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Govt to Maintain Borrowing Levels
Federal Finance Minister P.
Chidambaram has said that the overall
size of borrowing for the current
fiscal year will remain at Rs. 152,856
(USD 33 billion).<More>
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PM Defies Commies on Disinvestment
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signaled
that his Government will not rethink
its policy to disinvest in profit
making non-Navratna Public Sector
Units as means to finance increasing
social expense and
containing runaway deficits.<More>
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India to Harden Stance at WTO
Ignoring threats and warnings from
World Trade Organization (WTO)
personnel, India disclosed that it has
toughened its stand on agriculture and
industrial tariffs and asserting that
development challenge of the Doha
Round must be addressed. <More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Environment, Health and Education
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Increased Heroin Flows from Afghanistan
Narcotic trackers say that an unwanted and unanticipated
side-effect of the Indo-Pak peace process that has
increased foot, rail, and road traffic between the two
nations is the upsurge of smuggling of heroin from
Afghanistan.<More>
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Tribal Rights Bill will shrink Forests Further
Satellite imagery shows that human habitation in and on
the periphery of forests, encroachment, and illegal
logging has reduced forest cover in 11 of the 28 forests
and the proposed Tribal Rights Bill (TRB) legalizing
forest dwellers land rights will exacerbate this
scenario.<More>
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Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Services Oppose Ministry Equality Diktats
There is growing evidence that the three services are
opposing Defense Ministry diktats to offer permanent
commissions to women personnel unless they make
voluntary choices to combat roles and meet demanding
physical standards expected of fighting forces.<More>
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Large Operation Kills 150 Taliban
Afghan and coalition forces launched Operation Mountain
Thrust, a major anti-Taliban operation 2 weeks ago,
killing 149, wounding 32, and capturing terrorists
described by Afghanistan as “enemies of peace and safety
of our people.”<More>
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Neighbors
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LTTE Regrets Rajiv Gandhi
Assassination
In a virtual admission of guilt,
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) Chief Peace
Negotiator and Ideologue, Anton
Balasingham said that his
organization deeply regretted the
assassination of former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi.<More>
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Indo-Sino Talks End, No Details
Disclosed
The eighth round of Indo-Sino
border talks ended with
proceedings held secretively and
results not made public but a
terse press release similar to the
one at the end of last round said
that the talks were held in a
"friendly, cooperative and
constructive atmosphere."<More>
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World
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India, Kuwait to Enhance
Aviation Ties
Following the recent visit
by the Kuwaiti Amir to
India, India and Kuwait will
review their aviation
bilateral arrangements to
increase the number of seats
available on airlines of
either country in
forthcoming bilateral talks
scheduled on July 18-19.<More>
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US Panel Passes Nuke Deal
With Caveats
The 50-member US Congress
International Relations
Committee (HIRC) approved
37-5 the Indo-US civilian
nuclear deal to exempt India
from the U.S. laws that
restrict nuclear trade with
countries that have not
submitted themselves to full
nuclear inspections.<More>
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US Panel Passes Nuke Deal
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The 50-member US Congress
International Relations
Committee (HIRC) approved
37-5 the Indo-US civilian nuclear
deal to exempt India from the U.S.
laws that restrict nuclear trade
with countries that have not
submitted themselves to full
nuclear inspections.
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Lankan Deputy Army Chief
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Defense Plans for Parallel
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Private Sector Wheat, Sugar
Imports Allowed |
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LTTE Wants EU Monitors
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Wheat Import Gets Murkier |
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India, China to Open Nathu-la |
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SCO to Resist US? |
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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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