Deloitte India to Co- host Indian-Belgian bio-pharma forum
New Delhi, Nov 05 ANI/Business Wire India: Deloitte India announced today the commencement of an Indian-Belgian Bio-Pharma forum across Delhi and Mumbai starting today. H.M. Albert II, King of Belgium and H.M Paola, Queen of Belgium who are visiting India are attending this forum on November 6 in Mumbai.The forum is hosted to provide bilateral contacts between India and Belgium to promote Belgian biopharmaceutical companies. The seminar will showcase biopharmaceutical companies from Belgium, presenting  read more

Posted by aniin on Friday Nov 07
South Asian NGO played big role in Obama's victory
Virginia, Nov 5 ANI: South Asian Americans Leading Together SAALT, an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has played a big role in the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by galvanising the immigrant community in America.Approximately 2.7 million South Asians live in the United States, which comprises individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and MaldivesThe SAALT  read more

Posted by aniin on Friday Nov 07
DNA 'master regulator' find may revolutionise diabetes, hear
Washington, November 5 ANI: Penn State researchers have identified thousands of positions where a molecular "master regulator" is located in DNA to control genes in fat cells. Dr. Mitchell Lazar, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has revealed that the master molecule is called PPAR gamma, a target of anti-diabetic drugs.The drugs bind to PPAR gamma in the nucleus of fat cells, which affects the expression of many genes, about twenty of which were previously known  read more

Posted by aniin on Friday Nov 07
Coral reefs found growing at a depth of thousand meters in t
Amsterdam, Nov 5 ANI: A team of researchers has found coral reefs growing at depths of six hundred to a thousand meters in the Atlantic Ocean.Furu Mienis, a researcher from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ, led the research team.Mienis studied the development of carbonate mounds dominated by cold-water corals in the Atlantic Ocean at depths of six hundred to a thousand meters. These reefs can be found along the eastern continental slope from Morocco to Norway, on the Mid-Atlantic  read more

Posted by aniin on Friday Nov 07
India's interests are better served if neighbours are stable
New Delhi, Nov 5 ANI: Vice President Hamid Ansari today said that our political commitment to closer ties with our neighbours in South-Asia is serious. India's security interests are better served if our neighbours evolve as viable states with moderate and stable political and social environments and vibrant economies. Addressing at the International Seminar on 'Changing Political Context in India's Neighbourhood: Prospects of Regional Security and Cooperation' jointly organized by  read more

Posted by aniin on Friday Nov 07
Nagpur
State: Maharashtra District: Nagpur district Main languages: Marathi and Hindi   History:   The city of Nagpur is the largest city in central India and the second capital of the state of Maharashtra and is also headquarter of Nagpur district  read more

Posted by subhasis on Tuesday Nov 04
Raman Singh begins road shows with hope of retaining power
NAT39National/PoliticsRaman Singh begins road shows with hope of retaining powerRaipur, Oct 30 IANS Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Thursday hit the road to spearhead the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP bid to retain power in next month's two-phased elections for the 90-member assembly of the mineral rich state."The state has witnessed major developments during the BJP regime and I don't think the people have any reason to throw out my government," Singh told IANS."I seek the people's blessings  read more

Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 31
SILIGURI
NAT99National/TerrorismTwo chocolate sellers hurt in blast hospitalised in SiliguriSiliguri, Oct 30 IANS Two chocolate sellers, who are brothers, injured in blasts in Assam's Kokrajhar district, were admitted with multiple injuries Thursday night to a nursing home in Siliguri. The siblings - Shanti Dutta, 44, and Anil Dutta, 40 - were brought from Kokrajhar and admitted to the Anandalok Nursing Home here.The Duttas were petty traders selling chocolates.An eyewitness to the blasts in Kokrajhar district, Mahadeb Dutta, seemed to shiver as he recalled it  read more

Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 31
UAE plans pioneering project for expat workers
ECO9Economy/InternationalUAE plans pioneering project for expat workersDubai, Oct 30 IANS The United Arab Emirates UAE will launch a pilot project involving Indian and Filipino workers to improve living and working conditions of expatriate Asian contractual workers in this Gulf nation.The UAE’s Minister for Labour Saqr Gobash Thursday outlined the project, which will survey and document best practices in the management of temporary contractual employment cycle, the state-run Emirates News Agency  read more

Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 31
Afghanistan, Pakistan pledge to build better relations
INT69International/DiplomacyAfghanistan, Pakistan pledge to build better relationsAnkara, Oct 30 DPA Pakistan and Afghanistan leaders Thursday reiterated their pledges to cooperate towards promoting peace, security, stability and economic development in the region. Meeting in Istanbul with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Gilani and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai vowed to continue cooperation in a number of fields and welcomed talks to promote peace in the two countries  read more

Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 31
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