01/12/14 Monday 

India needs to take a firm stand on climate issue
More girls go ‘missing’; sex ratio declines
It has been 30 years, Bhopal gas victims can’t wait any longer: Amnesty
Sewage-powered bus gets green signal in UK
Afghanistan unhappy with India over delay in arms supply
Sharif inaugurates China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project
Swiss reject plan to hoard gold
Development as a people’s movement
An imaginative deal
Accountability and autonomy
Brazil’s Javari valley threatened by Peruvian oil, warn tribes
Fall in oil prices marks a power shift
Kisan Vikas Patra: a re-launch with very few justifications
World s oldest computer is even older thought
UP to have country’s first highway patrol force
India plans to transform Buddhist sites
Sindhu clinches Macau GP series title again

30/11/13 Sunday 

Centre plans package for Andhra Pradesh
‘India will engage all countries on climate change’
‘Security situation in N-E fragile’
Earth’s most abundant mineral gets name
Devil is in the detail for climate change deal
16,000-plus infected with Ebola
Basking under solar power
currency and some questions
FSLRC recommendations will be implemented soon, says Jaitley
Quick Heal solution for safe online banking
Bingtao youngest ever world champion
Long fight for dignity
Questioning governance

29/11/14 Saturday 

GDP growth disappoints
Computerised Pilot Selection System dedicated to the nation
Success at WTO without any compromise: Nirmala
Forest Owlet spotted in central India
Gateway to memory in brain found
Parliament clears Bill to amend Labour laws
GDP rises 5.5% in first half of fiscal
Namibia goes to polls with EVMs made in India
BSE market capitalisation crosses Rs. 100 lakh crore
RBI issues final norms for uniform payment collection system
Govt plans to cut stake in PSBs to 52 per cent
Coral Triangle could be last bastion for planet’s reefs
Discouraging cigarette sales
The fading SAARC initiative
Japan’s washi paper in Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste disposal still awaited

28/11/14 Friday 

Govt. nod for panel on housing societies, Wakf lands
e-visa for citizens of 43 nations
ASI digging Chandayan site for Harappan link
No dilution of MNREGA scheme: Govt.
Jaitley hints at changes in laws to bring back black money
Historian Raychaudhuri passes away
China looks to deepen ties with SAARC through New Silk Road
High stakes for China in winning Delhi-Chennai bullet-train deal
SAARC plans to form economic federation
Scientists closing in on Ebola vaccine
Bad enactment, no enforcement
An economic case for curbs on carbon growth
Racism and law enforcement
Floor capital for small finance, payments banks set at Rs. 100 cr
TRAI recommends over 15 % rise in CDMA spectrum reserve price
Bengal villages to get arsenic-free water
Rickshaw research reveals extreme Delhi pollution
Differently-abled children ten times less likely to be in school: Study
Tumblr is fastest growing social platform
Saving the Sunderbans
Restriction on RTE quota in private schools draws flak

27/11/14 Thursday

Social sector funds slashed
Bill passed for CBI chief’s appointment
Australia offers assistance for cleaning up the Ganga
PM wanted infrastructure funding protected
Parliament passes Apprentices Bill
Envisioning a new Afghanistan
The demographic challenge
The new Iron Curtain of Europe
United Nations moves to strengthen digital privacy
OPEC meeting keeps world on the edge
WGC, IIM-A set up gold policy centre
SBI MF to launch Islamic fund
Exim Bank issues Samurai bonds
Google Android One initiative hits roadblock
Novel way to produce safer drinking water
Robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice
Blu-ray discs boost solar cell efficiency
New class of potent antimalarial drugs found
Link Saarc students through e-libraries
IIT-Madras to be part of experiment at CERN
Deeper cooperation in space technology
Adverse weather stunts growth: study
3D printer creates first object in space

