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Business and Economy
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Higher Savings Needed for Higher
Economic Growth
(June
16, 2006)
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>
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Indo-Japan Plan CECA by year-end
(June
15, 2006)
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>
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Economic Census Says Rural
Sectors Growing Faster
(June
13, 2006)
In the first sign that
economic reforms are
working, the “Economic
Census 2005” has shown that
61.3% of rural enterprises
to be growing faster than
their urban peers and a lot
of fast-paced development is
happening in the neglected
North-East.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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GoM Stops Pvt Sector Quota
Proposal
(June
14, 2006)
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>
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Three Prisoners Commit
Suicide in Guantanomo
(June
12, 2006)
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>
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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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China Firm on Fighting Terror
(June
16, 2006)
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>
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Indonesia frees radical Islamic cleric
(June
15, 2006)
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>
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Army Called to Curb ULFA Terror
(June
14, 2006)
The
Assam Government has called out the Army to battle
the United Liberation Front of Assam’s (ULFA) terror
campaign of bombing oil, pipeline, and other
installations and targeting civilian centers inviting
the wrath of many influential organizations.<More>
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Indo-US Talks Nuke Coop
Talks
(June 12, 2006)
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>
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Neighbors
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Nepal Cancels Terror Cases,
Releases Terrorists
(June
13, 2006)
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>
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India Offers Rs.1000 cr Deal
to Nepal
(June
12, 2006)
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>
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World
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Poll Says US Troops Greater
Peace Threat
(June
16, 2006)
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>
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Indo-US Nuke Talks End
Positively
(June
15, 2006)
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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Hamas-Abbas Clash Deepens
(June
14, 2006)
The political and power
standoff between Palestinian
Territories President
Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas-led
Government escalated several
notches with security forces
loyal to both parties
clashing and burning assets
belonging to the other.<More>
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SCO Members Sign Pacts
(June 13, 2006)
Celebrating its 5th
anniversary, the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO)
will sign several pacts on
security and economic
cooperation and discuss
“issues of regional and
international importance”
review “past development,”
and evolve “future plans.".<More>
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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,
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