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Lok Sabha resumes debate on FDI in multi-brand retail on the second day; Opposition asks f or its withdrawal; Voting to take place in the evening. Rajya Sabha adjourns f or the day af ter disruptions over quota in promotion f or SC/ST in government jobs. Supreme Court allows Sahara Group to ref und 24,000 crore rupees to investors in instalments in two months. Apex Court dismisses PA Sangmas petition challenging Pranab Mukherjees election as President. Death toll in Typhoon Bopha rises to 230 in Philippines; Hundred people still missing. Sensex gains 80 points in af ternoon trade; Rupee appreciates 12 paise to 54.56 against the dollar. India were 172 f or 4 at tea against England in their f irst innings in Kolkata Test. National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon holds talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing;Bilateral issues including border discussed in the meeting. Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till tomorrow as a mark of respect to f ormer Prime Minister I.K. Gujral. Andhra Pradesh Assembly enacts historic law to implement sub-plans f or Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Sensex loses 40 points in af ternoon trade; Rupee declines 21 paise to 54.47 against the dollar in late morning deals. Sri Lankan navy captures 37 Indian f ishermen and 5 boats of f Pulmoddai. Singapore High Court stays Maldives Governments decision to terminate GMR Male airport contract. Parliamentary Af f airs Minister Kamal Nath claims, FEMA notif ication on FDI in retail needs nod of only one House. Cheque signature mismatch may lead to criminal proceedings, says Supreme Court. Delhi Police charge-sheet a suspected Indian Mujahideen operative f or his alleged role in the Jama Masjid blast-cum-shootout case. Haryana tops chart of states exceeding revenue mop up target. Taliban suicide attack on Af ghan Nato base in Jalalabad kills eleven people including two civilians. In Champions Trophy hockey tournament: T he match between India and New Z ealand is in progress at Melbourne. Funeral procession of f ormer Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral begins a short while f rom now; A large number of people pay their last respects to the departed leader. Eight people including f our women killed in a bus f ire accident at Hinganghat in Maharashtra. Punjab government launches biggest ever door to door campaign f or early cancer detection and treatment. India hopes Palestines enhanced status at the UN will pave the way f or resumption of direct talks with Israel. India beat England in the opening Group A match of Champions Trophy at Melbourne.

Education News December 2012 T he UGCs decision is termed as a major step towards ref orms in legal education in the country. All these years, LL.M. was a two-year course like other masters degree courses. T here was a demand by the legal f aculty, students as well as experts to reduce the tenure to one year. T his saves one precious year f or the students. It may also help check the f light of students to universities in the U.K., the U.S., Australia and other countries that of f er the one-year course, they argued. To make the students f eel at ease, many IITs, including IIT-Madras, had a week-long induction programme f or f irst-year students. Even the parents were brief ed about the system and how they need to motivate their children through the curriculum. Not all students speak about their problems because counselling is still not made compulsory. What we need is a regular session of motivation, like most universities abroad have, said D. Patil, associate prof essor at IIT-Bombay. As many as 13,761 private schools have registered online with the Education Department as the last date f or their mandatory registration under the Right to Education Act, 2009, came to a close on Friday. Many schools that come under the Karnataka Unaided Schools Joint Action Committee (KUSJAC), which had earlier resisted registration on the ground that the process is too cumbersome, have also now complied with the rule. 15 0 72