Tag: India

A Thai worker adjusts batches of dried silk thread after it was dyed in Bangkok on Thursday, July 31, 2014. A surge in silk yarn prices has attracted more silk farmers in the last two years, according to the Queen Sirikit Department of Sericulture. Most Thai silk is used in the domestic market but plans are afoot to increase production. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Image of Asia: Weaving silk in Thailand

The Associated Press · July 31, 2014 12:40 pm

US official vows to expand India trade, investment

US official vows to expand India trade, investment

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 10:30 am

State Department approved 215 Bill Clinton speeches, controversial consulting deal, worth $48m; Hillary Clinton’s COS copied on all decisions

State Department approved 215 Bill Clinton speeches, controversial consulting deal, worth $48m; Hillary Clinton’s COS copied on all decisions

micah-morrison, Luke Rosiak · July 30, 2014 5:00 am

A relative of a victim cries at the site of a train that crashed into a school bus in Medak district in the southern Indian state of Telengana, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Twelve children were killed Thursday when the train crashed into a school bus at an unmanned railroad crossing in southern India, police said. There are hundreds of unmanned crossings across the country, especially in remote areas. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

18 children, 1 man die in train-bus crash in India

Omer Farooq · July 24, 2014 10:55 am

Presidential candidate Joko Widodo, center, gestures after a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, who captured the hearts of millions of Indonesians with his common man image, won the country's presidential election with 53 percent of the vote, final results showed Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Jakarta governor wins Indonesian presidency

NINIEK KARMINIALI KOTARUMALOS · July 22, 2014 4:08 pm

An angry protester points her finger towards the Bangalore police chief during a protest against alleged police inaction after a six-year-old was raped at a school, in Bangalore, India, Saturday, July 19, 2014. More than 4,000 parents and relatives of children who attend the school shouted slogans against the school's administration Saturday and demanded that police arrest those involved in the July 2 incident, which was reported only this past week. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Outrage after Indian girl, 6, raped at her school

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2014 1:11 pm

Indian prime minister to meet Obama in September

Nirmala George · July 11, 2014 1:05 pm

India asks UN group to vacate rent-free office

Nirmala George · July 11, 2014 11:59 am

India’s new government unveils growth budget

Kay Johnson · July 10, 2014 12:23 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, greets newly appointed Bharatiya Janata party or BJP president Amit Shah, second left, as outgoing party president Rajnath Singh, left, and BJP senior leader L.K.Advani look on, at party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed chief of Indiaâs ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Shah replaces Rajnath Singh who was recently sworn in as home minister in Modiâs cabinet. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)

Close Modi aide chosen India’s ruling party chief

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2014 9:19 am

India police order 2nd autopsy of girls gang-raped

India police order 2nd autopsy of girls gang-raped

Biswajeet Banerjee · July 8, 2014 1:10 pm

Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg said not to view a woman's success as being bossy, but as her having "executive leadership skills." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

‘Ban Bossy’ creator brings her special brand of feminism to India

Ashe Schow · July 7, 2014 5:33 pm