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Sibal, central advisory body chalk out education agenda
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), at the 56th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), chalked out an extensive agenda for education in the country, based on the principles of expansion, inclusion and excellence.

Karnataka second in average internet speed: Akamai
With an average internet connection speed of 1,100 Kbps for the second quarter of 2009, Karnataka has been ranked second in a study of the top 10 Indian states for their average connection speeds. The state has recorded a 32 per cent increase in the average connection speed over last year.

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Anurag Viswanath: China unrepentant at Google's googly
Swimming in the Yangtze is not easy, or so web-giant Google is discovering. Bitten by the censorship shark, Google is threatening to withdraw from China over orchestrated cyber-attacks targeting e-mail accounts of human rights activists and dissidents, users of google.cn and systematic hacking of valuable corporate secrets of major financial, defence and technology companies based in the United States from its computer systems. Google discussed and aligned with the US government before making this dramatic announcement. The US government has made a formal protest to Beijing.
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India contributing more than 8,000 troops to UN

India has contributed 8,607 troops, police and military observers to nine UN Peacekeeping operations this year and has suffered 131 casualties, government today said. - British Council to outsource jobs to India; govt staff oppose - Hindustan Unilever down second day in a row - IMF begins borrowing from Japan, other countries - PNB Q1 net rises 62% to Rs 832 cr - Over 100 jobs at British Council to be outsourced to India - US, China oppose a nuclear Iran: Clinton Giving the information in the Lok Sabha in response to a written question, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said India is the third largest such contributor. He said upto 30 June 2009, India suffered 131 casualties in the UN Peacekeeping operations. The minister said in accordance with UN General Assembly resolution 52/177 dated 20 January, 1998, the United Nations pays compensation in case of death and disability during peacekeeping operations.


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