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India does not need new education policy...

India does not need new education policy, say experts

Some of India’s most renowned education experts have reportedly opined that there is very little evidence to back the government’s decision to revamp the nation’s education policy.Participating in a recent roundtable conducted by CUTS International Public Policy Centre (CIPPolC),... read more »

No link between caesarean sections, auti...

No link between caesarean sections, autism

A new study has claimed that babies born via caesarean section are not at any greater risk of developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The new research renounced the previous study that linked C-sections with autism. Instead, it suggests that an autistic child is more likely require a caesarean... read more »

More employees to have healthy lifestyle...

More employees to have healthy lifestyle options at workplaces

More employees will have access to health promotion programmes and healthier food options at their workplaces by the end of March next year. A national committee chaired by Senior Minister of State for Health and Manpower Amy Khor is overseeing initiatives to reach at least 120,000 workers at... read more »

‘Walter Mitty’ bank manager lived ‘lotte...

‘Walter Mitty’ bank manager lived ‘lottery’ lifestyle thanks to £90,000 emb...

Gordon Irvine siphoned tens of thousands of pounds from the ATM at the Santander bank he ran in Lochee High Street before blowing the cash on foreign holidays to New York and Rio de Janeiro. He also bought widescreen televisions and a new car. One former colleague who asked Irvine if he had “won... read more »

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Indian authorities asked to release truck driver

Muzaffarabad – Traders, transporters and others on Thursday staged a protest rally against the Indian-held Kashmir administration for not releasing a truck driver who has been in their... read more »

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to sit on dharna if cops not suspended

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal prepares for a showdown w...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the Capital will face a crucial test on Friday when it will be tabling it’s showpiece anti-corruption... read more »

Book MPs who misbehaved in Parliament: former Speaker S...

New Delhi – The lawmakers who vandalised and shamed Parliament on Thursday should be expelled and a criminal complaint can be filed against them, Somnath... read more »

Will Arvind Kejriwal resign? Delhi assembly drama takes...

New Delhi –  Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party government has threatened to resign if their anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill is not introduced in... read more »

Telangana bill tabled in Lok Sabha; MP uses pepper spra...

The Lok Sabha turned into a battlefield on Thursday with senior MPs scuffling as home minister Sushilkumar Shinde introduced the Telangana bill around noon.... read more »

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Khobragade case: India seeks details of possible U.S. tax violations

Khobragade case: India seeks details of possible U.S. tax violati...

New Delhi – The Indian Government has reportedly sought details about staff in American schools in the country for possible tax violations and revoked ID cards of U.S. consular officials and... read more »

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5Killed

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5 ...

Mohamed Shattah, Lebanon’s former finance minister, has been killed by a car bomb that exploded in the centre of the capital Beirut along with... read more »

Beijing may relax birth policy in 2014

Beijing may relax birth policy in 2014

Beijing – Beijing has started to examine a draft to relax the more than 30-year-old one-child policy, authorities said Friday. The standing committee of... read more »

Maldives gets tough on illegal migrant workers

Maldives gets tough on illegal migrant workers

Male – Maldivian authorities have started to fine firms that employ undocumented expatriate workers, media reports said here Friday. Immigration... read more »

Former Lebanese finance minister assassinated

Former Lebanese finance minister assassinated

Beirut  – Former Lebanese finance minister Mohammad Shatah was killed along with four others when a booby trapped car exploded here Friday. Around 15... read more »

Coal scam: CBI files progress report in sealed cover before special court

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed the progress report of its further investigation in a sealed cover before a special court in connection with a coal blocks allocation... read more »

Obama includes Republicans in big delegation to meet new Saudi King

President Barack Obama will fly a 30-member delegation including top officials and Republican foreign policy veterans to Riyadh on Tuesday to meet new Saudi Arabian King Salman as the... read more »

Obama in India, China cautions India over Indo-US nuclear deal

China today extended conditional support for India’s Nuclear Suppliers Group membership bid but said “prudence and caution” needs to be exercised on the issue, a day after US... read more »

India will succeed so long as it is not splintered on religious lines: Obama

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday addressed a gathering at Delhi’s Siri Fort auditorium as he closed out a three-day visit to India. Speaking to an audience of young people, Obama... read more »

Barack Obama witnesses India’s military might, cultural div...

11:59 am: The flypast concludes with another Su-30 MkI carrying out a “Vertical Charlie” manoeuvre over the saluting dais. 11:58 am:  Three Su-30 MkI of No. 2 Squadron carry out a breath-taking... read more »