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Calcutta News.Net - Wednesday 8th January, 2014

Violence against women, wife battery, honour killings and even foeticide among the Indian diaspora in Canada are a cause of worry, say Indo-Canadian delegates at a diaspora meet here. They added that they strive to help the Indian immigrants get assimilated into the mainstream. Molly Banerjei, a businesswoman from Toronto, told IANS: "Domestic violence is rampant among the Indian ...

Calcutta News.Net - Wednesday 8th January, 2014

Despite perceptions in some quarters outside that India is losing its momentum of growth achieved in the past decade, there is no need to worry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday. "There is a perception in some quarters outside India that the country is losing its momentum of the past decade," he said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 12th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, the ...

Calcutta News.Net - Wednesday 8th January, 2014

Computer science undergraduates have developed image based mobile phone alerts, connected to the Weather Research and Forecasting system, which could help prevent casualties in India. India has a mobile phone subscriber base exceeding 929 million people and this is expected to touch 1.15 billion by the end of 2014. An alert system developed for mobiles could reach an estimated 97 per cent of ...

Calcutta News.Net - Wednesday 8th January, 2014

A sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax can help reduce the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes rates in India, a new study has suggested. Sanjay Basu and colleagues, from Stanford University, USA, estimated that a 20 per cent SSB tax across India could avert 11.2 million cases of overweight/obesity and 400,000 cases of type 2 diabetes between 2014 and 2023, based on the current rate of increases ...

Calcutta News.Net - Tuesday 7th January, 2014

Many Muslims in Delhi are very happy with the arrival of Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the political scene. But Muslims, who always had a representation in the Sheila Dikshit cabinet, are disappointed that there is no Muslim in Kejriwal's cabinet. Muslims themselves are to be blamed for this. Prior to and during the Delhi elections, Kejriwal left no stone unturned to court ...

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