While a country like China devised practical ways to deliver healthcare to rural populations by deploying its band of 'barefoot doctors' from the 1960s in a transitional phase, and then went on to expand full-fledged medical education facilities that enabled...
Robert B. ZoellickIn the wake of the devastating earthquake, there has been an outpouring of international support for Haiti. The first priority has been saving lives. That means getting water, food, shelter, medicine and other basic supplies to victims. The...
Shamsher ChowdhuryAS I turn the pages of our dailies (incidentally I read at least four of them, two in English and two in Bengali) I find that news and stories of all sorts of hooliganism are on the rise since...
Jaspal BindraA news piece from last year about an elderly Chinese man whose life savings were eaten by mice tells us two things: firstly, that the stove, as in 80-year-old Yang Lihong's case, isn't exactly a safe piggy bank. More...
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters): Shares in Hong Kong and China fell Friday, joining a global stock market rout, as investors dumped riskier assets on worries over sovereign debt problems in the eurozone and poor jobs data in the United...
KARACHI, Feb 6 (Business Recorder): Despite political and security concerns, foreign investors' interest continued at the local equity market during the week ended February 4, 2010. According to National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL) data, a fresh inflow of...
MUMBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters): The turmoil in the international market has made it difficult for Indian banks to raise money overseas. Late Thursday, Bank of Baroda decided to put its overseas bond issue on hold while Bank of India, which...
MUMBAI, Feb 6 (PTI): Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund today said it has launched a 27-month close-ended fund--BSL Capital Protection Oriented Fund Series 1 (CPOS). The fund seeks to protect capital by investing in high quality debt securities maturing in...
TOKYO, Feb 5 (Reuters): The Nikkei average fell more than three per cent to hit its lowest in seven weeks Friday, with exporters hurt by a stronger yen, while escalating sovereign debt problems in Europe dented investor confidence in riskier...
MUMBAI, Feb 6 (Economic Times): Indian shares snapped a two-day falling streak to close 0.8 per cent higher Saturday buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street, but investors remained cautious about European debt and the global recovery. "The market for...
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Business Standard): Reliance Industries (RIL), India's biggest company by market value, has given a two-billion-dollar acquisition proposal to Canadian oil-sand major Value Creation Inc. The move is part of the company's overall plan to expand globally...
LONDON, Feb 6 (AFP): Commodity prices slumped this week as confidence in the global economy was shaken by growing fears about soaring European debt and weaker-than-expected US jobs data. OIL: World oil prices tumbled as traders took their cue from...
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Commodity Online): Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said Saturday the worst of food inflation is over and the situation will ease soon.Speaking at the Chief Ministers' conference here he said, "The worst is over as...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (Commodity Online): Facing lingering steel shortage, Pakistan is looking for raw material imports from neighboring India and Iran.Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has sought permission from the federal ministry of industries for procuring raw material and other items...
JAKARTA, Feb 06 (Commodity Online): Indonesia said it is planning to limit liquefied natural gas exports to secure adequate gas supplies for domestic industrial needs.According to country's Energy Ministry, a new presidential instruction was being drafted to regulate LNG exports.For...
CHICAGO, Feb 6 (Bloomberg): Cattle futures rose to a two-week high on speculation that beef demand will improve as the US job market recovers. Hogs Decemberlined.The jobless rate in the US unexpectedly Decemberlined in January to 9.7 per cent, the...
CHICAGO, Feb 6 (Bloomberg): Cotton futures dropped to the lowest prices since November as a rally in the dollar eroded the appeal of commodities and slumping equity markets revived concern that the economic recovery may stall, slowing demand for clothing.The...
BEIJING, Feb 6 (Bloomberg): China, the largest market for US chicken, will impose anti-dumping duties of as much as 105.4 per cent on imports of American poultry products, threatening to deepen a trade rift.Importers of US broiler-chicken products will be...
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters): A ferocious storm pummeled the US mid-Atlantic Saturday, dumping large amounts of snow and causing travel to grind to a halt.Snowfall totals of 20 to 30 inches (51 to 76 cm) are forecast from Virginia to...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 6 (AFP): Former US president Bill Clinton pledged Friday to try to get aid flowing here as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month's quake. Clinton said he was sorry...
KARACHI, Feb 6 (Reuters): Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi was tense Saturday a day after two bombs killed 31 people, raising further questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-linked militants. Most shops in the sprawling city of 18...
Western powers have responded with scepticism to a claim by Iran that a deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel could now be close, reports BBC. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a security conference in Germany that an...
SRINAGAR, India, Feb 6 (AFP): Thousands of demonstrators shouting 'blood for blood' and 'we want freedom' protested in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir Saturday against the killing of a second teenage boy in a week. Witnesses said 17-year-old Zahid Farooq was killed...
TEHRAN, Feb 6 (AFP): Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi opened two new missile production plants on Saturday, just three days after Iran fired a rocket carrying live animals into space, state television reported. The plants will produce a ground-to-air missile dubbed...
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb 6 (AP): E-mails shed new light on Todd Palin's role while his wife was Alaska's governor, showing that the one-time oil field worker's advice was sought on board appointments and suggesting he was close to matters related...
Main Prem Ki Diwani HoonOn Zee TV Sunday at 5-00 pm. The Kapoor family are very rich Indians who live in India and want their eldest daughter, a girl named Sanjana, to get married to an American-Indian businessman named Prem....
MUMBAI, Feb 6: Saif Ali Khan getting a Padma Shri didn't go down too well with some critics and film buffs but his proud mother Sharmila Tagore thinks the prestigious award will make Saif evaluate his worth and help him...
MUMBAI, Feb 6: Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khand arrived here Saturday against the backdrop of threat from Shiv Sena to block the release of his film 'My Name Is Khan' for his remarks regarding inclusion of Pakistan cricket players in Indian...
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M A IslamTAKING class notes properly is important for any student. The teacher discusses important points of the lessons in the class. Anyone who is prudent usually takes note of those important points in their note books. They take notes...
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