What strikes one during a short stay is the tremendous national pride of the Chinese people -- pride over their past, pride over their present, pride over their achievements, and pride over the policies of their leadership, which have produced
The absolute control of the Communists on all realms of policy-making, the single point agenda of the Congress party to stay in power as long as possible and the insistence of the Bharatiya Janata Party upon destroying its credibility as
An earthquake reaching magnitude 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province in Southwestern China at 2:28 P.M. on May 12 Beijing time (2:28 A.M. May 12, U.S. Eastern time)....
Pranab Mukherjee, External Affairs Minister is visiting the United Arab Emirates during 12th to 14th May 2008. During the visit, the External Affairs Minister is to meet the leadership of the United Arab Emirates and also address the Emirates Centre
An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft today airlifted more relief supplies to cyclone-hit Myanmar. The aircraft took off from Bagdogra carrying over 12,000 packets of readymade meals for the people of Myanmar, devastated by the severe cyclone 'Nargis'. With this
In the UK more than 2.5 million people went to see Hindi films in 2005 and Indian film accounted for over 16% of all UK releases. The UK and Indian Governments have successfully completed negotiations, which will enable the UK-India
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh presented the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Awards for the Year 2007 to various scientists and engineers in a simple ceremony held here today. The following is the full list of awardees:- 1. SILICON
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a leading global venture capital firm, announced today the closing of Lightspeed Venture Partners VIII, L.P. capitalized with $800 million of limited partner commitments, above the firm's target of $675 million. This closing brings Lightspeed's base of
The Chinese government has discussed the possibility of inviting the Dalai Lama to the Olympics, and the Dalai Lama has said he maybe willing to attend. From Reuters: Khedroob Thondup, a Taipei-based member of Tibet's parliament-in-exile, said a senior leader
Close to 9000 people are reported dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Wenchuan, Sichuan. Read here for the latest updates. Below are some images of the devastation. From AP news: From CCTV: A student at Sichuan University took
A 75 year old Israeli woman was killed yesterday by a rocket fired from Gaza as Israel suggested any truce in the Strip depended on the release of the Army corporal seized almost two years ago.The woman died after the
With practically no weapons, the Druze men took on the menacing rockets of Hezbollah. Druze fighters in Mount Lebanon refused to sit quietly while Hezbollah militiamen ravaged their homes and shops.
Hezbollah took the violence to the Druze strongholds of Aley, Aytat, Souk el Gharb, Shouifat, Aramoun, Bshamoun, and to the Shouf villages of Mount Lebanon. Druze leaders Walid Jumblatt and Talal Arslan reached an agreement to put the Lebanese army
By Walid Phares Beirut - While the West is busy living its daily life, a beast is busy killing the freedom of a small community on the East Mediterranean: Lebanon.
Beirut- Hajj Hussein Khalil, the political assistant of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of "Hezbollah" attacked the government during a press conference
