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28 April 2014

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SPOTLIGHT

 

Indian exports to West Africa record high growth

 

India's exports to West Africa for the period April 2013 to February 2014 totalled around $6 billion, recording a 22.55 percent growth over the past year, a foreign trade performance analysis by the department of commerce under India's ministry of commerce and industry has revealed...

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INDIA AFRICA COOPERATION

 

Egyptians enjoy a slice of India

 

For the Egyptian nation weary of a never-ending political turmoil that started three years ago, a slice of India in the form of a cultural festival came as a breath of fresh air....

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7-member Namibian team takes lessons in democracy from Indian polls

 

A seven-member delegation from the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) visited Bangalore, state capital of the south Indian state of Karnataka, to catch the poll action on April 17, the largest single day of voting in the five-week national election, a statement by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said Tuesday....

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Egypt plans 'love campaign' in India: Envoy

 

Admitting that trade and commerce were the most important tools in a bilateral relationship, Egyptian Ambassador Khaled El Bakly says his country was going all out to spread a "love campaign" to strengthen people-to-people contacts between the two ancient civilisations....

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NEWS

 

German scholars revived Indian culture: Merck-Tagore awardee

 

German intellectuals revived Indian culture during the 20th century when English literature in the country became a tool of "domination and subjugation", said Pramod Talgeri, vice-chancellor, India International Multiversity....

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Children born of live-in relationships are legitimate: Supreme Court

 

Giving an important clarification on live-in relationships, the Supreme Court has said that if a man and woman "lived like husband and wife" for a long period and had children, the judiciary would presume that the two were married....

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Science, tech studies priority for India, US: Nancy Powell

 

The fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics are priorities for both India and the US, outgoing American Ambassador Nancy Powell said here Monday....

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India-born technocrat joins battle with top US broadcasters

 

In what has been dubbed as a David vs Goliath case, an India-born technocrat has taken America's largest broadcasters, who claim his start-up's television streaming service is a theft, to the Supreme Court....

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BUSINESS

 

South Africa keen to host BRICS Development Bank

 

South Africa is keen to host the proposed BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Development Bank and is lobbying for it with other members of the grouping, South Africa's envoy said in New Delhi....

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India, South Africa trade up 31% at $7.6 b

 

Bilateral trade between India and South Africa grew 31 per cent to $7.6 billion in the just ended financial year (April-March 2013-14), against $5.8 billion in the same period last fiscal....

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Expansion on mind, GIC Re poised to buy South Africa's Saxum

 

GIC Re, the sole Indian reinsurer, is set to acquire South Africa's Saxum Re as it aims to expand into one of the most promising growth regions in the world and diversify its risk as the state-owned company got hit by some of the recent global accidents, including claims from Malaysian Airlines for its missing aircraft....

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TCS joins top 10 global IT services cos club

 

This is a landmark for Indian IT. The country's largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has broken into the league of top 10 global IT services companies, moving from the 13th position in 2012 to the 10th spot in 2013.

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IT/TECHNOLOGY

 

Nayi Disha's 3-D Kaju to come home; plans African foray

 

Kaju, the alien character animated by Nayi Disha for primary level students, will soon knock on your doors. Seeing interest from parents, the start-up plans to sell the product directly to homes.  ...

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HEALTH

 

Yoga can help women with urinary incontinence

 

Yoga and meditation can help women improve pelvic health, gain more control over their urination and avoid accidental urine leakage, a promising research indicates.  ...

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Lymphoma among fastest growing cancers worldwide

 

Fever, breathlessness and lack of energy could be much more than just fatigue, warn health experts. Such symptoms are synonymous with lymphoma or a type of blood cancer, which is one of the fastest-growing cancers in the world. However, experts said the cure rate is high if detected early.  ...

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EDUCATION

 

Ashoka, India's first liberal arts university, to open in August

 

What started as a lunchroom conversation between IIT Delhi pass-outs Vineet Gupta, MD, Jamboree Education, and Rakesh Jaggi, Vice-President,  ...

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'Education has to go beyond text books'

 

What is written in textbooks can only lend to bookish knowledge. For holistic learning and sensitisation at an early age, educational institutions should go beyond classrooms, experts say....

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ENTERTAINMENT

 

Nigerian filmmakers seek tie-ups with Indians to take on Hollywood

 

Nigeria, one of Africa's largest nations and its most populous, is keen to collaborate with the over $2-billion Indian film industry to promote better understanding between the two countries and provide competition to Hollywood.  ...

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TOURISM

 

Foreign tourists visiting India to explore food culture

 

Andreas Aase, a history professor, publisher and a travel agent in Norway, visited India a few months ago to explore its food culture.  ...

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