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Business and Economy

  • Ore Export Cut to Japan, Korea
    Ministry of Commerce Additional Secretary Christy Fernandez announced fresh agreements where export of iron ore to Japan and Korea will be cut by 50% to a maximum of 6.78 million tons (mts) this fiscal year.<More>

  • 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>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

Environment, Health and Education

  • 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>

  • 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>

Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science & Technology

  • Nuclear Plant Site Searches
    As two panels have passed their own versions of the Indo-US civilian nuclear treaty for broader consideration, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is on a strong search for nuclear plant sites.<More>

  • 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>

Neighbors

  • Rice on Facilitation Mission
    US Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice visited Islamabad last week to urge, coerce, and pacify Pakistan and Afghanistan to stop their bickering and work together to fight Taliban and al Qaeda forces but created a lot of flutter over democracy in Pakistan.<More>

  • Indo-Bangla Spat Worsens
    In widening disagreements along multiple-spheres, India and Bangladesh exchanged heavy fire across the border and this time over a plot of land along the Surama River bank which Bangladesh claims as its own following a change in the river's course.<More>

World

  • Senate Panel Passes Nuke Deal
    In a major boost to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) also passed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal with an overwhelming majority but with riders that may not be palatable to Indian strategists.<More>

  • Israel Abducts Hamas Cabinet Members
    Escalating violence by major orders of magnitude, Israel made limited military incursions into Gaza, bombed a Hamas office, and abducted 1/3 of the Hamas Cabinet of Palestinian Authority as collateral for the safe return of a soldier captured by terrorists.<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.
US Panel Passes Nuke Deal With Caveats
Lankan Deputy Army Chief Killed
Defense Plans for Parallel Warfare
Private Sector Wheat, Sugar Imports Allowed
LTTE Wants EU Monitors Removed
Wheat Import Gets Murkier
India, China to Open Nathu-la
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Federation for Lanka 

Mulling Over Mittal

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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