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Treat cobras as friends, say Indian snake charmers
Patna: Indian snake charmers taking part in a week-long carnival in Patna are urging people to re-think their venomous attitudes towards deadly snakes including king cobras and pit vipers, insisting the reptiles are "great friends".
Agenda to make Sanskrit as national language
The moment people see this topic I can see frowns such as "who is this moron wanting to revive Sanskrit". It is really a bad situation that the mother of all Indian languages "Sanskrit" is on its verge of extinction as a spoken language.
Third nations seek hi-tech farming, end to subsidy
Johannesburg: Developing countries at the ongoing UN Earth Summit, including India, on August 28 urged for increased global efforts to usher in new agriculture technologies in their homelands while pressing for an elimination of farm subsidies by developed nations.
Postmen to don new 'avatar' with mobile phone
Bangalore: India's postman is set to don a new role from December. Along with postbag, he would carry a mobile phone with metering facility and pocket 25 per cent of revenues generated out of it, Union Communication Minister Pramod Mahajan indicated on August 27.
Bangladesh bans latest book by Taslima Nasreen
Dhaka: Bangladesh has banned the latest book of firebrand feminist and controversial writer Taslima Nasreen for allegedly carrying anti-Islamic remarks.
Amjad Ali celebrates 50 years with virtuoso show
Los Angeles: Marking his 50th performing year with an awe-inspiring recital, Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan once again played his role as a cultural ambassador of India with elan.
'US patriotic fever hasn't transcended symbols'
Washington: One year after the September 11 attacks, the patriotic fervour that swept over America is still pervasive but has not translated into a massive mobilisation against terrorism.
Notting Hill Carnival, face of multicultural Britain
London: Some one million people were set to descend on once-gritty, now-groovy Notting Hill on August 26 to celebrate Britain's ethnic diversity, as Europe's biggest street carnival reached its festive climax.
'Vigneshwari' displayed in Coimbatore exhibition
Coimbatore: Probably to ensure that there was no gender bias, an exhibition in Coimbatore, got up on the eve of Vinayaka Chathurthi festival, displayed "Vigneshwari" (Lord Ganesa in the form of a Goddess).
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