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Curbs imposed in parts of Kashmir; prote...

Curbs imposed in parts of Kashmir; protests break out in Shia dominated are...

Curbs imposed in parts of Kashmir; protests break out in Shia dominated areas ## Tensions Flare in Kashmir Amidst Security Measures and Demonstrations **Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir** – Security measures were intensified in several areas of Kashmir on [Date of Incident], leading to the imposition... read more »

Days after launching party, V. Pugazhend...

Days after launching party, V. Pugazhendi pledges support to DMK

Days after launching party, V. Pugazhendi pledges support to DMK **Prominent Leader Switches Allegiance, Joins DMK Following Party Realignment** In a significant political development, V. Pugazhendi, a seasoned political figure, has formally announced his decision to join the Dravida Munnetra... read more »

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Kochi Corporation in Kerala faces huge b...

Kochi Corporation in Kerala faces huge biomedical waste backlog as incinera...

Kochi Corporation in Kerala faces huge biomedical waste backlog as incinerator capacity is reduced **Kochi Grapples with Biomedical Waste Crisis Amidst Incinerator Malfunctions** Kochi, Kerala – The Kochi Corporation is currently confronting a significant challenge in managing its biomedical... read more »

US plane 'goes down' in Iraq a...

US plane 'goes down' in Iraq as military says 'two aircraft ...

US plane 'goes down' in Iraq as military says 'two aircraft involved in incident' ### US Air Force Refueling Aircraft Suffers Incident in Western Iraq; Rescue Operations Underway **BAGHDAD, Iraq** – A United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft was involved in an... read more »

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Africa

Nelson Mandela still unable to speak, says ex-wife

Nelson Mandela still unable to speak, says ex-wife

London – Former South African president Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak, but he is not on life-support machine, his ex-wife said. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said that ailing Mandela was... read more »

29 killed, 30 injured in Egypt train collision

29 killed, 30 injured in Egypt train collision

Cairo – At least 29 people! were killed and 30 injured when a freight train crashed into a number of vehicles near the Egyptian capital of... read more »

31 killed in attack on anti-militia protesters in Libya...

31 killed in attack on anti-militia protesters in Libya capital

TRIPOLI – A group of militiamen opened fire here on Friday at hundreds of protesters, killing at least 31 people and wounding 230 others, the Libyan... read more »

Nine Boko Haram killed in military offensive in Nigeria

40 killed in fresh Nigeria attacks

Lagos – Nine Boko Haram insurgents were kill! ed in an offensive on a camp in the Nigeria northeast Borno State, military authorities said... read more »

Morsi says no stability in Egypt possible ‘without remo...

Morsi says no stability in Egypt possible ‘without removing consequences of coup’

Sydney – Deposed Egyptian Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has said there will be no stability in the country ‘without removing consequences of the... read more »

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Asia

AL-QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECULAR BLOGGER HACKED TO DEAT...

In a communique issued in Bengali and English, and posted on its Facebook and Twitter accounts on August 7, 2015, Ansar al-Islam declared the attack to be “vengeance” for the honor of the Prophet... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm

China gives former general suspended death sentenc...

BEIJING – A top Chinese military officer has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, state media said Monday, in a case where he was... read more »

Fourth secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh

Barely three months after the killing of a blogger in Sylhet, unknown assailants armed with machetes hacked to death secular blogger Niloy Chatterjee Neel at... read more »

Landslides and floods claim 90 lives in Nepal

KATHMANDU: At least 90 people have been killed across Nepal in the past two months due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains, authorities have... read more »

At least 30 killed in Nepal landslides

The landslides came crashing into villages and homes just after midnight. One survivor said they sounded like an earthquake. Multiple slides, triggered by... read more »

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China

Easing one-child policy no big deal: Chinese official

China to ease one-child policy

Beijing – China will loosen its decades old one-chil! d population policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of the parents is an only child, according to a key decision announced... read more »

Xi Jinping

China announces setting up of National Security Co...

Washington – China has announced that it is setting up a National Security Council under President Xi Jinping with a wider focus, including... read more »

China sets up cloud computing industry alliance

China allegedly withholds residence visas for NYT, Bloomberg reporters

Beijing – A cloud computing industry alliance was set up Wednesday in Beijing to promote the development and innovation of information technology. The... read more »

8 killed in floods after typhoon hits China

8 killed in floods after typhoon hits China

Eight people were killed and over 1,000 students were trapped in floods after rainstorms in several areas in China triggered by typhoon Haiyan. Two people have... read more »

China on high alert as super typhoon hits coast

China on high alert as super typhoon hits coast

Beijing – China Sunday issued a red alert, the highest alert in its warning system, for super typhoon ‘Haiyan’ that brought heavy rains to... read more »

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Middle East

The rise of ISIS: Group of 10,000 fighters now controls a territo...

ISIS now controls territory the size of the UK, is making £600,000 a day from selling oil and ransoming hostages and has a fighting force of 10,000 militants, according to a leading expert. Matthew... read more »

US jets again strike jihadists around Iraqi dam

WASHINGTON: The United States carried out another round of air strikes on Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi... read more »

Israel claims nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land near...

JERUSALEM: Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step that could herald... read more »

Egyptian court sentences Brotherhood leader Badie to li...

CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and seven others to life in prison on Saturday for inciting... read more »

UN chief welcomes Gaza truce deal

“A brighter future for Gaza and Israel depends on a sustainable ceasefire. It is up to the parties to live up to this responsibility,” Ban’s... read more »

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South Asia

India-Myanmar relations rooted in history: Mukherjee

India-Myanmar relations rooted in history: Mukherjee

New Delhi – Terming relations between India and Myanmar as being rooted in history, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday said it is in the mutual interest of both the countries to... read more »

Pak high court dismisses Musharaf’s petition challenging special court for high treason

Pak high court dismisses Musharaf’s petition chall...

Islamabad – Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a petition challenging the special court for treason trial of former President General... read more »

CNN features 16 December gang-rape case in` World Untol...

CNN features 16 December gang-rape case in` World Untold Stories` series

New Delhi – An upcoming documentary on the 16-December fatal gang-rape case titled ‘The Fearless One’ is being presented under CNN’s series... read more »

UN Security Council condemns slams attacks on aid worke...

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – The ! UN Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned deadly attacks in two Afghan provinces last week which led to the death of nine... read more »

Petition questioning Musharraf’s trial rejected

Petition questioning Musharraf's trial rejected

Islamabad – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected a ! petition challenging the constitution of a special court for the treason trial of former... read more »

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German coalition agreement emerging

German coalition agreement emerging

Berlin – Germany’s two main parties agreed on various issues in their final round of coalition talks Tuesday night, sending a signal that an agreement for forming Germany’s new... read more »

Coalition deal reached in Germany

Coalition deal reached in Germany

Leaders of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative-led bloc and the Centre-Left Social Democratic Party reached a coalition agreement early... read more »

EU threatens to freeze data sharing with US

EU threatens to freeze data sharing with US

London – The European Union’s (EU) justice and rights commissioner Viviane Reding has threatened to halt data-sharing arrangements with the US... read more »

Rebekah Brooks once told Colin Montgomerie’s ex-w...

Rebekah Brooks once told Colin Montgomerie's ex-wife 'hacking voicemails easy'

London – Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks once reportedly told Eimear Cook, the ex-wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie, that it was easy to... read more »

Germany, US agree on efforts to rebuild trust

Germany, US agree on efforts to rebuild trust

Berlin – The US and German politicians agreed on efforts to rebuild trust during the visit by a delegation of US lawmakers led by senator Christ Murphy... read more »

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North America

CIA recruited Guantanamo Bay suspects to spy on al-Qa’ida leaders post 9/11

CIA recruited Guantanamo Bay suspects to spy on al-Qa’ida leaders...

London – The CIA turned some terror suspects, who were rounded up and delivered to the Guantanamo Bay military prison Cuba in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, into double agents. The programme was... read more »

US defies Chinese restrictions by flying bombers over Senkaku islands

US defies Chinese restrictions by flying bombers o...

Washington – The United States has reportedly flown two B-52 bombers over the disputed Senkaku Islands as part of a training exercise amid... read more »

US school shooter obsessed with mass murders

US school shooter obsessed with mass murders

Washington – A report on the December 2012 “massacre of the innocents” at a US elementary school says that the gunman had an obsession with... read more »

Obama defends Iranian nuclear deal against ‘tough...

