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Monthly News December 2013

9 dead in Russian cargo plane crash
9 dead in Russian cargo plane crash

9 dead in Russian cargo plane crash

Moscow – A cargo plane crashed in Russia’s southern Siberia, killing nine people onboard, authorities said Thursday. “The plane en route from Novosibirsk Yeltsovka airport (in southern Siberia) crashed during landing in Irkutsk-2 airport,” an official in the emergency... read more »

Gwyneth Paltrow a fan of homemade gifts
Gwyneth Paltrow a fan of homemade gifts

Gwyneth Paltrow a fan of homemade gifts

Los Angeles – Actress Gwyneth Paltrow prefers to give out personalised handmade gifts rather than giving something bought from stores on occassions like Christmas. She believes that people feel nicer when they open something which has been specially made for them. “I think it’s... read more »

Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll
Bangladesh deploys troops for parliament...

Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll

Dhaka – Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi troops have been deployed across the country ahead of parliamentary poll slated for Jan 5 next year amid boycott by the main opposition alliance. Bangladeshi Election Commission has announced to deploy troops for 15 days from Dec 26 as part of... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill
Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget de...

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bipartisan budget deal easing spending cuts and a defence authorisation bill that takes a step towards ultimate closure of Guantanamo. Mr. Obama put his signature on the legislation and praised the National Defence Authorization Act that allows... read more »

Antibiotics use in farms creating public health crisis

Antibiotics use in farms creating public health crisis

New York – The over-use of antibiotics by the agriculture and aquaculture industries is posing a threat to public health, and the way out is to impose a fee on their “non-human... read more »

Modi represents corrupt political system, not change: The Aam Aadmi Party

Pay Rs.5 to attend Modi rally in Goa

Panaji – People will have topay Rs.5 per head to get a glimpse of the BJP’s prime minister hopeful Narendra Modi at a public meeting here Jan 12. Sources in the Bharatiya Janata... read more »

Anna is my 'guru' and I would personally invite him for the swearing-in ceremony oath : Kejriwal

Anna is my ‘guru’ and I would personally invite him for the swearing-in ceremo...

 AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he would personally invite his “guru” Anna Hazare for his swearing-in ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan in... read more »

'Referendum on army in Kashmir': Arvind Kejriwal disagrees with Mr. Bhushan's comment

People of Delhi are the chief minister, not me: Kejriwal

Kaushambi – Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal today said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will fulfill its promises mentioned in its manifesto and added that people of... read more »

Education will lay the foundation of India's future, says Mukherjee

Education will lay the foundation of India’s future, says M...

Allahabad – President Pranab Mukherjee has said that education being imparted in schools will lay the foundation of India’s future. Mukherjee was speaking at the Jagat Taran Girls Inter... read more »