India’s biggest women’s grassroots chain connects to Africa
July 9th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bodili (Gujarat), July 9 (IANS) India is reaching out to Africa with its expertise in grassroots development and gender empowerment projects to help poor women in countries like Ghana, Mali, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
EU agrees to suspend Myanmar sanctions
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) The European Union (EU) has formally agreed to suspend sanctions against Myanmar, with an exception of its arms embargo, for a year in recognition of "historic ... Read more...
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US lifts ban on Myanmar charity work
April 19th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 19 (IANS) The US has lifted a ban on charity works by non-profit groups in Myanmar after the country successfully held its parliamentary elections earlier this month.The US ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ghanaian minister calls for youth participation in sports
March 1st, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, March 1 (IANS) Ghanian Youth and Sports Minister Clement Kofi Humado has advised the youths to actively join sports to harness its enormous benefits and become ambassadors of the ... Read more...
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US, India bond over children in a summer camp (With Images)
June 20th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The cooperation between India and the US in education, environment and space programmes spilled over to touch the lives of children in the capital at ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Tagore makes his way into traditional scroll art
March 28th, 2011 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, March 28 (IANS) The traditional 'patachitra' artists-cum-performers of rural West Bengal have adopted Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore as their muse on his 150th birth anniversary this year.One hundred families ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Pakistan lacks support for culture: Sheema Kermani
March 13th, 2010 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Indians and Pakistanis are the same people and want to live in peace, says Pakistan-based theatre director Sheema Kermani. Also an activist, she believes cultural ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Money raised from the Haiti Telethon for the earthquake ravaged nation
January 24th, 2010 - 12:43 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The noble endeavor by the stars for the Haiti Telethon, was a massive success, and a huge sum of money was raised for the earthquake ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
CIA urges judge to keep Bush-era Qaeda papers sealed over fears of Jihadi miuse
June 9th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): The Obama administration has objected to the release of certain Bush-era documents that detail the videotaped interrogations of al Qaeda detainees at secret prisons, arguing before a federal ... Read more...
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Recession hits the US artist
March 27th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The artists too are facing the economic hard time and the telling Congress that layoffs and art organisation closures are hurting communities across the US.Representatives of the arts industries told the House ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
‘India has largest number of undernourished people’
February 18th, 2008 - 8:57 am ICT by admin
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) India is home to the largest number of undernourished people in the world, and the country director of the United Nations World Food Programme ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |