NEW DELHI: Even as dengue cases continued to rise alarmingly, the health ministry on Friday said there was no need to panic as the dengue strain was of mild variety. It also gave a clean chit to the Commonwealth Games venues, saying they were clear of mosquito larvae.

Briefing reporters on the dengue situation in the national capital Friday, Health Secretary Sujatha Rao said the pr

Describing India as an emerging global player, a US official has said that President Barack Obama looks forward to his trip to a nation that is essential to solving regional challenges, including Afghanistan.

"As we've said many times, it is a vitally important relationship to the region and to the world," Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Phillip J. Crowley told reporters Thursday. "The world's oldest democracy and largest democracy should have constructive relations, and we do."

While the ...

NEW DELHI: US ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer Friday said President Barack Obama was "excited" about his trip to India in November and called the trip an "extraordinary" one.

 

"When I was back home in the US this summer and visited White House, the level of excitement, the anticipation on the part of the President, all leaders... how excited our country, not just the President, but our people to have the visit," Roemer told reporters here.

The envoy said Obama's visit to India, likely early ...

New Delhi: Around 7000 athletes and officials including close to 600 Indians would take part in next month's Commonwealth Games here, making it the biggest in the history of the quadrennial sporting extravaganza in terms of participation. 

The October 3-14 mega-event is all set to break the record of 2006 Melbourne Games, where approximately 5,800 athletes and team officials were in attendance, Organising Committee said. 

"We are delighted to announce that Delhi 2010 is set to become the largest e...

New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) will induct foreigners as students and faculty and will also conduct medical courses, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal announced today. Talking to reporters after a nearly three-hour meeting with the council of IITs, Sibal said the major decisions were taken to bring IITs at par with international institutes and to make them global in every sense. "It was agreed that the IITs will have foreign students as well as faculty," Si...