Evacuation process on as water level rises in Yamuna

The official said more people living in low-lying areas have been evacuated. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had yesterday said all measures have been taken to deal with the "serious" situation. " With Haryana...

Mass strikes rock Paris, London

About 2.5 million people participated in the strike across the country. Some 270,000 citizens took to Paris streets to express their refusal of the pension reform plan, according to labor unions' figures, while Paris police said only 80,000 people took part in the...

Global Fund seeks India's support for health spending

In a telephonic interview from New Delhi, Professor Kazatchkine said: “My first objective is to ask the Indian government for political support in our advocacy effort to replenish the Global Fund. "Michel D. Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund (GF) to Fight...

Obama threatens to end tax breaks for outsourcing

“For years, our tax code has given billions of dollars in tax breaks, encouraging firms to create jobs in other nations. I want to change that,” the President said. Instead of tax loopholes that incentivise investments in overseas jobs, he will propose a “generous,...

India drops to 51st position in global competitiveness ranking

One way india is growing on economic front and some attributes of India like corruption,license raj,over political activity ,and red tap ism is pulling India in competitiveness ranking,India has been pushed down to 51st position from 49th due to its poor performance in a...

Canada wants more talented Indians: Minister

"Diplomatic relations with India are particularly very important and they are growing stronger. Canada is supporting the Indian nuclear industry that will help address its future energy needs. But I believe that most important thing is human connectivity and it is also...

Indopak express finally get the track

An Indian and a Pakistani will together play for the US Open doubles title Friday. Tennis might be the answerAll aboard the Indopak express.As history beckons Rohan Bopanna and Ahsam ul Haq Quresi, who are just...

Mullah Omar says Taliban close to victory in Afghanistan

Mullah Omar, who is believed to be hiding in Pakistan made the statement to mark the end of the Muslim month of fasting Ramadan, which was posted on jihadist websites, monitored by site intelligence...

Sri Lanka lawmakers give sweeping powers to President Rajapaksa

Srilankan legislative has extended the precidencial term amid protest and counter-protest in the capital Colombo, Members of Parliament in the 225-member parliament voted for the proposals by 161 to 17 against."The lifting of the two-term presedeencial limits ...

Cabinet okays caste enumeration in 2011

.Indian cabinet given the node for headcount of cast in the 2011 cencus.P.Chidambaram said it had been decided to go for a separate enumeration of caste based on the response of political parties that caste should be canvassed but the integrity of the headcount in census 2011...

Pastor, Despite Protests, Still Plans Quran Burning

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it would be a "disrespectful, disgraceful act." She was speaking Tuesday night at a State Department dinner in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Her ...

3rd UPDATE: BP:No Single Factor Caused Deepwater Horizon Blast

Those four minutes contained another series of terrible failures. The bursting of gas and oil into the wellbore pushed up pressure readings 40 minutes earlier, but it was 40 minutes before any action was taken. ...

UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in recent days sent Khare to Congo to investigate why U.N. peacekeepers didn't learn about at least 242 mass rapes in the Luvungi area from July 30 to Aug. 4 until Aug. 12, when it was informed by the International Medical Corps which was...

Our Spontaneous Universe

Well, not exactly. The good professor has said, in rather less dramatic fashion, that the nature of the law of gravity means that something can, indeed, come from nothing – the act of creatio ex nihilo that ...

Australia leads on foreign students

The country has became the heaven for the student however the security concerns are also mounting in Australia.Recent attack on asian students can dempent the sentiments of the student who are willing to take admission in Australia."AUSTRALIA has the highest proportion of...
 

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