News on New Delhi

Festival cheer rings diabetes alarm for Indians

2011-10-12T10:30:15Z

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It's festival season in India, with the celebrations providing a perfect opportunity for family outings, late-night parties and customary feasting on sweets.

But health experts warn that the festivities, coupled with genetic predisposition and lifestyle changes broug...

Indian doctors hail diabetes breakthrough

2010-07-13T11:16:33Z

Indian scientists said Tuesday they had made a breakthrough that could lead to diabetics needing to inject themselves only once a month or less, rather than every day.

Researchers at the National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi said they had successfully concluded a two-year trial on mice, rats and rabbits of a drug which slowly rele...

India Dirty Old Writer

2011-01-01T08:01:24Z

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, Khushwant Singh, 96, drinks tea sitting next to a fireplace in his house in New Delhi. The famously grumpy writer, known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, has been a giant of India's literary world for more than sixty years. The lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer insist...

Alcatel Settlement

2010-12-28T07:31:44Z

FILE - In this June 18, 2010 file photo, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen talks at a media briefing in New Delhi, India. Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi burst firecrackers to celebrate her release, in New Delhi, India. Suu Kyi has long proclaimed her love for India. The Myanmar's pro-democracy icon went to college in New Delhi, her mother was the...

India Paralyzed Parliament

2010-12-07T06:32:34Z

Indian lawmakers walk out of the parliament building in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec.7, 2010. The Indian parliament was paralyzed for the 18th working day Tuesday with the opposition demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe a telecoms scandal that cost the country billions. The scandal centers around form...

India France

2010-12-06T00:00:21Z

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrive for a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)