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Biotechnology training centre in Haryana approved

November 20th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the establishment of the UNESCO Regional Centre for Training and Education in Biotechnology at Faridabad, Haryana with the ...

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EU leaders agree on financial reform

November 8th, 2008 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS -
Brussels, Nov 7 (DPA) European Union (EU) leaders agreed Friday to a common position on reforming the global financial system, officials at an emergency EU summit in Brussels said."There is a pretty ...

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Gross failure of multilateral controls caused meltdown: Manmohan (Lead)

Gross failure of multilateral controls caused meltdown: Manmohan (Lead)

October 25th, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS -
Beijing, Oct 24 (IANS) Not mincing words before the 45-country Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) here, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday forcefully asserted that a "massive failure" of regulatory and supervisory powers had ...

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EU, G-8 want India to join emergency summit on financial crisis

EU, G-8 want India to join emergency summit on financial crisis

October 16th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Brussels, Oct.16 (ANI): The European Union and the Group of Eight countries want India to join in an emergency global summit to devise strategies to tackle the global financial crisis and ...

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India, S.Korea and Taiwan must establish a moratorium on executions: Amnesty

October 11th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct.11 (ANI): India, South Korea and Taiwan should join the global trend and immediately establish a moratorium on the death penalty, the rights group Amnesty International has said. In an appeal ...

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PM leaves for US and France, n-deals likely (Lead)

September 22nd, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) With the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) waiver behind him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday left on a 10-day trip to the US and France that could fetch ...

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Manmohan Singh leaves for New York

September 22nd, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI -
By Naveen Kapoor New Delhi, Sept 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh left for Frankfurt enroute to New York today. Before proceeding to New York on Tuesday, Dr. Singh will have ...

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PM for multilateral approach to meet ‘contemporary challenges’

September 22nd, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday called for "collective and multilateral approaches" to deal with "contemporary challenges" like terrorism and the food and energy crisis and stressed on ...

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Manmohan Singh to urge world community to consider reform of the UN

September 22nd, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI -
By Naveen Kapoor New Delhi, Sept 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said he would draw the world communitys attention to the need for reform of the UN and to ...

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Venezuela accuses US of sponsoring plan to kill Chavez

September 12th, 2008 - 6:13 am ICT by IANS -
Caracas, Sep 12 (DPA) The Venezuelan government Thursday accused the US of sponsoring a plan to assassinate President Hugo Chavez, hours after he ordered an investigation into a military conspiracy to overthrow ...

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Russia couldnt care less over international isolation due to Georgia

August 26th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 26 (ANI): The Kremlin has poured scorn on Western attempts to punish Russia for its invasion of Georgia, saying it was more than happy to be estranged from the ...

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US-Russia joint exercises cancelled over Georgia attack

August 13th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug.13 (ANI): The United States has cancelled a joint naval exercise with Russia after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow that it''s attacks on Georgia have jeopardised its ...

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Genetic factors increase risk of schizophrenia

August 12th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) A major breakthrough in research has helped a better understanding of how genetic variations cause schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects approximately one per cent of the world's population and is ...

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Bush transformed India-US relationship: Newsweek

August 11th, 2008 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) The developing strategic relationship between India and America would stand them in good stead whatever the future balance of power in Asia, says Newsweek magazine, giving ...

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Combination HIV prevention can avert 12 million cases by 2015

August 6th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Combination HIV prevention, if thoroughly implemented by governments and communities, can avert 12 million infections by 2015, according to experts. Right now, some 7,000 people are infected daily ...

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GRE test training goes online in India

July 31st, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS -
Chennai, July 31 (IANS) As many as 50,000 Indians take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) every year but many flounder - not because of lack of knowledge but because they are not ...

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Donors pledge $1.9 billion for Kosovo

July 12th, 2008 - 2:49 am ICT by IANS -
DPA Brussels, July 12 (DPA) The international community Friday committed a total of 1.2 billion euros ($1.9 billion ) over the next three years to help build Kosovo, the newest Balkan nation to ...

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Booming Indo-British business surprises new envoy (With Images)

June 25th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, June 25 (IANS) India's new High Commissioner to Britain, who presented his credentials to the Queen Tuesday, says the sheer scale and intensity of business ties between India ...

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Price rise has adversely affected poor: vice-president

June 24th, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Tuesday expressed concern over increasing food prices, which have adversely affected the poor across the world. "The world is facing an unprecedented hike ...

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Dr. Pramod Deo takes over as CERC Chairman

June 9th, 2008 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , June 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde on monday administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Dr. Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). ...

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Medvedev stresses Russia’s leading role in global economy

June 7th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA St Petersburg, June 7 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stressed Russia's leading role in the world economy Saturday and criticized US fiscal policy. "Russia has long been a global player and now ...

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European Parliament holds hearing on caste discrimination

June 4th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Brussels, June 4 (IANS) Untouchability continues to exist in India in 144 different forms, Dalit activists told a hearing of the European Parliament (EP), EuAsiaNews reported Wednesday. "India is called the largest ...

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Mexico, Central America propose global Green Fund

May 29th, 2008 - 11:17 am ICT by admin -
DPA Tegucigalpa ( Mexico), May 29 (DPA) The summit on Climate Change and the Environment in Honduras approved a Mexican proposal for the creation of a global Green Fund. The initiative sponsor, Mexican ...

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Manmohan Singh’s absence disappoints Commonwealth backers

Manmohan Singh’s absence disappoints Commonwealth backers

May 15th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by admin -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, May 15 (IANS) The likely absence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from a planned Commonwealth summit to discuss the reform of international institutions has disappointed supporters who ...

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Gene sequence that can make Indian Asians fatter than others discovered

May 5th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by admin -
London , May 5 (ANI): Your expanding belly, the subsequent weight gain and a tendency to develop type 2 diabetes can now be attributed to a gene sequence, more common in ...

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IMF gives increased voting powers to developing countries

April 30th, 2008 - 5:47 am ICT by admin -
DPA Washington, April 30 (DPA) A long-awaited reform of the voting procedures of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that gives developing countries a modest increase in influence was formally adopted Tuesday, said Dominique ...

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Gene that can lead to kidney failure identified

April 29th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 29 (ANI): Researchers from Imperial College London, the Medical Research Council (MRC), and other international institutions have identified a gene that can cause the kidney to become inflamed something ...

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Gene that can cause heart disease identified

April 29th, 2008 - 4:13 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 29 (ANI): Researchers from Imperial College London, the Medical Research Council (MRC), and other international institutions have identified a gene that can cause the heart to become enlarged, greatly ...

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Gordon Brown seeks ‘global New Deal’ with India

April 23rd, 2008 - 10:33 am ICT by admin -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, April 23 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown invited India to be part of what he called "a global New Deal" - a partnership that will overhaul a ...

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UN chief Ban Ki-moon makes first visit to Russia

April 9th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Moscow, April 9 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Moscow Wednesday to meet Russian leaders in his first three-day visit to Russia, one of the five veto powers on the ...

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