26/11/14 Wednesday

Government pilots industry-friendly Bill
‘Japan-Plus cell’ for quick online clearances: Naidu
RS passes Bill amending labour Laws
U.S. raises protection to firms in India, IPR issues
China hopes to start new round of border talks soon
China to study feasibility of Delhi-Chennai bullet train
Pak. blocks SAARC pacts citing insufficient time
SC for ‘incentives’ to save girl child
Kathak queen Sitara Devi passes away
Strive for consensus on new Constitution: Modi
Rs. 800-crore plan to save flamingo habitat
Bhopal gas tragedy victims move U.S. federal court
Antarctic ice thicker than previously thought: study
Public health, private tragedy
Palm oil farming poses threat to apes

25/11/14 Tuesday 

With no CIC, RTI appeals spiral
Mullaperiyar dam is strong and safe: SC panel
Global groups sign pact to end open defecation in India
India must ‘play-to-win’ to ensure GDP growth: PwC
Indo-U.S. Trade Policy Forum revived
Many pacts to be signed today
India, Pak. vie to host merged SAARC centre
NSA Doval is Special Representative for China talks
Opposition finds no common ground on Insurance Bill
Iran: extension by 6 months
Myanmar’s energy conundrum
A case for SAARC reforms
Protecting biodiversity with rigour
Climate realities
For peace in the Garo Hills
‘End targeted approach to family planning’
Road map for ‘a $10 trillion economy’
Commonwealth Science meet today
Microfinance industry lending jumps 61 %

24/11/14 Monday 

Canada province offers uranium
Land pooling may take two years: KEK
Telangana to enact law on women’s safety
Further expansion of FM radio likely: Jaitley
Afghan-U.S. bilateral pact approved
Govt. willing to walk the extra mile: Venkaiah
Putin not to stay President ‘forever’
Strengthening care of the newborn
Rebuilding a regional architecture
Afghan parliament approves US, NATO agreements
Care, cradle and cause: NGO fights female infanticide
168 million kids engaged in child labour
Tanzania denies Maasai eviction plans
Tunisia votes in landmark presidential election
N.Korea warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ over rights ruling

The Hindu 23/11/14 Sunday

National Biodiversity Museum to come up in Hyderabad
 Make-in-India push for Army artillery
New clue to puzzle in mysterious Langley sculpture
‘More fresh water needed to save Sunderbans ecosystem’
Karzai hopes India will deliver on military aid
Parrikar clears expanded IACCS for Air Force
INS Vikrant fades into history
End culture of impunity: Hamid Ansari
Nehru favoured state control over resources: Irfan Habib
Now, e-cigarettes can harm your computer
Iran nuclear talks enter final weekend
Uniform civil code: will it work in India?
Complete recovery is an option in mental illness care strategies
Three-pronged strategy in place to tackle ponzi schemes: Sinha
Holcim-Lafarge merger may hurt competition: CCI
Pandemics in the age of panic
 

22/11/14 Saturday 

Obama to be chief guest at 2015 Republic Day
3-million-year-old canyon discovered under the Brahmaputra in Tibet
17 months on, political parties ignore RTI ruling
Akash missiles prove themselves in series of tests
Anganwadi workers protest dilution of ICDS
SC approves new wildlife board
Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system introduced
Mangalyaan on Time’s list
In Nepal, maintaining the momentum
Crime in the name of honour
Unprecedented indictment
SEBI bans Transgene for diverting GDR proceeds
Mangalyaan among best inventions of 2014
Madhya Pradesh plans world's first white tiger safari
Iconic Nairobi national park under threat

The Hindu 21/11/14 Friday 

Juvenile law too liberal: SC
India-Pak rift will not overshadow SAARC
FM to banks: lend more
Area under cultivation expected to grow
Confederation of Indian Industry comes up with initiative for industry-institute connect
Alexander Grothendieck: a visionary who did pioneering work in algebraic geometry
‘Reports that China-Bhutan ties worries India are nonsense’
Asia-Pacific declaration ignores sexual rights of women
Akash missiles tested against two flying targets
Cabinet clears 3 key pacts for SAARC meet
Obama to bypass Congress on immigration
CO {-2} emissions must be nil by 2070 to prevent disaster: U.N.
Not discussing Iran deadline extension: Kerry
$9.3 billion climate funding pledged
Pakistan, Russia sign defence pact
Anti-surveillance tool released
‘30% of world population obese’
Missing links in universal health care
Japanese blueprint envisions life in an ocean colony
Indian e-commerce sector to hit $15 b by 2016
First merger since global meltdown
Small volcanic eruptions slow down global warming
No toilet, no bride: manual scavengers
UN peacekeepers facing 'complex challenges'

