Archive for the ‘WORLD’ Category

INDONESIA: Tsunami strikes again killing over four hundred

HARD TO COMPREHEND The death toll from a tsunami that hit several remote islands in Indonesia has risen to at least 400, officials say. Rescue teams on the Mentawai islands say hundreds are still missing, two days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami in western Sumatra. Officials say...
October 27th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010: Begin in India

LET THE GAMES BEGIN The 2010 Commonwealth Games have begun with a spectacular opening ceremony in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Athletes from the 71 competing nations joined in a parade that began with 2006 hosts Australia and ended with India. Prince Charles and Indian president Pratibha Patil...
October 4th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

PAKISTAN FLOODS: IMF Reviews ‘Massive Challange’

A GRIM SITUATION The International Monetary Fund says the floods that have struck Pakistan pose a “massive economic challenge” and it will review the country’s budget and financial prospects. The IMF will start talks with Pakistani officials in Washington on Monday to assess how best...
August 21st, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

CHINA EARTHQUAKE: Kills 1,144 in Qinghai province

A rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area of China’s Qinghai province early Wednesday, killing 1,144 people, state-run media said, quoting local quake relief headquarters. RELEIF NOT REACHING FAST At least 10,000 others were injured, the Xinhua news agency reported,...
April 14th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

भारत का गणतंत्र दिवस: INDIA CELEBRATES REPUBLIC DAY

Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil PRESIDENT OF INDIA India is a nation where humanity has lived since ages. It is a country which is blessed with different religions, societies, cultures and languages, all interplaying with each other in harmony. The month of January creates an aura of patriotism as Republic...
January 25th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

US-INDIAN TIES: May define 21st century, Obama

A CLOSER COOPERATION President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that U.S. ties with India will be “one of the defining relationships” of the 21st century as he welcomed India’s prime minister for the first state visit of his administration. At the conclusion of about two hours of talks,...
November 24th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

200 MILLION HUNGRY CHILDREN: Growth is stunted

200 MILLION HUNGRY CHILDREN Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don’t get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger. The head of a U.N. food agency called...
November 11th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

INDIRA GANDHI: Portrait of an authoritarian patriot

INDIRA GANDHI A RARE GLIMPS Indira Gandhi was gunned down by her bodyguards on this day 25 years ago. Looking at the legacy of India’s most controversial and best-known politician. In the summer of 1965, Indira Gandhi was thinking of shifting base from Delhi to London. She was then serving as a...
October 31st, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

RICHEST JOIN BILL GATES: For Literacy Drive in India

RAY OF HOPE MILLIONS Some of India’s richest men have joined forces with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to launch an ambitious campaign to teach 100 million illiterate Indian slum children to read by the end of 2010. The task force, which includes British-based billionaire Gopichand Hinduja, are...
October 19th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: Obama celebrates Diwali

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS In an expansive gesture to Indians worldwide as much as to showcase his – and America’s– multi-cultural affections, US PresidentBarack Obama on Wednesday lit a ceremonial Diwali lamp at the White House to ‘’symbolize victory of light over darkness.” Although...
October 15th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More