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AP: Naidu in preventive custody ahead of meeting CM

Telugu Desam Party president and leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh assembly N Chandrababu Naidu and state Communist Party of India secretary K Narayana were taken into preventive custody on......

Govt reconstitutes NAC; drops 3 major names

The government has reconstituted the National Advisory Council chaired by Sonia Gandhi by dropping three members and inducting two new faces. Planning Commission member Mihir Shah and Ashis......

MP alleges harassment by PM security staff, House adjourned

Uproar over a member's alleged harassment by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's security personnel in Parliament precincts forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha for nearly two hours on Wednesday.......

Land grab case: Former DMK minister's bail plea adjourned

The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has posted to next week bail applications of former minister KN Nehru, his brother and few others in a case registered against them on land grab charges.......

Oppn stalls RS for fourth day on Guj Lokayukta

The Opposition on Tuesday forced repeated adjournments in the Rajya Sabha with the Bharatiya Janata Party persisting with its protest for the fourth consecutive day over appointment of Lokayukta in......

The success story of a serial entrepreneur

Swaminathan K, an alumnus of IIM-B, can be described as a serial entrepreneur who started young; in fact, from his school days. Identifying problems and solving them through his innovative......

No expectation from Budget, says pharma industry

The pharmaceutical sector isn’t enthused about the Union Budget.The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, a group representing 18 major domestic drug makers, including Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, Dr......

Infosys 'seriously looking' for acquisitions

Infosys on Thursday said it is "seriously looking" at acquisitions as the company understands the importance of growth through buying out other companies. "We are seriously looking at......

Economists reject official poverty definition

A number of prominent economists have rejected the concept of a daily earning of Rs 32 determining where to draw the poverty line separating the poor from the not-so-poor.They have warned against......

Govt may fund farmers' markets in metros

The Budget may include a plan to allow farmers to open their own retail markets in the metros. The proposal has come from the food and civil supplies ministry.The recent rise in retail prices of......

"I want to write Rajnikant's biography..."

Roopa Swaminathan, author of the National Award-winning book, Star Dust, Vignettes from the fringes of the Film Industry, calls herself a hardcore Mumbaiite who loves cinema and grew up watching......

Review: 3's music is more than Kolaveri Di

Pavithra Srinivasan feels composer Anirudh has come up with an interesting collection of songs in the Tamil film, 3.The most eagerly anticipated music album of the year is probably R K Productions......

One plus two equals fiasco

Hey, all.Subsequent to writing that piece on the Challenger, I saw, on Rediff, a thoughtful piece by R Swaminathan-- Swami, as we know him-- on the marketing of the event.Coincidentally, two of the......

Abhijeet gets silver, bronze for Tania at Chess Olympiad

Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won a silver by pocketing seven points out of nine games while Tania Sachdev turned out to be the best woman performer for India with a bronze medal in the Chess......

Chess Olympiad: Indian women tamed by Russia, men draw

On a disappointing day for India, the men's team bowed out of medal contention after conceding another draw, while the women were tamed 1-3 by Russia in the ninth round of the 40th Chess Olympiad......

Chess Olympiad: Indian women win; men held by Argentina

International Master Tania Sachdev registeredher sixth victory in seven games as the Indian women's team cruised to a 3-1 victory over lower-ranked Estonia to take the joint-fourth spot after the......

Indian teams coast at Chess Olympiad

Grandmaster K Sasikiran showed the way as Indian men cruised to a 3-1 victory over Turkish 2016 team in the second round of the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. The Indian women also had an easy......

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Q. Who among the following has been appointed new chairmanof the National Commission for Farmers ? (a) Ajit Singh (b) K. C. Pant (c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (d) Sharad Pawar
: A. (c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan more

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Q. What is \"Green Revolution\"?
Mohd Yousuf: A. In 1961 India was on the brink of mass famine. Borlaug was invited to India by the adviser to the Indian minister of agriculture M. S. Swaminathan....... more

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Q. Name some persons eho wrote our consttitutionapart from Dr.Amedkar.
Tanushree Mitra: A. Jawaharlal Nehru..Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,Deputy Prime Minister cum Home Minister Maulana Azad, Minister for Education, Dr. Rajendra Prasad,...... more

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Q. Who is your favorite Indian writer and which is your favorite contribution by him/her?
Sitapati Rao: A. There are many person whom i love to write. Even though I have not read Salman Roshdie or Arundhathi Roy, i think their writngs are as good as the...... more

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Q. who is the best carnatic singer in India?
Muktha Radhakrishnan: A. Alathur Brothers Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar Aruna Sairam Balaji Shankar Bombay Jayashree Bombay Sisters Bhushani Kalyanaraman Bhavana Radhakrishnan...... more

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Sarayu, Sheetal duo enters semis

NGV's Sarayu Vyakaranam and Sheetal Sudarshan teamed up to get the better of WPBA's Nidhi Fathima and Vibha G to storm into the girls' under-15... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334022/sarayu-sheetal-duo-enters-semis.html

'India will do everything to pro...

In the backdrop of reports that Afghan President Hamid Karzai may have sought increased security assistance from New Delhi during his two-day... ...

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DSVS Trust hands over model houses

A model house being handed over and books released at the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, organised by the DSVS Trust | Martin... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/DSVS-Trust-hands-over-model-houses/2013/05/22/article1600119.ece

Experts demand surveillance centre to check pollution in Vembanad Lake

Experts have pointed out the need to set up an environmental surveillance centre for Vembanad lake with statutory powers to check the increasing... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/experts-demand-surveillance-centre-to-check-pollution-in-vembanad-lake/article4708642.ece

Coringa cottage plan triggers protest

The sudden decision of the Tourism Department to construct tourist cottages abutting Coringa mangroves has evoked severe criticism from... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/coringa-cottage-plan-triggers-protest/article4700112.ece

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