Don’t abandon kids, women due to financial crisis: UnicefSINGAPORE - Governments should not abandon women and children who need their help most as tax revenues shrink because of the global financial crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) warned Tuesday. Sameera plays rustic woman in Kukunoor’s ‘Yeh Hausla’MUMBAI - Glamorous Sameera Reddy says she connected with the late Smita Patil’s spirit while playing a rustic Dalit woman in Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘Yeh Hausla’, walking bare feet in the mud in ghagra-choli with peacocks accompanying her. The actress says she finds the comparison with Smita ‘uncanny’. Rich Indians eyeing second homes abroadNEW DELHI - The realty industry is one of the worst-hit sectors globally following the financial meltdown, but for the well-heeled in India, this is excellent tiding. With real estate prices at an all-time low across borders, buying property abroad is suddenly making sense to affluent Indians. Singapore’s manufacturing output declinesSINGAPORE - Singapore’s manufacturing output in November declined by 7.5 percent compared with the same month last year, according to the Economic Development Board Friday. |