Air-conditioners are worsening climate change By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew W Lehren, June 23, 2012, The New York Times: AC sales are growing 20 per cent a year in China and India as middle classes grow in the ramshackle apartment blocks…
WASHINGTON: Global sea levels could rise two to three times higher over the next century than previously estimated, according to a study released Friday by the US National Research Council. A committee of experts evaluated that latest UN estimates and updated them with…
Courtesy: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Doctor-commits-suicide-allegedly-provoked-by-CPM-leader-in-West-Bengal/articleshow/14213040.cms MIDNAPORE: The wife of a doctor, who committed suicide by consuming an overdose of insulin injection, complained to the police that an influential CPM leader and six doctors of a local medical college provoked him to take his own life. ASP…
SEDITION LAW: MISUSE A Stick Called 124(A): The State finds a handy tool in a colonial law to quell dissent PANINI ANAND, DEBARSHI DASGUPTA Wrong Arm Of The Law. Why ‘sedition’ rings hollow in India 2012? The law Section 124(A) of the Indian Penal Code,…
Courtesy: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/262914/news/world/6-6-magnitude-quake-hits-indonesia-s-aceh JAKARTA — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia‘s Aceh province on Sumatra island Saturday, the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency said. The quake struck 24 kilometers (15 miles) northwest of Subulussalam town in Aceh at 11:34 a.m. (0434 GMT) at a depth…
Courtesy: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/262901/news/nation/phl-immigration-bureau-allows-visa-free-stay-for-indian-intl-travelers Indian nationals who are regular international travelers may now enter the Philippines and stay visa-free for 14 days, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. But the BI said this privilege applies only to Indian travelers who are holders of a valid…
TRAIN RAMS TRIKE; 5 KILLED 06/23/2012 1:45 AM Naaalarma ang otoridad sa sunud-sunod na aksidente sa riles ng tren. Pinakabago ang salpukan ng tren at tricycle sa Iriga, Camarines Sur, na ikinamatay ng lima. Karamihan sa mga biktima ay pawang papasok sa…
ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA, Philippines - Aside from Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani and his 2 Filipino cameramen Ramelito Vela and Rolan Letriro, 6 other foreigners are currently being held captive by members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group. Two of the other kidnap…
Miners on strike for almost two months now threaten 400km march to Madrid to save their sagging industry, Miners in northern Spain’s Santa de Sil town have been on strike for almost two months against government’s decision to slash a coal…
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan fires defence minister and national security adviser amid mounting sectarian violence in north. Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, has sacked his defence minister and national security adviser after several months of violence in Africa’s most populous nation. The decision was…