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Business and Economy

  • Higher Savings Needed for Higher Economic Growth
    The Planning Commission has warned that the present savings rate of 28-29% could merely ensure a GDP growth rate of about 7.5 per cent and higher savings and foreign direct investment (FDI) is necessary to get a growth of 8-9% in the 11th financial plan.<More>

  • Indo-Japan Plan CECA by year-end
    India said that it anticipates a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to expand trade with Japan and enhance bilateral cooperation in pharmaceutical and manufacturing to ensure doubling bilateral trade to $10 billion in three years.<More>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

  • Budgetary Quota Plan
    A sub-group of Ministers on financial controls have agreed to propose to the Federal Government is considering a proposal that will create a budgetary quota of 22.5% for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) welfare.<More>

  • GoM Stops Pvt Sector Quota Proposal
    A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Federal Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar have ruled that the proposal to reserve employment in the private sector is not politically desirable, feasible, or legal and has asked that the proposal be shelved.<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

  • China Firm on Fighting Terror
    China vowed to strengthen coordination efforts and support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS) “To fight the ‘three evil forces’ including the ‘East Turkistan’ force and safeguard security and stability in the region.<More>

  • Indonesia frees radical Islamic cleric
    Indonesia set free radical imprisoned Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Baasyir convicted for his role in "a sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion resulting in deaths" after he completed his prison term that was reduced to about 26 months from 30.<More>

Neighbors

  • Nepal Cancels Terror Cases, Releases Terrorists
    Nepal has announced that it will release all terrorists detained under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Control and Punishment) Ordinance (TADO) and cancel all pending cases to placate the terrorist elements with which it is negotiating peace.<More>

  • US Cuts Pak Aid
    The United States (US) cut its USD 701 million aid package to Pakistan citing deterioration in human rights, lack of progress on democracy, not doing enough on terror and also speculated for denying access to disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan.<More>

World

  • Poll Says US Troops Greater Peace Threat
    A poll of people in Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Russia rated the presence of US troops in Iraq is a greater threat to world peace than the Government of Iran and such opinion was even lower in Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, and Pakistan.<More>

  • Indo-US Nuke Talks End Positively
    India and the US ended discussions positively on the bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement (which forms the backbone of the Indo-US nuclear deal) as technical experts prepared the broad outline of the pact that will be signed after US Congress approval.<More>
 
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Indo-US Nuke Talks End Positively
India and the US ended discussions positively on the bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement (which forms the backbone of the Indo-US nuclear deal) as technical experts prepared the broad outline of the pact that will be signed after US Congress approval.
Hamas-Abbas Clash Deepens
Economic Census Says Rural Sectors Growing Faster
India Offers Rs.1000 cr Deal to Nepal
Oslo Talks Non-Starter
India Promises Help to Nepal
Tenuous Russia-US Relations
Indo-Bangla Business Ties
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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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