New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) An Indian scientist who danced to explain her research on tornadoes, has won the top prize in the 2014 ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest. Uma Nagendra is a researcher doing her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia, Athens, in the United States. The ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest, the results for which were […]
Amman (Jordan), Nov 4 (IANS) The Indian women’s Under-19 football team will begin its AFC qualifiers campaign against Uzbekistan at the Petra Stadium here Wednesday. In the FIFA rankings, Uzbekistan (43rd) are 10 places higher then the Indian girls, who are banking on the “fruitful” camp in Gandhinagar prior to the championship. “It was a very […]
Varanasi, Nov 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here Friday for a two-day visit of his Lok Sabha constituency during which he will lay the foundation stone of a textile designing institute. This will be Modi’s maiden visit to the city after becoming the prime minister. Modi will land in an Indian Air Force […]
$7.5 billion went through NSW cash registers in September with the State recording a bumper month of retail trade. NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance said the ABS figures released today show retail trade increased 1.7 per cent in September to be up 9.5 per cent through the year – the highest of all the States. “This […]
A new Speak-Out Hotline has been launched to protect people from race and religion-based harassment, intimidation and abuse, Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres and Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello announced today. Mr Ayres said the new hotline, which will be operated by the NSW Police Call Centre (PoliceLink) in conjunction with Multicultural NSW, […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox today said Fair Trading officers seized hundreds of Nike and ASICS brand footwear in a raid at a home in Hurlstone Park, in Sydney’s inner-west. Mr Mason-Cox said more than 560 pairs of counterfeit Nike and ASICS brand footwear was seized at the make-shift warehouse, which had been under […]
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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 […]