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  • Islamic State car bomb hits Baghdad
    BAGHDAD/TIKRIT, January 2 (Reuters): An Islamic State car bomb killed 24 people in a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district on Monday, and the militants cut a key road north from the capital to M
    / 2nd January 2017
  • China to ban domestic ivory trade by the end of 2017
    Reuters   China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, the government announced on Friday, shutting the door to the world's biggest end-market for poached ivory.  
    / 2nd January 2017
  • ‘Thai election won’t happen this year’
    BANGKOK, January 2 (Reuters): Thailand will need to delay a planned general election until 2018 to allow time to pass the necessary laws, a member of the military government's national assembly said on Monday.
    / 2nd January 2017
  • China not to allow Hong Kong to be used as a subversion base
    BEIJING, January 2 (Reuters): China will not allow anyone to use Hong Kong as a base for subversion against mainland China or to damage its political stability, Beijing's top official in the territory told stat
    / 2nd January 2017
  • WhatsApp block about to happen on older phones
    New York, January 2 (IANS): As an earlier statement said WhatsApp will stop working on certain phones by the end of 2016, many users of older versions of iPhones and Android handsets are about to find themselve
    / 2nd January 2017
  • Myanmar to probe Rohingya beating video
    Nay Pyi Taw, January 2 (IANS): Myanmar authorities said they will investigate a video which appears to show police beating members of the Rohingya minority, a media report said on Monday.   The gover
    / 2nd January 2017
  • UP has to change for India to progress: Modi
    When they are all clamouring to remove Modi, I am saying remove corruption and black money: Modi   Lucknow, Jan 2 (IANS): Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party and BSP for "banishing" development from Utt
    / 2nd January 2017
  • Demonetisation hits core industries output growth in November
    New Delhi, January 2 (IANS): Reflecting some impact of the government's recent demonetisation measure, the output of India's eight infrastructure industries in November 2016 increased by 4.9 per cent, but fell
    / 2nd January 2017
  • ‘Election is a secular exercise’
    Can't seek votes on religion, race, caste, language: SC     New Delhi, January 2 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that seeking votes on the basis of religion, race, caste or language o
    / 2nd January 2017
  • War over 'cycle' as Mulayam knocks EC's door
    New Delhi/Lucknow, Jan 2 (IANS): The ugly battle raged on Monday in Uttar Pradeshs ruling Samajwadi Party with party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav approaching the Election Commission to secure his right over it
    / 2nd January 2017
  • India successfully test fires Agni-IV missile
    Bhubaneswar, January 2 (IANS): India on Monday successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Agni-IV ballistic missile off the Odisha coast. The test comes within a week of the successful test of Agni-V intercont
    / 2nd January 2017
  • 'Service charge by hotels/restaurants not mandatory'
    New Delhi, January 2 (PTI): Service charge on a food bill is not compulsory and a customer can choose to have it waived if not satisfied with the experience, the government said today. The Centre has also asked
    / 2nd January 2017
  • Maharashtra cracks whip on 477 'absconding' doctors
    Mumbai, January 2 (IANS): Cracking the whip, Maharashtra has decided to sack 477 government doctors who have remained absent from duty after joining the service, some for nearly 15 years, a state minister said
    / 2nd January 2017
  • Lama's abode turning into concrete jungle
    Vishal Gulati IANS   This once-peaceful abode of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, with the Dhauladhar ranges in the backdrop, is rapidly turning into a concrete jungle with massive constructio
    / 2nd January 2017
  • Banks sharply cut lending rates after low-cost deposits, Modi nudge
    Mumbai, January 2 (MExN): Several banks, including top lender State Bank of India, announced sharp cuts in lending rates after a surge in deposits following a government ban on high-value bank notes.  
    / 2nd January 2017
  • BSNL launches unlimited local, STD calls at Rs. 144
    New Delhi, January 2 (PTI): Cashing in on the rollout by several telecom operators offering unlimited free call facility, government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd or BSNL on Saturday joined the bandwagon with la
    / 2nd January 2017
  • ‘See normalcy in banking system by February -end’
    Mumbai, January 2 (IANS): After a New Year gift of 0.9 percentage point cut in lending rates, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Monday said she saw normalcy return to the banking s
    / 2nd January 2017
  • S. Korea fines BMW, Porsche for false data on 10 models
    Seoul, January 2 (IANS): South Korea on Monday said that it has imposed a fine of 7.1 billion won (around $5.8 million) on BMW, Porsche and Nissan car manufacturers for falsifying data for the sale permits of t
    / 2nd January 2017
  • NRIs need to show old notes to Customs at airport
    New Delhi, January 2 (PTI): NRIs and Indian nationals abroad can deposit up to Rs 25,000 of the demonetised currency during the 3-6 month grace period, but only if they show the junked notes to Customs official
    / 2nd January 2017
  • Sharmila to contest against Ibobi
    Imphal, January 2 (IANS): Irom Sharmila, who fasted for 16 years to demand the repeal of AFSPA, on Monday formally announced she will take on Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in assembly polls.  
    / 2nd January 2017
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