War through a camera lens
TATAJANA SOLI'S haunting debut novel begins where it ought to end. In this quietly mesmerizing book about journalists covering the war in Vietnam, the first glimpses of the place are…
21 killed in Iran suicide attack
TEHRAN, (AMN)-- At least 20 were killed and more than 100 injured in two explosions that hit a mosque in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan on Thursday, the official IRNA…
A storytelling duel
A STORYTELLER returns to his beloved Delhi two and a half centuries ago, only to find it devastated by the violence of Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali. The plunder, the…
Philips to expand healthcare biz
JAIPUR: Rural women in the state are being denied basic maternal and childcare facilities as nearly two thirds of the first referral units (FRU) are not functioning. An assessment by…
Health care cuts in Wales could top £1.9bn
The health service in Wales may need to find up to £1.9 billion in savings over the next five years, according to the assembly government's health minister. Speaking at a…
Developing nations need to rebalance strategies
The central problem we face today is how to ensure protect global growth in a situation where markets have become very nervous about debt sustainability, especially in some countries in…
Shahrukh Khan-Eager to support the youth!
Popular entertainment channel MTV is all set to air romantic movies that will appeal to the Indian youth. The most interesting part is that Shahrukh Khan’s TV production company Red…
Serious Men
Written by Manu Joseph. Ayyan Mani appears to be just another man in Mumbai, stranded in the rot of a good marriage, an unremarkable life and a dead-end job as…
Rural poor live on land sans hope
PATNA: Bureaucratic indifference, lack of information on the part of target beneficiaries of the housing scheme and legal impediments, together have combined to create huge rural "houselessness" or housing shortage…