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Will India Still be Affected by US-Iran Nuke Deal?

Even as the six world powers see potential in the Iranian nuclear deal to resolve a decade-old global standoff following intense negotiations, India is unlikely to benefit from the agreement that would see Iran curb its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for a lift on the sanctions by the European Union. Nov 25, 2013
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Khurshid slams Narendra Modi for allowing felicitation of Muzaffarnagar riots accused

New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday targeted BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for not opposing the party's decision to felicitate MPs accused of inciting violence in Muzaffarnagar during his rally in Agra. The legislators, Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana were felicitated at Modi's rally before Modi arrived to address the rally. Som and Rana are currently out on bail. Nov 23, 2013
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India, EU to enhance bilateral talks to resolve competition issues

New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI): European Commission Vice President, Joaquin Almunia, who is in India to participate in the '3rd BRICS International Competition Conference (ICC)', during a meeting on Friday in the capital said that EU looks forward to engage in bilateral talks with Indian authorities and enhance cooperation in resolving competition issues. India and the European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to increase cooperation between the European Commission's competition department and the Competition Commission of India. Nov 22, 2013
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China, EU begin negotiations on key investment pact

China and the European Union began talks on a landmark investment agreement Thursday, the EU's president said, a positive move amid lingering trade tensions between the two sides. Duration: 01:03 Nov 21, 2013
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Manish Tewari hits out at BJP over snooping row

Panaji, Nov 20 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tewari on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the allegations of snooping on a young woman by the Gujarat police, saying there is a difference between security and surveillance. In an alleged taped conversation between former home minister of Gujarat, Amit Shah and Gujarat IPS officer G L Singhal aired by news portals Cobrapost and Gulail, Shah was instructing Singhal to closely monitor the movements of the woman referred to in the report as "Madhuri", which is not her real name. Addressing mediapersons in Goa, Tewari said that the BJP cannot fool people by dubbing the incident as a security issue. Nov 20, 2013
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Men with good-looking wives lead happy married life

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): A new study has found that an attractive wife can make a man's marital life quite satisfactory as compared to an unattractive wife. For the four-year study, psychologist Andrea Meltzer asked 450 newlywed couples whether a good-looking spouse leads to a more satisfying union. The findings showed that wives' attractiveness on husbands' satisfaction was significantly stronger than husbands' attractiveness on wives' satisfaction. According to the report, spousal attractiveness played a larger role in predicting husbands' marital satisfaction than it did in predicting wives' marital satisfaction. Nov 20, 2013
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Dialogue will solve India's territorial disputes with China: Khurshid

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Union Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said that territorial disputes with China would be discussed through dialogue. Earlier on October 23, India and China signed agreements to ease tensions on their contested border which has seen a series of stand offs in the recent past, as they try to figure out a way to break the decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long stretches of the disputed border along the Himalayas. Khurshid reinstated India’s stand and said that no one can dictate terms to the nation. Nov 19, 2013
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BJP's demand to honour AB Vajpayee with Bharat Ratna draws mixed response

New Delhi/ Kolkata, Nov 19 (ANI): The demand of BJP to honour former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna drew mixed response from political ledaers. After the government honoured cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and scientist C.N.R Rao with the highest civilian award, the BJP criticised Congress party for not bestowing the same honour to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor appreciated Vajpayee's contribution to the country, however, said that the spirit with which Tendulkar was given the honour was different. Meanwhile, Union HRD minister MM Pallam Raju said that if the government decides, he will surely be honoured with the award. However, Communist Party of India, General Secretary, Tariq Anwar had a different view and stated that Vajpayee was not eligible for the honour. Nov 19, 2013
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Centre would provide adequate safeguards to Seemandhra people: Jaipal Reddy after GoM meet

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): After three union ministers from Telangana, S Jaipal Reddy, Porika Balram Naik and Sarve Satyanarayana met the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Monday, they urged the central government to go ahead with the creation of Telangana and make Hyderabad its unconditional capital. Jaipal Reddy said that the ministers want the Government of India not to impose too many limitations on the inherent constitutional rights of the new Telangana state, and that it would provide adequate safeguards to Seemandhra people. Nov 18, 2013
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