The Central government is considering more steps to curb cash transactions even as a few banks have already started imposing charges after limited transactions. The government is now considering imposing a cap on cash holding limit as suggested by the SIT.

Recent research into the brain is gaining attention, showing that preferences for facial features can be unconsciously changed by manipulating brain activity.

A crew of BBC reporters in China was attacked by a mob and later forced to sign a police confession for attempting an "illegal interview",

A new Chinese cruise ship has embarked on its maiden voyage to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state news agency

Malaysia issued an arrest warrant for a North Korean airline employee yesterday over the assassination of the half-brother of

Chinese jets and warships carried out exercises near Taiwan and into the Western Pacific yesterday, as the self-ruled island's defence

The number of students studying in China from countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road has increased greatly under a series of preferential policies, education officials say.

South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual, massive military exercises yesterday as North Korean leader

A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses

An Australian was charged yesterday with helping the Islamic State group develop high-tech weapons, including long-range guided

An Afghan policeman is linked to the Taliban shot dead 11 of his colleagues at a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, officials say, in the latest so-called "insider attack".

At least 160 people have died in around three months of clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups in Myanmar's northern state of Shan, a senior army official says, threatening peace talks set for next month.

The rise of the millennials -- people aged18 to 34 -- as an influential consumer group in China is altering the traditional notion that diamonds are a symbol of love, worn the most during engagements, weddings, anniversaries and other such occasions.

Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded the German hostage they were holding for ransom, the government

It is in Kuala Lumpur's "Little India" neighbourhood, behind an unmarked door on the second floor of a rundown

The base for a group of people involved in a Chinese version of a bank transfer scam has been found in Japan. The National Police Agency informs the Chinese Public Security Ministry of the discovery during a regular consultation meeting, according to sources.

Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao and British fighter Amir Khan confirmed separately on Sunday that they would face each other on April 23 after weeks of conflicting reports.

At least 10 people were killed in a huge fire at a hotel in eastern China, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The blaze broke

As many as seven passengers aboard the Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-743 (Karachi-Madina) on January 20 were forced to stand throughout the over three-hour flight after the airline boarded excess passengers in a serious breach of air safety regulations.

Sri Lanka yesterday arrested 18 people suspected of trying to leave the country illegally for New Zealand, a navy spokesman said. A joint