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Currency futures launched at NSE

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:13:05 -0400

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday kicked off currency futures at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) here in a move that is particularly expected to

HIV patients more prone to fractures

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:02:20 -0400

HIV patients face a 60 percent greater risk of hip and spine fractures compared to patients without this condition, according to the latest study on

J&K govt suspends 9 officials for communal clashes in Kishtwar

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:50 -0400

Nine officials were on Friday suspended and a magisterial probe ordered into the August 12 communal clashes in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir in

Period jewels stage a graceful return

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:59:41 -0400

Kingships may have long gone but the shine of royal jewels endure. With the business of art logging an upswing over the last five years,

Period jewels stage a graceful return

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:59:41 -0400

Kingships may have long gone but the shine of royal jewels endure. With the business of art logging an upswing over the last five years,

Bandh hits normal life in Jammu

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:56:44 -0400

Normal life remained badly affected on Friday as shops and market places were closed and vehicles off the roads in response to a bandh over

India's economy grows at 7.9 pc in Q1

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:51:10 -0400

Indian economic growth moderated to 7.9 percent in the first quarter of current fiscal, against 9.2 per a year ago as rising borrowing costs impacted

National Museum facing space crunch

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:40:52 -0400

Strange as it may sound, the National Museum - the country's largest museum - is able to display only a tenth of its 200,000 artefacts

Over 26,000 missing from Delhi yet to be traced

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:31:55 -0400

Over 26,000 people, who went missing from the national capital are yet to be traced while over 1.26 lakh vehicles and 30,000 mobile phones stolen

Human eyes evolved for x-ray vision

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:24:21 -0400

The use of both eyes to view the world around us has long been associated with a 3-D vision. But a new study by Rensselaer