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INT10International/Accident/AviationCause unclear of frightening Qantas 'altitude change'Sydney, Oct 8 DPA It would take a month to find out why a Qantas flight dropped altitude dramatically, injuring at least 36 passengers before it made an emergency landing, investigators said Wednesday. The Airbus A330 from Singapore to Perth, with 303 passengers and 10 crew, put out a mayday call Tuesday before making an emergency landing at Learmonth military base, 1,260 km north of Perth. At least 36 read more
INT20International/Law/Society/TerrorismBritish schoolboy who planned to bomb BNP members stands trialLondon, Oct 8 IANS A British schoolboy, who planned to make bombs and blow up members of Britain's far right political party BNP, has been standing trial for allegedly angering his teachers and fellow pupils with his radical views.Terrorist sympathiser Waris Ali, who glorified the 9/11 terror attacks on the US in his books, attended Westborough High School, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - the home town of a number of the London Suicide Bombers - the Daily Telegraph has reported read more
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS It refers to media-reports about welcome procedure-change in appointment of judges with Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) endorsing its comments and read more
State: Jammu and Kashmir
Languages: Hindi and Urdu
History:
The beautiful city of Gulmarg is a hill station in the Baramula district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The name Gulmarg implies the meadow of flowers read more
BUS7BusinessChhattisgarh to set up Rs.1.7 bn jewellery parkRaipur, Oct 5 IANS Chhattisgarh will invest Rs.1.7 billion $37 million to set up a gems and jewellery park at its upcoming satellite city Naya Raipur, state Industry Minister Rajesh Munat said here Sunday."We have decided to set up one of India's major gems and jewellery parks at Naya Raipur. A formal foundation stone was laid Saturday," Munat told IANS."The park, which will have all latest diamond cutting and polishing technologies, will be set up on 28 read more
INT13International/CinemaAdoor to accompany 'Four Women' to Vienna film festivalBy Mehru JafferVienna, Oct 5 IANS Two Indian films and a documentary from Nepal will be screened at the Viennale, the largest and most exciting film event in Austria that opens here Oct 17.European fans of Indian cinema will get to watch "Four Women" Naalu Pennungal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan's celebrated film about a virgin, a prostitute, a housewife and a spinster, along with Nishitha Jain's unique read more
SPO16SportsMaradona to visit Kolkata in December first weekKolkata, Nov 5 IANS Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona would make a short two-day trip to Kolkata in the first week of December. The newly appointed Argentine coach would inaugrate the Indian Football School in Maheshtala, 13 km south of the city. The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup victory is also scheduled to visit Mother House, the global headquarters of Missionaries of Charity here, said Communist Party of India Marxist CPI-M Lok Sabha member Samik Lahiri read more
State: Uttarakhand
Main languages: Hindi
History
Haridwar is a holy city and municipal board in the Haridwar District of Uttarakhand. The name of the city also implies Dwar of Hari or Gateway to God read more
INT47International/Health/ScienceAltered brain receptors linked with schizophreniaLondon, Oct 29 IANS Altered brain receptors are linked with schizophrenia, one of the commonest of mental disorders, according to a new research.The brain is capable of producing different types of oscillations or electrical wave patterns. A Newcastle University team has identified a difference in one particular type - termed a gamma frequency oscillation - linked with schizophrenia.They now want to investigate whether read more
BUS4BusinessCredit squeeze hits car salesBy Varada BhatMumbai, Oct 5 IANS Retail car sales by the Indian automobile industry have been hit hard by the squeeze on retail financing as banks have stopped hardselling car loans in the current economic climate, say auto industry representatives.Unlike in the past, when customers used to be inundated by phone calls from banks offering car loans, many banks are now unwilling to provide automobile loans."Even a few months back it was easy to get car loans, but not any more read more
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