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Bangalore: Technology is the backbone of modern business. But Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India lag behind in the adoption of technology and this proves to be roadblock in the path of catching up with their global counterparts. Do you t
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US home repossessions accelerate in January and are expected to climb in 2012 FCC plans to kill wireless broadband network that threatens to jam some GPS devices Funeral for singer Whitney Houston to be held Saturday at NJ church where she sang as a chil
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The sculpture which is the earliest perception of idolizing woman as Goddess dates back to the Ashoka period, third century BCE, and was found around the Sri Chalukya Kumara Bheemeswara Swamy temple at Samarlakota. The team found the unique image of a se
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Ricky Ponting (R), pictured here on January 25, needs a rest but he cannot afford to leave the senior batsman out of the Australia team with regular skipper Michael Clarke injured, coach Mickey Arthur said Saturday. ©AFP/File - Tony Ashby SYDNEY (AFP) -
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The extent of paucity of organ donors is evident in the numbers as out of two lakh people who need organ transplants, only 4,500 actually get a transplant in a year, experts said. "In India, only 4,500 transplant patients get operated annually out of a t
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A Save the Children study says around a quarter of Indian kids in the 0-6 age group go without food every day even though the Indian economy is growing by leaps and bounds. And nearly 30 percent of Indian families have been forced to cut back on food due
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Home > Church > 18/02/2012 15.04.15 Pope Benedict XVI held an Ordinary Public Consistory today, during which he created 22 new Cardinals and announced the date of the canonization of 7 Blessed, including Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekakwitha. The Holy Fath
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Doctors in Delhi have expressed concern over rise in colorectal cancer rates, which affect India's fight against cancer. "Commonly known as bowel cancer, this form of cancer malignant cells grow in the tissues of the colon or rectum leading to formation
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"India is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. There are more than a billion people living in this country. So, to mitigate the damages of disaster we have to be well prepared and the key to that lies in information being collected and
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Deccan Chargers have signed five Indian uncapped cricketers for the 2012 IPL, one of whom is Tanmay Mishra, who plays for Kenya. Mishra, who was born in Mumbai, has never played a first-class or List A game for any Indian side; but a spokesperson for Cha
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New Delhi, Feb 18: The Indian women started their campaign in the 2012 London Olympic hockey qualifiers in an unconvincing fashion with a 1-1 draw against lowly Ukraine at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Saturday. India dominated the proceedi
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CHENNAI: The stability in Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) and the dip in inflation are expected to spur the demand for residential properties in Chennai, according to a real estate research firm. Siva Krishn
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IN AN ominous sign for Ricky Ponting's one-day career, coach Mickey Arthur has admitted the acting captain is jaded and in need of a rest, but needs to perform soon to shore up his place in the team. The problem is the selectors cannot contemplate a rest
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According to a report in Sport, Barcelona are studying the possibility of playing a summer first-team friendly in India, one of the countries the Catalan club has never visited in its long and illustrious history. Despite Barca still awaiting boss Pep Gu
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THE man who accompanied Sachin Tendulkar to his maiden Test century in Australia has urged the champion to continue attacking the bowlers as a ploy to overcome the nerves that have shackled his bid for a 100th international ton. Ravi Shastri, at the othe
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KOCHI: âLead India...Engineering the Future,â an innovate contest on the social issues plaguing the society was held as part of âBrahma - 12â at Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, on Friday. The contest aimed at nurturing a cul
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Sasikala Natarajan, estranged aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa [ Images ], on Saturday deposed before a special court in Bengaluru [ Images ] in the wealth case against them, absolving the All India [ Images ] Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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LONDON -- An attack on Iran would carry huge costs, Britain's foreign minister warned Saturday. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a newspaper interview that while Iran's suspected drive for atomic weapons could lead to a dangerous nuclear s
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Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Visteon Corp. , the auto-parts maker shopping two of its four units, is in talks with India’s Varroc Group about a sale of its lighting unit, three people familiar with the sales process said. A deal may come as early as the end of
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"We welcome the efforts that all sides appear to be making to find a peaceful way forward," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference. "We also welcome the ongoing dialogue among Maldivians regarding the ro
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