Jul 8 2008
Echoing Indian concerns that conversion of food grains into bio-fuels is worsening the food price situation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tuesday asked “some developed countries” to rethink their policies. “Some developed...
Jul 7 2008
The Delhi Metro Monday complied with a long standing demand of female commuters and announced that all its trains would have seats reserved for women. “Some women are facing problem in the Metro and they have complained to (Delhi chief minister)...
Jul 7 2008
Political crises can also inspire poetry. Ask Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who used the words of an old Hindi film song to describe his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Jun 25 2008
Britain has stripped Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe of a knighthood awarded by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994, the Foreign Office said Wednesday. A spokesman said the action was taken as a “mark of revulsion” against the “abuse of human rights and...