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Young Indian couple claim Baby 7 Billion crown
By Subir Ghosh Oct 31, 2011
With the birth of Nargis in a village 40km from Lucknow this morning, the world’s population touched seven billion. Lucknow is the capital of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh. Nargis, weighing 3kg, was born at 7:20 this morning to Ajay (25) and Vineeta (23) at a local community health centre in Mall village, about
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Probe ordered into Kerala move on online tracking of students
By Subir Ghosh Oct 28, 2011
The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has ordered an inquiry into the allegation against the Government of Kerela, India. According to the allegation, a coercive circular by the State government to its public education department was meant to deploy a questionable online school management software. Named “Sampoorna”, this software was to be implemented in
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Dams threaten Manas WHS status
By Subir Ghosh Oct 27, 2011
When Manas National Park was removed from the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger List in June this year, there was a lot to cheer about. The hard work put in by conservation groups has been recognised, but a bigger danger lies in the future — one that can virtually wash away the national park. Well,
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India tops as biggest shoplifting nation in the world
By Subir Ghosh Oct 27, 2011
Indian retailers suffered the highest loss of stocks to theft in the world for the fifth year in a row in 2011. Half of this loss was attributed to shoplifting by customers. The silver lining here was that India is the world’s only country where the shrink rate (loss of stocks because of thefts by
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Indian govt’s Diwali gift: Pay hike for print media journalists
By Subir Ghosh Oct 25, 2011
The beleaguered United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has decided to give a Diwali gift to Indian journalists. The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the final Majithia Wage Board recommendations, which will benefit more than 45,000 journalists and non-journalists in the country. The revised wages, with hikes ranging from 10 per cent to 30 per cent,
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$5.8bn Indian luxury market spreads beyond big cities
By Subir Ghosh Oct 25, 2011
The Indian luxury market, estimated at $5.8 billion (nearly Rs 28,500 crore), is spreading beyond the big cities as adoption of global trends is catching up in smaller cities. According to India Luxury Review 2011, published by the Confederation of India Industry (CII) and AT Kearney, the luxury bug has not bitten big cities alone.
