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Happening around the world 28 01 2014 Egypt’s top military council approves Sisi running for president Egypt’s top military council has given the army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a green light to run for president, Reuters reported, citing a security source. “The top army officials all endorsed Sisi running for the presidency,” according to the source. Sisi could announce his candidacy within days. Extremists kill 52 in northeast Nigeria attack – officials Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives to attack a village in Nigeria’s northeast, killing 52 people and destroying more than 300 homes, AP said, citing security officials. The attackers reportedly planted several explosives at a market near Kawuri village on Sunday. Witnesses say there were more than 50 attackers. Officials blame the Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram, which has killed thousands over four years in Nigeria’s northeast.  Since May, Northeast Nigeria has been under a mi...

Macklemore, Ryan Lewis win 2014 Best New Artist Grammy 27 01 2014     Updated on : 27-01-2014 12:47 PM Rapper duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took home the first of the major awards at the 56th Grammys beating the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Kanye West and Drake.  Macklemore, 30, and Lewis, 25, both from Seattle, won best new artist, following their phenomenal success with hits like ‘Same Love’, ‘Can’t Hold Us’ and ‘Thrift Shop’ on Sunday night at LA’s Staples Center. They also bagged awards for best rap album, best rap performance and best rap song for ‘Thrift Shop’.  “Wow, we’re here on the stage right now. I want to say we made this album without a record label, we made it independently and we appreciate all the support,” Macklemore said after receiving the awards.  They have been nominated for seven honours in total, including album of the year for ‘The Heist’. Grammys 2014 kicked off with a scintillating per...

ECBs stand at US$ 4.56 bn during Dec 2013 27 01 2014       Indian firms have raised US$ 4.56 bn through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) in the month of Dec 2013 and US$ 2.18 bn during Nov 2013 by automatic and approval route. The borrowings stood at US$ 4.56 bn in Dec 2013 as compared to US$ 1.14 bn in Dec 2012.   External commercial borrowings (ECBs) since April 2011                                                                                             ...

AAP call DCW an associate of Congress DCW appears to be clearly working on a political agenda under its current chairperson. Her public statements make it clear that she is speaking the language of her political masters, which is not in keeping with the dignified post she holds. The Aam Aadmi Party takes strong exceptions to her utterances and demands that the Delhi government should look into the state of affairs of the commission. The attempts to browbeat the lawyers representing the Malviya Nagar MLA and Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti by the commission chairperson are condemnable. Mr Bharti through his lawyers wanted to inform the DCW that he will appear before the commission at a later date. This was done by Mr Bharti despite the fact that the summons by the DCW were sent to him on wrong addresses, but showing full respect for the commission he decided to be represented before it. The attempts by the DCW chairperson, who is a former MLA of the Congress p...

International News snap shots Posted on January 25, 2014 by sagarmedia Standard Google service outage takes down Gmail for an hour A service outage hit Google Friday, taking down widely-used Internet email service Gmail. Google first acknowledged the outage at 14:12 EST, saying it restored some service about an hour later. “We’re investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly,” the company said on its service-monitoring “App Status” dashboard online. It is unknown what caused the outage, which affected users in at least Britain, India and the United States. Google did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Six terrorist shot dead by police in China Six people died in three explosions during a “terrorist” attack while the six assailants were shot dead by police on Friday in the far west region of Xinjiang, China, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The assailants threw ex...