A Finnish solution to arsenic water in India
September 9th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Helsinki, Sep 9 (IANS) A Finnish water chemistry company has been roped in to solve the chronic problem of arsenic water in India."We have been asked by India's ministry of ... Read more...
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A Finnish solution to arsenic water in India (Lead)
September 9th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Helsinki, Sep 9 (IANS) A Finnish water chemistry company has been roped in for a pilot project aiming to solve the chronic problem of arsenic water in India."We have been ... Read more...
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Britain’s cardboard cop cuts shoplifting by 75 percent
August 11th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) The life-size cut-out of a police officer guarding a supermarket in Britain has been so effective that shoplifting has been slashed by 75 percent.The cardboard cop, ... Read more...
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59 percent of Indian students to Britain fake: Report
July 25th, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) A total of about 63,000 fake students entered Britain in 2011, and 59 percent of the total number of Indian pupils were bogus, a report by ... Read more...
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Government pension scheme for Indians abroad
May 3rd, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 3 (IANS) The Indian government is promoting a new Pension and Life Insurance Fund (PILF) scheme in a bid to provide financial security to poor Indians working abroad.Indian ... Read more...
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British police to be trained to spot sorcery
April 28th, 2012 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
London, April 28 (IANS) British policemen are all set to receive special training following a rise in witchcraft murders and attacks on children by their families and loved-ones across the ... Read more...
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Britain makes it tough for Pakistani students
April 13th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) Britain has decided to make it tough for Pakistani students to step on the English soil, following a pilot scheme finding as many as four in ... Read more...
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Shanghai to raise sea burial subsidy
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 3 (IANS) The Shanghai government is planning to increase the subsidy offered for sea burials to help preserve its limited land resources.The city began subsidising sea burials in ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu to expand biometric smart card-based pension scheme
January 21st, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to expand statewide the disbursement of social security pension based on biometric smart card through banks after positive feedback on ... Read more...
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Public distribution system to be computerised
August 16th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) In order to improve the efficiency of the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) operation, the government has decided to computerise the entire system, the Ministry ... Read more...
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Government steps in to promote book reading (Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The government Wednesday unveiled a financial scheme to promote book reading.The culture ministry announced the pilot scheme to aid book fairs, exhibitions, participation in international ... Read more...
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Government announces grants for book fairs
June 15th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Concerned at the growing reduction in the numbers of book lovers, the government has taken up the challenge to revive the dying habit of book ... Read more...
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e-broadcast pilot project launched in Gujarat
May 6th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 5 (IANS) In another e-governance initiative, Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday launched the 'Gujarat Swarnim Gram E-Broadcast Project' in Amreli."Initially implemented as 'district pilot scheme' ... Read more...
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Happy Birthday Carla Aunty
December 6th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.6 (ANI): Her birthday falls on the 23rd of December, but little children today at the Naz Foundation serenaded the French First Lady.Some twenty HIV positive children, aged ... Read more...
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Chew gum in class, German school pupils told
December 2nd, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 2 (IANS) Students at a school in Germany are permitted to chew gum as "it helps the children concentrate and deal with stress", an official said.Wolfgang Ellegast of the education ... Read more...
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Fury over 13-year-olds being allowed to buy Pill in UK without prescription
November 1st, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): A new scheme allows girls as young as 13 to buy the contraceptive pill without their parents' consent or a doctor's prescription.The pilot scheme launched by the Isle ... Read more...
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India to start market-based cabon trading system
August 31st, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India will soon start a market-based emission trading system to check industrial pollution, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Tuesday.
To begin with, the system will be ... Read more...
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‘Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana’ launched in Rajasthan
July 23rd, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
Sriganganagar (Rajasthan), July 23 (ANI): The 'Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana' (PMAGY) was launched in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar District on Friday.Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik launched the scheme ... Read more...
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Food secretaries suggest monitoring of public distribution system (Lead)
July 13th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A conference of state food secretaries Tuesday suggested that a monitoring system should be in place to plug the leakages in the public distribution system and ... Read more...
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Centre releases funds to three States under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
July 6th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): The Central Government has released a sum of Rs 55.54 crore to the States of Assam, Bihar and Rajasthan under the pilot phase of the centrally sponsored ... Read more...
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ADB 2009 performance on track: Report
April 22nd, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Manila (Philippines), Apr.22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was on track in its performance in 2009 to deliver output targets in the core sectors of infrastructure, education and finance in the ... Read more...
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Indian telecom to see tariff consolidation: Bharti Airtel
November 9th, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The telecom sector will witness a consolidation of tariffs in the next one to two years as the business models of many new operators were not ... Read more...
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Govt-backed UK madrassas may be grooming kids for Islamic terrorism, fear critics
November 7th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov. 7 (ANI): Critics have expressed fears that madrassas backed by the UK Government might be grooming vulnerable children for Islamic extremism or even terrorism.Under a pilot scheme, the Open Madrasah ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh wants effective implementation of welfare schemes
September 7th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for speedy implementation of various welfare schemes, which target the weaker sections of society.Addressing two-day Annual Conference of ... Read more...
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British university trains future Indian research leaders
August 25th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 25 (IANS) A group of Indian students has just returned home after visiting Queen's University, Belfast, as part of a unique scholarship programme to develop Indian scientific research leaders of ... Read more...
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Plastic bag tax leads to 85 percent drop in use in Hong Kong
July 9th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, July 9 (DPA) Plastic bag use in Hong Kong has dropped by 85 percent in the first two days since the introduction of a 6 US cents tax on every ... Read more...
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UK tax payers outraged over ‘compasses to Muslim detainees to pray facing Mecca’ move
July 1st, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): British TaxPayers Alliance, a campaign group, is outraged over the move to issue a compass to all Muslims detained in cells by the police so that they can ... Read more...
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Gandhi quotations to comfort London Underground passengers
June 25th, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (DPA) Travellers on London's Underground network are finding their anger about delays and overcrowding relieved by philosophical bon mots from great thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein and Jean-Paul ... Read more...
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Brit convicts set to record bedtime stories for their kids in their cells
December 20th, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 20 (ANI): Prisoners at Saughton Prison in Edinburgh will soon be able to film themselves reading bedtime stories to send home to their kids.The pilot scheme, called Storybook Dads, ... Read more...
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Tea and classical music approach to cut Brit drinkers rowdy behaviour
December 5th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 5 (ANI): Late night drinkers in London will now be served tea and biscuits as part of a taxpayer-funded scheme to cut anti-social behaviour at the closing time of ... Read more...
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How a pet dog can help you lose weight!
November 20th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 20 (ANI): Besides protecting house from burglars, a pet pooch can help you and your family shed extra flab thats what the story of a Brit couple suggests.Colin and ... Read more...
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Cente extends water bodies restoration scheme to entire country
September 30th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): The Centre has decided to extend a pilot project to create additional water recharge facilities across the country in order to improve the fast-depleting ground water ... Read more...
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Fury over gay sex lessons for Brit kids as young as five
September 17th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 17 (ANI): The proposal of teaching gay sex lessons to kids as young as five has created uproar in Britain.The project initiated by an organisation called No Outsiders aims ... Read more...
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Brit pupils to get art of happiness lessons to beat the blues!
September 7th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 7 (ANI): With depression hitting kids at a very young age, the British government has come with a unique way to help pupils beat the blues by offering classes ... Read more...
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EU to push European films to Indian cinemas
August 30th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 30 (ANI): The European Commission is planning to expand a pilot scheme to put more European films into Indian cinemas.One of the scheme''s co-ordinators said that the plan would ... Read more...
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