US crisis may hit India’s exports: Rangarajan
August 1st, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The possible slowdown in the US economy as a result of the debt crisis will hit India's growth, C. Rangarajan, chairman of the prime minister's ... Read more...
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TEECL net profit up 24 percent in Q1
July 18th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Techno Electric and Engineering Company Ltd (TEECL), a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company focused on the power sector, Monday reported a net profit of ... Read more...
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Indian-origin man admits post office fraud in Britain
June 25th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) A 51-year-old man of Indian origin has pleaded guilty before a court of committing fraud at a post office in Britain, media reports said.Hasmukh Shingadia ... Read more...
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released on bail
June 22nd, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 22 (IANS) Chinese artist Ai Weiwei who was detained on tax evading charges about two months ago was Wednesday released on bail, Xinhua reported.The Beijing police department said ... Read more...
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Toddlers given milk at bedtime likelier to become obese
May 5th, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by ANI
London, May 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that toddlers given milk at bedtime are far more likely to be overweight when they are older.US researchers who followed almost 7,000 children ... Read more...
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Web full of free programs to hack sites, bank details ‘at click of a button’
April 30th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 30 (ANI): IT experts have warned that easy-to-use programs that can access bank details and crash websites are multiplying online, resulting in an increase in attacks during the past year."The ... Read more...
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Wipro declares 200 percent final dividend for FY 2011
April 27th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 27 (IANS) Wipro has declared final dividend of Rs.4 for each share of Rs. 2 par value, amounting to 200 percent for fiscal 2010-11."With an interim dividend of ... Read more...
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Record number of women elected to Finland parliament
April 20th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Helsinki, April 20 (IANS) A total of 86 women have been elected as members of parliament in Finland, setting a new record of proportion of women MPs in the house, ... Read more...
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90 percent happy with Delhi Metro
April 17th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Around 90 percent of commuters are satisfied with the quality of Delhi Metro services, according to a survey conducted by the company and released Sunday.A ... Read more...
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Goodricke looking to buy tea gardens in Africa
April 12th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Goodricke Group Ltd is looking to acquire tea gardens in African countries, a top company executive said Tuesday."Apart from domestic acquisitions, the company is also looking ... Read more...
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I am being made a Frankenstein: Jairam Ramesh
March 18th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh Friday said he is often "made a Frankenstein" by the Indian media for enforcing laws."I am surprised, and ... Read more...
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Friends brand death of Indian-origin student in Australia as “painful”
March 14th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 14 (ANI): Friends of Tosha Thakkar, an Indian-origin student who was sexually assaulted and killed before the murderer dispatched off her body into a canal in a suitcase, described her ... Read more...
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Bieber named as the most downloaded artiste
March 1st, 2011 - 5:34 am ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) The Justin Bieber fever seems to have spread across the globe as the teen sensation has become the most downloaded artiste across Asia, Europe and Latin America.According ... Read more...
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US trade deficit grew 33 percent in 2010
February 12th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS/EFE) The US ran a trade deficit of $497.8 billion in 2010, an increase of 32.8 percent over the previous year, the Commerce Department said Friday.Imports surged by 19.7 ... Read more...
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Brits spend more on wine than the French
January 13th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Britons buy more wine than the French and drank nearly two billion bottles in 2010.Wine consumption in UK rose by 1.1 per cent in 2010 to 1.765 billion ... Read more...
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India decides to cast ‘chavanni’ to history
December 30th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) It had in any case lost whatever little value it had - now the Indian government has decided to withdraw it from circulation altogether. Come June 30, ... Read more...
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How virus triggers cervical and mouth cancer
December 15th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 15 (ANI): Scientists have discovered an important new way in which the human papilloma virus (HPV) triggers cancer in what could lead to new treatments for cervical and mouth cancer.HPV ... Read more...
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New drug shows promise in leukaemia
December 6th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 6 (IANS) A new drug for children who relapse with a type of leukaemia has been found to improve survival rates dramatically.Called Mitoxantran, the drug has now been shown ... Read more...
