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National: 1. World’s largest and tallest Indian National Flag has unfurled at Faridabad, Haryana. Dimension of the flag – 96 feet by 64 feet, weighs 48 kilograms and 250 feet (75 meters) Height. 2. Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill 2015 and Motor Vehicles...

Check out Viator’s Top 50 Destinations in 2014! Editor’s Note: This post is part of the Viator Travel Awards, an annual awards competition where we – along with our readers, travelers, and fans – select the top things to do and see in each of the major...

-From: Max Seddon, "Russia’s Propagandist-In-Chief Went On A Junket To Meet U.S. Security Officials," BuzzFeed; via IL; see also PUBLIC DIPLOMACY Did the Obama administration enable the invasion of Crimea? - Tom Nichols, dydd.org: "The United...

From Ian: Daniel Gordis: A Dose of Nuance: Still time to reimagine Yom Kippur ended with Ne’ila, which symbolizes the closing of the gates of repentance. Interestingly, Jewish tradition has long asserted that the gates do not quite creak entirely shut...

Since 2001, there has been a relatively large number of western films that feature Afghanistan – either briefly or, in some cases, for the entire length of the movie. But despite the significant numbers of American and European mainstream films that...