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India has most difficult neighbourhoods in world: DRDO

New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and DRDO Director General Avinash Chander said that the country has one of the most difficult neighbourhoods in the world. Chander was delivering the 27th Intelligence Bureau Centenary Endowment Lecture 2014 in New Delhi. Addressing a gathering of security experts and Intelligence Bureau (IB) personnel on the subject 'Emerging Technological Challenges for National Security', Chander said security challenges are going beyond traditional domains of land, air and sea as the world is witnessing newer challenges due to the evolution of cyber space, which is both a bane and boon. Before independence, he further said, India was subjugated under foreign rule, whereas 67 years down the road, the country is facing internal and external challenges. Meanwhile, director of IB, Syed Asif Ibrahim, said the scientific and technological capital that we have acquired and accumulated has helped the country immensely in sustaining the overall growth trajectory. Dec 24, 2014
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Five bombs hit Yemen capital killing at least one

Five small bombs on Tuesday hit the centre of the Yemeni capital, mostly controlled by Shiite militiamen since September, killing one of them and wounding two others, a medic said. Duration: 00:44 Dec 23, 2014
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Syrian Christians prepare for Christmas in Homs

Despite the war, Christians in Homs who were able to return to their neighborhood are preparing Christmas in the ruins of the former "capital" of the Syrian revolution, today largely under regime control. Duration: 01:36 Dec 23, 2014
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Music launch of film 'Alone'

Mumbai, Dec 23 (ANI): Bollywood diva Bipasha Basu and debutant actor Karan Singh Grover along with the entire team of their upcoming film 'Alone' launched its music in the showbiz capital Mumbai recently. Alone' is slated to release on 16th January 2015. Dec 23, 2014
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Cold wave grips North India due to snowfall in upper regions

Jaipur/ New Delhi, Dec 23 (ANI): Intense cold conditions coupled with fog paralysed normal life in northern India on Tuesday as mercury dipped further due to snowfall and rainfall in upper regions. In Rajasthan, people sat around bonfires to keep themselves warm. Inclement weather condition has aggravated problems of daily wage labourers and homeless people. In capital New Delhi, trains were running behind scheduled time due to fog. The maximum temperature recorded was 15 degrees Celsius and minimum around seven degrees. Passengers said they had to sleep at railway station as the trains were getting delayed by several hours. Located in the tropics, most of India witnesses a very hot summer and a largely temperate winter. Dec 23, 2014