Centre will send 7-member team to Assam. The team will be in the riot-affected region for 3 days to assist the state in its rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Watch more on this story.
10:51 20 May 2013 from
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Mukerjee bats for vocational training, confers honorary degree on Karzai
Jalandhar, May 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Monday called upon universities to lay emphasis on imparting vocational training to youth in the country while pointing out that by 2020, two-third of the workforce in the world would be from...
10:49 20 May 2013 from
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83 percent Indians see China as threat: Opinion poll
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) As many as 83 percent Indians consider China a security threat though 63 percent would like relations with it to improve, reveals an opinion poll conducted with samples across India.The findings of the 'India Poll 2013:...
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US anti-corruption expert expelled from Russia
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been banned from entering Russia.The New York Times said Moscow-based Thomas Firestone, who works for the Baker & McKenzie law firm,...
