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  • A happy wife means a happy life!

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    To all the husbands out there: the key to a quality marital life is to keep your wife happy no matter what. When it comes to a happy marriage, says an interesting study, the more content the wife is with the long-term union, the happier the husband is with his life no matter how he…

  • Why Teenagers are too busy Tweeting?

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    Does your teenage kid keep tweeting even during his/her studies? This may well be because teenagers are far more sensitive than adults to the immediate effect or reward of their behaviours, says an Indian-origin researcher. “The rewards have a strong, perceptional draw and are more enticing to the teenager,” said Jatin Vaidya, a professor of…

  • Work-life balance? Forget about it!

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    In what could highlight the challenge of work-life balance that male academic scientists face, researchers have found that one-third of them in the US are willing to scale back their careers to focus on family life. Men in the male-dominated field of academic science, such as physics and biology, face significant challenges in trying to…

  • Credit goes to Childhood mentor

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    Childhood mentor your ticket to rewarding career Having a mentor early in life can lead you to better personal and financial life in the future, says a study.Young people who have had mentors are more likely to find work early in their careers that gives them more responsibility and autonomy – ultimately putting them on…

  • Emirates chief: MH17 tragedy was avoidable

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    Sir Tim Clark said the flight would not have flown over Ukraine if the knowledge that high-altitude missiles were there had been passed on The Malaysian flight MH17 tragedy, in which 298 people perished mid-July when the jetliner was reportedly downed by a missile over Ukraine, could have been prevented, the Emirates Airline’s chief has suggested. According…

  • Saeed Naqvi on Arab coalition against ISIS

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    Saeed Naqvi says Obama’s new coalition against the ISIS forces is willing to wound and yet afraid to strike  As soon as President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his intention to lead a Coalition of the Willing to “degrade and destroy” the ISIS, his core coalition partners began to fidget and reach out for the…

  • Erdogan Needs A Spasm Of Lucidity

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    Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU, comment on Erdogan’s elevation to new post to remain in power The ascendancy of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the presidency places Turkey on a trajectory that could usher in a new era unlike any other since the founding…

  • GALLERY: Phantom of the Opera

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    Actors perform at a rehearsal of the musical “Phantom of the Opera” in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Sept. 11, 2014. The musical will be on stage in Taipei till Sept. 28.

  • Holy Gaga rocks Dubai

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    The eccentric pop star Lady Gaga buried her wild past to deliver a subdued performance at Dubai. This is her first-ever performance in the Arab world. “They used to tell me I was crazy, I would never come to the Middle East. They were wrong, they were the judgmental ones,” Gaga told her legions of fans…

  • France to join airstrikes against ISIS

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    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Friday that French President Francois Hollande has promised to take part in the airstrikes against militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. “Our air force capabilities are limited… despite that we have qualified pilots who are doing a good job, but we still need air support from our…

  • Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide

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    A court in South Africa Friday found paralympian Oscar guilty of culpable homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. “Evidential material before this court shows that the accused acted negligently when he fired into the toilet door, knowing there was someone behind the door,” Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in the…

  • Pistorius awaits homicide verdict

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     Olympian Oscar Pistorius will come to know Friday if a court in Pretoria finds him guilty of culpable homicide. Pistorius is on trial for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Stenkamp through a locked toilet door Feb 14, 2013, at his house in Pretoria, Independent Online reported. Pistorius has denied the murder charges and said he…

  • 10 Arab to states join forces against ISIS

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    Ten Arab countries, including six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, and the US have agreed to combine forces to destroy the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group wherever they exist in Iraq and Syria. A joint statement was issued after the meeting Thursday that was chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal. It…

  • NASA’s spacecraft set for December flight

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    NASA’s Orion spacecraft – built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before – is now ready for fueling. The Orion crew module, stacked atop its service module, moved out of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday. Orion was transported to the payload hazardous…

  • CIA triples estimate of ISIS strength

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     A day after President Barack Obama vowed to strike the Islamic State (IS) terrorists “wherever they exist” to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the militant group, a CIA assessment increased its strength over three times to 31,500. CNN cited a CIA spokesman as saying Thursday that the Sunni terror group that calls itself the Islamic State…

  • Iran doubtful of US coalition

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      There are serious ambiguities in the real intention of an emerging so-called international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Iran’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The formation of an international coalition against IS militants was raised by the US at the end of the NATO summit in Wales, Britain. “There are doubts about…

  • Pistorius not guilty of murder

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    A court in South Africa Thursday found paralympian Oscar Pistorius “not guilty” of premeditated murder or murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, a case that was widely followed by the media worldwide. Handing down her judgement at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the court accepted Pistorius’s version that…

  • G20 to focus on job creation

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    Labour and welfare ministers of the G20 countries called for the creation of hundreds of millions of “decent jobs” to reduce poverty around the world. “It has been almost five years since our first meeting on global financial crisis. Many governments have introduced many measures to improve the situation of labour and contracts,” the ministers…

  • Poverty fuels abuse on minority kids

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    Poverty makes minority kids more vulnerable to abuse Children belonging to minority communities face increased risk of maltreatment due to exposure to poverty, says a US-based study. Poverty – rather than biased reporting – seems to account for the higher rates of child abuse and neglect among minority children, the findings showed. “For families of…

  • Why Apple missed the target?

