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In a basement on a rainy afternoon, three students from Congo in their 20s are trying out their musical instruments. They have formed a choir for prayer meetings, where young African professionals and students gather thrice a week. |
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Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti has dragged Africans into an unseemly controversy at a time students from the continent are rediscovering India after exploring China and others for over two decades.... |
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Witnessing a steady growth in the number of Indian visitors to South Africa, the country will be promoting itself more aggressively across India, wanting a bigger piece of the tourist pie, an official said Jan 21.... |
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From an 11-bed hospital in Madurai started by Dr G. Venkataswamy (better known as 'Dr V'), the late founder-Chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital, the eye-care institution is now setting up its first overseas venture, in Nigeria.... |
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan lent support to the Indian premiere of Anant Singh's "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom" about former South African president Nelson Mandela, whom he remembers as a kind person.... |
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My 12-year-old daughter gets exasperated easily. Maybe it's because she's 12. She gets even more exasperated because she says I seem to have a saying for everything: Patience is a virtue. You can catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. Never judge a book by its cover. When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. The last two seem to be the most relevant as they apply to racism and racist acts in India.... |
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What goes on inside bedrooms reflects the politics of a system, believes British author of Egyptian descent Shereen el Feki, who in her debut book has used sex as a lens to peep into the conservative lives of the Arabs and has correlated it with the stifled voices of women at various levels - from politics to economics - in the Arab world, especially Egypt.
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After being in the news for all the wrong reasons for two consecutive years, the Jaipur Literature Festival 2014 traversed geopolitical borders, overcame language barriers and discussed political, social and women's issues to exchange ideas without attracting any unwanted controversy.... |
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Mozambique, where hydrocarbon discoveries are drawing droves of foreign investors, is ready to satisfy India's natural gas needs, according to a minister from the southeast African nation.... |
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In 1982, Nelson Mandela was shifted from Robben Island prison to the one in Pollsmoor by the then South African government to weaken his influence over young anti-apartheid activists. A college-going Anant Singh was one such activist. Singh used to regularly write to Mandela when the latter was in prison. Once, when he wrote to him seeking his permission to make a film on him, Mandela's reply was, "Who would want to watch a film about me?... |
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The desert, though serene, can be a hard place to live in. But for a motley crew of nomadic musicians from arid lands in the Sahara desert, it has given them a metaphor for global success, recognition and "having their voices heard".... |
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Bangalore-based biotechnology company Biocon Ltd is planning to take its recently launched breast cancer drug to other emerging markets.... |
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As a teenager Deepa Balendran, 32, loved applying lipsticks and had an enviable collection of shades. Little did she know what harm those bright colours were doing to her lips. “I noticed my lips were turning darker. I started eating healthy but it did not help,” she said.... |
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Better known as the miracle aid to fight wrinkles that come with age, Botox is now used to treat incontinence - a condition in which one loses bladder control, leading to involuntary urination - that affects both women and men.... |
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With social networking sites catering to people of all age groups, youngsters and students need a space of their own in the cyber world. Now thanks to 'Campus Plugin', young adults can connect with people of their own age group across the country.
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An indigenous AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), that enables the Indian Air Force (IAF) look up to 400 km into Pakistan and China while remaining in the safety of its own airspace, should be available by about 2020, its developer says.... |
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