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  • digital commerce india accounts below 1 total retail sales

    Digital commerce: India accounts below 1% total retail sales

    November 04, 2015 19:54 IST

    Mumbai: India accounts for less than one per cent of the total retail sales despite being the fastest digital commerce market in Asia, growing at 40 per cent each year, according to research firm Gartner."India

  • afghan earthquake rocks asia death toll reaches 200

    Afghan earthquake rocks Asia, death toll reaches 200

    World | October 26, 2015 23:55 IST

    Kabul, Afghanistan:  A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan shook buildings from Kabul to Delhi, cut power and communications in some areas and caused more than 180 deaths, mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Pakistani officials said that

  • wwf calls for urgent action to protect snow leopards in

    WWF calls for urgent action to protect snow leopards in India

    India | October 25, 2015 14:20 IST

    New Delhi: With only 4,000 snow leopards left in the wild and 500 of them in India, a new report has urged countries to take urgent action in the wake of climate change to save

  • arun jaitley gets best fm of asia award by emerging markets

    Arun Jaitley gets best FM of Asia award by Emerging Markets

    Politics | October 13, 2015 20:11 IST

    New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been chosen as 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia' by London-based publication Emerging Markets.In an article the magazine said that Jaitley too deserves 'some recognition' for India's relative

  • gagan narang achieves no.1 spot in asian ranking

    Gagan Narang achieves No.1 spot in Asian ranking

    Other Sports | September 05, 2015 17:08 IST

    New Delhi:  Having rediscovered his old form, Olympic medallist Gagan Narang of India has achieved the number one spot in men's 50m rifle prone shooting category in Asia.The 32-year-old Narang has 971 points to his

  • india top asian youth chess championship with 17 medals

    India top Asian Youth Chess Championship with 17 medals

    Other Sports | August 11, 2015 10:40 IST

    Suwon: India impressed with a rich haul of 17 medals to be declared overall winners in the Asian Youth Chess Championship.Bagging 5 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze out of the available 36 medals, Indian juniors

  • reliance arm offers access to amazon web services

    Reliance arm offers access to Amazon web services

    August 01, 2015 12:14 IST

    Mumbai:  Reliance Communications' arm Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) on Friday announced a direct access to Amazon web services via its cloud platform."Using our Cloud X Fusion, businesses can take advantage of our enterprise grade connectivity

  • first us made kalashnikov ak 47 rifles shotguns up for sale

    First US-made Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, shotguns up for sale

    World | July 01, 2015 20:59 IST

    WASHINGTON: Kalashnikov assault rifles - they are not just Russian anymore. The guns, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa, are now being manufactured in America and are up for sale. Kalashnikov USA announced

  • sex workers to launch drug awareness campaign among

    Sex workers to launch drug awareness campaign among customers

    India | June 26, 2015 18:12 IST

    Kolkata: Sex workers of Sonagachi in the city, considered Asia's largest red light area, will launch an awareness campaign against drug use among customers."We have been fighting against AIDS and HIV for the last few

  • harlequin fc gives rugby lessons to kolkata kids

    Harlequin FC gives Rugby lessons to Kolkata kids!

    Other Sports | June 17, 2015 20:12 IST

    New Delhi: In India, where more than half of the population is obsessed with cricket, a delegation of England's Rugby club Harlequin F. C. has arrived in Kolkata to promote the sport and train mushrooming

  • the future i dream for india is the future i seek for our

    The future I dream for India is the future I seek for our neighbours: PM Modi

    World | May 19, 2015 8:57 IST

    Seoul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought unity among Asian countries and said they must work as Asians to shape the world and reform the global institutions of governance, including the United Nations.“If Asia must

  • my visit to china will set new milestone for asia pm modi

    My visit to China will set 'new milestone' for Asia: PM Modi

    Politics | May 14, 2015 15:20 IST

    New Delhi: Faced with irritants like the boundary issue and China's plans for infrastructure projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a tough task as he meets the Chinese leadership during

  • asia s milk demand will increase to 320 mn tonnes in 6 yrs

    'Asia's milk demand will increase to 320 mn tonnes in 6 yrs'

    India | March 24, 2015 14:08 IST

    Vadodara: To meet its growing demand for milk, Asia needs to increase production to 320 million tonnes by 2021, according to sector experts.Experts from UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and National Dairy Development Board

  • india is now entering the asia equation dominated by china

    India is now entering the Asia equation dominated by China: Henry Kissinger

    World | January 30, 2015 7:50 IST

    Washington: India is now entering the Asia equation which as of now is being dominated by China, a former top US diplomat and national strategist said today, days after President Barack Obama's successful visit to

  • eye care institute performs 20 000 corneal transplants

    Eye care institute performs 20,000 corneal transplants

    India | January 15, 2015 11:13 IST

    Hyderabad: A premier eye care institute here has claimed to have performed a record 20,000 corneal transplants across its network.“L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has created history in the field of corneal transplantation by

  • anti aids medicine project likely to take off at sonagachi

    Anti-AIDS medicine project likely to take off at Sonagachi

    India | January 01, 2015 13:36 IST

    Kolkata: Asia's largest red light zone, Sonagachi is likely to be the first among such areas in the country to roll out an experimental project under which sex-workers will be administered medicine to prevent HIV

  • asia to become world s largest e commerce market report

    Asia to become world's largest e-commerce market: Report

    December 17, 2014 14:53 IST

    Beijing: Asia is set to surpass North America to become the world's largest e-commerce market this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).According to a report in Beijing by the EIU on Tuesday, an

  • the interview banned in asia

    'The Interview' banned in Asia?

    Hollywood | December 11, 2014 15:53 IST

    Los Angeles: Actors James Franco and Seth Rogen's upcoming action comedy film “The Interview”, which is said to have been the trigger for the devastating hack on Sony Pictures, will reportedly not get a release

  • rally to mark world aids day in nagpur today

    Rally to mark World AIDS Day in Nagpur today

    India | December 01, 2014 8:26 IST

    Nagpur: A rally has been organized on December 1 to mark World AIDS Day. The rally started at 8 am from Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (Mayo).It will cover areas of Hansapuri, Daga Hospital,

  • india does not rule out modi sharif meet at saarc

    India does not rule out Modi-Sharif meet at SAARC

    India | November 24, 2014 7:51 IST

    New Delhi: India Sunday did not rule out a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit, saying that Modi is keen to

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