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AI to disburse interim compensations by June 9

AI to disburse interim compensations by June 9
Bangalore: A special team from Air India will be in Mangalore on June 9 to give interim compensation to the remaining relatives of victims of IX-812 crash that left 158 passengers dead on May 22. The team led by Sunil Kishen Executive Director (Southern Region) and S Kundra Executive Director (Finance),...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles on 06 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Chilli peppers can help you shed weight

Chilli peppers can help you shed weight
Capsaicin, the stuff that gives chilli peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat build-up by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body, says a new study. The study could potentially open up new treatments for obesity. Jong Won Yun, biotechnologist from Daegu University, Korea,...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles on 05 26th, 2010 | No Comments

CBSE launches curriculum for schools abroad

CBSE launches curriculum for schools abroad
New Delhi: Giving an international face to Indian education, the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) Tuesday launched an upgraded international syllabus for its schools abroad. The new curriculum, which focuses on the education needs of Indian diaspora as well as local communities, was launched by...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles on 05 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Survivor jumped out of gap in broken aircraft: relative

Survivor jumped out of gap in broken aircraft: relative
Mangalore (Karnataka): One of the survivors of the air crash, Umar Farooq, said he escaped by jumping out of from a gap when the plane broke immediately after shooting off the runway at the Mangalore airport. “He told us that as soon as the aircraft started landing, the front wheel burst and the plane...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles on 05 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Protests across Pakistan against prophet’s cartoons on Facebook

Protests across Pakistan against prophet’s cartoons on Facebook
Islamabad: Rallies and demonstrations were held across Pakistan Friday to protest publishing of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad on social network site Facebook and Youtube. Protesters urged the government to take strict action against the countries involved in publishing of the caricatures. A...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles on 05 19th, 2010 | No Comments

’Day/night Tests soon to be reality’

’Day/night Tests soon to be reality’
Bridgetwon (Barbados): World cricket’s top administrator is convinced it “won’t be too long” before day/night Tests are being played in either Australia or India. David Morgan, the president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in an interview in Barbados, also said a...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles on 05 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Gulf hotel installs gold-dispensing machine

Gulf hotel installs gold-dispensing machine
Dubai:  It’s the ultimate hole-in-the-wall — a money machine that dispenses pure gold. But installed beneath the gold-coated ceilings of Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace hotel, where royalty and billionaires come for cappuccinos topped with gold flakes, the machine almost seems part of the...
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Posted by News Editor in Featured Articles, Sports on 05 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Barca close in on La Liga title

Barca close in on La Liga title
Madrid: Barcelona moved to within a whisker of a second straight La Liga crown when Lionel Messi, Bojan Krkic and Pedro earned a nervy 3-2 win at 10-man Sevilla on Saturday. Real Madrid kept the gap to one point with one match left when a late flurry of goals gave them a 5-1 victory at home to Athletic...
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Posted by Azchavattom in Business, Featured Articles, India on 05 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Exports fall 4.7 per cent in FY’10

Exports fall 4.7 per cent in FY’10
New Delhi: India’s exports in 2009-10 fell 4.7 per cent to $176.5 billion, as a late revival in demand failed to fill the vacuum created in the first half. The country’s exports fell for 13 months in a row, starting October 2008, due to the global slump in demand. Exports turned positive for the...
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Posted by Azchavattom in Featured Articles, World on 05 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Britons flock to polls to choose new govt

Britons flock to polls to choose new govt
London: Britons flocked to the polls in a general election Thursday that could end 13 years of Labour rule and thrust the small Liberal Democratic Party into a decisive role. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose political survival is seen as being at stake in this election, cast his vote in his...
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