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Norway to become first European nation to extend conscription to women

Norway has decided to with “gender neutral” military conscription after its Parliament reached an agreement to extend the military conscription to women in peacetime. This move will make...

June 16, 2013

Prism scandal: India among top 5 most monitored nations

As per reports in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, India is among the top 5 countries most extensively monitored by the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), a US government agency tasked with foreign...

June 16, 2013

U.S. to supply arms to Syria rebels

For the first time the U.S. has openly promised the Syrian rebels to supply weapons as it claims to have found evidence the Syrian regime using chemical weapons....

June 16, 2013

Qatar possess highest density of millionaires

As per the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) 13th annual global wealth management report, Qatar has the highest density of millionaires in the world, with 14.3% of the oil-rich Gulf nation’s population holding...

June 15, 2013

Dubai launches World’s tallest Twisted Tower named "Cayan Tower"

Dubai has added another record breaking skyscraper as it launched the one billion dirham “Cayan Tower”, previously known as “Infinity Tower”. The 307-meter-high tower holds the record for the tallest twisted architectural creation...

June 15, 2013

Global population to touch 8.1 billion in 2025: UN report

As per a latest forecast made by a U.N. report, the world’s population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025 and 9.6 billion in 2050....

June 15, 2013

"INDRA 2013" : Indo-Russian joint military exercise to be conducted in October 2013

This year’s Indo-Russian joint military exercise  INDRA 2013 is scheduled to be conducted in October 2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan in India. Teams from both sides will practice...

June 15, 2013

200 Indians victim of cheating stranded in Saudi Arabia

Around 200 skilled and unskilled laborers from different states of India are stranded in Saudi Arabia after their Bangladeshi employer cheated them. The worker were promised jobs in a plastic factory, but were...

June 11, 2013

World Oceans Day observed on June 8, 2013

World Ocean Day was observed across the globe on 8 June 2013. The theme for this year is: Together, we have the Power to Protect the Oceans. Although World Ocean...

June 8, 2013

45% of deaths of under-five children caused by malnutrition: Report

As per a latest report published in The Lancet, malnutrition has been blamed to be the reason behind the deaths of nearly 45% children under-five. As per the research report:...

June 7, 2013

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