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India: New voyage of enterprise and creativity
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India has come a long way since 1985, when Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi inaugurated the First India Economic Summit. These past two decades have been a period of great change in India, in my opinion, a change for the better.
When Rajiv spoke here two decades ago he put forth a bold vision of a new India, a modern India, ready to burst into the world stage, full of energy, enterprise and dynamism. In many ways, Rajiv Gandhi was ahead of his times ...
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9.3.2007
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Indian, world newspaper circulation up, despite Internet
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Newspaper circulations worldwide rose 2.3 percent in 2006 with Indian sales increasing most with 12.93 percent, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said here Monday.Newspaper sales increased in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America, with North America the only continent to register a decline. Advertising revenues in paid dailies were up 3.77 percent last year, WAN said.China, Japan and India account for 60 of the world's 100 best-selling d ...
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6.8.2007
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Low-caste Indian Hindus convert to Buddhism in mass meet
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MUMBAI (AFP) - Some 5,000 Dalits -- those at the bottom of the ancient religious hierarchy who were once known as untouchables -- converted to Buddhism in Mumbai, state capital of Maharashtra in western India, a Dalit group said.
"We estimate that close to 5,000 Dalits have chosen the path towards Buddhism by the end of the day," said Shravan Gaikwad, representative of the Samatha Sainik Dal, a Dalit group.
Large-scale Dalit conversions take ...
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5.29.2007
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NXP eyes Indian e-passports order
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The world's leading microchips maker NXP Semiconductors is pitching for a multi-million dollar order from the Indian government to supply chips for electronic passports (e-passport), according to official sources. "With the government of India deciding to go for e-passports soon, we are looking forward to provide our chips and contactless identification technology to the passport offices across the country," NXP India sales and marketing director ...
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5.21.2007
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India plans to borrow $15 billion for railroad overhaul
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KYOTO: Indian Railways, Asia's oldest network, plans to borrow $15 billion from commercial banks over the next five years to build new tracks, add passenger cars and modernize stations, the company's chairman, J. P. Batra said recently.
The funding is part of the state-run network's plan to spend as much as $56 billion by 2012 to meet rising demand for transportation in the world's second-fastest growing major economy after China.
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5.12.2007
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Discussing gender, sexuality through a film festival
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New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Indian capital is set to host a film festival on "gender and sexuality, identities and spaces" starting May 12, with works of several artistes from different parts of the world.
The four-day fest is being organised by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), a non-profit body promoting alternative and documentary filmmaking in India.
"It's a first as far as PSBT goes. We earlier had our 'Open Frame' festiv ...
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5.12.2007
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The Married-To-Indians Club
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When Valerie Tripp, an American social worker, says goodbye to her Indian husband at the railway station she claps him on the shoulder. This is their secret code to signify that a hug and a kiss are intended. It's one of the small, personally meaningful gestures she has had to manufacture to blend in with Indian culture. She's part of a group of foreign women in Mumbai who are married to Indian men or are in a serious relationship with them. The ...
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2.20.2007
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Singapore based Global Indian Foundation to launch international school in Pune in association with Goel Ganga Group
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Singapore based Global Indian Foundation to launch international school in Pune in association with Goel Ganga Group
Date Released: 02/13/2007
Singapore based Global Indian Foundation to launch international school in Pune in association with Goel Ganga Group
· Goel Ganga Group announces their pioneer launch of an International School, ‘Global Indian International School, Pune. (GIIS Pune)’, in association with Global Indian Education F ...
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2.15.2007
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India has central strategic role in East Asia: Singapore deputy PM
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New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Ahead of the ASEAN summit in Cebu, Philippines next week, Singapore Sunday outlined a "central strategic and economic role" for India in the construction of a vibrant new East Asia and the emerging regional architecture.
"India has a natural and central place in the emerging East Asian order and has key roles to play to shape the emerging regional architecture," Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar said at the 5 ...
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1.8.2007
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Energy efficiency labels: India joins 12-nation group
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India has joined the select group of 12 countries with energy efficiency labels for refrigerators, which manufacturers must display on each unit on a voluntary basis.
The standards and labelling scheme for frost-free refrigerators and tubular fluorescent lamps came into being from May 18 this year, said Mr R. Harikumar, General Secretary, Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (SEEM). Twenty other countries have this provision on a mandat ...
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6.5.2006
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