Obama defends Iranian nuclear deal against 'tough talk and bluster'

London – President Barack Obama has defended the breakthrough deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Obama however... read more »

Obama assuages Netanyahu on Iran post ‘historic b...

Obama assuages Netanyahu on Iran post 'historic blunder' remarks

Washington – President Barack Obama has reaffirmed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on working out a comprehensive solution for preventing Iran... read more »

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Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show

Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show ### Nvidia Poised to Disrupt Generative AI Landscape with Ambitious Open-Source Initiative **Santa Clara, CA** –... read more »

Iran Warns US Tech Firms Could Become Targets as War Expands

Iran Warns US Tech Firms Could Become Targets as War Expands ### Iranian Media Signals Potential Digital Retaliation Against US Tech Giants **Tehran, Iran** – Amidst escalating... read more »

In a move that is likely to have a spiralling impact on the cost of travel for the common man, public transport and other related areas, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) on Thursday announced a steep hike of Rs. 4.50 paise per Kg in the price of compressed natural gas (CNG), the second successive hike in three months. In a related move that could hurt the household budgets, IGL also hiked the price of cooking piped gas to kitchens by Rs. 5.15 per Kg with effect from Thursday midnight. Under the new pricing regime, CNG will cost Rs. 50.10 per Kg in Delhi and Rs. 56.70 per Kg in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, IGL said in a statement in New Delhi. The price of piped natural gas (PNG) to the households in Delhi is being revised from Rs. 27.50 per standard cubic metre to Rs. 29.50 per scm up to consumption of 30 scm in two months. Beyond consumption of 30 scm in two months, the applicable rate in Delhi would be Rs. 52 per scm. Due to differential tax structure in Uttar Pradesh, the applicable price of domestic PNG to households in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad would be Rs. 31 per scm up to consumption of 30 scm in two months, which has been increased from existing Rs. 29 per scm. Beyond consumption of 30 scm in two months, the rate applicable in these cities would be Rs. 54 per scm. CNG price was last revised in September when it was hiked by a hefty Rs. 3.70 per kg. Price of CNG sold to automobiles in Delhi then increased from Rs. 41.90 to Rs. 45.60 per kg. Also at that time, the price of piped cooking gas, called PNG, for households has been hiked from Rs. 24.50 per scm to Rs. 27.50 per scm. The statement said the increase was primarily due to increase in input cost as a result of reallocation of domestically produced gas quantities by the government for all city gas distribution companies across the country. “There has been a reduction in allocation of APM gas to us, which is forcing us to source more quantity of market priced imported R-LNG, whose prices are currently on an upswing. This has affected our overall input cost by over 13 per cent. There has also been an increase in the operating expenses including increase in minimum wages announced by the government with effect from October 2013,” the statement added. Government reallocated domestic gas allocations to all city gas distribution companies across the country as a fall out of a recent court order. All the earlier gas allocations had been cancelled and the revised allocations now also include PMT gas, which is priced higher than APM gas. “In terms of volume, there has been nearly 5 per cent decrease in the overall quantity of domestic gas allocated to IGL for Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. The reduction in allocation as well as increase in demand is forcing IGL to source much higher priced imported R-LNG. The prices of R-LNG have been on the rise recently and therefore, new R-LNG quantities are available in the market at much higher prices than the existing ones,” the company said. However, the company said the increase would not have a major impact on the per km running cost of vehicles. For autos, the increase would be 13 paise per km, for taxi it would be 22 paisa per Km and in case of buses, the increase would be Rs. 1.30 per km, which translates to just over two paisa per passenger-kilometre.

Piped cooking gas users feel heat of LPG crisis, scramble to stock up

Piped cooking gas users feel heat of LPG crisis, scramble to stock up **Piped Gas Supply Disruptions Create Scramble for Hyderabad Residents** Residents of numerous gated communities and... read more »

Civil rights groups demand Maharashtras anti-conversion bill draft be made public

Civil rights groups demand Maharashtras anti-conversion bill draft be made public **Maharashtra Government Faces Scrutiny Over Proposed Anti-Conversion Legislation** **Mumbai, India** – A... read more »

Belagavi prison guard found dead

Belagavi prison guard found dead **Tragedy Strikes Belagavi Correctional Facility: Guard Discovered Deceased Amidst Personal Struggles** Belagavi, India – A somber mood has descended upon the... read more »

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