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FIEO Calls for More
Attention to Food Processing
The Federation of Indian
Export Organization (FIEO)
called for more intense
efforts from business
houses, policy makers, and
traders on India’s low share
of food export in the world
even though the country
produces very high
quantities of fruits and
vegetables.<More>
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India wants TAPI
With a dead-on-arrival Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, India signaled strong interest in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project that will transport natural gas for a severely energy deficient and rapidly expanding India.<More>
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Democracy,
Politics and Judiciary
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Pastor Accused of Raping
Minor Girl
In yet another shocking case
of a “social worker” taking
advantage of children,
Mumbai police arrested a nun
called Mother Anandi Joseph
for conspiring with a pastor
called John Alexander to
rape a minor child and
physically abusing them
frequently.<More>
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Indian Political Perceptions on Religion
Information & Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi said that he has asked the board that certifies films not to approve the Da Vinci Code movie before he gets a nod from the Catholic Church.<More>
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Environment,
Health and Education
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Measures to Control AIDS on
Highways
Analysts believe that better
highway facilities could
reduce incidence of AIDS
among high-risk truck
drivers and helpers and that
would consequently bring
down the number of incidence
in non-risky population such
as the wives and children of
this mobile group.<More>
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The Begging Elephants of
Assam
A
Supreme Court (SC) order
that stopped rampant
deforestation in North
Eastern India, especially
Assam, has rendered the
1200 domesticated forest
working elephants and their
mahouts jobless reducing
them to street beggars
accepting whatever people
offer.<More>
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Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Legal Dilemma on Handling Kashmir
Massacre Accused
The Army is considering various
options to try 5 officers,
including a Brigadier, for the
alleged murder of 5 Kashmiri
civilians suspected of being
foreign terrorists involved in the
massacre of 36 Sikhs at
Chattingsphora village in Kashmir
on Mar 20, 2000.
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India to Double Nuclear Power
Capacity
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman
Anil Kakodkar revealed plans that
India will double its nuclear
power capacity from 20,000
megawatts (mw) to 40,000 mw by
2030 and that the Planning
Commission has prepared a 30 year
plan to facilitate this plan. <More>
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Neighbors
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EU Reveals Plan to Placate Iran
The European Union (EU) 3
countries Britain, France, and
Germany revealed a proposal that
offers Iran a new nuclear plant, a
consortium-based guaranteed fuel
supply, warplanes, and recognition
of boundaries.<More>-
Suu Kyi May be Released?
For the first time in more than 2
years, the {Myanmar} military
junta allowed UN official Ibrahim
Gambari to meet jailed opposition
political leader and Nobel
Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for
about an hour spiking hopes that
she may be released soon.
<More>
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World
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Montenegro Breaks-off From
Serbia
Montenegro narrowly voted to
sever its ties with Serbia
meeting European Union (EU)
conditions and paving a
smoother path to be absorbed
into the EU. <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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Afghanistan: The looming dangers |
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The wages of hate: Islamist terror in
India |
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Talk Time |
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Kabul calling |
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Caught napping yet again |
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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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