Asia: News
19 Dec 2017
IndiaOla buys Foodpanda to get into food-business, will infuse $200mil
Ola has announced it will acquire Foodpanda's India business, wherein Foodpanda's parent company DeliveryHero will get an undisclosed amount of Ola stocks.
14 Dec 2017
Walt DisneyDisney acquires 21st Century Fox's assets in $66bn deal
Disney has announced a major deal to acquire several parts of Twenty-First Century Fox for $52.4bn in stock, including their movie studios, the Nat Geo network, Asia's pay-TV operator Star TV, and some stakes in Sky, Hulu and regional sports networks.
14 Dec 2017
BollywoodLet's hear it for the 'Sexiest Asian Man', Shahid Kapoor!
Actor Shahid Kapoor has topped the list of '50 Sexiest Asian Men 2017' for the first time, which has been carried out by a London-based magazine, Eastern Eye.
11 Dec 2017
IndiaIs India leaning toward ASEAN to counter China's OBOR?
India is gearing up to host the ASEAN-India connectivity summit this week.
08 Dec 2017
BollywoodNever send emails to Priyanka Chopra. Here's why!
A lot of emails pile up in our inbox and often times we let them pass without even opening them.
08 Dec 2017
IndiaDecoding the brand 'Priyanka Chopra'
In 2016, Deepika Padukone dethroned Priyanka as the sexiest woman in Asia but this year Priyanka reclaimed it as she has been voted as "Sexiest Asian Woman."
05 Dec 2017
South KoreaWhat is the status of placements at IITs this year?
With the placement season on at the Indian Institutes of Technology, international firms are reportedly in an "aggressive recruitment mode", intensifying the war for talent at the premier engineering institutes.
16 Nov 2017
IndiaIndians dominate Forbes 2017 list of Asia's 50 richest families
Seventeen Indian business dynasties have made it to the Forbes 2017 list of Asia's 50 Richest Families.
14 Nov 2017
IndiaBengaluru company picked by Facebook for marketing mix modelling partnership
RainMan Consulting, a Bengaluru-based marketing analytics company, has become one of the primary firms in Asia to join hands with Facebook as a marketing mix modelling partner (MMM).
07 Nov 2017
North Korea#TrumpInAsia: 'Era of strategic patience with North Korea is over'
US President Donald Trump has kick-started his East Asia tour with a visit to Japan.
05 Nov 2017
North KoreaTrump begins Asia tour with Japan
US President Donald Trump's arrival in Japan at the start of his marathon Asia tour was cheered on by US and Japanese troops at the Yokota air base near Tokyo.
04 Nov 2017
South KoreaWhat we can expect from Trump's marathon 5-nation Asia tour
President Donald Trump has embarked on a marathon 11-day tour of Asia, the longest by an American president to the continent in 25 years.
25 Oct 2017
Donald TrumpSingapore has the 'most powerful' passport in the world
The Singaporean passport has been declared the world's most powerful with a score of 159- the first time an Asian country has clinched the top spot.
24 Oct 2017
North KoreaTrump to discuss China's 'predatory' trade practices during visit
A White House official said President Donald Trump will tell China to "cease predatory trade" practices during his maiden presidential visit to Beijing.
22 Oct 2017
World BankThere are over 1.1 billion "invisible people" in the world
Over 1.1 billion people - one in every seven individuals- worldwide do not officially exist as they have no proof of identity, revealed World Bank's Identification for Development (ID4D) program.
21 Sep 2017
NASAISRO-NASA joint research-study confirms existence of aerosol layer above Asia
An ISRO-NASA collaborative study has confirmed the existence of an aerosol layer over Asia.
11 Sep 2017
AppleApple has $256.8 billion in its cash reserve doing zilch
For a company that started in a garage, Apple has come a long way and now its financial reports show that it has a $256.8 billion cash stockpile, sitting comfortably in its accounts.
