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Facebook is university freshers social glue

October 15th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, October 15 (ANI): For freshers, social networking site Facebook is the best way to ease anxiety and loneliness during the crucial first year, shows a new study. According to the researchers ...

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Nature loss bigger issue than current banking crisis

October 10th, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 10 (ANI): A EU (European Union) commissioned study has determined that the global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis. The ...

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US envoy says N-cooperation with Pak not possible

September 30th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Sept 30 (ANI): It was not possible for the US to extend any cooperation to Pakistan in nuclear energy sector as the issue involved a lot of legislation, said ...

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Civil societies ask Pak govt to reduce defence expenditure

September 29th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Sept 29 (ANI): Various civil society organisations in Pakistan have demanded of the federal government to cut down expenditures on defence and armaments and utilise the saved money for ...

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Yechury stresses on third front

September 27th, 2008 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury Saturday emphasised on the need for a third political option at the centre and asked the young generation to ...

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‘Climate change behind dengue’s re-emergence in Southeast Asia’

September 11th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Health ministers from Southeast Asian countries Thursday pledged to combat tobacco use and to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne dengue disease, which they claimed was re-emerging ...

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Dalai Lama calls for dialogue with China

August 13th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Paris, Aug 13 (DPA) The Dalai Lama warned Wednesday against isolating China and said that instead Beijing should be nudged by dialogue to accept democracy and freedom. Speaking ahead of a meeting ...

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Oil & Natural Gas Corp draws up plan to boost offshore security

August 13th, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Hydrocarbon major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has drawn up a comprehensive action plan to enhance security at its offshore installations in the Arabian Sea off ...

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Nepal Constituent Assembly directs Government to maintain communal harmony

July 29th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, July 29 (ANI): The Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal has issued a directive to the Government, asking it to take immediate steps to maintain communal harmony in the wake of ...

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Betancourt calls for release of all FARC hostages

July 21st, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS -
Paris, July 21 (IANS) Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued from the captivity of the country's leftist guerrillas early this month, has called for the freedom of all being ...

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Gill asks states to provide basic infrastructure for sports at Panchayat level

July 9th, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Assuring assured all possible Centre''s financial support, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. M.S. Gill here today urged the States to make concerted efforts to ...

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Beijing readies for ‘green and safe’ Olympics

July 7th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS -
By Pranay Sharma Beijing, July 7 (IANS) With security posing as major a challenge as clean environment, China is taking all steps to ensure that Beijing 2008 is not only a "green Olympic" ...

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The world may have nothing left to save tomorrow: Maneka Gandhi

May 27th, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by admin -
Brussels, May 27 (IANS) Indian parliamentarian and environmental activist Maneka Gandhi has called for a world "where we don't emit carbon at all". A former environment minister in India, Gandhi told the ...

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PM congratulates Medvedev, says Russia is special

PM congratulates Medvedev, says Russia is special

May 7th, 2008 - 11:35 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday hailed Dmitri Medvedev after he was sworn in as Russia's third president and underlined the "special place" Moscow occupies in India's foreign ...

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India’s rise won’t harm anyone: Narayanan to Nordic countries

April 19th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by admin -
Stockholm, April 19 (IANS) India's rise as a global player would not harm anyone anywhere, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told foreign ministers of Nordic countries at a special meeting here this ...

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Steps being taken to enhance India’s energy security, says Deora

April 5th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Apr.5 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Saturday said that the government and oil companies have taken steps to enhance energy security for the country. Speaking at a ...

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Husain’s ‘Mahabharata’ fetches record $1.6 mn at Christie’s sale

March 21st, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin -
(Second Lead) New York, March 21 (IANS) M.F. Husain's "Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12 (Lot 57)", a painting from the Hindu epic executed in 1971-1972, fetched a whopping $1.6 million, setting ...

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Pakistan constitutional experts see possibility in deposed judges’ restoration

Pakistan constitutional experts see possibility in deposed judges’ restoration

March 17th, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, March 17, (ANI): Constitutional experts in a seminar on Sunday said that Pakistan constitution allows for the restoration of the judiciary, who were suspended by President Pervez Musharraf during last ...

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Manmohan Singh emphasises upon need for universalisation of education

March 15th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by admin -
Varanasi, Mar 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday emphasised upon the need for ensuring education for all sections of the society. "If we have to harness the childrens' talent ...

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Railway security reviewed at high-level meeting

January 12th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Jan 12 (ANI): In view of the Railways having been identified as a soft target by extremists, terrorists and anti-social elements, the overall security system in Railways was reviewed at ...

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Manmohan Singh for a fair, transparent, equitable, spectrum policy

December 12th, 2007 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Dec 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today emphasised on the need for a fair, transparent, equitable and forward looking policy regime for making spectrum available. It (policy regime) should ...

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