Nearly two months into his new job as the head of the Unique Identification Authority of India, Nandan Nilekani says the real beneficiary of the project will be the poor who have no identity at present.He is in a hurry because "the next 12-18 months are very critical in getting this project off the ground," by when the first set of identity numbers will be issued. If all goes well, five years from now the UID data base will cover a few hundred million people.
Andriy Shevchenko will quit Chelsea by the end of the month because the London side cannot guarantee him regular first-team football, Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday.
Today, thanks to television coverage and media hype, it has a huge multiplier effect, says an auto-parts maker.
The board of the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank on Tuesday approved a pound 340 million (Rs 2,500 crore) loan to the Tatas-owned Jaguar Land Rover to support efforts to make low-emission cars.
'There are only two religions in this country: Films and cricket.' 'These two religions will unite all religions.' 'And that only happens in a cinema hall.'
Pitching for zero tolerance for terrorism, India exhorted Commonwealth countries to work together to fight trans-national crime and terrorism."India calls for a policy of zero tolerance for terrorism by the international community. Any act of terrorism is a threat to the entire international community and deserves to be unequivocally condemned," Member of Parliament K Rani said while addressing the 20th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar in Ottawa on Monday.
France striker Karim Benzema passed a medical and signed a six-year contract with Real Madrid on Thursday, before being presented in front of about 20,000 fans at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Poonam Mahajan, daughter of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, may contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, said senior party leader Gopinath Munde who also ruled out the entry of Rahul Mahajan, who is currently busy in a reality show after being in the limelight for all wrong reasons, into politics.
This will be the country's largest order for telecom equipment and one of the world's biggest. The installed production capacity of GSM electronics worldwide is 250 to 300 million lines annually, suggesting that the order could account for more than 10 per cent of global production over the next three years.
After 11 years of hanging like a sword on PepsiCo India Holdings Ltd, the government's condition that the company must dilute its equity in fully-owned downstream ventures is close to being waived.
India and China on Monday held their first-ever defence and security consultations with both sides emphasising on enhanced military cooperation and exchanges to increase mutual trust.
Fir Tum Mil Gaye that will go on floors in April this year is a remake of Tamil film June R and is produced under the banner Hari Om Sai and directed by Revathy Verma.
As Zoya's directorial debut Luck By Chance hits the screens, Honey looks back at her childhood, and how different the two siblings are from each other.
The Association of Payment Clearing Services said that the 25 per cent initial rise in fraudulent use of British credit and debit cards in three years was mainly due to stolen and counterfeit cards used abroad. Card fraud overseas rose by 77 per cent last year to 208 million, 39 per cent of the total. There have been several instances of British consumers reporting money withdrawn from their accounts in India, The Philippines, Australia and Canada.
At least 64 people were killed in fierce ground clashes and shelling of a key military base close to a Catholic church by Ta mil Tigers in Sri Lanka's embattled northern region, officials have said.
An audio message has been released in Pushto, circulated by Taliban commanders, where Akhundzada said, "Taliban will never bow their heads and will not agree to peace talks," reports Dawn.
Reliance Industries has created history by flowing oil from the nation's first deep-sea oilfield, but gas production from the eastern offshore KG basin will begin in January, four months behind the deadline. Reliance began oil production from its predominantly gas-rich KG-DWN-98/3 or D6 block on September 17 with initial oil flowing at the rate of 5,500 barrels per day, the company Chairman Mukesh Ambani announced on Sunday in Mumbai.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation on Wednesday said global commodity prices were far from easing in the short term owing to tight supply-demand situation and warned of flare ups over food shortage.The UN FAO director general said the world has 4-5 million tonnes (MT) of cereals stocks that can feed the global population for only 8-12 weeks.
Chelsea trimmed Manchester United's lead at the top of the Premier League to five points on Sunday with a patchy 1-0 defeat of Middlesbrough.
Boeing is eyeing commercial aircraft orders worth over $40 billion in the next 20 years and defence sales of another $15 billion over the next ten years from India and has drawn up ambitious plans to source products and services from India to stay competitive globally. In a little over one year, Boeing has inked five agreements with top IT and engineering companies, which will result in key components for its civilian and military aircraft being manufactured in India.
India has steadfastly refused to be part of the NATO-led International Security Assidstance Force in the war-torn country.
Scientists at the Leh-based Regional Research Laboratory have cross-bred the region's famous yaks with high yielding Swiss cows to produce a new breed, which can withstand extremely high altitudes.
Six Border Security Force troopers and six civilians were injured in a powerful car bomb explosion near Hyderbora in uptown Srinagar on Saturday evening.
Police found that Zakir was a fake militant who along with his accomplished adopted names of some militants currently in PoK.
The company has entered into a tie-up with the US-based FSC Laboratories as its authorised generic partner for FSC's hypertension medicine Isoptin SR (Verapamil SR) in the US.
Cinematographer Ayananka Bose shares the tricks of his trade.
A question that Roshan Jr evaded.
The Union Budget 2008-09 will leave more money in every pocket.
Eyewitnesses said the militants fired six to eight rounds killing the two on the spot.
The hubs will feed Europe, US and the Gulf.
It was truly heartening to see how the Sikh community had risen to the occasion during the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests and the coronavirus pandemic and selflessly served those looking for nourishment.
The reclusive actor has finally said 'yes' to Eros Films and will do a film with them next year. The film is a joint venture between Eros and Carving Dreams Entertainment. Confirming the news, Hrithik said, "Yes, I am positively excited about this venture and am looking forward to working with two of the best in our industry."
Brazil has emerged as India's largest trading partner in Latin America with bilateral trade crossing the record $ 2 billion mark in 2006
It is deja vu for Liverpool as they contemplate a second Champions League semi-final against Chelsea in two years.
The sites coming under the cancelled leases figure in an unwritten assurance reportedly given by the government not just to Mittal Steel, but also to some of the domestic steel producers.
India's apex mineral export body, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, says the imposition of the Rs 300 per tonne export duty on iron ore has severely impacted the industry.
'When I agreed to visit Hrithikji at his residence, I was not sure of how I would be welcomed.' 'But the minute I walked into his beautiful home, I was made to feel comfortable.' 'He is humble, attentive and warm,' Anand Kumar tells Subhash K Jha.
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