The UPA candidate Hamid Ansari has been elected as the Vice President of the country for a second term in a row as he defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin. Ansari bagged 490 votes, while Jaswant Singh got 238 votes.
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10:20 25 May 2013 from
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Another hot day ahead for Delhi
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) There was no respite from the searing heat in Delhi with the minimum temperature shooting up four notches above average at 30.5 degrees Celsius early Saturday. The Met Office has forecast another sizzling day ahead for the...
10:02 25 May 2013 from
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'India's growth strategy has lessons for developing nations'
Washington, May 25 (IANS) India's strategy of eradicating poverty by "growing the pie rather than slicing it", and fuelling the country's growth with market-based policies holds lessons for other developing countries, suggest two leading...
10:02 25 May 2013 from
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South Asians rely on informal money transfers: Gallup
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Nearly six in ten adults in the South Asian region and Indonesia sent or received a payment or remittance in 2012 with a majority doing so informally, according to a new Gallup study.In terms of hard numbers 800 million...
