| Mon, 8 Feb 2010 Nato's show of force is also about winning hearts and minds | Generals repeatedly broadcast that fierce fighting lies ahead and warn that there will be inevitable casualties. The biggest offensive since Suez, or Vietnam, or Iraq - depending on which account one accepts - is about to unfold. Seldom has a military operation receiv... | India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato | In a country where so many people go hungry, it is a dark irony that up to 30 per cent of the fruit and vegetables grown in India goes bad before reaching the market thanks to a combination of bad roads and a lack of refrigerated trucks. | But scientists in Delhi beli... | Iran condemned as it reveals nuclear plans | International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs. | The United States and France led calls for wha... | World's tallest tower closes | The world's tallest skyscraper has shut its doors to the public just a month after its lavish opening. | Electrical problems are at least partly to blame for the closure of the Burj Khalifa's viewing platform - the only part of the half-mile high tower open yet. But a... | Leading article: The first real test of the new strategy in Afghanistan | Operation Moshtarak, which means "together" in the Dari language, is poised to begin. There is more than usual significance in the name. Nato commanders have been at pains to make it clear that Afghan forces, alongside Western troops, will play a prominent role in the... | Innovation the key to this low-budget animation film | Swathi. V | It cost only Rs. 3 lakh to make the 22-minute-long Andha Viswas | - PHOTO: Special Arrangement | PIONEERING EFFORT: A frame from Andha Viswas, an animation film made with a new technique by K. Seetaram. | HYDERABAD: If animation means imparting zest into a... | Students must strive for social change: Meira Kumar | Special Correspondent | Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar conferring an honorary degree of Doctor in Science on ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan (left) at the convocation of SRM University in Kattankulathur, near Chennai, on Monday. Others in the picture are University Chan... | Government should have acted against hoarders Abhijit Sen | Gargi Parsai | Abhijit Sen | NEW DELHI: Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen on Monday said the government should have acted with more firmness against hoarders and speculators, to curb price rise. | Dr. Sen said that whenever prices start rising some people see in ... | Bermuda keen on sealing tax-information exchange pact | Special Correspondent | CHENNAI: Bermuda expects to clinch a significant tax-information exchange agreement with India by this month-end, Bermuda Premier Ewart Frederick Brown said on Monday. | Addressing a function hosted by the southern India regional council of the... | 1,400 deserters surrendered: Army | B. Muralidhar Reddy | COLOMBO: Around 1,400 deserters surrendered at Army camps on Independence Day last week, availing themselves of the amnesty granted by the government, said the Sri Lankan Army here on Monday. | Desertions have been a bane of the forces for severa... | A universal paradox: can market economy become inclusive? | V. Anil Kumar | Are we buying the catch phrase, inclusiveness, with critical attention? | Of late there has been increased emphasis on inclusiveness in economy, society and polity. The Planning Commission has declared that the goal of the present government is not onl... | Kaladhara brings together different artists | Correspondent | Korean painter Kim Hyun Ju, Odissi dancer Rekha Tandon enthral | India has much to offer to any foreigner, says Kim | BHUBANESWAR: As part of its Kaladhara series of art appreciation initiatives, city-based Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre presented ... | Students do their schools proud | Staff Reporter | They take part in a variety of contests and come out with flying colours | PUDUCHERRY: Students of Alpha Matriculation Higher Secondary School - B. Vignesh of Class III, D. Bhakkiyalakshmi of Class V and S. Sunil Dev of Class VI - won gold medal in th... | Annual day | Photos: Special arrangement | Events galore: Students of Indian Public School, Erode, performing a dance event at the annual day celebrations recently. (right) An exhibition of medals and certificates held at Kongunadu MHSS in Velagoundampatty, Namakkal district. - | ... | | |
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