China becomes top foreign investor in Germany: trade agency
March 16th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 16 (IANS) China overtook the US to become the top foreign investor in Germany in 2011 in terms of investment project numbers, according to statistics released by the ... Read more...
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Ghanaian minister calls for youth participation in sports
March 1st, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, March 1 (IANS) Ghanian Youth and Sports Minister Clement Kofi Humado has advised the youths to actively join sports to harness its enormous benefits and become ambassadors of the ... Read more...
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German parliament passes Greece bailout deal
February 28th, 2012 - 8:42 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 28 (IANS) The German parliament Monday passed the second bailout package for Greece worth about 130 billion euros ($174.4 billion) to help the country avoid a default.The German ... Read more...
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German industrial output shrinks
February 8th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 8 (IANS) German industrial output fell steeper than expected in December, posting the largest drop in three years, official data showed.The Ministry of Economy reported that German industrial ... Read more...
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Germany plans to attract more foreign skilled workers
December 2nd, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 2 (IANS) Germany plans to lower its threshold for attracting more skilled workers and professionals from other countries, a report said Thursday.A joint action plan, which was drafted ... Read more...
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Germany calls for new sanctions against Iran
November 10th, 2011 - 8:32 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 10 (IANS) Germany has called for further sanctions against Iran after the IAEA released findings saying Tehran had engaged in projects and experiments for the development of nuclear ... Read more...
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Germany debates supporting n-power plants in other countries
July 15th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 15 (IANS) Germany, which decided to phase out nuclear power plants by 2022, is now debating whether to support its own nuclear industry by setting up nuclear power ... Read more...
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Wrong code delayed Merkel’s plane: Iran
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 1 (IANS) Iran said Wednesday that an error in announcing a code caused delay in the passage of German chancellor Angela Merkel's plane over Iran's airspace Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Iran’s ‘no’ delays Merkel trip to India (Lead)
May 31st, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 31 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's flight to India was delayed Tuesday as Iran refused it permission to fly over the country, the German government said.Merkel's plane was ... Read more...
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Did Iran deny passage to Merkel’s plane?
May 31st, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 31 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's flight to India was delayed Tuesday as Iran's government allegedly refused it permission to fly over the country.Merkel's plane was forced to ... Read more...
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Indian response to WikiLeaks expose one of the worst: Assange
April 26th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that the response of the Indian government to the leaked US diplomatic cables was one of the worst ... Read more...
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Germany grants Rs.96 lakh for heritage site restoration (Lead)
April 13th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The German government has granted Rs.96 lakh to support the conservation and restoration of Chausath Khamba, a Mughal-era tomb located in Delhi's Nizamuddin Basti.The ... Read more...
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Germany calls for tougher sanctions against Libya
March 24th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 24 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday called for extensive sanctions against Libya while defending her country's abstention at a UN vote which approved military action in the ... Read more...
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Fans have tough time entering stadium
February 28th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Fans with valid tickets had to go through a harrowing time before getting into the Ferozeshah Kotla ground for the West Indies-Netherlands World Cup match ... Read more...
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German law allows kids their right to make noise
February 17th, 2011 - 1:29 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, Feb 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new legislation draft has been approved by the Germany cabinet to allow children to freely make noise.Some Germans are against the noise that children make. The ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear black money issue
February 10th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Thursday conduct a hearing in the black money case a day after the Centre notified it that the illegal money stashed in ... Read more...
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Black money trail: Use of tax agreement with Germany denied
February 9th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it did not use a taxation agreement with Germany to seek information on Indians who have parked their black ... Read more...
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Why hide names of foreign account holders, asks apex court (Lead)
January 14th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government what was its difficulty in disclosing the names of people who have stashed away huge amounts of money in ... Read more...
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Apex court questions secrecy about German bank accounts
January 14th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government what was the difficulty in making public the names of people who have stashed away huge amount of money ... Read more...
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India must resume composite dialogue with Pakistan to resolve outstanding issues: Gilani
January 10th, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 10 (ANI): India should resume composite dialogue with Pakistan to resolve all outstanding issues- including the Kashmir dispute- peacefully and expeditiously, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said.Gilani made ... Read more...
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Hindus laud Germany for doubling aid to Holocaust survivors
December 8th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 08 (ANI): Hindus have applauded German government for reportedly agreeing to double the funding for home care of Holocaust survivors, raising it to about $147 million annually.Hindu statesman Rajan ... Read more...
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WHO urges governments to strengthen health financing so more people can use services
November 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by BNO News
BERLIN (BNO NEWS) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged governments worldwide to strengthen health financing so that more people are able to use health services.The WHO presented its 2010 ... Read more...
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Germany moves to criminalise ‘forced marriages’ to wipe out traditional Muslim practice
October 28th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Oct 28 (ANI): The German government has moved a proposal to criminalise forced marriages in the country, in an attempt to wipe out the traditional Muslim practice.Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet agreed ... Read more...
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Iran says German reporters are linked to “anti-evolutionary” network
October 12th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) -- While the German government seeks the release of two captured foreigners in Iran - who are believed to be German reporters - Iran says they are linked ... Read more...
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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2010
October 8th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.The announcement attracted sharp condemnation from Beijing but renewed Western countries’ call for the jailed university professor to be freed.The ... Read more...
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Merkel seeks 10-15 years extension for nuclear plants
August 30th, 2010 - 3:49 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 30 (DPA) Chancellor Angela Merkel called Sunday for Germany's nuclear power plants to be given an extension of 10 to 15 years past their current legal shutoff date in about ... Read more...
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German relief plane arrives in Pakistan
August 28th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 28 (DPA) A German military plane carrying relief supplies for Pakistani flood victims has arrived in Islamabad, a German embassy spokesman confirmed Saturday.
The plane carrying a cargo of 100 ... Read more...
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Google’s German Street View to go live after privacy row
August 10th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 10 (DPA) Internet giant Google is set to make images of 20 German cities available online through its controversial Street View technology after reaching agreement with data protection officials, the ... Read more...
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Jenin cinema set to reopen after 23 years
August 5th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jenin (West Bank), Aug 5 (DPA) The only cinema in the northern West Bank city of Jenin is set to reopen with a three-day film festival Thursday, after being shut for 23 ... Read more...
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German banker who misled market gets suspended jail term
July 14th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dusseldorf, July 14 (DPA) A German banker who misled the market about the looming sub-prime mortgage crisis in 2007 was handed a 10-month suspended jail sentence and 100,000 euros ($125,000) in fines ... Read more...
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Mayawati dares all politicians to declare their wealth
May 28th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday dared leaders of all other political parties to declare the assets held by them before and after joining politics.
Her challenge came ... Read more...
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Twins head for Germany, apex court seeks law on surrogacy (Lead)
May 26th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As the last hurdle was cleared Wednesday in the travel of surrogate twins to Germany with their natural father Jan Balaz, the Supreme Court said the central ... Read more...
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Electric cars to be in vogue by 2020
April 21st, 2010 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) State-of-the-art electric cars will be in vogue by 2020 and global sales of such vehicles will amount to around 470 billion euro ($635 billion), a media report has ... Read more...
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Modi seeks apology for German parliamentarians remarks
April 11th, 2010 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 10 (IANS) Gujarat Saturday sought the central government's intervention to lodge a protest with the German government against allegedly offensive remarks made by an unofficial delegation of German parliamentarians ... Read more...
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Car pool your way through Europe, suggests travel writer (IANS Books/Travel) (With Image)
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Europe, for the first-time traveller, can be a teaser: the distances are vast, the stops too tempting and the costs mind-blowing. So how does one ... Read more...
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