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  • Cancer treatment breakthrough by NRI professor

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    Queen’s University cancer researcher Madhuri Koti has discovered a biomarker that will help lead to better predictions of the success of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer patients. Biomarkers are an indicator of a biological state or condition, and the discovery could lead to better treatment options in the fight against ovarian cancer, according to a press…

  • Resurgent India driving Asian growth

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    By Arun Kumar With India-US relations stronger than ever since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two countries have become drivers of growth across the region and around the world, according to a senior US official “If there is one overarching positive trend that is driving the energy and optimism across South Asia,…

  • War of words begin before semi clash

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    An undefeated India will face their biggest challenge of the cricket World Cup when they take on co-hosts and four-time champions Australia in the latter’s backyard at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here. There has been a lot of talk about the match ever since the two teams made the last four during the previous…

  • US to oppose plea to declare RSS a terror group

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     The US has told a court here that it intends to move for dismissal of a lawsuit for declaring India’s RSS as a “terror group” while seeking time till April 14 to do so. In a motion filed before judge Laura Taylor Swain of the Southern District of New York, US attorney Preet Bharara said…

  • Priti Patel gets racist tweets from Labour candidate

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    A Labour Party candidate for the upcoming British general election apologised after a Conservative lawmaker of Indian origin accused him of “racist” attacks and trolling her on Twitter, according to media reports. John Clarke, who was chosen to contest from the Witham seat, emailed his Conservative Party rival Priti Patel last week after she complained…

  • 148 feared dead as jet crashes in France

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     An Airbus A320 of a German low-cost airline with 148 people on board crashed  in southern France while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, with French President Francois Hollande saying no survivors are expected. There are “likely many German victims”, Hollande said in a tweet from the presidential place. Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed around 11 a.m.…

  • Kanhais arrive in London

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    Acclaimed Indian artists ‘Padma Shri Mr. Krishn Kanhai and Arjun Kanhai to promote their work through Treniq   Creativity in art is heavily influenced by the state of mind of the artist, which is why it is seen as a concentration of an idea or concept into a physical entity. But, for most people art…

  • Pacers hold key for India

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    By Debdoot Das  The success story of the Indian pacers in the ongoing World Cup has not only warmed the hearts of fans but also raised the hopes about the country retaining the coveted trophy in cricket’s biggest stage. History shows that the pacers have led the charge on both occasions that India won the…

  • India semi final ticket prices soar

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    The prices of tickets for the India vs Australia semi final match of the cricket World Cup have shot up following a high demand for the blockbuster clash. The high-octane contest will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and is expected to be a full house with fans of both teams filling up…

  • Obama praises Indian-American kids

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    By Arun Kumar    President Barack Obama praised the work of young Indian-Americans as he exhorted budding American scientists to “keep exploring…keep dreaming” and use the power of their ideas to change the world. “Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know,” he said as he welcomed young scientists and engineers from across the…

  • Win or lose, this is it: Cameron

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    David Cameron has told the BBC he will not serve a third term as prime minister if the Conservatives remain in government after the general election. The PM said if re-elected he would serve the full five years of another Parliament and then leave Number 10. Mr Cameron tipped Home Secretary Theresa May, Chancellor George…

  • Britain tighten work permit for foreign footballers

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    Non-European Union footballers will find it more difficult to get work permits to play in Britain as the Football Association (FA) has unveiled much stricter regulations. The new requirements state that non-EEA (European Economic Area) players will have to meet a minimum percentage of international matches played for their country over the previous 24 month…

  • Mars Orbiter mission extended

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    By Fakir Balaji   India’s maiden Mars Orbiter mission was extended for another six months to further explore the Red Planet and its atmosphere, a senior official said here. “As the 1,340 kg Mars Orbiter has sufficient fuel (37 kg) to last longer than it was intended earlier, its mission has been extended for another six…

  • Credit must go to Shaheen Dhada

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     Mohammed Farooq Dhada, the father of Shaheen Dhada, whose Facebook post had created a nationwide stir in 2012,  said the credit for the Supreme Court striking down Section 66A of IT Act “must go to my daughter”. A pleased Farooq Dhada said: “I never scolded her for (the post) and supported her always as she…

  • FBI hunting for Indian cyber-fugitive

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    Declaring Shivraj Singh Dabi, an Indian national, a cyber-fugitive, the FBI has put him on its most wanted list with posters in English, Punjabi and Hindi seeking information about him. Wanted by the FBI notice put out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Dabi, 42, of “Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement – Computer Crimes”…

  • Bibi feels the heat

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  apologised to the Arab Israelis in a bid to walk back his controversial comment made at the height of last week’s parliamentary election. In a statement, Netanyahu made the apology to members of the Arab community in an apparent attempt to heal rifts and quell criticism from home and abroad,…

  • Obama vows L-1B visa reforms

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    By Arun Kumar   Declaring that “America is proudly open for business”, President Barack announced plans to reform the L-1B visa category to allow global corporations to temporarily move workers to the US in a faster, simpler way. “And this could benefit hundreds of thousands of non-immigrant workers and their employers; that, in turn, will benefit…

  • SC uphold online free speech

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    The Supreme Court quashed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 holding that it was violative of Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech and expression. “Section 66A of the IT Act is struck down in its entirety…,” said the apex court bench of Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman.…

  • Conduct Unbecoming !

