Thiruvananthapuram: Britain is keen to forge ties with the city-based Asian School of Business (ASB) for conducting collaborative studies in areas like climate change, agriculture and energy, director of the premier B-school said on Thursday. The proposal for tie-ups between British universities and the ASB came up for discussion during a meeting between British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai Mike Nithavrianakis and ASB director S. Rajeev here on Wednesday. "The...
06:19 PM, May 24, 2012
Tokyo: Asian shares on Thursday recovered a bit of the ground lost in the previous day's sell-off, but investors found no reason to bet on risk amid deepening turmoil in Greece and fears of contagion to other stressed euro zone economies. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.5 percent on short covering, after sliding more than 3 percent - its biggest one-day drop in six months...
10:51 AM, May 17, 2012
Tokyo: Asian shares steadied on Thursday from the previous day's sell-off, but investors found no reason to bet on risk amid deepening turmoil in Greece and fears of contagion to other stressed euro zone economies. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched up 0.1 percent, after sliding more than 3 percent for its biggest one-day drop in six months on Wednesday. The index hit a new 4-month low...
08:07 AM, May 17, 2012
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam): Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi has won the Asian continental chess championship despite losing to A R Saleh Salem of UAE in the final round that concluded in Ho Chi Minh City. Negi finished the tournament on 7 points and was tied for first place along with Yu Yangyi of China. But in their direct encounter earlier in the championship, Negi had beaten Yangyi, which helped him...
08:50 PM, May 13, 2012
London: A 26-year-old Asian Muslim woman, who was pregnant with her second child, has been stabbed to death in Britain. Saiba Khatoon was stabbed at her family home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Her seven-year-old son was woken up by a smoke alarm late at night and ran out of the house to get help from neighbours who found Khatoon dead in a room, the Daily Mail reported. Police have questioned...
08:24 PM, May 09, 2012
Bangkok: Indian athletes produced an impressive performance, bagging four gold, one silver and four bronze medals, in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix on Tuesday. MR Poovama won the women's 400m in 52.94 while Sajeesh Joseph came first in the men's 800m in 1:47.78. The men's 4X400m relay team of Joseph Abraham, Jitin Paul, Shake Mortaza and MP Kunhu won gold in 3:08.00 while their women counterparts of...
11:23 AM, May 09, 2012
Kuwait: Indian women created history by winning their maiden title as they beat Hong Kong 2-0 in the final of the Asian Team Squash championship here on Saturday. India, however, went down 0-2 to Pakistan in the men's final. In the women's final, Joshna Chinappa, ranked 71st, put in a vintage performance as she overcame World No.16 Joey Chan 11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8 in 38 minutes to put India 1-0...
11:53 PM, May 05, 2012
Kuwait City: For the first time in the history of the Asian Squash Championships, India made the men's and women's finals here on Friday. In the semi-finals, the Indian women beat Korea 2-0 to set up a title clash with Hong Kong, who overcame Malaysia 2-1, while the men ousted Kuwait 2-0 and take on arch-rivals Pakistan who eliminated Malaysia. In the women's semi-final, Anaka set the ball rolling with...
04:36 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will leave on Thursday for Manila to attend 45th annual conference of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which will discuss the global economic problems and deliberate on steps to promote growth and improve governance. During his stay in Philippines, Mukherjee will hold bilateral talks with Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as well as with his counterparts from Bangladesh and Bhutan and...
03:01 AM, May 03, 2012
Manila: India has some leeway to get reforms back on track with its long-term growth prospects firm, Tom Byrne, a senior vice president of rating agency Moody's Investors Service, said on Wednesday. "There is no imminent funding crisis because of policy slippages," Byrne told reporters at the Asian Development Bank's annual meeting in Manila, explaining the rating agency's stable outlook for India. Standard & Poor's last week cut India's outlook...
10:21 AM, May 02, 2012
Doha: Aditya Mehta stunned fancied compatriot Pankaj Advani to become only the third Indian ever to clinch the Asian Snooker Championships here on Sunday. In his third appearance at the event, Aditya started off bit nervously but won the crucial second frame with a 49 clearance after being 40 down. Pankaj struck back by taking the lead 3-2, but soon after, Aditya levelled it 3-3 and took the lead 6-3...
01:00 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: 2010 Commonwealth Games broze medalist Monika Devi was the best-placed Indian so far at the ongoing Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships with a sixth-placed finish, but an Olympic quota remains elusive for the country. A 15-member Indian team, including seven women, are competing in the Championships in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Competing in the women's 69kg category, Monika lifted 98kg in Snatch and 117kg in Clean and Jerk for a...
12:22 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: Chinese officials use unfair tactics to grab Olympic berths for their players and favour them in tournaments held in their home country, top international badminton players, including India's Saina Nehwal, have claimed. Nehwal, Denmark's Peter Gade and Malaysia's Taufik Hidayat said officials favour local players while playing in China and sometimes these things become too much to swallow. World number five Saina, who lost to little-known Chinese girl...
06:17 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: N Soniya Chanu bagged a bronze in women's 48 kg category to open India's medal account on the opening day of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Tuesday. Soniya, who won a silver in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, finished third in snatch with an effort of 75 kg in the first competition of the championship, which is a London Olympic Qualification event. She was...
07:58 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das booked their London Olympics berths on Sunday in the Asian Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Hong Kong, but it was heartbreak for top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal. For both Ghosh and Ankita, the berths came via the continental quotas, after they topped from the South Asian region. Ghosh defeated Anthony Amal Raj 4-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7) and Ankita downed K. Shamini...
04:41 PM, Apr 22, 2012
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