New Delhi, Nov 3 Manmohan Singh will be conferred one of Japan’s top national awards for his “significant contribution” towards boosting bilateral ties, the Japanese embassy said Monday. The former Indian prime minister said he was “truly honoured” for being chosen. Manmohan Singh is the first Indian to be conferred the ‘Grand Cordon of the […]
By Saeed Naqvi Even the skeptics now agree that India shall be a power in the Asian century. To insure this rise to the top, India must maximize all its assets. One asset for which it has a reputation is a lively media, a function of a relatively stable democratic order since independence. If information […]
Port Louis (Mauritius) India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj paid tribute to the ‘girmitiyas’, the nearly half a million Indians who arrived in Mauritius to work as indentured labourers in the 19th century, saying their sacrifice did not go in vain as they went on to become the architects of a resurgent and confident new […]
By Karishma Saurabh Kalita New Delhi “Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble,” said the three witches in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The day of the dead, better known as Halloween, will be celebrated all across the world Friday and Indian restaurants, cafes and nightclubs are in full swing to get their “spook” […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the sale of khadi products had gone up by almost 125 percent since he urged the people to opt for the hand-woven cotton fabric. “I was told that khadi sales increased by almost 125 percent,” Modi said on the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio which […]
By Anurag Dey Kolkata Tying the knot at Kunming or taking the path to marital bliss at Dali could soon become a fad as the big fat Indian weddings get the Made in China tag. With its clean and modern cities, shopping choices, affordable logistics and exotic cuisine, China is luring Indians whose rising affluence […]
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) Despite its rich tradition of producing academics, India at the moment lacks the necessary pool of scientists needed for its future, Nobel laureate George Smoot said. The 2006 winner of the Nobel in Physics has suggested the country spruce up its research institutes to create a research-friendly environment and tackle its brain-drain. […]
Dhaka, Nov 2 (IANS) Electricity supply resumed in Bangladesh, nearly 10 hours after the breakdown of the national grid. Masum-Al-Beruni, managing director of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh, said power supplies were restored in parts of Dhaka and all other divisional cities, including Chittagong, Saturday night, Xinhua reported. Al-Beruni expressed hope that there will not be […]
Cuttack, Nov 2 (IANS) Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to field against India in the first ODI of the five-match series at the Barabati Stadium here Sunday. Squads: India: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant […]
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) After preventing opposition parties from visiting Birbhum district’s violence-hit areas, the West Bengal government Sunday dissuaded some social activists from talking to the villagers. Three people died of bullet injuries and several others sustained injuries Oct 27 in Makhra village during a clash between activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the […]