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    Prasanto K. Roy looks into the newly unveiled  Apple Watch  Apple chief executive Tim Cooks got a standing ovation on Tuesday in Cupertino, when he announced the “next chapter in our story” at a special event that also launched the iPhone 6 in two sizes. The Apple Watch checked more than the expected boxes: Nifty design (not spectacular…

  • World Peace Meditation adds more partners

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    Leading world organisations Peace One Day, Dalai Lama Foundation,1 Giant Mind, 1914.org, Conscious Meditation Foundation, Feel Good Communities, Unify and United Religions Initiative for Peace have joined hands to partner with the World Peace Meditation for 21 September. If we are not peaceful in our own minds, how can we be at peace with those…

  • Oscar Pistorius verdict today

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    Murder-accused South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius Thursday arrived at the high court in Pretoria for his trial, as Judge Thokosile Masipa prepares the verdict. Pistorius is on trial for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Stenkamp through a locked toilet door Feb 14, 2013, at his house in Pretoria, Independent Online reported. Pistorius has denied the…

  • Obama vows to hit Islamic State

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    Nearly six years after he entered the White House with a promise to end America’s decade of wars, President Barack Obama has reversed course with a vow to strike the Islamic State terrorists “wherever they exist”. In a nationally televised address from the White House, a sombre looking Obama Wednesday night outlined a “steady, relentless”…

  • Kerry arrives in Baghdad for talks

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq’s capital Baghdad Wednesday for talks with Iraqi leaders for building up an anti-terrorism campaign, media reported. Kerry is expected to meet top Iraqi leaders, including new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, to discuss forming a broad coalition against the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation, an Al…

  • At last a Volfie!

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    There were a couple of volcanic eruptions last week in Iceland and Papua New Guinea. Luckily for Canadian adventurer George Kourounis, this one did not erupt as he dropped himself into an active volcano for a jaw dropping selfie! Currently known for his television series Angry Planet, Kourounis descended into the Marum crater – a…

  • Apple unveils watch and Iphone 6

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    Apple Tuesday unveiled a new Apple Watch, touting it as a comprehensive health and fitness device, a mobile wallet called Apple Pay and two bigger screen versions of the iPhone, the 6 and the 6 Plus. “What we didn’t do was take the iPhone and shrink the user interface and strap it on your wrist,”…

  • Saudi Arabia to host summit to combat ISIS

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    Representatives from the US, Turkey and several Arab countries will meet this week in Saudi Arabia to discuss ways to combat the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation and other terrorist groups, media reported Tuesday. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the meeting would be held Thursday in Jeddah with the participation of the…

  • Yes/No campaign enters new phase

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    The three major Westminster parties have announced measures to woo voters to the No Campaign as the polls show a neck and neck race in Sept. 18 referendum to decide Scottish Independence. The latest TNS poll showed that of all the adults surveyed, 39% were backing a “No” vote, 38% a “Yes” vote and 23%…

  • US public support attacks against ISIS

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     The beheading of two US journalists by militants of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremists organisation has caused an about-turn in the opinion of the American public that now largely supports the attacks on extremists in Iraq and Syria, according to a survey by The Washington Post and ABC News. About 71 percent of the…

  • External force caused MH17 crash

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      An external force caused the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to crash in eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board investigating the disaster said in its first report Tuesday. “The Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines plane broke into pieces, presumably due to structural damage to the unit caused by a large number of objects piercing the plane…

  • Russia may close airspace

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    Russia does not rule out the possibility of closing its airspace in response to new Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday. “If there are sanctions connected with energy or further restrictions on our financial sector, we will have to strike back in an asymmetric way, such as restrictions in…

  • Royal Baby No.2 on the way

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    Prince William says he and the Duchess of Cambridge are “thrilled” they are expecting their second child. Kensington Palace said the duchess was suffering from a severe sickness – as she did when she was pregnant with Prince George. Speaking at a visit to Oxford University the duke said it had been a “tricky few…

  • Russia talks healthcare among BRICS

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    Moscow plans to expand healthcare cooperation with its fellow members in the BRICS bloc, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Monday. “After interaction in the G8 format was curbed — and for this we are not to blame — the foreign ministry has paid considerable attention to wider cooperation in healthcare within the BRICS…

  • Abdullah claims victory

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    Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah claimed victory in the presidential elections and said the political process for the formation of a national unity government is faced with a deadlock. “The fraud committed in the election process has caused a deadlock. I would continue to defend the right of the people and the votes they cast…

  • How to erase poverty?

