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I have a track record of innovation: Kamala Harris

For San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Devi Harris -- the first African-American and the first Indian-American to do so, who is seeking to create history by becoming California's first lady --......

US: Indian Republicans hail GOP chair Steele

Indian-American Republican activists hailed former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele's election as the first African-American national chairman of the Republican Party and predicted that......

US lawmaker on Obama and the Indian connection

US Congressman Gregory W Meeks, an African American Democratic legislator who represents New York's 6th District, which incorporates parts of the borough of Queens, boasts of the largest......

'Obama didn't win for being black'

Jann Marie Hodge, an African American professional, holds a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's in business administration. She is a case worker at the Children's Hospital in Denver,......

Obama's victory = Surge in hate crime in US

The landmark election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president has provoked a surge in hate crimes against ethnic minorities and blacks in the United States, civil rights groups have......

Govt readies list to boost export

The government has notified a list of 57 countries in Africa and South America that would get duty benefits under the Focus Market scheme, announced in the Foreign Trade Policy early this year, to......

Hero Honda eyes larger LatAm, Africa spoils

Hero Honda Motors, the two-wheeler market leader, is eyeing a larger pie of the Latin American and African markets by exporting fully built vehicles and completely knocked down units.The company's......

Strides spins global web

As part of its strategy to gain entry into regulated markets of Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, Strides Arcolab Ltd, a Bangalore-based pharma company, has......

IATA asks govts not to single out aviation for taxation

Global airlines' body IATA on Monday asked governments across the world not to single out aviation industry for taxes and regulations and to treat it as ‘any other business’."One of our......

Hero eyes production in Colombia, Bangladesh

Significant market size in these countries would help in biz expansion To rapidly scale up its international operations, Hero MotoCorp, India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, is......

The Oprah Story

Once the world's only African-American billionaire, Oprah Winfrey has planned to call her mammoth television innings to a close. The Oprah Winfrey Show began in 1986 and now, it is......

Beauty is a curse: Halle Berry

She was the first African-American torepresent America at the Miss World pageant.She has won enough beauty titles to last a lifetime.And she has an Oscar (Monster's Ball) to her credit.But Halle......

What Carlos Santana thinks about India

E-mail interviews are a tricky beast, especially when the person to be interviewed is someone like Carlos Santana, stories about whom are part of rock, guitar, and music legend. He once told an......

Williams sisters urge African women to play tennis

For many African-American celebrities, visiting Africa satisfies a yearning to return to their distant ancestral homeland. Not so for tennis player Serena Williams. -I deserve top ranking, says......

Images: Ghana crush American dreams, deliver African joy

Ghana crushed American dreams and delivered African joy on Saturday when they beat the United States 2-1 after extra time of a thrilling contest to take their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.......

Latins shine at Cup, African gloom deepens

Diego Maradona's Argentina lit up the World Cup with its first hat-trick on Thursday while fellow Latin Americans Mexico humiliated European heavyweights France in a comfortable 2-0 win. African......

Egypt hope to outwit Cameroon again

Holders Egypt are hoping their South American playing style will bring them success in the African Nations Cup final against Cameroon on Sunday.Most of Egypt's squad are home-based players but......

Sania-Huber enter final

Sania Mirza and South Africa's Liezel Huber shocked second seeds Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain and American Meghann Shaughnessy to storm into the doubles final in the US $600,000 Bausch and Lomb......

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Q. What does being Indian mean to you?
Chandrasen Suryavanshi: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-does-being-indian-mean-to-you/25742741/answers/

Q. Does the Indian Lion understand the language of an African lion...?
Pradipta Pati: A. Indians r religious & harmless people generally. Forget netas. Its not so with africans, americans & chonese. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/does-the-indian-lion-understand-the-language-of-an-african-l/25659911/answers/25742769

Q. Real minorities in India are Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and Jains etc who constitute just less than 5 % of the population. But they do not enjoy any special privileges as minorities. However those who presently enjoy this benefit ask for more benefits and garner it. Will it meet the ends of justice?
QNA Watcher: A. Yes, Defnitely.It is just like American English & British English. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/real-minorities-in-india-are-christians-sikhs-parsis-and-jai/25406630/answers/25659941

Q. where is polyandry practised ? how does the balance takes place ?
Right Sense: A. Real Minorities in India are only Jew and zoroastrians, Indian christian or Indian Muslims or Indian sikhs or Indian Jains are Indians since...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-is-polyandry-practised--how-does-the-balance-takes-pla/25310655/answers/25406673

Q. who is a Hippie.have you ever met/talked with them!
Amol Raikar: A. Polyandry is a form of polygamy whereby a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.Polyandry in Tibet was a common practice and continues...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-is-a-hippie.have-you-ever-mettalked-with-them/25140986/answers/25310682

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First Major for Rose

Merion: Justin Rose produced remarkable poise and a Ben Hogan-like finish to win his first Major by two shots at the US Open on Sunday after... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130618/jsp/sports/story_17017743.jsp

No-fly zone in Syria could be a game changer

British Prime Minister David Cameron rightly said on the first day of G8 Summit in the Northern Ireland that the choices were not that clear in... ...

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MEA to convene foreign envoys' meet

With the second diplomatic enclave in here ready for moving in, the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has convened a meeting with the... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Diplomatic-enclave-MEA-to-convene-foreign-envoys-meet/2013/06/18/article1640247.ece

Class-action lawsuit filed in NYC against Warner Music Atlantic over unpaid internships

SYDNEY - Australian consumers were fleeced of nearly $94 million last year due to various marketing scams, with the majority being perpetrated... ...

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Jeanette DiBella Appointed as Chief Educational Officer at Jay Pritzker Academy

/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Jeanette DiBella was recently appointed as the Chief Educational Officer at the Jay Pritzker Academy in Siem Reap, Cambodia... ...

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