UAE Sadu weaving on Unesco’s intangible heritage list
November 26th, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 26 (IANS/WAM) UAE's Sadu weaving has become the new addition to the Unesco's list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, said the Abu Dhabi authority ... Read more...
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Swiss ambassador to visit Maharashtra villages
October 17th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Oct 17 (IANS) Swiss Ambassador Philippe Welti will visit villages in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district Tuesday and exchange views on adapting to climate change, an official statement said here.Welti will ... Read more...
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Delhi gets first family clinic on Britain’s NHS model
October 8th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Family doctors might make a comeback in the country with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday launching the first-of-its-kind family health clinic based on Britain's ... Read more...
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Food production may surpass target: Pawar
September 14th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Food production in India in 2011-12 is expected to surpass the target of 245 million tonnes, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Wednesday.
India had a ... Read more...
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CSDS offering fellowships to journalists
September 10th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, a Delhi-based voluntary organisation, has announced it is offering Inclusive Media Fellowships 2011 for journalists.The fellowship duration ... Read more...
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Pearson India flags off rural school library project
September 5th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Pearson Foundation Monday joined the ?Support My School? (SMS) initiative - a public-private partnership which aims to create a healthy environment for children to ... Read more...
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Some 45 million Indians rose above $1.25 a day: Report
August 18th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Nearly nine million Indian households, or 45 million individuals, saw their incomes rise above the threshold of $1.25 a day, or Rs.56, in the two decades ... Read more...
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Himachal to be free of open defecation by next month
July 24th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 24 (IANS) A sanitation campaign launched in Himachal Pradesh nearly 11 years ago to eradicate the practice of open defecation will achieve 100 percent success by next month, ... Read more...
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South Africa to create over 10,000 jobs in tourism
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria (South Africa), April 22 (IANS) Offering a hope to the large unemployed population in the country, the South African government has decided to generate over 10,000 jobs in ... Read more...
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AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA From Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion
March 21st, 2011 - 2:41 am ICT by BNO News
DALLAS (BNO NEWS) -- AT&T Inc. on Sunday announced it has reached a deal to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $39 billion. The agreement ... Read more...
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Google to donate 1.25 million dollars for Nelson Mandela’s archive
March 10th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.10 (ANI): Google will be donating 1.25 million dollars to the Nelson Mandela Foundation center of Memory for a project that aims to archive his life by digitizing photographs, letters and ... Read more...
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Chinese consumer products popular in Jharkhand
February 20th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Aloka Kujur Ranchi, Feb 20 (ANI): Political issues or the trade imbalance with China notwithstanding, there is a serious 'Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai' bonhomie happening in Jharkhand, a region which falls under the ... Read more...
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Low cost ‘Poo-Gloos’ can clean sewage effectively
January 10th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Low cost igloo-shaped devices nicknamed 'Poo-Gloos' can clean up sewage just as effectively as multimillion-dollar treatment facilities.
Kraig Johnson and his team developed the Poo-Gloo when he worked ... Read more...
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Women grapple with chemotherapy effects even after treatment ends
October 21st, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Researchers have studied the after effects of chemotherapy as for some women, the effects of breast cancer, the most common cancer affecting women, do not end when they ... Read more...
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Pharmacists can bridge healthcare gap: Azad
July 9th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) With the country facing a shortage of qualified health professionals like doctors and nurses, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday suggested that pharmacists could substitute ... Read more...
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Soon, a genetic test to locate family origins ‘within miles’
July 6th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): A simple genetic test could soon help people discover the exact origins of their family within a few miles, researchers claim. University of Edinburgh researchers claimed that ... Read more...
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Ties with US, India’s foremost priority: Krishna
June 4th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 4 (ANI): India considers its mutually beneficial relationship with the United States to be one of its foremost foreign policy priorities, visiting External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told ... Read more...
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Teachers should be better paid, says Sting
May 10th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 10 (IANS/EFE) British singer Sting, a former schoolteacher, believes that teaching "attracts the most brilliant minds of society" and therefore, teachers should be better paid.
"The level of income for ... Read more...
