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07 April 2014

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SPOTLIGHT

 

Flash mob, dance moves kickstart Indian cultural festival

 

A flash mob and dance moves from a Bollywood musical right at the Cairo International Airport kickstarted the second edition of the annual Indian cultural festival 'India by the Nile' in Egypt....

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India puts second navigation satellite into orbit

 

India moved a step closer to setting up its own satellite navigation system when in a copy-book style it successfully placed into orbit a satellite using its own rocket.  ...

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NEWS

 

'ISRO examining business model for industries in satellite, rocket production'

 

The Indian space agency is working at preparing a business model to partner with industries - public and private - so that they have a higher level of participation in the space sector, said its chief.  ...

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India to launch Astrosat in 2015

 

The Indian space agency is developing Astrosat - an astronomical satellite to study stars and other celestial bodies and expects to launch it in 2015, said a senior official.  ...

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Nigerian raises $15,000 fund to study in Unreasonable Institute

 

Mene Orits Blessing, a 26-year old student entrepreneur from Nigeria, who won the INDIAFRICA Business Venture Competition 2013 have been able to raise $15,000 to fund his travel cost and tuition fee for the boot camp by the Unreasonable Institute, USA, an official statement said here Thursday.  ...

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INDIA AFRICA COOPERATION

 

India to open warehouse in Nigeria for medicine export

 

In what is expected to give a major boost to the presence of Indian pharmaceutical companies in Africa, a new warehousing facility will be opened in Nigeria for exporting medicines from India to that West African country....

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Indian doctors in Mozambique to strengthen health service

 

Half a dozen Indian doctors arrived in Mozambique to help national health authorities increase health capacity, Maputo Central Hospital General Director Joao Fumane said.  ...

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Over 100 Indian firms in Libya trade fair seeking business

 

Over 100 Indian companies are taking part in the Tripoli International Fair beginning Wednesday, looking for business in health, education, IT, training, infrastructure, oil and gas, power and renewable energy in the North Africa nation that is seeing a slow, troubled transitioning to a democracy....

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Tata Power building wind power plants in South Africa

 

Leading generator and distributor Tata Power has said it is executing projects that would increase the company’s overall generation capacity by nearly 850 MW.  ...

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COMMENT

 

India-Africa: a burgeoning commercial axis

 

Indian investors may be gloomy about their domestic economy after a sharp slowdown in growth to less than 5 per cent a year, but they seem to have lost none of their enthusiasm for Africa’s emerging markets across the Indian Ocean.  ...

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CONVERSATION

 

'I feel completely at home in India'

 

India and Ethiopia established diplomatic relation in 1948. In the almost seven decades of close ties, the two countries have expanded their cooperation to several areas. The Northeast African country now wants India to share its knowledge and technology for development.

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BUSINESS

 

Indian food portals see 150% jump in orders

 

Food portals, which connect hungry folks to local takeaways and delivery services, witnessed over 150 per cent growth in orders last year....

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PANORAMA

 

Cast your vote and get discount in hospitals!

 

Cast your vote and get a discount on medical treatment in some Rajasthan hospitals. This is yet one of the more innovative methods being adopted to get people to the polling booth in the coming elections.  ...

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CINEMA

 

Africans in Khirki Extension use cinema to tell their story

 

A group of five young Africans from south Delhi’s Khirki Extension - where the infamous midnight “raid” targeting them took place almost three months back - have come out with a film documenting their lives and daily struggles in the working class neighbourhood.  ...

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LIFESTYLE

 

Now Miss World and Bollywood on Koyal Rana's wish list

 

Jaipur girl Koyal Rana knows what she wants and says after winning the Femina Miss India 2014 title that her next target is Miss World -- but in the meanwhile, if "good Bollywood offers" come her way, she wont' mind accepting them either.  ...

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