New Delhi: The food and public distribution department has signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to scale up computerization of the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) in the country. "The WFP programme will assist the selected states to expedite their TPDS computerisation programmes and will complement the ongoing efforts being made for modernisation of TPDS by the government of India and state governments," the ministry...
08:17 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Midland, Michigan: The Dow Chemical Company will cut 900 jobs and shutter plants on three continents because of weakness in Europe, which may soon tip back into recession of it has not done so already. Dow was ravaged during the global and economic crisis that struck four years ago, cutting more than 10,000 positions then. CEO Andrew Liveris has aggressively sought to keep the company, the nation's largest chemical maker,...
08:28 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced it would fully computerise the activities of its commercial taxes department at an outlay of Rs 230.96 crore to provide transparent governance as well as improve tax compliance. In a statement issued here, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered computerisation of all activities of the commercial taxes department owing to the growing number of transactions and also improve its productivity. Presently only...
02:33 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: About a thousand Indian students, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, could be deported back from the United States after their university was shut down on charges of an immigration fraud. A criminal investigation shows that the students were working illegally in the US. Meanwhile, the MEA has asked for a report from its embassy in Washington. The students are confused and clueless after their university in US was suddenly...
08:51 PM, Jan 27, 2011
New York: Teenagers who frequently encounter the Marlboro man, or other familiar icons of the tobacco and cigarette industry, may be more likely to be lured into lighting up, according to a study. Nearly a quarter of all high school students in the United States smoke cigarettes, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of these, nearly a third will continue smoking and die early from...
03:37 PM, Jan 19, 2011
The Indian delegation is being led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. ...
07:50 AM, Jun 22, 2010
Company that acquired Union Carbide Corp, Bhopal gas leak culprit, pressed for its demands. ...
08:59 AM, Jun 12, 2010
Company that acquired Union Carbide Corp, Bhopal gas leak culprit, pressed for its demands. ...
08:59 AM, Jun 12, 2010
Symantec, best known for its antivirus software for personal computers, wants to secure more things. ...
10:31 AM, May 21, 2010
Home Minister wants the capital to acquire some manners before 2010. ...
12:56 AM, Sep 23, 2009
The syllabus for the test, however, remains the same. ...
08:59 AM, Jun 22, 2009
As stretches are very intense no one should go beyond his comfort level. ...
03:57 PM, Jan 21, 2009
Houston: Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was found guilty of perpetrating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, a US jury declared on Tuesday. The mustachioed ex-tycoon had pleaded not guilty to bilking 30,000 investors from more than 100 countries through bogus investments with Stanford International Bank. Jurors found him guilty of 13 of 14 counts of fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice which carry maximum sentences of up...
05:00 AM, May 01, 2008
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Saturday directed the country's cricket board and its High Commission in the UK to submit a detailed report on a recent spot-fixing case in order to repatriate three jailed cricketers. Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt was handed a 30-month sentence, Mohammad Asif 12, Mohammad Aamer six and their agent Mazhar Majeed 32 months respectively for their roles in fixing part of the Lord's Test against...
01:42 PM, Mar 16, 2008
Mumbai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said that Indian team's World Cup victory has had a huge impact on his son, Arjun, but he would not force him to become a cricketer. Talking to reporters on Thursday at Wankhede Stadium -- the venue of the historic triumph -- Tendulkar said, "I was inspired by Indian team's victory in 1983 World Cup. The 2011 victory has made a huge impact...
01:03 AM, Jan 13, 2008
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