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Exchange RatePatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday won the trust vote in the assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the BJP. A total of 126 legislators voted for the motion moved by the chief minister while 24 voted against. The house has 243 members. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out before the special session [...]
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Fish with high levels of radioactivity found in Japan
Tokyo: A study by Japan’s environment ministry has found the presence of fish with high levels of radioactive cesium in rivers and reservoirs in Fukushima, the province where the nuclear disaster at a power plant took place, the Kyodo news agency said. Among the specimens with the highest levels of the contaminant was a mountain [...]
History: Events between November 20 to 25
Nov 19 1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, considered to be one of the most eloquent articulation of democratic vision ever. Nov 19 1969: Brazilian footballer Pele scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium. Pele went on to score 282 goals more. Nov 20 1947: Princess [...]
Israel redeploys missile screen to Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv: Israel has redeployed its Iron Dome air-defence systems to protect Tel Aviv from Palestinian rocket fire. The military and Israeli police have not found any firm evidence that Palestinian rockets have landed close to Israel’s commercial and business capital, but say such weapons may have landed in the sea nearby. Air raid sirens [...]
3,600 iPad minis worth $1.5 mn stolen from JFK airport
Newcastle: A total of 3,600 new Apple iPad mini tablet computers worth $1.5 million were stolen from the JFK airport in New York, the New York Post said. According to law-enforcement sources, two people managed to enter the airport territory driving a truck and used one of the airport’s own forklifts to load two pallets [...]
Will US send the global economy back into a recession?
Economics is cool again, and the buzzword is ‘fiscal cliff’ towards which the US is hurtling. But what is this ‘fiscal cliff’ that the world seems so nervous about? And how the world’s richest nation could send the global economy back into a recession.
The new 7 wonders of China
Following are brief sketches of the seven members of the Chinese Communist Party’s new Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s most powerful body. XI JINPING The son of a revered communist revolutionary, Xi, 59, is the new general secretary of the party. He is expected to become president in March. Xi is said to be backed [...]
FBI includes LeT militant in its most wanted list
Washington: A little known Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, suspected to be operating long in shadows in Pakistan and an American, believed to be operating with terrorists in Somalia have been put in the FBI’s most-wanted terrorists list. Sheikh Aminullah, head of a madarasa in Ganj district of Peshawar and Alabama-born Omar Shafik Hammami today were put under [...]
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