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3,000 children die of malnutrition in India everyday

Today is World Food Day. The aim of the Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. Despite......

3,000 children die of malnutrition in India everyday: Study

Despite India's recent economic boom, at least 46 per cent of its children up to the age of three still suffer from malnutrition, making the country home to a third of the world's malnourished......

The Politics Of The Bharat Ratna

Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

Prabhakaran alive and safe: LTTE

A pro-LTTE website, tamilnet.com, today claimed that the Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran is still "alive and safe", a day after Sri Lankan army announced that it has killed the top rebel......

Ex-UK PM Gordon Brown made UN education envoy

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been appointed as the United Nations' special envoy for global education."It is a great privilege to be invited by the UN Secretary-General......

Drinking water woes: India meets UN millennium goals!

India has achieved the Millennium Development Goal for drinking water by providing 84 per cent of its rural population with access to improved sources of water, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi......

Foreign buyouts: Is India Inc on right path?

If it pans out, it will be the biggest M&A deal involving an Indian company. The proposed $23-billion mega deal between Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN is even bigger than Tata Steel's......

Jet lost Rs 200 crore during the 5-day stir

Saroj Dutta, executive director of Jet Airways said in Mumbai on Sunday that the five-day long strike by pilots of Jet Airways has cost the company in terms of revenue losses to the......

Flood alert! Mumbai firms gear up

Two days ahead of the high tide warning, corporate houses in Mumbai are busy drawing plans to meet any possible recurrence of the July 26, 2005 deluge in the metropolis. The Bombay Chamber of......

UN to G-20: Bail out the poor

Stating that the global financial crisis threatens the livelihoods of nearly 1.4 billion people globally, a United Nations agency has asked the G-20 leaders to commit themselves to save the world......

US Open champion Del Potro returns home in triumph

US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro was greeted by thousands of fans and feted with rock band Queen's seminal "We are the Champions" when he made a triumphant return to his hometown of Tandil on......

Spotted: Leander Paes

Reader Pavan Malladi sent us this photograph. 'My name is Pavan Malladi. I live in Dayton,Ohio. 'I got a chance to meet Leander Paes at the recently-concluded Western and Southern Financial......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar in Bengaluru

Reader Gajanan Patil sent us this photograph from Bengaluru. 'My name is Gajanan Patil. I met Sachin Tendulkar at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru while the Indian team was practicing......

Indian cricket's Bollywood links

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Ronaldo, Zidane to play UN charity match

World champion footballers and United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors Ronaldo and Zindine Zidane have announced that the 8th Annual Match Against Poverty will raise funds for the nearly 25 million......

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