Latest Tidbits

• Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali crowned '2014 Tour de France' champion. read more
• Centre inaugurates an online platform named MyGov to engage citizens in contributing to governance and Surajya.  
  • National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) would implement and manage the platform.
  • The platform has been divided into various groups namely Clean Ganga, Girl Child Education, Clean India, Skilled India, Digital India, Job Creation. 
  • Each group consists of online and onground tasks that can be taken up by the contributors.
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• Liberia closes most of its border crossings in a measure to fight off deadly spread of Ebola virus.  
  • The virus has so far claimed 660 deaths across the West African region in countries like Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
  • The fatal and highly contagious virus is infamous for its capability to kill 90 percent of its victims.
  • Its symptoms include vomiting and diarrhoea as well as internal and external bleeding.
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• Boko Haram abducts wife of Cameroon's vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, in an attack on his home.