India welcomed on Wednesday an offer by the United States to limit its disputed farm subsidies as part of efforts to save a global trade deal but immediately came under pressure from Washington to make concessions itself.
What are you doing on your summer vacation? If you are an innovative student from the University of Southern California, the answer might be spending going to India, providing innovative water treatment measures to mitigate the spread of waterborne diseases, or educating locals on how to prevent oral cancer.
U.S. mulling WTO offer on key India services demand Reuters - The United States is prepared for the first time in world trade talks to discuss allowing more service professionals from India and other developing countries to work there, a U.S. industry official said.
Envoy says Tibetans want trouble-free Olympics Reuters - A Beijing Olympics that goes smoothly without "unhealthy disturbances"will best serve Tibetans by fostering a more confident China, said the chief envoy of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama.
After govt vote, India nuke deal to clear next hurdle Reuters - India's atomic energy deal with the United States, now back on track after the government won a confidence vote, next faces objections from some countries over selling uranium fuel and technology to the nuclear power.
Bloomberg, Gates pledge $375 mln against tobacco Reuters - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates pledged $375 million on Wednesday to fight what they called a global tobacco epidemic.
India's markets greet government win with relief Reuters - India's financial markets rallied on Wednesday in relief the government had won a confidence vote which could lead to it reviving stalled reforms, with the rupee surging against the dollar and shares jumping nearly 6 percent.
• What is the Anti-Defection Law? The Tenth Schedule - popularly known as the Anti-Defection Act - was included in the Constitution in 1985 by the Rajiv Gandhi ministry and sets the provisions for disqualification of elected members on the grounds of defection to another political party.
Gulmarg saw a complete shutdown on Monday enforced by traders, who were protesting against the grenade attack that left a tourist dead and two others injured.
Tension erupted in Jammu on Wednesday following the death of a local youth, who allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison to protest against the Government's decision to revoke the transfer of forestland to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.
Mahesh Gajanan Dharme of Deshing village in Sangli district paid Rs 20,000 to the Irrigation Department in June for water for his five-acre field from the nearby Mhaisal canal.
The Chhattisgarh Government is contemplating opening 'credit shops' in the Naxalite-infested areas of Dantewada and Bijapur in South Bastar so that the tribals there can get a month's credit on purchase of food grains and other items from fair price shops.
THIMPHU (Reuters) - Bhutan will crown its fifth king on Nov. 6, ending a two-year wait for an auspicious date for the 27-year-old Oxford-educated King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to don the Raven Crown.
Tuesday saw DU sending yet another message to smokers. The DUSU office hosted a nukkad naatak by the group Ahwaan on the ills of smoking. Ritesh Sharma, director-producer of the group, was optimistic about the campaign.
This week, I stand behind to present a Dilli of those Delhiwallas who spent at least some part of their lives in the Capital but no longer reside here. Their Delhi tells us more about themselves than the city itself.
Imagine a Washingtonian, Londoner or a Muscovite never having visited White House, Buckingham Palace or Kremlin respectively. Improbable? Our globetrotting Delhiites would likely have visited White House, Buckingham or Kremlin, but not Dilli's own Rashtrapati Bhavan.
London, July 23 (ANI): Standing at just three feet 11 inches, burglar Lee Kildare could literally have slipped under cops' radars if he hadn't poked his head out of a broken door panel.
London, July 23 (ANI): As if the chance of meeting and falling in love with identical twin brothers Craig and Mark Sanders was nothing short of a wonder for identical twin sisters Diane and Darlene Nettemeier, things got even better when Diane and Craig beat million to one odds to have identical twins themselves.
He has fought with a cobra 7m under the ground, shot with alligators, lay down with gharials and wrapped pythons around his neck. Meet Dr Brady Barr, reptile expert on National Geographic Channel, who lives his love every day.
Rearing elephants must have been fun in Mughal times. Not now. During that era, the demand for elephants was such that both the emperor and his nobles had a whole lot of men to catch and train the pachyderms. There was the hathi mohalla which was famous for such trainers.
Long after the sordid spectacle surrounding the trust vote on the Manmohan Singh government fades from our memory, the evening of July 22 will be remembered as the moment when a rising India demonstrated the political will to carve out a new place for itself in the world.
