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'Money has most vitiated the developed world's democracy model'

Gateway House interviews Sarah Chayes, Foreign Press Club and Sigma Delta Chi award-winning former reporter at National Public Radio, on the anti-corruption and democracy movements around the world......

Why sting operations are good for India

Today, as I was listening at my New Jersey home in the United States to a National Public Radio program on investigative journalism in India, I could not help thinking about the motivation behind......

Indian wedding row in S Africa; diplomat suspended

The row over the landing of a private aircraft on a military airport for a lavish Indian wedding in South Africa snowballed into a political scandal on Thursday with a senior diplomat suspended and......

Bo Xilai's successor elected to head China's parliament

Senior Chinese Communist Party leader Zhang Dejiang, who replaced disgraced Bo Xilai as the party chief of Chongqing, was today elected as chairman of the country's Parliament. Zhang, 67, ranked......

How to shame the shameless sexual predators

It'll be another sad day if the outrage over the Delhi gangrape withers away without achieving anything, sys Raghothama C The recent case involving the rape of the 23-year-old in Delhi and the......

A rational spectrum allocation policy

All nations are equally endowed with radio waves, or 'spectrum'. But some do better than others at using this resource. Currently, by trying to optimise spectrum use measured by......

AIR, DD staff protest for benefits

All India Radio and Doordarshan employees, affiliated to National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan, are holding a day-long demonstration in Mumbai on Tuesday, protesting the "denial" of......

Lunch and more with IT's marathon man

Whenever Ajit Balakrishnan is quoted in the press, it's usually in connection with wise pronouncements on information technology (IT) or higher education. But there had to be more to India's first......

US to send energy expert to help India cut Iran oil imports

The US will send its top energy expert to India next week to help the country reduce dependence on Iranian oil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said as she lauded the steps taken by New......

I&B Ministry sets deadline for FM auction

Selection of agency conducting e-auction for Phase III of FM radio and the creation of Prasar Bharati Recruitment Board are some of the priority areas that the I&B Ministry will try to achieve......

Mumbai-raised director's Obama's America enters US Top 10

Mumbai-raised director Dinesh D'Souza's new film 2016 Obama's America has stepped into the top 10 charts in North America.A fiercely anti-Obama docudrama directed by Mumbai-raised conservative and......

Oscar nominations: Snubs and surprises

Look quickly and you may think that most predictions for the films The King's Speech, Black Swan, and The Social Network have come true --they have been nominated for the top Oscars.And yet there......

Salman, Akshay, John and Sanju go to lunch

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Thanks to Master Chef, Akshay Kumar is all about food these......

Should these Hollywood couples get back together?

Looks like splitsville is where most Hollywood couples are heading these days. Following in the heels of the Courtney Cox-David Arquette split, another couple -- Christina Aguilera and Jordan......

Why Bond is better than breakfast

Men who make lists scarcely take other ones seriously, and so it is with me and this latest poll coming our way via the BBC's Radio Times. The publication asked over 2000 men and women about their......

SA demand ECB apology over Pietersen text row

South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith has strongly denied recent suggestions that he or his team deliberately provoked England batsman Kevin Pietersen into sending "provocative" text messages to......

Suresh Saraiya, one of the best-loved radio commentators

Haresh Pandya pays tribute to noted radio commentator Suresh Saraiya, who passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a heart attack. July 18, 2012, turned out to be a sad day for Hindi cinema and......

Israel will have no mascot for London Olympics

Israel's Olympic squad will travel to the London Games without a team mascot this year, a national Olympic committee official said, after twice being forced to ditch ideas it had come up with. A......

World Cup is not the final frontier, says Dhoni

There is nothing bigger than the World Cup in cricket. And if the mega-event is played in India, then nothing beats the country's crazy fan-following. The whole nation wants just one result: an......

India look to seal the series in fourth ODI

Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth seeking to clinch their first-ever series......

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Q. today is great day, Mohd.Rafi's day,, so, can u share me somethin abt him ?
: A. Mohammad Rafi (Urdu: ; 24 December 1924 31 July 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades.[1] He won a National...... more

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Q. what is meant by journalism? what is the advantage of it.
Kamal Mehra: A. Journalism is the timely reporting of events at the local, provincial, national and international levels. Reporting involves the gathering of...... more

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Q. e-marketing in detail
Venkat: A. Internet marketing, also referred to as online marketing or Emarketing, is marketing that uses the Internet. The Internet has brought many unique...... more

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Q. Radio jokey kese bante hai ?
VARUN GUPTA: A. Radio jockeying, though a non-conventional career, is fast catching up with other traditional jobs. With the advent of FM channels, Radio Jockeying...... more

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Q. EDUCATION IS HIGHLY VALUED IN THE SOUTH INDIAN COMMUNITY, AND IS SEEN AS A GATEWAY TO A BETTER LIVELIHOOD. MANY OF THE NATION\'S MOST PROMINENT PHYSICISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS HAVE BEEN SOUTH INDIANS...............Why there is no such development in the north India especially in the hindi belt?
Priya Sharma: A. Dear madam, I am a bit pained to see your question specifically in the end part where you have asked why there is no such development in the North...... more

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Red Cross Helping Tornado Victims Across the Midwest

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India, China sign eight agreements

New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): India and China on Monday signed eight agreements here during the ongoing visit of to India. External Affairs Minister... ...

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Gay marriage law strains UK Cameron's leadership, government

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's flagship gay marriage policy deepened a rift in his own party on Monday... ...

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