All posts tagged "india"

  • Tata Motors Chairman Cyrus Mistry, left, and Tim Leverton, head of Tata Engineering and Research and Development, pose for photographers during the unveiling of Zica at a press preview of Auto Expo in Greater Noida, near New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. The Zika virus has hit India's Tata Motors, which has decided to rebrand soon-to-be launched hatchback vehicle which was to have been called Zica, an abbreviation of "Zippy Car." Tata Motors said in a statement Tuesday that the car would carry the Zica nameplate during the exhibition, but a new name will be announced in a few weeks. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
    Zika virus forces India’s Tata Motors to change car’s name

    NEW DELHI (AP) — The Zika virus has hit India’s Tata Motors, which has decided to rebrand a new hatchback vehicle that it was planning to call Zica. The car was shown for the first time on...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • In this Monday, April 13, 2015 file photo, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, right, shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong in New Delhi, India. Ties are warming between New Delhi and Pyongyang, with mineral-hungry India looking to boost trade while North Korea, facing sometimes-rocky relations with China, searches for new friends. The goodwill began earlier this year, when North Korea dispatched Ri on a three-day trip to India, just a few weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Seoul for meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
    Odd couple: Ties warm between India and N. Korea

    NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s not the most obvious international friendship. On one side is the world’s largest democracy, with its riotous collection of battling political parties and a freewheeling media with thousands of newspapers, TV stations...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Cochin International Airport boasts 46,000 solar panels spread across 45 acres of land. (Courtesy of Cochin International Airport Limited)
    Good news: India finishes construction of first completely solar powered airport

    By Brian Han India opened the world’s first large-scale airport completely powered by solar power on Tuesday. Cochin International Airport’s solar farm boasts 46,000 panels that have been laid out strategically across 45 acres of land. That...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • Smoke rises from chimneys of brick kilns on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a new report published Tuesday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
    India, China need cleaner air just to keep death rate steady

    NEW DELHI (AP) — Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a report published Tuesday....

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun-hye prior to their meeting at the presidential Blue House Monday, May 18, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)
    S. Korea, India sign co-production treaty

    SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) — South Korea and India Monday signed an audio-visual co-production agreement that will enable film producers to tap into various incentives offered by both governments. The Audiovisual Co-production Treaty was signed in Seoul...

    • Posted May 18, 2015
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  • Relatives mourn the death of women who died after undergoing sterilization surgeries, at a village near Bilaspur, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Eight Indian women have died and more than a dozen others in critical condition Tuesday after undergoing sterilization surgeries in a free government-run program to help slow the country's population growth. A total of 83 women, all poor villagers under the age of 32, had the operations Saturday in a hospital outside Bilaspur city. Each of the women had received a payment of 600 rupees, or about $10, to participate in the program, said the state's chief medical officer, Dr. S.K. Mandal. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India)
    Sterilization drive leaves 11 Indian women dead

    NEW DELHI (AP) — 11 Indian women have died and 20 others were in critical condition Tuesday after undergoing sterilization surgeries in a free government-run program to help slow the country’s population growth. A total of 83...

    • Posted November 11, 2014
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    Korean Christians criticized for singing gospels at Buddhist temple in India

    Internet users are criticizing a group of Korean Protestants who were filmed singing Christians songs at a revered Buddhist temple in India. A video posted on the website of Beopo Shinmun show the three churchgoers playing guitars...

    • Posted July 10, 2014
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