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Protests mount over Japan secrecy bill | GlobalPost Protests were mounting in Japan Friday against a controversial bill that would give Tokyo far broader powers in deciding what constitutes a state secret, and severely punish those who leak the information. Thousands of demonstrators have hit...

India must gear up to compete with US in manufacturing: CII summit - Business Today There is a new normal in the world of manufacturing that India needs to guard against. India, going ahead, will increasingly compete with the US, apart from China and other low-cost Asian countries...

CNR Rao first Indian elected to Chinese Academy of Science - Rediff.com India News Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof C N R Rao has become the first Indian scientist to be elected as honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy of Science. "Prof Rao is the first Indian Scientist...

PLA launches fourth Type 052D 'Chinese Aegis' destroyer｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com China's fourth Type 052D guided-missile destroyer — Chengdu — has been launched by the PLA Navy, reports China's Global Times. The Type 052D is one of the most powerful naval combat systems in PLA Navy...

Nuke missiles’ keepers are burned out - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WASHINGTON -- Trouble inside the Air Force's nuclear missile force runs deeper and wider than officials have let on. An unpublished study for the Air Force cites "burnout" among launch officers with their fingers on triggers of...

Chinese, Russian planes ruffle Japan's air defense on same day｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com Two Russian patrol planes were detected over the East China Sea on the same day a Chinese electronic surveillance aircraft was spotted near the disputed Diaoyutai (Diaoyu or Senkaku) island airspace...

Dubai Air Show amazed with PAF JF-17 Thunder attainments | The News Tribe ABU DHABI: Outstanding skills of Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder aircraft won big appreciation by the participants present at the Dubai Air Show. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots of JF-17 Thunder amazed the huge audience...

India Confronts the Politics of the Toilet - Bloomberg On Tuesday, the United Nations marked its inaugural World Toilet Day, designed to draw attention to the fact that more than one-sixth of humanity still lacks indoor sanitation, and that the world needs new ideas and technologies to deal...

India decries ‘Assam rape festival’ article | GulfNews.com New Delhi: A cross-section of the Indian society feels that an American website’s satirical rape article is a “clear Western propaganda” to malign India, its men and its main religion Hinduism, with the author not having even minimum...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-01-201113.html India's successful launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on November 5 once again drew worldwide attention to the country's growing space program. This is India's maiden venture to the red planet and is therefore its first real...

Children in India want stronger anti-violence laws: Survey - Economic Times New Delhi: Children in India opine that stronger anti-violence laws will contribute towards curbing violence against them, according to a recent survey focusing on children's views from across the world. The finding...

Why is China such fertile ground for young, ambitious Brits? William Vanbergen came to China at the age of 21, just after he finished his university studies. He came with the intention of creating something: a business. He had saved £6,000 selling double-glazed windows back in England, and...

China eyes enhanced ties with Bhutan | Business Standard A top Chinese diplomat has met Bhutan's Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay in a bid to enhance ties with the country with whom China has no diplomatic relation. Wei Wei, Chinese Ambassador to India, called on Lyonchhen at his...

Mangal Mangal ho! What Indians will do on MARS - Rediff.com News It’s only obvious that in a country of at least 1.2 billion people as many as 80,000 have already enrolled for their ‘one way trip’ to Mars. And with our very own Mangalyaan on its way to the Red Planet, it’s equally obvious...

Mulayam's call to shun English is a retrograde one - Hindustan Times Recycling is an environment-friendly process and old things, as much as possible, should be recycled. However, it's another thing to recycle old ideas, especially redundant ones. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's...

BBC News - Why women join India's Maoist groups India's Maoist rebel groups are increasingly hiring more women for their operations, reports journalist Kishalay Bhattacharjee. Rebecca, a tribal girl, is a bodyguard of a local area commander of India's Maoist rebel group in the eastern...

China Tests High-Speed Precision-Guided Torpedo | Washington Free Beacon China’s navy recently conducted a test of a new high-speed maneuvering torpedo that poses a threat to U.S. ships and submarines. Defense officials said the new torpedo is the latest example of what the Pentagon calls...

Pakistan can earn $4b by selling forest carbon ISLAMABAD - In a highly inspiring national consultative meeting held at FAO office Islamabad it was told that Pakistan can earn from $400m up to 4 billion per year by sale of carbon stored in forests every year. Meeting that was headed by Qazi...

‘Pakistan among top five growth markets for Mondelez’ – The Express Tribune KARACHI: The headlines may be screaming about violence and extremism but ‘the world’s biggest snacking company’ is betting its money, quietly, on the Pakistani consumer. From acquisition to localised manufacturing...

Google asks India to embrace Internet transparency - Hindustan Times Asserting that Internet freedom will help attack corruption, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has asked India to embrace "transparency and openness" of the web that will have a potentially game-changing impact on...