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    Lord Meghnad Desai said Abolishing poverty is a never ending quest Lord Meghnad Desai, eminent India-born British economist, author and Labour Party politician, said it is ideal to focus on the core problems ofpoverty and try to remove them. “Abolishing poverty is a never ending quest. Poverty Line (PL) is not a single straight line,…

  • In Colombia, Bollywood rocks

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    Colombia, a South American nation of 46 million, is known for its love of football. A lesser-known secret is its passion for Bollywood – one of India’s dominant cultural forces – which has triggered a sort of cultural invasion in a country thousands of kilometres away. With romantic and dramatic themes, foot-tapping songs and emphasis…

  • ‘Food security no guarantee’

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    As the demand for food rises with a growth in world population, trade may not guarantee food security to countries heavily dependent on imports for their food supply, says a study. “The food security for rapidly growing populations in the world is increasingly dependent on trade,” said lead author of the study Paolo D’Odorico, professor…

  • Obama calls for Afghan unity

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    US President Barack Obama urged two Afghan presidential candidates to conclude a deal on a national unity government “as soon as possible”, the White House said Sunday. Obama spoke over phone with Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Saturday, telling them the unity government is “in the interest of shoring up international support for Afghanistan and…

  • Indian wines charm visitors

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    Pleasing the palate of wine connoisseurs of central Europe, Indian wines made an impressive debut at Vino Ljubljana 2014 International Wine Fair in Slovenia with the entire stock sold out even before the event concluded, said their Italian importer. “My stock of Indian wines was completely exhausted well before the closing time of the Expo…

  • Saudi cleric’s fatwa on social media

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    Don’t put marital problems online, warns Saudi cleric Saudi Arabia’s top cleric has warned couples against publicising their marital problems on social networking sites, saying such publicity could create a scandal, media reports said. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh, chairman of the Council of Senior Ulema and the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta…

  • Veggies prone to Vit B12 deficiency

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    Shweta Sharma says vegetarians prone to vitamin B12 deficiency Nupur De swore by a vegetarian diet which she said helped her keep “healthy and fit”. But what she did not know until recently was that such a diet could result in vitamin B12 deficiency which, health experts say, is a common condition among Indians. Thirty-two-year-old…

  • Special Report: The plight of Bahais

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    Anando Bhakto looks in to the plight of Bahais. Persecuted in Iran, Baha’is worse off in Iraq  While the rising tide of arrests of Baha’is in Iran and destruction of their cemetery in Shiraz continues to grab headlines, the community – best known in India for their magnificent lotus-shaped marble temple here that is visited…

  • UK seeks Arab help to stem ISIS

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron will begin a diplomatic blitz this week to drum up support from Arab countries for airstrikes on Iraq, The Sunday Times reported. The prime minister’s move came after warnings from Labour and the Liberal Democrats that they will not back military action unless Saudi Arabia or Qatar are on board.…

  • Kissinger raps Obama policy

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    Dr Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state, challenged Presient Barack Obama’s foreign policy especially on Iraq and Syria, The Sunday Times reported. The veteran statesman has urged President Obama to “launch an all-out attack” on the terrorist group Isis in Syria and Iraq, warning that Americans have become “bystanders” in the Middle East.…

  • Gaza needs $7.8 billion

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    $7.8 bn needed for reconstruction in Gaza; Israel’s war bill is $2.5 billion!   An estimated 7.8 billion dollars are needed for the Gaza Strip to reconstruct after being destroyed during the 50-day Israeli offensive on the coastal enclave, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday. “The direct and indirect losses resulted from the Israeli attack…

  • Erdogan ally wins trust vote

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    Turkish government wins vote of confidence in parliament The new Turkish government Saturday won a vote of confidence in parliament in capital Ankara. Turkey’s 62nd government won 306 votes from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with 133 lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) voting against…

  • Egypt to try Morsi over Qatar links

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    Egypt to try Morsi for leaking security papers to Qatar   Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, along with 10 others, will face trial over leaking security documents to Qatar, media reported. The former president is facing charges of handing national security files to the Qatari intelligence and Doha-based Al Jazeera news channel under orders from…

  • Russia vows to react to sanctions

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    Russia will “certainly” react if the European Union (EU) imposes new sanctions against it for allegedly “destabilising eastern Ukraine”, Russia’s foreign ministry said Saturday. The EU Friday expressed its intention to formally adopt a new package of restrictive measures Monday against Russia, Xinhua reported. The statement also said the announcement of the upcoming expansion of…

  • South Africa deny visa for Dalai Lama

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      South Africa Saturday requested Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to defer his visit to Cape Town for this year only, his private office said here. “We had a meeting with officials of the South African High Commission and foreign ministry here (in Delhi) and they requested his holiness to defer his visit to…

  • Al Qaeda’s gift to Hindu right wing

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    How dangerous are Ayman al Zawahiri’s exhortations to Muslims on the sub continent? There is an expression in Hindi, “Soney pey suhaga”, suhaga being the powder which makes gold shine. In a volatile social situation, where communal polarization is an electoral requirement until key state elections are out of the way, the Zawahiri slogan may have…