Her family says she has not been able to leave home for 25 years Egyptian Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, reputed to be the world’s heaviest woman has begun losing a lot of weight three weeks after she was...
They wear uniforms, carry satchels and eagerly recite the alphabet in class, but the students here are different -- this is a "school for grannies". Deprived of an education as children, the women --...
At a furniture store outside India's capital, a salesman scans the manager's ID and takes her fingerprint on a biometric device attached to his cellphone. Within minutes, Meenakshi Sharma becomes...
Corporate Affairs Director at Afriwave Telecom, Donald Gwira, was recognised as one of the “100 Most Impactful CSR Leaders – Global Listing” at the Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards...
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel will buy the local operations of Norway's Telenor, it said Thursday, as the ultra-competitive mobile market is shaken up by the country's richest man. Tycoon Mukesh...
A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city. But the traditional Koli community,...
Steve Smith's Australia have the chance of halting India's Test juggernaut in a series between the world's top two sides starting this week which promises to be yet another feisty encounter between...
Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh Friday scored fluent centuries against a faltering Indian bowling attack on day one of the three-day warm-up match between Australia and India A in Mumbai. The centurions...
A replica of Russian Queen Catherine the Great's imperial crown stole the show at this week's Israeli diamond market in Ramat Gan, as the industry eyes a recovery. Set with 11,352 diamonds, Catherine...
India's largest carmaker Tata Motors Tuesday reported a 96 percent fall in quarterly profits, due to a cash ban which hit domestic business and weak sales at its luxury Jaguar Land Rover unit....
Australian captain Steve Smith raised the temperature Tuesday ahead of the first Test against India, calling on his players to "go for it" with the verbal volleys and on-field aggression....
Indian doctors put an Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman on a special liquid diet Monday as they prepared her for an emergency weight-loss operation. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty weighs...
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines will add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network on 28 March 2017. Madagascar will join the ever expanding Ethiopian network of 95 worldwide...
India hospital builds new unit to operate on ‘500kg’ Egyptian woman An Indian hospital is building a special facility so that an Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest at 500kg...
Om Puri acted in both mainstream and art films in Bollywood Veteran Indian actor Om Puri, star of British hit East is East, has died aged 66, a family member told the BBC. The family member said Puri...
Shot in the arm and slumped behind a table, Francois al-Asmar played dead as the gunman walked through the exclusive Istanbul nightclub shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground. Like most of...
An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered...
There is a spirited but subtle attempt to discredit the prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice given to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa...
India’s supreme court has ruled that the national anthem must be played in every cinema before a film is screened. Judges said the order should be enforced within 10 days and audiences must stand...
(CNS): Success breeds complacency and complacency breeds failure. When the number of people affected by a disease decreases, there is a tendency to disregard it as a public health problem. Even as...
