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Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) by making
use of the 35000 hand-carved Italian Carrara marble pieces as well as Indian Pink
Sandstone. The temple is also said to be the first earthquake-proof Hindu temple of
the world and it is expected to standstill for 1000 years. Making use of the state-of-
the-art technology for providing it protection from the earthquakes, the temple
includes two huge domes, 122 pillars, five pinnacles, 129 archways and four
balconies. The upper portion of the entire complex is earthquake-proof because it is
segregated from base with line of 40 base-isolator units. There are 6600 hand-carved
motifs which are a depiction of assortment of devotion, dedication and inspiration
apart from historical figures that showcase Hinduism. The temple is located on 20-
acre site comprising of 91 foot pond that is lotus-shaped, gymnasium, classrooms as
well as Cultural Centre. For generating electricity, the temple makes use of the solar
power system. The temple in all is said to be an amalgamation of traditional stone art
as well as architecture along with modern technology.
hina has launched a postage stamp for the
upcoming "Year of Snake"depicting a reptile that
carries a bright pearl in its mouth in gratitude for the man
who saved its life. The stamp is with a face value of 1.20
Yuan (19 cents). The snake is the sixth among the 12
Chinese zodiac signs.
n a landmark ruling, a South Korean court, on 3 January, sentenced a 31-
year-old pedophile to 15 years in jail and ordered the countrys first ever-chemical castration.The ruling is the first since the country passed a law in 2011
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ment or chemical castration for convicted
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the online video footage of them engagin
nors. He also raped them threatening with
Mr. Pyos information be made available
wear an electronic monitoring anklet for 2
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outh Korea was the first country in Asi
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used it for years.The Seoul courts verdi
ether to introduce punishment like chemi
en in the wake of the horrific gang-rape
ingapore last month.
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g "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spe
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emergency officials said.
dead, with at least another
and later injured people at
said an investigation was
the worst of its kind in A
football match killed 18 pe
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a local hospital, called the incident a natio
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audi King Abdulla
consultative Shura
historic first as he pu
decrees, published by the
in the Shura Council, a
appointed by the king to
him on policy and legis
King Abdullah took
decisions foll
consultations with rel
leaders in the kingdom,
women are subjected to
restrictions and are not all
by the SPA. They stipulat
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2005.In September 2011
candidates in the next loc
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Speaker of Singapore
to quit over his extra-mar
Minister Lee Hsien Loong
he would nominate
next Speaker when the Ho
14, 2014.Ms. Halimah,
lawyer, is a Member
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h appointed 30 women to the previ
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(PAP) and has extensive
school education.
arrack Obama, th
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he Sultan of Malay
Muslims in the resaying it is a sacred wor
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Malaysian
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allow the word
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Bible.Sources said
the Sultan had
stated that stern
action could be
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xperience in the labour movement, social
US president signed into law the For
012 which extends life-time protection
ell as family which includes the children
sidents Protection Act of 2012 also resto
of the former presidents who were not
1997, along with their spouses.
ia's Selangor state on 9 January, has de
ion have been barred from using theexclusive to Muslims. Sultan Sharafuddi
over opposition DAP party's Secretary Ge
questioned the 'fatwa' that was issued ac
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ndia was ranked lowest
tackle global environ
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countries, India was ranked 38th in terms of its risk management effectiveness and
32nd for its resilience to global risks. Singapore was ranked on top in both these
surveys. Among the top-five global risks in terms of likelihood are: severe income
disparity, chronic fiscal imbalances, rising greenhouse emissions, water supply
crises and mismanagement of ageing population.On the other hand, water supply
crises would be the second-biggest global risk in terms of impact, followed by chronic
fiscal imbalances, food shortage crises and diffusion of weapons of mass destruction
in the top five, the WEF report said.
he 2nd Health Ministers meeting of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa) concluded in New Delhi, India on January
11, with a strong call for strengthened cooperation in the implementation of
affordable,
equitable and
sustainable
solutions for
common health
challenges.
During his
opening
remarks, Mr.
