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An elderly Indian customer buys medicine at a chemist shop in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004. On Jan. 1, 2005. India faces a deadline set by the World Trade Organization to overhaul its patent laws, ending decades of policies that allowed Indian firms from pharmaceutical giants to tiny technology companies to make less costly versions of expensive Western products.
(photo: AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
New job opportunities in Indian clean technology sector
The Times of India
|                 | NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Flush with funds and the confidence reposed by investors, the Indian clean technology sector is emerging as a new segment with a bagful of job opportunities. The growth of this greenfield industry is creating deman...
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India-Oman non-oil trade may cross $2 bn
The Times of India
|                 DUBAI: Non-oil bilateral trade between India and Oman is likely to cross the $2-bn mark by the end of this year, according to India's Ambassador to Oman Anil Wadhwa. | "Non-oil bilateral trade in the first quarter of 2008 registered an i...
Sri Lankan MPs clash over CEPA with India
The Times of India
|                 COLOMBO: Sparks flew in the Sri Lankan parliament as supporters and critics clashed over the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India. | India announced in ...
Fear, loathing and optimism in holiday reading mix
Irish Times
In this section » | Philanthropy in a time of recession - will anything give?What life will be like in 2050 for a middle-class Irish familyPakistan's fear of big neighbour a peace riskEU needs to gain acceptance and understanding from votersWelcome t...
New job opportunities in Indian clean technology sector
The Times of India
|                 | NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Flush with funds and the confidence reposed by investors, the Indian clean technology sector is emerging as a new segment with a bagful of job opportunities. The gr...
THAI spa products maker to start retail operations in India
The Times of India
|                 NEW DELHI: THAI spa body product manufacturer Spa Siam will soon be setting shop in India in association with Franchise India Holding Ltd. | The deal marks the entry of FIHL - which tradi...
His Holiness lauds Madison Leaders' Support for Tibet
The Tibet Post International www.tibetpost.net / Gurbum Gyal
China 'fully confident' of secure Olympics
Canada Dot Com
| The head of a visiting delegation from China says his government is confident it can stage a secure Olympic Games, despite concerns about the bombing of two public buses earlier ...
                           The day was observed as a mark of solidarity and commonality with the continued sufferings of those in Tibet
WN / Yeshe Choesang
Soul trip
Star Tribune
| It was March 17 in Manhattan, St. Patrick's Day 2008, when Gretchen Helmer and Elissa Gjertson walked into Tir Na Nog for a pint. The bar, an Irish establishment on 8th Avenue in...
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Micro Loans Foster Entrepreurship in Poor Countries
Voa News
| In many developing countries, micro-financing has created possibilities for burgeoning entrepreneurs who would not have found funding before. VOA's Barry Wood reports that specia...
Pickle: Fresh perspective gives India-set 'Rains' appeal
Knox News
| Rated PG-13 for violent content and a scene of sexuality | Length: 97 minutes Released: May 9, 2008 Limited | Score: 3.0 | Cast: Leopold Benedict, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, Indrajit Director: Santosh Sivan | Producer: Mark Burton | Wr...
Pakistan back in business after Gilani visit
The News International
Viewpoint | Saturday, August 02, 2008 | By S Rehman | ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani's US visit just can't be taken as something ordinary. There is nothing ordinary or unimportant about it. Number one comes Pakistan's increased rel...
Bush terms emergence of India, China as "positive"
The Times of India
|                 WASHINGTON: Describing the emergence of India and China as a "positive" development, President George W Bush has said it is "very important" for the US to stay engaged with the two countr...
Challenges of becoming an entrepreneur in India
The Times of India
|                 By Naveen Tewari | Entrepreneurship IS clearly divided into two phases — setting up and leading it to success, and the challenges in each phase are very different. You find yourself at ...
South Asia Headlines
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India a thriving global e-waste dump yard
The Times of India
|                   NEW DELHI: If you thought your old outdated PC or television was safely in a junkyard rotting away or being dismantled, think again. A study by a leading environmental group says it is poisoning our soil and water, causing serious health problems. | Booming economies like India a...
South Asia Development
 nepal landscape - Terraced farming on the foothills of the Himalayas - hires - wn/aruna
(photo: US Department of Agriculture )
'Nepal needs India's help to develop'
The Times of India
| 23 Jul 2008, 0429 hrs IST, Shimona Kanwar,TNN             CHANDIGARH: Perhaps it was ordained that Nepal would get a physician as its first democratic president to head a Himalayan nation sick with corruption, violence and a deeply ailing economy. | But Ram Baran Yadav, in his first interview to an Indian newspaper, ...
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