2014年10月30日 星期四

2014-10-31 India Spotlight

  Deccan Chronicle   
Intellectual plunder  Deccan Chronicle
We found 9,000 biopiracy patents related to Ayurveda, which will be used to restrict access to these heritage medicines by the Indian people and small-scale pharma businesses. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with President Barack ...


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A positive move  The Hindu
Boosting the nation's defence preparedness, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared a set of much-delayed defence deals, worth Rs.78,000 crore. In line with the 'Make in India' mantra, the focus was on indigenisation in addressing critical ...


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Finding Local Search Success, Post-Pigeon and Penguin 3.0  Search Engine Watch
Hot on the heels of the latest Penguin update, marketers are scrambling to measure its effects. Penguin 3.0, the first update since October 4, 2013, completed its rollout early Monday, October 20. That's right, those who were hit by the last Penguin update ...


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Jayalalithaa should punish forms of sycophancy  Hindustan Times
Taking one's own life because of the misfortune suffered by a political leader or a public personage is nothing new in Tamil Nadu, or even Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. So it came as no surprise when, according to the AIADMK, 193 people committed ...


   


Africa's 'Big Men' and their mystery illnesses  The Hindu
When dying Zambian President Michael Sata flew to London last week he was following a long line of African leaders who have sought emergency — and secret — medical treatment in foreign hospitals most of their citizens can only dream of. With Ebola ...


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  IBNLive   
Philips Xenium X2566: A new feature phone for senior citizens launched at Rs ...  IBNLive
New Delhi: Philips Mobile launched Philips Xenium X2566, a feature phone exclusively designed for senior citizens, and said it was available for sale priced at Rs 3,800. The phone is aimed at making technology accessible to the elderly. It has features like ...


   

  Newsweek   
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems  Newsweek
In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country house in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest. For several hours the besieged ...


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Modernising the monetary policy  The Hindu
The Finance Minister in his maiden Union Budget speech had observed that “it is also essential to have a modern monetary policy framework to meet the challenge of an increasingly complex economy. Government will, in close consultation with the RBI, put ...


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  Deccan Chronicle   
For less than noble reasons  Deccan Chronicle
The Nobel Peace Prize cashes in on the brand value of other Nobel Prizes, which are awards for professional merit and outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and economics. According to Alfred Nobel's will, the peace prize was ...


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  Business Standard   
The next big market shock can come from 'Save Swiss gold' movement  Business Standard
Love for gold was supposed to be an Indian affair but that was before the Chinese came in and overtook Indian annual purchases. Even this will now change from November 30, 2014 if the Swiss have their way. November 30, 2014 can be a game changing ...


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