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Urban and rural developments in India have heavily impacted the lives of the poor by facilitating economic growth and global competition, and in the bargain producing large populations […] more...
A 17-year-old village lad of Orissa overcame poverty and grabbed gold in youth commonwealth weightlifting championship in Cape Town, South Africa. more...
The BJP president today said that the amount of money involved in the second-generation mobile telephony spectrum and Commonwealth Games scams was enough to eradicate poverty. more...
As a spectacular closing ceremony brought the 19th Commonwealth Games to an end in Delhi, the responsibility for the hosting of the next Games in 2014 was passed […] more...
Commonwealth Games are here Let me start with a question ‘Why does a country host such a mega event?’ I asked this question to a lot of people […] more...
So its only fair that my first post is dedicated to the momentous occasion that has been the Commonwealth Games (CWG) so far. This time last week we had […] more...
The other night my colleagues and I ordered pizza to be delivered to our workplace at the International Broadcast Centre during our shift at the Commonwealth Games in […] more...
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Ghetto Games: Sport fest a fake front for slumdog reality in India?The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi are supposed to be India's moment to show off its rapidly rising wealth. The president of the International Olympic Committee says the nation's set a solid foundation for a future Olympics bid. But the capital is putting on a fake front of bright billboards to hide the poverty of shanty homes.From:RussiaTodayViews:6812 73ratingsTime:02:14More inNews & Politics more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Minister of State for Tourism, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Selja, has announced that Commonwealth Games medal winners for India will be given complimentary free travel passes for luxury trains that visit tourist attractions across the country. more...
Over 60 rural young men from Bharatpur district in Rajasthan have joined the housekeeping services at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi. The youngsters have been trained under a special employment project. Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation conducted a month-long training programme recently for the young men belonging to Below Poverty Line families under the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. They have been hired for housekeeping services during the Commonwealth Games. more...
It started as the British Empire Games in 1930. It still begins with an official message from the Queen that travels by hand from Buckingham Palace. It still culminates with a tribute to the British Military that would put the old Red Square parades to shame. It is the Commonwealth Games (CWG) and its goal from the outset has been to use sports to create goodwill between the United Kingdom and the various outposts of ye olde empire. more...
If Pakistan does not do something about its economy, poverty and over-population, we too will have gigantic slums like Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. Wake up politicians. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314514/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Filthy-rooms-await-athletes-Delhi.html New Zealand joins […] more...
BJP MP Ram Jethmalani today attacked the government over allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects, asking why nobody has been arrested in the matter so far. more...
When I had just graduated from college in 2007, and preparation for the games had begun in (almost) full gusto, like every other Delhite, I was a patriotic […] more...