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.

New 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.

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

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.

New Delhi, Nov 11: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram will inaugurate the Annual Economic Editors' Conference here on Monday.

New Delhi: All school children in India, above class V, will be screened for diseases once a year.

Union Health Minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss has announced smart cards for health for school children as a part of a new National school health programme.

The health cards will contain the health information and children will be screened by doctors, either from public or private hospitals for free-check up of blindness, deafness, diabetes, dental and cardio vascular health, vitamin deficiencies and anemia. If found any suffering, they will be immeidtely referred for further treatment.

Officials from health ministry and HRD have already held talks with next one scheduled for mid-December.