| 'Expat population set to grow further in UAE' |
| INT61International/Diaspora/Society/Economy'Expat population set to grow further in UAE'Dubai, Sep 25 IANS The ratio between the expatriate population and nationals in the United Arab Emirates UAE continues to remain high and is expected to widen further in the future, new figures revealed.According to the country’s ministry of economy, the UAE’s population at the end of 2007 stood at 4.48 million of which 3.62 million were expatriates and 864,000 were local citizens.Citing the read more |
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Posted by IANS on Friday Sep 26 |
| What terror Sarai Meer is an island of prosperity |
| NAT15National/Society/Terrorism/CrimeWhat terror Sarai Meer is an island of prosperityBy Rajat RaiSarai Meer Uttar Pradesh, Sep 23 IANS Sarai Meer in Azamgarh district in eastern Uttar Pradesh is in the news for the wrong reasons - all 13 young men linked to bomb blasts in Delhi call this area their home. But Sarai Meer is also an island of prosperity - largely due to its expat connection - amid glaring rural poverty.Shops stacked with branded goods, a variety of eateries, two Western Union money read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Sep 24 |
| Age of Bollywood Bombast |
| NAT26National/EntertainmentAge of Bollywood BombastBy Chitra Padmanabhan"Mumbai kisi ke baap ka nahin hai," growled the city's joint commissioner of police K.L. Prasad recently. He was briefing the media on the alphabetic agitation -- M is for Mumbai is for Maharashtra Manoos is for Marathi -- launched by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray against actress-MP Jaya Bachchan's alleged anti-Marathi remarks, made in Hindi. Faithful to the script, Thackeray challenged Prasad read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Sep 24 |
| Jamia Nagar: Very Muslim, very cosmopolitan Comment |
| NAT6National/Religion/TerrorismJamia Nagar: Very Muslim, very cosmopolitan CommentBy Kashif-ul-HudaJamia Nagar may be under a shadow after the terror attacks in Delhi that left 24 people dead and 124 injured. However, few know that the overwhelmingly Muslim area in south Delhi is as suave as any other middle class neighbourhood in the Indian capital.Unfairly described as a Muslim ghetto, Jamia Nagar is congested but modern. Its inhabitants include intellectuals, journalists, doctors, engineers, finance professionals and university professors read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Sep 24 |
| Indian community in Qatar comes in for praise |
| INT45International/Diaspora/DiplomacyIndian community in Qatar comes in for praiseDubai, Sep 22 IANS The expatriate Indian community in Qatar has been praised for its law-abiding nature and general attitude and behaviour by Qatar's Minister for Labour Sultan Hassan Al-Dhabit Al-Dousari.The minister said that despite being present in huge numbers in Qatar, Indians posed the least problems in the country.His comments came in the course of a farewell meeting with outgoing Indian Ambassador to Qatar George Joseph, the Gulf Times reported read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Sep 23 |
| Stephen Hawking to unveil handless clock that shows time wit |
| London, September 15 ANI: Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking is going to unveil a remarkable clock that has no hands and shows time with the help of light.According to a report in the Telegraph, known as the Corpus Clock, the machine has been invented by and designed by Dr John Taylor for Corpus Christi College Cambridge for the exterior of the college's new library building.It will be unveiled on 19th September by Stephen Hawking, cosmologist and author of the global bestseller, A Brief History of Time read more |
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Posted by aniin on Tuesday Sep 23 |
| India has right to conduct nuke tests: Pranab Mukherjee |
| Coimbatore, Sept 15 ANI: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the country has the right to conduct nuclear tests."We have explained it numbers of times that nothing in the text of the documents, which we have referred to, prohibits tests. We are bound by the voluntary moratorium, which we have declared in 1998. Till today, we are pursuing that policy. Our position has been explained umpteen numbers of times on the floor of the house and outside," Mukherjee told reporters on the sidelines of a function here last evening to mark the inauguration of a passport office read more |
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Posted by aniin on Tuesday Sep 23 |
| World's common birds declining because of continued habitat |
| London, September 22 ANI: A global assessment has warned that the populations of the world's common birds are declining as a result of continued habitat loss.According to a BBC News report, the survey by BirdLife International found that 45 percent of Europe's common birds had seen numbers fall, as had more than 80 percent of Australia's wading species. The study's authors said that governments were failing to fund their promises to halt biodiversity loss by 2010. The State of the read more |
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Posted by aniin on Tuesday Sep 23 |
| Ramadan brings cheer to traders in Hyderabad markets |
| Hyderabad, Sep.22 ANI: It's Ramadan month and local traders in Hyderabad are making merry. The brisk sale of dresses, shoes and bangles has given them a reason to cherish the holy month of fasting.Local markets are flooded with new fashionable and trendy clothes. People are flocking markets in large numbers to buy their choicest dresses."Anarkali suit is in fashion here. The suits and fish cut dresses are in big demand. The market is very good. The business starts 10 days after the start of Ramadan," said Abdul Rasheed, a shopkeeper read more |
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Posted by aniin on Tuesday Sep 23 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
| The Turks and Caicos Islands are the Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The archipelago comprises two island groups- the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands are located southeast of the Bahamas, north of Hispaniola read more |
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