Friday, November 8, 2013

from The Hindu, Thursday, November 7, 2013


GoM to meet A.P. parties next week
The Group of Ministers on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh will meet representatives of eight political parties separately next week and seek their views on controversial issues related to creation of Telangana.


The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully boosted the orbit of its Mars spacecraft, firing the engine onboard in the early hours of Thursday.


A rocket carrying the Olympic flame successfully blasted off on Thursday from earth ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. NASA Live TV showed the rocket, emblazoned with the pale blue Sochi 2014 logo, launching from the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome on a clear morning in Kazakhstan. The torch will make its way to the International Space Station before being taken into space itself making it the Olympic flame’s first spacewalk in history.


Less than a fortnight ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s plans to attend the high-profile conclave remain uncertain amid signs of pressure mounting from a section of the Congress.


“The most important milestone to be set at Warsaw is on climate finance,” says Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Environment and Forests Minister, in an interview ahead of the climate negotiations beginning November 11.


The Cabinet will take a call on the shape of a new global agreement that India would push for at the for the upcoming climate change talks and over the next two years till it is signed in 2015.


The Reserve Bank of India, on Wednesday, permitted wholly-owned subsidiary (WOS) of foreign banks to acquire domestic private sector banks as well as set up branches anywhere in the country. It also allowed foreign bank subsidiary to list on local stock exchanges.


More trials are needed to assess the drug's benefits for non-diabetics at risk of heart disease


Proactive campaign among Indian expats helped impress upon them the need to have proper visa and work documents


Investigating agencies say they have evidence that the terrorist cell that bombed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Patna last month also carried out July’s attack on the Buddhist shrine at Bodh Gaya.


The killing of Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone attack has set off depressingly familiar reactions that are telling about the state of play within Pakistan, and its relations with the United States.


While making grain available to all is important, it is equally essential to ensure that all food supplied for consumption remains unadulterated and uncontaminated.


The Pakistan Army is seeking to make a virtue of necessity by publicly asserting its faith and commitment to constitutional governance




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