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'Hybrid vehicles more fuel-efficient in India than US'
Heavy traffic, few freeways and aggressive driving style - these road conditions in India are ideal for saving fuel with hybrid vehicles, a promising research led by a team of Indian-American scientists has shown. |
India leads on domestic market-led growth path: UNCTAD headBy Biswajit Choudhury
India has crucially placed the domestic market as the driver of its economic development, which strategy is also a major prescription for sustainable recovery of the global economy post the financial crisis that began in 2008. |
11 Indian-Americans in Forbes list of 100 top venture investors with 'Midas' touchThe Hindustan Times/ PTI
Eleven Indian-Americans have featured in Forbes annual list of 100 best venture investors with the "Midas" touch, who made savvy investments in startups and then sold off their stakes to pocket nearly $95 billion in profits. |
WHO officially declares India 'polio-free'By AARTI DHAR/ The Hindu
The World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the world's population, was certified polio-free on Thursday by an independent commission under the WHO certification process. |
Scripting a musical campaign in support of a political partyBy Alok Singh
A group of young professionals, who are hobby singers and supporters of the political party, Aam Admi Party (AAP), are scripting a musical campaign for the party in this election. |
42 percent increase in teenage voters in India since December pollsBy Ambika Pandit/ The Times of India
Within four months of the assembly elections, Delhi's voter tally has increased from 1.19 crore to more than 1.27 crore. More significantly, roughly 42%-3.4 lakh-of the newly-enrolled voters are in the 18-19 age group. Five years ago, there were only 93,000 voters in this bracket. |
Rare pieces of history now at National Museum in DelhiTimes of India
For the first time an array of exquisite artefacts, belonging to periods from the Harappan civilization to modern times, will be displayed to the public at the National Museum in New Delhi. A few tiny Harappan figures, a monumental Naga Deva, an eighth-century Uma-Maheshvara, an animal-headed anthropomorph and a marble tomb of a Mughal lady dating back to the 17th century are part of 'The Body in Indian Art'. |
Missoni finds inspiration in rural IndiaBy John Sarkar/ The Times of India
For someone who burst into fame by instructing models to walk the ramp without bras - that too in the moderate sixties - Rosita Missoni has come a long way. These days, the 84-year-old matriarch of legendary Italian fashion house Missoni goes continent hopping to find inspiration in the most unlikely of places. Interestingly, Indian villages happen to be some of them. |
An Indian state developing its biggest grassland for tigersBy Imran Khan
Bihar is developing India's biggest grassland of over 800 acres in its only tiger reserve in the state's northeast to provide a wildlife friendly environment for the big cats whose numbers have doubled in the last three years. |
Indian-origin British businessman to be extradited to South AfricaThe Hindu/ PTI
Shrien Dewani, an Indian-origin British businessman accused of plotting the murder of his Indo-Swedish wife on their honeymoon in Cape Town, will be extradited to South Africa on April 7, according to a media report on Sunday. |
