When 19-year old Pavitra Singh, one of 20mn students at India’s universities and colleges, gets her degree in two years’ time, she fears it will not be enough to secure a job.
The Buddhist mob mutilated and burned Khin Naing so severely his son couldn’t recognise the body, one of series of attacks that suggest a resurgence of a monk-led movement in Myanmar...
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the government to investigate alleged mistreatment and abuse of detainees, including children, by state security forces...
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Nepal has called upon all UN member-states to direct concerted efforts to complete the unfinished tasks of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party won a landslide victory yesterday in landmark elections in the battle-scarred north, raising hopes of self-rule for the ethnic minority...
Enterprise Qatar is set to launch ‘Jadwa’, a scheme that offers 70% subsidised consultancy service to entrepreneurs and the SME community in Qatar.
Ireland should not ease up on austerity in its annual budget next month but stick to a target of €3.1bn ($4.2bn) worth of spending cuts...
A fortnight of protests in Romania against plans for Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine have joined an unusual wave of grassroots opposition across the Balkans, analysts say.
HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani owned Tabarak (Nizam-Altese D’Aroco) came up with a sterling performance to win the GBP 150,000 Group 1 Qatar Racing...
Britain’s Cal Crutchlow stunned the favourites in yesterday’s qualifying session and grabbed pole position for today’s Czech MotoGP.
Finnish telecom giant Nokia said yesterday it is in talks with India’s government about how to create a better business climate .
