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Brisk voting across Ladakh division

November 17th, 2008 - 10:44 pm ICT by ANI -
By Fayaz/ Sajid Srinagar, Nov 17 (ANI): High voting turnout was recorded in Leh and Kargil region in Ladakh division on Monday in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly ...

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LiveJournal comes to India with Twenty20 of creative writing

August 12th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS) The global community blogging platform LiveJournal has made its India entry with the launch of a flash-fiction writing contest, which is being called the Twenty20 of story-telling. Organised ...

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US asks India to focus on global challenges

June 25th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Chennai, June 25 (ANI): India has to exercise leadership on common challenges and opportunities to become a major player in the global community, United States Consul General David T Hopper said ...

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India should re-commit to sustainable development: Patil

India should re-commit to sustainable development: Patil

June 6th, 2008 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Exhorting all Indians to protect the ecology, President Pratibha Patil Thursday said the country must focus on sustainable development of health, education and clean environment. "Today is ...

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Belgrade’s 1968 student unrest spurs nostalgia

June 5th, 2008 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS -
DPA Belgrade, June 5 (DPA) Belgrade is marking 40 years since Europe's 1968 student protests, a seemingly happier time long before the wars that ripped Yugoslavia apart into several countries. As Serbia wavers ...

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Mammootty to be chief guest at global Malayali event

June 1st, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by admin -
Thiruvananthapuram, June 1 (IANS) Malayalam film superstar Mammootty has been invited to be the chief guest at the 6th World Malayalee Conference 2008 in Singapore Aug 22-24. Speaking to IANS, Mammootty confirmed ...

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Bangladesh newspaper condemns India’s ‘hasty conclusions’

May 19th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, May 19 (IANS) India's "knee-jerk reactions", accusing Bangladesh-based militant outfits of causing the blasts in Jaipur last week, will be "counter-productive", a section of the media here warned Monday. The reaction ...

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High food prices may push millions into hunger: UN

April 23rd, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 23 (IANS) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said that high food prices threaten to plunge more than 100 million people into hunger, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. "This ...

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Global food crisis a silent tsunami: WFP

Global food crisis a silent tsunami: WFP

April 22nd, 2008 - 7:13 pm ICT by admin -
DPA London, April 22 (DPA) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday compared the escalating global food crisis to a "silent tsunami" that could plunge more than 100 million people into hunger and ...

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Social networking site to help fight malaria launched

April 21st, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Apr 21 (AN): International health experts have developed a social networking site that would help in engaging the vast global community in the battle against malaria. The website titled www.MalariaEngage.org would ...

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Chidambaram seeks global consensus on price rise of food and oil

Chidambaram seeks global consensus on price rise of food and oil

April 15th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr.15 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Indian Government is seeking a global consensus on spiralling prices of food and oil in many countries, saying ...

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Nuclear deal with US good for India: Study

April 8th, 2008 - 7:34 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The India-US civilian nuclear deal will reposition the country's corporate sector at a higher scale globally but a continued opposition will jeopardise its strategic interests, says a ...

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Gillani requests UK aid for developing Pakistan’s tribal areas

April 8th, 2008 - 9:05 am ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Apr.8 (ANI); Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has requested visiting British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to provide British assistance for the development of his country's tribal areas. In a ...

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Dalai Lama calls for more global pressure on China

April 4th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin -
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), April 4 (IANS) Emboldened by the growing support from the global community, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Friday urged for more global pressure on China to put an ...

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Satyam is SAP’s ’strategic partner’ in Middle East

March 27th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by admin -
Dubai, March 27 (IANS) Leading Indian IT company Satyam has announced that it has been named the first 'strategic services' partner for European software enterprise SAP in the Middle East and North ...

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Britain to allow temporary workers after Kamal Nath complains

March 17th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by admin -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, March 17 (IANS) Britain will try and make it easier for temporary IT and other workers to come and work in the country, the Home Office was quoted ...

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Online swap sites offer the sensible and surreal

March 3rd, 2008 - 9:14 am ICT by admin -
DPA Ahrensburg (Germany), March 3 (DPA) Many things end up in the garbage can even though they are still in fine working condition because the search for a recipient of used objects can ...

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Zia-ul-Haq regretted sparing Benazirs life: Book

Zia-ul-Haq regretted sparing Benazirs life: Book

February 13th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): General Zia-ul-Haq told one of Benazir Bhuttos friends that sparing the former premiers life was the gravest mistake of his life, according to the late Pakistan Peoples Party ...

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Scientist develop new network to break down science barriers

February 8th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Scientists at the New York Academy of Sciences would soon be launching a network that would break down the geographical barriers and bring together scientific organisations and researchers ...

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Manmohan calls on Indian business leaders to study opportunities in China

Manmohan calls on Indian business leaders to study opportunities in China

January 13th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by admin -
By Ashok Dixit Beijing, Jan 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today urged Indian business leaders to identify opportunities for business and greater engagement in China. Dr. Singh said this to representatives of ...

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BJP wants global community to fight terrorism

BJP wants global community to fight terrorism

December 28th, 2007 - 7:06 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today asked the international community to make an earnest effort to fight terrorism. BJP President Rajnath Singh expressed condolences and described former Pakistan ...

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Queen launches Royal Channel on YouTube

December 23rd, 2007 - 12:52 pm ICT by admin -
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II is using popular video sharing site YouTube to deliver her annual Christmas video message this year, in a bid to 'widen the Royal's appeal. It has ...

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Pachauri welcomes Bali accord

December 18th, 2007 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Dec 18 (ANI): Chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has welcomed last weekend's accord at Bali in Indonesia to launch negotiations on a new ...

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China cautions Pakistan against rising extremism

December 14th, 2007 - 4:41 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Dec 14 (ANI): China has cautioned Pakistan against the surge in extremism while expressing desire for the broad alliance of liberal political forces to counter the grave threat. The Special Envoy of ...

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Streisand to back Hilary in US presidential elections

November 28th, 2007 - 5:12 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): In the upcoming campaign to find a new U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Barbara Streisand has decided to back former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton. The decision was made a ...

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Citi to mobilise thousands of employee-volunteers across 100 countries on Global Community Day

November 15th, 2007 - 10:56 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Nov 15 (ANI-Business Wire India): Over 2,000 Citi India employees from across 35 towns and cities will join thousands of their colleagues worldwide on the company's second annual "Global Community Day" ...

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India expresses concern over proliferation of WMDs

November 14th, 2007 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday termed the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions (WMDs) as the world's most critical challenge, and expressed concern over the ...

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CII President congratulates Dr. Pachauri led panel for winning Nobel Peace Prize

November 14th, 2007 - 2:11 am ICT by admin -

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