
Bangkok: A former sex worker has won first prize in a Thai literary contest for her book about her life in Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, media reports said Wednesday. Thanadda Sawangduean, 42, won the women writers' Chommanard Book Prize for her recently published autobiography "I am Eri: My Experience Overseas", an account of her years on the game. Her work took her from the Thai beach resort of Pattaya...

04:36 PM, Dec 22, 2010

Australia wants to shift its skilled migration programme from a supply driven to a demand driven scheme. ...

11:38 PM, Jun 29, 2010
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Australia has slashed the existing Skilled Occupations List (SOL) from 400 skills to just 181 for vocational courses and jobs. ...

04:19 PM, Jun 28, 2010
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Australia has slashed the existing Skilled Occupations List (SOL) from 400 skills to just 181 for vocational courses and jobs. ...

04:19 PM, Jun 28, 2010

Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi is currenty on an African tour. ...

07:36 PM, Feb 04, 2010

The rupee bounced back with a vengeance as foreign banks sold dollars heavily. ...

11:30 PM, Sep 17, 2008

Organisation claimed ad in
NYT last year defamed Congress chief. ...

10:58 PM, Aug 16, 2008

Former cricket stars Wasim Akram, Aravinda de Silva and Matthew Hayden speak on the upcoming World Cup. ...

03:56 PM, Dec 08, 2007

SEBI has enhanced the limit on overseas investment for individual fund. ...

07:31 PM, Sep 27, 2007

Infosys says it's investing overseas to fill the gaps in services offerings. ...

01:19 PM, Jul 25, 2007

From now on, the taxable income in India will go down to the extent of losses suffered abroad. ...

10:10 PM, Jul 08, 2007

Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi announced new benefits for the holder of the newly introduced OCI cards. ...

02:40 PM, Jan 07, 2007

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has questioned the overseas expansion spree of the Mittals and the Tatas. ...

01:37 PM, Dec 24, 2006

Bharti, with its Seychelles venture, becomes first Indian telecommunication company to launch 3G services overseas. ...

07:11 PM, Dec 21, 2006

Tatas Tea and Tata Sons have bought US-based Glaceau Water Products jointly for $677 million. ...

10:26 AM, Aug 24, 2006

Karan Johar's
Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna has collected Rs 72 crore worldwide in the first week of its release. ...

09:25 PM, Aug 20, 2006