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December 5, 2017 2:07 PM

World Soil Day being observed today

World Soil Day is being observed today. In Udahagamandalam in Tamil Nadu the day is being observed by the Horticultural department in four centres. More than hundred farmers took part in these camps were all the basic information about land and soil are being collected and collated.<br/><br...

December 5, 2017 12:18 PM

YouTube to hire 10000 people to monitor and control violent extremism

YouTube will hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent extremism on the popular video streaming platform, along with curbing content that endangers children.<br/><br/>In an interview to The Daily Telegraph, Susan Wojcicki, Chief Executive of the Google-owned video-sharing site, s...

December 5, 2017 12:15 PM

Sri Lanka: More than 2000 people arrested who deserted army during LTTE war

Sri Lankan army has arrested more than two thousand people from its ranks who had deserted the army during LTTE war and failed to surrender during a general amnesty programme last month. Army spokesman Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne told our AIR correspondent that they have arrested 2019 persons out o...

December 5, 2017 11:57 AM

Nepal: Campaigning for final phase of parliament, provincial elections ends

In Nepal, campaigning for second and final phase of parliament and provincial elections came to an end last night. Polling for 128 constituencies of House of Representatives and 256 seats of Provincial Assemblies will be held on Thursday in 45 districts. <br/><br/>4482 candidates includi...

December 5, 2017 11:57 AM

Honduras incumbent Hern&apos;ndez leads after vote recount

In Honduras, electoral authorities announced that the incumbent in the presidential poll has retained a lead of 1.59 percentage points over his closest rival after a partial recount of votes. <br/><br/>The head of the electoral tribunal, David Matamoros, said a recount of approximately 6...

December 5, 2017 11:57 AM

US Defence Secy urges Pakistan to redouble efforts against militants

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has urged Pakistan to redouble efforts to halt insurgents staging attacks across the border in Afghanistan. According to the statement issued by the US Embassy in Islamabad, the Secretary reiterated that Pakistan must redouble its efforts to confront militants and ter...

December 5, 2017 11:09 AM

Israeli missiles target Syrian military facility in Damascus

Syrian state media, SANA has said Israel had fired missiles at a Syrian military facility in the Damascus. It said yesterday that Syrian air defences blocked an Israeli missile attack on one of its positions in Damascus province and downed three of the targets. <br/><br/>Confirming the a...

December 5, 2017 9:07 AM

UAE participate in joint military exercises with US, UK and France

UAE Armed Forces along with the UK, US and French armies are participating in joint exercises in Abu Dhabi. The drill code-named as "Flag4" started yesterday. The two-week exercise is part of the effort to consolidate multilateral relations, and to increase co-ordination between the UAE Ar...

December 5, 2017 9:03 AM

US Supreme Court allows Prez Trump's travel ban to go fully into effect

US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go fully into effect. The ruling covers the third version of the directive that President Trump has issued since taking office. Yesterday, seven of the nine justices lifted injunctions imposed by l...

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