The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has released its latest recommendations with some useful ideas and proposals. The recommendations have been widely acclaimed and welcomed by one and all and in particular by the Union Finance Minister Mr.P.Chidambaram himself. According to him, education is the key to better economy. He applauded the ‘The National Knowledge […]
Marie Antoinette, Meet Angelo Mozilo
– by Tula Connell This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog. Here’s an idea. Instead of retiring when we turn 65, let’s go to work scrubbing tables at the nearest fast-food outlet. Sound good? Not to most of us. But it’s a future that U.S. workers increasingly are facing. America’s workers aren’t just losing their homes in what […]
Train Service restored between India and Bangladesh after 43 years
Train service between India and Bangladesh was resumed today, the 14 th of April, 2008, after the suspension of the train service over a period of 43 years, since India-Pakistan war, when Bangladesh was East Pakistan. The ‘Maitree Express’ is flagged off from Kolkata station in the north of the city on its inaugural run […]
Is Echinacea an Effective and Safe Medicinal Herb?
Echinacea, also known as purple coneflower, is a native plant long used by native North Americans to treat everything from measles to colds to snakebite. From the 1870s to the 1920s, some North American physicians prescribed it for a variety of illnesses, including colds. Although its use waned, research continued in Europe, and echinacea is […]
13,000 Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants Get Date to Vote on Union
by May Silverstein, Mar 31, 2008 The National Mediation Board (NMB) set April 23–June 3, 2008, for the mail/telephone ballot elections in which 13,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants will vote on whether to join a union, and more from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research […]
Govt determined to fight terrorism in all its forms
In his first meeting with any foreign visitor after taking oath, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday told the United States that decisions on all important policy matters and national issues would be taken by parliament as the government was determined to fight terrorism in all its forms politically, economically and strategically. "Parliament […]
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