Environment, Health and Education

• Since when is Punishing a Child Good? 
  In the narrowest interpretation of the law, the Karnataka High Court ruled that under the Sec 95 of Indian Penal Code, a school could beat a child if such beating was done in good faith and to discipline the child.<More>

• US Bans LeT Fronts as LeT Kills Hindus
  On the 3rd anniversary of invasion and occupation of Iraq from the al Qaeda over the weekend, Ayman al-Zawahiri accused the US of giving a “strong impetus to the Indian nuclear programme, while doling out orders to Pakistan.” <More>

• Naxals Execute 13 Villagers 
  Naxal terrorists killed 13 of the 52 villagers they abducted in a gruesome fashion for opposing their ideology and daring to speak against their methods and means.<More>

• Farewell to Mig-25
  The Indian Air Force (IAF) bid an emotional farewell to the enigmatic Mig-25 strategic reconnaissance plane capable of flying 30 kilometers near the stratosphere at mach 3 speeds and takes centimeter resolution photographs.<More>

Neighbors

• China Joins Nuclear Waste Convention
  After years of waffling, China’s legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, voted to join the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.<More>

• IAEA Reports Non-Compliance, Iran Defiant
  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported back to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that Iran has not complied with its earlier diktat to suspend nuclear enrichment and Iran has publicly sworn that it will resist the UNSC.<More>

World