High on the hoolock
Li Jiahong snaps a mother hoolock carrying her baby in the forest of Gaoligong National Nature Reserve, in Yunnan province. Li Jiahong / For China Daily A former teacher turns his love of nature into a study of the endangered gibbon in the forests of
Anti Cow Slaughter bill reintroduced
Bangalore: The cow slaughter bill took a 180 degree turn on Tuesday, when the Karnataka Government reinstated the controversial Karnataka Cow Slaughter Prevention Bill 2010 in the assembly. A high voltage drama in the public domain was witnessed in the
ATC Global: Indra secures major deals with China and India
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In Brief - India stays in touch
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US STOCKS-Bets on economy lift Wall Street; banks, tech lead
* KBW bank stock index at highest since November 2008 * Nasdaq Composite rises for fifth straight day * Abbott Labs to buy Facet Biotech for $27 per share * Dow up 0.03 pct, S&P 500 up 0.45 pct, Nasdaq up 0.78 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news,
Russia to ink $10 billion deal with old ally India
MOSCOW: Russia plans to sign over $10 billion worth of deals with India during the visit of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin later this week, Putin's deputy, Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview. The deals will range from contracts for the joint design of a
FCI bets on commexes for efficient distribution of wheat in open market
MUMBAI: Amid spiralling food prices, Food Corporation of India (FCI) is using the commodity spot exchanges to offload wheat in the open market. The government’s nodal food procurement agency on Wednesday reached an agreement with spot exchanges
GSK to lower prices to woo India mkt [The Economic Times, India]
Mar. 10NEW DELHI GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) would cut retail prices in India to cater to the lower-income segment besides pumping in Rs 430 crore to develop vaccines from its local facilities, according to Andrew Witty, global CEO of the world's
Armed Forces Tribunal refuses interim relief to Lt Gen Rath
New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) The Armed Forces Tribunal today refused to grant interim relief to Lt Gen P K Rath seeking a stay on the Summary of Evidence proceedings against him in the Rs 300 crore Sukna land scam case. Tribunal Chairman Justice A K Mathur
Indian luxury market set for growth
NEW DELHI: The luxury goods market is set to enjoy substantial growth in India over the next five years, and is also expected to attract further investment from major global brands over this period. According to figures from Technopak Advisors, the
Sajjan Kumar at Karkardooma court. Prave...
A city court on Wednesday granted bail to former Outer Delhi MP Sajjan Kumar and nine others accused in two 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases after they furnished a personal bond and surety of Rs 50,000 each. This was Kumar's first appearance in court after
The World Is Realising The Importance Of Nature's Herbal Medicine.more Than 80000 Medicinal Plants.
An apprentice to an Indian herbal doctor was given a final exam. " Go to the surrounding hills and forest," the teacher instructed," and collect any plants without medicinal value". The apprentice wandered the surrounding fields for sveral days before
Remmon signed agreement with Creative Robotics Pvt Ltd for distributorship in India
Creative Robotics Pvt Ltd is now well known Industrial Automation Company based in Ghaziabad, India. Company CMD Mr S K Dixit is Graduate Engineer and has vast & International exposure in Industrial Automation Projects. Mr Dixit along with his team has
Managers cross-invest to keep funds in shape
MUMBAI: What does a domestic fund manager do when he needs exposure to large-cap companies but is aware that valuations are expensive? Strange as it may sound, he decides to take the mutual fund route. There is an increasing tendency among fund managers
Loath to enter D-St? Let fund managers guide you
There are many investors who after witnessing sensational stock market crashes in the past have a mortal fear of investing in equities. However, with returns from traditional fixed income products turning unattractive, investing in equities is perhaps
Fishermen are hunted by India, Pakistan
Hundreds of Pakistani and Indian fishermen have been arrested in recent years by the Pakistani and Indian governments -- which accuse fishermen of the opposite nationality of acting as spies, often holding them without trial for years. The showdown over
India, China formally back Copenhagen deal
China and India officially joined the Copenhagen climate-change agreement Tuesday, the last two of the world's major greenhou - More -
RPT-Q+A-Top issues in India, Russia relations
NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on Thursday to reaffirm ties with Moscow's Cold War ally, lining up billions of dollars in mainly defence deals to be signed during the two-day trip. As India
Putin is leaving for India on a visit to meet Indian leadership
MOSCOW, March 11 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will leave for India on Thursday evening. On Friday, he will meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh for talks. Putin will also participate in an Internet conference with
India has only 129 policemen per 1 lakh people
NEW DELHI: Less than a month after the terror attack on popular German Bakery in Pune, the government on Wednesday admitted that had made it difficult to safeguard "all public places" in the country. Although the is a country-wide phenomenon,
