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Diplomacy better than armed hit on Syria, Obama tells US
12 Sep 2013
President Obama said in a televised address that Russia's plan to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control must be given a chance
UK government to privatise Royal Mail
12 Sep 2013
Tony Abbott heads for huge win in Australian elections
07 Sep 2013
Abbott, a former boxer, Rhodes scholar and trainee priest, promised measures to restore political stability and slash taxes
Vietnamese school children are ‘years ahead’ of Indian pupils, says study
07 Sep 2013
The most disadvantaged children in Vietnam are educationally years ahead of their peers in India, and this is likely to have significant consequences for both economies, reveals an Oxford study
G20 leaders vow to sustain balanced global economic growth, shun protectionism
07 Sep 2013
Leaders of the world’s largest economies agreed to reinforce the open and rules-based global economic system as they ended their summit at St Petersburg
BRICS agree on $100 billion fund to steady market
06 Sep 2013
China will contribute $41 billion, while Brazil, Russia and India will chip in with $18 billion each with South Africa contributing $5 billion to the common fund
Obama gets little backing at G20 for strike against Syria
06 Sep 2013
Leaders of the G20 group of influential economies remain divided over action against Syria as they enter the final day of their summit in St Petersburg today
Rift over Syria overshadows G20 summit
05 Sep 2013
UK’s Labour Party to bloc armed action in Syria
29 Aug 2013
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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