Canada Votes for Air Strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Canadian lawmakers voted to extend a campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State group and for the first time strike at them in Syria as well as in Iraq.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives, wielding a majority in the house of commons, pushed through a motion on enlarging the mission in a vote 142 to 129, despite vigorous objections from opposition parties.
As per researchers, in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas — two of West Antarctica's melting hotspots — some ice shelves lost 18 percent of their thickness in the past decade. The most dramatic shrinkage occurred in the Bellingshausen Sea's Venable Ice Shelf, which lost ice at an average rate of 118 feet (36 metres) per decade in the past 18 years. At that rate, the entire ice shelf could disappear within a century,
Leading private sector lenders ICICI and HDFC Banks have cut rates by up to 0.25 per cent on high value fixed deposit on select maturities, a move that could be a precursor to lower lending rates.
The rates have been revised downwards for deposits over Rs. 1 crore by 0.25 per cent by ICICI Bank.
Fixed deposit rate of maturity between 121-150 days has been revised downward to 8 per cent from 8.25 per cent earlier.
The second largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank too lowered its on fixed deposits of over Rs. 5 crore and above.
SBI Set to Buy Air India Properties in Mumbai
The country's largest lender State Bank of India has received all necessary approvals to buy residential properties of cash-starved national carrier Air India, in south Mumbai for Rs. 90 crore.
SBI is now waiting for the airline to complete its side of approvals.
The airline had been looking for buyers who can purchase its four flats at upmarket Peddar Road in south Mumbai for last two years.
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe, currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
Launched in August 2004, the $450 million Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) mission is currently orbiting our solar system's innermost planet.
In March 2011, Messenger became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.