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Canada revokes south Asian lawyer's citation and c

The Order of Canada, given in 2001 toT Sher Singh, community activist and lawyer in Guelph ,Ontario, 'has been terminated in accordance with the Constitution of the Order of Canada,' says a press......

South Asians welcome US Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriages

Indian-American elected officials, civil rights organisations and queers welcome the United States Supreme Court historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide for all Americans on......

Own Goal! Europe's Protests Over Qatar's Human Rights

The rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar's admittedly appalling human rights record can only be viewed as deeply disingenuous and phoney, argues Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Members of......

Canadian Sikhs outraged over Taliban atrocities

The Taliban militants, who kidnapped Robin Singh, a Sikh in Peshawar, have demanded a ransom of Canadian $1,25,000 from his family in suburban Brampton in Ontario. The Pakistani Taliban are......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

3 US Net majors slammed for aiding China

An Amnesty International report has accused three major US companies-Google, Microsoft and Yahoo-of helping the Chinese government crush political dissent and freedom of expression. Releasing its......

P Sainath: India's shocking neglect of its farmers

Wellknown journalist P Sainath told an audience in New York on Wednesday that while food courts are springing up almost everywhere in India's big city malls catering to the palates of well-off......

India's prescription to improve trade with Afganisthan

"The announcement by India last year to allow duty-free export of all items into the country by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is......

India keen on fast conclusion of FTA with EU

India said on Wednesday it is committed to expeditiously conclude a free trade agreement with the European Union and is expecting some headway when the next round of talks take place here in July.......

Biotech sector eyes $4,500 mn by '10

Fuelled by growing markets and a liberalised economy, the Indian biotech industry is set to witness an exponential growth with an estimated turnover of $4,500 million by 2010. New policies......

Hamid, Bhonsle, Blinded by the Light at IFFSA

Firdaus Ali checks out the line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia in Toronto. IMAGE: Rasika Dugal in Hamid. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a moving picture is worth a......

Hats off to you, Farhan

What it says is what it does: Lakshya is not a war film. It is a film about how humans change, not only in war but in life too. Indeed, what we are today is, at times, not reflective of what we......

Women's T20 World Cup moved to UAE amid Bangladesh unrest

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC T20 World Cup/X The ICC on Tuesday moved the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the UAE, saying it "wasn't feasible" to conduct the event there after......

Five enter FIFA presidency race; Bility, Platini sidelined

FIFA has approved five candidates for its February presidential election amid the worst crisis in its history, after barring Liberia's Musa Bility on integrity grounds and leaving out UEFA chief......

How basketball's hijab ban controversy has escalated

Iran's Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya, right, shakes hands after losing to India's Saina Nehwal in the women's singles badminton match at Gyeyang Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.......

Korean women's soccer in row over gender issue

Seoul City Amazones jumped to the defence of forward Park Eun-seon on Thursday after rival managers in the South Korean women's top flight threatened to boycott the league unless she takes a gender......

As ban ends... Sarita says she's now 'a better, thinking boxer'

'Mentally and physically, I'm much better than before' 'My first target is to win the World title next year and qualify for the Rio Olympics' Boxer Sarita Devi cries at the podium after she......

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