Hindus join Muslims in celebrating Eid in Odisha
August 20th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) It was a day of peace and brotherhood Monday as Hindus in many parts of Odisha joined in Eid celebrations across the state.Hindu families visited the ... Read more...
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Ramkinkar Baij colours Delhi’s spring canvas (With Image)
February 9th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The canvas of spring in the capital has been set ablaze by the colours of Ramkinkar Baij, the founding father of modern Indian sculpture, at ... Read more...
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Fatwa changed history of ‘The Satanic Verses’, says Ben Okri
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:08 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 21 (IANS) The interpretation of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" has changed with the "fatwa", says Man Booker winning Nigerian writer and poet Ben Okri."Everything that affects the ... Read more...
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China completes tunnel under Yellow river
January 9th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 8 (IANS) China has completed the construction of a tunnel under the Yellow river as part of a huge south-north water diversion project, the government said Sunday.Water diverted ... Read more...
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Goya comes to Delhi: Historic prints freeze frames of war (With Images)
July 17th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Disasters, war, hunger and human suffering fanned the imagination of iconic 18th century Spanish artist Goya, who captured the horrors of Napolean's invasion of Spain ... Read more...
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Bengal famine revisited - through an artist’s works
July 7th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Artist Chittoprasad Bhattacharya chronicled the great Bengal famine of 1943-1944 with sketches of abject human suffering that he experienced as an artist struggling to survive ... Read more...
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Where do Goans go for holidays? (Letter from Goa)
March 30th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Cavelossim (Goa), March 30 (IANS) Goa is not a place. It is a state of mind. It is an unshakeable belief in the power of sun, sand and scotch to ... Read more...
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Air New Zealand CEO says sensational media reports overblowing Japan nuke plant disaster
March 21st, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Mar 21 (ANI): Air New Zealand's CEO Rob Fyfe has criticised media reports in two messages to his staff, saying that if the coverage of the Japanese and earthquake-cum-tsunami and nuclear ... Read more...
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Tibetan Buddhist sect’s 900th anniversary celebrations end
December 30th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Bodh Gaya, Dec 30 (IANS) The 22-day commemoration of the 900th anniversary of the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism Thursday ended at the historic Kalachakra ground in the ... Read more...
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35 photographers raise funds for Leh relief (Lead,With Images)
September 4th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Thirty-five top photographers from across the country have marshalled their camera to raise funds for the Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir that is grappling with the ... Read more...
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35 photographers raise funds for Leh relief (With Image)
September 4th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Thirty-five top photographers from across the country have marshalled their camera to raise funds for the Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir that is grappling with the ... Read more...
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No link between Bhopal gas leak and Planning Commission loan request: Froman
August 20th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): US Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman has said he has never established a link between the Bhopal gas leak issue and India's request for loan help from ... Read more...
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No interference in resolving Bhopal issue: US
August 20th, 2010 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) A top US official at the centre of a controversy over remarks purportedly linking the Bhopal gas disaster with India-US investment ties has asserted the US ... Read more...
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Asian Development Bank announces $2 bn aid for Pakistan
August 19th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 19 (DPA) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced Thursday a $2 billion assistance package for emergency and rehabilitation work in flood-devastated Pakistan.
The Manila-based ADB said it had also assembled a ... Read more...
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‘The Elders’ slam Sri Lanka for lacking ‘reconciliation’
August 4th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 4 (ANI): 'The Elders', a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their ... Read more...
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Chemical in banana may inhibit HIV infection
March 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 17 (IANS) A potent new inhibitor of HIV, derived from bananas, may open the door to new treatments to prevent sexual transmission of HIV, according to a recently published study.
Scientists ... Read more...
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Ensure security to Indians, PM to Karzai as bodies arrive (Roundup)
February 27th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India Saturday asked Afghanistan to "ensure full security" to Indians working in that country even as the bodies of six Indians, including two major-rank army officers, ... Read more...
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Kabul attack defines risk faced by Indian medical fraternity: Prime Minister
February 27th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the Friday's Kabul suicide attack defined the risks Indian medical fraternity have to face while serving in country ... Read more...
