Indian Calligraphy - 10Mar2011 - English
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Asra Husain is in Uttar Pradesh and files a report on the Indian calligraphy. She focuses on the artworks of an...
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Asra Husain is in Uttar Pradesh and files a report on the Indian calligraphy. She focuses on the artworks of an artist called Hashem.
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[06 July 13] Indian food prices spike as rains hit supply - English
Over the last week vegetable prices in north India have been rising sharply due to heavy rains which damaged crops and caused shortage of supplies....
Over the last week vegetable prices in north India have been rising sharply due to heavy rains which damaged crops and caused shortage of supplies. According to traders in okhla vegetable market the heavy rainfall in have also hampered the supply chain thus the prices have risen .Traders say the supplies of various vegetables have reduced drastically and may get worse if heavy rains continue to fall.
India has received about 54% more rainfall than usual in this monsoon season and in the northern states of uttarakhand and himachal Pradesh floods and landslides have left thousands of people dead and tens of thousands stranded.
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[20 July 13] India, China flex muscles on disputed border - English
India is expanding its fighting capability against China. 50,000 additional troops will be deployed on the Chinese border. They will be specially...
India is expanding its fighting capability against China. 50,000 additional troops will be deployed on the Chinese border. They will be specially trained and equipped for mountain warfare. All of the Indo-China border falls in the high Himalayas.
The two countries have a longstanding border dispute. It led to a bloody battle between them in 1962. India accuses China of occupying 38,000 square kilometers of its territory in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, while the government in Beijing lays claim to 90,000 square kilometers of land in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India.
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