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Mr. Barack Obama also said that satisfaction from helping somebody exceeds everything else. He said, it inspires to do more and helps get through challenges and difficulties.
In Rajasthan, 27 people have died because of Swine flu in the past 27 days. The health department has taken various measures including proper screening and timely collection of samples and has set up control rooms and rapid response teams at the government hospitals and primary health centers.
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Military spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa claimed that in precise aerial strikes, 53 terrorists including some foreigners were killed. The military said in a second airstrike 23 more militants were killed in the area.
The Army has intensified the offensive after Taliban gunmen massacred about 150 people, mostly children in Peshawar in December last year.
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In men's singles, world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic will take on eighth seed Canadian Milos Ranoic and defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka will be taking on Japan's Kei Nishikori for the final four position. Yesterday, Czech's Tomas Berdych and Briton Andy Murray had secured the other semifinal spot.
In the women's singles event yesterday, Russians, Maria Sharapova and Ekaterina Makarova progressed to the semi-finals. Today, top seed Serena Williams will be taking on Dominika Ciblukova from Slovakia for the semifinal position. In a quarterfinals match played today, Venus Williams of US was defeated by her compatriot Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 4-6.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi expresses concern over the skewed sex ratio in the country; Urges people to save girl child and educate her.
- Supreme Court refuses to interfere in the Coal Block auction process.
- Around 70 fresh cases of Swine flu registered in Delhi, Haryana and around Telangana.
- In Pakistan, at least 76 militants killed in two separate air-strikes by forces in the northwest tribal region.
- In Australian Open Tennis, Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams to play for a semi final spot.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly addressed the nation last night along with United States President Barack Obama, in the programme 'Man Ki Baat' on All India Radio, and he expressed concern over the skewed sex ratio in the country.
In his address, the Prime Minister asked the people of the country to save the girl child and educate her, while taking it as a social and cultural duty and also as a human responsibility.
हमारे देश में भी कई जगहों पर जब हमे कई लोगों से मिलना होता है तो परिवार में उनको कोईबेटा नहीं होता है सिर्फ बेटियां होती हैं और इतने गौरव से बेटियों को बड़ी करती हैं इतना गौरवदेते हैं वो ही सबसे बडी प्रेरणा है। मैं समझता हूं कि यह प्रेरणा ही हमारी ताकत है कि बेटीबचाना, बेटी पढ़ाना यह हमारा सामाजिक कर्तव्य है, सांस्कृतिक कर्तव्य है, मानवीयजिम्मेवारी है इसको हमे निभाना चाहिए।
Mr Modi also praised the way Mr. Obama is raising his two daughters and said that it is a source of inspiration.
In his reply to this, Barack Obama said, his daughters wanted to come to India but could not leave school. He said, they are fascinated by the culture and history of India and are deeply moved by India's Independence movement and the role of Mahatma Gandhi.
On a question, the Prime Minister said, he had never dreamt of reaching the top level, but always aspired to serve the nation. Mr Modi asked the people not to dream of becoming something, but instead dream of doing something. He said, at the end it is the work which gives satisfaction and inspiration.
मैं बहुत लम्बे अरसे से सबको ये कहता आया हूं कि कुछ भी बनने के सपने कभी मत देखो।अगर सपने देखने है तो कुछ करने के देखो। जब कुछ करते है तो संतोष भी मिलता है और नयाकरने की प्रेरणा भी मिलती है। मैंने जीवन में कभी कुछ भी बनने का सपना देखा नहीं था आजभी कुछ बनने के सपने दिमाग में है ही नहीं लेकिन कुछ करने के जरूर हैं और भारत माता कीसेवा करना सवा सौ करोड देशवासियों की सेवा करना इससे बड़ा सपना क्या हो सकता है।
Mr. Barack Obama also said that satisfaction from helping somebody exceeds everything else. He said, it inspires to do more and helps get through challenges and difficulties.
"That is what usually makes me inspired to do more and helps get through the challenges and difficulties we all have because obviously we are not the only people with bad days at work. I think everybody knows what it is like to have a bad day at work, except that you keep on working through it. Eventually you make a difference."
