Washington: A controversy-prone former mayor has landed himself in a soup again, this time for his remarks targeting "dirty" Asian shops in his poor black-majority district, a racial slur that invited all-round criticism. Washington DC Councilman Marion Barry, 76, who just after winning a primary on Tuesday declared that "we got to do something about these Asians" had to apologise quickly after his comments ignited anger. Addressing his victory rally...
10:06 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Washington: Asian Americans with college degrees are more likely to be jobless than their white counterparts in this harsh economy, according to a report. A study by the Economic Policy Institute entitled "Unfairly Disadvantaged" found that, while Asian Americans had lower overall jobless rates than whites from 2007-2010, those with Bachelor's degrees or higher faced tougher odds of finding work than their Caucasian counterparts, reported Xinhua. The findings are important,...
07:51 AM, Apr 07, 2012
London: Twenty four people of India-origin are among the nearly 3,000 suspects being tried for last year's shocking riots in London and other towns of England, new analysis of data shows, contradicting the belief that Asians had stayed away from the violence. The cases of those arrested are continuing in various courts, but figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that as of February 1, 2012, the number of...
03:56 PM, Feb 26, 2012
The Indian hockey team rejected the cash award of Rs 25,000 per player for their performance in the Asian Champions Trophy. ...
08:30 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Washington: Ten years after terrorists struck US unleashing a backlash against the South Asians given their close resemblance to the hijackers from the Middle East, the community has come a long way. "Looking back, the country has changed substantially. Just after 9/11, people at large looked at South Asians with some suspicion. Things have completely changed now," Thomas Abraham, founder president and chairman emeritus of the Global Organization of People...
04:16 PM, Sep 10, 2011
India hockey coach Michael Nobbs talks about the team's upcoming clash against Pakistan in the Asian Champions Trophy. ...
08:54 PM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: Despite being well educated, ambitious and driven, Asian-Americans often feel excluded from corporate America and hit a bamboo ceiling that prevents them from reaching top jobs, a new study showed. Asian-Americans account for fewer than two percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and corporate officers, according to the research from the Center for Work-Life Policy, a non-profit think tank in New York City. "Fully rounded programs should not only...
11:54 AM, Jul 26, 2011
London: It took two Australian legal academics to unearth old skeletons lying in the British government's cupboard. While submitting a university paper they disclosed that the British government's official records on virginity tests on Indian and Pakistani women - entering Britain to marry - was on a far larger scale than estimated. The practice had stopped in 1979 after an Indian teacher's case was highlighted in the British media and...
08:39 AM, May 11, 2011
London: A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds of offshore bank account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday, saying he wanted to draw attention to financial abuses. Rudolf Elmer, 55, headed the office of Julius Baer in the Cayman Islands until he was fired by the bank in 2002. He is scheduled to go on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday for breaching bank secrecy. Swiss...
08:15 AM, Jan 18, 2011
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