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Sori, an young adivasi teacher has been in police custody since October 2011 at the Raipur Central Jail. She was arrested in Delhi on October 4, 2011. She was brought to the Dantewada police station on October 8 after being charged of being a conduit between ...

A woman who thrashed eve-teasers on V-day faces police charges in Thiruvananthapuram 2 March 2013 BY: Shahina KK

A mere one per cent increase in licenced software usage can generate almost $1.3 billion in economic output compared to $554 million from a similar increase in pirated software intake, reveals a study."While 1 per cent increase in use of licensed software would generate almost $1.3 billion in national production, a similar increase in pirated software consumption would generate $554 million, meaning properly licenced software would deliver $739 million in additional economic value. "Therefore, ...

FY13 deficit estimate shrinks by $203 billion; revenue growth to outpace spending in next two years Reuters CBO said the deficit will fall to $378 billion by 2015 with no congressional action—a sharp contrast to the $1 trillion recession-driven ...

Germany's trade surplus increased in March for the third month in a row, rising to 18.8 billion euros from 16.8 billion euros in February, unadjusted data from the federal statistics office showed on Friday. But seasonally adjusted data showed that ...

Helped by rising number of people viewing videos on Internet, India's online video consumption has doubled to 3.71 billion videos per month in the past two years, a report by global digital research firm comScore said.Online video consumption in India stood at 1.86 billion per month as on March 2011.As per the firm's Video Metrix report, total online video audience in India grew by 69 per cent to 54.02 million viewers in March 2013 compared to 31.94 million viewers in March 2011. India ...

The rule of demand and supply governs all business equations. In a country of billion and rising, not everyone has access to real life runway shows, but thanks to the rampant social networking sites one can now easily access the live shows and get instant ...

The rapid rise of the Asian consumer is a story that could play out for half of this century with one billion people expected to become middle-class by the end of the decade. This...

WARMING WORLD A new study suggests that the glaciers in the Canadian Arctic archipelago could lose as much as one-fifth of their volume. Such a melt would add 3.5 cm to the height of the world's oceans, writes Jonathan Amos The glaciers of the Canadian Arctic ...