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  • Flexible hours make workers happy

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    Allowing workers to choose the slot of hours they want to work in is good for their well-being, says a study from Loughborough University, England. The study found that people who become overworked are less satisfied with their lives and experience lower levels of psychological well-being. The key factor to happiness, according to the study,…

  • William Hague and 85 others standing down

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    William Hague is standing down as an MP after an illustrious 25 year career in the House of Commons. Looking back on his time in politics, in an interview with the BBC’s Norman Smith, the former foreign secretary and Conservative Party leader said he had few regrets, other than losing the 2001 general election. “I’m…

  • Email reveals details of G20 leaders

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    An email by the Australian immigration department accidentally revealed personal details of world leaders at the last G20 summit, including that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a leading British daily reported. An employee mistakenly sent the passport numbers, visa details and other personal identifiers of all…

  • Muslim families urged to help relatives

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    Muslim families across Britain are being urged to take action if they suspect a loved one might be planning to travel to Iraq or Syria through an innovative nationwide campaign. The Families Matter campaign was welcomed to Leicester at an event hosted by the Federation of Muslim Organisations; part of a national community tour across the…

  • Britain gears up for polls

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     The election for all 650 seats will take place on May 7. The last day to file the nomination is on April 9th . New parliament will be summoned on May 18 and the surveys are predicting  a hung parliament with minor parties like Scottish Nationalists and UK Independent Party (UKIP) calling the shots…reports Kaliph Anaz…

  • Katie Hopkins accused of racism

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    Rochdale MP Simon Danczuck and Ramadan Foundation formally complained to the Greater Manchester Police over Sun columnist and celebrity Twitter Katie Hopkins. The reality TV star has been accused by the Labour MP of sending tweets suggesting Pakistani men in the Lancashire town were child abusers. In 2012, nine men from Rochdale who ran a child exploitation…

  • Bradford Honours Unsung  Heroines

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    Bradford’s unsung heroines were once again honoured for their contributions and achievements across public and home life at the fourth, annual Bradford Inspirational Women Awards (BIWA), which took place at Life Centre in Bradford .   The Inspirational Women Foundation hosts the Bradford Inspirational Women Awards each year, with a view to inspire and aspire future generations. This year’s award ceremony was once again…

  • No Indian in ICC’s 2015 World Cup team

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      No Indian features in the 2015 International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Cup team, according to a release by the sport’s governing body. India were defeated by eventual champions Australia in the semi-finals of the competition. India remained unbeaten till the tournament’s last-four stage, bowling out opponents in seven consecutive matches alongwith some strong performances…

  • 21 formally charged in Burdwan blast

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      The National Investigation Agency (NIA)  formally charged in a special court 21 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, for their involvement in the Burdwan blast. Militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is suspected to be involved in the blast. The charge sheet was filed before a National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Kolkata. “Twentyone accused,…

  • Australia follow India to win WC on home soil

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      Australia  became only the second outfit to clinch the cricket World Cup trophy on home soil, and third ever to win as co-hosts. Australia defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the final to hold aloft the grand prize in front of a packed house at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here. In…

  • India to boost tourism in Egypt

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    By Rahul Vaishnavi To revive the country’s tourism industry, which has suffered the most following the 2011 revolution, the third edition of the India by the Nile festival is being held with a message that Egypt is safe for tourists. India’s ambassador Navdeep Suri told media that Egypt has been going through a rough patch…

  • India to airlift nationals from Yemen

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    India said that it would airlift its nationals from unrest-hit Yemen and is also sending a large ship to the Yemeni capital as Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition warplanes continued airstrikes against the Shia Houthi rebels for the fourth consecutive day. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: “Today we got permission to fly from Sanaa for…

  • Curtains come down on Kochi Biennale

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     The second edition of the 108-day-long Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB), billed as country’s biggest contemporary-art festival came to a close as the sun went down in this Kerala port city. Official figures put the attendance in the event in excess of half a million, at least 100,000 more than in its debut year in 2012.…

  • DNA tests halfway complete in Germanwings air crash

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    French investigators said that they have performed DNA tests on the remains of 78 out of the 150 victims of the Germanwings air crash . The names of the victims, whose remains were tested, have not yet been released, since for that, it will be necessary to crosscheck the results obtained with the DNA samples…

  • Most parents can’t see obesity in their kids

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    Parents of obese children may not be able to recognise that their kid is overweight unless they are at very extreme levels of obesity, new research led by an Indian-origin scientist shows. Moreover, the study published in the British Journal of General Practice found that parents are additionally more likely to underestimate their child’s weight…

  • Kejriwal chose victory over party

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    By M.R. Narayan Swamy  From the happenings of recent weeks, it will be tempting to deduce that Arvind Kejriwal is a Stalinist who, like all autocrats, hates democracy and dissension and loves yes-men. That’s what Prashant Bhushan will want us to believe. But the stormy story of the Aam Aadmi Party’s internal crisis is far…

  • Floods ravage Kashmir Valley

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    Floods ravaged Kashmir Valley following incessant rainfall over the past four days. Anxious people began to leave for safer places as authorities kept a watch on swollen mountain streams and the Jhelum river which was in spate. Authorities declared floods in the Kashmir Valley. People feared a repeat of 2014 when floods had left a…

