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Pope Francis pleads for migrants at Christmas mass
Pope Francis in his Christmas eve mass urges Catholics not to ignore the plight of migrants as tensions simmered in the West Bank following US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital
4 min read25 Dec 201716 hurt in Christmas eve blast at Philippine church
No group has claimed responsibility for church bomb blast on Mindanao island, but Muslim rebels and Islamist extremists are known to be active in the province
1 min read24 Dec 2016Nasa astronauts wrap up successful spacewalk to fix station
Americans Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins floated outside the orbiting lab for seven-and-a-half hours to fix an equipment cooling system
3 min read25 Dec 2013Nasa astronauts step out on Christmas eve spacewalk
The main task of the day is to retrieve a spare pump module from an external stowage platform and install it
1 min read24 Dec 2013Netflix disruption highlights challenges of cloud computing
Disruptions can knock a service out for hours as more gadgets rely on services connected to the Web
4 min read28 Dec 2012Eight dead, thousands homeless in Philippine fires
The cause of the fires is under investigation, officials said
1 min read25 Dec 2012Pope says denying God no path to peace in Christmas Eve mass
Pope Benedict XVI calls on the faithful to make “room at the inn” for the world’s poor and suffering
2 min read25 Dec 2012Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared