Twitter on Thursday unveiled a low-data usage version of the social network, which aims to bring in users in emerging markets and areas with slow or expensive mobile networks. The California group...
India's central bank held interest rates on Thursday, in line with analysts' expectations, citing inflationary pressures from an imminent tax reform and the possibility of a poor monsoon. The Reserve...
Twitter Inc (TWTR. N) is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in...
China said on Thursday that it has lodged an official protest with India over the visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to contested territory along the two countries' border....
Police said Thursday they have arrested three people for murder over the death of a Muslim man attacked while transporting cows in northern India, where vigilantes patrol the streets to protect the...
Pakistan's most successful skipper Misbah-ul-Haq will retire after the upcoming Test series against the West Indies, he announced Thursday, ending months of speculation over his future. "The series...
Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is making his name on a pitch of a different kind -- hitting all the right notes in his singing debut. The cricketing icon has released his first single...
Dutch men are uploading pictures of themselves holding hands on to social media to stand against homophobia. The trend was sparked by an alleged attack on two gay men on a street in the Netherlands...
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries - China, India, the US and Russia. Despite decades of tobacco control policies, population growth has...
The Labour Division of the High Court hearing the case involving the dismissal of some 205 National Service personnel in February 2017, by NSS management has set April 12, for the motion to be heard....
India captain Virat Kohli has been named as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2017 edition of the respected Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, -- 'cricket's bible' -- published this week. Meanwhile...
A Muslim man has died after he was attacked by hundreds of Hindu vigilantes while transporting cows in India, police said on Wednesday, amid rising tensions over the slaughter of the sacred animal....
US authorities have agreed to the $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, marking the biggest overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm. The move lays the path...
It is a common saying that 'where there is no law, there is no justice'. Thus anything goes! One thing about law is, justice premised itself on the rule of law. But first, the law must be in place,...
When Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music three years ago, she had to practise singing in secret because all the men in her Muslim family opposed her new passion. Now...
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has adopted an Indian Female Monk as a daughter of the Asante Kingdom, giving her the venerable title Yaa Asantewaa. According to Sri Jayanthi Kumaraswani, she was...
India had been assisting Ghana in areas such as rural electrification, agro processing among others The Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Birender Singh, on Monday paid a courtesy call on the...
It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery. The number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the...
President and chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN) has called for the arrest and deportation of Chinese and Indian nationals engaged in illegal mining, popularly referred to as galamsey. According to Dr....
It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery. The number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the...
