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PM discusses impact of global crisis

BY MUKESH RANJAN New Delhi Nov. 17: A day after his return from the G-20 summit in Washington on Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting of the high-level committee looking into the impact of global financial...

Scientist for ‘climate emergency’ term

By OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Nov. 17: The totality of climate change’s effect on the globe are going to be drastic and the term "climate change" is "more passive" as compared to its effect. A biologist and practitioner of...

Bullion metals drop

19 hrs ago

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 (New Delhi) Bullion metals ended lower on Monday, 17 November, 2008. For the month of October, gold had ended lower by 18%. For the third quarter ended September, 2008, gold prices ended lower by...

Pranab heads to Nepal Nov 24

New Delhi, Nov 17 - With the democratic process still evolving in Nepal, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee heads to Kathmandu Nov 24 on a three-day visit that will seek to firm up bilateral ties under a new Maoist...

New guidelines for media while reporting on HIV/AIDS

New Delhi, Nov 17 - No using the term scourge, no hidden camera to show people living with HIV, no images of the sick and dying, and no graphics of skulls and crossbones while reporting on HIV and AIDS, the Press Council of...

Dutch couple in India pays $200 for "special" samosas

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Dutch couple on a visit to the eastern Indian state of Bihar paid 10,000 rupees (136 pounds) for four samosas, a spicy deep-fried snack that usually doesn't cost more than a few rupees, a newspaper...

IIST and AIMA to implement campus dimensions

Mumbai, Nov 17 (ANI/Business Wire India):Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and All India Management Association (AIMA) have chosen Campus Dimensions to automate their Trivandrum and New Delhi campuses...

British fashion designer woos Indian audience with her vibrant colours

India's News.Net Monday 17th November, 2008 (ANI) New Delhi, Nov 17 : Britain's leading fashion designer, Caroline Charles wooed Indian audience with her spring/summer 2009 collection at Chivas Fashion Tour 2008ere on Sunday....

No compromise on key issues in WTO talks: India

From ANI New Delhi, Nov 17: Union Minister for Trade and Commerce said in New Delhi on Monday that India will not compromise on some of the issues which have stalled world trade talks, such as protecting its farm sector. But...

Indian Kashmir goes to the polls

Sumbhal, India - Indian Kashmir voted under tight security on Monday for a new state government, with separatists staging a massive boycott to protest New Delhi's hold over the Himalayan region. Kashmir was put under direct...