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Karzai sworn in, US critical on corruption

02:32PM | November 19,2009

Hillary Clinton, in her first visit to Afghanistan as US secretary of state, said Washington would support the new government but expected serious results...

Nasa signs agreement with Isro for use of Indian satellite

12:15PM | November 19,2009

The agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation will lead to the use of data from Oceansat-2 for various US agencies for research, education...

Experiments being treated as team sport 09:45 PM \| November 20,2009 Massive Collider, a global collaboration, has a bumpy start; but sometimes the work of crowds yields wisdom Deadly labor wars hinder India’s rise 06:26 PM \| November 20,2009 A homicide case playing out in an auto-parts factory is raising concerns about whether the Indian industrial miracle is hitting a wall of industrial unrest Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies 11:36 PM \| November 18,2009 They were able to identify the hearts, arteries or both in 16 of the mummies, nine of whom had deposits of calcification More>>	Opec president says too early for output decision 04:23 PM \| November 16,2009 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet in Luanda, Angola, on 22 December to decide on its oil production policy UK still in recession after shock Q3 contraction 03:24 PM \| October 23,2009 This was much worse than analysts’ expectations of a 0.2 % rise. Not a single analyst out of the 35 polled by Reuters before the data had expected a negative reading China to overtake Japan in next two years: analysts 03:59 PM \| October 18,2009 China is expected to unseat its Asian rival from the position it has held for more than 40 years in 2010 or 2011, though analysts say the shift in the global economic hierarchy will be largely symbolic with little impact on trade More>>
Karzai sworn in, US critical on corruption 02:32 PM \| November 19,2009 Hillary Clinton, in her first visit to Afghanistan as US secretary of state, said Washington would support the new government but expected serious results in combating corruption and building an “accountable, transparent government” Hamid Karzai looks to restore shattered Western trust 10:47 PM \| November 17,2009 Karzai’s reversal of fortunes has been as rapid as his rise to international acclaim Copenhagen deal should have immediate effect: Obama 01:3 PM \| November 17,2009 Together the US and China account for 40% of world emissions, so their support is vital to any agreement More>>	EU names Belgian PM as first President 03:7 PM \| November 20,2009 Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy named as EU’s first President and Baroness Catherine Ashton, a little known Briton, as foreign affairs chief, under a deal that kept out more established figures such as Tony Blair Merkel decides to attend Copenhagen climate summit 05:18 PM \| November 16,2009 Complex negotiations towards a legally enforceable successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which expires in 2012, would then continue to work out differences between rich nations and developing countries including China British unemployment rate at 7.8%: official 07:45 PM \| November 11,2009 “The number of unemployed people increased by 30,000 over the quarter to reach 2.46 million” More>>
Nasa signs agreement with Isro for use of Indian satellite 12:15 PM \| November 19,2009 The agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation will lead to the use of data from Oceansat-2 for various US agencies for research, education and other activities of public good including weather forecasting US banks failure toll reaches 123 so far in 2009 11:27 AM \| November 15,2009 Banks are failing at the fastest pace in 17 years even as the economy grew for the first time in one year at 3.5% in the September quarter Google, Authors try to answer book deal concerns 04:3 PM \| November 14,2009 Google’s plan to put millions of books online has been praised for expanding access to books but has also been criticized on antitrust, copyright and privacy grounds More>>	Denmark suggests end-2010 for binding climate pact 05:57 PM \| November 16,2009 US President Barack Obama, whose difficulty in passing a domestic climate change package has been one of the main obstacles to a global deal, quickly fell in behind the plan Australia reaches out to India with climate aid 02:53 PM \| November 12,2009 India has slammed the so-called “Australian Proposal” on climate change that seeks to remove the distinction between rich and poorer nations, calling on both sides to cut emissions Clinton urges Myanmar to free Suu Kyi 02:40 PM \| November 12,2009 Says, Suu Kyi had every right, as any person should have to participate in the active democratic life of her country More>>

The Other Side | Mrinal Pande

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Mobius Strip | Ramesh Ramanathan

The pointillism of poverty

Escape from poverty isn’t some linear, one-way...

