Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Kapil Sibal, India’s Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) held a meeting Monday to present his reform plans for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) sector by increasing the entrance percentage to 80% and above in the class XII (final year) board exams. A three-member committee was set up to review […]
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 The prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, told a news conference earlier today that there will be a ten-month stop in the construction of new settlement housing in the West Bank. The Israeli cabinet approved the move by a margin of eleven to one. “We have been told by our friends
Israel announces 10 month halt to settlement construction in West Bank
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 In early May, Wikinews extended an invitation to Vitaly Filipchenko, an independent candidate in the 2021 New York City mayoral election, set to take place November 2nd, alongside other candidates. Filipchenko answered some questions about his policies and campaign during a phone interview. Filipchenko, registered on the New York City Campaign
Wikinews interviews candidate for New York City mayor Vitaly Filipchenko
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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Satire site Uncyclopedia, a parody of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has been labeled by the Malaysian government as dangerous. The Internal Security Department of Malaysia issued the warning today,
Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 The mystery of the location of a viewpoint used by English painter John Constable has been solved, after nearly 200 years. The Stour Valley and Dedham Church was painted in Suffolk, England, between 1814 and 1815, but changes to the landscape meant that the spot he chose was not known, despite
John Constable painting location mystery solved after 195 years
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Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York,
Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 The Stockline Plastics operators in Glasgow, ICL Plastics and ICL Tech, have been fined £400,000, for the explosion which ripped through the firm’s Glasgow plant. Nine were killed in the incident, which happened on 11 May 2004. It happened as gas from a corroded pipe installed in 1969 ignited in the
Glasgow factory firm lands fine of £400,000
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Thursday, October 25, 2007 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a comprehensive report on the current state of the global environment. Climate change, food and water shortage and a decline in biodiversity threaten humanity’s survival, so urgent action is necessary, the report warns. UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook: environment for development (GEO-4) report involved
UN report: climate change and food shortage major problems for Earth’s future
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More On This Topic: Cyber Security Services Sydney Submitted by: Jim Matthews We will deliberate regarding one of the most successful anti-spyware solutions being implemented by most IT experts, but the name of this software will be given at the end to talk about the good features of this solution. The software is designed to