Mr. Obama said that the youths are the global citizen and they are exposed to the world in ways that the people of the previous generations can hardly imagine. Echoing similar views, Mr Narendra Modi said, youth has the power to unite the world.
Yesterday's joint address is a sequel of the jointly written op-ed piece in 'Washington Post' when Prime Minister had visited the United States to attend the General Assembly Session in September, last year.
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The content of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio programme 'Man ki Baat' with US President Barack Obama will soon be available in an E-Book format. This was disclosed by Information and Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka. Mr Julka said, an e-book will soon be brought out as desired by the Prime Minister. All India Radio records and broadcasts, Prime Minister's 'Man Ki Baat' programme, and shares its feed with Doordarshan and other private radio and television channels.
In yesterday's 'Man ki Baat' programme broadcast, Mr. Modi mooted the idea of an E-Book saying there should be an e-book made of his talk with US President Mr. Barack Obama.
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Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the coal blocks’ auction process and allowed the government to go ahead in accordance with the Coal Mines Ordinance.
The court recorded Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi’s undertaking that the government, as a matter of policy, has decided not to take over or put up for auction any of the end-use plants of the licensee or lease holder whose allocations now stand quashed by the court. However, in order to ward off any prejudice, the government said it is willing to earmark the portion of the land occupied by the end-user plant falling within the coal block area, and exclude it from the auction process so that their rights of property remain intact.
The court was hearing an appeal by the government against an order on a petition filed by Kolkata-based Sova Ispat. Sova had pointed out that the ordinance promulgated by the government had no provision for compensation for end-use plants attached to the blocks and that it sought to take away the end-use plants without providing any compensation.
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Swine flu has registered around 70 more cases in Delhi, Haryana and around Telangana. So far, 60 casualties have been reported in total.
In Delhi, 26 fresh cases of swine flu were reported yesterday. With this, the total number of cases in Delhi has gone up to 285 so far this year. Delhi government health officer R N Das has said that adequate stocks of the medicine are available and all arrangements are in place at 18 designated hospitals of the city for the treatment of swine flu.
In Haryana, 41 cases of swine flu have have been registered, out of which seven causalities have been reported. Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Ram Niwas gave this information after video conferencing with civil surgeons of all districts at Chandigarh yesterday. He said that all civil surgeons have been directed to provide prompt treatment to Swine Flu patients.
In Telangana, three more persons, including a woman, succumbed to Swine Flu during the past 24 hours. With this the number of people who died of H1N1 virus during the season in the state, went up to 25. State Spokesperson on Swine Flu, Dr Narendranath told reporters in Hyderabad last evening that number of those infected has reached 414.
Meanwhile, six more samples from Andhra Pradesh were tested positive for Swine Flu which included three persons from Ongole and one case has been reported from Chittoor district. The only death reported in Andhra Pradesh, due to swine flu was from Ongole.
In Rajasthan, 27 people have died because of Swine flu in the past 27 days. The health department has taken various measures including proper screening and timely collection of samples and has set up control rooms and rapid response teams at the government hospitals and primary health centers.
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The Government has dismissed controversy over a Republic Day advertisement that uses an image of the Constitution's Preamble with the words socialist and secular missing in it. Talking to reporters in New Delhi yesterday, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that the photo used in advertisement was of the original Preamble. He said that the two words were added through the 42nd Constitution amendment in 1976. He further added that it does not mean that the governments before 1976 were not secular. Col. Rathore asserted that India was secular and will always remain a secular country.
The advertisement was issued to newspapers for the Republic Day celebrations by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
The advertisement was issued to newspapers for the Republic Day celebrations by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
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In Pakistan, at least 76 militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed yesterday in two separate airstrikes by Pakistani forces in the volatile northwest tribal region. The security forces targeted militant-controlled areas in Datta Khel region of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border.
Military spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa claimed that in precise aerial strikes, 53 terrorists including some foreigners were killed. The military said in a second airstrike 23 more militants were killed in the area.
