Russia to get first Muslim TV channel in August
July 25th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The first Muslim TV channel in Russia, Al-RTV, will go on air in August, an official said Wednesday.Damir Mukhetdinov, first deputy chair of the Spiritual ... Read more...
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India, Indonesia to hold talks
July 24th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) India and Indonesia, founders of the Non-Aligned Movement and two of the world's fastest growing economies, will hold talks later this week to accelerate economic ... Read more...
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A President of India cannot come through ‘reservation’ (Comment)
June 7th, 2012 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Come July and there will be a new occupant at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The journey seems more exciting than the destination itself.Presidential elections have changed in recent years. Conventions like a ... Read more...
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Is BJP resurrecting Keshubhai to take on Modi? (Gujarat Newsletter)
May 19th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 19 (IANS) Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel seems to be returning to active politics after almost five years in political exile. And this has set ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda’s online magazine unexpectedly returns
May 4th, 2012 - 4:18 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday unexpectedly released two more editions of its English-language online magazine that serves as a guide to potential and future ... Read more...
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Rapper killed in Colombia
April 26th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 26 (IANS/EFE) Rapper Alejandro Serna Correa was fatally shot in an attack that targeted two people accompanying him, authorities in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Corporate culture makes Google tick
April 24th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (IANS) Google happens to be one of the world's most innovative companies thanks to its corporate culture and out-of-the-box thinking, a resercher says.Annika Steiber at Chalmers University ... Read more...
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Narayana Murthy among Fortune’s 12 ‘greatest entrepreneurs’
March 28th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 28 (IANS) Fortune magazine has listed Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy among the 12 "greatest entrepreneurs of our time" with Apple's late chief Steve Jobs, Microsoft ... Read more...
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Crystal Cathedral’s senior pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman is all set to start a new church
March 12th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Mar 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a major shock to the Garden Grove community, the senior pastor at The Crystal Cathedral – Sheila Schuller Coleman announced that she is all set to ... Read more...
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Communist leader, 106, dead
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 3 (IANS) Iconic Marxist leader Brajamohan Jamatiya, one of the founders of the Communist movement in Tripura, has died, his family said. He was 106.Jamatia, a widower, died ... Read more...
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Steering education revolution from Azamgarh shacks (With Image)
January 5th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 5 (IANS) A single bamboo stick holds the thatched roof together, the discoloured floor serves as both bench and chair, the kids sit in neat rows ... Read more...
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Indians top founders of US venture-funded firms
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Immigrants, with the largest number coming from India, have started nearly half of America's top 50 venture-funded companies in the US creating about 150 jobs each, ... Read more...
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Location-sharing startup joins Facebook
December 6th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Dec 6 (IANS) Facebook and location-sharing startup Gowalla announced Monday that Gowalla's founders as well as several team members will join Facebook and move to the social ... Read more...
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Vienna opens the world’s first school on intimacy
November 30th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vienna, Nov 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new school in Austria promises to make people “better lovers” by teaching them how to have sex. The International Sex School in Vienna has become the ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne donates food to needy
November 21st, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 21 (IANS) Singer Lil Wayne, who visited her hometown in Louisiana, donated free meals to needy families.The 29-year-old joined Cash Money Records founders Birdman and Ronald Williams in ... Read more...
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Maps on Wikipedia depict people’s view: Founder
November 18th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANS) Addressing the first ever WikiConference in India, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales here Friday said the representation of maps on the free encyclopedia was in accordance with ... Read more...
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Russia not to let foreigners set up media outlets
November 17th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will not change legislation forbidding foreigners to set up media outlets in the country when the country joins the World Trade Organisation (WTO)."Our main ... Read more...
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India’s first free daily launched
October 12th, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) In tune with the concept of free metro newspapers, popular in many major metropolises across the world, India's first free daily was launched in Delhi ... Read more...
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Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley working on KISS memoir
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The history of the legendary band KISS is being worked on and it is expected to be released in the Summer of next year. The project is ... Read more...
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Israel makes device to monitor troops’ health
June 30th, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 30 (IANS) Israeli defence scientists have designed a tiny device that can be attached to the ear and which could monitor the health status of an army personnel ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas victim’s children protest in New Delhi
June 28th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal/New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) About a hundred children of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy demonstrated in front of the Prime Minister's Office Monday demanding medical care, ... Read more...
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BlackBerry co-founders knocked off billionaires’ list
June 24th, 2011 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 24 (IANS) The two men who created the iconic BlackBerry company have been knocked off the world billionaires' list.With the shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) ... Read more...
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Modi promises accelerated growth rate in Gujarat
May 1st, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, May 1 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured the satate's citizens that the growth rate would accelerate.Speaking to the reporters after paying homage to martyrs of the ... Read more...
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Infosys to have non-founder chairman up to age of 70
May 1st, 2011 - 3:52 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) In a significant shift in company's policy, India's IT bellwether Infosys decided to have non-founder chairman on its board up to the age of 70 and ... Read more...
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Robert De Niro slams Donald Trump’s allegations on Barack Obama
April 25th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Apr 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor Robert De Niro isn’t too happy with the allegations that Donald Trump has leveled on US President Barack Obama. It ought to be mentioned that ... Read more...
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Freelance journalist sues Huffington Post for unpaid blog use
April 13th, 2011 - 8:28 am ICT by ANI
New York, Apr. 13 (ANI): A freelance journalist has sued The Huffington Post for not paying bloggers for the value they created for the website, which America On Line (AOL) bought for ... Read more...
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Hitler’s signed autobiography to go on sale
April 11th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) A rare copy of Adolf Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf", signed by the dictator himself, will go on sale soon -- and is expected to sell for ... Read more...
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Muthuraman elected new CII president
April 11th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Tata Steel vice chairman B. Muthuraman has been elected the new president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2011-12 while Godrej Group chairman ... Read more...
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New book reveals Google’s fallout with Apple and exit from China
April 10th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 10 (ANI): A new book released this week has lifted the lid on the secretive world of Google, revealing how the founders fell out with Apple's Steve Jobs and what ... Read more...
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Now, a ‘hook-up’ site for date-shy University of Chicago students
March 19th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 19 (ANI): University of Chicago students have created UChicago Hookups, a dating site, in which users should be at least 18 and belong to the prestigious school.Fittingly enough, it ... Read more...
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Einstein’s archives to be digitised
March 15th, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, March 15 (IANS) Over 80,000 documents of the Albert Einstein archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem would now be digitised.The digitised information will be available to researchers and ... Read more...
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Egyptian youth to form new political party
March 7th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 7 (IANS) A group of young people in Egypt who had taken part in the anti-government protests that led to the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, has announced ... Read more...
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Beer gets makeover in Oz with infusion of different flavours
March 1st, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 1 (ANI): For those who love to experiment with their drinks, now comes an array of beers that have been infused with different flavours.This year's Sydney Royal Fine Food Show ... Read more...
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Mahindra Satyam-Tech Mahindra merger put on hold
February 14th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 14 (IANS) The process of Mahindra Satyam's merger with parent firm Tech Mahindra has been put on hold in view of the ongoing investigations into Satyam fraud case by ... Read more...
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Malay-Indians thronging to MyIndians.com to solve ID, documentation problems
January 21st, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 21 (ANI): Around 2,000 people belonging to the Malay-Indian community visited the MyIndians.com web portal booth to sort out their identification and documentation problems.The Star quoted one of the ... Read more...
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