New Delhi, 7 July-2014, Ruhi Tewari(IE): PM wants 100 cr enrolment at earliest, linking Aadhaar to passports, benefits.Putting to rest speculation about the fate of the UPA government’s flagship Aadhaar project and the Direct Benefits Transfer scheme, Prime Minister Narendra …
Read More »The turmoil in Iraq will be improved ties between Turkey and the region’s Kurds
Ankara, 6 July-2014, Soner Cagaptay: If anything good comes out of the turmoil in Iraq, it will be improved ties between Turkey and the region’s Kurds.Until recently, they were bitter enemies. Ankara had never been able to stomach the idea …
Read More »The Islamic State – the ISIL claiming world leadership
Dubai, 6 July-2014(AFP): The Islamic State (IS), the jihadist group, hitherto known as the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS), which spearheaded a sweeping militant assault that overran swathes of Iraq, is now claiming leadership of …
Read More »Israel strikes Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to rocket fire
Gaza, July 5 (IANS): Israeli fighter jets carried out three airstrikes on targets in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday in response to rockets being fired into its territory, witnesses and paramedics said. Israeli war jets carried out three successive airstrikes …
Read More »How a mismatch between state boundaries and national identities drives conflicts from Ukraine to Iraq
New York City, Benjamin Miller: There seems to be little connecting recent violence in the former Soviet space to ongoing bloodshed in the Middle East. In one place, a neo-imperialist power is attempting to reassert itself in a region that …
Read More »NATO supplying fuel 400 trucks are destroyed by Taliban near Kabul
Kabul, 5 July-2014(AFP): An assault by militants at a large parking lot on the outskirts of Afghan capital, Kabul, Friday night left at least 200 fuel tankers incinerated. The Taliban said the privately-owned tankers were targeted because they supply foreign …
Read More »15+ Signs that the Global Economic Crisis is Accelerating as we Enter the Last Half of 2014
London, Michael Snyder: A lot of people that I talk to these days want to know “when things are going to start happening”. Well, there are certainly some perilous times on the horizon, but all you have to do is …
Read More »Swipe Telecom eyes Rs.5 crore monthly turnover in south India
Chennai, July 4 (IANS): Pune-based Swipe Telecom hopes to log around Rs.5 crore turnover per month in the southern markets while the company has pegged an annual turnover target of around Rs.300 crore, said a senior official. Swipe Telecom eyes …
Read More »Kurdish leader calls for independence referendum
Baghdad, July 4 (IANS): The leader of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Thursday asked the regional parliament to prepare for a referendum on the independence of the region as well as the disputed areas adjacent to the country’s north, an official …
Read More »SC seeks SEBI’s response on Sahara’s plea to sell overseas hotels
New Delhi, July 3(IANS): The Supreme Court Thursday asked market regulator SEBI to respond to Sahara group’s plead to permit it to sell its three overseas hotels to mobilise Rs.10,000 crore as a part repayment of investors money raised by …
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