An Indian-descent rugby coach has been named Personality of the Year for guiding his team to its first title in last five years....
A Malaysian of Indian-origin has been absolved of drug smuggling charges after the high court ruled that he did not know anything about the drugs found in the car he was driving. ...
Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "transformative figure", former foreign secretary Krishnan Srinivasan on Tuesday said the BJP leader faced a "herculean" task in changing the mindsets of political parties and bureaucrats. ...
India's proposed gold monetisation scheme can prove a win-win for all stakeholders -- government, people and industry -- if it is incentivised and marketed well, even as the yellow metal will remain an attractive asset, according to the World Gold Council....
A combination of three proteins found at high levels in urine can accurately detect early-stage pancreatic cancer, new research has found....
Anuradha Roy, longlisted for Man Booker Prize 2015, dispels the notion that Indian writers sell dark social realities of the country to the western world ...
Hyeonseo Lee grew up "brainwashed" by the North Korean regime and endured the "starving and suffering" of people around her. She was 17 when she fled to China from her home country - a "strictly monitored society" that uses "fear as a tool of oppression"....
Following are excerpts from the book: The Girl With Seven Names - A North Korean Defector's Story, by Hyeonseo Lee. ...
India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation by 2022, says a new UN report that revises its previous estimates, which put the date around 2028....
Gold prices fell globally to near a five-and-a-half year low on Thursday as the dollar strengthened ahead of US economic data, but in India, the price varied between five and five-and-a-half year low....
