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News from January 2009

US announces USD 20.3 mn in humanitarian aid to Palestinians

The Obama Administration has announced emergency humanitarian aid worth USD 20.3 million for urgent relief efforts in the Gaza Strip, where nearly 1,300 Palestinians, including hundreds of civilians, were killed in the three-week-long Israeli offensive. The assistance is part of the Emergency Refugee and Migration Fund, White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said. The announcement of [...]

Five infants burnt alive as incubator catches fire

Five new born babies were burnt alive and two others were seriously injured at a private hospital in the wee hours in Patiala on Saturday when the incubators they were kept in caught fire due to a suspected short circuit. A total of 10 children undergoing treatment for jaundice at the private hospital were kept [...]

Himachal bags National Award for e-governance

The hilly state of Himachal Pradesh has bagged the National Award for e-governance 2008-2009 for its electronic gazette (e-gazette) project and Himachal Pradesh Police Web Portal (HIMPOL). The award has been conferred by Union government’s Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in collaboration with Department of Information Technology, the official spokesperson said in Shimla, [...]

Chandrayaan mission completes 100 days

India’s maiden unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-I completes 100 days on Friday and preliminary findings from data generated by on-board scientific instruments were discussed by scientists for the first time on Thursday. The scientists associated with Chandrayaan-1 had a day-long meeting at the ISRO Satellite Centre here on the eve of the 100th day of the [...]

Slumdog wins four awards at Richard Attenborough Film awards

Oscar hopeful ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has won four prizes at the Richard Attenborough Film awards. British director Danny Boyle’s film which bagged four Golden Globes earlier this month was named Film of the Year, with Boyle winning the best director’s prize and teenage actor Dev Patel receiving the ‘Rising Star’ award. Patel, who previously acted in [...]

I will myself resign if proven guilty: Modi

Rajasthan Cricket Association President Lalit Modi hit back at his detractors for levelling “baseless” charges against him and said he will himself resign from his post if proven guilty. “These cases have no value at all. But there is so much kichad (mud) I want to get rid of this once and for all. I [...]

Williams sisters win women’s doubles title

Serena and Venus Williams won their eighth Grand Slam women’s doubles title on Friday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Japan’s Ai Sugiyama. The Williams sisters, seeded 10th, looked unflustered in the Australian Open final as they served out the first set in just 38 minutes under a closed roof [...]

Nadal sets up Federer final after record Aussie semis

Rafael Nadal survived a record five-set battle with fellow Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco on Friday to set up a classic Australian Open final with arch-rival Roger Federer. Nadal lost his first sets of the tournament but showed incredible resilience to win the epic 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-5 (7/2), 5-7 (1/7) over five hours and 14 [...]

SAfrica topples Aus to become new No. 1 side

Australia were dethroned as the number one team in one-dayers by SAfrica who demolished the hosts by 39 runs in the fifth and final match to clinch the ODI series with an emphatic 4-1 margin. The ODI series triumph follows South Africa’s 2-1 win in the Test series and though Australia remain the number one [...]

HC allows RIL to sell KG basin gas subject to final verdict

The Bombay High Court allowed Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries to sell gas from KG basin at the govt-approved price of USD 4.20 per mmBtu as an interim measure, while reserving judgement on a case brought by Anil Ambani-run RNRL. The court lifted the stay on gas sale, noting that it was necessary as RIL had [...]

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