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14 April 2014

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SPOTLIGHT

 

'India can be role model in conducting smooth polls'

 

 The sheer scale of the Indian general election has left them marveling. Members of an international delegation that is in India to witness the Lok Sabha elections are highly impressed by the smooth conduct of polls and say India has become a learning centre for other developing countries.  ...

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Uganda, with uranium, oil and gas, seeks India's help

 

 Uganda, sitting on a "pile of uranium", is seeking India's knowhow to develop its reserves and open up new vistas of energy cooperation between historically linked countries, a visiting Ugandan minister has said.  ...

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NEWS

 

Night trial of nuke capable Agni-I missile successful

 

India has successfully conducted the night trial of surface-to-surface Agni-I ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, an official said....

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Millions vote peacefully across India

 

Millions voted across 14 states and union territories in the third round of parliamentary elections to pick 91 of the country's 543 MPs....

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Delegation from 19 countries witness Delhi polls

 

 A 30-member delegation from 19 countries, including many from Africa, visited some polling stations in the nation capital to observe the Indian democracy at work, said a senior poll panel official here....

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INDIA AFRICA COOPERATION

 

Oil India eyes $2 bn Shell blocks in Nigeria

 

Oil India Ltd, the nation's second-biggest state-run explorer, is studying an acquisition of Nigerian oil and gas assets owned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. ...

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PM's brother also keeps eye on Egypt polls

 

One would expect Surinder Singh Kohli, a businessman from Amritsar, to be totally immersed in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. After all, he is the younger brother of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and lives in the holiest of cities of Sikhs which has seen one of the loudest battle between two heavyweights - BJP's Arun Jaitley and Captain Amarinder Singh of Congress. ...

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India appoints honorary consul to Lesotho

 

Man Mohan Bakaya has been appointed the Honorary Consul of India to Lesotho in March 2014 in a ceremony held in the Lesotho capital Maseru, by the Indian High Commissioner to South Africa (accredited to Lesotho) Virendra Gupta, the Indian High Commission in South Africa said....

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BUSINESS

 

OIL's $1 bn foreign bond sale to pay Mozambique block buy

 

State-run explorer Oil India Limited (OIL) announced it has become the first Indian company to make a foreign currency bond issuance worth $1 billion in its debut US dollar bond sale programme....

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India Inc eyes poll booster to create 2 mn new jobs

 

Banking on a 'stable government' to create more jobs in the current slowdown in the economy, India Inc has said that such a scenario would lead to a 30-40 percent boost for hiring activities....

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TECHNOLOGY

 

Walk as you like

 

Jaipur-based veterinary doctor Tapesh Mathur on the Krishna limb, a prosthetic aid he has designed to help animals with amputated legs walk again...

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TRAVEL

 

At Rishikesh, bungee jumping with a twist

 

 "Take a deep breath, look straight, and free yourself," said my trainer Suzanne, looking straight into my eyes even as a shiver went down my spine at the thought of bungee jumping from an 83-metre-high cliff in the direction of the Hyul river way below....

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