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Inadequate pregnancy weight gain puts infants at risk of death
Healthy Tips : 5 must-eat vegetables for...

Healthy Tips : 5 must-eat vegetables for moms-to-be

After one comes across the news of a positive pregnancy, all that one can feel is happiness and excitement. Pregnancy is certainly the most beautiful period of a woman’s life. But, one has to be cautious to support a healthy pregnancy. The way you care for yourself early in pregnancy has a... read more »

Swiss gold exports to India cross Rs 1.2...

Swiss gold exports to India cross Rs 1.2 lakh crore

Switzerland’s gold exports to India crossed Rs 1.2 lakh crore in 2014 even as concerns persist over bullion being used to channel illicit funds into the Indian shores. The value of precious metal imported from Switzerland touched 17.1 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 1.2 lakh crore) during the... read more »

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, A. Bachchan a...

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, A. Bachchan and Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan ...

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar are among the nine Padma Vibhushan awardees, the second highest civilian award of the country. Senior advocate K.K. Venugopal, nuclear scientist M.R. Srinivasan, philanthropist Veerendra... read more »

Cartoonist R.K. Laxman “very criti...

Cartoonist R.K. Laxman “very critical”; back on ventilator supp...

Eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman took a turn for the worse after he slipped into a “very critical state”, following which he has been put back on mechanical ventilator support, said medical sources on Monday. The 93-year-old Mr. Laxman was taken off the ventilator last week after his health... read more »

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Tejas LCA will be battle-ready by 2014: Browne

Tejas LCA will be battle-ready by 2014: Browne

Shillong – Tejas, India’s first indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), would be fully battle-ready by 2014, Indian Air Force chief N.A.K. Bro! wne said in the... read more »

Minor shake up in DMK's ranks, DMK chief M Karunanidhi,

DMK flays UPA over fishermen arrests

Chennai – DMK leader M. Karunanidhi Thursday attacked the central and Puducherry governments for failing to secure the release of Indian... read more »

Lokpal Bill likely to be taken up Monday

New Delhi - The Lokpal Bill is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha Monday, said Satyavrat Chaturvedi, who chaired the select committee that looked into the anti-corruption bill. "The government has proposed a discussion on Lokpal bill on Monday," Chaturvedi told reporters here. Six hours have been allotted for the discussion, he added. This comes as anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare sits on an indefinite fast demanding passage of the bill. Earlier, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that a notice for taking up the bill has already been given to Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari. "Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy, has already sent a notice that the (Lokpal) bill be immediately taken up in the Rajya Sabha," Shinde told reporters here. "Th! e select committee in the Rajya Sabha had recommended 13 amendments to ! the bill and that were also considered by the government," said Shinde. The Lokpal bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in the winter session last year, has been majorly amended by the select committee. The government said it has accepted some of the amendments. Once passed by the Rajya Sabha, the amended bill will have to be returned to the Lok Sabha for approval before it becomes law. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath, meanwhile, refuted reports of parliament heading for an early adjournment. "At the moment all the speculations and the media reports are not true. There is no plan at the moment to curtail the session," he said Thursday. "Our priority is to pass the Lokpal Bill. The Lokpal Bill has to be taken in Rajya Sabha, then it will come to Lok Sabha."

New Delhi – The Lokpal Bill is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha Monday, said Satyavrat Chaturvedi, who chaired the select committee that looked... read more »

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Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for 'cherrypicking' on Adarsh scam

New Delhi – Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has asked the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to focus on better trade facilitation, using the... read more »

Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast for Jan Lokpal Bill...

Anna Hazare's indefinite fast for Jan Lokpal Bill enters third day

Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) – Veteran social activist Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast for Jan Lokpal Bill entered third today. The anti-corruption... read more »

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Obama names acting Pentagon deputy chief

Iran deal ‘important first step’: Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama says a nuclear deal with Iran is an “important first step” toward addressing the world’s concerns over the Islamic republic’s disputed nuclear programme. Mr. Obama... read more »

Iran n-deal: six global powers sign landmark nuclear deal

Deal reached on Iran nuclear dispute

Iran and six world powers reached agreement on a nuclear deal to temporarily curb its nuclear programme in return for easing of economic sanctions... read more »

Syrian minister survives assassination attempt

Syrian minister survives assassination attempt

Damascus – Syria’s National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar has survived an assassination attempt, a media report said Saturday. Haidar’s... read more »

U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden do...

U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden documents

The United States spied on the Netherlands from 1946 to 1968, the Dutch NRC newspaper quoted Snowden documents as showing on Saturday. It was not clear who was... read more »

Tamil poet Jeyapalan arrested in Sri Lanka for violatin...

Tamil poet Jeyapalan arrested in Sri Lanka for violating visa condition

Norwegian Tamil poet and actor V.I.S. Jeyapalan has been arrested in Sri Lanka for violating visa regulations. Jaffna-born Jeyapalan, 79, was arrested on... read more »

Injured Australian cricketer Phil Hughes was using an older model helmet, say equipment ma...

Hughes, who is fighting for his life in a Sydney hospital, was wearing Masuri’s ‘Original Test’ helmet, which offers less protection than the newer ‘Vision... read more »

I am targeting a World Cup return: Harbhajan

Fresh from leading Punjab to a runner-up finish in the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament, out-of-favour Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is happy with his own showing in the domestic... read more »

Alibaba founder Jack Ma in India; to meet Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl

NEW DELHI | MUMBAI: Alibaba founder Jack Ma is on a visit to India, his first to the country after a record-shattering initial share sale saw the ecommerce company raise $25 billion (Rs 1.5... read more »

Reliance Capital gains as Nippon Life Insurance hikes stake in asset management arm

Reliance Capital surged 4.56% to Rs 503 at 13:09 IST on BSE after the company said Nippon Life Insurance has agreed to increase its stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management to 49% from... read more »

MTNL gains on buzz Cabinet OKs spectrum refund

MTNL planning to raise around Rs 2,300 crore by selling bonds wit...

MUMBAI: State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is planning to raise around Rs 2,300 crore by selling bonds with ten-year maturity. A week ago, it had mobilised Rs 1,500 crore by offering the same... read more »