Wednesday 12 August '09
It’s been more than 90 years, but human beings may have introduced what is now known as the swine flu virus to pigs during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918...Thursday 30 July '09
The confession box has finally wound its way to the living room, thanks to American ‘game show’ The Moment of Truth and at least 23 international offshoots....Thursday
23 July '09It was worded innocuously enough, but the inclusion of Pakistan’s insurgency-torn Balochistan in the joint statement issued by Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani....Friday
19 June '09Until Ghanshyam Kewat alias Naam managed to outfox up to 400 police personnel in a village in UP’s Chitrakoot district...Tuesday
12 May '09While many experts have dismissed some of the more apocalyptic rumours about the porcine plague as hogwash...Tuesday
24 March '09The most recent crisis in Pakistan brought to mind the words of Asma Jahangir, chairperson of the country’s Human Rights Commission: “If Pakistan’s dictators are sometimes less dictatorial than one might imagine.....Monday
19 January '09The united denunciation of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband by the Indian political class after he aired his views on the “root causes” of the Mumbai attacks may have been slightly unusual...Tuesday
30 December '08In an admirable service to those who slept through the year, Time offers ‘The Top 10 Everything of 2008’.Tuesday
16 December '08Oprah has reached the “dreaded 2-0-0” (lbs, 91 kg) again. As icebergs melted and landfills became mountains...Friday
21 November '08In a Time article, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright described Vladimir Putin as more likely to “define his job, rather than be defined by it”.Monday
13 October '08Even though he is being lauded for his diplomatic prowess, former Finnish president and ‘peace broker’ Martti Ahtisaari has managed to rack up an impressive list of enemies...Thursday
11 September '08When North Korea’s head of state, ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong Il, did not show up for the 60th anniversary ceremony of the...Monday
1 September '08Just because you’re an enviably wealthy business traveller, doesn’t mean you can’t scrimp...Tuesday
15 July '08Countries across the world have defamation laws in accordance with their social setup and legal system.Monday
7 July '08The violent protests over the land transfer to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board and then its cancellation present an example of how religion...Monday
7 July '08Voluntarily trussed to a wooden board with a black hood over his face, writer Christopher Hitchens was positioned...
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