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    British politics is getting murkier and murkier. How can you blame the general public if they are not showing any interest in politics and politicians? After the Mail on Sunday splashed the story of Afzal Amin, I was inundated with phone calls. Elders in the community are asking about what will be the future of…

  • Shashi Kapoor chosen for Phalke award

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      Just days after Shashi Kapoor turned 77, news emerged  that Bollywood’s evergreen charmer will be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Congratulations poured in for the actor, whose now frail frame, wrinkled face and silver locks fail to erase the image of his good looks and smile off his fans’ memory. Best known for his…

  • Britain accuse Israel of land grab

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     Israeli settlers are colonising Palestinian territory under the guise of protecting archaeological sites, the British government has said, according to media reports. British ministers have warned that the Israeli government agency responsible for preserving historic artefacts is undermining efforts for peace in the region by working with a group of “radical” settlers, The Independent reported…

  • SCG will be turned into sea of blue

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      Australia’s plea for a gold rush of hometown support for cricket World Cup semi-final is set to be washed away by a tsunami of patriotic Indians, who are out to turn the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) into a sea of blue. The organisers are privately expecting a staggering 70 percent of a sold out…

  • Modi prays at Golden Temple

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    Walking in the midst of hundreds of devotees, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered prayers at the holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple, and later paid homage at Jallianwala Bagh where hundreds of innocent people were massacred by British troops on April 13, 1919. This was the first time…

  • Angry Afghan women bury woman burnt to death by extremists

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    Breaking with tradition, angry women in Afghan capital Kabul carried the coffin of a young woman who was burnt to death by religious extremists for allegedly burning the holy Quran. Farkhunda, 27, was beaten and burnt to death by religious extremists on March 18 at Shahi Doshamshera area in central Kabul after a religious cleric…

  • Goa ‘beefs up’ its menu

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    By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar  Carmen Athaide, 49, slices a few slivers of beef into a broth that’s just beginning to simmer on her old kitchen stove. As the soup comes to a boil, the warm, wholesome aroma cuts through the predominant, sharp smell of vinegar-based red-chilli masala, commonly used in Christian homes in the former Portuguese…

  • Sri Lanka gives back land to Tamils

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      President Maithripala Sirisena handed back land held by the military to its rightful owners in north Sri Lanka. The president assured Tamils in the minority Tamil-dominated North that the land issue would be resolved and the land used as High Security Zones will be returned, Xinhua news agency reported. During the 30-year civil war,…

  • Britain at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

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    Climate change could accelerate the emergence of vector-borne diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, and West Nile virus in Britain, says a new study. The findings detailed in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases indicate that vector-borne diseases, which are transmitted by insects such as mosquitoes and ticks, are on the rise and have spread…

  • Taliban deny reports of leader’s death

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      As unconfirmed reports of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah’s death circulated, different Taliban groups have denied that the terrorist was killed during a military operation. TTP spokesman Mohammad Khorasani claimed that reports regarding Fazlullah’s death were “absolutely baseless rumours”, Geo News reported. A spokesman for Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar also denied the report.…

  • India’s African opportunity

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    By Francis Kokutse  A recent upsurge in infrastructural developments across Africa might well turn out to be a boon for Indian companies. A new report by the international accounting firm, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has confirmed that infrastructure spending in sub-Saharan Africa will exceed $180 billion by 2025, and this seems to fit into the Exim…

  • INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Archer

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    By Sahana Ghosh  No alien to controversies, British author Jeffrey Archer says he’s not a provocative writer and “feels very safe” in India when it comes to censorship issues. “I don’t try to provoke. I am a simple storyteller. I feel safe in India, very safe,” he said. In contrast, he said, he had to…

  • N-deal needs revocation of sanctions: Khamenei

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      Removal of anti-Iran sanctions should be part of any possible nuclear deal between Iran and western countries, said Iranian top leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Anti-Iran sanctions should be discussed as a part of nuclear negotiations and should not be considered a result of those talks, state-run news agency IRNA cited Khamenei as saying…

  • Peace on border top priority: Mufti

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    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said  that firing from across the border was a great challenge and he would leave no stone unturned to ensure peace at the border with Pakistan. Speaking in the state legislative council on Monday, Sayeed said there was no violation of ceasefire from across the borders in…

  • CBI probe ordered in IAS officer’s death

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      The Karnataka government ordered a CBI probe into the death of IAS officer D.K. Ravi here a week ago that triggered public outrage after police prime facie termed it a case of suicide. “We are handing over the probe into Ravi’s death to the CBI not because of the pressure from the opposition (parties)…

  • Lee Kuan Yew 1923-2015

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      Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, and one of the most influential political figures in Asia died here on Monday after a prolonged battle with pneumonia. Born on September 16, 1923, he was widely considered as the father of the modern day Singapore and the leader who made the island nation…

