US will lead in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, envoy saysWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is committed to making the United States a global leader in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says. Large threat on polls from outside India: Delhi Police chiefNEW DELHI - After Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s warning to politicians about possible terror attacks during the polls, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Thursday said that there was ‘a large threat on the elections from those outside India’. Air India to launch Delhi-Chicago flight SundayNEW DELHI - National carrier Air India will introduce a daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt from March 29, the airline said Friday. Court-appointed committee to study basketball stadium proposalNEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday set up a committee to study the ecological effect if construction of a proposed indoor basketball stadium at Ajmal Khan Park in west Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is allowed. 13-member Indian contingent for Thailand Open golfPHUKET - No less than 13 Indian golfers and one more with an Indian connection will tee off at the Singha Thailand Open starting here Thursday. Post-Mumbai ‘threshold’, defence outlay hiked 34 percentNEW DELHI - Maintaining a ‘threshold has been crossed’ with the Mumbai terror attacks, the Indian government hiked the allocation for defence by 34 percent to Rs.141,703 crore (Rs.1.417 trillion) in the interim budget for 2009-10 that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented in the Lok Sabha Monday. Iranian Navy plans to build new basesTEHRAN - The Iranian Navy plans to establish new bases in the Sea of Oman by 2015, Mehr News reported. Cubans jostle for Spanish citizenshipHAVANA - Thousands of Cubans have shown interest in becoming Spanish citizens by taking advantage of a new ‘grandchildren’s law’ that came into effect in Spain last December. |
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