News From Web (1/1/2009)
News From Cnn-IBN :
1) Reforms are good but Class X exams needed
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday announced that the Class X Board exams will be optional in all the Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated schools from the next academic year.
2) Govt agrees for clinical trial of swine flu vaccine
Search for a H1N1 Influenza A (swine flu) has intensified in India even as at least 100 people have already succumbed to the virus across the country.
3) PC cracks the whip, no more Govt standard time
Late comers at the Home Ministry beware. The Government has introduced 15 biometric scanners at offices in Delhi.
News From rediff
1) Harpoon issue: Pak for mutual inspections, says US
Responding to "serious" American concerns about illegal modifications made by Pakistan to the US-made harpoon anti-ship missiles that could target India, Islamabad has agreed for "mutual inspections" of the weapon system.
2) Global economy returning to normalcy: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the global economic downturn which had affected Indian economy as well, is now coming to an end with slow return to normalcy.
3) Gavaskar, Richards inspired me: Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar says he made a conscious effort to blend Sunil Gavaskar's defence with Viv Richards's ruthlessness to evolve a batting style of his own.
News From NDTV
1) China says it did not violate Indian airspace
China on Tuesday denied that its military helicopter had violated Indian airspace in Jammu and Kashmir, saying its border patrols abide by rules and regulations.
2) We would like to be compensated for Singur land: Tata
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata says the failed Nano plant at Singur cost him about 500 crore rupees, but he's willing to return the land if the government compensates Tata Motors
3) Dubai dreams shattered?
The economy in Dubai and many parts of the Middle East are collapsing and the impact on Indians is most severe. People are losing their jobs, their wages are not being paid and many are being sent back.
News From Times Of India
1) Healthcare workers will be first in line for swine flu vaccine
1) Reforms are good but Class X exams needed
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday announced that the Class X Board exams will be optional in all the Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated schools from the next academic year.
2) Govt agrees for clinical trial of swine flu vaccine
Search for a H1N1 Influenza A (swine flu) has intensified in India even as at least 100 people have already succumbed to the virus across the country.
3) PC cracks the whip, no more Govt standard time
Late comers at the Home Ministry beware. The Government has introduced 15 biometric scanners at offices in Delhi.
News From rediff
1) Harpoon issue: Pak for mutual inspections, says US
Responding to "serious" American concerns about illegal modifications made by Pakistan to the US-made harpoon anti-ship missiles that could target India, Islamabad has agreed for "mutual inspections" of the weapon system.
2) Global economy returning to normalcy: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the global economic downturn which had affected Indian economy as well, is now coming to an end with slow return to normalcy.
3) Gavaskar, Richards inspired me: Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar says he made a conscious effort to blend Sunil Gavaskar's defence with Viv Richards's ruthlessness to evolve a batting style of his own.
News From NDTV
1) China says it did not violate Indian airspace
China on Tuesday denied that its military helicopter had violated Indian airspace in Jammu and Kashmir, saying its border patrols abide by rules and regulations.
2) We would like to be compensated for Singur land: Tata
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata says the failed Nano plant at Singur cost him about 500 crore rupees, but he's willing to return the land if the government compensates Tata Motors
3) Dubai dreams shattered?
The economy in Dubai and many parts of the Middle East are collapsing and the impact on Indians is most severe. People are losing their jobs, their wages are not being paid and many are being sent back.
News From Times Of India
1) Healthcare workers will be first in line for swine flu vaccine
India will vaccinate 20 lakh healthcare and emergency services personnel against the deadly H1N1 virus by the end of January using an
imported swine flu vaccine.
2) Wrongly jailed for 10 yrs, man gets Rs 1L
The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to a 40-year-old man who languished in
prison for over 10 years for a crime he didn't commit.
3) Forget H1N1 here's H5N1!
Forget H1N1, there’s H5N1 for you to worry about now! In all the panic about swine flu, doctors across the globe are warning of confusing the symptoms of H1N1 for meningitis – a far more deadly and dangerous disease, and also one without a vaccine.
News From Zee News
1) Andhra student dies in car accident in US
A 22-year-old student from Hyderabad was killed in a freak car accident in the US.
2) India for genuine reform in the UNSC
Describing the "genuine reform" in the UN Security Council as essential, India has strongly favoured the G4 proposal of expanding the prestigious body by including six new Permanent Members having veto powers and four additional non-permanent members.
3) LeT operative held in Delhi tried to lure Maharashtra youths
Lucknow: Suspected LeT operative Mohammad Aslam, arrested in New Delhi on August 25, had allegedly motivated some youth of Maharashtra to join the terror group, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Tuesday.
News From Pakistan
1) PM Gilani rings CM Punjab from Libya
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has phoned Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif form Libya late on Tuesday according to Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
2) Royal protocol for Musharraf in Saudi Arabia
The almost royal treatment given by the Saudi government to former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf during his visit to Riyadh has thrown his opponents into total confusion.
3) Envoys review situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan today
International special envoys for Pakistan and Afghanistan are meeting in Paris on Wednesday to review the current situation in the two countries, the US State Department said.
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