Times of India

13-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Nominated For International Peace Award

The Times of India | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Taliban Swat Valley, Amazing Teens, Taliban, Desmond Tutu, International Children's Peace Prize, Malala Yousufzai, Times of India, Swat Valley, High School News

A brave girl from Pakistan, who as an 11-year-old wrote about the Taliban banning girls' schools in the picturesque Swat Valley and missing watching h...

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Paid News, Treaties and the Indian Media: The Cause Is the Corporation

Marie-Lou Fernandes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marie-Lou Fernandes

According to a report by the Press Council of India, the country's news media began declining in the 1980s, when the Times of India began running "advertorials." Editors were pressurized to forgo press ethics, and chase profitability.

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Let's Save the Real Avatar

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bianca Jagger

I am surprised that share-tipsters continue to recommend Vedanta as a desirable investment. Regrettably, many shareholders, content to read about the share price, remain silent about Vedanta's detrimental impact on local communities.

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New Technology Can Detect Terrorists Before The Strike: Northwestern Study

Posted 05.25.2011

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It may soon be possible to predict where and when the next terrorist attack will occur. In a recent study, Northwestern University researchers were a...

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The Soul Of A Place: Where Does Your Soul Call Home?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Soulful Living, Spiritual Journey, Soul, Travel, Vacation, Vacations, Spirituality, Times of India, Where Is Taj Mahal, Soul Place, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

When you come to a soul place, it's like being put on an oxygen tank, even your bones can breathe. It's like taking off a pair of tight shoes, or loosening your tie.

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6 Lessons America Can Learn From India's Newspaper Industry

Rachel Sterne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Sterne

American newspapers interested in their own survival would do well to learn from the Indian newspaper model.

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In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The Sri Lankan government has battled the Tamil Tigers on two fronts for almost three decades: on the battlefield and in the arena of world opinion. No one thought they could win militarily, but they did.

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When in India, Please Don't Wear a Sari

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sari, Indian Clothing, Afghanistan, Salwar Kameez, Pakistan, Pakistan-Women, North West Frontier, India, Taj Mahal, Times of India, Style News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Leave the saris (the most elegant national costume in the world, no argument entered into) and the salwars, the churidors, and kurtas to the Indians. You've got your own clothes. Wear them.

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Tata's $2,000 Nano Sedan Comes With Its Own Heavy Baggage

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

Tata and Nano have become poster children for nameless government bureaucracy and corporate arrogance.

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Militants Visited Mumbai Before The Attacks

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Several of the Islamist militants who attacked Mumbai this week visited the city a few months ago and lived there for a ...

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