October 10, 2012
Pakistani doctors worked for hours to successfully remove a bullet from the neck of a 14-year-old girl who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women. Doctors were to decide on Wednesday whether to take the young Malala Yousufzai abroad for further treatment.
October 10, 2012
Britain is likely to cut its £1 billion aid bill to India as it moves towards a new trading relationship with the Asian country, the Development Secretary has said.
October 10, 2012
By Staff Reporter & Columnist, Sam Prasad Jillella – Special to MYDOSTI.COM
WASHINGTON DC — Spicer Memorial College (SMC), located in Pune, India, will turn one hundred in 2015, and will celebrate a century of its history from January 28- February 1.
October 10, 2012
Washington — Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal is expected to become chairman of the Republican Governors Association next year to keep the potential future presidential candidate in the public eye, according to a media report.
October 10, 2012
NEW DELHI: India's recent burst of reforms will lead to stronger economic growth, visiting US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said, reflecting the turnaround in global sentiment towards the country after the government relaxed foreign direct investment norms.
October 10, 2012
New Delhi — India, which has become a major exporter of agricultural produce in the world, should switch from a "see-saw" policy on agricultural exports to a long-term export-import policy, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here Tuesday.
October 10, 2012
Washington — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised India's growth forecast down to 4.9 percent in 2012, rising to 6 percent next year, as it presented a gloomier picture of the global economy.
October 9, 2012
New Delhi: Indian government plans to provide affordable electricity to all households in the next five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
”The Government of India aims to provide 24x7 electricity to all households in the country and affordable access to electricity in the next 5 years,” he said inaugurating an International Seminar on Energy Access organized by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and CII here.
October 9, 2012
According to WHO, a parasite known as 'brain-eating amoeba' has killed 10 people in southern Pakistan. The parasite lives in unclean water and can kill its host in 5 to 7 days.
October 9, 2012
The Nobel Committee at Swedish Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced on Monday that two scientists shared r the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
2012 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine: John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
