Exploring India’s national diversity - by train
July 5th, 2012 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) One thousand students and teachers from Delhi University (DU), all women, will travel throughout central and western India in a train to study the national ... Read more...
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Sonata Software expands US operations
June 20th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 20 (IANS) Leading IT solutions provider Sonata Software Ltd. has expanded operations in the United States as part of its strategy to grow in new markets, verticals and ... Read more...
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Little to gain from Siachen, daily to Pakistan and India
April 19th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) There is little to gain by hanging on to miles of high-altitude ice in Siachen, said a Pakistani daily that wanted Islamabad and New Delhi to ... Read more...
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Text Speak Short Story in running for £30,000 prize
February 20th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) About 20 authors have been shortlisted by the judges in the race to win £30,000 in the competition Text Speak Short Story. The winner of the competition ... Read more...
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Mexico’s economy grew in 2011
February 17th, 2012 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's gross domestic product grew 3.9 percent last year, the state-run National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or INEGI, said Thursday.The construction sector advanced 4.6 ... Read more...
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Shooting ‘Lakshya’ in Ladakh changed me: Farhan Akhtar
January 28th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) Filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has traveled places for his films. Be it Goa for "Dil Chahta Hai", Ladakh for "Lakshya" or Spain for "Zindagi Na Milegi ... Read more...
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Brazil’s unemployment rate reaches record low
January 27th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 27 (IANS) Brazil's unemployment rate fell to a record-low 4.7 percent in December from the 5.3 percent in the same period in 2010, the government's statistics ... Read more...
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Over 11 mn Brazilians live in slums
December 22nd, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Rio De Janeiro, Dec 22 (IANS) Some 11.42 million Brazilians are living in slums, about 6 percent of the population, said a report released Wednesday.The report by the Brazilian Institute ... Read more...
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Mexico’s economy grows 4.5 percent in third quarter
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Nov 23 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's gross domestic product grew 4.5 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period in 2010, and 4 percent in the first nine ... Read more...
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Pakistan hasn’t done enough on terror: PM
June 30th, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said Pakistan had not done enough to curb terror emanating from its soil but India's western neighbour needed to ... Read more...
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Brazil’s accumulated GDP slows
June 4th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 4 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's accumulated growth rate for the 12 months ending in the first quarter of 2011 slowed to 6.2 percent, the Brazilian Institute of Geography ... Read more...
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Google India launches new tool for SMBs
June 1st, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 1 (IANS) Google India Wednesday launched Google Global Market Finder -- a free online tool designed to help Indian companies expand their business and reach out to potential ... Read more...
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Two girls drown in Pune
March 24th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Pune, March 23 (IANS) Two girls are suspected to have drowned in a canal in a suburb of this Maharashtra city, police said Wednesday.The victims' were identified as Priyanka Ovhal, ... Read more...
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‘Geography-challenged’ Taylor Momsen thinks Glasgow is in England!
December 20th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 20 (ANI): Taylor Momsen has taken to Twitter for apologizing to upset fans in Glasgow after she called the Scottish city "craziest... in all of England"."Glasgow, I love you, I ... Read more...
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Shane Warne bowls out wife for Liz Hurley?
December 13th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Australian cricketer Shane Warne issued a statement Monday that he has split from his wife Simone Callahan, following reports he is dating British model-actress Elizabeth Hurley.The spinner ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh environmentalists spread awareness about water pollution
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
Allahabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Environmentalists completed a 25-days long voyage from Yamunotri glacier in the Himalayas to Prayag in Allahabad on Sunday to spread awareness about water pollution.Twenty members of Kala Sangam Kendra, ... Read more...
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Number of jobless graduates in Britain on the rise
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 2 (IANS) The number of graduates who don't have jobs in Britain has been increasing and is at its highest in nearly two decades, a study has found.About 21,000 of ... Read more...
