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“Omnishambles” – word of the year by Oxford English Dictionary

November 17, 2012

"Omnishambles" has been named word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary. The meaning of the word ‘Omnishambles’ is – a situation which is shambolic from every possible angle. The word was coined in 2009 by the writers of ..

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Savita Halappanavar: Persons in News

November 17, 2012

Savita Halappanavar’s death has led to a widespread protests in Ireland and a call to re-look at the abortion laws. She was 31 year old dentist originally from Belgaum, India who moved to Ireland in 2008. She died on October ..

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Xi Jinping: China's new leader

November 16, 2012

Xi Jinping, elected as the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Xi Jinping is the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China, who holds the positions of: Vice President of China General ..

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Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez win ATP World Tour doubles title

November 16, 2012

Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez won their first ATP World Tour Finals doubles title. They beat India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in finals held at London.

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By 2017, US can become world's biggest oil producer

November 16, 2012

The world’s foremost energy watchdog, the  International Energy Agency (IEA) in its recent report “World Energy Outlook 2012” has held that US can become the world’s largest oil producer by 2017. How would this happen ? Predictions for USA and ..

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Suu Kyi comes to India after almost 40 years

November 16, 2012

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in India after a gap of almost 40 years. She is here as part of New Delhi’s ongoing engagement with the democratic and multi-party polity in Nay Pyi Taw. Ms. Suu Kyi ..

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Indiaex-2012: US And Indian Navies Demonstrate Submarine Rescue Operations

November 16, 2012

INDIAEX 2012: The U.S. and Indian navies bilateral exercise. First time where the compatibility of a U.S. Navy’s Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) with Indian navy submarines will be estimated. Objective: Demonstrating cooperation b/w the U.S. submarine rescue ..

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2G spectrum auction flops; less than Rs. 10K crore of bids received by Govt

November 16, 2012

The 2G mobile phone spectrum auction ended in a flop show with merely Rs. 9,407 crore being collected in the process contrary to the high valuation estimated by the CAG in its criticizing report of the government two years ago. ..

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