UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon is battling to rescue a summit of more than 100 world leaders in Rio de Janeiro in two weeks which he says must guide the world away from a “tragic” end. The UN Conference on Sustainable Development is taking on the vast challenge of transforming environmental, social and economic [...]
Paul Ames TALLINN, Estonia: It’s the euro zone Jim, but not as we know it. Sixteen months after it joined the struggling currency bloc, Estonia is booming. The economy grew 7.6 per cent last year, five times the euro-zone average. Estonia is the only euro-zone country with a budget surplus. National debt is just 6 per [...]
Balasore (Odisha): India today successfully test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-air ‘Akash’ missile of Air Force version from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here, the fifth trial of the anti-aircraft system in the last fortnight. “The Air Force version of Akash missile was test-fired from the ITR. The trial was successful and met [...]
Washington: Ahead of next week’s India-US strategic dialogue here, Pentagon has described India as a global power, which is meeting its responsibilities, and appreciated its work to help provide continuing support in Afghanistan. “India is a global power, and they are meeting their responsibilities and we welcome that,” department of defence spokesman Captain John Kirby [...]
New Delhi: An art work by famous British documentary artist Henry Singleton, The Assault and the Taking of Srirangapatnam (1800), which was originally in the collection of Lord Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, will be auctioned at Osian’s Creative India series sale focusing on Goa, Cholamandal and South India. Singleton (1766-1839), who painted [...]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to recommend that Gojri — spoken by some 20 lakh tribal Gujjars and Bakkarwals in the state — be recognised as an official language by including it in the eighth schedule of the constitution. “Gojri is an important tribal language, spoken in different parts of South Asia. [...]
New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan, who has been earning accolades for highlighting social issues through his TV programme, will soon be seen spreading awareness about the problem of malnutrition as part of a major publicity campaign by the government. “The Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry has planned a major information, education and communication or IEC [...]
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan today refused to apologise to the Indian Medical Association which has accused him of defaming the medical profession through his popular TV show “Satyamev Jayate” and said he is ready to face any legal action threatened by it. “I am very comfortable if they (IMA) plan to take legal action if [...]
Hyderabad: CBI today quizzed YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy in an alleged disproportionate assets case for the fourth day and questioned Congress MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy in the same case for the second day. The agency, which took Jagan into custody from the Chanchalguda Jail here, grilled him about the flow of investments into Jagati Publications, Indira Television and [...]
New Delhi: Air India is going to induct about 100 new pilots in the next few months, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said today while virtually shutting the doors for striking pilots, asking those sacked to apply afresh. Indicating that the 101 sacked pilots could be replaced by new ones, Singh said 90 pilots were currently undergoing [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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