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Prince Charles ‘wants to devote his life to protecting the environment’
October 7th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 7 (ANI): The Prince of Wales has declared that he would devote the rest of his life to protecting the environment as the 'Defender of Nature'."I am absolutely determined to ... Read more...
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Brazil launches population census
August 2nd, 2010 - 6:47 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2 (IANS/EFE) Some 190,000 enumerators equipped with handheld computers, digital maps and GPS devices will visit an estimated 58 million houses during this year's census in Brazil.
The 12th ... Read more...
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Brit school kids to give cricketing twist to maths on ‘National Cricket Day’
June 24th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 24(ANI): Thousands of British schoolchildren will on Thursday take part in the 'Chance to shine' National Cricket Day program designed to help children learn through playing sport.Organized by The ... Read more...
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Osama Bin Laden’s son wants to name daughter Elizabeth after the Queen
June 16th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 16 (ANI): The world's most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden's son Omar has said that if a daughter is born to him he will name her Elizabeth after the Queen.Omar ... Read more...
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Students Get Ready For Regents Examination
June 15th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Tuesday, thousands of students will appear for the Regents examination. All 10th grade students will sit for the exam to obtain their NYS Regents Diploma. ... Read more...
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Inclusion of differently-abled kids in regular schools can work for all
June 6th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 06 (ANI): Inclusion of differently-abled children in regular schools can work for all kids, a study claims.Tim Loreman, a professor of education at Concordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton, ... Read more...
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Poor geography lands Indian minister in Nepal custody
May 23rd, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 23 (IANS) An Indian minister who wanted to take part in an election campaign ended up in the custody of Nepal police instead since bad geography made her ... Read more...
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I want to improve bureaucracy: IAS woman topper
May 6th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) This year's woman topper of the prestigious civil services examination has a simple aim - she wants to help people who haplessly run with files from ... Read more...
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Brazil’s economy contracts after 17 years
March 12th, 2010 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 11 (DPA) The Brazilian economy contracted for the first time in 17 years in 2009, falling by 0.2 per cent, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) ... Read more...
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Robots to rescue injured soldiers in the future
February 28th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 28 (ANI): The US military is urging engineers to come up with designs for a robot that can rescue injured soldiers from the battlefield, with minimal or no help from ... Read more...
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Barack Obama and the John McCain debate continues
February 26th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Barack Obama and his former Republican rival John McCain are still exchanging barbs, as if the Presidential campaign is still on. At ... Read more...
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Women smarter than men, shows online game Trivial Pursuit
February 24th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Women convincingly beat men in a five-month online game that tests general knowledge, an official said.
Women came out on top of a worldwide online game of Trivial Pursuit ... Read more...
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Tripura Government keen to speed up transport network development
January 14th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, Jan 14(ANI): The Tripura Government has taken many steps to develop roads and transport network in the state.With development in progress and the fear of militancy vanishing, the ... Read more...
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Piramal Healthcare to raise Rs.10 bn in 6-8 months
January 6th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Pharmaceutical major Piramal Healthcare is planning to raise Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion) in the next six-eight months, a senior company official said here Wednesday.
"We will raise Rs.1,000 crore ... Read more...
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Researchers use cell phone records to forecast malaria spread
December 17th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Scientists from the University of Florida working over a malaria elimination study in Africa have broken new ground by using cell phone records to predict the spread of ... Read more...
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Factfile on Telangana
December 10th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Some facts about Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region, which is all set to get the status of a separate state:
* Telangana, meaning 'land of Telugus', was part of the ... Read more...
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Brazil’s unemployment falls to 7.5 percent
November 27th, 2009 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 27 (EFE) Brazil's unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent in October, the lowest level of the year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said.
The September ... Read more...
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Meet the 10-yr-old who is CEO of two companies and a lecturer!
November 11th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 11 (ANI): A Malay boy, who is only 10 years old, has become the CEO of two companies and a lecturer who charges RM 6,000 per hour.According to Sin ... Read more...
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