Google is expected this week to show off a tablet running its newest mobile software and a service for companies to rent computer servers to store data.
Samsung was dealt a legal blow when a California judge issued an injunction banning sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 touchscreen tablet at the request of Apple.
The Indian economy may benefit from a new Finance Minister.
A top-level Indian government panel has recommended an overhaul of the nation's diesel subsidy system, which could partially free up the price of the fuel and address a major worry about India's economic future.
News Corp. board is set to decide Wednesday whether to proceed with a split of the media conglomerate into two companies, carving the bigger and more profitable entertainment businesses from the newspapers.
Kotak Mahindra Bank said the central bank has asked its founders to cut their ownership to 20% by March 2018, from the current 45.21%.
Indian shares opened higher Wednesday, mainly driven by investors' hopes the government will speed up its long-awaited reforms program after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh takes charge of the finance ministry.
Coca-Cola plans to pour $5 billion into India by 2020. Despite a tumultuous history there and government policy flip-flops, the company sees potential in a fast-growing nation where average Coke consumption is just 12 bottles a year.
India has decided to set up a national optical fiber network at a cost of about 200 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) to provide high-speed broadband connectivity in rural areas, a government statement said.
The chief executive of Nomura said at a shareholders' meeting Wednesday that his company will improve internal controls and corporate ethics to regain trust from investors jeopardized by the insider trading probe.
Heard: The law of unintended consequences strikes again. In trying to deregulate fuel prices, New Delhi is skewing business for the country's auto sector.
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Those waking up to news in India often lament the high-decibel alarmism favored by frantic news anchors or the dense nature of print reportage. A new website is looking to change all that.
Suppose you are a young woman about to enter the corporate world in India. Do you have a shot at being a chief executive someday while also enjoying an enriching family life?
Turkey threatened military retaliation against Syrian forces near its border, as hostilities rose five days after Syria shot down a Turkish military jet.
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A new free service creates a detailed physical and digital profile of your medical and personal information to be stored online in case of an emergency.
America will halve its reliance on Middle East oil by the end of this decade and could end it completely by 2035 due to declining demand and growth of new petroleum sources, energy analysts say.
As the Olympic movement gets more professional, an old question is popping up more often: Does the battle for a spot on America's Olympic team take place too close to the beginning of the Games?
India's slow response to years of medical warnings now threatens to turn the country into an incubator for a mutant strain of tuberculosis that is proving resistant to all known treatments.
It's hot. You've wiped a lashing of sweat from your brow for about the tenth time. And it's only 9 a.m. Here, try these handy (not really), heat-beating (not really) tips.
Israel started evacuating Jewish settlers Tuesday from buildings built on Palestinian land in a settlement near Ramallah, the first such eviction carried out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Best Buy founder Richard Schulze, who resigned from the company's board earlier this month, is working with Wall Street bankers to explore taking the electronics retailer private.
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With China's rising global influence, a growing group of Westerners are going to great lengths to give their kids a leg up in Mandarin.
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France's government will increase the minimum wage by more than inflation this year for the first time since 2006, in the hope that stronger consumption will revive the country's ailing economy.
Asian markets were higher Wednesday, with Hong Kong and China leading gains on hopes of greater financial ties between the two countries. The Nikkei was up 0.3%.
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Zynga announced plans to offer a central hub to connect players of multiple games who use various devices.
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The Scarborough Shoal standoff holds lessons for the region's many other territorial disputes.
Diane von Furstenberg talks about her fascination with China and why she won't be retiring any time soon.
Analysis and insights from The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires on the daily news in the world's largest democracy.
A jogger works his way past a monitor lizard in Bangkok, a Pakistani man controls two oxen during a race, rickshaw drivers ferry a woman through flood waters in India, and more.
In today's photos, Bolivian police protest, tensions run high over Arizona's immigration law, a family plays in the water in Oregon, and more.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee resigned Tuesday ahead of presidential elections on July 19. In pictures, a look at his political career, which spans more than 40 years.
A boy sells colorful umbrellas, children play on a roadside, the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, and more.
The Stitcher App's smart station feature delivers audio content from your favorite radio shows, and shows you haven't discovered yet, to your device.
With China's rising global influence, a growing group of Westerners are going to great lengths to give their kids a leg up in Mandarin.
Nora Ephron, an essayist and screenwriter whose fixation on food, real estate and the relationships between men and women helped reinvigorate the Hollywood romantic comedy, dies at 71.
Photographer Peter Steinhauer finds geometry, mystery and unexpected beauty in Hong Kong's ubiquitous bamboo scaffolding.
Have you ever found yourself thinking 'I've seen so many Hindi films, I ought to have a doctorate in Bollywood by now?' Meet Rachel Dwyer, professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS, University of London.
•The Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau spent last year on a series of related in-depth articles that examine what the 20 years since India adopted a series of economic reforms have brought the giant nation. Read these articles in a PDF format translated into Hindi.