Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explosions on Friday. The city of 18 million people houses the main stock exchange, central bank and offi...
SC lens on airport cigarette sale The Telegraph India New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Supreme Court will decide whether international cigarette brands can be sold in duty-free outlets at the departure lounges of Indian airports without the statutory pictorial warnings. | The case centres on claims by a company, DFS India Private Ltd, that the cigarettes being s...
India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato The Independent | In a country where so many people go hungry, it is a dark irony that up to 30 per cent of the fruit and vegetables grown in India goes bad before reaching the market thanks to a combination of bad roads and a lack of refrigerated trucks. | But scie...
Fonseka arrest could be poll issue The Hindu | B. Muralidhar Reddy | COLOMBO: With the dissolution of the Sri Lankan Parliament expected on Tuesday and the general election scheduled for the first half of April, the arrest of the former Army Chief and consensus Opposition presidential candidate...
Khursheed: Sonia is Indian like Bahadur Shah Zafar The Hindu | Vidya Subrahmaniam | NEW DELHI: When did the idea of India begin? What role did the Mughal Empire play in the development of the modern idea of India? What were the contributions of Babur ki Aulad (progeny of Babur)? | These questions were discusse...
1,400 deserters surrendered: Army The Hindu | B. Muralidhar Reddy | COLOMBO: Around 1,400 deserters surrendered at Army camps on Independence Day last week, availing themselves of the amnesty granted by the government, said the Sri Lankan Army here on Monday. | Desertions have been a bane of t...
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Cadila HINI vaccine trial in limbo Deccan Chronicle Cadila HINI vaccine trial in limbo | CADILA’s PLANS to indigenously develop Influenza A HINI (swine flu) vaccine in collaboration with US-based Novavax are likely to be delayed a...
Poverty and power in one of India's poorest areas BBC News By Delnaaz Irani | India Business Report, BBC World, Meghalaya | Kran Sumer looks at least 20 years younger than his actual age. | It's not because he's had an easy life. In fact, ...
Inside delhi The Hindu | Right on course | Delhi University's Central Placement Cell which wrapped up its placement procedure this past week has managed to provide placements to a total of 404 students. Of these, 88 were selected in the November 2009 session of placements....
Turkish money for Indian aviation sector The Hindu | Urvashi Sarkar | 'Largest': Celebi Holding vice-chairperson Canan Celebioglu Tokgoz and GMR Turkey CEO Cenk Alpsoy (right) during a press conference in New Delhi on Monday. | NEW DELHI: Turkish business conglomerate Celebi Holding, which has bagged...
Barcelona offers to sign friendship pact with Delhi The Hindu | Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: The City of Barcelona, which had hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, on Monday offered to sign a friendship agreement with Delhi which is due to host the Commonwealth Games later this year. | The offer was made by a...
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Seiko to expand retail network in India to 250 stores in 2 years DNA India | Mumbai: Japanese premium watch-maker, Seiko, plans to expand its retail network in India to 250 over the next two-years through tie-ups with retailers in order to have a pie of the booming luxury accessories market in India. | "Over the next two-years time, we want to take our retail touch-points to 250 through tie-ups with multi-brand store...
Vodafone raises outlook;competition in India fierce DNA India | Vodafone Group Plc raised its outlook on Thursday after posting third-quarter revenue ahead of forecasts due to cost cuts and an improving picture in Europe. Competition in India however remained fierce. | Analysts said the improved trading in Europe and particularly the turnaround in Turkey should boost sentiment after fears that the recent reve...
