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India says no to AIDS drug patents, reaffirms role as ‘pharmacy’ of poor countries
London, September 4 (ANI): India has rejected applications from two US companies for patents on two key AIDS drugs in a move that could mean more people in poor countries will have access to life-saving medicines. According to a report … Continue reading
PPP will not comprise with India on Kashmir issue: Pak Minister
Oslo (Norway), Aug.19 (ANI): Pakistan’s Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Qamar Zaman Kaira, today said that neither his country nor the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party would compromise with India on the Kashmir issue. Kaira, who is also Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting … Continue reading
Chinese prostitute falls for her trafficker’s brother
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): A Chinese woman, who was sold and then smuggled to a different location by a woman trafficker, fell for the latter’s brother and stayed with him for more than 12 years. Luo Yulian, a resident … Continue reading
89-year-old Chinese calligraphy student in university for 24yr
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): It’s been 24 years since Bo Laidong joined old people’s university to major in calligraphy, but the 89-year-old Chinese is still planning to be associated with the institution for at least another five years. Laidong … Continue reading
Biometric identification of rural workers in Rajasthan
Karauli (Rajasthan), Aug 11 (ANI): The district authorities of Karauli in Rajasthan have introduced the thumb impression system to register the physical presence of workers engaged in the projects under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). This move has … Continue reading
Centre to amend Defence Procurement Procedure every year
New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K.Antony said on Monday that the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) will be amended every year to improve country’s acquisition policy for the armed forces, instead of once in two or three years as … Continue reading
Food security and price-stability set to top G8 agriculture talks
Treviso, Italy – Food security and efforts to stabilize global food prices were set to dominate the first-ever meeting of agriculture ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) which began Saturday. But the potentially divisive issue of protectionism was also … Continue reading
Danny’s award winning film FROZEN set for release
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network Ready for last two years, FROZEN will finally release in theaters on 1st May. Current stand off between producers and multiplexes has resulted in quite a few films coming out of cold storage and … Continue reading
Payal Rohatgi: Ticket to Hollywood
Steven Baker, Bollywood Trade News Network Aishwarya Rai has done it, Frieda Pinto is doing it, and now Payal Rohatgi is set to become the latest Indian export to Hollywood. The former Big Boss contestant’s route from B-grade flicks to … Continue reading
China urges cautious handling of North Korean rocket launch
Beijing – China has called for a cautious response from the United Nations Security Council over North Korea’s rocket launch at the weekend. “Concerning resolution 1718, the UN Security Council should act carefully,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on … Continue reading
Give diplomatic recognition to Tibet: US senate
WASHINGTON: An American state Senate has adopted a resolution asking the Obama Administration and the US Congress to give “diplomatic recognition” to Tibet and take “forceful” action to end “repression” of human rights by China in the Himalayan region. Passed … Continue reading
Japan’s foreign reserves rise above 1 trillion dollars in March
Tokyo – Japan’s foreign reserves exceeded 1 trillion dollars in March, thanks to gains in the appraisal values of its US Treasury bond holdings and euro-denominated assets, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The nation’s foreign reserves totaled 1.02 trillion dollars, … Continue reading
Thirteen victims of New York shooting came from eight countries
Washington – The 13 victims of Friday’s shooting at a service center for immigrants in a New York town included two US citizens and people from seven other countries. The largest number of victims – four – were from China, … Continue reading
UN Security Council wrestles over North Korea resolution
New York – The five veto-wielding powers and Japan continued wrestling Monday over Japan’s insistence on a sharpened UN resolution against North Korea for testing a ballistic missile over the weekend. The UN ambassadors from the United States, Russia, China, … Continue reading
China deserves more say in IMF, says Brown
London, April 2 (Xinhua) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that China deserves the right to demand more say and representation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Brown told reporters after the G20 summit that China pledged to contribute … Continue reading
Bomb blast in office kills one, injures two in china
Urumqi (China), April 2 (Xinhua) A bomb blast in an office building Thursday left one dead and two injured in Urumqi in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the police said. A man detonated the explosives at 2.10 p.m., killing … Continue reading
Vatican in ‘deep pain’ over bishop’s re-arrest in China
Vatican City, April 2 (DPA) The Vatican Thursday said it felt ‘deep pain’ over the re-arrest of an elderly Roman Catholic bishop from China’s ‘underground’ church which remains loyal to the pope. The Police Monday arrested Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo … Continue reading