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Iraq to fill void left by Iran for India’s petroleum needs

June 26, 2013

Iraq has shown keenness to enhance economic relations with India. India is also looking for a strategic partnership with the gulf nation. Iran has not expressed its interest towards the Indian refiners to enhance their crude oil import engagement with ..

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Fact Box: Operation TEMPORA – run by British spy agency GCHQ

June 24, 2013

UK’s spy agency ‘GCHQ’ has bigger electronic spying system than US’ NSA As per the latest revelations made by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the electronic surveillance programme, Britain’s spy agency GCHQ (the Government Communications Headquarters) — has clandestinely gained access ..

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Fact Box: India far behind in cyber security compared to US and China

June 23, 2013

Despite being world-known as an Information Technology superpower, India, lags far behind when it comes to official cyber security workforce which comprises a mere 556 experts deployed in various government agencies. If we compare the figures with China, the US ..

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U.S. announces stimulus withdrawal, Rupee and Sensex plummet

June 22, 2013

In an announcement which created waves in global stock markets, U.S. Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke announced a gradual withdrawal of the extraordinary monetary stimulus programme, which ensured very low interest rates in America but simultaneously released very large sums of money, ..

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Afghanistan suspends talks with the U.S.

June 21, 2013

The Afghanistan government which is feeling let down by the US over the opening of the Taliban office in Qatar capital Doha, has indicated to the Americans that they can no longer take for granted, the positioning of U.S. forces ..

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NASA’s Cassini to photograph Earth from Saturn

June 21, 2013

On July 19, 2013 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be taking the first-ever natural-colour image of the Earth as seen from the Saturn system, from 1.44 billion kilometres away. The US space agency is inviting the public to help recognize the historic interplanetary ..

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Crop yields will not meet 2050 global demand: study

June 20, 2013

Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment in the U.S., warn that Yields of four major crops were not rising fast enough to meet projected global demand in 2050. As per the study: The world faces a ..

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Tianhe-2: World’s fastest Supercomputer developed by China

June 19, 2013

China achieved a big breakthrough in the field of supercomputers as it successfully developed fastest supercomputer in the world, named, Tianhe-2. About Tianhe-2: Supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology Processing speeds of 33.86 petaflops (1000 trillion calculations) per ..

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By 2028, India to become most populous nation: UN report

June 18, 2013

As per the latest report titled World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the United Nations, India will become the most populous country in the world by 2028, surpassing China, while Nigeria will have more people than the ..

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British government warns airlines not to fly Snowden to the U.K.

June 18, 2013

The U.K. government has warned air carriers not to fly the U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to Britain as he is “highly likely to be refused entry”. Mr. Snowden, who was last seen in Hong Kong, has not ..

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