Trinidad wants Bravo, Pollard, Narine for CLT20
September 7th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Sep 7 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago's sports minister Anil Roberts says the government went to great lengths to ensure the trio of Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and ... Read more...
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Upgrade sewage system, water use for agriculture: Experts
August 31st, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Leading corporates, business research firms and science activists Friday called for an overhaul and upgradation of the sewage system and use of modern technology in agriculture ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Audi to relaunch car production in Russia in 2013
August 30th, 2012 - 5:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Car maker Audi, part of German auto giant Volkswagen, plans to relaunch car production in Russia in 2013, an official said.Audi AG Board Chairman Rupert ... Read more...
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Kingfisher Airlines faces operational shutdown, says CAPA
August 24th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Kinghfisher Airlines may have to shut down operations if $600 million cash is not infused in the next two months, the Centre for Asia Pacific ... Read more...
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China’s first bank for technological innovation opens
August 16th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 16 (IANS) China's first bank for technological innovation, a result of joint investment by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) and America's Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), opened here Wednesday.With ... Read more...
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ONGC reports Q1 net profit of Rs.6,078 crore
August 11th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 11 (IANS) Public sector oil and gas producer ONGC Saturday reported a net profit growth of 48.4 percent at Rs.6,078 crore for the quarter ending June 30, ... Read more...
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China exported 457 mn mobile phones
August 9th, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China, the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, has exported about 457 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, up by 17.7 percent year-on-year, ... Read more...
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School children work on ‘designs for change’
July 30th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, July 30 (IANS) One idea, one week, one billion lives to change: The annual Design For Change (DFC) challenge for schoolchildren has begun across India.This year, the DFC contest ... Read more...
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Queen Elizabeth II declares London Games open (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) British Queen Elizabeth II declared the London Olympics officially open early Saturday morning at a spectacular opening ceremony directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle.Queen Elizabeth II's ... Read more...
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10 Italian cities face bankruptcy: Report
July 25th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ten Italian cities are facing bankruptcy as they are unable to fulfil their budget commitments, Italian newspaper La Stampa reported Tuesday.Graziano Del Rio, president of ... Read more...
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A million British workers pumped up with drugs
July 3rd, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
London, July 2 (IANS) Over a million people in Britain are pumped up with drugs, a study suggests.Statistics from a drug-testing firm have revealed that around one in 30 employees ... Read more...
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Va Tech Wabag betting big on desalination water projects
May 25th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Chennai based water treatment multi-national company (MNC) Va Tech Wabag Ltd. is betting big on desalination water projects across globe as part of efforts to restructure ... Read more...
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Britney Spears to release two-in-one fragrance
May 24th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 24 (IANS) Singer Britney Spears is set to release a two-in-one scent that will combine her favourite smells.The new fragrance is called Britney Spears Fantasy Twist. ... Read more...
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Amazing fungus can consume discarded plastic
May 18th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 18 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a fungus in the Amazon rainforest that can break down the common plastic polyurethane, used in billions of discarded plastic bottles.
Their pile-up, ... Read more...
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Ganges should be saved: Bansal
May 12th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 12 (IANS) There is an urgent need to save the Ganges, Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said here Saturday after undertaking an aerial survey of the river ... Read more...
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Paid news an emerging challenge: Quraishi
April 30th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Paid news, a recent challenge thrown up before the Election Commission, is a "clandestine deal" between politicians and journalists, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said ... Read more...
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Commander was bathing as British n-submarine hit sandbank
April 25th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
London, April 24 (IANS) An inquiry has concluded that the commander of the Royal Navy's newest nuclear-powered submarine was taking a shower minutes before it ran aground in 2010.According to ... Read more...
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A billion cellphone users in China!
April 20th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) The number of cellular phone users in China has surpassed one-billion mark following an increase of over 32 million users in the first quarter of this ... Read more...
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Rivers could provide energy for half billion people
April 19th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 19 (IANS) A new genre of power plants, using only a tenth of the global river flow into the oceans, could meet the energy needs of a half ... Read more...
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Spam floods Chinese mobile phones
April 9th, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 9 (IANS) An estimated 100 billion spam messages harassed China's one billion mobile phone users in the past year, a study said.Of them, more than 10 billion were ... Read more...
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A billion mobile phones in China; 3G penetration low
April 1st, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) Even though China reached a milestone in February when the number of mobile phone users in the country surpassed one billion, the 3G penetration rate ... Read more...
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China records over 1 billion cell phone users
March 30th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) The number of mobile users in China surpassed the one billion-mark this February, the Chinese government has announced.The total number of mobile phone users increased by ... Read more...
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Indian tourism upbeat despite tight budget (Comment)
March 29th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Although India's latest budget has increased the allocation for tourism by less than 10 percent, the tourism ministry remains hopeful that it can bring in at least seven million foreign tourists ... Read more...
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Britain, Kenya to enhance ties (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, March 27 (IANS) Kenya and Britain will promote their ties, said visiting British Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham."Kenya and Britain have strong shared interests including trade, development, security, regional ... Read more...
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Britain, Kenya vow to enhance ties
March 27th, 2012 - 4:16 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, March 27 (IANS) Kenya and Britain have vowed to promote their ties, said visiting British Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham here Monday."Kenya and Britain have strong shared interests including ... Read more...
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‘Polio a huge embarrassment for Pakistan’
March 23rd, 2012 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 23 (IANS) Pakistan has been "infamous the world over for exporting terrorism" and now there are fears of it exporting the polio virus to other countries, a ... Read more...
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16 Italian judges held in anti-mafia operation
March 20th, 2012 - 6:07 am ICT by IANS
Naples, March 20 (IANS/AKI) Sixteen judges have been arrested by police in Italy's Naples city, and assets worth one billion euros (around $1.3 billion) seized in an anti-mafia operation.The judges ... Read more...
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Chinese downloads 25 billionth app
March 6th, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, March 6 (IANS) A Chinese customer downloaded the 25 billionth app from Apple's App Store, pushing the mobile software store to a new milestone, Apple has announced.More than ... Read more...
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China’s oil reserves went up 20 percent in 2011
February 24th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources has said the country discovered 1.37 billion tonnes of oil reserves in 2011, up 20.6 percent from a year earlier.It ... Read more...
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US apologises over Afghan Quran burning
February 22nd, 2012 - 2:35 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 22 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has apologised to the people of Afghanistan for an incident in which copies of the Quran were reportedly burned, according ... Read more...
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US to lease out Gulf of Mexico chunk for oil drilling
January 27th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) The US government Thursday announced plans to sell leases for 38 million acres in central Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration to increase domestic energy ... Read more...
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US to explore oil in Gulf of Mexico
January 27th, 2012 - 6:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) The US government Thursday announced plans to lease sites in the Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration.It is expected to generate one billion barrels of oil ... Read more...
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Bollywood has space for everyone: Sohail Khan
January 25th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) Actor-producer Sohail Khan believes Bollywood is a huge industry and there's no dearth of work for anyone."Be it Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Salman (Khan), Aamir ... Read more...
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China spends $158 mn on nature reserve
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 23 (IANS) China has spent one billion yuan (about $158 million) in 2011 to protect the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve, the source of the country's three major rivers, the ... Read more...
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China spends $158m on major riverheads
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 23 (IANS) China injected one billion yuan (158 million) last year to protect the headwaters of three major rivers.The money was spent on afforestation projects and recovery of ... Read more...
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