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Can Aamir Khan help Bollywood scale the Great Wall of China?

Selling films to China will obviously give a huge boost to India's service exports.

In Hong Kong, graves just as costly as homes

In Hong Kong, even death provides little relief from the city's sky-high property prices.<br />

Climate change is occurring: 90% Indians feel temperature gone up, rainfall decreasing

Every nine of 10 Indians in eight cities felt that climage change was concurring, average temperatures had risen and rainfall levels had gone down over time, a study said.

China says it will set cap on carbon dioxide emissions from 2016

The target will be written into China's next five-year plan, which comes into force in 2016

One day @ power ministry: Goyal ropes in Chetan Bhagat for pep talk

After the one-hour talk by the author of bestselling novels '2 States' and 'Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT!' came the ideas, including one calling for the almost 1,000 employees in the ministries of power, coal and renewable energy to adopt two villages each in all 545 Lok Sabha constituencies to ensure 100 percent electrification.<br />

Singapore ranked top Asian destination for professionals to work

The US topped the list followed by the UK and Australia where the professionals were looking to work overseas, according to the survey of professionals carried out by the global recruitment firm Hydrogen Group.<br />

If this project works, unhygienic street food will be a thing of past in Kolkata

Mobilising a group of 60 women street food vendors from different parts of Kolkata, two alumni of the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) have taken up a six-month project to promote environmentally conscious street food business.

Smriti Irani, Sushma Swaraj or Rajnath Singh: Who is Modi's most social minister?

All of the big guns in Modi's cabinet have made sure that they have a fairly strong following and engagement level on both Twitter and Facebook.

Kaun Bharat Jayega: Indian bizmen offer funds to promote Hindi in Israel

Indian businessmen have announced a grant of about $33,000 for students learning the language, during World Hindi Day Celebration at Tel Aviv University.

Infographic: How many things in India are named after Nehru-Gandhi family?

Just how many things in India are named after the Nehru-Gandhi family?

From China's rising web presence to social sharing: 2014's important internet trends

Her 1995 "The Internet Report" (with Chris DePuy) a Morgan Stanley industry report, was known as 'the bible' for dotcom boom investors. Since then, her annual reports have awaited eagerly by professionals in the internet world.<br />

Should sugar sweetened drinks sport a health warning? This academician thinks so

"A recent BBC survey found that 60 per cent of adults would support health warnings similar to those on cigarette packets on food packaging. Even more, 70 percent, would support banning sugary drinks in UK schools, or limiting the amount of sugar allowed in certain foods

Who is the most 'obsessed-over' Indian on the web? Sachin! Sachin!

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan are among the 100 most "obsessed-over people" on the web, according to a list compiled by Time magazine.

Mind your language! Mumbai airport cabbies to get lessons in English, courtesy

The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) organised a training session for 25 cab drivers to emphasise soft skills, appearance, language and behaviour with passengers.

US CEOs are getting huge raises. Here's why their employees aren't

Here are five reasons why CEOs are enjoying lavish pay increases and five reasons many people are stuck with stagnant incomes.

California couple set to earn $11 mn from sale of gold coins they found while walking dog

One of the coins - an 1874 $20 double eagle - is scheduled to be auctioned at the Old San Francisco Mint on Tuesday.<br />

As PM too, Narendra Modi to continue using social media to reach out to people

Asking people's support to script a glorious future for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi last night said he would be using social media to communicate with people across the world as he believed in a platform where views are shared.

Jitendra Vir Singh, IIM-A alumnus, is dean of HK varsity business school

Singh is currently the Saul P Steinberg Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in the US

Rajasthan's Udaipur has the best hotels in India, shows survey

When it comes to best hotels in India, the historic city of Udaipur in Rajasthan leads the list of top 10 destinations, according to a survey by online hotel search site trivago

Undisclosed buyer buys Tipu Sultan's gold ring for 145,000 pounds in auction

The ring was allegedly taken from the slain body of Tipu Sultan at the end of the 1799 Srirangappattinam battle against the British East India Company's forces.<br />

Kicking the butt: Rajasthan state power cos to reject smokers, tobacco chewing applicants

A state-level committee for tobacco control October 2012 recommended that no person should be offered a government job if he or she smokes or chews tobacco. A circular in this regard was issued November 2013, just before the assembly election, but some of the departments are yet to implement it.<br />

Batman vs Superman film to be called 'Dawn of Justice'

A sequel to Zack Snyder's Superman reboot 'Man of Steel', the much anticipated movie will see Ben Affleck donning the Batman cape

Good food, great nightlife, but tourists still have the worst experience in Mumbai

Mumbai, India's fashion capital and home to Bollywood, has ranked last among the top 37 cities in the world featured in the best overall tourist experience, according to an annual 'Cities Survey' by leading travel site TripAdvisor.

Worst-ever election rout: Rahul Gandhi needs to learn these 7 management lessons

In this era of intense competition and globalisation, what lessons should Rahul Gandhi, the man touted as the next-gen leader, learn so that he is able to emerge a better leader than the sorry figure he has cut within his party and the country?

Trio arrested in China for cheating bank of $2 mn by posing as Army generals

Three men in China cheated a bank out of USD 2.25 million (13.5 million yuan) pay off by allegedly posing as Generals of People's Liberation Army (PLA). <br />

Mr Narendra Modi, here are 3 things you can learn from Spiderman

While several economists, corporate leaders and market experts are advising Modi on how to handle the economy and to govern the seventh largest country in the world, we think Modi should take some lessons from Spiderman. Here are the 3 things he can learn