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1.Fiscal cliff is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face at the end of 2012, when the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are scheduled to go into effect . Among the laws set to change at midnight on December 31, 2012, are the end of last year’s temporary payroll tax cuts (resulting in a 2% tax increase for workers), the end of certain tax breaks for businesses, shifts in the alternative minimum tax that would take a larger bite, the end of the tax cuts from 2001-2003, and the beginning of taxes related to President Obama’s health care law.Click here to know more about  fiscal cliff 2. The DR Congo has had a turbulent past. It gained independence from Belgium in 1960, but immediately faced an army mutiny, and the UN voted to send in troops to establish order . In 1965, Mobutu Sese Seko seized power. He later renamed the country Zaire.He retained power until 1997, when Rwanda invaded to drive out Hutu militias.La...

1.The US Presidential election process is an interesting and complex democratic practice that for the most part matches expectations for the oldest surviving democracy in the world. The official process begins almost a year before the actual event of electing the president, with the Iowa Caucuses followed by other state caucuses and primary elections that are part of the process to determine which party candidate will win his or her party's nomination to run for President. However one can argue that the process begins more than a year before the main event, when various people begin announcing their candidancies and engaging in lively discusions and debates. A very brief textual and visual tutorial about the American presidential Elections .Please click  here ,  here  and   here. 2. A   smartphone  is a   mobile phone   built on a   mobile operating system , with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a ...

The DRDO we all think is responsible for the defence research programmes  which it conducts for the improvement of our artilleries.But the recent report published has completely exposed the organization.It is quite surprising to hear that the organization make pickles and automated idlis for the pilots which sounds quite eccentric.The report by the New Indian Express has completely exposed the   DRDO , The Republic of South Sudan became   independent   from Sudan on 9 July 2011 after a   referendum   in January that year, which was secured as part of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement .But the bone of contention lies in the huge oil reserves in both the countries.Infact south Sudan  have 75 percent of total oil reserves but with a minimum distance pipeline.Besides the new country is not ready to embrace the change in the environment and it is feared to become a failed nation.click here to know why the country is a diseased nation....

The   nuclear program of Iran   was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the   Atoms for Peace   program. The participation of the United States and Western European governments in Iran's nuclear program continued until the 1979 Iranian Revolution that toppled the   Shah   of Iran. After the 1979 revolution, the clandestine research program was disbanded by   Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , who had serious religious reservations about nuclear weapons, which he considered evil in terms of Muslim jurisprudence.   Small scale research restarted during the   Iran-Iraq War  and underwent significant expansion after the Ayatollah's death in 1989 .Iran's nuclear program has included several research sites, two   uranium mines, a research reactor  and uranium processing facilities that include three known   uranium enrichment plants After delays, Iran's first nuclear power plant, ...

The ever escalating tensions over the salty water in the South-China have aggravated the multilateral relations between a number of countries,each one of them claiming their share.  Here is an incisive  Report The Tutorial: A brief history of     Vietnam War   along with its  timeline Infographics : A few automaker rule the world. Lets see who are the Tycoons A look into the    Income taxes    imposed on its citizen by various countries. Worlds most frightening calamities killing millions of people.The menacing and obnoxious    Worst Droughts .

If you’re active on Facebook or Twitter, you’re sure to have witnessed the ongoing outrage of a number of people over the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma at the hands of the Rakhine Buddhists. The hitherto peaceful Budhhist have presented their violent traits stunning everybody.The people at the same time are divided upon the veracity of the tragic incidents with fabricated articles and morphed pictures propping up everytime I open my social networks.Whatever be the truth, its very much deplorable for the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmaar being stripped off  their fundamental rights.An Incisive report being presented     here . The recent riots in Assam have brought various questions which were lying in cold storage to the fore. This riot has also generated tremendous curiosity and war of words on the social media as to whether the riots were downright “communal”, or in fact they were “ethnic ”  .A    backgrounder . Internationa...

1.The United States presidential election of 2012 to be held on tuesday ,November 6 2012 will be the most happening event this year.It will be the 57 th presidential election which will give thw Uncle Sam nation its vice president too.Barrack Obama being the lone player from Democrat party,others will make no stone unturned to get the crown.Check out other candidates and story so far. Also find the differences between the Republics and Democrats. 2. US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been choosen as the new World Bank chief  who will succeed Robert Zoellick.He will serve a 5 year stint from July 1 st . 3. NATO deciding to withdraw all its remaining forces by 2014 will be a blow to the sick Afghan government.It will be a job half done to liberate fully from the clutches of the talibanese forces .With the recent attacks in Kabul they have shown their audacity  and presence. Who are these talibanese and why it is belived that they cannot be eliminated. 4. Anders Behring...

                   On April 13,North Korea tried to launch the Unha-3 rocket which failed to put its satellite into the orbit.It was the third failed attempt by the isolated North Korea,previously attempted were in the year 1998 and 2009.The rocket was launched to mark the100th birth anniversary of its great leader and the founder president , Kim-II-Sung.The launch drew global condemnation especially from the United States,japan and South Korea and many calling it a violation of missile test treaty.       History Politically most isolated North Korea  came into the global picture in the year 1948 following the end of World War-II.The US invaded South Korea and The USSR captured North Korea.North Korea turned communist under the influence of Soviets while South Korea which under the influence of America adopted democracy and a free market economy.The varying ideology ...