Month: March 2014

Third front experiment will prove costly for the country: Modi

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BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today attacked the third front, saying the “experiment” will prove “costly” for the country which needed a government that could take decisions and come up to the people’s expectations.

“It is my firm belief that the country is at a decisive stage where such an experiment (of a third front) would prove costly. The country needs a government that can take decisions and come up to the expectations of the people,” he told Hindi daily ‘Dainik Jagran’ in an interview.

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind releases public manifesto for general elections 2014

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Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has released a 15-point Public Manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. President of JIH, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari said that they will approach all parties with their demands and support extend their support based on their committeemen.
A gist of the manifesto is given here:
1. “Right to Livelihood” should be recognized as a Fundamental Right through constitutional amendment to ensure food, housing, clothing, education and healthcare to all citizens of the country.
2. Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission Report should be accepted and implemented.

Pakistan put India to bat

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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the Asia Cup at the Shere Bangla National Stadium here Sunday.

Teams:

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper) Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Bhuvnehwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.

Pakistan: Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Umar Akmal (wicketkeeper), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Talha, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan.

–IANS

8-year-old boy raped, killed by paedophile

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Chandanagar police on Friday arrested a man for kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old boy. According to police Raman Patel, native of Bihar, was working as a labourer in Saisri Developers. Shyamlal Thapa and his wife Sangeeta Thapa also reside near Saisri Apartment along with their son Krishna Thapa. The accused has been close to the family of Thapa for being their neighbour.

Zahed Ali Khan to release special edition of Aina-e-Chashm

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According to Mr. Ahmed Siddiqui Mukesh editor ‘Aina-e-Chashm’ Urdu weekly, the 27th annual celebration of his weekly will be held on March 7, at Urdu Hall Himayatnagar at 6 pm. On the occasion the special edition will be released by editor Siasat Mr. Zahed Ali Khan.

People in socioeconomically deprived areas likelier to suffer from diabetes and obesity

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Researchers have claimed that living in a socioeconomically deprived region is a risk factor for being affected by diabetes mellitus and obesity.
Researchers from Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM) at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen (HMGU) and the Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin, found that it holds true regardless of the individual social status of the inhabitants.

Non-Muslims throng to get copies of Quran at Salam Centre Pavilion

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Salaam Centre set up its pavilion “Quran for All” on 1200 sq. feet at the International Book Fair that was held from 15th to 23rd February 2014. Nearly 70 thousand copies of Hindi and English translations of Quran, books on Seerat-e-Nabi, books allaying misconceptions of Islam and DVDs on revelation of Quran were gifted to thousands of visitors. A vast majority of the visitors were youth.

Stated below are the views of some of the non-Muslims who were streaming in the Salam Centre Pavilion aspiring to know more about Islam

Sexting to keep passions alive in virtual world

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Do you know the most popular form of sex in the virtual world? It is sexting. A new research suggests that one in three sexual encounters now takes place online and this includes sexting, video or webcam sex and explicit snapchat images.

The most popular form of digital sex was sexting at 37 percent. Videophone sex came second at 30 percent while webcam sex was third with 26 percent.

The study was conducted by CyberCompare.net as part of research into the digital habits of people in Britain.

Secret of Indian headshake revealed

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A video, which has garnered more than a million views on YouTube since it was uploaded last week, has decoded the Indian headhake.

Paul Mathew, is the writer and director of Indian Headshakes – What Do They Mean?, said that a lot of people might find it strange but if they are born in India, it becomes a part of their character, their personality, that as they talk they tend to move their head in different ways, the BBC reported.

US woman wins $500k revenge porn lawsuit

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A US civil court has awarded a woman a woman from Texas 500,000 dollars after her former boyfriend of seven years posted images and videos from their relationship on YouTube and other sites as a way to harass her after their breakup.

The anonymous woman told ABC that her boyfriend updated her on how many people had seen it, or downloaded it.

While the former boyfriend is reportedly planning to appeal the suit, this civil case has been more successful than others that often fall into a legal gray area, the Verge reported.

Scientists discover 3D structure of enzyme that helps body fight bacteria

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Researchers have discovered the 3D structure of an enzyme that cuts to ribbons the genetic material of viruses and helps body defend against bacteria.

Until now, the research community has lacked a structural model of the human form of this enzyme, known as RNase L, said Alexei Korennykh, an assistant professor of molecular biology and leader of the team that made the discovery.

How breast cancer spreads

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Researchers have suggested that a protein only recently linked to cancer has a significant effect on the risk that breast cancer will spread, and that lowering the protein’s level in cell cultures and mice reduces chances for the disease to extend beyond the initial tumor.

Sweden’s ‘wefie’ snaps set to give competition to ‘selfies’

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Youngsters in Sweden have reportedly initiated a new photo fad called the ‘wefie’, a collective term for clicking ‘group selfies’.

The initiative is a part of a campaign by the Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) that aims at bringing a sense of “we” to the Swedish society.

