The US on Friday announced a $5 million award for information leading to the arrest of Afghanistan-based Maulana Fazlullah, leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an outfit which carries out terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Under its rewards for justice program, the US also announced a $3 million reward each for information on Abdul Wali, of Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA), and Mangal Bagh leader of Lashkar-e-Islam. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar is a terrorist organization that split […]

Tech news out of India is coming hot and fast today — we’re now hearing that the country’s largest homegrown smartphone maker, Micromax, could be eyeing a U.S. market entry next year. Micromax overtook Samsung to become the top player in India’s mobile space sometime around January, and with India due to become the world’s second-largest smartphone market by 2017, that makes it one of the big players to watch […]

  Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric ahead of US-South Korea military drills. Kim’s comments came after South Korea and the United States yesterday conducted a joint naval drill involving 10 South Korean warships and a US Aegis destroyer, ahead of the launch of […]

  Today, the United States government made a significant announcement that will affect scores of Indian women (and surely, some men). Spouses of H1B visas will be allowed to work in the country starting 26 May, 2015. This is great news, of course, for the many wives who have spent years waiting for their husband’s green card, and for the simple right to earn a living (though not all of […]

  India’s startup scene is gaining big momentum, and it’s caught the attention of Google. As a result, Google Capital, the investment division of the U.S. search giant, has decided to hire a partner to focus on India, according to the Wall Street Journal. While Google Ventures, which invests in early stage companies, set up an office in London recently to target Europe, this will be the first international outpost […]

The U.S. job market is still in a slump for most recent college grads, and even law school graduates are finding it tough to get in the door with a decent firm. But when it comes to coders, it’s a different story: In the world of software engineering, there are only 8 qualified candidates for every 10 openings. Particularly in the San Francisco Bay area, where my company, Instore, is […]

Taliban leaders will hold a meeting to decide whether a Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician will be allowed to hold a planned march to their tribal stronghold to protest U.S. drone strikes, the militant group’s spokesman said Thursday. Ahsanullah Ahsan said the Pakistani Taliban consider Imran Khan to be an “infidel” since he has described himself as a liberal — a term they associate with a lack of religious belief. But the […]