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Indian Luxury Hotel Boss Calls For Major City Clean-Up New Delhi (AFP) July 11, 2007 
The head of one of India's top luxury hotel chains called on the country Wednesday to launch a major clean-up of its filthy cities or suffer a drop in tourist arrivals. "We have to clean our cities or risk losing tourists," said P.R.S. Oberoi, the chairman of the EIH Associated Hotels group, which includes the five-star Oberoi chain.
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Bush And Singh Discuss Nuclear Pact
Washington (AFP) Jul 11, 2007US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday discussed the US-India nuclear agreement and efforts to promote global trade, the White House said. The two leaders "spoke by phone this morning and discussed the transformation of our bilateral relationship, including the civil nuclear cooperation initiative," said national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe. ... more India Monsoon Death Toll Nears 700 
Jodhpur, India (AFP) July 09, 2007Twenty-four more people have died in rain-related accidents across India, taking the death toll to at least 684 since the onset of the monsoon last month, officials said Monday. Eight people were washed away in a monsoon-swollen river in Rajasthan, while 11 perished in rain-related deaths in the central state of Madhya Pradesh with five other deaths reported in Kashmir and West Bengal. In ... more Kenyan Tribe Of Honey-Hunters Fights Extinction 
Kiangwe, Kenya (AFP) July 10, 2007The marginalisation of Kenya's Boni tribe, known for their unique tradition of whistling to birds that guide them to honey, has raised fears that their mellifluous song will soon be silenced. With little or no access to health care and other resources, the Boni's ranks have steadily dwindled and the tribe is now on the verge of extinction. The semi-nomadic Hamitic tribe nestled between the India ... more Rice Exudes Confidence Of Wrapping Up The Nuke Deal By Year End 
Washington (ANI) Jul 01, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed confidence of finalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy cooperation by the end of this year. Speaking at the 32nd anniversary celebrations of the United States India Business Council (USIBC) on Wednesday, Rice said: "But with will and determination and more hard work to do, I am certain that we will reach final agreement and be in a ... more India Monsoons Leave Hundreds Dead And Millions Stranded 
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 04, 2007The death toll from this year's monsoon climbed to 474 on Wednesday as blinding rains lashed eastern India, according to officials and media reports. Two more deaths in the past 24 hours pushed the death toll to 13 in drenched West Bengal, officials said in state capital Kolkata where knee-deep flood waters invaded homes and offices. The city of 16 million people had received 300 millimetres (11 ... more |
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Washington (UPI) June 28, 2007Skepticism is growing among Republicans in the Senate about President Bush's strategy on Iraq, but it isn't going to have any impact on his determination to stay the course there. Newspaper reports this week stated that Republican Sens. George Voinovich of Ohio and Richard Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were both becoming more actively vocal ... more Rice Eyes US-India Nuclear Deal This Year 
Washington (AFP) June 27, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that a "historic" nuclear energy pact with India could be clinched this year with enough commitment from both sides. "Had this been easy, it would have been done a long time ago," Rice told the US-India Business Council, while trumpeting the deal's benefits both to fast-growing India's energy needs and to US nuclear companies. "I myself ... more Floods And Heatwaves Offer Warning Of Impact Of Climate Change 
Geneva (AFP) June 27, 2007Recent floods in Asia and Britain, and heatwaves in southern Europe, show the world must be better prepared to cope with the impact of climate change, the United Nation's top disaster prevention official said Wednesday. "Heavy rainfalls in Pakistan, India and northern England and heatwaves in Greece, Italy and Romania are indications of what might happen more frequently and more severely across ... more Pakistan Cyclone Leaves 21 Dead And 250,000 Homeless 
Gwadar, Pakistan (AFP) Jun 27, 2007Pakistani rescuers struggled Wednesday to reach 250,000 people left homeless, and in some cases clinging to rooftops and trees, by a cyclone that lashed the coast and killed 21 people. Cyclone Yemyin roared in from the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, days after thunderstorms left around 230 people dead in Karachi and nearly 150 people were killed by rains in neighbouring India. The UN said the des ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) June 25, 2007As India struggles to deal with stagnation in its crucial agricultural sector, small-scale organic farming initiatives near the capital are providing clues on how to reap healthy profits from the land. Many farmers in India, where more than 70 percent of the people depend on the land, eke out a living -- or else fall steadily into debt -- trying to grow water, fertiliser and pesticide-heavy crop ... more Sunita Williams Makes Giant Leaps For Womankind 
Washington (AFP) Jun 23, 2007Commander Sunita Williams, who on Friday became the woman who has spent the longest time in space, joined NASA as a navy experimental test pilot and flew helicopters in the 1991 Gulf war. Williams, 41, said her Indian heritage is a source of pride for her and others. "I am half Indian and I've got a, I'm sure, a group of Indian people who are looking forward to seeing this second person of India ... more Pakistan Builds Third Nuclear Reactor For Bombs 
Islamabad (AFP) Jun 22, 2007Pakistan appears to be building a third plutonium nuclear reactor to significantly boost its production of atomic bombs, a US research group said Friday. Satellite images show work progressing rapidly at Khusab, 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Islamabad, where the other two reactors are sited, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said in a report. Pakistan carried out ... more Indian Army Commissions BrahMos Cruise Missiles 
New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007India's Army put the BrahMos joint Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile into service Thursday at an official ceremony in the capital. The missile has been developed as a joint venture between India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia's Mashinostroyenia research-and-production center. "BrahMos is the best example of Russian-Indian cooperation," said India's ... more
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