Different Angle | Rajiv Kumar

China’s investment story

How is China able to flood global markets with cheap...

The morning after

A Mint journalist endured the harrowing ordeal at the Taj on the night of 26/11 and emerged physically...

Experiments being treated as team sport 09:45 PM \| November 20,2009 Massive Collider, a global collaboration, has a bumpy start; but sometimes the work of crowds yields wisdom Deadly labor wars hinder India’s rise 06:26 PM \| November 20,2009 A homicide case playing out in an auto-parts factory is raising concerns about whether the Indian industrial miracle is hitting a wall of industrial unrest Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies 11:36 PM \| November 18,2009 They were able to identify the hearts, arteries or both in 16 of the mummies, nine of whom had deposits of calcification More>>	Opec president says too early for output decision 04:23 PM \| November 16,2009 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet in Luanda, Angola, on 22 December to decide on its oil production policy UK still in recession after shock Q3 contraction 03:24 PM \| October 23,2009 This was much worse than analysts’ expectations of a 0.2 % rise. Not a single analyst out of the 35 polled by Reuters before the data had expected a negative reading China to overtake Japan in next two years: analysts 03:59 PM \| October 18,2009 China is expected to unseat its Asian rival from the position it has held for more than 40 years in 2010 or 2011, though analysts say the shift in the global economic hierarchy will be largely symbolic with little impact on trade More>>
Karzai sworn in, US critical on corruption 02:32 PM \| November 19,2009 Hillary Clinton, in her first visit to Afghanistan as US secretary of state, said Washington would support the new government but expected serious results in combating corruption and building an “accountable, transparent government” Hamid Karzai looks to restore shattered Western trust 10:47 PM \| November 17,2009 Karzai’s reversal of fortunes has been as rapid as his rise to international acclaim Copenhagen deal should have immediate effect: Obama 01:3 PM \| November 17,2009 Together the US and China account for 40% of world emissions, so their support is vital to any agreement More>>	EU names Belgian PM as first President 03:7 PM \| November 20,2009 Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy named as EU’s first President and Baroness Catherine Ashton, a little known Briton, as foreign affairs chief, under a deal that kept out more established figures such as Tony Blair Merkel decides to attend Copenhagen climate summit 05:18 PM \| November 16,2009 Complex negotiations towards a legally enforceable successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which expires in 2012, would then continue to work out differences between rich nations and developing countries including China British unemployment rate at 7.8%: official 07:45 PM \| November 11,2009 “The number of unemployed people increased by 30,000 over the quarter to reach 2.46 million” More>>
Nasa signs agreement with Isro for use of Indian satellite 12:15 PM \| November 19,2009 The agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation will lead to the use of data from Oceansat-2 for various US agencies for research, education and other activities of public good including weather forecasting US banks failure toll reaches 123 so far in 2009 11:27 AM \| November 15,2009 Banks are failing at the fastest pace in 17 years even as the economy grew for the first time in one year at 3.5% in the September quarter Google, Authors try to answer book deal concerns 04:3 PM \| November 14,2009 Google’s plan to put millions of books online has been praised for expanding access to books but has also been criticized on antitrust, copyright and privacy grounds More>>	Denmark suggests end-2010 for binding climate pact 05:57 PM \| November 16,2009 US President Barack Obama, whose difficulty in passing a domestic climate change package has been one of the main obstacles to a global deal, quickly fell in behind the plan Australia reaches out to India with climate aid 02:53 PM \| November 12,2009 India has slammed the so-called “Australian Proposal” on climate change that seeks to remove the distinction between rich and poorer nations, calling on both sides to cut emissions Clinton urges Myanmar to free Suu Kyi 02:40 PM \| November 12,2009 Says, Suu Kyi had every right, as any person should have to participate in the active democratic life of her country More>>

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