Obama to unveil gun-control proposals on Wednesday
Washington, Jan. 16 (Xinhua-ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil a 'comprehensive' package of gun violence reduction proposals on Wednesday, including renewing assault weapons ban and ...
View ArticleSoot contributes twice as much to global warming than thought
In addition to causing smoggy skies and chronic coughs, soot turns out to be the number two contributor to global warming and only second only to carbon dioxide, researchers say. The four-year ...
View ArticleBeleagured Kingfisher Airlines gets no objection certificate from oil firms
Oil companies have reportedly given some sort of a breather to beleaguered private carrier Kingfisher Airlines by issuing a no objection certificate, which means the airline may soon be able to ...
View ArticleGovt. files Rs 700-crore land grab case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been informed by the Serious Fraud Investigating Office (SFIO) that a Rs.700 crore land grab case has been filed against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in Madhya ...
View ArticleGujarat seeks full Central assistance for irrigation benefit for Narmada project
Gujarat Finance Minister Nitinbhai Patel today urged the Central Government to extend 90 percent assistance for the Desert Development programme (DDP) areas at par with Drought prone Area Programme ...
View ArticleSeattles snowball fight sets Guinness World Record
5,834 people participated in a snowball fight in Seattle to create a new Guinness World Record. The event, dubbed "Snow Day," was the brainchild of organizer Neil Bergquist and his friends, who said ...
View ArticleBlatter says Eng has no chance of winning WC unless foreign players influx...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has claimed England has no chance of winning any major tournament, including the World Cup, until and unless it's domestic league controls the invasion of foreign ...
View ArticleMining at border is part of Pakistans strategic plans say defence experts
Terming the act of planting landmines in the border areas in Jammu and Kashmir from the by Pakistan Army, as illegal and a part of their tactical plan, defence experts cautioned Indian Army to take ...
View ArticleObama unveils gun-control proposals
US President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled an expansive package of proposals to reduce gun violence, a month after a mass shooting at a school in Connecticut killed 26 people including 20 ...
View ArticleTwo Japanese Airlines Ground 787s After Mishap
Japan's two biggest airlines have grounded their Boeing 787s after one of the new jets made an emergency landing when a cockpit warning light indicated a battery problem and passengers smelled ...
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New global strategy targets raft of neglected tropical diseases - UN health...
16 January 2013 150 Dengue, leprosy, river blindness and guinea-worm disease are among 17 neglected tropical diseases now targeted by a new global strategy, supported by worldwide partners, that ...
View ArticleRwanda Trains Mediators to Break Silence on Gender-Based Violence
KIGALI, RWANDA A short-waisted, thin woman hunches over in a marshland near the river in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. One by one, she washes a pile of clothing and blankets in ...
View ArticleBoeing Dreamliner grounded by US regulator
US regulators have asked the country's airlines to ground their Boeing 787 Dreamliners, flown by eight airlines worldwide, including Air India, until they can show they've fixed a fire risk linked to ...
View ArticleIndia grounds six Boeing 787 Dreamliners over security fears
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Arun Mishra said on Thursday that India has grounded national carrier Air India's six Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets over the aircraft's safety after the ...
View ArticleTariq Anwar to represent India in Berlin Agriculture Summit
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Tariq Anwar will represent India in the 5th Berlin Agriculture Ministers' Summit to be held later this week. Besides participating ...
View ArticleAnand Sharma to meet top global business leaders at Davos
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will meet his counterparts from several countries and engage with top global business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos from January ...
View ArticleAir India not to operate Dreamliner jets unless clearance from DGCA FAA
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Thursday that Air India will not operate six Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets unless the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the US Federal Aviation ...
View ArticleGovernment will not allow breach of fiscal deficit limits Chidambaram
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that the fiscal consolidation roadmap for Centre has been laid out and the Government will not breach the fiscal deficit limits. Chidambaram said this ...
View ArticleImmediate priority of Govt. is to keep investment cycle going Chidambaram
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that immediate priority of the Government is to keep the investment cycle going. "There are some positive signs in the economy but no discernible trend ...
View ArticleOverwhelmed Finn says carnage during Indian ODI matches best in world
England fast bowler Steve Finn has said the atmosphere that one-day cricket in India generates is the best in world sport after being hit by a 60,000-strong wall of sound in Tuesday's crushing defeat ...
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