Child rights groups meet Delhi legislators
July 27th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Two child rights organisations Friday held discussions with Delhi legislators over allocation and utilisation of funds for child welfare in the state budget.Officials from HAQ: ... Read more...
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Petrol prices in Goa plunge
April 2nd, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 2 (IANS) Petrol prices in Goa have dropped down to Rs.54.96 since Monday, the cheapest in the country, an official said.Long queues were witnessed at most petrol ... Read more...
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Argentina says oil company owes $8 mn in tax
February 16th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) Argentina's Treasury has prohibited oil company YPF, controlled by Spain's Repsol-YPF, from making any imports or exports until it pays an $8 million tax debt, ... Read more...
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Grim scenes as Blackberry cuts 2,000 jobs
July 26th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 26 (IANS) There were grim scenes at the BlackBerry headquarters at Waterloo near here Monday after the most famous Canadian company axed 2,000 jobs - about 11 percent ... Read more...
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Male snake choose to ‘abandon food source than losing their penis’
April 19th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 19 (ANI): A new research has suggested that fight or flee Snakes on a small Taiwanese island would rather abandon a food source than risk losing their twin penis.In their ... Read more...
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E-books outsell hardbacks on Amazon
July 21st, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) Amazon, the online retailer and owner of the Kindle e-reader, has announced that digital books have been consistently outselling hardback books for the last three months in the ... Read more...
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Diesel now costs Rs.37.40 a litre in Delhi
July 20th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The cost of diesel in the national capital came down to Rs.37.40 a litre Tuesday as the Delhi government's decision to roll back value added tax (VAT) ... Read more...
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China concerned over attacks on Indian students in Australia
June 4th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, June 4 (ANI): China has joined India in asking Australia to provide improved protection for foreign students after a series of violent racist assaults on Indian students Down Under."There are over ... Read more...
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India to grow 7-8 percent this fiscal: ICICI chief
April 4th, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Despite the economic slowdown, the Indian economy is likely to grow 7-8 percent in 2009-10, ICICI Bank chief executive K.V. Kamath said here Saturday.
"The quarter-on-quarter growth should now ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Airlines cuts flights to India by half
March 25th, 2009 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka's national carrier has cut its flights to India by half, a report said Wednesday.
"Sri Lankan Airlines has slashed flights to India from 100 a week to ... Read more...
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Pak Defence Minister rejects IMF condition of cutting defence budget by 30 pc
October 25th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 25 (ANI): Rejecting IMF condition that Pakistan should cut down on its defence budget by 30 percent, the countrys Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar has said that the defence sector ... Read more...
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