Saturday, October 13, 2012

TAP, TAP, what's there? Government!

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

Most of the newspapers have covered Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's concern over the "frivolous and vexatious use of the right to information (RTI) Act and call for limiting citizens right to Information if it encroaches on the individual's privacy.
Within days of Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony downplaying the turf war between the Army and the Air Force over control and operation of attack helicopters, the Government has finally decided to give their control to the Army reports the Hindustan Times under the headline "50 years on, attack choppers sought for China border".
The Statesman on its front page writes that the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe despite being in the midst of its biggest crisis since the bloc was created in 1950's. the story has been covered under the headline "Nobel boost for crisis - ridden EU".
The Tribune on its page asks how did the Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi reach the alarming figure of 7 out     `of 10 youth being hooked to drugs? The source has been revealed, the Punjab and Haryana High Court - this has been covered under the headline "Rahul's drug figure came from High Court order quoting Badal Government affidavit".
TAP, TAP, what's there? Government! reads the Asian Age front page headline. The paper adds over 4,500 phones were intercepted in August and 5,000 have already been monitored. These interceptions are ordered by various Intelligence agencies police forces and the army. The story has also been covered by the Hindu.
And finally, according to the Times of India, drinking a litre of mineral water daily can prevent cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients by removing aluminium from their bodies. 

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