Nikki Haley, the doer who loves to be underestimated

Dubbed as ”Jobs Governor”, Haley turned South Carolina's economy around during her tenure as governor and transforming the state into a manufacturing powerhouse. She cut taxes, repealed......

UNHRC votes against Sri Lanka's rights record, India abstains

India on Thursday abstained on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka which was adopted. IMAGE: Indra......

Officials 'intimidated' Indian journalists critical of govt: US report

Government officials at both the local and national levels in India were involved in "intimidating" critical media outlets through physical harassment and attacks, a United States report on human......

Is Xi Scared of Tiananmen 1989?

Why omit the Tiananmen massacre from the history of China's Communist party? asks Claude Arpi. IMAGE: The most famous image from the crushing of the Tiananmen Square uprising: A Chinese citizen......

India's rank improves among world's most corrupt nations

'No country, anywhere in the world, is corruption-free,' the report said.   India has climbed nine points to rank 76th in this year's global corruption index launched on Wednesday, with......

India's rating on global corruption index improves

India's score stood at 38 as compared to 36 last year. India has showed some improvement in addressing corruption this year, ranking 85th among 175 countries as against 94th last year, graft......

10 most dangerous places to work

Children dressed in costume sit together during a party celebrating. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters A recent MBA graduate, Puneet Kohli, got a job offer from a global commodity giant to join their......

2012: Another annus horribilis, like the one before

Despite what the World Bank and IMF trained gnomes in North Block, South Block and Yojana Bhavan say, the numbers of the poor is rising alarmingly, says Mohan Guruswamy.A year ago, at about this......

Sports Shorts: Tokyo Olympics medal hopeful Ikee diagnosed with leukemia

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee became the first female athlete to be named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at an Asian Games.......

Boxing Worlds: Indian's stupendous run continues, eight in quarters

IMAGE: Pinki Rani (Red) notched up easy win. Photograph: AIBA A judging controversy couldn't stop the Indian juggernaut from rolling with as many as eight pugilists reaching the......

Football Briefs: Former Portugal boss Bento named new Korea coach

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Paulo Bento has signed a four-year contract with the Korea Football Association. Photograph: Martin Rose/Getty Images South Korea......

Best of enemies: Blatter-Platini rift to shape FIFA election

- What's in Michel Platini’s head at the moment is how to take Sepp Blatter's job, and whether the Swiss can conspire to stop him. - Those who know Blatter say the future of FIFA after he has......

South Korea's Chung running for FIFA president

Former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon, one of the most influential figures in Asian soccer, told Reuters on Thursday he is entering the race to replace Sepp Blatter as president of football's......