Delhi World Book fair: A fair like no other

In Delhi it’s that time of year again when publishers, distributors and retailers are scrambling around frantically getting everything from point-of-sale to stocks right. It’s the World Book fair (WBF), which comes around once every two years sprawling across the giant halls of Pragati Maidan. This is the fair’s 20th […]

Malaysia among top furniture exporters worldwide

KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of pieces of furniture will be on display at the 18th edition of the five-day Malaysian International Furniture Fair, beginning here on March 6. Close to 500 local and foreign furniture manufacturers and exporters are participating in the exposition, organised by MIFF Sdn Bhd. The fair, where […]

Stevens Institute of Technology honours Rosmah

NEW JERSEY: Stevens Institute of Technology, a premier private co-educational university focused on research and entrepreneurship and committed to exploring the frontiers of engineering, science, and management, bestowed its highest award on Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Malaysian prime minister. The university’s president, Dr Nariman Farvardin, presented the […]

Burning of the Book and the Great game

By AIJAZ Z. SYED ARABNEWS Are the Americans really that dumb? I mean after spending 11 years in the world’s most dangerous battlefield and dealing with the fiercely proud and famously hot-blooded Afghans you have to be stark, raving mad to be doing what the Americans were found doing last […]

10-Minute Moves For Strength, Speed and Agility

Be light on your feet Super-fun workout alert: Leap into these moves (based on Equinox’s Blockbuster Body class) designed to make you stronger, faster, and more agile. To get totally toned from this shape-up—co-created by Lisa Wheeler, Equinox’s national creative program manager of group fitness—choose a move for your arms, […]