01 Sep 2017
IndiaIndia the most corrupt nation in Asia, study finds
The Narendra Modi government has launched several schemes to combat corruption, but if findings by anti-corruption body Transparency International are anything to go by, they don't seem to have had much practical effect.
05 Aug 2017
Narendra ModiDebates and discussions, Asia's oldest traditions, important for conflict-resolution: Modi
Dialogue and debate, "Asia's oldest traditions", are key to battling deep-rooted religious stereotypes that divide people around the world, said PM Narendra Modi.
15 Jul 2017
CaliforniaRacist AirBnB host cancels Asian woman's booking, gets fined
Tami Barker, an AirBnB host in California who discriminated against an Asian guest, has received a $5,000 fine and told to attend an Asian-American studies course.
28 Jun 2017
IndiaIBM to collaborate with Indian developers on AI, machine learning
Technology trends like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things have been gaining momentum for some time now.
09 Jun 2017
Alibaba GroupJack Ma gains $2.8 billion in one day
The founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma became Asia's richest man and the 14th wealthiest man in the world; his net worth surged from $8.5 billion to $41.8 billion this year.
30 May 2017
ChinaRela, popular gay dating app in China, blocked
The gay rights movement in Asia is a pretty mixed bucket right now. Just after Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage, Rela, a popular dating portal for gay women, has been blocked in China.
26 May 2017
IndiaUN reports say CPEC could worsen Indo-Pak relations
A report compiled by the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia, has stated that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor could spell disaster for Indo-Pak relations and could potentially deteriorate the regional security scenario.
24 May 2017
Hillary ClintonUS to revive Asian infra projects to counter China
The Trump administration has revived 2 infrastructure projects in Asia, providing brief details in their maiden annual budget.
17 May 2017
Health & WellnessRobots in medicine- Asia's first robotic implant for Parkinson's
For the first time in Asia, a patient suffering from Parkinson's disease was treated successfully with a Deep Brain Stimulation implantation performed by a robot.
12 May 2017
IndiaKolkata's Birla Planetarium, Asia's largest, to open after two years
Kolkata's MP Birla Planetarium, established in 1962 and one of India's oldest, is opening its doors to the public after over two years of renovation.
04 May 2017
AppleApple has $256.8 billion in its cash reserve doing zilch
For a company that started in a garage, Apple has come a long way and now its financial reports show that it has a $256.8 billion cash stockpile, sitting comfortably in its accounts.
04 May 2017
IndiaBeheadings of Indian soldiers: Pak destabilizing South Asia
The recent beheadings of Indian soldiers by Pakistani armed forces along the LoC have led to a new low-point in bilateral relations.
02 May 2017
IndiaRevisiting and not "remembering" Satyajit Ray on his birthday
When my editor asked me to do a piece on Satyajit Ray's 96th birth-anniversary, the brief was, "something which is a tribute, not cliché, but contemporary."
23 Apr 2017
IndiaIndia - Top remittance-receiver with $62.7bn inflows: World Bank report
India retained the top spot among remittance-receiving countries despite a significant 8.9% drop in remittances in 2016.
12 Apr 2017
International Yoga DayIndian tourism - looks fine, till reality kicks in
When you look at the report card, it reads well. Indian tourism jumped 12 spots and is now at number 40 on World Economic Forum's Global Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017.
30 Mar 2017
IndiaIndian online players want government to ensure fair play
Indian online players argue that foreign rivals enjoy more fringe benefits than home grown ones.
24 Mar 2017
FacebookSocial media platforms, once popular but now forgotten
There is hardly anybody one knows, who is not on a social media platform.
19 Jan 2017
Navi MumbaiHousing in Mumbai most expensive
The most expensive cities to buy a house are all located in Asia.
27 Oct 2016
WorldFemale parliamentarians worldwide experience sexual harassment
A study conducted by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) surveyed and interviewed 55 female parliamentarians spread across the globe including countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.
25 Oct 2016
IndiaIndia's economy to grow 8%, agriculture 4%
Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said India's economy would grow 8% this fiscal while agricultural growth is expected to grow over 4%.
