These plantations are not only eating into the land occupied by the region's native forests, they could also disturb the ground water reserve and soil quality
Tarla Dalal, noted food writer, chef, best-selling cookbook author and host of cooking shows, passed away on Wednesday morning.
IT major Infosys Technologies announced on Tuesday that it was contributing Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million) to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to assist the victims of tsunami that ravaged South and South East Asia early last Sunday. \n\n
Khalistan Liberation Force chief Harminder Singh 'Mintoo' who along with five others escaped from the high security jail in Nabha on Sunday, was arrested by Punjab Police after he was deported from Thailand in November 2014.
The waves are usually triggered by seismic disturbances -- coastal earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or undersea landslides -- that jolt the ocean floor.
India meet the West Indies on September 14, as per the tentative itinerary for Singapore-Malaysia tournament.
"The bilaterals amidst the multilateral. PM @narendramodi meets Premier Li Kequiang of China for first engagement," External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted.
Taxi passengers in Bangkok will soon be able to pay their fares with a credit card, making Thailand the first country in South East Asia to use the integrated system that comprises an automatic controller, handheld card reader, printer, meter and dis
IMF MD Christine Lagarde hailed the government's latest Budget.
Mohun Bagan will be first Indian club to play in the under-15 Manchester United Premier Cup.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to South Korea is considered essential in strengthening defence ties, enhancing economic cooperation and forging cultural ties between the two countries, says Dr Rahul Mishra
CDMA mobile operator Reliance Communication on Wednesday reduced international calling rates upto 66 per cent for consumers using global calling cards of different denominations.
Kerala top the list of state-wise break-up of repatriation requests with 25,246, followed by 6,617 from Tamil Nadu and 4,341 from Maharashtra. A total of 3,715 people from Uttar Pradesh requested for evacuation, 3,320 from Rajasthan, 2,796 from Telangana and, 2,786 from Karnataka.
The inaugural India-ASEAN Car Rally on Tuesday kicked off from the historic Judges field in Guwahati.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Thursday announced that it would recruit fresh graduates in its first management graduates hiring programme outside India
He also made it clear that the government had nothing to hide on the Volcker issue and that there was a procedure to be followed.
Sports footwear and apparel company Adidas on its ninth year of operations in India, on Wednesday said the country would take over from Malaysia as the number one market for the company in South East Asia.
Mere shuffling of resources or cosmetic changes to prove a point would be counterproductive in the long run, observes Commodore Venugoptal Menon (retd).
Driven by the huge cost advantage, Australia's specialty biscuit manufacturer UNIBIC is making Bangalore its production hub to cater to the markets in South-East Asia, the Middle East and to some extent the UK.
Leading job portal Monster.com said on Monday that recruitment activities in many sectors witnessed a decline last month compared to July.
The main focus of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's talks in New Delhi will be the increasingly cordial Indo-US relations.
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd, operating the Taj brand of hotels, on Wednesday said it expects revenue from its International operations to be one third of the total revenue in the next five years
Global oil and gas majors Shell and ConocoPhillips have offered to sell Australian liquefied natural gas to India to meeting its growing energy needs, petroleum secretary S C Tripathi said on Monday.
Football captain Sunil Chhetri wants India to "set a benchmark" by regularly qualifying for AFC Asian Cup, the continent's premier tournament.
Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Issac-Munivah wanted to join the operations against NSCN-K militants.
Hutch on Thursday announced reduction in ISD and STD call rates across all plans, both postpaid and prepaid.
International bandwidth prices in India are going to fall further by the end of this year once the SEA-ME-WE-4 cable commences operations in October 2005.\n\n
An astute advertising professional, he took Ogilvy & Mather India to the number one position after coming on board as managing director in 1994
There's unintended hilarity and very little combat to justify the existence of a sequel, feels Sukanya Verma.
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