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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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Global military spending falls amid economic crisis
Moscow: World military expenditures totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, registering a decline of 0.5 percent in real terms year-on-year for the first time since 1998, according to data released by a Sweden-based security think-tank. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) attributed the fall to austerity policies implemented in the majority of developed countries due [...]
Troubled Paradise
US President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Israel has thrown the country into the spotlight once again. Although it’s always in the news for conflicts with its neighbouring nations, Israel has plenty to offer to tourists, even those not interested in the religious and political aspects of the country.
Australia asks Israel to provide all info relevant to Zygier’s case
Melbourne: Australia today said Israel has still not provided it with a “comprehensive accounting” of the circumstances that led to the arrest, imprisonment and death of Mossad agent Ben Zygier in an Israeli prison cell. “I’m not aware that there has been a comprehensive accounting for what has happened,” Foreign Minister Bob Carr was quoted [...]
Israel launches cyber-warfare programme
Jerusalem: Israel will train teenagers on cyber-warfare to prepare them for their future role in the military and intelligence community. “The threat of cyber attacks against Israel comes from Iran and other elements,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the launch of the cyber-warfare programme. ”Our vital systems are targets for attack, and this will only [...]
Israel vs Palestine: There will be blood
Disproportionate response has always been the cornerstone of Israeli policy towards Palestine and this time too it has been no different.
Palestine now a non-member observer state at the UN despite opposition from Israel and US
United Nations: Palestine overwhelmingly won a historical UN General Assembly vote which will upgrade its status to non-member observer state at the world body, despite intense opposition from the US and Israel. India was among the 138 nations in the 193-member body that voted in favour while nine countries opposed the resolution that sought upgrading [...]
Gaza toll rises as UN chief seeks truce
Moscow: The toll in Gaza climbed to at least 90 Monday as Israel continued to strike targets within the Palestinian enclave. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed to Egypt to attempt to secure a ceasefire. Plumes of smoke rose across Gaza as Israel pummelled the city of 1.7 million from sea and air for a sixth [...]
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 [...]
US intel has predicted Indian nuclear bomb in 1964
Washington: The US intelligence community predicted India’s atomic bomb in 1964 but mistakenly concluded Israel had “not yet decided” to go nuclear, according to newly declassified documents. The documents were released yesterday by the National Security Archive (NSA) and the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project. Such an analysis came from the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) [...]
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