  India's stiff telecom rules rile US, Europe & Japan vendors
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: India’s latest telecom regulations to secure the country’s mobile networks have stirred a hornet’s nest in the US, Europe and Japan. | Over 10 leading trade bodies in the US have approa...
China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief
| BEIJING – China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. | Migrant labourer...
Japan to test out new rescue robot
| TOKYO - Japanese emergency services are to trial a small tank-like rescue robot that can search rubble for survivors and deliver water, food or cell phones in disaster zones. | The fire department of Chiba Ci...
New surveillance tool for Japanese Encephalitis
| Shastry V. Mallady | It helps State health officials in preventing disease outbreak | MADURAI: A new surveillance tool developed here by scientists of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for prevent...
Gaurav Gill sounds optimistic
| V.V. Ramanan | SUNSHINE COAST (AUSTRALIA): Team MRF's Katsuhiko Taguchi (co-driver Chris Murphy) and Gaurav Gill (Glen Macneall) are all set to step on the accelerator pedals of their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Xs...
U.N. panel to probe further Kyoto CO2-cut projects
| LONDON (Reuters) - A United Nations climate panel will ask a working group to investigate further claims that a Kyoto Protocol scheme may be incentivising participants to emit more greenhouse gases, it said o...
Discover the natural wonders of Kamchatka
| Only a select few experience the natural wonders of Kamchatka on Russia's eastern extremity. | Siberia is synonymous with exile, banishment beyond the pale. But beyond the Lena River, the Russians say, Siberi...
Complaint to PM works, govt cuts red tape for foreign media
| Two months after a journalist from Japan's largest newspaper complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the difficulties faced by foreign correspondents in India in getting media accreditation, the gov...
The Sega Revival You Probably Weren't Expecting
| If you thought Darius Burst's transition from PSP game to old-school super widescreen arcade cabinet was an odd choice, Sega's arcade return to old school might blow your mind. That is if you've ever heard of...
Asian shares slip in early trade after US declines
| TOKYO — Asian stocks slipped early Friday, after shares on Wall Street fell amid uncertainty about current economic conditions. | Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average was down 1.2 percent at 9574....
48 Hours In: Rio de Janeiro
| Click here for In...Rio de Janeiro map | Travel essentials | Why go now? | The sun is shining again in Brazil's most flamboyant city - and new flights should mean lower fares. After landslides devastated part...
China overtakes Japan as No. 2 economy: Chinese forex chief
| China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. | Depending on how fast its ex...
Foreign Exchange intervention may be a losing game
The adverse effects of currency intervention, as a recent foray by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) shows, may deter governments in major economies from entering into an increasingly losing game. | The yen's recen...
Japan's budget to focus on jobs and growth
| Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his focus for next year's budget will be job creation and measures to stimulate growth after the nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose for a fourth mon...
China No. 2 eco, topples Japan
BEIJING: China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. | Depending on how fast...
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