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Advertisement for flatmates in New Zealand prohibiting Indians sparks outrage

Saturday, October 31, 2015 18:55

MELBOURNE: An advertisement stating "no Indians or Asians" for flatmates in New Zealand's biggest online marketplace, sparked an outrage among the Indian community which said such "explicit discrimination" was concerning. The ad on TradeMe, New Zealand's biggest online marketplace, by a man from Christchurch city who goes by the ...

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IMF urges US Federal Reserve to be cautious in hiking rates

Saturday, October 31, 2015 18:47

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged the Federal Reserve to be cautious on raising rates, warning that tightening too fast could force it to reverse and possibly lose credibility. In a review of the world's top industrial economies ahead of the November 15-16 G-20 summit in Antalya, ...

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Why Anand is bracing for mother of all blows

Saturday, October 31, 2015 18:30

From lawyers who draw up contracts to hotels that house foreigners chasing the parenthood dream, Anand has an entire economy built around surrogacy.

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Why Anand is bracing for mother of all blows

Saturday, October 31, 2015 18:30

From lawyers who draw up contracts to hotels that house foreigners chasing the parenthood dream, Anand has an entire economy built around surrogacy.

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Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer bank accounts this week

Saturday, October 31, 2015 18:23

LONDON: Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank ...

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China potential for domestic demand big as ever | Banks bear brunt

Saturday, October 31, 2015 16:37

BEIJING: China's domestic demand potential is as huge as ever, despite slowing growth and a difficult economic transformation process, Premier Li Keqiang said, according to a statement on the Chinese foreign ministry website on Saturday. Li's comments were made on Friday in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei during ...

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ISIS claims it downed Russian plane, but officials find no evidence of attack

Saturday, October 31, 2015 16:11

ISIS has claimed responsibility for shooting down the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt today, despite authorities maintaining that a technical problem caused the disaster.

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Jawaharlal Nehru let North-East down during 1962 China war: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju

Saturday, October 31, 2015 15:55

HYDERABAD: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today attacked country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of "letting people of north-east region down" during the 1962 Indo-China war, while accusing the Congress of "forgetting" the "true heroes" Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. "After 1947, more than 565 princely states were ...

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Georgia witnesses 81% growth in Indian tourists during first nine months of 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015 15:09

MUMBAI: Georgia has witnessed 81% growth in Indian tourists visiting the country during the first nine months of 2015 (January-September) as compared to the same period last year, said a top official of the Georgian National Tourism Administration. A country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, Georgia is home to ...

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Secular B’desh publisher hacked to death

Saturday, October 31, 2015 14:30

A Bangladesh publisher who worked with atheist writers was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka on Saturday. Faisal Arefin Dipan, 43, was killed in his third-floor office in central Dhaka. "I saw him lying upside down and in a massive pool of blood," Dipan's father said.

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