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Business and Economy
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Spices Exports Up
(June
07, 2006)
For millenniums, Indian nations have exported prices
to Egypt, Rome, China, Israel, Srivijaya (Sumatra),
and Kadaram (Malaysia) in return for ships laden
with gold; but in the last decades, this sector has
hardly received any attention from the Government.<More>
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Indo-Bangla Business Ties
(June
06, 2006)
Six task forces of Indian and Bangladesh business
leaders have agreed to influence their respective
governments to allow containerized movement of
cargo through road, rail and inland waterways to
boost bilateral trade and investment. <More>
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Eurocopter-HAL JV
(June
06, 2006)
World's leading helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a
global industrial cooperation partnership
agreement to jointly produce civilian and military
Ecureuil and Fennec family of helicopters for the
world market.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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PM Finally stands up to Commies
(June
06, 2006)
In a very refreshing, albeit belated, twist, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh is seen to be standing up to
the communist allies who support the Government from
the outside but have only increased the level of
pain of operation on several policy fronts.<More>
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Environment, Health and
Education
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Central Tobacco Authority Being Planned
(June 08, 2006)
Federal Minister of Health Anbumani Ramdoss said that
a Central Tobacco Authority (CTA) with unprecedented
powers to implement the provisions of the Tobacco Act
is being planned and revealed in the next couple of
months.<More>
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Oil Slick Threatens Goa
(June 07, 2006)
As oil patches from the Panama-registered MV Ocean
Seraya which broke into two after hitting a rock
during a recent storm system began washing up on the
popular tourist beaches in Goa, environmentalists
warned of larger dangers of an oil slick.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security
and Science & Technology
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Al-Qaeda’s Top Iraqi Man Killed
(May
09, 2006)
Intelligence driven precision air raid on a safe house
in Baquba killed al Qaeda’s main man responsible for
most terrorist incidents in Iraq who carried a bounty
of USD 25 million.<More>
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Pak Terror Breakthroughs in Britain, Canada, India
(June 05, 2006)
British police claims to have broken up a plan to
release the deadly Sarin nerve gas or cyanide on
crowded areas in London on July 7 by two Bangladeshi
jihadis living among Pakistanis and Indians in East
London.<More>
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Huge BrahMos interests, IAF Version by 2007
(June 05, 2006)
With the planned induction of the supersonic BrahMos
missile in the Navy and Army, the Indo-Russian joint
venture plans to bring an air force version to be
ready for tests by end of 2007. <More>
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NSG Hardliners Blocking India’s Nuke Quest
(June 05, 2006)
Allowing an exemption to India to procure nuclear fuel
was initiated at the plenary session of the 44-nation
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting at Rio de
Janeiro and it appears that Norway, Sweden, and
Ireland were the last three holdouts against the
idea.<More>
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Neighbors
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Oslo Talks Non-Starter
(June 09, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised
Norway facilitators saying that they will not meet
with the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) delegation as it
was not representative of Sri Lanka and also because
of the presence of European Union members.<More>
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India Promises Help to Nepal
(June 08, 2006)
Reinstated Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala
met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss
economic and military aid and calibrate response to
the threat from Maoist terrorists choking the Seven
Party Alliance (SPA) and the country.<More>
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World
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Panel Warns of Non-Approval of Nuke Deal
(June 09, 2006)
The influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
recommended that the US Congress approve the Indo-US
civilian nuclear deal’s basic framework without
delay so that the nascent bilateral relationship is
not compromised even if final approval is delayed.<More>
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The CIA Terror Web
(June 08, 2006)
European Human Rights watchdog Council of Europe
accused 20 countries, including many in Europe, of
colluding with the US Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) to create secret prisons to transfer terror
suspects and use torture as means of interrogation.<More>
Tenuous Russia-US Relations
(June 07, 2006)
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that
his country is “strengthening” its “cooperation”
with the US “in the international arena” and cited
the positive interaction to provide a renewed deal
to Iran.<More>
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India Promises Help to
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Reinstated Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met with
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Inscription
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South
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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