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Security guard arrested for stealing laptops

SindhToday — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:22 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Delhi Police Friday arrested a security guard for stealing laptops from a warehouse where he worked, a police official said Friday.

Neeraj Kumar Verma was arrested from New Delhi district and nine stolen laptops were recovered from his possession.

Online Indian shoppers spent $2,000 on average last year

SindhToday — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:32:18 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian Internet shoppers spent on an average $2,086 (Rs.97,200) in the past 12 months, according to the Visa e-Commerce Consumer Monitor survey report released Friday.

"Indian respondents spent an average of $2,086 in the past 12 months. Respondents from Asia Pacific spent an average of $2,526 during the same period," the Visa survey said.

Unesco keen to jointly certify select IGNOU courses

SindhToday — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:45:35 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Unesco has evinced interest in jointly certifying select programmes being offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

Armoogum Parsuramen, director of Unesco's South Asia office, said the UN arm would, for starters, look at certifying IGNOU's master's course in journalism and communications which is adapted from the model journalism curriculum circulated by Unesco last year.

Of art, memories and new interpretations (With Images)

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:56:32 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Artistic memory is spreading itself beyond the brain, says noted Mumbai-based poet, art critic and curator Ranjit Hoskote, whose show "Retrieval Systems" in the capital, featuring five leading contemporary artists, deals with the "nature of memory and how it preoccupies artists".

"I tried to look into memory as a resource and how artists are parking it in external tools like computers, archives and sub-cultures -- which also serve as a memory database by documenting the evolution of life and civilisation -- and thereby restoring many lost memories in the process," Hoskote told IANS.

Italian PM to decide inheritance, says son

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:13:51 +0000

Monte Carlo, Nov 20 (IANS/AKI) Italian prime minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi will determine the future of his estimated 8 billion euro fortune, his eldest son Piersilvio said Thursday.

Piersilvio Berlusconi refused to be drawn on how his 73-year-old father would divide his fortune between the five children from his two marriages.

Spacewalkers work outside International Space Station

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:02:11 +0000

Cape Canaveral (Florida), Nov 20 (DPA) Two US astronauts left the safety of the International Space Station Thursday to install spare parts that will help it continue running smoothly in the future.

Space shuttle Atlantis crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher spent six hours and 37 minutes on the spacewalk.

Police seize illicit medicines from web merchants

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:32:47 +0000

Wiesbaden (Germany)/Washington, Nov 20 (DPA) Police in 24 nations raided illegal internet pharmacies this week, intercepted parcels at mail depots and seized stocks of illicit medicines, German police and US officials said.

The raids, which began Monday, were aimed at confiscating counterfeit drugs, medicines sold without prescriptions and so-called lifestyle drugs such as anabolic steroids, growth hormones and slimming pills.

Pakistan’s former military officer ‘co-conspirator’ of Headley: NYT

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:09:30 +0000

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) The arrests of David Coleman Headley and his associate Tawwahur Hussain Rana - the two Chicago men accused of planning a new attack in India - have widened into a global terrorism inquiry that has led to arrests in Pakistan and implicated a former Pakistani military officer as a co-conspirator, according to the New York Times citing unnamed officials.

In India, where the two men are said to have wanted to attack the country's National Defence College, investigators are trying to determine whether the two men played a role in attacks a year ago in Mumbai in which 166 people were killed.

Distance education could address dearth of teachers: Sibal

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:16:06 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.

"There is a need for distance education (in India) because conventional teaching methods cannot meet the challenges of our young population," Sibal said.

Evidence building of Headley and Rana’s links to 26/11

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:26:50 +0000

New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS)Investigators probing David Coleman Headley's links in India said they were close to nailing the connection between American terror suspect and his Canadian accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana with the larger module that had planned and executed the 26/11 strikes.

Top sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that has taken over the case said it had established that Headley and Rana were in touch with the same Pakistan-based handlers who gave directions to the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai.

Unravelling Headley, the man who wanted to destroy India

SindhToday — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:57:19 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) He could well have been discovered by John Le Carre. He came from Barack Obama's hometown, an Islamist at heart with a Christian name who claimed to be a Jew. His mission was to cause mayhem in India. As he remains in an American prison, Indian detectives are slowly uncovering David Coleman Headley's silent but vital role in the horrific Mumbai terror attack.

The Pakistan born American citizen was not alone in his mission. Along with childhood buddy and Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana -- also born in Pakistan -- he toured India extensively in the run up to the November 2008 Mumbai strike that left 166 Indians and foreigners dead in three days of naked terror.

India, US to study the seas together, with Indian satellite

SindhToday — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:54:40 +0000

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit here next week, Indian and US space agencies have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for collaboration on India's Oceansat-2 satellite for studying the seas.

Rabies scare haunts Himachal hamlet

SindhToday — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:16 +0000

Kangra (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 19 (IANS) An entire hamlet near here is eerily emptying out day by day due to a rabies scare. Villagers say they cannot take any chances as two dozen farm animals have died and no medical assistance has reached them in 10 days.

Space shuttle Atlantis docks at ISS

SindhToday — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:34:07 +0000

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) US space shuttle Atlantis has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday after nearly two days of journey.

Commander Charles Hobaugh steered the shuttle to a docking with the station at 1651 GMT, Xinhua reported quoting US space agency NASA.

Insects and bigger animals equally intelligent

SindhToday — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:57:34 +0000

London, Nov 18 (IANS) Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite dot sized brains, says a new study.

"Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to Lars Chittka, professor of sensory and behavioural ecology at Queen Mary's Research Centre and University of Cambridge colleague, Jeremy Niven.

Guess who is coming to Obama’s dinner for Mr. Singh?

SindhToday — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:17:58 +0000

Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) As policy wonks at the White House cook up a brief for President Barack Obama's Nov 24 summit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, another team is quietly rustling up plans for his first dinner with military precision.

Hugh Grant blames golf for being single!

SindhToday — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:53:04 +0000

London, Nov 17 (IANS) British actor Hugh Grant has said the reason behing his being single is his passion for golf.

The "Notting Hill" star has said his hobby has taken over his life so much so that he even gets up in the middle of the night to practice his favourite pastime. And he's sure his love for the sport is the reason he hasn't settled down with a girlfriend, reports imdb.com.

Police identify 2 Paharganj cyber cafes used by Headley

SindhToday — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:56:48 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday conducted extensive searches at cyber cafes in Paharganj area of central Delhi and identified two internet cafes used by suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley during his three-day stay here in March this year, police sources said.

"Extensive search was carried out in the cyber cafes. Of the many cyber cafes, two were found to have been used by Headley. He transferred some documents via internet from these cafes," a police source said.

India sends most students to US as Americans look to India (Second Lead)

SindhToday — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:19:38 +0000

Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) India sent over 103,000 students to the US in 2008-09, the maximum number from any country, a new survey said. At the same time, India became one of the favourite destinations of American students.

According to the Open Doors 2009 survey by the Institute of International Education released Monday, India remains the leading place of origin for the eighth consecutive year, increasing by nine percent to 103,260.

Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off

SindhToday — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:11 +0000

Cape Canaveral (Florida), Nov 17 (DPA) The space shuttle Atlantis thundered into the sky over Kennedy Space Centre Monday carrying six crew members on a mission to the International Space Station.