Megha Bahree

AirAsia Appoints CEO for India Venture

online.wsj.com — AirAsia has appointed Singapore-based consultant Mittu Chandilya as the chief executive of its India venture, the airline's global chief executive and a senior executive said.

Delhi Gang Rape Suspect Hospitalized

blogs.wsj.com — NEW DELHI - One of the defendants in the Dec. 16 Delhi gang rape case - an attack that shocked the nation and drew global attention - is in critical condition after he was beaten and poisoned in prison, his lawyer said Wednesday.

My Medical Choice

nytimes.com — LOS ANGELES MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 59. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.

Why are Indian women being attacked on social media?

bbc.co.uk — What does a top woman journalist do when she is threatened regularly with gang rape and stripping on Twitter? And what about when her teenage daughter's name and details of her class and school are tweeted too? "It was very disturbing. I didn't know what to do.

Twitter is ready to be a true news operation

guardian.co.uk — There are fewer and fewer jobs in journalism, but last week an ultimate job was posted. Twitter, fast becoming the basic source, tool, and distribution point in news, is looking for someone to run its news operation: "You will be responsible for devising and executing the strategies that make Twitter indispensable to newsrooms and journalists, as well as an essential part of the operations and strategy of news organizations and TV news networks.

My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

huffingtonpost.com — I don't need you to "tolerate" me. I don't want you to merely put up with my presence. All I ask, all I have ever asked, is to be treated as a human being, that bigoted jingoism is not injected into every minute facet my life, that there remains at least the illusion of decency.

Bangladesh Factories Had Passed Safety Checks

online.wsj.com — At least two Bangladeshi garment factories whose workers were among those killed in a building collapse Wednesday had passed international labor and safety standard audits. The collapse of the Rana Plaza commercial building north of Dhaka led to the deaths of at least 159 people, with scores more critically injured, Bangladeshi officials said.

Jet Airways Approves Stake Sale to Etihad

online.wsj.com — India's Jet Airways said its board approved the sale of about 27 million shares to Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan Details Payments to Journalists

blogs.wsj.com — By Annabel Symington A hearing at Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday made public a list of journalists who allegedly received money from a secret government fund. According to the list, the government paid over $1.8 million from the fund to journalists in the form of cash payments, hotel stays and plane tickets between August 2011 and March 2013.