NEW DELHI: Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower and perhaps the poshest address in the Gulf, is fast acquiring a distinct Indian identity.
Indians now own more than a hundred of 900 apartments in Dubai's 828-metre skyscraper, a sign of the growing financial power of the community in the...
Bangladesh for the first time has left Pakistan behind in exports as the former has surpassed an unprecedented mark of $24.3 billion during last fiscal year as compared to $23.6 billion figures registered on account of Pakistan's exports.
Exports of Dhaka, which remained historically lesser...
It seems like a scene from the newly debuted Political Animals soap
Egyptian protesters gather on a street near the U.S . Consulate as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a flag-raising ceremony at the Consulate General in the mediterranean city of Alexandria on Sunday. (BRENDAN...
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is to introduce a fourth Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter into its test and development program this year, the company's President Mikhail Pogosyan said on Thursday.
"We are now testing three aircraft. A fourth will be brought in this year," he said...
US, China woo India for control over Asia-Pacific - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: With the Asia-Pacific region emerging as the theatre of escalating US-China rivalry, India on Wednesday found itself in a rare and enviable situation: of being wooed by the competing giants.
Visiting US defence...
Exasperated with Pakistan's refusal to act against Hafiz Saeed, Home Secretary R. K. Singh offered that India would even be ready to pay Rs.56 crore to Pakistan in case Saeed is handed over to them.
Singh's remark came at the conclusion of the two-day talks in Islamabad on Friday where the...
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Wednesday ordered civil authorities, both in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, to avoid assisting intelligence agencies in illegal operations.
The order was issued during the hearing of enforced...
ISLAMABAD:
Next year’s fiscal forecasts for Pakistan are depressing at best.
The country’s forex reserves are expected to almost halve by July 2013 – from the much-touted high of $16 billion during the current government’s tenure – and import bill to surge with...
Google Summer of Code 2012 by the Numbers: Part 1 of 2 - Google Open Source Blog
This 8th year of Google Summer of Code is the largest yet. More mentoring organizations received more applications from more students than ever before. We received a record number of applications - 6685 - from 4258...
Things are getting set for the launch of India's Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) from the spaceport at Sriharikota at 5.45 a.m. on Thursday. The four stages of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) have been stacked up at the first launch-pad built on the beachside on the Sriharikota...
One constant in our foreign relations since the early 1960s has been our singularly positive relationship with China, unlike our ties with other countries, which have had their highs and lows. But how well we manage this relationship will determine whether it proves to be an all weather highway...
While China reacted cautiously at the successful test-fire of Agni-V on Thursday, Indian scientists and engineers are now looking forward to Agni-VI, the next missile in the series that could well possess double the target range. Though the Defence Research and Development Organisation, which...
It is planned to check all of INS Vikramadityas aircraft systems, which will include landing tests of the MiG-29K fighters and Ka-31 and Ka-27 naval helicopters on the flight deck. In April, aviation fuel systems will be washed, and aircraft fuel will be delivered to the ship. Right now, radar...