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“Chinese troops present in PoK”
Published on 5 Oct, 2011 at 21:51 in India | Viewed 1,674 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Around 4,000 Chinese, which includes the troops of People’s Liberation Army of China, are present in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), Army Chief Gen. V K Singh said yesterday. The Chinese presence in PoK has brought unease to the Indian authorities.
“There are certain construction working teams, a large number is available. Around 3,000 to 4,000 of these people are present, including…
Rise in Australian retail spending
Published on 5 Oct, 2011 at 5:20 in Australian | Viewed 182 views times | No Comments
Economists say consumers in Australia are resilient despite global economic worries. This is based on figures showing second monthly rise in retail sales.
Retail spending increased by 0.6 per cent in August following a 0.6 per cent rise in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
Retail trade rose in August to a seasonally adjusted $20.813 billion, compared to an upwardly revised…
Anna Hazare issues ultimatum to Congress
Published on 5 Oct, 2011 at 0:42 in India | Viewed 246 views times | No Comments
Ralegan Siddhi: Anna Hazare yesterday said he would resume his movement for the Jan Lokpal bill with the Oct 13 by-election in Hisar in Haryana, where he would campaign against the Congress. He also hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for being ‘remote controlled’.
The Congress was quick to react. Law Minister Salman Khurshid said in New Delhi that citizens…
“Corruption can be fought only through political system”
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 23:57 in India | Viewed 134 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has said that the battle against corruption can be fought ‘only through the political system’. Making this point, he pitched for making organisations more democratic and involving ordinary youth, who find politics inaccessible.
“People talk of corruption. If you want to fight corruption then this can only be done through the political system, through democratic means,” Rahul…
ANU’s Brian Schmidt joint winner of Nobel prize
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 22:44 in Australian | Viewed 193 views times | No Comments
Brian Schmidt, an Australian National University (ANU) astronomer, has been named a joint winner of the 2011 Nobel physics prize for his research that discovered the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace.
Brian Schmidt is the head of the High-z Supernova Search Team at the Australian National University near Canberra. He shares the 10 million Swedish crowns (AUD 1.58 million)…
India part of radio telescope project in Australia
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 4:15 in Australian | Viewed 206 views times | No Comments
Perth: In a joint project involving India, Australia and the US, a next-generation radio telescope is being built in Western Australia to study the early Universe, Sun and space weather.
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new type of radio telescope, with no moving parts and depends on prodigious computer power to create exquisite real-time wide-field images of the radio…
Australian dollar drops to 12-month low
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 3:19 in Australian | Viewed 145 views times | No Comments
The Australian dollar fell below 95.00 US cent mark despite the release of stronger-than-expected local economic data. At midday, the Australian dollar traded at 94.98 US cents, down from yesterday’s 96.17 cents.
CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer, Tim Waterer, said the dollar’s weak reaction to the economic figures – for home building approvals and the trade surplus, shows that European debt…
Amanda Knox acquitted of Kercher’s murder
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 1:39 in World | Viewed 185 views times | No Comments
Imprisoned American student, Amanda Knox, has been acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in the Italian city of Perugia.
Knox, who hours earlier told the Italian court, “I am innocent … I want to go home,” was cleared of murdering her British roommate, cancelling her original 26-year sentence and allowing her to return to USA.
She was released from…
Dalai Lama set to get ‘Mahatma Gandhi peace prize’
Published on 3 Oct, 2011 at 23:04 in World | Viewed 518 views times | No Comments
Johannesburg: The Dalai Lama is set to receive the ‘Mahatma Gandhi peace prize’ from the Indian leader’s granddaughter, Ela Gandhi. The South African government has been requested to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama to visit South Africa.
The news was announced on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation will be conferred on…
Book says Abbott is a dangerous man
Published on 3 Oct, 2011 at 4:35 in Australian | Viewed 245 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: As per the claims of a contentious new book, Australian Opposition leader Tony Abbott is the most ‘dangerous’ man to ever seek the office of Prime Minister.
Academic Susan Mitchell’s book, ‘Tony Abbott: A Man’s Man’, is only the second book after Michael Duffy’s work, Latham and Abbott in 2004.
Mitchell has argued that her case was backed up by a…
