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An award known as "the Nobel Prize for water" has been given to an Indian campaigner who has brought water to 1,000 villages.
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An award known as "the Nobel Prize for water" has been given to an Indian campaigner who has brought water to 1,000 villages.
The judges of the Stockholm Water Prize say his methods have also prevented floods, restored soil and rivers, and brought back wildlife.
The prize-winner, Rajendra Singh, is dubbed "the Water Man of India". Read more...
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India: Schools, Colleges & Universities
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About 300 people have been arrested in the Indian state of Bihar, authorities say, after reports emerged of blatant cheating in school exams.
Parents and friends of students were photographed climbing school walls to pass on answers.
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Indian Railways has provided Free Wi-Fi at seven railway stations
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#IndianRailways has provided Free Wi-Fi at seven railway stations out of 407 stations planned for high speed Internet.
Manoj Sinha, minister of state for railways said, “Wi-Fi facility has been provided at 7 railway stations namely Bengaluru, New Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Agra Cantonment, Varanasi and Secunderabad.”
The internet access is provided free to the users for first 30 minutes. Aft
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Solar Impulse arrives Ahmedabad, India -
The 15 hours journey covered - 1,468km - set a new world record for a flight in a piloted solar-powered plane.
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Solar Impulse, the fuel-free aeroplane, has successfully completed the second leg of its historic attempt to fly around the world.
Project chairman, Bertrand Piccard, piloted the vehicle from Muscat in Oman to Ahmedabad in India
The 15 hours journey covered - 1,468km - set a new world record for a flight in a piloted solar-powered plane. Read more...
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India: Science & Technology
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India?s Ambitious Bid to Become a Solar Power
The Indian government hopes to increase the country?s solar capacity 30-fold by 2020.
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India: Business & Economy
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The East India Company: The original corporate raiders
For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant
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India: People & Places
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More than a decade after he spent his meandering postcollegiate years on the Indian subcontinent studying Sufi mysticism and following a musical guru, the Austrian artist Matthias Kaiser returns today to open a pop-up ceramics shop under a neem tree in Ahmedabad, India. Read more...
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India: Food, Groceries & Restaurants
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Jews From Cochin Bring Their Unique Indian Cuisine to Israeli Diners. On a moshav in southern Israel, the women behind Matamey Cochin keep alive the flavors of an ancient Jewish community. Read more...
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India: Communication & Transportation
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India’s New Pink Taxi Fleet for Women, With Pepper Spray and Panic Buttons
A new service to address safety worries after the recent alleged rape of a New Delhi passenger by an Uber driver. Read more...
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India: People & Places
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On high-profile India visit, Obama says progress made on nuclear sticking point. American President visits world's largest democracy Read more...
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India: Arts & Entertainment
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There’s No Easy Riding for India’s Motorcycle Drill Team
Border Guards’ Elite Stuntmen Display Feats on Wheels; ‘Peacock’ and ‘Lotus’
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India: Business & Economy
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IMF: India Will Be Fastest Growing Major Economy by 2016
The International Monetary Fund predicted India’s GDP growth will overtake China’s in two years.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#wildlife India's tiger population sees 30% increase. India says it now has almost a third more tigers than it did four years ago.
Presenting the findings of the latest tiger census, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tiger population had risen from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014. Read more...
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#Wildlife #IndianRailways Passengers at a train station in India Sunday watched a monkey attempt to revive a fellow monkey that was shocked unconscious by electrical wires. train
The simian rescue occurred after one of the monkeys was electrocuted while walking on high-voltage wires, according to Reuters.
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India: Communication & Transportation
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India by 2017 will have five or six top-class railway stations on the pattern of
monumental Grand Central Terminal, New York, or famed Gare d'Austerlitz terminus
in Paris, a top Railway Board official has said.
Indian Railways is the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second
largest under one management, running 11,000 trains a day on its about 1,10,000
km tracks.
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India: Food, Groceries & Restaurants
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Curry Hill - for Indian stores - between E 23 & 24th and Lexington Ave, Manhattan, NYC.
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India: Food, Groceries & Restaurants
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#IndianGroceryUSA We're a Landmark for Fine Specialty Foods. Our customers consist of many culinary chefs in the Greater New York City who only demand the finest and highest quality ingredients. We carry over 4,000 variety of spices, herbs, sweets, coffee, tea and healthy snacks. Read more...
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India: Business & Economy
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Uber the U.S. cab-hailing company banned in New Delhi, said it will carry out a review of its India operations and beef up driver screening as it seeks to reach an agreement with the government to restart services. Read more...
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India: Business & Economy
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Xiaomi reportedly banned from selling smartphones in India due to patent issues
The Chinese handset maker has supposedly been served with an injunction and will be unable to import or sell its smartphones until infringement issues with Ericsson are resolved.
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India: Science & Technology
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#IndiaMars India's Mars mission which successfully entered the orbit of the Red Planet nearly two months ago on its first attempt, has been named one of the best inventions of 2014 by Time Magazine. The list also includes Apple's smart watch, BMW's electric car and Microsoft's "hybrid" tablet. Read more...
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