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TATA SONS APPOINTS INSIDER NATARAJAN
CHANDRASEKARAN AS NEW CHAIRMAN
THAI FIGHTER JET CRASHES AT AIR SHOW;
PILOT KILLED
INDIA, US HOLD EXTENSIVE TALKS TO PROTECT
OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
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India and the US
have held extensive talks here to protect ocean ecosystems and promote
sustainable development through the 'blue economy',
one of the largest bilateral diplomatic engagements in the world specifically
focused on oceans.
OUR MOON WAS FORMED 4.51 BN YEARS AGO:
SCIENTISTS
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The moon is at
least 4.51 billion years old -- or 40-140 million years older than previously
The moon's age has been a hotly debated topic, even though scientists have
tried to settle the question over many years and using a wide range of
scientific techniques.
ISRAEL FIRED ROCKETS AT A MAJOR MILITARY
AIRBASE NEAR DAMASCUS: SYRIAN ARMY
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Syrian army
command said on Friday that Israel fired rockets at a major military airbase
outside Damascus, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions of what it called a
"flagrant" attack. The explosions were heard in the capital, and
residents in the southwest suburbs saw a large plume of smoke rising from the
area, while video footage downloaded on social media showed flames leaping from
parts of Mezzah military airport's compound.
US VICE PRESIDENT SINGLES OUT PAKISTAN FOR
MAKING 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE' MOVES RISKING NUCLEAR WAR
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US Vice
President Joe Biden has singled out Pakistan along with Russia and North Korea
and others for making "counterproductive" moves that only increased
the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a regional conflict. "Not
just North Korea, but Russia, Pakistan, and others have made counterproductive
moves that only increase the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a
regional conflict in Europe, South Asia, or East Asia," Biden said in his
remarks on nuclear security.
CHINA LIFTERS FACE ONE-YEAR BAN
CLEANSED INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION
CLEARED
PROTESTORS DEFY SUPREME COURT BAN ON JALLIKATTU,
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN MADURAI
·
Several supporters of Jallikattu were baton-charged
and taken into preventive custody on Saturday near here for allegedly trying to
defy a ban on the traditional bull taming sport associated with Pongal
festivities.
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Anticipating trouble, police in large number was
deployed in sensitive areas where the sport is generally held like Avaniapuram, Palamedu and Alanganallur, locations famous for Jallikattu in Madurai district.
·
Police baton-charged people protesting against the
ban on Jallikattu in Avaniapuram on Saturday. Thirty people have been detained.
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TATA SONS APPOINTS INSIDER NATARAJAN
CHANDRASEKARAN AS NEW CHAIRMAN
·
India's $100 billion salt-to-software Tata
conglomerate named veteran insider Natarajan Chandrasekaran as the new chairman
of its holding company on Thursday, looking to soothe investors after a
bruising public spat over the ouster of his predecessor.
·
Chandrasekaran, 53, currently chief executive of
IT outsourcing giant Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), India's most-valuable company with a market
capitalisation of $67 billion, will take over as Tata Sons executive chairman on Feb. 21,
according to a company statement.
RBI EMPLOYEES WRITE TO URJIT PATEL PROTESTING AGAINST
'MISMANAGEMENT' IN DEMONETISATION
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Feeling "humiliated" by events since
demonetisation, RBI employees on Friday wrote to Governor Urjit Patel
protesting against operational "mismanagement" in the exercise and
Government impinging its autonomy by appointing an official for currency
coordination.
·
In a letter, they said autonomy and image of RBI
has been "dented beyond repair" due to mismanagement and termed
appointment of a senior Finance Ministry official as a "blatant
encroachment" of its exclusive turf of currency management.
THAI FIGHTER JET CRASHES AT AIR SHOW;
PILOT KILLED
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A Thai air force pilot has died when his fighter
jet crashed at an air show during the country's Children's Day.
·
Amateur video footage shows the JAS
39 Gripen jet maneuvering over the Hat Yai air
base in southern Thailand when it suddenly lost altitude and crashed in a ball
of fire away from spectators.
·
The Ministry of Defense is investigating the cause
of the crash today.
INDIA, US HOLD EXTENSIVE TALKS TO PROTECT
OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
·
India and the US
have held extensive talks here to protect ocean ecosystems and promote
sustainable development through the 'blue economy',
one of the largest bilateral diplomatic engagements in the world specifically
focused on oceans.
·
The first-ever US-India Ocean Dialogue Preparatory
Meeting is part of a decision made during the first US-India Strategic and
Commercial Dialogue in 2015 to protect ocean ecosystems and promote sustainable
development through the 'blue economy', a release said.
OUR MOON WAS FORMED 4.51 BN YEARS AGO:
SCIENTISTS
·
The moon is at
least 4.51 billion years old -- or 40-140 million years older than previously
The moon's age has been a hotly debated topic, even though scientists have
tried to settle the question over many years and using a wide range of
scientific techniques.
"We have finally pinned down thought, says
new research based on an analysis of minerals from the moon called zircons.
These minerals were brought back to Earth by the
Apollo 14 mission in 1971 and have now been studied by researchers from University of
California-Los Angeles (UCLA).
a minimum age for the moon. It's time we knew
its age and now we do," The moon was formed by a violent, head-on
collision between the early Earth and a "planetary embryo" called Theia.
ISRAEL FIRED ROCKETS AT A MAJOR MILITARY
AIRBASE NEAR DAMASCUS: SYRIAN ARMY
·
Syrian army
command said on Friday that Israel fired rockets at a major military airbase
outside Damascus, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions of what it called a
"flagrant" attack. The explosions were heard in the capital, and
residents in the southwest suburbs saw a large plume of smoke rising from the
area, while video footage downloaded on social media showed flames leaping from
parts of Mezzah military airport's compound.
US VICE PRESIDENT SINGLES OUT PAKISTAN FOR
MAKING 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE' MOVES RISKING NUCLEAR WAR
·
US Vice
President Joe Biden has singled out Pakistan along with Russia and North Korea
and others for making "counterproductive" moves that only increased
the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a regional conflict. "Not
just North Korea, but Russia, Pakistan, and others have made counterproductive
moves that only increase the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a
regional conflict in Europe, South Asia, or East Asia," Biden said in his
remarks on nuclear security.
CHINA LIFTERS FACE ONE-YEAR BAN
·
China faces a one-year ban from international
weightlifting competitions after
three of its athletes were stripped of their 2008 Olympic gold medals on
Thursday following re-tests of samples from the Beijing Games.
·
The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) said it had disqualified weightlifting gold
medallists Cao Lei (75kg), Chen Xiexia (48 kg) and Liu Chunhong(69kg) from the Beijing Games after they tested positive for prohibited substances.
CLEANSED INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION
CLEARED
·
The Sports Ministry on Friday lifted the
suspension of recognition accorded to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
after the national sports body revoked its earlier decision to appoint former
chiefs Abhay Singh Chautala and Suresh Kalmadi as honorary life presidents.
·
The IOA's Annual General Meeting on December 27
last year had reportedly passed a resolution to honour the controversial duo
with the post of honorary life president. The move invited severe criticism
from various quarters with the government issuing show-cause notice before
suspending the deemed recognition of the national Olympic body.
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