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The $3.5 million spectacles said to ward off evil
Two pairs of 17th-century glasses are expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction next month. The jewel-encrusted spectacles, which feature lenses made from diamond and emerald rather than glass, are believed to have originally belonged to royals in the Mughal Empire, which once ruled over the Indian subcontinent.
[ cnn.com ]Tejal Rao’s 10 Essential Indian Recipes
Our California restaurant critic, whose taste was shaped in family kitchens far from the subcontinent, picks dishes that show the cuisine’s many facets and techniques.
[ nytimes.com ] Cooking and Cookbooks,Cricket-Facebook wins ICC's digital content rights for subcontinent
Facebook will have exclusive digital content rights for International Cricket Council (ICC) events in the Indian subcontinent till 2023, the world governing body of the sport said on Thursday.
[ reuters.com ] companyNews,Olympics: Sony wins Tokyo 2020 broadcast rights in India, subcontinent
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has won the broadcast rights in India and the subcontinent for next year's Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
[ reuters.com ] sportsNews,WhatsApp Is Changing the Way India Talks About Food
The application, blamed for all kinds of mayhem on the subcontinent, has proved a boon for farmers, home cooks and chefs who once lacked a way to share.
[ nytimes.com ] Cooking and Cookbooks,As India marks 70 years of partition, memories fresh of border bloodshed
AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) - India's independence from British colonial rule coincided with the partition of the subcontinent into two separate countries, setting off unprecedented communal carnage on both sides of the hastily created border.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Volkswagen, Tata Motors plan to cooperate in India
NEW DELHI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen said on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a partnership with India's Tata Motors to jointly develop auto components and vehicles for the Indian subcontinent and beyond.
[ reuters.com ] businessNews,Sri Lanka wants Indian subcontinent firm involved in $400 mln port contract
COLOMBO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is seeking a consortium that must include a company from the Indian subcontinent to bid for a $400 million contract to build a port terminal, the ports minister said on Thursday.
[ reuters.com ] industrialsSector,Pakistan charity that cared for wandering Indian girl declines Modi's cash
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani charity has declined a $150,000 donation from the Indian prime minister in recompense for 13 years of caring for a lost deaf-mute Indian girl whose quest to return home captivated the subcontinent, a charity spokesman said on Tuesday.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Bangladesh arrests 12 suspected al Qaeda militants, weapons found
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh security forces have arrested 12 suspected militants, including the chief of the al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), which claimed responsibility for two killings this year of bloggers critical of religious extremism.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Taiwan's Innolux looks to invest in India with Hon Hai
TAIPEI, June 8 (Reuters) - Taiwanese panel display maker Innolux Corp is looking at investing in India to expand into the subcontinent with its biggest shareholder and key supply chain client Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd , a senior executive said.
[ reuters.com ] technologySector,Mirza wants to inspire girls across subcontinent
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Outside Bollywood films, Sania Mirza might be the only Indian success welcomed as warmly in neighboring Pakistan and the 28-year-old expects her doubles feats to inspire girls on both sides of the border to pick up a tennis racquet.
[ reuters.com ] sportsNews,Local al Qaeda claims February murder of U.S. citizen in Bangladesh: SITE
DHAKA (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of a U.S. citizen hacked to death in Bangladesh in February and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in the region, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,U.S. cannot confirm al Qaeda claim in blogger's killing in Bangladesh
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - The United States is not able to confirm a claim by al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) that the group killed a blogger who was also a U.S. citizen in Bangladesh in February, a U.S. official said on Monday.
[ reuters.com ] cyclicalConsumerGoodsSector,Local al Qaeda claims February murder of US citizen in Bangladesh-SITE
DHAKA, May 3 (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of a U.S. citizen hacked to death in Bangladesh in February and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in the region, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.
[ reuters.com ] cyclicalConsumerGoodsSector,Drone strike in northwest Pakistan kills four suspected militants
PARACHINAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said, as al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent confirmed two of its commanders had been killed in similar attacks this year.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Exclusive: U.S. airlines disclose details of bookings lost to Gulf carriers
(Reuters) - U.S. airlines have lost at least five percentage points of their share of flight bookings from the United States to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia since 2008, due to fierce competition from Gulf carriers, according to data seen by Reuters.
[ reuters.com ] businessNews,Death toll mounts to 43 in India's flood-hit northeast
GUWAHATI India (Reuters) - At least 43 people have died and many are missing in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains that lashed India's remote northeast, officials said on Wednesday, in the second flood tragedy to strike the subcontinent this month.
[ reuters.com ] environmentNews,Landslides and floods kill 22 in India's northeast
GUWAHATI India (Reuters) - At least 22 people have died in flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains in remote northeastern India, officials said on Tuesday, in the second flood tragedy to hit the subcontinent this month.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Al Qaeda Announces New Branch on Indian Subcontinent
Many analysts in India saw the announcement as a response to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, a rival group that has been recruiting Indian Muslims.
[ nytimes.com ] India,