  • Islamic Banking to cross US$263 bn in 2019

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    The UAE is en route to achieve US$263 billion of Sharia-compliant assets by 2019, according to EY’s World Islamic Banking Competitiveness, WIBC, report. The industry was estimated to be worth US$127 billion in 2014, thus making it the third largest Islamic banking market by value, after the Saudi Arabian and Malaysian markets. Ashar Nazim, Global…

  • Saina, Srikanth win India Open titles

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     Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth rounded up a brilliant day for Indian badminton winning their respective $275,000 India Open Superseries titles at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here. Women’s singles top seed Saina Nehwal trumped former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon in the final to win 21-16, 21-14 in 49 minutes. Later, 22-year-old Srikanth had a contrasting…

  • Arab leaders agree to form unified force

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      Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Arab League member states have agreed on the formation of an Arab military force to counter growing security threats. A high-level committee will be formed to start implementation of the joint Arab force decision, Xinhua cited Sisi as saying. In his speech on the final day of the…

  • AAP Lokpal Ramdas also goes

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    In the throes of an internal war, Delhi’s ruling AAP  replaced its Lokpal, retired Admiral L. Ramdas, with a team of three ombudsmen including two former police officers. A day after it sacked dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, AAP leaders who met at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence also set up a new…

  • Singapore bids farewell to its founding father

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    The funeral of Singapore’s founder and first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was held  with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing him as “among the tallest leaders of our times” and a friend of India. Lee, 91, died on March 23 at the Singapore General Hospital where he was warded for severe pneumonia since February…

  • Australia claim historic fifth Cup

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    Australia became the first team to clinch five cricket World Cup titles crushing traditional rivals New Zealand by seven wickets in the final of the 11th quadrennial tournament at the majestic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here. New Zealand’s hopes of trouncing their trans-Tasman big brothers — and 2015 World Cup co-hosts — in the latter’s…

  • Indian tourism reaches out to Indonesia

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    Inspired by Sahabat India, the ongoing festival of India in Indonesia, captains of the Indian tourism industry, comprising over 500 members of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), held their annual India Travel Congress 2015 and exposition from March 26-28 in the island of Bali, the tourism gateway of Indonesia. The Indian Travel Congress,…

  • Show flexibility in n-deal: Iran

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    Iran has exhibited the necessary flexibility during the course of nuclear negotiations, calling on the P5+1 group of world powers to take the turn and the final steps, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. “We have come close to sensitive days. Iran has shown the crucial flexibility during the talks, and now it is the opposite…

  • Sharif assures support to King Salman

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    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz that he will soon send a high-level delegation to Riyadh to discuss cooperation for the Saudi-led strikes on Yemen, a top diplomat said. Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry told a press conference late on Saturday that the delegation could depart within 24 to…

  • British victim’s father appeals to airlines

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    The father of a British man who was aboard the ill-fated Germanwings flight that crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, has urged the airlines to look after their pilots “properly”. Philip Bramley, whose son Paul, 28, was among 150 people killed when the Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the French Alps, said…

  • India plans big for Africa

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    By Ranjana Narayan   As India plans big for the India Africa Forum Summit in October, inviting all the 54 countries for the first time to its soil, it has reached out in many small but important ways to several of the countries for capacity building, not the least being helping Rwanda make optimal use of…

  • Australia to join Asian bank

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    Australia has decided to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which will allow it to become a founding member of the bank, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. In a joint statement with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Treasurer Joe Hockey, Abbott said the MoU would enable Australia “to…

  • Lee was among the tallest leaders: Modi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi  described Singapore’s founder prime minister Lee Kuan Yew as “among the tallest leaders of our times”. Modi arrived in Singapore early Sunday to join a host of world leaders for the funeral of Lee, who died at the age of 91 on Monday after a long battle with pneumonia. “The passing…

  • ISIS ‘death threat’ to Ravi Shankar

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      Art of Living (AoL) Foundation claimed that its founder Sri Ravi Shankar received death threat from international terror organisation ISIS during his present visit to Malaysia. “Three (death) threat letters were received addressed to three persons, including our director and faculty in Malaysia and a general manager of the hotel where Ravi Shankar is…

  • Medha Patkar quits AAP

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      Anti-Narmada dam activist Medha Patkar quit the AAP following dissident leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan’s expulsion from the party’s National Executive. She expressed serious doubts over what she termed the “future of alternative politics” in the country. Announcing her decision at a hurriedly convened press conference here, Patkar expressed pain over the development…

  • Apple boss to donate millions to charity

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    American multinational Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook has announced that he will donate millions of dollars of his wealth to charity before he dies, a media report said . Cook said he would leave his wealth, worth over $800 million, to philanthropic causes after paying for his 10-year-old nephew’s college education, BBC reported citing a…

  • Air Strikes to continue: King Salman

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    Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud said  that the Saudi-led military airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue until security is restored in the country. “The Decisive Storm Operation will continue until the Yemeni people enjoy security and stability,” the Saudi king told the 26th session of the Arab Summit presided over…

