World’s oldest clay pots found in China
June 30th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) Archaeologists have found pottery fragments in China that are 20,000 years old, making them the world's oldest known specimens, it was reported here.Earlier theories have held ... Read more...
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India’s defence varsity by 2017
May 21st, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India's first and only defence university, approved by the union cabinet in 2010, will take about seven years to come up and the land acquisition ... Read more...
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Former Delhi University pro-vice chancellor dead
April 26th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) V.P. Dutt, former pro-vice chancellor of the Delhi University and a former Rajya Sabha member, died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 86.An aide ... Read more...
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Chinese checkers: Mandarin teachers in short supply in India
December 15th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Anjali Ojha
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Growing economic and cultural ties with China may have spurred a demand for Mandarin but experts say strict visa norms are preventing teachers of the ... Read more...
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Six-Party Talks will ease tensions in Korean Peninsula: Chinese FM
December 13th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec 13 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi believes that six-party talks should resume as soon as possible to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula."The emergency consultations benefit all communication ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Nalanda University bill in parliament next month
March 27th, 2010 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Singapore, March 26 (IANS) Giving a push to reviving the Nalanda University, India Friday said the land to set up an international university in its Bihar state has been acquired and a ... Read more...
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44 years after split, Singapore, Malaysia seek better terms
August 8th, 2009 - 9:39 am ICT by IANS
By Kai Portmann
Singapore, Aug 8 (DPA) The marriage was unhappy and short-lived. In September 1963, Malaya and Singapore tied the knot to form the state of Malaysia which also included Sarawak and ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Don’t close Indian Studies Department, say Malaysian Indians
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 3 (IANS) A recent move to close the Indian Studies Department at Universiti Malaya (UM) is being resisted by Malaysians of Indian origin. Closing the department is "disrespectful to ... Read more...
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Obama’’s Treasury pick is smart, steady and ready
November 22nd, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.22 (ANI): Colleagues of Timonthy Geithner, Barack Obama''s pick for Treasury secretary, have described him as a bright and even-keeled man who will do the new President proud.
"He is ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi invited to China again
June 13th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Pranay Sharma
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Chinese leadership is planning to celebrate the 20th anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit to Beijing by inviting his son Rahul Gandhi, ... Read more...
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