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Indian doctors in Kabul serve despite uncertainty: PM
February 27th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Saying the Indian Medical Mission was devoted to serving in Afghanistan despite uncertainty, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday expressed condolence to the families of Indian medical ... Read more...
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Innovation is the key to removing human suffering: Bill Gates
January 26th, 2010 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 26 (IANS) Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Monday that innovation will remain the key to alleviating human suffering around the world.
He was speaking in his second open appraisal letter ... Read more...
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Art show depicts Pakistan’s contemporary realities
January 21st, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 21 (IANS) An exhibition of innovative art from Pakistan speaks of contemporary issues in the country like equality of gender, freedom, filial ties, human suffering and politics.
The exhibition by 45 ... Read more...
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White House slams right-wing comments over Haiti
January 15th, 2010 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 15 (DPA) White House spokesman Robert Gibbs derided as "stupid" a series of insensitive remarks made by two conservative commentators relating to the tragic earthquake in Haiti.
Rush Limbaugh, a ... Read more...
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Iranian leader Khamenei named dictator of the year
December 10th, 2009 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Oslo, Dec 9 (DPA) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was Wednesday selected as winner of "dictator of the year prize", students at Oslo University said.
The Iranian leader was chosen from ... Read more...
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Jermaine Jenas is on a mission
December 6th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 6 (ANI): Tottenham and England star, Jermaine Jenas, is on a personal crusade to educate children and try to help them banish poverty, famine, crime and racism.Jenas has begun ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban claims responsibility for UN building attack
October 6th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Oct.6 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Monday's suicide attack on the UN World Food Programme (WFP) building in Islamabad in which five persons were killed and ... Read more...
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Suicide attacker had entered UN WFP building by pretending to use toilet
October 6th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.6 (ANI): The suicide bomber, who blew himself up inside the premises of a UN building on Monday, had entered the building by pretending that he needed to use the lavatory, ... Read more...
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Rubbish The Rubbish Food And Embrace A Healthy Lifestyle
August 31st, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by admin
By Shobha ShuklaDiabetes is a major health challenge, particularly in a developing country like India. Yet, we seem to be closing our eyes to this silent killer. Increasingly, younger people, including children, ... Read more...
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Kalam seeks a polio-free Uttar Pradesh
August 3rd, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, August 3 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday said he wanted to see Uttar Pradesh free from polio and called on doctors to work together to "achieve the mission."
The polio ... Read more...
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“LET US JOIN HANDS TO FIGHT CANCER”
June 22nd, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
COMMEMORATING AN OCTA- OCCASION OF ACHIEVEMENT!Cancer Aid and Research Foundation (CARF) commemorated their 8th foundation Day on 20 June 2009 at Shanmukhanand Hall, Sion, Mumbai. The event was held from 5 ... Read more...
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Civilians trapped between Taliban and Pak army face ‘humanitarian catastrophe’: HRW
May 26th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Army's offensive in the Swat Valley has rendered thousands of civilians homeless, and several other civilians have migrated to safer places, but those who are ... Read more...
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A distracted India ignores crisis engulfing neighbourhood (Comment)
May 10th, 2009 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
By C. Uday Bhaskar
The firm action being taken by the militaries of Pakistan and Sri Lanka against the Taliban and the remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealem (LTTE) respectively ... Read more...
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Faiz’s poetry witnessing revival in India: daughter (With Images)
March 24th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) One of the most popular contemporary Urdu poets from Pakistan Faiz Ahmed Faiz, known for his sonnets of peace, love, secularism and human suffering, has become a ... Read more...
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In Sri Lanka, Tamil women suffer the worst of war
February 12th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) In one of the biggest hospitals in Sri Lanka's north, many women patients wonder why they survived the fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the military that ... Read more...
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Canada calls for Sri Lanka truce as Tamils hold candlelight vigils
February 5th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 5 (IANS) Tamil Canadians observed Sri Lanka's Independence Day as a "protest day" by holding candlelight vigils even as the nation's parliament held an emergency debate on the situation.In Toronto, ... Read more...
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Human suffering inspires designer Nitin Bal Chauhan
February 4th, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Designer Nitin Bal Chauhan chooses dark themes for his clothing range that he says are inspired by human suffering, conflict and pain because "this is the reality". ... Read more...
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