The Times Of India Monsoon brings cheer to India Inc The smiles were back last week when most of India got its share of monsoon showers, but it isn’t time to celebrate yet. | According to the weather office, India’s monsoon rainfall in the key crop-... (photo: WN / Geeta) India Monsoon Photos Weather Wikipedia: Monsoon |
BBC News Saina Nehwal: India's badminton star and 'new woman' As India's badminton world number two Saina Nehwal is awarded the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, BBC Sport writer Suresh Menon says the young star is a symbol of... (photo: CYG) India Photos Saina Star Woman |
The Observer Fat. Obese. Who cares? We're too obsessed by size | Obese. As a euphemism, it is useless. That big round "o" and that sibilant "s" – just the sound of it makes me think of the fat kid at school who would slyly pinch your arm when no one was looking... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Doctors Encourage Health Obesity Photos |
The Hindu Sibal: 60 million students will go to colleges by 2020 | Vinaya Deshpande | Invites U.S. universities to set up institutes in India | Mumbai: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal said on Saturday that the government aimed to send 30 p... (photo: WN / Geeta) Education India Photos Students |
The Hindu Montek: Inflation can't be crash-halted | Staff Reporter | - PHOTO: V. SREENIVASA MURTHY | CONCERNS: B.K. Chandrashekar, former Minister, greets Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, in Bangalore on Saturday. |... (photo: WN / Geeta) Economy India Inflation Photos Wikipedia: Economy of India |
The Hindu Workers in a 'world-class' city | HARSH MANDER | As Delhi gets ready for the Commonwealth Games, the city's glitter is being built through forced labour of from the rural hinterlands... | The glitter and ground realities... | Delhi ... (photo: WN / Geeta) Commonwealth Games Delhi People Photos Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games |
The Boston Globe Public gardens reflect private personalities | LENOX - "In the summer New York was the only place in which one could escape from New Yorkers,'' Edith Wharton once quipped. Wharton would have known: She was one of the wealthy New Yorkers who took... (photo: Creative Commons / Marcus) Gardens Natural People Photos Wikipedia:Public gardens |
Inquirer Colombia denies war launch as Chavez dispatches troops | BOGOTA--Colombian President Alvaro Uribe denied Saturday that he planned to launch a military attack on neighboring Venezuela, denouncing President Hugo Chavez after Caracas ordered troops to the bo... (photo: (AP Photo / Fernando Llano)) Bogota Chavez Colombia Troops Wikipedia: ColombiaVenezuela relations |
The Independent Summer in the UK: The stars of Scotland | The population of Edinburgh doubles to about a million in August's festival season, and good-value accommodation is elusive. | Instead of a pricey hotel room or flat rental, try Scotland's first "bo... (photo: Creative Commons / Karrackoo) Natural People Photos Population Wikipedia:UK |
The Times Of India No regrets on Golden Boot: Forlan KOLKATA: Uruguayan star Diego Forlan said on Saturday that he does not regret missing out on the 'Golden Boot' in the World Cup. | "The Golden Boot is for the striker, but the Golden Ball is the one e... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Kolkata Photos Star WorldCu |
NZ Herald Motorsport: Flying Vettel clinches Hungary pole By Pablo Gorondi 8:31 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print Expand Shrink | BUDAPEST, Hungary - Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix and will be joined by te... (photo: AP / Greg Baker) Hungary Motorsport Photos Sportstar Wikipedia: Sebastian Vettel |
The Jordan Times Obama warns Abbas against failure to resume direct talks | - US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Sa... (photo: Public Domain / Matty Stern (U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv)) Palestinian People Photos Politics Wikipedia:Mahmoud Abbas |