  • India, China hold border talks

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    National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the special representative for the India-China boundary talks, sat down with his Chinese counterpart, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, for the 18th round of border talks here. Doval and Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar, a former Indian envoy to China, are among the Indian team holding talks with the Chinese delegation at…

  • A lot at stake in region and beyond

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    By Hardeep S.Puri and Omar El Okdah  In contemporary politics, the flow of historical forces cannot be understood by glimpsing a mere snapshot. The unprecedented fourth-term election of Benjamin Netanyahu is indeed a significant event in itself. He will now go down in Israeli history as the longest serving head of government. It is the…

  • Obama explores other avenues for a Palestinian state

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    The United States is exploring other options in its efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace in light of the Israeli prime minister’s recent harmful campaign statements, President Barack Obama said. The president said that he had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to voice his displeasure at the latter’s opposition to a Palestinian state and…

  • Modi pained by farmers woes

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said he was pained by the sufferings of the farmers and farm workers and vowed to take steps to make his government sensitive towards their issues. Addressing farmers and farm labourers in his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi said he did not imagine that farmers and villagers would pose…

  • No black money amnesty for HSBC Geneva accounts

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    The 1,200 Indians who allegedly have accounts in HSBC Bank’s Geneva account and against some of whom a probe was initiated by tax authorities can’t get amnesty under the new law that the government proposes to get back ill-gotten money stashed abroad. The so-called amnesty scheme is detailed in the chapter on tax compliance for…

  • Substantial progress in Iran talks: Kerry

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry said that “substantial progress” has been made in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. Kerry’s remarks came a day after the P5+1 countries — the US, China, Russia, France, Britain, plus Germany — and Iran suspended their week-long negotiations, without having reached a framework agreement ahead of the March 31…

  • Modi’s modernity vs saffron orthodoxy

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    By Amulya Ganguli  Historian Ayesha Jalal has writen in her latest book, “The Struggle for Pakistan”, that “at the root of Pakistan’s national identity crisis has been the unresolved debate on how to square the state’s self-proclaimed Islamic identity with the obligations of a modern nation-state”. The same problem has begun to affect the reputation…

  • Ayurveda a hit among Moscow women

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    Ayurveda has been a big hit in Russian capital Moscow, with many women who were looking at alternate health care practices asking about it during the country’s largest tourism fair. The public and industry representatives streamed into the Kerala Tourism stall during the four-day 22nd Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT) that ended .…

  • J&K army camp attacked

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    Two soldiers and a pilgrim were injured on Saturday in a militant attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Armed with automatic weapons and grenades, militants attacked the Mesar camp of 82 armoured regiment in Samba district in the morning triggering a gunfight with the security forces which is…

  • Guptill fires New Zealand into semis

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     An incredible unbeaten knock of 237 from opener Martin Guptill fired New Zealand into the cricket World Cup semifinals with a massive 143-run victory over the West Indies at the Wellington Regional Stadium here. Powered by Guptill’s double century, the Black Caps posted a monumental 393/6 in 50 overs before bowling out the Windies for…

  • INTERVIEW: Vishal Bhardwaj

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    By Sandeep Sharma   His unabashed use of abuses and rustic lingo in his films has always added to the power of his cinema. National Award winning filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj has reacted strongly to diktats on film content, saying that the Central Board of Film Certification is behaving like the Taliban and that the body should…

  • Sir Edward supports medical campaign

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    Sir Edward Garnier, MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, joined the British Heart Foundation to deliver a life-saving petition to get CPR taught in schools. The BHF is calling on the UK Government and education authorities to help create a Nation of Lifesavers and make CPR a mandatory part of secondary education. The campaign has…

  • Australia overwhelm Pakistan

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      Putting up an impressive show, Australia reached the semi-finals of the cricket World Cup as they defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the third quarter-final at the Adelaide Oval here. Fast bowlers Josh Hazzlewood (4-35) and Mitchell Starc (2-40) and spinner Glenn Maxwell (2-43) helped Australia bowl out Pakistan for 213 in 49.5 overs.…

  • Varanasi Janata Express derails, killing 27

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      At least 27 people were killed when the engine and two crowded coaches of a passenger train derailed in Uttar Pradesh after the driver overshot a signal, officials said. The ghastly accident took place at Bachharwan railway station near Rae Bareli town when the Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express was proceeding to Varanasi, an official statement…

  • Pictures don’t reflect reality: Nitish

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      Pictures carried by the media showing mass copying and cheating in school examinations don’t reflect the reality in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said . The pictures “do not show the entire story of the state”, Nitish said in a Facebook post. “Students of Bihar are brilliant and have set an example in the country.…

  • Obama to ‘reassess’ Israel ties

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    The US will “reassess” aspects of its relationship with Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu’s provocative statements leading up to Israeli elections, President Barack Obama told the Israeli prime minister during a phone call. The phone call on Thursday was officially described as a message of congratulations on Netanyahu’s victory, but it also carried a serious warning…