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• The Decreasing Relevance of Hurriyat

• FDI Target at USD12B, Exports Up  

• Railways Loses to Budget Airlines  

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• FDI Target at USD12B, Exports Up
  Despite the Stock Market meltdown, India projected a USD 12B Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) this year and reported a year on year 27% rise in merchandise exports and USD 20.52% in imports.< More >

• Railways Loses to Budget Airlines
  The advent of budget airlines has eroded high-margin upper class segment of the Indian Railways (IR) two years in a row causing it to lose over 10% in revenues and analysts predict this trend to continue.<More >

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

• The Decreasing Relevance of Hurriyat
  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defied terrorism and continued his roundtable discussions with various groups with Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and proposed setting up 5 groups to consider various issues but vowed to fight terrorism from Pakistan.<More >

• Speaker Blasts Election Commission
  Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee lambasted the Election Commission (EC) over s charge that he occupied an “Office of Profit” and accused it of “character assassination” and “trial by insinuation” without providing any proof.< More >