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No End to Wheat Shortages
Delays in arrival of 3.5
million tons (mt) of
imported wheat for the
public distribution system
in South India and the lack
of traction from importers
to import wheat at
discounted 5% customs duty
is resulting in higher
prices in the open market.
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Govt Plans to Sell Residual
Maruti Interest
Faced with increasingly
recalcitrant and belligerent
opposition from communist
allies to disinvestment
plans, the Government is
apparently proposing to sell
all its residual 10.24%
stake in Maruti Udyog
Limited (MUL) to net Rs.
2500 crore (USD 543
million).
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Afghan Widows Prefer
Suicide
A recent survey by the
United Nations
Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM) found
that 50,000 Afghan
windows in Kabul prefer
suicide to overcome the
hardships they continue
to face.
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Activists Trying to
Coerce a Tribal Bill
Tasting success with
stopping the
Government’s plan to
rightfully amend the
Right to Information
Act, activists are now
targeting the Scheduled
Tribes (Recognition of
Forest Rights) Bill
2005, also known as the
Tribal Bill (TB), to
bulldoze through
Parliament.<More>
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Contrarian HIV Estimates in New Survey
A study of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) has
proposed a contrarian view that the number of those
living with this infection may be a third lower than
current estimates of 5.2 million but warned that a
nation-wide survey is required for a more accurate
estimate.<More>
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India, Singapore for Air Force Cooperation
In the first ever Air Force-level dialogue,
India and Singapore agreed to focus on “mutually
supportive roles,” including “interoperability”
between respective air forces for disaster
management and humanitarian relief in South East
Asia.
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