Beijing, March 11 – Eleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official said.
The tigers of the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in northeast China’s Lianoning province died due to malnutrition rather than infectious diseases, said Liu Xiaoqiang, vice chief of the Shenyang [...]
Beijing, March 11 – China Thursday accused the Dalai Lama of showing ‘his nature of separating the nation’ in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.
In his own speech Wednesday, the Tibetan Buddhist leader and head of Tibet’s government in exile expressed his ’solidarity’ with the Uighur ethnic [...]
Kuala Lumpur, March 11 – Malaysian Indians feel ‘extremely let down’ by the opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) they voted for in a big way two years ago, a special report in a Tamil daily here said.
No concrete plan or action has been initiated by PR-held states to uplift the status of Indians, while Barisan [...]
Hanoi, March 11 – The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has declared the 82 stelae of the Temple of Literature in Vietnam as a World Heritage Site, Prensa Latina reported.
The Temple of Literature, located in a park in central Hanoi, was founded by emperor Ly Thanh Tong in 1070. It is dedicated to [...]
Yangon, March 10 – Myanmar’s new election laws have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners from contesting polls planned this year, state media reports said Wednesday.
Under the Political Parties Registration Law, published in state-run newspapers Wednesday, all prisoners are barred from joining political parties that register to [...]
Kuala Lumpur, March 10 – Authorities suspected arson in a fire Wednesday that razed a textile shop and killed four Indian nationals in southern Malaysia.
Police said unknown assailants were believed to have doused a row of double-storey shops with petrol and ignited it in Johor state before dawn.
Firefighters managed to put out the blaze after [...]
Buenos Aires, March 10 (IANS/EFE) Argentine oil company YPF has said that it plans to import 50 million litres of gasoline as demand outstrips supply in the South American nation.
Argentina, an oil-producing country where fuel is subject to government price controls, has not imported gasoline in 30 years.
‘Everyone is putting less fuel on the market, [...]
Shenzhen, March 10 – India’s Rashid Khan who arrived at Mission Hills bidding to become the first golfer to win the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final for three years in a row, shot a round of 74 and was four behind the leader, Malaysia’s Gavin Green who shot a 70.
While Khan’s challenge for a hat-trick [...]
Kuala Lumpur, March 10 – Four Indians were killed in a fire that gutted a shophouse in Malaysia Wednesday, an official said.
The fire broke out in the shophouse located in Jalan Pasar, Masai, near Johor Baru.
Johor Fire and Rescue deputy director Syukor Sani Hashim said the fire was detected at 3 a.m. and the blaze [...]
Kuala Lumpur, March 10 – New Delhi has announced scholarships for the Indian diaspora for undergraduate studies in India during 2010-11.
The undergraduate courses include engineering, architecture, technology, humanities, liberal arts, commerce, management (business administration and business management), journalism, hotel management, agriculture/animal husbandry, science and law, The Star newspaper said Wednesday.
The global Indian diaspora is 25 [...]
