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The three-day Africa-Asia Agribusiness Forum meeting that took place in the Indian capital between Feb 4-6, 2014 tried to provide solutions to many challenges faced by African countries in their way to develop agri-business and related sectors. The African participants showed keen interest in learning from India's experience in the arena. Some asked for Indian investment in terms of expertise and machinery.... |
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Global experts from India and Dubai - hot spots of the world diamond trade - have called for restraint in what they call continued Western criticism of working conditions in diamond mines in Africa that contribute nearly 60 percent of the world's supplies.... |
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It sounds as unreal as it is unique: An India-China defence joint venture in Africa, a continent over which the Asian giants are at loggerheads for influence.... |
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India is exploring coal deposits in South Africa and seeking out new, safer technology for mining and quarrying.... |
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India's relations with Morocco got a major revival with the visit of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid last week that also underscored the strategic and economic importance of the North African country.... |
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Kenya is planning to mechanise its agriculture and looking to India for farm equipment that will bring down production costs. The East African country is also bringing in policy changes to transform the sector from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture.... |
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Africa's importance for Indian infrastructure conglomerate Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) stems from the strengths in the two sectors creating strong synergy with the continent.... |
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The global markets in fossil fuels are curbing the development of renewable energy in Africa, a top UN official said in New Delhi.... |
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In pursuit of its growth agenda, telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Wednesday announced a rejig of its top team at Airtel Africa.... |
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India and Namibia have agreed to finalise early a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between India and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) aimed at reducing tariffs on traded items.... |
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PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar are among Fortunemagazine's list of 50 most powerful women in business who are "taking on the world" by pushing into new territories and inspiring women in their home countries.... |
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Amid all the fanfare and glamour associated with new launches of vehicles at the 12th edition of the Auto Expo in the national capital New Delhi, students of a private university from Punjab are quietly showcasing 15 vehicles - all conceptualized, designed, developed and manufactured by them.... |
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An urge to help the disabled led a 13-year-old to create a "multipurpose crutch" - which has a torch, a horn, foldable planks that can be used to sit or create a table and an umbrella holder. The teenager was among many students at a science meet here showcasing various solutions to the country's problems.... |
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Changing habits and sedentary lifestyles have made the incidence of strokes more prevalent among South Asians, notably Indians, and can induce permanent disability or prove fatal, even as preventive measures are at hand, doctors maintain.
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Thirty-year-old Chitra Shah was devastated when she discovered that her husband was suffering from lung cancer. She found it extremely hard to look after her young child and aged in-laws and take her husband for his post-surgery chemotherapy sessions to a hospital 40 km away. A financial crunch put additional pressure on her.... |
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When 64-year-old Sudha Tandon gained 20kg in a span of six months, she took it for what it was — simple weight gain because of her indifferent diet and inactive lifestyle. ... |
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Rajinder Singh, 17, was last year detected with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer at its terminal stage. On the advice of oncologists at AIIMS he started undergoing sessions of chemotherapy, which brought changes in his eating habits and also in his physical appearance.... |
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Fifty years since the first U.S. Surgeon General's Report in 1964 clearly stated that cigarette smoking was a health hazard, the 32 Surgeon General's Report released recently has shown that we are yet to fully understand the real magnitude and extent of tobacco's diverse adverse effects on the human body. The Report expands the list of diseases and adverse health effects of smoking.... |
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The challenge ahead for India and Africa is to realise the full potential of business opportunities in agriculture and agribusiness sectors, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said February 5.... |
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Indian agriculture is traditionally, to a large extent, rainfed and under dryland cultivation.... |
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Angad Daryani, a 15-year-old Mumbai resident, found it tough to convince his dad to part with the $1597 required for buying a ready-to-use 3D printer. So he decided to make one himself. "Eventually, I could do it in half the amount," says Daryani, who is now planning to sell his assembled printers, which can make a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, at under $319 - a price he claims is the cheapest in the country.... |
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The Centre has given its nod to Delhi's bid for UNESCO World Heritage City status. Delhi has cited the historical city of Shahjahanabad and the more recent Lutyens' Delhi in its bid for heritage status. The deadline for submitting entries ended last week. ... |
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