1. Addressing a function to mark the 8th MNREGA Diwas in New Delhi today, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh said, it has benefited over 8 crore people, nearly half of them, 47 per cent being women empowering them to have a greater say in the financial decisions of their families.
2. The 27th Surajkund crafts mela in Fraidabad district of Haryana has been inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee.
3. The Union Cabinet has recommended to the President to issue an ordinance to deal with crime against women effectively. The Cabinet approved the Ordinance yesterday providing for trial for death penalty if the rape victim dies and imprisonment upto 20 years for rape.
4. Twitter has become the latest high profile website to fall victims to hackers. The company said the passwords of about a quarter of a million users had been stolen.
5. Veteran Congress leader and former Puducherry Chief Minister P.Shanmugam has died at his residence in Karaikal today.
6. Japan''s PM has vowed to defend disputed remote islands from threats by China after a series of confrontations that have raised the risk of an armed clash.
7. French President Francois Hollande has visited the Malian town of Timbuktu, a jubilant trip days after his nation's forces freed the fabled city from the iron grip of Islamist militants.
8. India has been accused of “failure” to curb incidents of sexual violence against women and for “restrictions” on right to free speech by global rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), which said the country continues to have “significant human rights problems.”
9. The French National Assembly has approved the most important article of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
10. US President Barack Obama, presented the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation to eminent Indian American Rangaswamy Srinivasan for his groundbreaking work with laser.
2. The 27th Surajkund crafts mela in Fraidabad district of Haryana has been inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee.
3. The Union Cabinet has recommended to the President to issue an ordinance to deal with crime against women effectively. The Cabinet approved the Ordinance yesterday providing for trial for death penalty if the rape victim dies and imprisonment upto 20 years for rape.
4. Twitter has become the latest high profile website to fall victims to hackers. The company said the passwords of about a quarter of a million users had been stolen.
5. Veteran Congress leader and former Puducherry Chief Minister P.Shanmugam has died at his residence in Karaikal today.
6. Japan''s PM has vowed to defend disputed remote islands from threats by China after a series of confrontations that have raised the risk of an armed clash.
7. French President Francois Hollande has visited the Malian town of Timbuktu, a jubilant trip days after his nation's forces freed the fabled city from the iron grip of Islamist militants.
8. India has been accused of “failure” to curb incidents of sexual violence against women and for “restrictions” on right to free speech by global rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), which said the country continues to have “significant human rights problems.”
9. The French National Assembly has approved the most important article of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
10. US President Barack Obama, presented the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation to eminent Indian American Rangaswamy Srinivasan for his groundbreaking work with laser.
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