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New all-time low
Rupee slumps to record low of 60; sensex tanks over 423 points

The rupee today plunged by 130 paise to hit life-time low of 59.935 against the US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange on strong demand for the US currency from banks and importers.

Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi turn friends to foes

Once thick friends and now rivals, the end of the Janata Dal United ties with the BJP has also changed their personal equations. Shekhar Iyer reports.
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North India

Alambagh remains powerless for over 10 hours

Around 10 lakh residents of Almabagh and its adjacent areas, including Singar Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Tehripulia, Adarsh Nagar and Sujanpura remained without power from 3.30 pm till late yesterday evening after a 33 KV line tripped.

Five run over by Rajdhani Express in Etawah

Five persons were killed and another was injured when they jumped out of a moving train after its axle caught fire and were run over by Rajdhani Express coming from the opposite direction in Jaswantnagar area of Etawah on Tuesday night.
West

Now, even cops, govt officials push Borivli school for admissions

The Christian minority school in Borivli (West) is being pressurised to admit students by not just a local Shiv Sena leader, but also by the police and Mantralaya officials.

HC rejects PIL filed after completion of building

The Bombay high court on Tuesday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the demolition of a multi-storied building in Andheri (W) which has been constructed on a designated road shown in the sanctioned Development Plan (DP).

Thane College will not enroll students

Several complaints and RTI queries later, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has told the Directorate of Technical Education to enlist KC College of Engineering and Management Studies and Research in Thane in the ‘ no admission’ category for 2013-14.
East

Delay in counselling worries medical aspirants

Though the results for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) were already declared on June 5, the delay in the pre-admission counselling is making medical aspirants nervous.

Congress releases it's election manifesto

Charge: Left Front alleges torture of backward class candidates

Official in Kolkata today for clarity on central forces

I have already instructed the home secretary to give the forces: Sushil kumar Shinde, Union Home Minister
South

in focus
Solar glare on Chandy

It has all the ingredients of a Bollywood potboiler — dubious deals, sex, murder and villains with political connections. And it has embroiled Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy’s aides, Ramesh Babu reports.
North East

Assam’s damage-control bid: HIV-infected to get Rs. 5 lakh

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today announced Rs. 5 lakh each for the patients who tested HIV-positive after receiving blood from a state-run hospital. He also said the government would bear the medical expenses for the treatment of the victims.
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Focus India

Indians account for 22% of Britain’s ultra-rich club

The list, published by the Singapore-based Wealth-X group, places steel magnate and ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal at second place with a fortune of $15.8 billion. Dipankar De Sarkar reports. Desi net worth
Europe

You clap, so I clap: Peer pressure drives applause

If you have just seen a play that you privately think is drivel, will you keep silent when everyone around you demands an encore?

Obama proposes nuclear weapons cuts

President Barack Obama said Russian and US nuclear weapons should be slashed by up to a third in a keynote speech in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate in which he called for a world of "peace and justice".

IMF downgrades Russian economy outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast of Russian GDP growth in 2013 from 3.4 percent to 2.5 percent, head of the IMF mission said.
Rest Of Asia

Taliban office not for 'Islamic Emirate': Qatar

The Taliban office opened in Doha to facilitate peace talks does not carry the name of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," as it appeared earlier, Qatar said today.

Ethnic Indian Hindu children converted in Malaysia

Two minor ethnic Indian Hindu children in Malaysia have been converted to Islam without their mother's consent, triggering protests from the country's Bar Council which called unilateral conversion as illegal.
America

SC agrees to hear PIL on US Internet surveillance

The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India and seeking to initiate action against Internet companies for allowing the agency to access the information.

Print artificial bones on 3D printer

Researchers have developed a method, which helps them to print physical samples of artificial bones in just a few hours.

Colombian poet wants to sell testicles for $20K to travel Europe

A Colombian poet is selling his testicles to pay for his upcoming European tour.

US to hold direct talks with Taliban

In addition to relinquishing lead responsibility for security, the US said Tuesday it will be holding direct talks with the Taliban in support of the Afghan reconciliation process, Yashwant Raj reports.

US-Taliban peace talks to be held on Thursday in Doha: officials

Afghanistan peace talks between representatives of the United States and the Taliban will take place on Thursday in Doha, a senior US official said today.
Africa

know now
Titanium insect replica to help study bugs

The CSIRO research would soon enable them to handle and examine bugs in large scale detail

Somali Islamist rebels attack UN base, 22 dead

Somalia's al Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations compound in Mogadishu today, leaving nine people dead in the most serious attack on the UN in the troubled country in recent years.
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