The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday inked a pact with Government of India for providing Rs 1,350 crore assistance for a highway project in Bihar which falls under the Buddhist circuit. "JICA here today signed a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the Government of India to provide JPY 22,903 million (about Rs 1,350 crore) for the Bihar National Highway (NH) Improvement Project," JICA said in a statement. ...
02:56 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Chennai: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Tuesday said restoring Bihar's Nalanda University - the world's oldest - was a difficult task, but progress was being made. "The university is being re-started right now, and since I happen to have the diffcult task of chairing its interim governing body, I am finding out how hard it is to re-establish a university after a 800 year hiatus," Sen said at the 98th Indian...
11:09 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Eminent economist, Professor Amartya Sen is to be on its faculty. ...
12:44 PM, Aug 14, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has criticised coach Waqar Younis for questioning the fitness of pacer Shoaib Akhtar in front of the media, saying that such statements will create problems in the team in the ongoing World Cup. "I am surprised at Waqar's statement on Shoaib that he is still half-fit and working hard to gain match-fitness. What does he mean by that? Even if Shoaib is not fully...
04:03 PM, Dec 20, 2007
