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Images: President Pranab goes ethnic in Nagaland

May 15, 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee who is in a two-day visit to Nagaland. The President was all smiles as he was gifted traditional Naga attire. Images of the president from his Nagaland visit. #Pranab Mukherjee #Nagaland #ImagesOfTheDay #Pranab da #Naga warrior
Mukherjee wants private sector to invest more in research

May 11, 2013

Mukherjee said India spent only 0.9 percent of the GDP on research and development, which was much below that of China, UK and Israel. #Pranab Mukherjee #Technology #science #TheySaidIt #research #National Technology Day
Prez asks SC to decide women lawyers' plea for safer courts

May 04, 2013

Stating that the recent incidents of child rape in Delhi highlight the "repeated failure" to ensure security of women and children, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday asked the Supreme Court to give expeditious attention to a plea seeking enforcement of Vishakha judgement to ensure more congenial work environment for women lawyers. #India #Pranab Mukherjee #Supreme Court #National Seminar on Welfare of Lawyers #Bar Council of Delhi #Vishakha judgement

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Is Sangma worthy of contesting the presidential poll?

Jul 07, 2012

Sangma has no noteworthy achievements against his name and we now have the unedifying picture of one presidential candidate begging for votes. #OnOurMind #Pranab Mukherjee #PA Sangma #Presidential Poll
Why Subbarao told the finmin to take a walk

Jun 18, 2012

The latest policy is the clearest signal yet from the RBI that rates can't fall further without a lot of effort from the finance ministry #Pranab Mukherjee #Duvvuri Subbarao #PolicyWatch #MonetaryPolicy
Sharma vs Jairam: Cong flyweights in shadow-boxing bout

Jun 06, 2012

Anand Sharma, the Commerce Minister, thinks Jairam Ramesh is not reformist enough. UPA's skirmishes are now percolating to less senior ministers. #Pranab Mukherjee #Jairam Ramesh #Politics Decoder #Anand Sharma #Shadow-Boxing #UPA Jockeying

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Nurses pivotal to health care system: Pranab Mukherjee

2013-05-13 00:29:00

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said nursing has evolved into a modern medical profession and nurses have become an indispensable part of the country's health care system. "Nurses form a large part of the health workforce and are the back #Pranab Mukherjee #New Delhi #Google Inc.
Economic Times
Step up expenditure on research: Pranab Mukherjee

2013-05-11 10:17:00

NEW DELHI: Voicing concern over India lagging in innovation, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday made a strong pitch to step up expenditure on research in a big way and also asked the private sector to increase their share. "India's bottom line is not #India #Pranab Mukherjee #New Delhi
Zee News
Pranab to pay 3-day visit to Himachal from May 23

2013-05-18 14:41:00

Shimla: President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Himachal Pradesh on May 23 on a three-day visit, his first to the state after entering the highest office in the country, a police spokesman said on Saturday. After arriving here on May 23, the President #Himachal Pradesh #Pranab Mukherjee

Editor's picks

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.

Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.

Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.