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    New Chair of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority appointed

    Professor Roger Cashmore is the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, and the current Chair of the Nuclear Research Advisory Council of the Ministry of Defence. He has formerly been the Director of Research and Deputy Director General of CERN, the European Laboratory for High Energy Physics as well as the Chair of The Royal Societys […]

    International

    Russia Clamps emergency in fire hit regions

    President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday declared a state of emergency in seven Russian regions worst hit by the raging wildfires as the toll has mounted to 40, even as firefighters battled hard to douse the flames. The emergency has been declared in the republics of Mariy El and Mordovia as well as in Vladimir, Voronezh, […]

    International

    British Premier not to apologise for Pak terror remarks

    Unfazed by an official protest lodged by Islamabad against his comments, Britain on Monday said Prime Minister David Cameron stood by his remarks asking Pakistan to stop exporting terror and will not back away or apologise. “He stands by his remarks,” said a spokeswoman on the eve of President Asif Ali Zardari’s official visit in […]

    National

    Govt considering extending health scheme to MGNREGS recipients

      The Government said a proposal to extend Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to all beneficiaries of the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was under its consideration.  The proposal to extend RSBY to MGNREGS workers is under consideration of the Government,” Minister of State for Labour and Employment Harish Rawat said. The […]

    International

    ‘Palestinians not to buckle under US Pressure’

    The Palestinian leadership will not give in to the US pressure to start face-to-face talks unless Israel meets its peace commitments, an official said on Monday. “The U.S. should realize that its pressure would not help since the leadership gives the priority to the national Palestinian interests,” Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the executive committee […]

    International

    US For New Sanctions against Korea

    The United States will soon adopt new financial sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ( DPRK), hoping that the moves will be strong enough to deter further aggression and encourage it to abandon its nuclear weapons program, a senior U.S. envoy said here on Monday. Washington will soon announce new sanctions on the […]

    National

    NHRC chairperson favours continuance of death penalty

    Amid continuing debate over whether death penalty should be abolished in India, NHRC chairperson K G Balakrishnan has favoured continuance of the provision which has a “deterrent effect” in a country where various types of crimes are on rise. The former Chief Justice of India noted that the Capital punishment is awarded in the “rarest of […]

    Breaking News

    Malayala Manorama Chief Editor K M Mathew passes away

    K M Mathew, Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama daily and a doyen of Indian media industry, passed away at his residence in Kottayam on Sunday morning. Mathew was a former Chairman of Press Trust of India, he was 93. He is survived by three sons, Mammen Mathew, Philip Mathew and Jacob Mathew and daughter Thankam. […]

    National

    GoM to consider proposals to tackle honour killings

    Murdering somebody for adopting a dress code “unacceptable” to their caste or community may come under the ambit of honour killings if a Group of Ministers set up to look into the scourge adopts a proposal in this regard. This is one of the proposed amendments to the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Evidence Act, 1872 […]

    National

    US, India sign agreement on reprocessing of nuclear spent fuel

    India and the US have signed an agreement on reprocessing of American nuclear spent fuel by India, marking the final steps in terms of implementation of the landmark civil nuclear deal between the two countries. Upon entry into force, the arrangements and procedures will enable reprocessing by India of the US obligated nuclear material at […]

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