The stormy proceedings and final outcome in parliament on Tuesday were ample evidence, if needed, of the importance attached to the nuclear agreement in India.
Student-teacher infatuation is as true a fact of nature as gravity. Almost all of us can recount having crushes on our teachers that would be anything from a subtle liking for our junior school teacher to a full-blown obsession with our college professor - probably the reason we all relate to the lusty-eyed students when they see Sushmita Sen's pallu flutter in Main Hoon Na.
By Jesus! What a night! Bling-bright outfits, the sexiest of stilettos, swanky bags, crazy hairdos - it was an extravaganza worth witnessing. The night the fashion brigade enjoyed itself to the hilt to numbers new and old.
To many in the city, life is an array of difficult choices. A recent survey by the Delhi Commission for Women on 400 sex workers of Garstin Bastion Road revealed just that. More than 41 per cent entered the trade out of poverty; 39 per cent of them of their own will. Over 57 per cent confessed to substance abuse and only 50 per cent use condoms.
This weekend saw the opening of Jiggs Kalra's latest restaurant, Punjab Grill, at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon. The launch party, co-hosted by his son Zorawar and Dabur chairman Amit Burman, who are business partners in the venture, saw close friends, family and of course, the city's hoi-polloi, turn up in full force, so much so that the small 82-cover place was literally bursting at the seams as the party warmed up. Among the first to arrive were the Burmans - Amit's wife Divya looked svelte in a short black dress.
Sometimes all one needs to make a film a box office success is good music, very good publicity, beautiful actors and some attractive locations. Of course the content does the final talking in most of the cases but there are exceptions to the rule.
Rahul Bose is all geared to wield the megaphone once again. Everybody Says Im Fine marked the actors debut as a director. Boses second directorial venture is based on Mohsin Hamids Moth Smoke. Rahul has already bought the rights to convert the book into a film.
(RTTNews) - Sesa Goa Ltd., India's largest exporter of iron ore in the private sector, announced financial results for the first-quarter, reporting more than fourfold increase in its consolidated net profit, backed by strong growth in revenues from all segments, especially iron ore.
The delay in installation of floodlights at the Nehru stadium in Margao, Goa, has forced the state's football association to ask the All Indian Football Federation to shift Dempo's AFC Cup quarter-final to another venue. This is a big blow to India's National League champions, who are scheduled to play their AFC Cup home match against Singapore's Home United on September 16.
Goa will host the Tri Continental Film Festival 2008 in Panaji between July 25 to July 30. The festival will be held in collaboration with Goa International centre, Moving Images Goa and Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), who are hosting International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
MUMBAI -(Dow Jones)- India's Sesa Goa Ltd. (500295.BY) Wednesday said consolidated net profit for the fiscal first quarter rose nearly five-fold on year on the back of sharply higher sales revenue.
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, Sesa Goa announced that the consolidated net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008 surged to Rs.633.07 crores from Rs.131.33 crores in the corresponding quarter last year. Total income soared to Rs.1, 341.16 crores from Rs.528.31 crores in the year ago quarter.
When I vistied Sri Vrnadavan Dham after Gaura Purnima I had a desire to go to Radha Kunda to have darshan a the samadhi of HH Bhakti Swarupa Damodara Goswami. I was only going to be there for one and a half days so I was wondering how I would manage it. I happened to see the car of my friend Dr Liladhar Gupta and found him on his way to that very place, so I joined him.
The beauty found in this relative world pales before the beauty of Krishna?s perfect form. People are very much enamored by the beauty of this world. The Vedic literature, however, offers us penetrating insight into the actual nature of material beauty.
One of the 108 names of Lord Ganesha is "Nadapratithishta" meaning one who appreciates and loves music. Ganesha is symbolic of the music and rhythm of the cosmos. This gallery...
‘Namaste’ or ‘namaskar’ is the Hindu way of greeting each other. It is not a superficial gesture or mere word, but has deep spiritual significance. When we greet one...
There are many motivations for meditating, and it promises a world of benefits. Nick Applebee shares with us some tried and tested techniques to help you meditate and reap its fruits...
A major international best-seller, 'The Namesake' is a debut novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the author of 'Interpreter of Maladies' that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and critical acclaim for its grace, acuity, and compassion in detailing lives transported from India to America.
