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February 12, 2011 1:41 PM

India to pitch for N-club membership

India will make a strong pitch for securing a full membership of the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group - NSG - during the visit of the Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to the United States beginning today. External Affairs Ministry officials said in New Delhi the Foreign Secretary intends to discuss with ...

February 12, 2011 1:36 PM

S-band controversy: Panel meet underway

The Space Commission headed by ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan is meeting in New Delhi today to discuss the controversial S-Brand Spectrum case among other issues. The meeting comes after the controversial deal to lease out bulk transponders on two satellites by ISRO's Commercial Antrix to a priv...

February 12, 2011 1:19 PM

World Philatelic Day: 2 stamps launched

President Pratibha Patil has unveiled two unique and innovative stamps, including a special Khadi Stamp on Mahatma Gandhi, to mark the beginning of a week-long 6th World Philatelic Exhibition in New Delhi.Inaugurating the exhibition, styled as INDIPEX-2011, Patil underlined the need for spreading Ma...

February 12, 2011 12:16 PM

Journalists are agents of change, says PM

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh says journalists could become agents of change if they were true to their profession. Inaugurating the year-long centenary celebrations of Malayalam daily `Kerala Kaumudi' in Thiruvanandapuram today, Singh said in a sense, journalists are the conscience keepers...

February 12, 2011 11:27 AM

‘Absorb Tri Valley student in other varsities’

External affairs minister SM Krishna says US should absorb Indian students of California-based Tri Valley University, into other US universities. The university has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud.Talking to reporters in New York, S M Krishna said the students came on valid visas and...

February 12, 2011 8:59 AM

SP snubs Centre for 2G scam

The Samajwadi Party has demanded that properties gained through corrupt practices be seized and the Government should ensure action against the guilty. In the political and economic resolutions passed in its state convention being held at Gorakhpur, the SP also criticised the Centre for scams relate...

February 12, 2011 8:52 AM

PM to inaugurate new Thiruvananthapuram terminal

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the state of art international terminal of Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala today. Built at a cost of Rs 289 crore, the new terminal can handle eight aircraft at a time. Dr Singh will also launch the year long centenary celebrations of Malayalam ...

February 12, 2011 8:46 AM

Space panel meet today

India's top space policy body, the Space Commission, is meeting in New Delhi today, during which Antrix Corporation's contract with Devas Multimedia is likely to be discussed among other issues. According to official sources, a structural revamp of Antrix, ISRO's commercial arm is lik...

February 12, 2011 8:45 AM

Growth down 1.6% in Dec ’10

Industrial growth slowed down to 1.6 per cent in December, 2010, from 18 per cent in the same period a year ago. The slow down is due to the poor performance of the manufacturing sector. In November, 2010, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had expanded by a meagre 2.7 per cent. Finance Minist...

February 12, 2011 8:45 AM

Meira guest of honour at Asain Regional meet

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is in Sri Lanka to participate in the 3rd Asian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Kumar, who is also the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), will be the Guest of Honour at the Conference, which will be formal...

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