In a latest disclosure, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Thursday said the quantum of money held by Indians in Swiss banks stood at about Rs 12,740 crore at the end of 2011. The latest data disclosed by the Swiss National Bank in…
A Delhi court has found prima facie evidence to put Narayan Diwakar, the man accused of masterminding the nearly Rs 4,000-crore co-operative group housing scheme scam, on trial in two separate cases registered by the CBI. Special CBI Court said prima facie…
The Congress today criticized TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for revealing the names of the Presidential candidates soon after meeting the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Interacting with mediapersons in New Delhi, Union Information and Broadcasting…
Thirty years after China introduced its one-child policy, there are growing calls to scrap the controversial system as the nation faces new social dilemmas. Today, China’s fertility rate is below the replacement level, providing fewer workers to support a rapidly growing elderly population. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2012/01/20121575219300198.html
On Thursday, the 32-year-old civil servant from Dharmasraya in West Sumatra was been sent to prison for two and half years and ordered to pay a fine of around $10,000. Judges found him guilty of inciting hatred towards religion with his…
Websites can now be registered in any language, causing frenzy to scoop up catchy internet names. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/06/201261473129130327.html
Greeks pull money from banks ahead of polls Greeks are removing their money from banks and stocking up on nonperishable food ahead of the election. http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/06/2012614194317485915.html
Influx of illegal migrants evading testing and ignorance about the disease seen as public health challenge. http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2012/06/2012614145720100347.html
Nearly 100,000 people contribute to black-market industry, generating revenues of around $1.5bn a year. http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/06/2012614133310470407.html
Communist intellectual who denied that the Nazis used gas chambers to kill Jews during World War II, has died aged 98. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/06/20126159435664924.html