INDIA

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned: "Too many of our higher education institutions are simply not up to the mark."

Approval opens the way for the Malaysian budget carrier to acquire a license and begin operations before the end of the year.

Asian stock markets advanced Wednesday as sentiment was buoyed after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a new record high.

Police in the Maldives capital, Male, arrested former President Mohamed Nasheed Tuesday, more than a week after he exited the Indian High Commission in the capital where he had taken refuge Feb. 13.

India's patent office has rejected Bayer AG's challenge to letting an Indian company produce a generic of its cancer drug Nexavar.

This year marked the fifth consecutive election that Communists have triumphed in tiny Tripura.

An Indian court Monday charged activist Irom Sharmila Chanu with “attempting to commit suicide,” on account of her fast in Delhi in 2006.

A planned speech at a U.S. university by Narendra Modi, the chief minister of India’s Gujarat state, was cancelled Sunday following protests.

Asian stock markets declined Monday as sentiment was dampened after the Chinese government tightened measures to control rising property prices.

A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shi'ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, killing scores of people.

The yen's slide is an effort to jump-start Japan, but holders of the dollar, won, Euro, yuan and other currencies see it as an act of aggression.

The flap over the Greek marbles recalls an ongoing dispute between Britain and India, over the legendary Koh-I-Noor diamond.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at a higher-than-expected rate in February, backed by strong domestic orders, HSBC India Manufacturing PMI said.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open on Friday ahead of the automatic sequester spending cuts set to begin at midnight.

The one-year tax is one of the ways India aims to cut inflation, reduce the deficit and improve its credit rating.

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the budget for 2013-14 on Thursday as the country's growth has slowed significantly.

Hindus oppose the project designed to speed up shipping, and others claim it will destroy local marine life.

A massive fire that swept through an illegal market early Wednesday in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta claimed 19 lives, authorities said.

U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Wednesday ahead of the publication of the Census Bureau's durable goods orders data.

Hijras trace their history in South Asia at least back to the 16th century, when they served as guards and entertainment for the courts of the Mogul princes.

Scientists say they've found traces of a hidden microcontinent they've dubbed Mauritia.