The Army has intensified the offensive after Taliban gunmen massacred about 150 people, mostly children in Peshawar in December last year.
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According to a new online video message, Islamic State militants have threatened to kill two foreign hostages by the end of the day, if demands for a prisoner exchange are not met. The statement in the video repeated request that Jordan free Sajida Al-Rishawi, a woman the Jordanian authorities have held since she participated in a 2005 terror attack that killed 60 people. The hostages under the Islamic State Militants captivity are a Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and a Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al-Kaseasbeh.
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In yet another incident of ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops, last night, resorted to firing in RS Pura Sector of Jammu and Kashmir along the international border. BSF sources said, Pakistani troops started unprovoked firing on Indian forward posts around 9.30 PM. BSF retaliated to the Pak firing and the exchange of fire lasted for about two hours. There is no report of any casualty or injury to the Indian side.
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In Chhattisgarh, the first phase of Panchayat polls will be held today amid tight security. Under the first phase, elections are going to be held for more than 42 thousand posts of zila panchayat members, janpad panchayat members, sarpanch and panch. The next phase of polling is scheduled for the second of February. A report from our Correspondent;
Amid Maoist call for boycott tight security arrangements have been made in the Naxal affected regions of Chhattisgarh. Helicopters have been used to ferry polling staff to some hyper-sensitive stations. Patrolling has been intensified in the interior areas of tribal Bastar region. An enthusiasm is visible among voters specially in female voters. In Maoist affected areas tight security arrangements have been made to ensure peaceful polling. No major untoward incident has been reported so far.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the culmination parade of this year's National Cadet Corps Republic Day Camp today. Cadets from all the three wings of the armed forces, including the Army, Navy and Air Force will present Guard of Honour to the Prime Minister followed by a march past by contingents from different states.
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In the season's first Grand Slam, Australian Open, the competition is progressing towards the semifinal stages. From the tennis arena in Melbourne today, top seeds in Men's and Women's event will battle out for a semi final berth.
In men's singles, world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic will take on eighth seed Canadian Milos Ranoic and defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka will be taking on Japan's Kei Nishikori for the final four position. Yesterday, Czech's Tomas Berdych and Briton Andy Murray had secured the other semifinal spot.
In the women's singles event yesterday, Russians, Maria Sharapova and Ekaterina Makarova progressed to the semi-finals. Today, top seed Serena Williams will be taking on Dominika Ciblukova from Slovakia for the semifinal position. In a quarterfinals match played today, Venus Williams of US was defeated by her compatriot Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 4-6.
In the Mixed Doubles India's Sania Mirza and Leander Paes, with their teammates, will also look to book semi-final berths today.
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NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
- 'Obama adds religious tolerance to vision of India-US partnership ' is the Hindustan Times headline also pointing to the reference to Indian Constitution on fundamental freedom made by US President Barack Obama in his speech at Siri Fort Auditorium. The Pioneercalls it Obama's medicine moment.
- An army officer who was awarded a Yudh Seva medal this republic day was martyred yesterday in J&K terror action. The martyred hero Col. M.N. Rai killed two Hizbul Mujahideen militants in a fierce gun fight. Many papers have covered this sad story of an ironical twist of fate on their front pages.
- Most papers carry the Amul advertisement featuring cartoon of R K Laxman's common man watching a framed picture of the great cartoonist. Its Titled "You said it, we loved it' Rest in peace-R K Laxman. The eminent Cartoonist's state funeral has been covered by almost all papers with pictures.
- The Railways Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu has demanded 20,000 crore rupees for the 11,000 unmanned railway crossings in the country - reports the Asian Age.
- And finally, the Indian Express reports - Toor, also called arhar is India's second largest pulse crop after Chana. Now the Gulbarga farmers want a geographical indication or G-I status for the Gulbarga toor dal which they say is of far superior quality. Some of the other eatables which have already obtained the G-I status - are Dehraduni Basmati, Darjeeling Tea and Malabar pepper.
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