The campaign focuses on the concept of friendship, community and solidarity and encourages young people to take wefies with friends, while one of its campaign pages reads “Sefies are so 2013”, Cnet reported.

China to launch cargo ship into space by 2016

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China is expected to launch a cargo ship into space around 2016 to serve the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, a leading space scientist said Sunday.

The cargo ship, named ‘Tianzhou’ or ‘Heavenly Vessel’, will be delivered by the newly-developed Long March-7 carrier rocket, Xinhua quoted Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China’s manned space programme, as saying.

A.K. Antony’s hallowed bubble finally bursts

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It takes just five minutes to pour cold water on a reputation built up in a political career spanning over half a century. Defence Minister A.K. Antony has had to learn this the bitter way with the resignation of Admiral D.K. Joshi as the Indian Navy chief, the immediate provocation being an incident aboard INS Sindhuratna that resulted in the deaths of two officers and injuries to seven sailors when smoke filled the battery compartment of the submarine, 80 nautical miles off Mumbai.

Exam preparation without mental tension

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A lecture is being organized on exam preparation without mental tension on March 2, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Campus, King Kothi Road, Basheerbagh.

Students appearing for SSC, Intermediate, Graduation exams can avail the lecture. For registration dial 040-23230755, 23237825 or 9848087821.

Siasat news

Modi’s plan for making India energy sufficient

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An ambitious action plan for the country’s energy sector has been drawn up by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi based on a “rainbow vision”.

Party sources said today that the action plan, to be implemented if NDA comes to power, covers seven energy fields ?? gas, thermal, hydro, solar, wind, bio-mass and nuclear.

ATF price hiked by 1%, non-subsidised LPG rate cut by Rs 53

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Jet fuel or ATF price has been hiked by a marginal 1% while rates of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) have been cut by Rs 53.5 per kg reflecting global trends.

Aviation Turbine Fuel, or ATF, price at Delhi was hiked by Rs 753.34 per kilolitre, or 1%, to Rs 74,825.54 per kl, according to Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s largest fuel retailer.

The hike follows a 3% in rates on February 1 on softening international oil rates. However, prices have gone up since then and rupee depreciated against US dollar, making imports costlier.

Making stalking criminal offence hurried decision: Delhi court

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Making stalking a non-bailable offence after December 16, 2012 gangrape case was a hurried decision as several facets were missed out, a Delhi court said seeking a mechanism in place to look into the matter.

The observation was made by the court of Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau while sentencing a man, who was obsessed with his ex-girlfriend and used to stalk her even after her marriage, to two years of jail for molestation.

The court also directed the prison authorities to get him treated for “psychotic obsessiveness”.

Obama told Putin to withdraw Russian forces: WH

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US President Barack Obama has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “de-escalate” tensions in Ukraine and asked him to pull his forces back to bases in Crimea.

“The US calls on Russia to de-escalate tensions by withdrawing its forces back to bases in Crimea and to refrain from any interference elsewhere in Ukraine,” the White House said in a statement yesterday.

Dreamliner problems: Boeing to submit action plan

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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is likely to submit a time-bound action plan to fix the perennial technical problems being faced by the Dreamliners in Air India’s fleet to aviation regulator DGCA next week.

The US airplane manufacturer would submit this plan after being hauled up by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) two days ago over the continued engineering snags faced by the Boeing 787 Dreamliners, official sources said today.

Air India so far has 12 Dreamliners in its fleet out of the 27 it has ordered.

MFC to implement Minority Welfare Schemes

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A meeting of Board of Directors of State Minority Finance Corporation was held at Hajj House on Saturday. Chairman Minority Finance Corporation Mohammed Hidayat presided over the meeting. This was the first introductory meeting of the newly formed board of governors in which implementation of schemes by the corporation was reviewed.

Vice chairman and managing director Prof. S A Shukoor apprised the board members of schemes of the corporation and details of implementation. Chairman and some members gave proposals regarding new schemes which include direct loans to poor minorities.

Assistants at LIC

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Assistants

Graduate (with minimum 50% marks) from recognized University/Board.

Preference will be given to candidates having knowledge of computer operations.

Age Limit: Minimum 21 years (in completed years) and maximum 35 years (in completed years) as on

01.02.2014. The candidate should be born not earlier than 02.02.1979 and not later than 01.02.1993.

(Both dates inclusive)

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http://www.lichfl.com/lichousing/careers/jobs.asp

Junior Engineer at SSC

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Name : Staff Selection Commission

Website : www.ssc.nic.in

Job Details

Education : B.E/B.Tech/Diploma

Location : Bangalore

Last Date To Apply : 26th March 2014

How To Apply

Candidates should possess 01 March 2014 to 26 March 2014 ( upto 5.00pm) for part-1

registration and 01 March 2014 to 28.03.2014(upto 5.00pm) for part ii registeration. Candidates

should retain the Registration number assigned to them online and details of payment of Fee for

further correspondence with the commission. They should not Submit print outs of their application