In all, 2,300 tigers have been killed and illegally trafficked since the turn of the century, the report said. Around 40.5% of these were from India, said the report of conservation group, Traffic, looking at 19-years of tiger seizure data from across... read more

Vietnam-based airline Vietjet which will commence direct flight operations between India and Vietnam from December, is offering “super-saving tickets” priced at Rs 9 onwards, during its “three golden days - a special promotion” campaign read more

The EB-5 visas, which have also been called “visas for millionaires”, are popular among rich Indians and those who can afford it to scale up from H-1B visa for highly skilled professionals, according to immigration companies that have been pushing it... read more

Bhagyabati, who won a gold at the India Open earlier this year, defeated Vietnam’s Nguyen Huong 5-0 to make the medal rounds. read more

The teachers have been told to accompany the NGO team to the houses of the school children for facilitating collection of the samples after convincing their parents. read more

The newly elected Australian prime minister clicked a selfie with PM Modi and captioned his photo in Hindi, saying ‘Kithana ache he Modi’ (How nice Modi is). PM Modi, to say the least, is stoked with the gesture. read more

But individual efforts alone can’t fully stop the 8 million tonnes of plastic that make their way to the ocean each year, and with four of the five worst ocean polluters in Southeast Asia, the region’s governments must take action, he says. read more

The state media noted that Washington is “bluntly ignoring” South Korea’s opinion and stressed that the US has no right to interfere with internal issues of other nations. read more

Vietnam teacher arrested for posting “hostile thoughts” and “profound anti-government material”. read more

The US shouldn’t underestimate China’s ability to fight the trade war, the People’s Daily, a flagship newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, said in an editorial Wednesday that used some historically significant language on the weight of China’s i... read more

African swine fever -- a disease that kills nearly all the pigs it infects -- has been spreading through Asia from China and Mongolia to Vietnam and Cambodia. read more

According to the fixture announced by Football Association of Thailand on Wednesday, the hosts will face Vietnam on June 5 in the four-team tournament. read more

Doan Thi Huong, 30, was charged along with an Indonesian woman of poisoning Kim Jong Nam by smearing his face with liquid VX, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017. read more

Facebook said countries including Brazil, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia will now have access to its dating service, which has been updated with a feature called “Secret Crush” that allows users to explore potential romantic relationships... read more

Divya Kakran lost out on a place in the final of 68 kg as she went down to Feng Zhou of China 4-14 in the semi-finals. read more