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Snake bites kill 100,000 annually: WHO
May 4th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, May 4 (DPA) Bites from venomous snakes kill at least 100,000 people a year, with many countries lacking the drugs and capacity to deal with the threat, the World Health Organization ... Read more...
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Governor Crist applauds passing of Florida Jobs Bill
May 1st, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by BNO News
TALLAHASSE, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – Governor Charlie Crist on Friday applauded the passing of Senate Bill 1752, which is better known as Florida’s Jobs Bill.Florida’s Jobs Bill provides strategic investments in a ... Read more...
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TERI to help light up Bihar villages
March 18th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 18 (IANS) The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will help power-starved Bihar light up thousands of village homes with solar energy.
TERI director R.K. Pachauri offered help to Bihar Chief ... Read more...
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U.S. not to accept 2nd place in world economy while India, China race for top: Obama
January 28th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan., 28 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama on Thursday said the US cannot accept second place for itself in the world economy and should become serious about fixing its ... Read more...
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State of the Union Address by the President Obama - Full Text
January 28th, 2010 - 9:11 am ICT by BNO News
Washington, DC, Jan 27 (BNO NEWS) The following is the full text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address 2010.
(Watch live here)
(As prepared for delivery)
"Madame ... Read more...
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Self-Help Groups need to help themselves for survival
January 18th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by ANI
Raipur (Chhattisgarh),Jan.18 (ANI): Self Help Groups or, the SHGs have gathered momentum in the last decade or so while serving as a forum for women usually in the rural context to meet, ... Read more...
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Prince Williams calls for balancing conservation with needs of human race
January 8th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 8 (ANI): Balancing environmental conservation with the growing needs of society is one of the greatest challenges faced by the human race, Prince Williams has said.While gracing the occasion ... Read more...
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Bio-energy centre launched at IIT-Kharagpur
January 5th, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kharagpur (West Bengal), Jan 5 (IANS) The country's first bio-energy centre was launched at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur Tuesday for undertaking research, teaching and technological implementation of conventional and non-conventional energy.
The ... Read more...
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Manipur hosts fair promoting rural handicrafts and handlooms
December 10th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Dec 10(ANI): A ten-day fair was recently held in Manipur which was aimed at promoting rural handicrafts and handlooms of the state in domestic as well as international market. 'Saras Fair- ... Read more...
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Rural America more prosperous than expected
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 3 (ANI): A recent study by researchers at the University of Illinois (U of I) found that much of rural America is more prosperous than expected, particularly in the Midwest ... Read more...
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Theron’s charity builds football fields in Africa ahead of World Cup
November 27th, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 27 (ANI): South African actress Charlize Theron has revealed that her charity is raising cash to build football fields all over Africa in honour of the 2010 World Cup.Theron, 34, ... Read more...
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Theron to help build soccer fields in South Africa
November 27th, 2009 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 26 (IANS) Hollywood actress Charlize Theron is helping build soccer fields in her native South Africa in honour of the upcoming World Cup.
The soccer tournament will be hosted by ... Read more...
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Indians respond to Obama’s message of hope: US envoy
October 10th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Lauding US President Barack Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize, US ambassador Timothy J. Roemer Saturday said his message of change and hope has resonated among ... Read more...
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FCC to look into Google Voice service restrictions
October 10th, 2009 - 3:30 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Federal regulators and agencies will probe the complaints by AT&T, Rep. Steve Buyer and 19 other legislators that Google's messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks ... Read more...
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Federal Communications Commission investigates Google Voice calling restrictions
October 10th, 2009 - 3:28 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has opened an investigation into alleged Google Voice calling restrictions, the agency said on Friday. Google immediately replied on ... Read more...
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Priyanka Chopra urges youngsters to save environment
August 11th, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Do your bit to save the environment even if it is a tiny step, urges actress Priyanka Chopra who is working for a greener tomorrow as ... Read more...
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PM hopes Deep Joshi’s work will inspire others
August 4th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Congratulating Indian social activist Deep Joshi on winning the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his work should inspire others to dedicate ... Read more...
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