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Singapore, Nov 21: Terming India’s relationship with ASEAN countries as the pillar of its “Look East” policy, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today urged participating leaders to make it a people’s movement.

“In the final analysis, if the India-ASEAN process is to take root, it must become a people’s movement,” Dr. Singh said at the Sixth India-ASEAN Summit here.

Expressing hope that the trade between India and ASEAN will reach 50 billion dollars by 2010, Dr. Singh said, “India has already exceeded the target of 30 billion, which was set for year 2007.”

Washington, November 21: Leading chemical company BASF is researching into the development of three-dimensional photonic crystals, which may revolutionise telecommunications in future.

Kolkata, Nov 21: The West Bengal Government today called out the Army in various parts of Kolkata after demonstrators protesting against violence in Nandigram and demanding the cancellation of visa

Amritsar, Nov 21: Over three thousand Indian Sikh pilgrims left for Pakistan on Wednesday to attend the celebration of 538th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

Washington, Nov 21: Researchers in the US, Italy, and France have developed a new model that will help predict the spread of emerging diseases.