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Syria: '1300 dead in chemical attacks by army'
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
22 August 2013
Syria's main Opposition group accused the government of "massacring" more than 1,300 people in chemical weapons attacks near Damascus on Wednesday, as the UN Security Council called for "clarity" and expressed "strong concern" over the allegations.
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US scientists build world’s most precise clock
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
23 August 2013
WASHINGTON
US scientists have said that they have built the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other.
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Ambitious solar power plant commissioned in Jodhpur
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
22 August 2013
JODHPUR: Asia's largest single location solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant with a generation capacity of 55 MW was commissioned on Wednesday. The project was part of the first phase of the National Solar Mission.
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Hysterectomies to be included in health survey
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
20 August 2013
The government will collect information on hysterectomies in the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), which begins in January 2014.
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1,300 killed in chemical attack near Syrian capital Damascus
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
21 August 2013
BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syria's opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of gassing many hundreds of people — by one report as many as 1,300 — on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world's worst chemical weapons attack in decades.
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Eight-coach Metro on Blue line today
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
19 August 2013
NEW DELHI: Months after the Delhi Metro started operating eight-coach trains on the Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre corridor, commuters travelling on the Dwarka Sector 21-Noida/Vaishali line, too, can travel in comfort.
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China less than enthusiastic to Indian proposal on water issue
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
20 August 2013
NEW DELHI: India today elicited "less than enthusiastic" response from China on its proposal to have a separate mechanism to deal with water issues amid its continued concerns over Chinese damming activities on Brahmaputra.
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Mining suspensions to be revoked
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
21 August 2013
The Goa government has initiated the process of withdrawal of suspension of 24-30 mining leases out of the nearly 100 mining leases it suspended on September 9 last year.
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Centre takes steps to support markets, rules out capital controls
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
20 August 2013
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Union government took steps on Tuesday to support the beaten-down bond market, in moves also expected to prop up the battered rupee, while a top official said there was no need to issue sovereign bonds to Indians abroad or bring in capital controls.
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NPCI to extend shareholding to 49 more banks
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
MUMBAI 18 August 2013
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is planning to broad base its shareholding by inducting 49 banks as shareholders.
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Jewellers plan meet to tackle import duty of gold
Published on - Monday, 26 August 2013
18 August 2013
MARGAO: With the import duty on gold on the rise, Goa gold dealers association (GGDA) plans to convene a meeting shortly to discuss the future course of action. Jewellers based in Goa said that the Union government's decision to raise import duty on gold will create a huge uncertainty for the future of jewelry trade in the state.
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