The traditional kitchen with its focus on healthy food finally gets some attention in a new book.
The World Bank has projected that India's economy will grow at over 6 per cent in 2014-15 and 7.1 per cent by 2016-17 as global demand recovers and domestic investment increases.
Harris, in a major foreign policy speech as part of her three-day visit to Singapore, said America's vision includes the freedom of navigation which is vital to all.
'No Cold War should be reignited and no Ukraine-style crisis should be repeated in Asia'
India turns talent backyard for Southeast Asian taxi apps to fight Uber.
Most deaths are linked to either acute respiratory infections or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
After two disasters in a span of five months, the airline has the uphill task of redeeming itself, reversing the slide in its financials as well.
Fernandes said south India was a fantastic market and it would be the gateway for people who want to visit southeast Asia and beyond.
Home-grown companies, including electronics manufacturing services (EMS) firm Dixon Technologies and mobile device maker Lava International, have started exploratory talks with Chinese sub-assemblies and component players for setting up joint ventures (JVs) in the country. Sources in the industry say many domestic companies have also had preliminary discussions with original design manufacturers (ODMs) in China to look at a JV model for manufacturing smartphones. Key ODM players in mobile devices in China include Longcheer, Huaqin, and Wingtech, which has already set up a plant in Tirupati.
Nasscom Foundation along with Google has set up a call centre in collaboration with a not-for-profit body ISAP to help women farmers scale up their business. The project is being run on a pilot basis to initially reach out to 20,000 rural women entrepreneurs across six states -- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan, Nasscom Foundation CEO Nidhi Bhasin said at the launch of "DigiVaani Call Center". "DigiVaani will be one place where rural women entrepreneurs will be able to call and get the information around various schemes available for them, which can help them scale up their business, be it government scheme or any other information that can be of help for them.
S&P, which holds 51.4 per cent in Crisil, named Roopa Kudva as the region head for South Asia. Kudva would be part of S&P's Asia-Pacific executive committee, the agency said in a statement. She would continue as the managing director and CEO of Crisil.
The butchering of the Indian Rupee need not come in the way of your dream international vacation says Anita Rao Kashi.
Singapore Telecommunications is considering a bid for UK- based telecom Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc, says a media report.
Based on factors like shopping, dining, staff courtesy, baggage delivery and waiting times at security, airport customers chose Hong Kong over 190 others in an annual survey conducted by Skytrax, a privately-owned research company in London, which released the results on Tuesday. The ranking was finalised based on 8.2 million company questionnaires completed by passengers over 10 months from 2007 to 2008.
The effect of India being perceived as a nation with a weak leadership on countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and a host of others in south and southeast Asia, or the terror establishment across the border and their sleeper cells on our soil, can be profound, points out Brigadier Sapan Kumar Chatterji (retd)
Following is a look at some new and the more unusual events in the schedule of the 19th edition of the Asian Games:
'It is clear to me they take the view that we should do what we can to assist them where they would like assistance,' Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said.
Vikram J Singh, who was the senior defense adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the erstwhile United States special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been appointed to a key Pentagon post -- deputy assistant secretary of defense for south and Southeast Asia.
China is building the world's highest-altitude cloud computing data centre in Tibet that will meet the data storage needs of the country and South Asian nations like Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, official media reported on Thursday.
Grey Global group, a part of the WPP Network, is in talks with interactive media companies in India for acquisitions.
The members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar.
Investigators probing the Delhi high court blast case have asked foreign intelligence agencies operating in Southeast Asia if they have picked up any signal or communication which may provide links to Wednesday's terror attack in the national capital.
The South Asian nations could script a new history of cooperation and prosperity that could serve as an example for other nations, notes Dr Rahul Mishra.
There is clamour for talent among companies, due to increasing gap between demand and supply.
With the rupee down over 20 per cent against the dollar in one year, one could go to countries where the currency is not suffering as badly.
AirAsia's India plans may not be hit with the current crisis that the airline is going through
Herzog further claimed that Iran is supporting the "terror machine" by providing billions of dollars aiming to undermine the regional situation.
America's strong and deepening defence ties with India are not dependent on any arms sales, but on common interests and objectives between the two largest democracies of the world, a top Pentagon official said on Saturday.
Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has upgraded India's economic growth forecast to 6.3 per cent in 2015-16 on hopes of speedy reform process.
These airports with all the modern amenities make travel a memorable experience for passengers.
According to a source SoftBank is in favour of Ola acquiring the Indian unit of Uber, but the finer details of the deal are being discussed
In 2000, it was projected as the next big thing to happen in healthcare, for its potential to replicate the outsourcing success stories in information technology and business process outsourcing.
In an interview with Malvika Joshi and Somasroy Chakraborty, Madan Menon, RBS' chief executive for Singapore and Southeast Asia and head of global banking and markets in India, shares the bank's plans.
Four-nation grouping Quad on Tuesday launched a major new initiative for the Indo-Pacific that allows the partner countries to fully monitor the waters on their shores and help ensure peace and stability in the region, a move that comes amid China's increasingly intimidatory behaviour.
India is set to experience extreme heat during the April to June period, with the central and western peninsular parts expected to face the worst impact, the IMD said on Monday as the country prepares for seven-phase general elections from April 19.
The annual award is widely regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of food and agriculture.
