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Entering 2014, the year that will see the hosting here of the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, the focus will be on the key element of maritime security cooperation between the neighbours separated by the Indian Ocean, the key waterway for trade between the West and the East.
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Far away from their homes, African footballers are flocking to India for greener pastures. They have not only won a million Indian hearts in the last two decades but have also been a source of inspiration for young Indian footballers. While some 400 Africans are playing in various clubs in India, around 25 feature in the top clubs in the elite I-League football tournament.... |
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For the last decade or so, there has been an increasing clamour about India’s young population, most of it coming from people of my generation who have begun to realise that this demographic reality is going to force them to re-examine the way they run their businesses, the way they handle their employees, the way they approach their consumers, and most fundamentally, the way they run the country.... |
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday inaugurated the state-of-the-art Terminal 2 (T2) at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and said work on the new airport at Navi Mumbai will start soon. International operations from T2, built at a cost of Rs 5,500 crore, will commence February 12, while domestic operations are expected to begin only in July 2015.
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Egyptian women have been the worst sufferers in the revolution and the rise of Islamist factions has seen curtailment of the rights of women, said a leading women's activist from the North African nation whose organisation has been quietly operating in the country's southern region to empower women through training in traditional crafts to enable them stand on their own feet.... |
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What do tea, turmeric and broccoli have in common? A lot, when it comes to an arsenal of certain chemicals found in them, called phytochemicals, that can be harnessed to combat cancer therapy side-effects in synergy with conventional anti-cancer drugs.... |
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In a discovery that may aid vaccine design for a common form of malaria in India, scientists have found the strain in circulation that attacks human red blood cells by clamping down on them with a pair of proteins. Earlier studies had suggested only one P vivax protein binds to one protein on the surface of red blood cells. ... |
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When the trailer of Chander Pahar (Mountains of Moon) was unveiled at a popular amusement park here on Children's Day in 2013, little did anyone know this would become a milestone film in the history of Bengali cinema.... |
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Dhruv Jain dreams of making systems and devices that enhance mobility and communication for people with disabilities. And it is not an idle dream, he is well on his way to realising it.... |
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Foodgrain output in India touched an all-time high of 259.29 million tonnes in 2011-12, according to agriculture ministry data. But, according to UK-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the country wastes about 20 million tonnes of just wheat each year, due to inadequate storage infrastructure. ... |
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Neelam Kumar looks for her private space when she is holidaying but alas, that is at times unavailable even in a five-star hotel. This quest for her own space and corner has led her to buy and furnish a flat in Goa, one of the country's hottest luxury vacation spots, which she rents out when not living there herself.... |
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Adoption of high production technology and cultivation of high yielding varieties have put tremendous pressure on soil nutrient reserve in the country leading to a great imbalance in nutrient status in the soil.
A large chunk of soil in the country has been rendered deficient in micronutrients, which is one of the major reasons that crops have stopped responding to fertilizers, according to Dr. M Anandaraj, Director of Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) in Kozhikode.... |
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In a country whose sole unifying national obsession is probably cinema, collections of film artefacts and memorabilia in the country have mostly been private. That gap is about to be filled. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is set to unveil a 6,000-square foot National Museum of Indian Cinema in Gulshan Mahal, a heritage building on Pedder Road in Mumbai. ... |
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