Posts Tagged ‘India’

OBAMA IN INDIA: Focus on Economy and Security

FUN TIME IN MUMBAI US President Barack Obama has announced $10bn (£6.2bn) in new trade deals with India. He was speaking in Mumbai at the start of a 10-day Asian tour designed to boost US exports and create jobs. Obama also announced an easing of US export controls and rejected caricatures of India...
November 7th, 2010 | BUSINESS | 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

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

INDIAN EMBASSY BLAST: 17 Killed in Kabul

ATTACK ON INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING EFFORT A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked the Indian embassy in Kabul, killing at least 17 people in a second attack on the building in little over a year. Afghan officials say a car bomber blew himself up near the Indian embassy and the Afghan interior ministry. The...
October 8th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

INDIA IS HIT BY CALAMITY: Worst flooding in 100 years

WORST FLOODS IN 100 YEARS The worst floods in more than 100 years have left behind a trail of death and destruction in five districts of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. BBC Hindi’s Omer Farooq reports from Rajoli village in Mehbubnagar district, which has emerged as the symbol of this...
October 6th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

DEVASTATION AND RELIEF: Nature wreaks havoc in Philippine

Typhoon Parma has pounded the northern Philippines, killing at least 15 people and leaving a trail of destruction. The storm toppled power lines, tore off roofs and ripped up trees as it swept across the islands’ far north-east. Thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds feared dead or...
October 4th, 2009 | COMMUNITY | Read More

AMERICA HAS ITS ROOTS IN GANDHI: President Obama

A VISION OF SMILING INDIA As the world celebrates International Day of non-violence, US President Barack Obama on Thursday said America has its “roots in the India, transformed American society through our civil rights movement,” Obama said on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma...
October 2nd, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

RENEWED PLEDGE: TO Clean Energy sources, Obama

President Obama joined other world leaders Tuesday in calling for immediate and substantive steps to combat climate change, saying failure to act now would bring “irreversible catastrophe.” Speaking to a special summit on climate change at the United Nations, Obama pledged the full commitment...
September 22nd, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More

INDIAN MEN GETTNG FIT: Slim fit look is changing lifestyle

INDIAN MALE MAKEOVER All you women out there, get set to drool over more washboard abs. Not just Shahrukh Khan, the urban Indian male is getting a make-over. It’s not just Bebo aka Kareena Kapoor or the sizzling Shilpa Shetty who are sporting the ’size zero’ look. Almost every single...
August 21st, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More