Tag: World
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UN Command holds repatriation ceremony for 55 US troop remains
After the ceremony, the remains would be taken to the headquarters of Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Hawaii for identification.
August 1, 2018 -
You mustn’t play with water
The Earth has run out of miracles where water is concerned. It is time for politicians and administrators to take stock of how much water we have and the time when the Earth comes to Ground Zero.
May 13, 2018 -
Modest but meaningful view of the world
While the film society movement in Bengal dates back to the days when Satyajit Ray and some ardent lovers of cinema had taken the first step seven decades ago, Cine Central has managed to sustain the commitment over the past 50 years. Similar outfits like the Calcutta Film Society have been trying to revive the …
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March 17, 2018 -
The best of both worlds
The prevalent economic scenario and globalisation are inciting strong drives for change in the business sphere. With the world obsessed with growth and success, MBA has become the buzzword. It is clear that the business set up looks forward to management skills and leadership as a key as qualified and efficient management professionals are becoming …
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March 6, 2018 -
Reaching Home
My great grandfather, whom I never saw, died in the house in which he was born in India. My grandfather moved just once, when he changed his home from the village to the metropolis of Kolkata. My father moved nine times. The first when his uncles ejected his mother from the parental home, the second …
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March 5, 2018 -
Holistic perspective to see beyond
Cities have become the dominant way we live in the world today. But how do we design and construct to ensure optimal quality of life? How do we ensure in particular super-sized places like Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to provide their denizens with the services essential? Cities too offer opportunities to deliver sustainable economic growth …
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February 20, 2018 -
Trump denounces religious oppression in world
US President Donald Trump on Thursday once again denounced the “repressive regimes” of Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and North Korea and said that his administration is on the side of all those people around the world suffering “persecution” because of their religious faith. Trump delivered his remarks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, an …
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February 9, 2018 -
Change the world? Get set for a hard slog
Politics is the use of power in society. Political evolution is when the use of power becomes inclusive and benefits everyone fairly. Have human societies evolved so over time? For long, there was actually a reversal. Early hunter-gatherer societies were usually politically inclusive but unproductive. Barring a few inclusive regimes, the move to tribal, agrarian …
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January 18, 2018 -
Mann Ki Baat highlights: India has always given message of peace, says PM Modi
India has always given a message of peace, unity and harmony to the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, adding that its soldiers involved in United Nations’ peacekeeping missions are playing an important role in establishing world peace. “India has always been giving a message of peace, unity and harmony to the world. …
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October 29, 2017 -
18-yr-old pilot sets Guinness record of solo trip around the world
An 18-year-old pilot in Australia has set the Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to take a solo trip around the globe in an aircraft. On July 4 last year, Lachlan Smart from Australia took off in a Cirrus SR22 aircraft and completed the history-making journey at Sunshine Coast Airport, Queensland, Australia on August 27, …
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September 10, 2017 -
CSIR ranked 9th public research institution of the world
India’s largest autonomous public research and development organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked ninth in the world. The ranking is based on a composite indicator that combines research performance, innovation outputs and societal impact measured by their web visibility, so as to reflect scientific, economic and social characteristics of institutions. …
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August 31, 2017 -
Citizen scientists uncover cold new world near Sun
A brown dwarf over 100 light years away from the Sun has been discovered using a new citizen-science tool that helps astronomers pinpoint new worlds lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system. Just six days after the launch of the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 website in February, four different users alerted the science …
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June 4, 2017 -
World Book Fair ends on high note
The 44th World Book Fair ended here on a high note on Sunday as thousands of bookworms thronged to grab their favourite books in best deals. Organised at Pragati Maidan, the annual book fair had around 2,500 stalls belonging to around 800 publishers from India and 20 international publishers this year. The weekend crowd had …
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January 15, 2017 -
World Bank cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7% for FY17
In its first projection on India post-demonetisation, the World Bank has lowered the country's GDP growth estimate for this fiscal to 7 per cent, from its earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent made in June last year. "Growth in India is estimated to reach 7 per cent in financial year (FY) 2017…reflecting a modest downgrade …
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January 11, 2017 -
World Bank cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7% for FY17
In its first projection on India post-demonetisation, the World Bank has lowered the country's GDP growth estimate for this fiscal to 7 per cent, from its earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent made in June last year. "Growth in India is estimated to reach 7 per cent in financial year (FY) 2017…reflecting a modest downgrade …
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January 11, 2017 -
World Bank cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7% for FY17
In its first projection on India post-demonetisation, the World Bank has lowered the country's GDP growth estimate for this fiscal to 7 per cent, from its earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent made in June last year. "Growth in India is estimated to reach 7 per cent in financial year (FY) 2017…reflecting a modest downgrade …
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January 11, 2017 -
World Bank cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7% for FY17
In its first projection on India post-demonetisation, the World Bank has lowered the country's GDP growth estimate for this fiscal to 7 per cent, from its earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent made in June last year. "Growth in India is estimated to reach 7 per cent in financial year (FY) 2017…reflecting a modest downgrade …
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January 11, 2017