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India's Mars Mission on track, Orbiter flying over South Pacific Ocean

The second orbit raising manoeuvre of India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft was performed in the early hours of Friday, three days after its successful launch by PSLV C-25 into orbit around the Earth.......

Miss Asia Pacific Srishti Rana's crown seized at Mumbai airport

The diamond studded crown of India's Srishti Rana, who has been crowned Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan, South Korea, was seized for not paying customs, a senior customs official said.......

US cancels tsunami alert after Vanuatu quake

A massive earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit South Pacific Island Republic of Vanuatu at 4:14 am local time (22:44 IST) on Friday, which sparked United States to issue a tsunami......

Democrats wooing South Asians

There are 211 delegates of Asia-Pacific descent at the Democratic convention which kicked off in Boston last evening, the largest ever contingent from the community, report agencies. Party......

Modi's foreign policy: Tough on Pakistan, China at arm's length

From early indications, the Modi government’s foreign policy seems to be pragmatic and reciprocal, says K G Suresh. One month is early days to pass a verdict on the performance of any......

PM seeks to promote better Asia-Pacific cooperation

Against the backdrop of a row among East Asian countries over South China Sea, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday advocated establishing of a 'common set of principles' and 'cooperative......

India likely to have near-normal monsoon

La Nina, a weather pattern arising in the Pacific Ocean that causes heavy rain in South Asia, is assuming a neutral condition, senior India Meteorological Department officials have said.This......

Dish TV ties up with Disney's South Asian arm

Dish TV has tied-up with Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific, the international television distribution arm of Walt Disney, to provide Hollywood blockbusters on its Movie on Demand......

India 2nd most active VC mart in 2002

India emerged as the second most active venture capital market in 2002 in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), only behind South Korea, with venture capital funds disbursing a total of $590.21m into 76......

Skymet lowers monsoon forecast; odds of a drought at 60%

India now faced a higher likelihood of a drought in some parts, as monsoon rain would be less than predicted in April, private weather forecaster Skymet said on Friday. It said the probability of a......

Hingis makes flying start in Tokyo

Former world number one Martina Hingis pulverised South Korea's Cho Yoon-Jeong 6-0, 6-0 in the Pan Pacific Open first round on Wednesday.The Swiss returned to tennis last month and reached the......

'India a key market to spread women's tennis'

The Women's Tennis Association, which has turned to Asia to grow its sport, is unclear how the International Tennis Premier League is going to pan out. “We are still learning about it, just......

Friendlies: Brazil slump to Swiss loss, Argentina beat Italy

Tetchy Brazil were upset 1-0 in Switzerland while Argentina beat Italy 2-1 even without Lionel Messi on a mostly successful night for South American teams in friendlies ahead of next month's World......

Confed Cup: Balotelli to miss semi-final clash with Spain

Italy striker Mario Balotelli has been ruled out of his side's Confederations Cup semi-final against Spain on Thursday with a thigh injury, the Italian Football Federation said on Sunday. "The......

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QNA

Q. which are the countries lie in the tropical region?
Prince Mathew: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-are-the-countries-lie-in-the-tropical-region/27599852/answers/

Q. Which ocean separates Europe and Africa from North and South America?Atlantic OceanPacific OceanArctic OceanIndian Ocean
Giaa: A. In the Western Hemisphere, tropical countries include Mexico, all of Central America, all of the Caribbean islands from just south of Nassau in the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-ocean-separates-europe-and-africa-from-north-and-south/26806698/answers/27599856

Q. Wts aadi tappa?plz explain
Deepanshi Kadam: A. Pacific more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/wts-aadi-tappaplz-explain/25774492/answers/26806734

Q. In what plate techtonic does mariana trench happen?
Chandaka Negi: A. the meaning of tappa is a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa barkbut as a rhyme it is used in a song aadi tappa aadi tappa more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/in-what-plate-techtonic-does-mariana-trench-happen/25295074/answers/25774531

Web results for South Pacific

Hoping to project power, China finds itself alone

Nearly three decades after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping famously instructed his diplomats to "be good at maintaining a low profile and never claim... ...

http://www.sify.com/news/hoping-to-project-power-china-finds-itself-alone-news-others-ohklJughbdhaj.html

US presses China on maritime tensions

The United States on Wednesday “forcefully” pressed China on festering maritime rows and human rights, even as the two countries vowed to seek... ...

http://www.asianage.com/international/us-presses-china-maritime-tensions-147

'Encourage infrastructure trusts and mutual funds'

Business Today spoke to Pashupathy Gopalan, President, SunEdison Asia Pacific, Middle East and South Africa on his expectations from Budget 2014.... ...

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We award excellence in IT sector says a city based social entrepreneur

To recognise digital innovations in south and west India, Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) , Pune chapter has introduced Manthan Awards for... ...

http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-qa-we-award-excellence-in-it-sector-says-a-city-based-social-entrepreneur-2000820

Tata Motors, RIL, YES Bank among UBS' top Asian picks

Six India-listed stocks are among the top 40 scrip investment recommendations of UBS, the global research and investment advisor. These are Tata... ...

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