The Hindu 20/11/14 Thursday 

Govt to amend Lokpal selection process
ISRO to rope in industry
Coal block e-auctions in February
ISRO wins Indira Gandhi Prize
Two new subatomic particles discovered
CMs asked to ratify Judicial Commission Bill
China, Russia step up defence ties
Wildlife devastated in South Sudan war: conservationists
Counting caste in the census
The moral issue of climate change
SEBI tightens insider trading norms
Indian economy showing signs of a turnaround: OECD
IBM introduces new e-mail service Verse
Internet user base to cross 300 million
Did volcanoes trigger water flow on ancient Mars?
Breaking the taboo
Bird flu is back
IOC opens door to joint bids and new sports events
First smartship begins its voyage
Internet user base to cross 300 million
India tight-lipped on the issue of hydrofluorocarbons
Flash memory breaches nanoscales
Figuring out spillover of a bat-borne virus
New approach needed to save coral reefs
Asteroid Vesta has a history of big impacts

The Hindu 19/11/14 Wednesday 

China not to block Japan building border roads
Western Ghats face major conservation concerns: IUCN
First zero-gravity 3D printer installed
India replaces caste with “social origin” in draft text
Kisan Vikas Patra re-launched
Philae finds traces of organic molecules on comet
India, Australia seek early closure of n-deal
Indian-American wins peace prize
Iran, West begin historic nuclear talks
False promise of nuclear power
Countering another string of pearls
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon ‘surges 450 per cent’
New clarity to ties with Australia
Shell India wins multi-million dollar tax dispute
Madhya Pradesh says ‘no’ to GM seed field trial
44 p.c. of rescued bonded labourers are from North India
Coastal security exercise under way off State’s coast
‘Operation Oliver’ begins in Odisha
Modern slavery affects 35.8 million people: report
India's top 10 bird habitats in danger
Phailin’s devastates Chilika ecosystem
China’s Mars mission around 2020
India has world’s largest youth population: UN report

The Hindu 18/11/14 Tuesday 

India brimming with youth
India, China armies begin exercise in counter-terror
Talks to focus on steps to boost India-Australia trade
PIO, OCI merger before January 7: Modi
IAF tests Akash missile
Rate cut by Reserve Bank will be a good fillip to economy: Jaitley
Japan slides into recession
Kisan Vikas Patra to be re-launched today
MRLs have larger impact on tea trade, feels FAO

The Hindu 17/11/14 Monday 

Raghuram Rajan on shortlist for BRICS bank chief post
3 lakh poor families may be denied FSCs
AYUSH university likely to come up in Shimoga next year
India-EU civil nuclear deal likely in a year
G20 endorses India’s stance
Global warming hiatus over: study
Gulf stability and the oil supply scenario
Caught in a pincer
‘Solar will become the cheapest option to generate electricity’
Tracking recovery through industrial output data
Indian IT services sector to grow at steady pace
U.S. to build world's fastest supercomputers Comet probe sends back science treasure in final hours
Mudhol is star of country’s first-ever exhibition of Indian breeds

The Hindu 16/11/14 Sunday 

Sri Lanka undermining Indian interests by favouring China: TNA
Poisonous chemical found in medicines
Modi says reforms must be people-centric
India’s first nesting site of white-bellied heron found
India admits to gender inequalities in Beijing plus 20 review
India to take ideas from Barcelona
$3-billion boost for U.N. climate fund
Comet probe sends last-gasp data
Growth tops agenda
U.S. shifting focus toward Asia, says Obama
The risks that diabetes poses for the eyes — and what to do about it
Unfair trials

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