Kolkata literary fest to honour Tagore
December 19th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) The Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2012 will celebrate the 150th and centenary birth anniversaries of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, respectively, ... Read more...
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Chinese search giant Baidu in spot over copyright theft
March 16th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar.16 (ANI): Baidu, China's search engine giant, has been accused of copyright violation by Chinese writers, who claim the website offered free online excerpts of their work without authorized permission.On ... Read more...
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Sci-fi magazine chief sacked in China
September 27th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 27 (IANS) The chief editor who enraged editorial staff at a highly circulated science fiction magazine in China has been sacked, an official said.
Li Chang, 53, was removed from his ... Read more...
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China donates Rs.53.6 lakh for Tagore gallery
August 28th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) The Chinese Government has decided to donate Rs.53.6 lakh for the establishment of a gallery on nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in the Tagore Museum of Rabindra Bharati University.
An ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian Congress welcomes Govt’s decision to allow Indian students to take extra subjects
December 5th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 4 (ANI): The Malaysian Government's decision to allow Indian students to take two additional subjects in the SPM examination has been welcomed by the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC).MIC ... Read more...
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Chinese Consul General stresses on strengthening Sino-Indian cultural ties
July 29th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, July 29 (ANI): Chinese Consul General Mao Siwei on Wednesday said that both India and China need deeper understanding of each other's culture for further strengthening of ties."Now China is the ... Read more...
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The quake that woke up China
June 16th, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Ren Ke
Beijing, June 16 (Xinhua) When the doyen of modern Chinese literature Lu Xun was a student of medicine in 1906, he saw a lantern slide of a group of Japanese ... Read more...
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