HEADLINES
- Brahmos supersonic cruise missile test fired
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- India Uzbekistan oppose outside interference in Afganistan
- India and Uzbekistan shared the view that any outside interference in internal affairs of Afghanistan could prove to be counter-productive, in the backdrop of the proposed withdrawal of the U.S. forces by 2014.
- They signed an MoU for upgrading the Jawaharlal Nehru India –Uzbekistan Centre for Information Technology in Tashkent.
- UN award for Chandy's mass contact programme
- Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s mass contact programme has won the United Nations Public Service Award for the Asia-Pacific zone this year.
- Kerala Chief Minister’s programme was adjudged the best initiative promoting transparency, accountability and responsiveness of democratic governance
- Green tribunal sounds alert over damage to dadri wetlands
- The National Green Tribunal issued notices to the Union Environment Ministry and others for failing to take steps to protect the Dadri wetlands in the National Capital Region.
- The wetlands are the only area within a 200-km radius of the Capital where blackbucks exist in their natural habitat along with nilgais, and is home to more than 200 species of rare and migratory birds.
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- New zimbabwe constitution signed in to law
- Mr. Mugabe (89), who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, signed the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved by Zimbabweans at a referendum.
- Presidents will now be limited to two five-year terms and the post of Prime Minister will be scrapped when a new government is voted in.
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