Ghulam Nabi
Azad, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of India, highlighted the progress of
the BRICS countries in the global AIDS response. In India, we have reduced new
HIV infections by 57% in the last decade, which puts us on track to halt and reverse
the spread of HIV. He was making reference to reaching one key HIV-related
development goal by 2015.Addressing the participants, UNAIDS Executive Director
Michel Sidibe emphasized the unique role of the BRICS countries to draw on their
positive experience with HIV to serve as an engine for innovation, research and
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development of health sol
BRICS Ministers highlig
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five BRICS countries repr
and growing role in contr
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challenge posed by HIV.
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ted their national commitments to HIV a
enhance cooperation on global health, incl
esent 43% of the global population, givin
ibuting to global health. The meeting ado
ls for the BRICS to renew efforts to fac
The Delhi Communiqu reiterated the co
ure that bilateral and regional trade agr
ities so as to assure the availability of aff
eloping countries.At the closing of the
BRICS Ministerial meeting will be ho
me 140 countries agreedon 20 Janua
groundbreaking treaty limiting the use a
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contamination. The text will be signed in Minamata in October and will take effect
once it has been ratified by 50 countries something organisers expect will take
three to four years. Mercury is found in products ranging from electrical switches,
thermometers and light-bulbs, to amalgam dental fillings and even facial creams.
Large amounts of the heavy metal are released from small-scale gold mining, coal-
burning power plants, metal smelters and cement production. Serious mercury
poisoning affects the bodys immune system and development of the brain and
nervous system, posing the greatest risk to foetuses and infants. The treaty sets a
phase out date of 2020 for a long line of products, including mercury thermometers,
blood pressure measuring devices, most batteries, and switches, some kinds of
fluorescent lamps and soaps and cosmetics. It, however, provides exceptions for some
large medical measuring devices where no mercury-free alternatives exist. Achim
Steiner, U.N. Under-Secretary General and head of the U.N. Environment Programme
(UNEP), told reporters in Geneva that, the treaty is a dynamic instrument.
akistan on 15 January plunged into a fresh political crisis with the Supreme
Court ordering the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for
allegedly receiving bribes in power projects. Already rocked by fiery cleric Tahirul
Qadri's ongoing protest seeking dissolution of provincial and national assemblies,
Pakistan appeared headed for
uncertainty with the court setting a 24-
hour deadline for authorities to
implement its arrest orders that may
cost a second Prime Minister to lose
office in less than a year.62-year-old
Ashraf, who became Prime Minister
after the exit of Yousuf Raza Gilani
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in June last year, has been accused of receiving kickbacks and commission in the
Rental Power Projects (RPPs) case as federal minister for water and power.
Gilani had to quit in the midst of a raging battle with the Supreme Court over his
refusal to write to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali
Zardari there. After Ashraf assumed power, the government wrote to Swiss
authorities. It is not clear as to what will be the political fallout of the Supreme Court's
order against Ashraf as this is probably the first case of an incumbent Prime Minister
being ordered to be arrested in a corruption case. It remains to be seen whether the
ruling PPP will elect a new leader to replace Ashraf. In March last year, the Supreme
Court had declared all contracts signed by the government for "rental power plants" as
illegal and directed authorities to take legal action against those responsible for
clearing the projects, including Ashraf. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB),
the country's main anti-corruption agency, had so far refused to act on the court's
directive. Ashraf was Power Minister when contracts were signed for several rental
power projects, which were part of the PPP-led government's strategy to overcome a
crippling energy shortage.
housands of
demonstrators
demonstrated in Moscow in
freezing temperatures on 14
January, against the law
banning Americans from
adopting Russian orphans. The
ban, which President Putin signed
on New Years Eve, was rushed
through the Kremlin-controlled
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Parliament in retaliation f
Russian officials accused
through Moscow chantin
word shame splashed ac
the adoptions ban. Over t
new families in the U.S.
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two fewer than in 2011.
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S to lift ban on women in front-line combat jobs The US military will
formally end its ban on women serving in front-line combat roles, officials said
on 23 January, in a move that could open thousands of fighting jobs to female service
members. The move knocks down another societal barrier, after the Pentagon
scrapped its "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell" ban in 2011 on gays and
lesbians serving openly in the
military. The decision by
outgoing Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta is expected to be
formally announced on 24
January and comes after 11
years of non-stop war that has
seen dozens of women killed in
Iraq and Afghanistan. They have represented around 2 percent of the casualties of
those unpopular, costly wars, and some 12 percent of those deployed for the war
effort, in which there were often no clearly defined front lines, and where deadly
guerrilla tactics have included roadside bombs that kill and maim indiscriminately.
