Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) A tough-talking US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday told Pakistan it could not “keep snakes” in its backyard and said the country must act against terror and “squeeze the Haqqani network”. Addressing a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Clinton said here that the US has reasserted its commitment to eliminating... 

BANGALORE: A study by Frost and Sullivan estimates hazardous waste generation inIndiaat a compounded annual growth rate of 8% over the next five years. This would call for a significant investment in waste disposal facilities.  It has been estimated that the cost to put up an incinerator works out to between Rs.10-30 crore. In addition, it would cost Rs. 400 crore annually to operate the incineration... 

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 4 (IANS): Three Indian Americans, Dr Kartik A Srinivasan, Sumita Pennathur and Hari Shroff, are among 94 researchers honoured by President Barack Obama with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The presidential early career awards embody the high priority the Obama administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance... 

By Arun Kumar Washington (IANS): Wishing millions of Indian-Americans and Indians around the globe on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, a US lawmaker has said he shaped modern India and the world by inspiring some the greatest leaders of the time. “Today, modern India is a leader as the world’s largest democracy, among the world’s largest economies, and as our close friend and ally,”... 

Javid Hassan The appointment of Abdul Hannan M. Tago, a Filipino journalist working in Arab News, as SPMUDA Ambassador of Goodwill to Saudi Arabia should be of interest to India for various reasons. Though an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker), he was conferred the status of Goodwill Ambassador to Saudi Arabia by Datu Camad M. Ali, Founding Chairman & Executive President of SPMUDA Global International,... 

By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) China, the world’s most populous nation, is experiencing winds of demographic change. The one-child norm of Chinese couples is fast being replaced by the trend of “childless by choice”. “More and more young upwardly mobile couples in big cities are choosing to remain childless. The couples are educated and want to free themselves... 

By Amandeep Kaur Hamilton (New Zealand), (IANS) The number of migrants coming to New Zealand from India has continued to increase rapidly in the last three years, despite the global economic downturn that saw significant reduction in the flow of foreign workers to many countries. Some 73,400 international students were approved for studies in New Zealand in 2009-10 contributing over $2.3 billion annually... 

Tokyo, Apr 14 (ANI): Japan Atomic Energy Commission vice-chairman Tatsujiro Suzuki has said the country should thoroughly investigate the nuclear crisis in Fukushima in an internationally verifiable manner. “An independent third-party panel, rather than the government””s Nuclear Safety Commission, should study the accident””s causes and the series of crisis management steps... 

Seoul, Apr.14 (ANI): An American citizen, Jun Young Su has been detained in North Korea for his involvement in illegal missionary work in that country. Prongyang has informed Washington. Jun is reportedly being given necessary humanitarian assistance, including consular contact with Swedish Embassy officials. The U.S., which fought on South Korea”s side during the 1950-53 Korean War, does not... 

Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), Apr. 14 (ANI): Egyptian prosecutors arrested ousted President Hosni Mubarak while he was in his bed last night on charges of alleged corruption and abuse of power during his 30-year rule. According to the Daily Mail, the 82-year-old Mubarak was in hospital after a suspected heart attack, but Egypt’s prosecutor-general still went ahead with a 15-day detention order yesterday. The...