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Anand Sharma invites Japanese Inc to invest in India
Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, addressing the "India Investment Roundtable" jointly organized by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Ministry of Commerce and Confederation of Indian Industry in Tokyo today, invited leading Japanese companies to invest in India and become partner in the growth story of India for mutual benefit. India and Japan ...
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FIFA says 76 percent of Confederations Cup tickets sold
More than 76 percent of tickets available for next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil have been sold, world football's governing body, FIFA said. The South American country is on target to break the record set by Germany in 2005 when the tournament's attendances reached 83 percent of capacity, according to FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke, reports Xinhua. "The response from Brazilian ...
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Anand Sharma meets Japanese PM Shinzo Abe
Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, who is on a two-day visit to Tokyo for a comprehensive review of bilateral economic engagement with Japan, today called upon Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During the meeting, Sharma apprised the Japanese prime minister of the progress made in the implementation of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project, which was ...
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Former Olympic champion Ma out of World TT
Former Olympic champion and four-time World Cup winner Ma Lin became the biggest name to fall at the World Table Tennis Championships when he was upset by Japan's Kenta Matsudaira in the men's singles second round. Ma was joined by fellow Chinese Hu Limei in the casualty list Thursday. But Hu has nothing to complain about because she was eliminated by teammate and defending champion Ding ...
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97pc scientists agree humans are causing global warming
Most scientists agree that human activity is causing global climate change, according to an extensive analysis of the abstracts or summaries of scientific papers published over the past 20 years. But the public perception tends to be that climate scientists disagree over the fundamental cause of climate change. To help put a stop to the squabbling, two dozen scientists and citizen-scientists ...
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GoM will work towards giving functional autonomy to CBI Chidambaram
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Group of Ministers (GoM) formed by the government will work towards giving functional autonomy to CBI, but at the same time asserted that accountability is important. "The government will give CBI functional autonomy and will ensure a large degree of functional autonomy to the agency in the matters of investigation," Chidambaram, who is on an ...
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The world according to Badr Jafar
We are two minutes into the conversation, and Badr Jafar already needs to explain himself. "You'll be glad to know that there is a logic behind the perceived madness," he ...
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UAEs Hakkasan eyes global brand expansion
The announcement comes shortly after the launch of its first branded entertainment and nightlife venue Hakkasan Las Vegas at MGM Grand Hotel & ...
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Afghanistan turns to Australia for mining expertise
Afghanistan Australia could help Afghanistan develop its fledgling mining industry and tap into mineral and energy reserves estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. The country is eager to find a new source of revenue when international aid starts to decline and foreign forces withdraw next year. Afghan mining minister Wahidullah Shahrani, has already met with various Australian Government ...
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How to get more older women on TV | Anna Ford
Anna Ford 'Women of age often have wisdom, beauty, humour - and another point of view. So why aren't they chosen?' Photograph: Hugo ...
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Veterans from World War II carrier hold final reunion
Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin held their final planned reunion Friday in South Carolina. The gathering, held at the USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant brought together about two dozen of the remaining crew members. The Franklin was badly damaged in a Japanese attack on March 19, 1945. During the bomb attack, more than ...
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Being a Democracy Hating Corporate Power-Defending Newspaper Owner Runs Deep in the Koch Family
The Koch bros are rumored to be possible bidders for the Tribune company and its large regional papers including the LA Times their grandfather Harry Koch would be ...
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Saratoga Teen’s Research Takes Science World By Storm
18-year-old Eesha Khare (left), a senior at Lynbrook High School, is one of two runners up at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix. ...
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Moodys Global economicrecovery losing momentum
(MENAFN - Arab News) Over the past three months, the global economic recovery from last year's slowdown has lost momentum, with several economies still facing significant challenges and unlikely to quickly resume "normal" growth rates, says Moody's Investors Service in a new report.Moody's expects the euro area economy, in particular, to experience a deeper and lengthier ...
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Bill Gates is the world’s richest man Bloomberg Billionaires Index
File photo: Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, listens during the 2013 Fiscal Summit at Mellon Auditorium May 7, 2013 in Washington, ...
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Great Dane is new President of Badminton World Federation
May 18 - Denmark's Poul-Erik Hyer-Larsen is the new President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) after winning today's election in Kuala Lumpur. The 1996 Olympic men's singles gold medallist defeated his only rival, Indonesia's Justian Suhandinata, in the vote by the BWF membership at the Annual General Meeting.The 47-year-old Hyer-Larsen polled 145 votes to ...
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Cannes Former EMI Boss Launches Entertainment Finance Production Venture
and three partners from the entertainment, finance and brand worlds on Friday unveiled a new entertainment finance, production and distribution venture ...
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Angel Network gives business owners a shot
Jim Pendleton has been an entrepreneur for most of his life and knows starting a business takes ';long hard work and hours with limited capital.';He believes entrepreneurs are the ';backbone of our nation,'; so he and a small group of local business owners have joined forces to help others. Pendleton is president and chairman of the Tyler Texas Angel Network, a group of ...
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German unions agree on engineering industry contract
On Tuesday night, the IG Metall (IGM) and the employers' association in the state of Bavaria signed a contract for workers in the engineering industry. It serves as a model agreement for 3.7 million workers employed in the sector throughout Germany.Engineering workers will receive an extra 3.4 percent pay from July and another 2.2 percent wage increase commencing May 1, 2014. The contract ...
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SOCAR raises automobile gasoline production
1news.az reports with reference to SOCAR that sources in the company announced production of 454,900 tonnes of automobile gasoline, 51.700 tonnes of virgin gasoline within four months. Meanwhile, production of automobile gasoline has risen by 20.5% and production of virgin gasoline dropped by 22%. SOCAR produced 1,444,000 tonnes of gasoline in 2012. 1,296,000 tonnes of automobile gasoline ...
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Extra lessons big business in schools
Officials of the Education Ministry yesterday reiterated this policy position during a sitting of the Joint Select Committee of the Parliament. However, the National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) said this policy was not being enforced, and lessons ...
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Stocks surge higher on positive news about US economy
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. Stocks surged higher, the fourth straight week of gains for Wall Street. (Spencer Platt/Getty ...
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Organic food companies gain Washington clout
U.S. sales of organic foods reached $35 billion last year, and the ...
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Thirty-Three Defendants Charged in Staged Automobile Accident Scheme www.privateofficer.com
MIAMI FLA MAY 18 2013 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Jeff Atwater, Florida Chief Financial Officer; and Dave Aronberg, State ...
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Rebuild roads — and economy
The Boston Marathon bombing showed American courage and spirit as exemplified by the runners, spectators and first responders who, rather than running away from the bombing scene, ran directly into it.Contrast that crisis response with the political effort to solve our chronic economic malaise. For the past five years, President Obama and congressional leaders from both political parties have ...
Kazakhstan Focus
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Kazakhstan capital's next challenge
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, has experienced rapid growth in recent years and has seen the completion of some impressive architectural feats, now there are plans by the government to build a huge indoor city within the capital, providing the country with a modern feat of engineering and a tourist attraction of which to be proud.
Astana and Dubai, despite vast differences, have a few things in common as cities. Dubai is not the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana is one of the coldest capitals in the world while Dubai is in one of the hottest regions on the planet. But Astana, like Dubai, has experienced rapid development in recent years, due in large part to the relocation of the capital to the city, and like Dubai, it has had to make sometimes impressive adaptations to architecture and development in order to compensate for the climate. Read more
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