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Expressing serious concern over the religious conversions taking place in the country, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday urged Prime Minister ( to break his silence over the issue and give a strong statement against th...
Indian Government to open five new IITs and few more IIMs The next academic session ( in full function. The IITs will come us in Chattisgarh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Jammu. From the ( "We have already written to...
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to protect the girls and women of the country. He said, "The festival of Raksha Banana is an occasion to strengthen the bonds...
While speaking at wives of African leaders in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, Michelle Obama said living in the White House is confining, prison like. She was in a conversation with Laura Bush and was reflecting on how difficu...
To my friends who live outside of Turkey: I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because at the time of my writing most of the media sources are...
Among many other things, Indians first need to unlearn what they believe are the rights of women and give back their right to live freely, without biases, without being judged … ( yes it is definitely painful but not rea...
Union home ministerSushilkumar Shinde on Monday made a statement in both the Houses of Parliamentgiving details of the rape of a five-year-old girl as well as the police response to it. However, he sought to underline th...
He's been named the ( a self-made mogul behind the Zara fashion house who has amassed a staggering fortune estimated at $US57 billion ($55 billion). But search for a photograph of Amancio Ortega online or any information...
Titan boss Maurice Taylor tells French they have 'beautiful women' but 'no idea how to run a business' An American tyre tycoon has fired off a second virulent missive to France's industry minister, saying his country has...
China could be considering relaxing its harsh one-child policy because of women like Hu Yanqin, who lives in a village at the edge of the Gobi desert. Hu lives in the Jiuquan region in Gansu province, one of the rare pla...
This week the scandal over horsemeat in hamburgers and lasagne has spread beyond Britain, revealing cracks in the Continent's food supply chain. Authorities are now trying to trace the meat's circuitous path across Europ...
Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gray said she expects school board members to meet within the next two weeks to determine if disciplinary action is warranted for a teacher who made slurs about first lady Michelle Obama a...
What makes a population happy? Income and economic security matter, but as researchers examining global wellbeing surveys have repeatedly found, they don't tell the whole story — and the data from Latin America proves th...
The showdown between global steel giant ArcelorMittal and France over its Florange plant hit new heights on Monday as a minister said the company was no longer welcome in the country. A source close to the matter said co...
Understanding Fresh Vs Organic Vegetables & Fruits - Which is Better ? The topic "Fresh Vs Organic Vegetables & Fruits - Which is Better ?" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answ...
A student at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore was raped on the university campus, in a crime that highlighted the persistent safety failures at India's most prestigious educational institutions an...
Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...
Speaking here at a press conference on Saturday, the Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that he was aware that it was a crime to instigate the people for murder, but he was ready to commit the crime....
Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...
A Washington Post investigation into chronic fatigue and low energy struck a nerve with millions of American readers who recognized themselves in its description of a population perpetually running on fumes — alert enoug...
Understanding Health and Wellness Health is multidimensional—physical, mental, emotional, and social. True health requires attention to all dimensions. The Interconnection of Health Factors Physical health influences men...
Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...
Govt increases SMS limit to 20 with immediate effect After checking the use of SMSes to prevent spreading of rumours which had led to mass exodus of northeastern people from certain states, the government on Thursday inc...
Grids supplying electricity to half of India's 1.2 billion people collapsed on Tuesday, trapping coal miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness in the second major blackout in as many days....
Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...
Recent data released by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) rates Delhi as the most unsafe place for children. A total of 33,098 cases of crime against children have been reported in the country in 2011 as compared to 26...
India's corruption problem is not a peripheral dysfunction of an otherwise functional system. It is structural—woven into the incentive architecture of how political parties fund themselves, how government contracts are...
Canadian dismemberment suspect arrested in Germany The international manhunt for the porn actor accused of killing and dismembering a man in Canada ended Monday in a Berlin Internet cafe with the arrest of Luka Rocco Mag...
The argument has a certain seductive logic: raise taxes on the wealthy, and they'll simply leave — taking their capital, their businesses, and their economic activity with them, leaving behind a smaller tax base and, ult...
About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education. Since the...
Moves toward international recognition of Indian engineering degrees — the BTech qualification awarded by Indian universities and institutions — represented a significant development for Indian graduates seeking employme...
TRAIN TO PAKISTAN Chatto and Windus published Khushwant Singh’s novel “Train to Pakistan” in 1956. It’s a 181-page novel and is available in both paperback and hardback. It’s a novel, which catches your attention from th...
Assad emails: The 'Ming' vase From: Soulieman Marouf Subject: Re: abd Date: 17 June 2011 22:45:00 BST To: ak@alshahba.com He bought it. Got 15% discount. Delivery 10 weeks. Today you should be receiving an Armani light....
Ireland's request for an €85 billion international bailout in November 2010 followed a trajectory that analysts of the eurozone debt crisis had seen before: a country whose government had made commitments that its econom...