  • India puts navigation satellite in orbit

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    By Venkatachari Jagannathan  India successfully put into orbit its fourth navigation satellite with its own rocket in copy book style. Exactly at 5.19 p.m, the rocket – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – (PSLV-C27) standing about 44 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonne, tore into the evening skies with fierce orange flames at its tail.…

  • Facebook tests laser drones in Britain

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    If Facebook has its way, there would soon be huge solar-powered drones — with the wingspan of a commercial airliner — beaming down internet in the remotest of areas. Facebook has been testing such drones in the skies over England, according to its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The drones use lasers to beam internet access down…

  • Saina becomes World No.1

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    Saina Nehwal has etched her name in the history books as she became the first Indian female shuttler to ranked world No1 Following reigning World Champion Carolina Marin’s semi-final loss to Ratchanok Intanon at the India Open Superseries here on Saturday, Saina’s way became clear to notch the top spot ahead of her own semi-final, which she plays…

  • Hamilton takes pole at Malaysian GP

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    Reigning Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position from Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in Saturday’s qualifying session of the Malaysian Grand Prix here. Hamilton clocked one minute and 49.834 seconds at the rain-affected Sepang International Circuit, beating Vettel by less than a 10th of a second. His Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg finished third with…

  • Cameron to promise 7day NHS

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    All hospitals in England would have consultants on duty seven days a week by 2020 under a future Conservative government, David Cameron is to pledge. Mr Cameron has begun speaking at the party’s spring forum, and is due to say more hospitals must provide top-level treatment at the weekend reports BBC. The move, aimed at…

  • Russian spacecraft docks at ISS

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     A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, with three crew on board, docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a media report said. According to a statement issued by American space agency NASA, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, 54, and American astronaut Scott Kelly, 52, are to spend 342 days aboard the orbiting laboratory – about twice as long…

  • Sonia rejects land bill

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    “Being pro-farmer is not being anti-growth,” Sonia said….reports Asian Lite News   Congress president Sonia Gandhi lashed out at the “myopic” Narendra Modi government over the land bill which she said was an “unabashed display of half truths”. Accusing the government of “bending over backwards” to favour select industrialists, Gandhi said her party would never support any…

  • Obama support Saudi action in Yemen

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    US President Barack Obama spoke with Saudi King Salman, discussing recent developments in Yemen and emphasised the US support for the action taken by Saudi Arabia and Gulf Cooperation Council members, the White House has said in a statement. Both agreed that their goal is to achieve lasting stability in Yemen through a negotiated political…

  • Iran nuclear talks in final stage

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    Delegates from major powers and Iran continued nuclear talks into its final stretch to ink a framework agreement ahead of a March 31 deadline. After 90 minutes of negotiations with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters: “Our feeling is that we certainly will be able to reach…

  • UAE jets join Saudi campaign in Yemen

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    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) military command has said here a number of fighter jets joining the Saudi-led “Decisive Storm” air campaign on some positions of Shiite Houthi group in Yemen. Reports said the UAE fighter jets struck command and control centers, and supply centers in Yemen’s oil producing Marib region, Xinhua reported citing state…

  • China to renew Silk Belt

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    China unveiled the principles, framework, and cooperation priorities and mechanisms in its Silk Belt and Road initiative in a bid to enhance regional connectivity and embrace a brighter future together, Xinhua reported. The vision and action on jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, an initiative raised by Chinese President…

  • US lawmakers seek deeper defence ties with India

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    By Arun Kumar Calling India a ‘critical ally’, two influential US senators have asked the new Defence Secretary Ashton Carter to place a special emphasis on deepening the US-India defence relationship. “The US strategic partnership with India is among our nation’s most important,” wrote Republican John Cornyn and Democrat Mark Warner, co-chairs of bipartisan Senate…

  • US economic growth slows in fourth quarter

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    US economic growth decelerated in the fourth quarter of 2014 and is likely to slow further in the first quarter of 2015 despite robust consumer spending, the US Commerce Department said on Friday, a media report said. The US economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter, unchanged from the second…

  • Saudi influence on oil price to decline

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      With Saudi Arabia moving beyond its long-held role as a simple exporter of crude oil and reshaping itself as a supplier of refined petroleum products, the kingdom will be less able to influence prices and balance global oil markets, a study says. The paper, published in the journal Energy Policy, examined the growth of…

  • Katrina Kaif makes it to Madame Tussauds

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    Actress Katrina Kaif has became the latest Indian to be featured at the Madame Tussauds museum here. The museum is marking 15 years since its first Bollywood statue was created. Katrina was at the museum for the unveiling, reports bbc.com. Katrina collaborated closely with the musuem’s sculptors and artists to decide a dancing pose and…

  • BBC exposes Tory cuts on benefits

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     The BBC News investigation uncovered several benefits under consideration for change, including Carer’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Job Seekers Allowance, Disability benefits and Industrial Injuries Compensation Scheme. Over 10 million people are receiving benefits from the government depending on their conditions…reports Kaliph Anaz The Conservative Party of Prime Minister David Cameron facing the wrath of…