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GeoGlobal Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "GeoGlobal") (AMEX: GGR) disclosed today an update of certain of its exploration activities conducted during the quarter ended June 30, 2008 and through August 13, 2008. The Company advises that on August 11, 2008 it filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2008. Quarter Highlights - Egypt option agreement expires - Natural gas discovery at KG#22 well - Report submitted to DGH for declaration of KG#8 Commercial...
By Chand, Ramesh Raju, S S I INTRODUCTION Livestock sector plays an important role in generating income and employment, augmenting income of marginal farmers and landless labourers and in meeting nutritional requirement. Farmers in general in India follow mixed crop and livestock farming system because of strong linkage between these two. Beside land owning households, livestock are also reared by a large number of other households, most of which belong to poorer sections of the society....
By Sinha, Dhirendra Narain Gupta, Prakash C; Reddy, K Srinath; Prasad, Vinayak M; Rahman, Khalilur; Warren, Charles W; Jones, Nathan R; Asma, Samira ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: India made 2 important policy statements regarding tobacco control in the past decade. First, the India Tobacco Control Act (ITCA) was signed into law in 2003 with the goal to reduce tobacco consumption and protect citizens from exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS). Second, in 2005, India ratified the World Health Organization...
NEW DELHI: Civil aviation pilots need to tighten their belts, for the Supreme Court on Thursday asked them to get back to the gruelling flying duty schedule framed in 1992 instead of the relaxed duty hours under the 2007 norms. (Watch http:// broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/3218782.cms) A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan stayed the July 1 order of the Bombay high court directing the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to put in place the 2007 norms,...
ALAMEDA, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. , today announced that it has received an "Excellence in Telecom Services and Solutions" award from the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) in India. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051013/SFTH063LOGO) The award, which was presented to the company by Thiru A. Raja, Honorable Union Minister of Communications and IT in India during the second annual TEMA National Awards, recognizes UTStarcom's...
NEW DELHI: India has joined the global chorus asking members of oil exporting cartel OPEC to pump up volumes to calm global crude prices, with oil minister Murli Deora shooting off a letter to his Saudi counterpart Ali Al Naimi to "compliment" Riyadh's unilateral decision to increase production by 300,000 bpd (barrels per day). "These actions would help supply side management and would thus stabilise the current oil market... (I) request you to advise major oil producing countries to raise...
By Rumu Banerjee NEW DELHI: As the city tries to break gender stereotypes, yet another study has highlighted the attitudinal differences towards the girl child in the country. The bright spot though is that the differences seem to have become far more subtle. The study, conducted by the Women's Studies and Development Centre (WSDC) at Delhi University, has thrown up several interesting highlights, especially on the urban mindset. Interestingly, the study shows that sex preference for an...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least three people were wounded in two explosions in the largest mosque in the Indian capital on Friday, television news channels reported. A police officer said officials had gone to the Jama Masjid mosque in the old quarter of Delhi to investigate. "We got a phone call and we have sent a team," the officer said. India's NDTV and CNN-IBN television channels said that three people were wounded.
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi on Tuesday, police said. "Fifteen people have died and about 60 are injured. The blasts were pretty big, and I do not rule out a terrorist hand behind it," Navneet Sikera, senior superintendent of police for Varanasi, told Reuters.
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and 17 wounded in explosions on Tuesday in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi, police said. "So far four people have died, 17 are hospitalized with injuries," V.N. Rai, inspector-general of police in Uttar Pradesh state, where Varanasi is located, told Reuters. "All entry points to the area have been sealed."