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Fertility treatment doesn’t up cancer risk, says IVF study
December 5th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 5 (IANS) Fertility treatment which includes in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) does not up a woman's risk of cancer despite the hormones used.Some previous studies had suggested that fertility drugs might be ... Read more...
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IVF ‘does not increase risk of cancer’
December 4th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): A new study from the University of Lund in Sweden has shown that fertility treatment such as in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) does not increase a woman's risk of cancer ... Read more...
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Women living near roads more likely to have premature birth
December 3rd, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) Pregnant women who live near busy roads have a higher risk of delivering a premature baby compared to those residing in quieter areas, a study has pointed out.Study ... Read more...
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One More Day Added To The Ultra Music Festival
November 17th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Miami, Florida, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Music lovers now have a reason enough to rejoice. It has been confirmed that the Ultra Music Festival 2011, to be held next year ... Read more...
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UAE-Germany bilateral trade reaches $8.4 bn
October 27th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Tuttgart (Germany), Oct 27 (IANS/WAM) Germany is UAE's fourth largest trade partner with bilateral trade reaching $8.4 billion in 2009, accounting for 41 percent of trade exchanges between Germany and all Gulf ... Read more...
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Much scope to increase trade, India tells Swedish firms
October 27th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Gothenburg (Sweden), Oct 27 (IANS) Swedish companies should look at business opportunities in India as there was enormous potential to increase bilateral trade between the two countries, said India's envoy to ... Read more...
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Satyam scam: Court dismisses discharge plea of nine accused
October 25th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 25 (IANS) A local court Monday dismissed discharge petitions of nine accused in the multi-crore rupee accounting scam in Satyam Computer Services.The discharge petitions filed by all the accused, ... Read more...
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India’s external debt rises to $273.1 billion
October 13th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) India's external debt rose 4.1 percent or $10.8 billion to $273.1 billion in the first quarter of current fiscal due to a sharp increase in short-term trade credits, ... Read more...
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BJP set to sweep Gujarat municipal elections
October 12th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) Early trends in counting of votes for six municipal corporations in Gujarat Tuesday indicated a possible Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sweep, sources at the election office said.Though ... Read more...
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ICAI inks pact with United Stock Exchange for training
October 7th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed an agreement with United Stock Exchange for training in currency derivatives. As part of memorandum of understanding ... Read more...
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Britain digital album sales top 50 mn
October 3rd, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 3 (IANS) More than 50 million digital albums have been sold in Britain, accounting for nearly 20 percent of all albums sold.It has taken just under four-and-half-years for digital album ... Read more...
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Ford, General Motors sales in neck and neck race
October 1st, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 1 (IANS) Car-makers Ford India and General Motors were nearly neck and neck last month in terms of their sales volumes.While the city-based Ford India sold 8,380 units last month, ... Read more...
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Ashes: Chief selector Miller quietly confident about ‘resilient’ England taking on Aussies
September 25th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.25 (ANI): Chief selector Geoff Miller has said that the squad doing duty for England for the upcoming Ashes series, is the most resilient to be sent to Australia in nearly ... Read more...
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Family planning adversely affecting Shanghai growth
September 23rd, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Sep 23 (IANS) Shanghai, China's commercial capital, has avoided the birth of about seven million children in the past 30 years because of its family-planning policy which has now adversely affected ... Read more...
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Nielsen: Bing is the Number 2 Search Engine in the US, Yahoo is number 3rd
September 15th, 2010 - 2:10 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nielsen Co has released new reports this morning to appoint Bing as the second most popular search engine in the United States. Google was estimated to have ... Read more...
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HCL Info bags project worth Rs.100 crore from Himachal
September 13th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) HCL Infosystems has bagged a contract worth Rs.100 crore from Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) for providing data and IT applications for energy accounting/auditing and consumer ... Read more...
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CAG to train foreigners
September 11th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India will Monday launch a professional training programme on audit and accounting for 45 participants from 36 countries, a statement ... Read more...
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