Beijing, April 20 (IANS) The number of advertisement companies in China increased 17.9 percent in 2013 from the previous year, authorities said. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) also said the number of employees working in the advertisement sector rose 20.4 percent in 2013 year-on-year to 2.62 million, Xinhua reported Gan Lin, deputy […]
Washington, April 20 (IANS) Applications from prospective Indian students to US graduate schools surged dramatically while those from China slowed down a bit in 2013, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). A 32 percent increase in applications from India, which accounts for 18 percent of all international graduate students […]
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s Geo News’ senior anchorperson Hamid Mir who was injured in an attack by gunmen in Karachi Saturday, is now reported to have regained consciousness and is out of danger, a media report said. The incident took place when four gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on Hamid Mir’s vehicle […]
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s Geo News’ senior anchorperson Hamid Mir was injured in an attack by gunmen in Karachi Saturday. Four gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on Hamid Mir’s car a few kilometers away from the airport police station, The News International reported. A Geo News correspondent said Hamid Mir was going […]
Seoul, April 19 (IANS) The death toll in the South Korean ferry disaster has risen to 33 with the discovery of four more bodies on Saturday, the Coast Guard said. The body of a woman passenger in a life jacket was found in the waters around 100 metres from the accident site off Jindo Island […]
Cairo, April 19 (IANS) Egypt’s leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahy Saturday officially registered for running in the upcoming presidential elections slated for late May, his spokeswoman said. “We submitted to the election commission today 30,000 popular supporting statements from 17 governorates across Egypt to officially register Sabahy as a presidential candidate,” Xinhua quoted the spokesperson as […]
London, April 19 (IANS) Four French journalists kidnapped in Syria almost a year ago have been freed, French President Francois Hollande said Saturday.Edouard Elias, Didier François, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres were held captive since June 2013, BBC reported.The journalists were found by Turkish soldiers on the Syria-Turkey border with their hands and eyes bound.The four […]
London, April 18 (IANS) It may sound obnoxiously bizarre but these females have penis-like organs that leave males gasping for more. They even mate for an impressive 40-70 hours! In a first such case, researchers have discovered cave insects in Brazil with rather novel sex lives. The insects belonging to the genus Neotrogla are the […]
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) Home prices in major Chinese cities grew at a slower pace in March, with fewer cities reporting month-on-month price gains, authorities said Friday. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said out of a statistical pool of 70 major Chinese cities, 56 saw month-on-month gains in new home prices last month, down […]
Nairobi, April 18 (IANS) The UN humanitarian agency Thursday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in South Sudan where a three month conflict has killed thousands of people and displaced over a million others. Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan Toby Lanzer said in a statement that the devastating cycle of violence and revenge in […]