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Business and Economy

  • Indian Corp Raises USD 17B in Debt
    Indian companies topped all expectations to raise USD 17.13 billion last year in debt and capital market issues including USD 5.21 billion through foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB).<More>

  • Indian Outward Investment Growth to EU is more
    Indian investments to the European Union (EU) have grown from €25 million in 1999 to €598 million in 2003 while EU investments in India have remained stagnant at €800 million since 1999.<More>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

  • Three Prisoners Commit Suicide in Guantanomo
    Three inmates at the US prison camp at Guantanomo Bay have reportedly committed suicide using bed sheets and personal clothing under mysterious circumstances that the US calls a "mystical" effort to free their peers.<More>

  • Minister Wants Quota in Private Sector
    Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar struck an ominous note that businesses must create a reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the private sector voluntarily in the near future as "Time is running out.”<More> 

Environment, Health and Education

  • Diabetes and Fizz Soda
    After introducing a plan to curb smoking in movies, Federal Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss is now asking movie actors and cricketers to stop being brand ambassadors to aerated drinks to curb obesity and diabetes among children.<More>

  • Central Tobacco Authority Being Planned
    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>

Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science & Technology

  • Indo-US Talks Nuke Coop Talks
    India and the US are to start conversations on developing a bilateral nuclear agreement that could be linked to the civilian nuclear deal that they signed July 2005 and is currently being debated in the US Congress.<More>

  • Al-Qaeda’s Top Iraqi Man Killed
    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>

Neighbors

  • India Offers Rs.1000 cr Deal to Nepal
    India offer visiting Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala a deal worth Rs. 1000 crores (USD 217 million) that would include a one time grant, waiver of dues for supplied military equipment, reworking of loans, and subsidized fertilizer.<More>

  • Oslo Talks Non-Starter
    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>

  • Compulsory Pilotage’ of Straits of Malacca
    India outlined its support to the `compulsory pilotage' proposal by Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia at the Shangri La security dialogue held in Singapore and highlighted the need to sanitize the narrow channel through which a large chunk of world trade passes.<More>

World

  • India, Scotland to Boost Ties
    The success of Cairn Energy in India to qualify to bid for 27 oil fields is increasing expectations of closer business ties between India and Scotland.<More>
 
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Oslo Talks Non-Starter
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.
India Promises Help to Nepal
Tenuous Russia-US Relations
Indo-Bangla Business Ties
Pak Terror Breakthroughs in Britain, Canada, India
Out of Control Revenue Deficit
Pressure on US to Punish Pak
Kalam Returns OoP Bill
Featured Edits

Musharraf to press China for 2 reactors

Gaps evident in tracking market manipulation

US Congress and the N-deal: Substance to Process

Chinese Reaction to Indo-US Relations

Time to ask, and answer, a few questions

Inscription
South Indian Inscriptions
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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