AITA rejects Sania’s claims, says team selected on merit
June 27th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Wednesday rejected claims made by Sania Mirza that she was made a bait to pacify Leander Paes and ... Read more...
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AITA picks two teams for Olympics, Paes still unhappy (Roundup)
June 21st, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Thursday tried to keep Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna happy by deciding to send two doubles teams to ... Read more...
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AITA keeps players happy; to send two teams for Games (Second Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Thursday decided "to keep everybody happy" by sending two men's doubles teams for the 2012 London Olympics. Leander ... Read more...
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Paes to play with Vishnu, Bhupathi-Bopanna team up (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) All India Tennis Association (AITA) Thursday selected two men's doubles teams to represent the country at the London Olympics.India's highest ranked doubles player Leander ... Read more...
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HCL to provide IT services to US insurance group
February 15th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 15 (IANS) Leading Indian software major HCL Technologies Wednesday entered into a strategic partnership with Great American Insurance Group (GAIG) to provide IT, back office and infrastructure management ... Read more...
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British firm mulls price cut for Indian defence order
February 7th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 7 (IANS) British aerospace major BAE Systems is mulling to lower its Eurofighter Typhoon price in a bid to win back a 7 billion pound ($11 billion) Indian ... Read more...
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Rwanda taps India for food security, investment
October 18th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Rwanda, a rising economy located at the crossroads of Central and East Africa, Tuesday pitched for greater trade with India and sought this country's expertise ... Read more...
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Vodafone named ‘UK’s most valuable brand’
March 21st, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 21 (ANI): Vodafone has been named as the most valuable brand in Britain.According Brand Finance Global 500 report, the telecoms giant, worth about 18.9 billion pounds, has increased in value ... Read more...
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1 in 5 women prefer tasty treat than partner’s lips on Valentine’s Day
February 11th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 11 (ANI): One in five women prefer wrapping their lips around a tasty treat than their partner's mouth on Valentine's Day, suggests a new study.In the survey for Weight Watchers ... Read more...
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Singh praises German support for opening global nuke commerce to India
December 12th, 2010 - 1:31 am ICT by ANI
Berlin, Dec.11 (ANI): Visiting Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday, praised Germany for supporting the opening of international commerce for India in the field of civil nuclear energy, adding ... Read more...
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Medvedev Visit: Yet another step in strengthening Indo-Russian ties
December 10th, 2010 - 12:18 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBrussels, Dec.9 (ANI): India and Russia are keen to expand areas of cooperation, and, the forthcoming visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to New Delhi on December 21 and ... Read more...
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Lack of female company drives penguins to ‘gay flings’
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 22 (IANS) According to a new study, lack of female company drives penguins to short-term gay flings.Scientists who studied a colony of king penguins discovered that even though more than ... Read more...
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Wipro to manufacture hydraulic cylinders in China
May 31st, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 31 (IANS) Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIE), the global hydraulics business of the IT bellwether, has tied up with Wujin hi-tech Industrial Zone (WIZ) to set up a manufacturing facility at ... Read more...
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Allahabad Bank, UAE firm tie up for remittance facility
March 30th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) City-based Allahabad Bank signed a pact Monday with the Gulf-based money transfer and exchange house UAE Exchange and Financial Services for promoting its own money transfer services, the ... Read more...
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Nasscom seeks expedited spending of funds on IT projects
February 16th, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 16 (IANS) The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) Monday urged the government to expedite spending of allocated funds on IT projects to stimulate the domestic market."To drive ... Read more...
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Brunettes better than blondes both in boardrooms as well as bed
January 14th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): When it comes to workplace and relationships, brunettes are more successful than blondes, according to a British survey.Dark-haired women are twice as likely to earn a salary ... Read more...
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Ocimum Biosolutions Awarded US Patent for Molecular Toxicology
September 8th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
Gaithersburg (United States)/Hyderabad, Sept 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): Ocimum Biosolutions today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. US 7,415,358 B2 entitled ''Molecular toxicology modeling''.
The patent describes elucidation of the ... Read more...
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