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…To become China’s first woman in space Two fighter pilots are going head to head in hopes of becoming China’s first woman into space. Major Liu Yang, from Henan and Captain Wang Yaping, from Shandong, were...

Mobile phone with in-built radiation detector unveiled in Japan A new mobile phone with an inbuilt radiation detector has been introduced in Japan. The smartphone was developed by Softbank Corp and is the first to measure...

A project to ship cheetahs from Africa to India has been stopped by the country’s Court after an expert branded the move “misconceived.” India’s environment minister had supported the £35m plan to move the African cheetahs...

An Indian teacher went unpaid for two decades after officials spelled his father’s name and district name incorrectly and then suspended him as an impostor. Anarul Haque began his teaching career in Murshidabad in West Bengal...

By William Walker. Mumbai; city of extremes, is at once one of the wealthiest cities in the world; a beacon of innovation and fiscal dominance, and staggeringly impoverished; saturated with the destitute and the forgotten. Vast...

…Say posters that covered up billboard advertisements of bare-shouldered women Billboard advertisements in Karachi, which feature bare-shouldered women, have been covered with black posters that read “Sell clothes, not your honour.” However, those responsible for the...

Tea plantation owners in India want to make British favourite the country’s national drink India’s tea plantation owners are campaigning to reclaim tea, a beverage associated with Britishness, as the country’s national drink. The campaign follows...

By Iyma Atiq With crisis after crisis being reported on, more and more problems emerge each day and the constant daily struggle for people to earn a living means that potentially the future of the economy...

By Haider Ali In a move that sparked a quiet outrage amongst many of the youth in Pakistan, the Pakistani government, which isn’t exactly flavour of the month with the core of the countries voters, had...

Agencies fear that constant rain will cause flooding and spread disease. Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict travel and access, and heighten the risk of...