"This is an historic step for equality and for recognizing the role women have, andwill continue to play, in the defense of our nation," said Democratic Senator Patty
Murray from Washington, the outgoing head of the Senate Veterans Affairs
Committee.
wiss to accept group requests for banking
information Switzerland will be able to provide
banking and other details sought by other countries,
including India, from next month about a 'group of
persons' even without their individual identification,
provided the information has not been requested as part
U
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of some 'fishing expedition'. A new Tax Administrative Assistance Act will come into
force on February 1 and the Switzerlands Federal Council has passed a resolution to
this effect.
British human rights lawyer is to lead a U.N. inquiry into the legality of
American drone attacks and their impact on civilians in Pakistan,
Afghanistan and several other countries. Ben Emmerson, QC, who will head a
team of international expertsin his
capacity as a U.N. Special Rapporteur
on Human Rights and Counter-terrorism, said in London on 22 January
that the exponential rise in the use of
drone technology represented a real
challenge to the framework of
international law. The inquiry, which
will examine 25 attacks in Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Yemen, the Palestinian territories and Somalia, follows anger over the
loss of innocent civilian lives. Critics have called them extra-judicial killings.
According to the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, American drone
attacks in Pakistan since 2004 had killed up to 3,461 people, including nearly 900
civilians. Mr. Emmerson said the U.N. had decided to investigate the complaints as a
final resort because America and its allies who should have done so had not done
it.
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ussia will ban smo
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raped, during the 1971 war. He was convi
to death by hanging. The much-awaited
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president as part of a onc
1999 when GDP grew 7
pessimism among econom
economy, which is facing
economies with its GDP
second biggest economy.
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sworn in as thPresident of the countr
for the second term on 2
January 2013. The oath
taking ceremony was hel
in the White House Ea
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James Madison, and James Monroe were elected for two terms each between the time
periods of 1801 to 1825.
he Russian Navy on 20 January, has begun its biggest war games in thehigh seas in decades that will includemanoeuvres off the shores of Syria.
Officials say, more than two dozen ships drawn from all four fleets, as well as long-
range warplanes, will conduct nine-day exercises in the Mediterranean and Black
seas. It is the
largest naval
manoeuvres
since the
collapse of the
Soviet
Union.The
purpose is to
improve
coordination among different naval groups during missions in far-away sea
zones.Experts suggested the exercises would serve to project Russias naval power to
a highly explosive region and render moral support for the embattled regime of Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad.Russia leases a naval base at the Syrian port of Tartous.
The naval manoeuvres will involve training for landing operations on the Syrian
shore, informed sources told Russias Interfax news agency. Moscow may also be
preparing for possible evacuation of thousands of Russian nationals from war-torn
Syria, experts said. About 9,000 Russians are registered with the Russian Embassy in
Damascus, but their total number may well exceed 30,000.
he Fourth Meeting of ASEAN and India Tourism Minister was held in
Vientiane, Lao PDRon 21 January, in conjunction with the ASEAN Tourism
Forum 2013. The Meeting was jointly co-chaired by Union Tourism Minister
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and Tourism, Lao PDR.
Memorandum of Under
Tourism Cooperation,
public interest or publ
confidentiality and secrec
welcomed the adoption of
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the ASEAN Connectivityon ASEAN Connectivity.
ASEAN and India to en
between ASEAN and In
promoting tourism excha
launch the ASEAN-India
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r. Bosengkham Vongdara, Minister of Infor
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through supporting the implementation ofThe Ministers also supported the close
ance air, sea and land connectivity withi
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tourism website (www.indiaasean.org) a
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prizes will be awarded for every two years in four different categories to
individuals, regardless of nationality.
The awards are
Sustainable development Biopharmaceutical science Sinology and The rule of lawPrize-money details
The winner in each category will receive Tw$50 million ($1.7 million), compared
to the eight million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million) that comes with a Nobel Prize.
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