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24 March 2014

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SPOTLIGHT

 

India will vote in a fortnight in a momentous election

 

India will begin voting in exactly a fortnight from now to elect 543 MPs for a new Lok Sabha in a parliamentary election that will be the world's largest democratic exercise involving a whopping 814 million strong electorate....

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NEWS

 

Dust over Africa, Gulf linked to Indian monsoon

 

Increased dust in the air over northern Africa and West Asia directly gives the monsoon in India a boost, a new study has found....

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A fourth of Indian business graduates land jobs in US

 

About one in four business school graduates in India find jobs in America, second only to China, which sends 38 percent of its alumni to the US, according to a new survey....

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An Indian state developing its biggest grassland for tigers

 

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....

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Indian-origin British businessman to be extradited to South Africa

 

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....

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INDIA AFRICA COOPERATION

 

Airtel set to introduce Nokia X in 17 African nations

 

Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has joined hands with handset maker Nokia to provide new Nokia X smartphone across 17 countries in Africa from mid-April this year, a company statement said here Thursday....

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Indian girl wins spelling bee contest in Ghana

 

An Indian girl, representing Delhi Public School (Ghana), has won this year's national spelling bee contest and will represent that west African nation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US later this year....

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India Inc investment in South Africa to touch $7 bn

 

South Africa, one of the key investment destinations for India Inc, expects around $500 million in investments in 2014-2015 from India....

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BUSINESS

 

India grants Niger $60 mn in one quarter

 

As India seeks to boost its engagement with West Africa, it is a measure of Niger's importance that the landlocked uranium and oil-rich country of 17 million - with which bilateral trade amounts to a little over $100 million - has been granted two lines of credit (LoCs) of nearly $60 million in one quarter....

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Telcos to share infrastructure in Africa, Middle East

 

Seven mobile operator groups, serving 506 million customers across Africa and the Middle East, plan to share their network infrastructure to provide Internet and mobile broadband access to unserved rural communities, a statement by telecom body GSM Association (GSMA) said here Tuesday....

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India Inc snaps up $29.3 billion overseas assets in 2013-14

 

Outward foreign direct investment from the country, which was on slippery road during the past two fiscals, has seen some signs of recovery in the current fiscal with the total deal value touching $29.3 billion so far, says a report....

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EDUCATION

 

India Higher Education: Enrolment to grow by 30 percent by the year 2020

 

Increased investment in education sector and economic growth will likely help higher education enrollment in India to increase by 30 per cent by the year 2020....

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HEALTH

 

Indian scientists find clue to Alzheimer's cure in Russell's viper venom

 

The bite that kills can also provide a clue to a cure. A tiny fraction of Russell's viper venom, one of the most deadly toxins, has been shown to halt the memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease in a new study by Indian scientists here....

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TECHNOLOGY

 

Latest eToilet model to be unveiled at Delhi fair

 

Eram Scientific Solutions Monday announced it will unveil its latest eToilet model at the "Reinvent the Toilet Fair" to be held in Delhi later this month....

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You can use your phone to go paperless at home and work

 

Time was when you had a large desk – a messy one at that. You printed papers or had thick files that sat in almirahs. You waded through them to find the stuff you wanted, and they cut more trees so you could do this....

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AGRICULTURE

 

Indian farmers` seed saving movement holds promise

 

Jardhar village comprises of nearly 26 small hamlets in Uttarakhand, a north Indian state. Like hundreds of villages in the country agriculture is a major occupation here....

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