UK TO BACK INDIAN MEMBERSHIP OF EXPORT CONTROL REGIMES

On Wednesday Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao  assured British support for India’s bid for full membership of the four multilateral export control regimes. The assurance came during her talks with Foreign Office officials in London. India, wanting to join the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Australia Group and the Wassenaar Group had received public backing from several countries, including America, Russia and France.

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Libya – AU (African Union) condemns French arms drop to rebels

Gaddafi meeting African Union OfficialsJean Ping, chief of African Union Commission, stated that, France’s decision to air-drop weapons to Libyan rebels is dangerous and puts the whole region at risk as according to him the action is capable of creating problems similar to those in war-torn Somalia.

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ASSETS WORTH Rs 700 CRORE FOUND IN TEMPLE SECRET ROOMS

Padmanabha-swami-TempleSix cellars of the local Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, which is being run by a trust of the royal family that had ruled Travancore in the past, are being opened one by one, as per Supreme Court order. The court had ordered for opening up of these cellars and to make a list of items found thereon, while hearing a private complaint. These cellars have remained off limits from everyone and are located underground.

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