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Weeklong festivities for children from November 14

Renuka Chowdhry, Minister of Women and Child DevelopmentNew Delhi, Nov. 12 : Renuka Chowdhry, Minister of Women and Child Development, will inaugurate a week-long festival for children at Pragati Maidan, here on November 14.

The celebrations will begin with the presentation of National Children Awards to 36 children for exceptional achievements.

These will be followed with cultural programmes and film shows for children at Shakuntalam Theatre, Pragati Maidan.

Samir Brahmachari takes charge as CSIR Director General

Dr Samir K BrahmachariNew Delhi, Nov 12 : Dr. Samir K.

India International Trade Fair to open on Wednesday

New Delhi, Nov. 12 : The two-week long 27th India International Trade Fair will open here on Wednesday.

The fair is a mega celebration of the new India that is fast taking shape.

Sustaining present growth momentum is an important challenge, says Palaniappan Chidambaram

Union Finance Minister Palaniappan ChidambaramNew Delhi, Nov 12 : Union Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Monday outlined some of the challenges faced by Indian economy in spite of its remarkable growth story.

Highlighting India's recent GDP growth of over 9 per cent, Chidambaram said that if this growth rate were sustained then the national per capita income would be doubled in about 9 years.

However, he later added that sustaining such growth rate is one of the important challenges.

Delhi to host two-day international jurists conference

New Delhi, Nov.12 : The International Council of Jurists, the All India Bar Association and the Indian Council of Jurists are jointly organizing a two-day "International Conference of Jurists on Ru

Three new Supreme Court judges sworn in

New Delhi, Nov. 12: Judges of the Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Rajasthan High Courts were on Monday sworn-in as new Supreme Court Judges.

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