Sunday, December 12, 2010, Chandigarh, India
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Compromise in Cancun
$100-billion Green Fund set up to protect poor nations
Cancun, December 11
The UN climate conference here today reached a "compromise" to set up a $100 billion “Green Fund” to fight global warming, a decision India described as an "important step forward", but there was no agreement on extending the landmark Kyoto Protocol on emissions cuts beyond 2012.

Greenpeace activists form the word ‘hope’ as a question with their bodies during a demonstration near the site of UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico. — AP/PTI

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Manmohan-merkel TAlks
Terror unacceptable, Germany tells Pak
Berlin, December 11
Trade, UNSC reforms and anti-terrorism strategies will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold their summit meeting against the backdrop of the two countries getting elected as non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur being welcomed on their arrival at Tegel Military Airport in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday. — PTI

Medical colleges fall short of norms, finds CAG report
New Delhi, December 11
In a damning report that mirrors the shocking state of medical education in India, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found over 90 per cent private medical colleges inspected between 2004 and 2009 and over 50 per cent of government medical colleges similarly reviewed running without ever meeting the minimum requirements for faculty and residents.

Refinery promises Rs 1,300-cr investment
Bathinda, December 11
The Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, which is expected to get commissioned by June 2011, will attract an investment of Rs 1,300 crore in the downstream industry, claimed promoters here today.

Army orders probe into Adarsh scam
New Delhi, December 11
The Army on Thursday ordered a court of inquiry into the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai and the alleged role of senior serving and retired officers, including Major General RK Hooda, in it. “Yes, a court of inquiry has been ordered into the Adarsh Society episode and certainly Major General R K Hooda figures among those who will be examined,” a senior officer in the Army headquarters here told PTI.

Indian Military Academy’s Passing-out Parade
534 officers pass out
Dehradun, December 11
With the batch of 534 gentlemen cadets (GCs) crossing the “Antim Pagh” to step into the Chetwode Hall of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), the nation’s Army got 518 officers and also achieved the milestone of producing over 50,000 officers.

Army chief denies apologising to J&K