Environment, Health and Education

• Are there Tigers in Manipur?
  Days after the Government promised better forest management, media reports from Manipur talk about wanton poaching of fully grown tigers to sell their bones and skins in the international market but the Government claims that there are no Tigers in Manipur. < More >

• Environmentalists Aghast at Tribal Rights Bill
  A joint committee of Members of Parliament had submitted a draft legislation, which will no doubt pass because it has the over-enthusiastic support of the communists, which seeks to make over valued forest land over to the tribal population.

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• Navy Seeks Advanced Choppers
  The Navy is seeking the immediate purchase of 16 medium lift helicopters at the cost of USD 1 billion and an additional 8 in the next few months to fill the shortage of 46 helicopters.<More>

• Osama Absolves Moussaoui of 9/11
  Osama bin Laden absolved Zacharias Moussaoui of any part in plotting the 9/11 terrorist event that killed 3000 people and sparked a global war on terror that resulted in the ouster of the Taliban Government in Afghanistan.< More >

Neighbors

• 50 Taliban Dead, Riots against US
  US Planes bombed a mosque in Halmand in Southern Afghanistan killing 50 Taliban terrorists including several unspecified Taliban leaders; the Taliban has not responded to this claim.<More >

• India-China Strengthen Military Training
  India and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would institutionalize military training and exercises to add enough punch to the faltering strategic relationship.<More >

• Myanmar Says Suu Kyi is a Domestic Issue
  The military junta doused speculation of an early release of opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi from house arrest, asserted that it was an internal matter and open for international discussion or negotiation.<More >

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