and regain financial momentum.
War's shadow looms over the Strait of Hormuz, and for one company in Qatar, the disruption of shipping traffic of the Strait could very well mean the end of its business.
Pasha ran ISI for 3 1/2 years, a period that included the secret -- and, in Pakistan, controversial -- raid by U.S. commandos on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's compound.
There have been a lot of flashy sports cars and intimidating luxury palaces at the Geneva Motor Show 2012, but the car that perhaps deserves the most notice is the unassuming Tata Megapixel, Tata Motors’ new range extended electric vehicle (REEV) concept car.
Europe's debt crisis and an oil price rally are the biggest threats to global oil demand this year, OPEC said on Friday, adding it was still pumping above its target despite a slide in Iranian production.
Europe's debt crisis and an oil price rally are the biggest threats to global oil demand this year, OPEC said on Friday, adding it was still pumping above its target despite a slide in Iranian production.
The 30-year old Narendra Kumar Singh was crushed to death when tractor loaded with illegally mined stones run over him. Narendra Kumar, who was patrolling the area, noticed the tractor trolley with illegal load and signaled driver to stop it. When the driver did not budge he stood in front of the vehicle to force the driver to stop, but tractor driver identified as Manoj Gujjar mowed down the police officer and sped away.
Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international cricket.
Life Technologies has launched its new and more powerful semiconductor Ion Proton Sequencer in India.
Indian stock markets surged Friday as sentiment was buoyed by the positive news of Greek PSI debt swap.
Fender Musical Instruments, the iconic company known for making guitars, has announced its plan for an initial public offering.
Violent assault in the form of acid attack is most common in many countries. According to Wikipedia, these attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and a few other countries. According to statistics, 80 percent of victims of these acid attacks are female and almost 70 percent are under 18 years of age.
Forbes released Wednesday its annual list of the richest people in the world for 2012. Out of the 1,226 billionaires who made it to the list, 48 people came from India alone.
