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[Asia Round-up] Life without Google: search engine alternatives

Google processes 100bn search requests a month, or about 3.3bn per day. It’s become such a dominant force in web search that its name has become a verb: people don’t “look up something online,” they “google it.” But there are other commercial alternatives out there, even beyond Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing. Many of them are […]

30 June , 2014Comments Off on [Asia Round-up] Life without Google: search engine alternativesRead More

Stoning a woman to death

Pakistan’s The Nation on Wednesday posted an editorial concerning basic human rights of a woman to marry a man whom she loves. Stoning to death in a broad daylight of a daughter by her own father and brothers itself is shocking. More shocking is that not one of passers-by at the crime scene tried to […]

29 May , 2014Comments Off on Stoning a woman to deathRead More

Modi’s historic handshake with Sharif

India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, as Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, right, watches during Modi’s inauguration in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. Modi took the oath of office as India’s new prime minister at the sprawling presidential palace on Monday, a moment made […]

27 May , 2014Comments Off on Modi’s historic handshake with SharifRead More

Pivotally located Georgia waits for foreign investors

2014 Independence Day of Georgia The Independence Day of Georgia on May 26, commemorates the Act of Independence of 1918, which outlined the main principles of the nation’s democracy and established its first Democratic Republic. This day carries immense historical importance for Georgia’s statehood as it laid grounds, back in 1918, for reemergence of Georgia’s […]

26 May , 2014Comments Off on Pivotally located Georgia waits for foreign investorsRead More

Ukraine and new tensions in the world

Developments in Ukraine, which began in November 2013, shocked the world. That shock was not because the people revolted against the government and demanded changes, but because it was causing change to the world order, which remained as such for many decades. Divided by political priorities, the modern world has two camps that oppose each […]

23 May , 2014Comments Off on Ukraine and new tensions in the worldRead More

SAMSUNG dominates Pakistan’s consumer electronics market

As I received report about the demise of SAMSUNG chief Lee Kun-hee a few days back, I recalled my visit to SAMSUNG Town in Seoul during South Korean tour on the invitation of Asia Journalists Association in 2007. Name of this company was familiar to me but I had no idea of it being such […]

21 May , 2014Comments Off on SAMSUNG dominates Pakistan’s consumer electronics marketRead More

Polio vaccine to child

A Pakistani health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 19, 2014. Pakistan will require all travelers leaving the country to obtain a polio vaccination from June 1, 2014, the health ministry said.

20 May , 2014Comments Off on Polio vaccine to childRead More

[Asia Round-up] It pays to be cautious about digital cash

The collapse of the bitcoin exchange MtGox tells a lot about both entrepreneurs and cyber buyers. Some US$450 million is said to have been lost from the debacle. The vision of inflation-less currency that can move easily and without cost between sender and receiver is an attractive one. But, one should not get carried away […]

15 May , 2014Comments Off on [Asia Round-up] It pays to be cautious about digital cashRead More

High Goals on Big Screens

Though soccer is considered the most famous sport around the globe, it’s still not presented well in movies. American football stole the spotlight, and it’s either documentaries or comedy movies like “She’s The Man” or “Shaolin Soccer”. Only recently those studios really started to do some real soccer movies. Recently, movies about soccer rarely managed […]

12 May , 2014Comments Off on High Goals on Big ScreensRead More

Miss Mongolia Uyanga’s Interview with Odgerel

News Presenter and CEO of UBS Music Channel Asia N interviewd Odgerel,the best presenter and representative director for UBS music channel. The interview went off a bit over hour in the efternoon on 06 May at UBS. Odgerel is enjoying an active life and she is as good as anyone in the field of journalism. […]

8 May , 2014Comments Off on Miss Mongolia Uyanga’s Interview with OdgerelRead More