South Asia

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India, UK based biotech firm wins ‘Star Trek’ creator’s better humanity award

11:02 am August 21, 2020

London: An India and UK headquartered genomics biotech company is among four worldwide projects awarded the USD 1-million 2020 Roddenberry Prize designed to advance the vision of ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry to better humanity. Launched this year in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, the prize pivoted to engage organisations who demonstrated their agility and innovation on the frontlines […]

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

9:04 pm August 14, 2020

Dhaka: When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes. Like him, an estimated 17.5 million people across South Asia are suffering as a result of […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

Here’s what VP candidate Kamala Harris’ Delhi based uncle said

9:56 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: US Senator Kamala Harris’ nomination as the vice presidential candidate is a “historic moment” but it is not a surprise at all, her proud uncle said here on Wednesday. Gopalan Balachandran, Harris’ maternal uncle, said she will script many firsts if she wins and expressed the hope her top-level position will give Indians […]

‘One of us’: South Asians celebrate Kamala Harris as VP choice

9:32 pm August 13, 2020

Chicago: Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.” That title of respect that goes beyond family in Asian circles immediately came to mind when Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate. So the 27-year-old with Sri Lankan roots […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Marriott to expand, continue food delivery biz even after COVID-19

7:58 pm June 28, 2020

Mumbai: Leading hotel chain Marriott International, which has seen its business plunge over 90 per cent across its 123 properties since the lockdown, will expand and continue its delivery and take-away business even after the pandemic-induced lockdown and social distancing end, as it does not see normalcy turtling back anytime soon. The American group runs 123 […]