A fertility specialist based at St Mary's Hospital in London has proved how little evidence is there to back up the claims of many diet products, by showing that even a placebo can make seven out of 10 persons lose weight.
Mallya is the first Indian ever to become the owner of a Formula One Team. The Netherlands-based Mol Family and Mallya have formed a consortium that is now the joint owner of Force India Formula One, which is also India's first-ever Formula One Team and represents India's first, truly global sports foray.
World Bank economists have urged the Indian government to cut unproductive farm subsidies and utilize agriculture spending the most productive manner.
Rahul Gandhi today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that Indians used to feel ashamed of their birth earlier and asserted that "I am a proud Indian".
Yokogawa Blue Star Ltd said it bagged a Rs 200 million order from Samprogetti of Italy and Tecnip - Coflexip of France for supply of distributed control system to Oman India Fertilizer Project in Sultanate of Oman.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to lay a special focus on the southern states in the coming elections, given the fact that it had 132, or one-third of the Lok Sabha seats.
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Miscreants often use explosives and chemical fertilizers to net a large catch in the shallow waters of small rivers or streams during winter.
Modi claimed the Janata Dal-Secular-Congress coalition government which came to power in Karnataka recently had waived only 800 farm loans.
''I strongly denounce the way you are conducting yourself. It is shameful and disgusting behaviour,'' Chatterjee told BSP member Brajesh Pathak, who continued to agressively counter Union Fertilizer Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, despite repeated requests from the Chair to resume his seat. But Pathak refused to listen to the Chair, prompting Chatterjee to remark: ''Ham yeh hone nahin deyenge... Hamko hataiye yahan se .
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said that it is necessary that farmers are given relevant information and guidance in simple language to generate better returns from farming activities.
The 86-year-old Congress leader had been suffering from various ailments, sources in Medanta Medicity said.
The Shiv Sena chief said that for the alliance to stay intact, both the BJP and Shiv Sena need to exercise caution.
Sources said authorities surveyed the land at Kiyamgei Loukol area amid protests by hundreds of farmers and local residents in April 2006.
India's largest central trade union, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, said on Monday it will mobilise workers and public against Special economic zones by launching nation-wide protests from July 16 to 23.
Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday released a new policy on Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Regions.
Financial services major Credit Suisse on Monday said the government is likely to support rupee as the rapidly falling local unit is causing visible pressure on the country's oil and fertilisers deficit bill.
The British government wants University staff to report suspicious activity by Asian students to the Special Branch to check extremism.
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All over the world, food riots are breaking out. Not because there is too much food or too little, but because it has gone way up in price. Worldwide inflation of food prices is a monetary phenomenon, not an agricultural phenomenon. With bread prices on the rise, politicians feel compelled to intervene. And every intervention falls upon the crops like a cloud of locusts. The price of rice rose 50% in the last two weeks, causing nations to make a run for rice.
The author has signed on to star in the new romantic comedy titled Then She Found Me, after successfully auditioning for the part. The movie will be directed by Helen Hunt, and marks her directorial debut.
The price surge at Jhajjar has more to do with skyrocketing land prices near the SEZ site plus a recent rumour that the Haryana government may increase the minimum price for land acquisition to more than Rs 55 lakh (Rs 5.5 million) per acre.
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Sectors have potential to create jobs, add economic value: FM.
'India does not have the wherewithal to successfully manage a full blown covid-19 crisis,' warns Vivek Gumaste.
Former champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered her earliest Australian Open defeat since 2000 when she was shocked by unseeded Australian Casey Dellacqua in the third round.
Hsieh Su-wei proudly flew the Taiwanese flag on Friday when she became the first player from her country to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam tournament. The 22-year-old qualifier edged out France's Aravane Rezai 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 and now plays top seed and world number one Justine Henin of Belgium.
The JD-U flayed the ruling United Progressive Alliance government for its policy on special economic zones calling it "the biggest real estate scam in India" and sought immediate suspension of implementation of the "anti-farmer act".
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Market breadth depicted strength. There were almost 3 gainers against every loser on BSE
Kia's Seltos SUV has already crossed the 40,000 mark while the slightly pricier MG Hector has sold nearly 13,000 units.
"Our government does not delay decisions. We neither nurse problems nor keep them pending," Modi said.
It is no longer an individual's problem, but one that organisations need to take cognisance of and build into their diversity and people management policies and practices.
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the board of directors of the company is scheduled on January 24, 2003 to take on record the unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2002.
Here is all you need to know about the National Population Register and worries over its links with NRC.
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council has approved Reliance Industries' 4.33 dollars per mBtu price of gas from KG-D6 fields, saying it was in line with industry practices.
Sonia Gandhi's publicly-aired concern over the acquisition of fertile farmland for special economic zones has evoked a prompt response from corporate India, which does not want to delay showing its farmer-friendly face.
