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Huge Indian investments create jobs in US: Survey

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Indian companies operating in 40 American states have invested over $820 million in manufacturing facilities in the US, creating thousands of jobs, according to the 2012 India Business Forum (IBF) sur

Global food prices up, poor at risk: World Bank

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Global food prices again rose in the first quarter on the back of higher oil prices, putting millions of people at risk of not having enough to eat, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

The eight per ce

India sparks solar energy market: Report

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India's ambitious national solar programme has catalysed rapid growth in the solar market driving solar energy prices low and demonstrating how government policy can stimulate clean energy markets, ac

'No risk' to Obama from Colombia sex scandal

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US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano assured probing senators that the Secret Service agent misconduct in Colombia never jeopardised President Barack Obama's safety.

Napolitano yesterday pled

'Kony 2012' retells kidnap ordeal to US senators

The young kidnap victim at the center of a controversial online video went before a US Senate panel on Tuesday to retell his ordeal at the hands of the Lord's Resistance Army.

"Being someone who was

Two more Secret Service agents quit over scandal

Two more Secret Service officers quit over a sex scandal that tarnished the image of the elite protection agency, as President Barack Obama branded those involved as "knuckle heads."

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US sets up spy agency to focus on threats from Asian powers

The US is moving to revamp its spy operations globally with Pentagon floating a new intelligence agency to focus on new threats from emerging Asian powers like Iran and China.

Under a plan approved

10 mn Indians wish to move to US: Gallup poll

Around 13 per cent of the world's adults - or over 640 million people - would like to emigrate with roughly 150 million, including ten million Indians wishing to settle in America.

So suggests a new

No change in visa policy towards Indian students: US

The US has said that there is no change in its policy towards issuing visas to Indian students. "I don't think we've changed our policy with regard to the way we interview applicants," State Departmen

Romney lays claim to nomination with 5-state sweep

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Mitt Romney effectively claimed the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, reveling in a five-state primary sweep and urging voters to help him oust President Barack Obama in November.

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