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  • Kevin Pietersen retires from 1 day international cricket

    UK : England batsman Kevin Pietersen has retired from all forms of one-day international cricket with immediate effect. The England and Wales Cricket Board said this in London today. The 31-year-old, who will continue to play tests, cited the increasing demands of international cricket on his body for his decision to quit one-dayers.

    UN Security Council discusses Syria crisis

    Syria : The UN Security Council on Wednesday held talks on the Syria crisis as two massacres in five days hardened international calls for action. Diplomats at the closed briefing said that UN officials had given a “somber” account of a massacre in Houla last week and the discovery of more bodies yesterday at Assukar […]

    US warns of action on Syria outside UN

    US : The US envoy to the United Nations has warned that UN Security Council members may have to act alone to end the violence in Syria if the crisis worsens and the Council remains divided. US Ambassador Susan Rice’s remarks marked a rhetorical escalation after a massacre last week blamed on a militia loyal […]

    US not willing to buy Pak’s new story on Afridi

    Pakistan : Seeking a clarification from Pakistan, the US said that it did not believe in the “story” that a Pakistani doctor, who helped CIA track Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to 33-years in jail for links with the banned Lashkar-e-Islam militant group. “We do not believe in this new story (on Dr Afridi),” a […]

    Bharti Walmart to Adopt 50 Government Schools In India

    New Delhi:  Bharti Walmart, the joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Walmart Stores Inc for wholesale, business to business and cash and carry operations in India, committed to adopt 50 Government schools across 50 cities in India, under a unique school support initiative ‘Masti Ki Paathshaala’, in collaboration with Hope Foundation. The initiative which will […]

    Students from JRE School of Engineering secured approval by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

    New Delhi :The students of JRE school of Engineering have successfully secured approval for their innovative in- house project by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE). The project called “Abiot “is an invention of two first year students of JRE Saurabh kumar Ariyan and Nikhil Anmol Kumar. They participated in The IEEE All […]

    Samalkha Group of Institutions signs Zareen Khan as their Brand Ambassador

    Indore:  Samalkha Group of Institutions (SGI) has always lived upto its motto of – Think different, Think Samalkha. Firstly, Associating with Raghu and Rajiv (Roadies Fame) last year as its Executive Mentors of Management for Personality Development and Creative Leadership and now joining hands with Actor Zareen Khan to become its Brand Ambassador who has […]

    Awareness to make cancer a notifiable disease

    New Delhi : As the country observes ‘World No Tobacco Day’ on Thursday, it moves to make cancer a notifiable disease making progress with two states Kerala and Punjab agreeing to such a proposal. A meeting of various states will be held in the Health Ministry next week to discuss the issue. Punjab and Kerala […]

    Rajasthan reels under severe heatwave condition

    Rajasthan : Entire Rajasthan is facing severe heatwave condition. Today mercury touched 48.7 degree Celsius at Churu.At Sriganganagar today maximum temp. was recorded 47 degree Celsius.It was 46.8 at Bikaner and 46.3 at Kota.Maximum temperatures were above 44 degree at Jaipur and Jodhpur today. The State govt has changed the timings of MGNREGA works due […]

    Over 200 technocrats gather in Kohima to attend 2 day IRC

    Nagaland: In Nagaland, over 200 top technocrats from across the country have gathered in Kohima to attend two day Indian Roads Congress (IRC). The aim of the meeting is to find out technical solutions to deal with heavy monsoon, rainfall and challenges of landslides on hill roads of the northeastern region. Addressing the inaugural session of […]