No room for price hikes: Whirlpool
May 15, 2013
Most newborn deaths in India, says report; Pak, Bangladesh fare better
May 7, 2013
Jet-Etihad deal, increased traffic on Gulf routes to benefit whom?
Apr 26, 2013
Year 2012-13 good or bad for realty sector?
Mar 28, 2013
India and China have wisdom to address border issue: Li Keqiang
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today said India and China have the "wisdom" to find mutually acceptable solution to the boundary problem and the two countries have not shied away from addressing the vexed issue.
IKEA to face land acquisition challenge for stores in India: experts
Sunday May 19, 2013
Land acquisition will be a major hurdle for Swedish furniture retailer IKEA to set up its stores in India and it may have to even depend on public auction by government, according to real estate consultants.
Gmail users in India, Middle East and South East Asia experience another outage
NDTV Correspondent | Monday May 13, 2013
Google's Gmail service is down yet again with the infamous 502 error.
US, South Korea vow no concessions to North Korea
Agence France Presse | Wednesday May 8, 2013
The leaders of the United States and South Korea on Tuesday vowed no concessions to North Korea after months of high tension, saying the burden was on the communist state to end the crisis.
More than three lakh day-old babies die each year in India: report
Agence France Presse | Tuesday May 7, 2013
More than 300,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said Tuesday, blaming a lack of political will and funding for the crisis.
US asks India, Pakistan to restrain their nuclear, missile programmes
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 1, 2013
Expressing concern over the continuing buildup of nuclear weapons in South Asia, the US has asked India and Pakistan to restrain their atomic and missile programmes and play a positive role in the global non-proliferation community.
IMF flags risk of 'middle-income trap' in emerging Asia
Monday April 29, 2013
Middle-income Asian economies enjoy better growth prospects than countries in other parts of the world but they must improve government institutions and liberalise rigid labour and product markets if they wish to reach the level of developed countrie...
India seeks precision in monsoon forecasting by 2017
Reuters | Wednesday April 17, 2013
India has roped in almost all the world's major weather forecasters in its effort to accurately forecast monsoon rains in the next four years, director-general of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, raising prospects for a rise ...
Sayali Gokhale fails to qualify for main draw of Badminton Asia Championships
Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 16, 2013
World No.7 Parupalli Kashyap will start his campaign against South Korea's Ji Hoon Hong in the men's singles event on Wednesday.
US assistance to Pakistan helps reduce terrorism: John Kerry
Press Trust of India | Thursday April 11, 2013
The US assistance to Pakistan has helped in reducing the conditions that foment extremism in the country, the US Secretary of State John Kerry said as the state department in its annual budget sought 1.3 billion dollars in economic and military assis...
Global hotel firms find a short cut through India's red tape
Thursday April 11, 2013
Capitalising on distress in the Indian hospitality sector, international operators are teaming up with investors to acquire hotels from debt-laden domestic owners and reopen them under their own corporate banners.
Lashkar-e-Taiba is one of the most potent terrorist groups in South Asia: US
Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 10, 2013
Days after a US Army report said that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) continues to recruit the best and the brightest in Pakistan and are focused on Kashmir, a top Pentagon commander told US lawmakers that the terror group remains one of the most potent terror...
Growth in India may recover to 6 per cent this year: ADB
Tuesday April 9, 2013
Growth in India may recover to 6 per cent this year and 6.5 per cent in 2014 from 5 per cent in 2012, but South Asia's largest economy needs to pursue structural reforms to create a more favorable investment environment and spur growth, the ADB said.
Sri Lanka auction paves way for launch of first nationwide 4G mobile network in South Asia
Agence France-Presse | Friday March 29, 2013
The new mobile 4G network,launched by Sri Lanka will now allow users to access high-speed internet 5 times faster with their hand-held devices.
Asia business sentiment edges up in quarter ending March
Wednesday March 20, 2013
Asia's top companies, especially those in the export engines of China, Japan and South Korea, are wary about their business outlook, according to the latest quarterly Asia business sentiment survey by Thomson Reuters/INSEAD.
