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Sikh woman, who suffered racial, religious and sexual harassment at her work place, has won damages
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Foreign Affairs
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New York: A US-based Sikh woman, who suffered racial, religious and sexual harassment at her work place, has won damages in a legal settlement that also forced her former employer to change its employment policies.
Sukhbir Kaur got justice after a three-year legal battle with National Wholesale Liquidators (NWL), which had fired her following her complaints over the "discriminatory treatment" met
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India is developing an ‘unconventional’ satellite which would focus on providing internet connectivi
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Technology
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Bangalore: India is developing an ‘unconventional’ satellite which would focus on providing internet connectivity to the rural masses and render timely advice on various aspects of agriculture.
“It is a fast-track spacecraft for rural connectivity,” Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), G Madhavan Nair said.
“You know, if you take the country, even today more than 30,000 village
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Karnataka ranks first globally when it comes to therapeutic services and infection control in case o
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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BANGALORE: Though Karnataka ranks first globally when it comes to therapeutic services and infection control in case of using syringes, the national ranking is poor.
A recent study conducted by the IndiaCLEN Program Evaluation Network, on behalf of the ministry of health, Government of India, and World Bank, entitled 'Assessment of injection practices in India', said two-third of the injections
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Condom sales in India increased by five per cent during the six months from April to September in 20
Monday, November 17, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Health
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New Delhi: Condom sales in India increased by five per cent during the six months from April to September in 2008, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) said on Friday.
The jump was registered during the period of an extensive mass media campaign run by the organisation, seeking to promote condoms as "any other health product".
"The results show that our campaign aimed at making condoms more
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The Chandrayaan mission is a grand success with the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) of the spacecraft landin
Monday, November 17, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Technology
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Bangalore: The Chandrayaan mission is a grand success with the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) of the spacecraft landing on the moon Friday evening.
Exactly at 2231 hours IST, MIP touched down on the moon surface, making India the fourth nation in the world to land on the moon.
"We have given the moon to India,” chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, Dr G Madhavan Nair beamed.
As planned, at 220
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Students who appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) yesterday are relieved that the exams are
Monday, November 17, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Local
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Mumbai: Students who appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) yesterday are relieved that the exams are over without any controversy. A majority of students are thrilled with their performance and are confident of a good score.
Vivek Pikkatla (25), who appeared for CAT for the second consecutive time, said that the paper was easier this year. "I was convinced that I would do better this year.
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As more and more Hindi films touch upon the subject of homosexuality, Kaumudi Gurjar reports on the
Monday, November 17, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Pune: The subject of homosexuality may be increasingly touched upon by Hindi filmmakers, the latest being Fashion, and be more readily accepted by the audience, but the community in the city is still apprehensive about coming out of the closet, fearing social banishment.
According to Bindumadhav Khire, who has been running the Samapatheek Trust an NGO that works for the rights of homosexuals and
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The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) — India's first attempt at touching down on the lunar surface.
Friday, November 14, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Technology
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New Delhi: It's slightly smaller than your TV cabinet and weighs a bit more than your school-going kid. But it's going where no TV and no kid has ever been before.
It's called the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) — India's first attempt at touching down on the lunar surface.
Don’t let its size fool you, for there's a lot tucked away inside the MIP. There's a device to constantly check its height as
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India an Islamic state, has deferred its plans to float a political party.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Cities
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Lucknow: Jamaat-e-Islami, a Muslim religious organisation, advocating theocracy and making India an Islamic state, has deferred its plans to float a political party.
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Ansar Umri, Ameer-e-Jamaat (national president), while speaking to mediapersons on Tuesday, said: “The committee constituted to explore the possibilities of floating the party has submitted its report. But it
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Freemasons Society, often called a secret fellowship, describes itself as an institution aimed at ma
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Later this month, the Freemasons of Mumbai will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of their group in the city. Often called a secret fellowship, the group’s origins are lost in legends. The first grandmaster, as the head of the fraternity is called, was King Solomon, though the organisation got its present form in AD 1717 in England. The group often uses ancient ceremonies and symboli
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