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Maradu (Kerala), Sept 18 (ANI): Agricultural Urban Wholesale Market at Maradu in Kerala has become popular among residents and farmers alike.

Fresh and cheap agricultural products are available here and the farmers have the storing, testing and other facilities.

The market is run by the Kerala Government and is financially aided by the European Union [...]

New Delhi, Sep. 4 (ANI): A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Indian Army and Indira Gandhi National Open University to meet the twin objectives of empowering soldiers educationally and providing an opportunity for a second career option.

The [...]

Washington, August 27 (ANI): Recent tests by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will provide much needed, independent data on how electromagnetic radiation penetrates aircraft, helping to ensure continued air travel safety.

The Federal [...]

New Delhi, Aug.27 (ANI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to announce on Friday that from the coming academic year (2010-11), Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE-run schools.

The board will make a formal announcement once the blueprint of the new system to replace the board exams is [...]

New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for implementation of the polio eradication strategy with an estimated expenditure at Rs.3203.98 crore for the year 2009-2010 to 2011-12.

The main objective of the project is to achieve the goal [...]

Agra, July 4 (ANI): A group of 34 students from the Nanghar University in Afghanistan recently visited Agra to study Hindi.

The students included six girls and 28 boys.

The students are being taught the language by the Central Hindi Organisation (CHO).

Chandrakant Tripathi, organization’s secretary [...]

New Delhi, June 19 (ANI/Business Wire India): QAI Global Services (www.qaiglobal.com), with a vision to create an innovative workforce in India, has recently launched a new Innovation Practitioner Certification program for individuals across all domains. The program consists of online training and one-on-one mentoring from accredited trainers. The certification awarded at the end of the [...]

Washington, May 20 (ANI): Brad Pitt and his younger brother Doug have together made a contribution of 600,000 dollars to a university in Missouri to help its sporting arena land an eco-friendly title.

The Hollywood heartthrob and his sibling donated the amount to Drury University in their native Springfield to lend a helping hand to the [...]

Islamabad, May 14 (ANI): Pakistan has said that it does not need any certification from India or any other country to prove that the control and command mechanism of its nuclear arsenal is fool-proof.

“We certainly do not need any certification from India and for that matter from any other [...]

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): COPC, the world’s leading Business Excellence certification in the contact center industry worldwide, has recently launched secen new certifications in association with QAI, their exclusive implementation partner in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Starting April 2009 companies have the flexibility of going for certification for specific processes like [...]

COSTA MESA, Calif.–(Business Wire)–
Pacific Building Care (PBC) has recently achieved the major distinction of being
the first commercial janitorial company in California to be awarded Green Seal
(GS-42) Certification for their green cleaning programs and practices. This
program ratifies the PBC comprehensive sustainability services platform and its
practice of green cleaning that PBC performs, providing healthier workplaces
with a lower [...]

On the eve of entering its 145th year of service, Kolkata-based Allahabad Bank, has made announcement about the retail selling of gold coins publicly.
The public sector lender said that it will shortly launch the scheme in other areas.
While speaking to media persons, Mr. KR Kamath, Allahabad Bank Chairman and Managing Director, stated that [...]

In Chicago, Kristyn Caliendo does forward-bends with a Jack Russell terrier draped around her neck. In Manhattan, Grace Yang strikes a warrior
pose while balancing a Shih Tzu on her thigh. And in Seattle, Chantale Stiller-Anderson practices an asana that requires side-stretching across a 52-pound vizsla.
Call it a yogic twist: Downward-facing dog is no longer [...]

New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): Certiport today announced the launch of a pilot that will enable 500 eighth- through twelfth-grade students with little or no computer experience to develop and certify critical digital skills in Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³) and the official Microsoft Office certification programs.

Developed by Rotary Club [...]

Washington, April 5 (ANI): This year, on Space Day, which is celebrated on the first Friday in May, NASA and Lockheed Martin’s main program would involve signatures by students flown aboard a space shuttle mission.

Known as ‘Student Signatures in Space’, the program will be one of the highlighted projects during the Space Day.

The mission of [...]

By booking him under the National Security Act (NSA), the Uttar Pradesh Government took Varun Gandhi out of public sight, but not really out of public mind. In shifting him from the Pilibhit district jail last night, it seems to be hoping to achieve that.
Since his surrender on Saturday in the case of making inflammatory [...]

Bangalore, Apr 3 (ANI/Business Wire India): TWB Institute of Professional and Technical Communication (TWB), India’s leading organization for Technical Communication Education and Training, released a larger education portfolio, offering a complete range of professional and employment-oriented programs.

With this TWB provides India’s most comprehensive and most specialized suite of trainings in professional and technical communications. [...]

Melbourne, Mar 27 (ANI): Doctors providing sickness certificates might be doing more harm than good for ailing people, according to a new study.

Dr Debra Dunstan of the University of New England in Armidale said that extended absence from work can put a relatively well person in [...]

Melbourne, Mar 3 (ANI): Exports of Australian milk products to India are set to resume for the first time since 2003 following an agreement between the governments of both countries.

Australian dairy exports to India were worth around 6 million dollars annually when the trade was suspended after the Indian Government changed its requirements for [...]

New Delhi, Feb 19 (ANI/Business Wire India): Bharti Airtel announced that it is now a fully ISO 27001:2005 certified organization.

The ISO 27001:2005 certification from BSI: British Standards Institute ensures a high quality information security environment [...]