Samsung launches smart TV for Indian market
March 18th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 18 (IANS) Samsung Electronics Sunday launched smart television for the Indian market that would allow users to control TV through voice or motion commands.Users can turn the TV ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Samsung unveils product portfolio for 2011
April 13th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Global consumer durables and electronics major Samsung Wednesday showcased its product portfolio for 2011 across categories like television, smartphones, notebooks and home appliances and said ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Northeast issues: Forum to draw national attention
February 8th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Feb 8 (IANS) Major political parties in northeast India have decided to form a joint forum to highlight the region's problems.Leaders of the Naga People's Front (NPF), the Mizo National Front ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
SAARC to get first woman secretary general
January 18th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 18 (IANS) The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is set to get its first woman secretary general - a 36-year-old Maldivian lawyer.The SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu has confirmed ... Read more...
Posted in World |
China urges ASEAN not to “internationalise” South China Sea issue
July 26th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 26 (ANI): China has warned some countries not to "internationalise" the territorial dispute that it faces with its neighbours over the South China Sea, following comments by US Secretary of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Anti-Gorkhaland body calls 24-hour shutdown in Silliguri
March 18th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Silliguri, Mar 18 (ANI): Activists of the Bangla-O-Bangla Bhasa Bachao committee, a regional forum, called for a 24-hour here, protesting the fifth round of tripartite talks to be held with central officials ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Dhaka, Colombo vie for sub-regional bloc secretariat
May 22nd, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka, where a quarter century of ethnic conflict has just ended, is keen to host the secretariat of sub-regional bloc Bimstec. Bangladesh has been wanting to host ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Leveraging knowledge, India now a $1 trillion economic powerhouse
August 14th, 2008 - 7:10 am ICT by IANS
By Arjun Sen
When Jack Welch, former chief of General Electric, the world's second largest company, said a few years ago that "India is a developed country as far as intellectual capital is ... Read more...
Posted in India |
Nepal’s SAARC Summit row ends after PM says sorry (Lead)
July 30th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 30 (IANS) The sword hanging over Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's participation at the 15th SAARC Summit in Sri Lankan capital Colombo was lifted Wednesday after ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Nepal’s Saarc attendance under cloud
July 27th, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 27 (IANS) Nepal's participation at the 15th Saarc summit scheduled to be held in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo Aug 2-3 has become doubtful with the former ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Six-nation ministerial talks on North Korea July 23
July 18th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Beijing, July 18 (RIA Novosti) Foreign ministers of the six countries negotiating North Korea's nuclear disarmament will meet in Singapore July 23, South Korea's Yonhap agency said Friday. The six countries ... Read more...
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SAARC nations call for transparency in social sector
March 6th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Social development ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nations have called for transparency and access to information in order to address social sector ... Read more...
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Government planning for free and compulsory education
March 5th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 05 (ANI): Inaugurating the second Meeting of the Regional Forum of Ministers of Social Development of SAARC, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh said today that one of the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
South Asian Ministers of Social Development to meet today
March 5th, 2008 - 8:50 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): The second meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Social Development from South Asia will begin here today.The Ministers of Social Development of South Asian countries, members ... Read more...
Posted in National |
South Asian Ministers of Social Development to meet in Delhi
March 3rd, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 3 (ANI): The second meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Social Development from South Asia will begin here on Wednesday.
The Ministers of Social Development of South Asian ... Read more...
Posted in National |