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Support family reunification, activists tell Obama

A coalition of Asian-American groups led by activist Deepa Iyer recently met United States President Barack Obama to urge him to support family reunification in the new comprehensive immigration......

Sri Lanka enjoys good ties with India: Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka enjoys good bilateral relations with India despite the anti-Lanka protests in Tamil Nadu, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday. Replying to a question on the simmering tension in......

Envoy talks about surviving 'shocks' in Indo-Pak ties

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman believes trade and people-to-people interactions between India and Pakistan can contain the fall-out of “flare-ups” like......

Sri Lanka military probe blames LTTE for civilian killings

A Sri Lankan military court of inquiry has given a clean chit to the army and ruled that civilian casualties in the last stage of the military operations "might have occurred due to unlawful acts......

India at UNHCR: Neither pragmatic nor principled

India’s highly problematic move in backing an anti-Lankan resolution at the UNHCR will now make India even more marginal in the island nation with some grave long-term damage to its vital......

Face-off with Sri Lanka could further dent auto exports

India’s diplomatic stand on Sri Lanka’s human rights violations seems to have cost Indian vehicle manufacturers dearly. Last year, after India voted against Sri Lanka in the UN Human......

India's diplomacy forces China to change stand

China may take legitimate credit for pulling off a successful summit last week of the alternative powers - Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa and itself, informally known as BRICS.Yet, the fact......

Major reprieve for those seeking H-1B visa extension

H-1B employees, whose timely-filed applications for extension of visas are pending before US immigration authorities, may not be arrested for "overstaying" now following a recent federal court......

Trade: India opens up windows to the world

Nine years after New Delhi started implementing its Plan B - bilateral trade agreements - to beat the impasse at the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round of liberalisation talks, India seems to be......

World's best metropolises: No Indian city in top 40!

How many Indian cities score high on the Global Cities Index? Well, none! Even as five of the world's 10 most global cities are in Asia and the Pacific -- Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, and......

Vikram is the youth envoy of UN Habitat

Catch the action in the Tamil film industry right here! Tamil actor Vikram has been selected as the Youth Envoy for the UN Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme). Out of the four......

IPL: Amre defends decision to bowl Dinda at death

Pune Warriors assistant coach Pravin Amre has defended his team's decision to ask listless Ashok Dinda to bowl the final few overs in their IPL game against Mumbai Indians. Pune lost the match by......

Muralitharan disappointed with IPL GC ruling

Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan is disappointed at the IPL governing council's move to disallow players from his country to play matches in Chennai, a decision taken in view of the prevailing......

Indian athletes can take part in OCA Games but not officials

The Olympic Council of Asia has barred officials of the suspended IOA from participating in OCA events, but said "as a special case" Indian athletes will be allowed to take part in the OCA Games,......

Malinga named World Twenty20 Ambassador

The International Cricket Council has chosen Sri Lanka's star pacer Lasith Malinga as the official Event Ambassador for the World Twenty20 Championships to be held in the island nation from......

Australia, WI cricketers raise awareness about AIDS

Cricket players from Australia and the West Indies have taken part in coaching clinics with local children in Barbados to raise awareness and reduce stigma about HIV and AIDS in cricket-playing......

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Q. EXPLAIN: Why India voted against Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Cnanu Shree: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/explain-why-india-voted-against-sri-lanka-at-unhrc/22364305/answers/

Q. EXPLAIN: Why India voted against Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Cnanu Shree: A. Sri Lanka [ Images ] is our next door neighbour. Geography bounds us. We have overwhelming trade ties with them. India [ Images ] is their biggest...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/explain-why-india-voted-against-sri-lanka-at-unhrc/22364306/answers/22364314

Q. Q - What does the term - " CC " refer to ?
Cnanu Shree: A. Carbon CopyC compiler, a compiler that translates the C programming language into a machine-readable instruction set on UNIX based operating...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/q---what-does-the-term----cc--refer-to-/22364306/answers/21055812

Q. The Central Information Commission (CIC)has pulled up the Prime Ministers Office for ''casually handling'' a plea filed under the RTIAct that demanded details of the foreign visits undertaken by Sonia Gandhi as chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC).should direct to include Sonia and Rahul trips to Switzerland, cayman islands etc to safeguard and hide the looted money from India. A lot of activity is going on hidden from the eyes of public Is that personal cum official ?
Iqbal Seth: A. all this is being done on personal lelvel with out much publicity this way is much better than baba ramdev s style more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-central-information-commission-cichas-pulled-up-the-prim/21055808/answers/20011495

Q. Is China's growing dominance in the global trade a matter of concern for India and US? Your views?
Venkatesaldevarajan: A. Yes , China is a treat to Asian peace and a challenge to India unless U S should take serious moves to recognize India as a reliable ally and back...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/is-chinas-growing-dominance-in-the-global-trade-a-matter-of-/20011489/answers/18390504

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New threat from coconut pest

Kerala faces the immediate threat of being invaded by the coconut leaf beetle, a destructive pest that has blighted the crop in several countries... ...

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North Korea fires three short-range missiles

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Prayers for Panchen Lamas release mark International Tibet Solidarity Day in Dharamsala

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Uzbek national pleads not guilty to U.S. terrorism charges

CBC News Saturday 18th May, 2013 A Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance on Friday, on U.S.... ...

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After win in Ktaka, Rahul eyes Maha

After getting a clear majority in the Karnataka Assembly polls, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is seriously concentrating on Maharashtra and... ...

http://www.asianage.com/india/after-win-k-taka-rahul-eyes-maha-932

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