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 |  | RBI Governor Y V Reddy has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science for his contribution to the cause of the under-privileged. |
 | | Around two-inch wide and five-feet-long iron rod pierced through 23-year-old Supratim Dutta’s body and remained embedded for 90 minutes but he survived and recovering at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). |
 | | Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, is planning to take up charity programmes in India and has sought advice from the country's social workers for the purpose. |
 | | The four-day global convention on Ayurveda, beginning at Coimbatore on 21st August, will evolve strategies for integrating ayurveda in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and prepare a mission document for globalisation of the ancient science. |
 | | Ramayana is the flavour of the season in this Swiss city with ancient artworks depicting the mythological drama attracting a large audience in perhaps the first such exhibition in Zurich. |
 | | Under the auspices of The Social Action Network, a North-East based NGO, a Seminar on Trends in Cyber Crime: Need for a Deterrent Mechanism in North-East India was organised recently in Guwahati, Assam in which cross sections of people did participate. |
 | | For most of India Inc, tackling the adverse impact of climate change is second preference as they aim for growth and expansion claims a study, which also warns that such an approach will cost the firms dearly in future. |
 | | In addition to the tiger relocation programme in Sariska reserve in Rajasthan, the government has chalked out an innovative plan for captive breeding of "pure stocks" to increase the population of the majestic striped cat. |
 | | A 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and valued at 15 million pounds (USD 30 million) has been recovered after a man walked into a library in Washington and asked to have it authenticated. |
 | | India-born author Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children', based loosely on India's independence, won the prestigious 'Best of the Booker' title after securing approval of readers from across the globe. |
 | | Visitors will soon have a 'Nature Trail,' every Saturday at the palatial Rashtrapati Bhawan on the lines of a mini-ecosystem at the official residence of Delhi Chief Minister. |
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