This week noticed a lot of things happening across the globe. On one hand there is a increasing gap between the rich and the poor, the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting more poor. We need to see that there should be uniformity in wealth distribution for the nation to prosper. Current moves by the Government might help in reducing the same. Lets see the other highlights.
SUPREME COURT ALLOWS WOMAN IN HER 24TH WEEK OF
PREGNANCY TO ABORT FOETUS CITING DANGER TO HER LIFE
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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Mumbai-based
woman, who is in her 24th week of pregnancy, to undergo termination of the
foetus as it does not have a skull.
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A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao
allowed the 22-year-old woman to terminate her pregnancy while taking into
consideration the report of medical board of King Edward Memorial hospital in
Mumbai which suggested that the foetus would not be able to survive without the
skull.
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PETROL PRICE
HIKED BY 42 PAISE, DIESEL BY RS 1.03
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Following
the recent spurt in oil prices to well over $50 a barrel, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC)
hiked prices of petrol by 42 paise a litre, and of diesel by Rs 1.03, both in
Delhi and effective from Monday, with corresponding increases in other states.
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Petrol
per litre now costs Rs 71.14 in Delhi, Rs 73.66 in Kolkata, Rs 77.96 in Mumbai
and Rs 70.61 in Chennai.
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Similarly,
the new diesel price is Rs 59.02 in Delhi, Rs 61.27 in Kolkata, Rs 64.89 in
Mumbai and Rs 60.73 in Chennai.
THOUSANDS
PROTEST JALLIKATTU BAN IN MADURAI
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Thousands of people on Monday took to the streets
in Madurai's Alanganallur town in Tamil Nadu protesting a ban against
Jallikattu, the ancient and popular bull-taming sport.
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The protestors including men and women, have
assembled in the town well known for conducting Jallikattu.
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A large contingent of police personnel have been
deployed at the venue to prevent any untoward incidents.In Jallikattu, a bull
vaulter is expected to hang on to the bull's hump for a stipulated distance or
hold on to the hump for a minimum of three jumps made by the bull.
'PILOT
ERROR' REASON BEHIND THE KYRGYZSTAN CARGO PLANE CRASH
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the crash of a turkish cargo plane in kyrgyzstan
that claimed at least 37 lives on monday was caused by "pilot error,"
authorities in the central Asian country said.
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the turkish boeing 747 crashed just outside the manas airport, south of the capital bishkek, on monday
morning killing people in the residential area adjacent to the airport as well
as those on the plane. Images from the scene showed the nose of the plane stuck
inside a brick house.
YOUGUANG,
WHO SIMPLIFIED CHINESE SCRIPT, DEAD
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Zhou
Youguang, who simplified the Chinese language by introducing Pinyin, died in
Beijing on Saturday. He was 112. Pinyin is the Romanised form of Mandarin
characters one of the most complicated languages of the world which makes it
much easier to learn the ancient language, especially for foreigners. Chinese
is the world's most spoken language, thanks to China's booming population and
it’s Diaspora.
SOUTH KOREAN
PROSECUTOR REQUESTS FOR ARREST WARRANT FOR SAMSUNG HEIR IN CORRUPTION PROBE
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South Korean prosecutors on Monday requested an
arrest warrant for Lee
Jae-Samsung Group's de facto leader, on charges of bribery in connection with
an influence-peddling scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment.Lee, vice
chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., was questioned by an independent counsel
team as a bribery suspect on January 12, Yonhap
News Agency reported.
FOREIGN
REGISTERED CARS IN SINGAPORE WILL HAVE TO PAY TAX
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Singapore's Land
Transport Authority(LTA) announced on Monday that all foreign-registered cars
will have to pay a Reciprocal Road Charge (RRC).
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The cars would be levied $4.48 per-entry when
they enter Singapore via the Tuas or Woodlands
Checkpoint, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The new rule which took effect from January 15,
was to match Malaysia's road
charge implemented in November 2016.
ACCORDING TO
ANALYSIS BY OXFAM 8 MEN OWNS AS MUCH WEALTH AS 3.6 BILLION PEOPLE
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The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half
of the global population is starker than previously thought, with just eight men,
from Bill Gates to Michael Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6
billion people, according to an analysis by Oxfam released Monday.
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Presenting its findings on the dawn of the annual
gathering of the global political and business elites in the Swiss ski resort
of Davos, anti-poverty organization Oxfam says the gap between the very rich
and poor is far greater than just a year ago. It's urging leaders to do more
than pay lip-service to the problem.
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THREE
MALAYSIAN MILITANTS KILLED IN SYRIAN AIRSTRIKE
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Three Malaysian militants from the Islamic State
(IS) terror group were killed during an airstrike in Raqqa in Syria, a media
report said Monday.
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Zainuri Kamaruddin, Ahmad Asyraf Arbee Ahmad
Jamal Arbee and Sazrizal Mohd Sofian Tahyalan were killed on Friday, The
Malaysian Star daily reported.
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The latest deaths take to 30 the total number of
Malaysian militants killed in Iraq and Syria
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