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Voices against Indo-Pak peace more in India: US expert

An eminent American expert on South Asia has said that resistance to normalisation of Indo-Pak relations is coming more from New Delhi than Islamabad. "The recent election in Pakistan, as well......

Indian-origin Srinivasan confirmed as top US court judge

Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan Thursday scripted history after he was confirmed as the first South Asian judge to America's second highest court. Described as "trailblazer" by US President......

MEA to declassify 220,000 files on South Asia, America

Following the recent declassification of 70,000 files, the ministry of external affairs is in the process of "finalising a major project to declassify another set of 220,000 files-records covering......

I never thought of a life in politics: Nikki Haley

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, the first Indian-American woman to occupy the top job in a US state, never talked of politics in their house while growing up and saw politicians as someone who......

The South Asian surge in America

Community organisations draw up a demographic snapshot of America's fastest growing ethnic group. George Joseph reports In a decade, between 2000 and 2010, the Indian community added almost 1.2......

'BRIC nations key to sustaining Gulf hotel growth'

Asia and South America are drivers for growth in the hotel sector in the Gulf, particularly for Dubai, where demand is only limited by the number of available airline seats, senior hotel officials......

Global warming to rise, soil dries up

The soils in large swaths of the world including vast areas of central India, Australia, Africa and South America have been drying up, a new study has found, warning that this could intensify......

More Indian Americans returning to India

The number of Americans of Indian-origin coming back to India, especially South India, has increased in the last few years as the opportunities available for them here had increased, an American......

Rupee crash: MNCs advised to raise stakes in Indian arms

Investment bankers are advising their multinational clients to increase stake in their Indian subsidiaries or go for more mergers and acquisitions (M&As) to take advantage of the falling rupee.......

$721 bn global mobile payment transactions likely by 2017

Global mobile payment transaction values are expected to reach $721 billion by 2017 from $163.1 billion in 2012, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. Global mobile payment transaction values are......

Eastwood's Invictus soars at box office

Clint Eastwood's directorial ventureInvictus, which released in America and South Africa last week, has a lot of powerful images and may resonate with audiences across the world.The film, based on......

World Cup qualifiers: Argentina held by Colombia, Chile win

Colombia climbed into second place in South America's World Cup qualifying group after holding leaders Argentina 0-0 on Friday, while Chile did their chances of reaching the finals no harm with a......

WC qualifier: Uruguay's Suarez banned for Venezuela game

Striker Luis Suarez will miss South American champions Uruguay's crucial World Cup qualifier in Venezuela, the upstarts threatening to deny them a place in next year's finals in Brazil. Suarez, who......

Uruguay face Messi headache ahead of WC qualifier

Stopping Lionel Messi is the primary concern of South American teams facing Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers. This week it is Uruguay's turn. Argentina defend their lead in the South American......

Uruguay beat Peru after controversial opening goal

The win lifted Copa America holders Uruguay into second place in the South American group, a point behind leaders Chile and one ahead of Argentina, while Ecuador's win in Quito saw them climb to......

FIFA rankings: Argentina climb back into top-10

Argentina moved back into the top 10 of the FIFA rankings on Wednesday and Brazil also climbed, although the two South American giants were upstaged by tiny Sao Tome and Principe, who leapt 53......

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Q. where is the odd-looking Mata Mata Turtle, found ?
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Q. What do you mean by carbonardo ?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. South America more

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Q. 'Uhuru Peak' at Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point of which continent ?(A) Asia(B) Africa(C) South America(D) Antarctica
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Manufacturer of Solar Pool Heaters Aquatherm Industries, Inc. Names Three New Master Dealers

The largest manufacturer of solar pool heaters in the United States has just named three new Master Dealers for its popular Solar Industries and... ...

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Chrysler recall avoids showdown with government over Jeep models for fire risk

Star Tribune Tuesday 18th June, 2013 DETROIT -- Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant... ...

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Jordan advance to World Cup play-offs after beating Oman 1-0

Ahmad Hayel Ibrahim scored the winning goal with a superb diving header into the bottom corner (57).Jordan will face Uzbekistan in the fifth-place... ...

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LATAM takes delivery of 200th A320 aircraft at Paris Air Show

LATAM Airlines Group, the holding company for LAN and TAM Airlines and third largest Airbus customer in terms of in-service and on order aircraft,... ...

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Rupee closes at record low of 58.77 a dollar

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