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Learning To Read and Write At India’s ‘school For Grannies’

They wear uniforms, carry satchels and eagerly recite the alphabet in class, but the students here are different --...

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In India, A New Banking System To Reach the Masses

At a furniture store outside India's capital, a salesman scans the manager's ID and takes her fingerprint on a...

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Afriwave Corporate Affairs Boss Wins Award

Corporate Affairs Director at Afriwave Telecom, Donald Gwira, was recognised as one of the “100 Most Impactful CSR...

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Bharti Airtel Buys Telenor’s India Operations

Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel will buy the local operations of Norway's Telenor, it said Thursday, as the...

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Mumbai’s Original Inhabitants Fear World’s Tallest Statue

A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue...

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Australia Renew Rivalry With Cricket Top Dogs India

Steve Smith's Australia have the chance of halting India's Test juggernaut in a series between the world's top two...

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Smith, Marsh Tons Propel Australia Cricket Against India A

Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh Friday scored fluent centuries against a faltering Indian bowling attack on day one of the...

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Catherine II Steals Show At Israeli Diamond Fair

A replica of Russian Queen Catherine the Great's imperial crown stole the show at this week's Israeli diamond market in...

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Tata Motors Profits Plummet 96% After Cash Ban

India's largest carmaker Tata Motors Tuesday reported a 96 percent fall in quarterly profits, due to a cash ban which...

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Sledging? Go For It, Says Australia’s Smith

Australian captain Steve Smith raised the temperature Tuesday ahead of the first Test against India, calling on his...

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Indian Doctors Prepare ‘world’s Heaviest Woman’ For Surgery

Indian doctors put an Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman on a special liquid diet Monday as they...

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Madagascar To Join Ethiopian’s Vast Intra-African Network

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines will add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network on 28 March 2017....

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India Hospital Builds New Unit To Operate On ‘500kg’ Egyptian Woman

India hospital builds new unit to operate on ‘500kg’ Egyptian woman An Indian hospital is building a special...

International

Indian Actor Om Puri Dies Aged 66

Om Puri acted in both mainstream and art films in Bollywood Veteran Indian actor Om Puri, star of British hit East is...

International

In Istanbul Nightclub, Gunman Picked Off the Wounded

Shot in the arm and slumped behind a table, Francois al-Asmar played dead as the gunman walked through the exclusive...

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India Doctor To Operate On ‘500kg’ Egyptian Woman

An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for...

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Plot To Discredit Akufo-Addo’s Award Uncovered

There is a spirited but subtle attempt to discredit the prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for...

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India Cinemas Ordered To Play National Anthem

India’s supreme court has ruled that the national anthem must be played in every cinema before a film is screened....

Opinion

Consolidate Efforts To #endAIDS By 2030

(CNS): Success breeds complacency and complacency breeds failure. When the number of people affected by a disease...