`Canada must aim to attract top Asian students’
August 10th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Aug 10 (IANS) Canada must brand itself as a partner of choice in higher education and research and attract Asian students and researchers to the country, the head of ... Read more...
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India, Russia bond over music
February 27th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A group of 50 Russian and Central Asian students and instructors of western music will perform at Teen Murti theatre Tuesday after a week of ... Read more...
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Pizza chain apologises for racial slur on receipt
January 9th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A US pizza chain has been forced to apologize after a woman of Asian descent was racially abused on the eatery’s receipt. Minhee Cho who ... Read more...
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American girl student receives death threats for posting racist anti-Asian YouTube video
March 16th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Los Angeles, Mar 16(ANI): An American girl, Alexandra Wallace, who posted a three-minute racist rant against University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)'s Asian students, has received death threats.Wallace, a third-year political science ... Read more...
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Elizabeth Davies Sprayed Kids who Smelled of Curry
February 15th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A British teacher was brought into a disciplinary hearing for spraying air freshener on Asian students who smelled like curry. Forty eight year old Elizabeth Davies stood accused ... Read more...
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Elizabeth Davies sprayed air-freshener on kids who smelled of curry
February 15th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 48-year-old British teacher who allegedly sprayed her Asian students with air freshener after determining that they smelled of curry, has appeared before a disciplinary panel.Elizabeth Davies ... Read more...
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US varsities taking holistic view of Asian students’ applications
February 5th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The focus is shifting from the entrance test scores to a holistic assessment of the profiles of Indian and Asian students aspiring to pursue higher education in ... Read more...
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Kiwi website registers ‘bullying and abuse’ complaints of international students
January 29th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Canterbury, Jan 28 (ANI): Many international students in New Zealand, including Asians, have approached a Christchurch website with a number of 'bullying and abuse' complaints, and demanded that minorities to be protected ... Read more...
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Kiwi B-school to hold sex-ed classes for ’sexually ignorant Asian students’
November 19th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Nov 19 (ANI): A private business school in New Zealand has decided to start sex education classes for its students from Asia, who are "sexually ignorant"."Lack of sexual knowledge is especially ... Read more...
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Mahesh Bhatt plans to shoot his anti-racial film Crook in Australia
February 15th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K JhaFebruary 15, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): In the wake of the series of racial attacks against Indian students in Australia, a Bollywood film being planned on the subject is ... Read more...
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Oxford and Cambridge failing to recruit enough Indian, non-white students: Study
February 3rd, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb. 3 (ANI): Elite British universities such as Oxford and Cambridge are failing to recruit enough students of Indian, African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage, according to a study. Just over one-in-10 ... Read more...
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11 arrested after British far-right group sparks clashes
December 7th, 2009 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 6 (IANS) Violent clashes were reported between police and supporters of a British far-right group whose members marched through Nottingham chanting, "We want our country back." Police said 11 arrests ... Read more...
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Radio Pakistan sees India being behind terror attacks in Pakistan
November 11th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Abohar, Nov.11 (ANI): Despite having initially blamed the Talibans and Lashkar-e-Toiba for causing trouble across its country, Radio Pakistan in its recent Punjabi Darbar programme has blamed India for carrying out ... Read more...
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Indian student accuses Scottish university of racial discrimination
October 24th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Aberdeen (Scotland), Oct. 24 (ANI): An Indian student has accused Scotland's Aberdeen University of racial discrimination.The 35-year-old female student, who hails from Bangalore, Karnataka, and was studying for a post-graduate degree in ... Read more...
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Asian school students being used by drug peddlers in New Zealand
October 22nd, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland, Oct 22(ANI): In what is seen as a new trend, Asian school students as young as 16 are being used by drug peddlers in New Zealand to illegally import drugs.The ... Read more...
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Cases piling up for Asian Crime Squad in Australia’s NSW state
August 16th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Aug. 16 (ANI): The discovery of the body of a Chinese man on the south coast of New South Wales is the latest in a series of disappearances and murders involving ... Read more...
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Australian lecturer sought sex, cash to hike marks: Report
August 14th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Aug 14 (IANS) A law lecturer at Melbourne's Victoria University is alleged to have solicited and received "bribes in the form of sexual favours and money from some female Asian international ... Read more...
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Outrage in Oxford at attacks in Australia
June 1st, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) Indian students at Oxford University Monday joined in the growing protests over racist attacks on their counterparts in Australia, saying they are "baffled" by the failure of ... Read more...
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The key to perfect pitch lies in tonal languages
May 7th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 7 (ANI): Do you want your child to have the perfect pitch? Well, then start him or her early on Mandarin or Vietnamese lessons, that's the suggestion of a new ... Read more...
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Asian pupils best performers in maths and science
December 11th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 11 (ANI): Asian students turned out to be top performers at both the fourth and eighth grade levels in the latest math and science study.
Releasing the most recent ... Read more...
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Majority of ethnic minority teens dont hang out with ethnic school crowds
May 15th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 15 (ANI): In a study on peer-relationships of teens in school, researchers found that ethnic minority teens were less keen to hang out with crowds made up of their ... Read more...
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