Karun Chandok will drive for Korea-based E-Rain Racing in the Formula Asia Renault V6 series
India suffered their second defeat in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, losing 1-4.
Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain was suspended for one match for injuring a South Korean player.
Meeting a long-standing demand of Indians in the country, Malaysia has approved the recruitment of 20,000 foreign workers from government-approved countries for the Indian-operated service sector.\n\n\n\n
India is committed to protecting the interests, safety and honour of its professionals working in foreign countries, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi asserted on Saturday.
India received a 11-0 thrashing in their opening match in the under-19 AFC women's football tournament.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who will be leaving for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, will also highlight the need to counter international terrorism.
Malaysia has asked India to lower its duties on vegetable oils and fats, which forms a major chunk of Kuala Lumpur's exports to the country, to a level comparable of soya oil.
India were drawn in Group A with Korea, Iran and Macau for the Asian Zone tournament.
Singapore Airlines offers Early Bird Fares to the Far East, for a limited period.
India tasted its fourth defeat in five matches, losing to Korea 3-2 in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
A Malaysian Sikh high school student has been told by his school authorities that he must shave his beard and moustache or move on to another school, a media report said in Kuala Lumpur Saturday.
Santiago Freixa scored twice in Spain's 3-1 victory over the World cup runners-up.\n\n
National champion K Srikanth's dream run in the Malaysia Super Series badminton tournament ended in the quarter-finals, beaten in straight games by fourth seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, in Kuala Lumpur, on Friday.
Five goalkeepers, four full backs, 10 mid-fielders and 11 forwards figure in the 30-man list.
An Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney Airport caused a major international security alert when he jokingly text-messaged his wife saying his plane had been hijacked by Islamic terrorists.
Jet Airways on Tuesday said it would commence its daily direct service on the Chennai-Singapore sector from December 7, using next generation Boeing B737-800 aircraft.
Pakistan take on Nigeria in another match in the Afro Asian Games hockey tournament.
The top two teams in the 12-nation qualifier automatically sealed spots at the November 17-20 WGC-World Cup.
The India under-19 team frittered away a first half lead and lost their opening match in the AFC Youth Football Championship.
All possibilities behind the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 are being looked into, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a press conference held on Saturday morning.
Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmed have been included in the squad for the Champions Trophy.
'The more emphatic denial of any proposal for an OIC foreign ministers meet in Islamabad appears aimed at keeping Pakistan on a leash,' notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
