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Cricket: India score thumping win over England

India lost three quick wickets before hitting up the required runs and beating England by seven wickets in the second Test, at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, on Tuesday.
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Movies: Shah Rukh Khan's 'Om Shanti Om' already breaking records

Farah Khan 's Om Shanti Om that stars Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the lead has become a much sought after film. Baba Films, production and distribution company, has offered a record Rs 11 crore for the rights to the Mumbai Circuit, easily surpassing the highest amount ever paid for the territory of Rs 8.5 crore for Jaaneman .
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LetsDiscuss: Dubai: A workers' accommodation has been turned into a virtual nudist colony.

A workers' accommodation has been turned into a virtual nudist colony. Many workers at the accommodation walk around the premises stark naked, much to the annoyance and embarrassment of other residents of the camp. Though the accommodation has
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Miscellaneous: India shining, govt dozing

Have you noticed something? The government has nodded off. Policy debates, say, in economics, which matters more than foreign policy, have all but ceased. Except for the angry fuss around the rural employment guarantee programme two years ago, no one talks very much about anything relating to economic policy.
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LetsDiscuss: Vista Nightmare: The

Microsoft Corporation, You
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Miscellaneous: Life lessons from Dr Kalam

It was an unexpected choice, but one that filled the nation with pride and joy. In the five years since Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam took residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan [Images], he has been nothing short of inspirational. The man who is synonymous with India's space programme soon became synonymous with India's sense of pride, particularly for its youth.
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Business: Yahoo! Enters Pay-Per-Click Advertising Market in India with Tyroo

Yahoo! India today picked up a 35% stake in Tyroo, a non-contextual Cost-Per-Click advertising program that is primarily focused on Indian website publishers. This could mean some good news for thousands of bloggers and site owners in India who were looking for alternatives to Google Adsense - Yahoo! will possibly leverage it
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Business: STAR Launches Video Portal- Video On The Rocks; Tie-Ups For Games And Travel Search


STAR India has launched a video portal called Video On The Rocks (VOTR). It seems that STAR is banking on premium content - like small clips of Koffee With Karan, the Great Indian Laughter Challenge, music videos and film trailers and clips from TV shows - to drive usage. Sumant Kasliwal, VP Interactive for STAR India has confirmed the launch of the site, saying that VOTR is still in beta, still being developed and they
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LetsDiscuss: A Voice of Developing Nations Asks the West for Compromise on Trade

India and Brazil are refusing to open their markets further to goods from Western countries without a substantial reduction in subsidies provided to Western farmers. On Thursday, Brazil filed a complaint with the W.T.O. about American farm subsidies.
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LetsDiscuss: Coin smuggling leads to shortage in Kolkata

The smuggling of Indian coins into neighbouring Bangladesh where they are melted down to make jewellery for higher returns has led to a shortage of coins in Kolkata, police said. The smuggling of copper and nickel coins with a face value of two and five rupees had prompted the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to order an investigation last month.
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Business: Ebay India Eases Checkout Process, Hopes To Increase Traffic

eBay India has added new features to make it easier and quicker for users to buy fixed price items on the site. [via Indiantelevision.com]
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Business: Honda City overtakes Maruti SX4 in mid-segment sales

Honda City has reclaimed its leadership position in the mid-size car segment for the month of June 2007 after being over taken by Maruti SX4 in May. The SX4 had debuted in May, 2007 and had climbed to number one position in the first month. Honda City made its come back by selling 2,656 units in June as against 1,975 units by Maruti SX4. In May the Maruti SX4 sales stood at 3,000 units as against Honda City
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IndiaShining: 'Sharp drop' in India Aids levels

The number of people living with HIV/Aids in India is around half of previous official estimates, at between 2-3.1 million people, new figures say. The UN-backed government estimates are sharply lower than earlier figures, the health minister announced on Friday
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LetsDiscuss: I don't know why but my father threw me in the river.

Fishermen in Jaunpur rescued a seven-year-old girl named Sarita from a river after her father threw her into it because he couldn
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