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Sangma, Pranab file nominations for presidential contest
Published on 29 Jun, 2012 at 12:01 in India | Viewed 250 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The race to elect India’s 13th President formally began Thursday with both UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee and his rival Purno Sangma filing their nominations for the July 19 contest.
The result will be out July 22.
While Mukherjee sought the “blessing of God and cooperation of all” to get elected, Sangma termed his candidature “a victory of tribal unity.”
Both Mukherjee…
India’s GVK joins Oz debate on foreign workers
Published on 30 May, 2012 at 10:59 in Business-Feature | Viewed 369 views times | No Comments
Sydney: Hours after winning the nod for one of the largest coal mining projects in Australia, India’s GVK Group has joined the raging debate on using foreign workers in various Australian resources projects.
“Our priority is offering locals and other Australians the opportunity to work on these projects,” GVK’s vice-chairman GVK Sanjay Reddy said in a statement after getting conditional approval…
Raj Kapoor’s ‘Awaara’ in Time’s 100 greatest films
Published on 29 May, 2012 at 11:32 in Buzz | Viewed 361 views times | No Comments
Time magazine has included Raj Kapoor’s 1951 classic ‘Awaara’ among 20 new entries added to its All-Time 100 list of the greatest films made since 1923, the beginning of the prestigious US periodical.
Rethinking the movie masterpieces, Time critic Richard Corliss describes Raj Kapoor as “the great star-auteur of India’s postcolonial golden age of movies – Cary Grant and Cecil B….
Australia aims to be the food bowl of Asia
Published on 7 May, 2012 at 11:16 in Australian | Viewed 379 views times | No Comments
Sydney: After firming its position as one of the largest suppliers of mining resources to the Asian economic powerhouses like China and India, Australia now aims to become the food bowl of the region.
“Just as we have become a minerals and energy giant, Australia can be a great provider of reliable, high quality food to meet Asia’s growing needs,” Prime…
US marines arrive in Australia
Published on 5 Apr, 2012 at 8:51 in Australian | Viewed 339 views times | No Comments
Sydney: The first batch of about 200 US marines have arrived in Australia’s Darwin city as part of a defence deal, Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced on Wednesday.
The US and Australia will hold joint training and exercises in the Northern Territory of Australia, and up to 2,500 US troops will eventually arrive in the country, Xinhua reported Wednesday.
Addressing the…
Sri Lanka’s thrilling win eliminates India from CB series
Published on 3 Mar, 2012 at 11:55 in Cricket | Viewed 248 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Sri Lanka’s thrilling nine-run win over Australia in the last pool match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) eliminated India from the finals of the Commonwealth Bank tri-series here Friday.
An Australia win would have assured India a place in the best-of-three finals. But Sri Lanka, who had lost last year’s World Cup final to India were determined and stole…
Yahoo! offers Malayalam content to internet users
Published on 2 Mar, 2012 at 15:54 in Editorial | Viewed 371 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Yahoo! India and Malayala Manorama, the leading Malayalam language daily, Thursday announced a partnership to deliver premium digital content in Malayalam.
“The co-branded property malayalam.yahoo.com offers the combined editorial strengths of Yahoo! and Malayala Manorama and provides a superior digital content experience for the large base of 37 million Malayalam speaking audience across the globe,” a Yahoo statement said.
Malayalam…
WHO takes India off polio endemic list
Published on 27 Feb, 2012 at 10:09 in India | Viewed 217 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: India has a reason to smile on the polio front, as it was taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced at the Polio Summit 2012 here Saturday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present.
“WHO has taken India’s name off the list of polio endemic countries in view of the remarkable progress that we have…
“Ponting contemplating retirement from ODIs”
Published on 21 Feb, 2012 at 20:51 in Cricket | Viewed 489 views times | No Comments
Sydney: National selector John Inverarity said Monday that it was unlikely that former skipper Ricky Ponting would be able to make his way back to the One-day set-up, given the need to prepare the squad ahead of the 2015 World Cup.
Ponting’s ODI career might be nearing its end after the 37-year-old was dropped from the squad for the remainder of…
Minor Australian kids charged with rape, arson
Published on 29 Jan, 2012 at 9:03 in Australian | Viewed 1,001 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Crime by minors is soaring in Australia as nearly 300 children under 10 years have been charged with offences like rape and arson, a newspaper has revealed.
The Herald Sun got access to statistics allegedly kept hidden by police in Australian state of Victoria that would expose at least 288 children investigated for 305 serious offences in the past five…
