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Amber Alert issued for 7-year-old Tulsa girl
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 7 year old girl Hafza Hailey, who is considered to be in serious danger. Tulsa Police Officer Jeanne MacKenzie says the 7-year-old girl, Hafsa Hayle, helped her 9-year-old sister escape, and the 9-year-old ran to a nearby house for help. [Full Article...]
Online admission process begins at du
Students are required to fill the online forms. Out of all the colleges affiliated to Delhi University , only St. Stephen's College and Jesus and Mary College have different admission dates and process. Students can clear all their doubts by attending the "Open Days". While for postgraduate and MPhil/PhD courses the application invitations will begin from 18 May and 20 May respectively. [Full Article...]
New Wind Solar Hybrid Policy announced
The move represents a quantum leap in building standards at a national level. "You can bet every other of the 49 states will be watching closely to see what happens", he said. "That's just going to drive the cost up and make California, once again, not affordable to live", Assemblyman Brian Dahle, the chamber's GOP leader, said Tuesday. [Full Article...]
United Nations calls for independent probe into Gaza killings
She called on the world to join forces in fighting Israel as the United Nations (UN) itself had failed. The march was also addressed by the coordinators of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, as well as the National Coalition for Palestine. [Full Article...]
Iran foreign minister scrambles to China and Russian Federation to save nuclear deal
The US will re-impose sanctions on Iran and firms dealing with it could be hit, angering signatories like France. European firms, especially those from France and Germany, rushed to invest in Iran following the 2015 agreement, under which Tehran agreed to freeze its nuclear programme in return for the repeal of punishing worldwide sanctions. [Full Article...]
One more Maoist killed; 7 gunned down in 24 hours
After getting intelligence input about the presence of Maoists in the Sudulgumpha forest, a team of security personnel launched a combing operation and killed two members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the anti-Maoist operation. [Full Article...]
Trump support brings ZTE a step closer to resuming normal operations
Too many jobs in China lost. The company shut its main operations after the Commerce Department last month banned US companies from selling components to ZTE for seven years for violating the terms of a settlement deal for illegally shipping goods made with USA parts to Iran and North Korea. [Full Article...]
Uddhav Thackeray urges BJP to fight polls with ballot papers, not EVMs
Senior Sena leader and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Anil Desai said that while election trends suggest that the BJPhas an edge over the others in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Karnataka can not be compared as "the two states have different political and social factors". [Full Article...]