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Two More Mega Power Projects
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that India would add two more 4000-megawatt (MW) mega power projects one each for Andhra Pradesh and Orissa each costing about USD 3.6 billion using a private-public investment vehicle.<More>
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Sustaining Economic Growth
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board meeting at Hyderabad provided a unique opportunity for India to listen and share ideas with Asian peers on global fiscal, foreign exchange, trade, and financial issues.<More>
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Democracy,
Politics and Judiciary
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Change Quota-Reservation Policy
The Supreme Court (SC) reversed its own verdict recognizing the complexity involved to provide mandatory allocation of the 10% reservation for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in national level Post Graduate (PG) medical colleges.<More>
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SC
Stays Vadodara Demolition
The Supreme Court (SC)
accepted a Federal
Government writ and stayed
the Gujarat High Court (GHC)
verdict that sanctioned the
demolition of scores of
Hindu Temples and Muslim
Mosques illegally
constructed on public
land.<More>
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Environment,
Health and Education
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India’s Malnourished Children
Dampening the euphoria on economic growth, stock market performance, and increased foreign direct investment, a United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) report on nutrition said India has the most number of malnourished under-five children in the world.<More>
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Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Russia Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal
In the continuing military rift reminiscent of the Cold War, Russia says that it is vastly upgrading its offensive nuclear arsenal capable of penetrating “star wars” missile shield being developed in the US that will warn the enemy of a Mutually Assured Destruction.<More>
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US, Japan in Supersonic Jet Project
The United States National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are tying up to develop a fuel-efficient, low-noise, supersonic jet that will fill space vacated in 2003 by the Anglo-French Concorde.<More>
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Neighbors
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Nepal Maoist Terrorist Agree to Talk
Nepal’s violent Maoist terrorists termed measures taken by the newly installed Government as “positive” and said that they would be ready for negotiated settlement.<More>
War on the People
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Lanka Teeters on the Brink of Civil War
Sri Lanka appeared slowly drifting towards civil war even as last ditch attempts by Norway to negotiate a seaplane transport arrangement for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) negotiators to go to Geneva for the peace talks.<More>
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Pak in Top 10 Failed State List
A Foreign Policy report that annually rates 146 countries on their effectiveness in maintaining control of its territories, running a Government, and providing basic public services rated Pakistan 9th most likely to fail ahead of Afghanistan, Nepal, and Lanka.<More>
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World
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US-Russia Rift Widening
In a series of issues, the diplomatic, military, economic, and political rift between the US and Russia are widening debunking chances of closer cooperation and threatening to retreat to the Cold War days.<More>
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National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
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Making
Panchayat Raj Institutions Effective |
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The
Bill on National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme seeks to provide
guaranteed employment to one
member of every rural household
for at least 100 days a year for a
minimum wage of Rs.60 per day.
Out of 260 million poor people in
the country, about 200 million
poor people are in rural areas.
People in 45% rural India do not
get work for six months in a year.
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The
Saga of the Jemaah Islamiah |
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Will
Kashmir go the way of Aceh? |
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A
Cry for Help |
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Watch
the Dragon |
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Cage
This "Tiger" |
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Dalits
in India |
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Was
Jinnah a Secularist? |
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Burying
the Howitzer? |
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Smoking
Out Smoking |
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Featured
Edits
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And
Then The Mutiny |
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Inscription
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Indian Inscriptions |
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Ancient
Indian dynasties documented their
administration, significant
developments, grants, and
milestones as inscriptions in
temples. The Archaeological Survey
of India (ASI) has documented
these inscriptions from 1886.
These pages
contain inscriptions from Pallava,
Chola, Pandya, Western Chalukya,
Eastern Chalukya, Rashtrakuta,
Hoyasala, Vijayanagara,
Vishnukundin, Kakatiya, Reddi,
Vaidumba, Chinda, Eastern Ganga,
Gajapathi, Kalchurya, Qutb-Shahi
of Golkonda, and Moghul,
dynasties.
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