Kazakhstan to start defence training for all
August 9th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Astana, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kazakhstan will introduce universal military training for all adult citizens, according to a government decree published Thursday."The goal of universal military training of citizens is ... Read more...
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Financial inclusion to get more focus: RBI governor
May 18th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) Financial inclusion covering most Indians, fiscal literacy and priority sector lending are at the core of the Reserve Bank of India's mandate, its governor D. Subbarao ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Banking services to all Indians by next year: RBI
March 26th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 26 (IANS) Mainstream banking services would be provided to all unbanked semi-urban, rural and remote areas having population of 2,000 by next year, top Reserve Bank of India ... Read more...
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Kids ‘ignorant of Brit history’ due to trendy ’skills-based’ courses
November 26th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Academics have said that schoolchildren are increasingly becoming ignorant of British history as teachers do away with traditional lessons in favour of trendy "skills-based" courses.The claim was also ... Read more...
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First Wave of Obama Health Care Changes Start Thursday
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Thursday, the first significant changes in the new health care law of the United States of America will begin to take effect. This wave of ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Breckenridge Citizens Legalize Pot, Law Meant Only For Adults
November 5th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Colorado, Nov. 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The ski resort town of Breckenridge in Colorado is to become the latest place to legalize marijuana. Earlier, the people of Maine had voted for ... Read more...
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16 year girl, old enough to have sex but too young to vote
August 4th, 2009 - 4:20 pm ICT by admin
By Alka Pande, CNSIT is a welcome move by a forward thinking judiciary official of an Indian High Court to challenge the law made centuries ago by the British. The old law ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Nepal king welcomes fateful election
April 9th, 2008 - 6:01 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 9 (IANS) In the most surprising twist yet to a plot already thick with violence, tension and the unexpected, Nepal's beleaguered King Gyanendra Wednesday welcomed next day's fateful ... Read more...
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