Australia good place to work, study, say Indians
byNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Wednesday welcomed findings of a survey that indicates Indians see Australia as a good…
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Punjab orders closure of 473 private schools
by Hill Post WireChandigarh, April 17 (IANS) The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to…
Micro-financing effective for reducing poverty: Selja
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The government Wednesday said micro-financing was an effective tool for reducing poverty. Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Selja…
Regulate development in Western Ghats, says panel
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Moving away from ecologist Madhav Gadgil’s report calling for declaring the entire Western Ghats ecologically sensitive, a panel headed…
Odisha confirms summer’s first sunstroke death
by Hill Post WireBhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) Authorities Wednesday confirmed this summer’s first sunstroke death in Odisha. The victim was a 65-year-old woman, who died last week…
PM writes to Zardari condoling deaths in quake
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a message to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, has condoled the loss of lives…
Delhi’s tiniest baby survives: Doctors
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A private hospital Wednesday said a baby girl, who was born three-and-a-half months premature and survived despite complications, might…
Hot day in Delhi, similar weather Thursday
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) It was a hot and clear day in the capital Wednesday with the maximum temperature settling a notch above…
Indian American surgeon comes to Boston runners’ aid
by Hill Post WireBoston, April 17 (IANS) Vivek Shah, an Indian American orthopaedic surgeon at Boston’s New England Baptist Hospital, was 25 yards away from finishing the…
5.8-magnitude quake jolts northeast Japan
by Hill Post WireTokyo, April 17 (IANS) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted northeast Japan around 9:03 p.m. local time Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The epicentre…