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• Commies Want Halt in Mineral Exports
  Communist allies of the Federal Government demanded an immediate stop to indiscriminate export of minerals, particularly iron ore as mineral deposits were exhaustible and wanted a halt in moves to liberalize export of minerals.<More>

• India to be Major Textile Supply Hub
  A US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service report said that there will be increased foreign investment in Indian cotton and textile industries that could propel the nation as a major global clothing supplier.<More>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

• Dictatorship at AIIMS
  In the most brazen transgression of Constitutional norms, Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss humiliated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director and preeminent cardiologist Dr. Venugopal with a dismissal on fictitious charges.<More>

• SC Rebukes Government
  Listening to a complaint from resident doctors, the Supreme Court (SC) rebuked the Federal Government for breaking its promise during the anti-reservation strike of not initiating “punitive” action against doctors if they stopped their strike.<More>

• SC Refuses Religion & Blanket Quota
  The Supreme Court refused to stay a High Court verdict disallowing Andhra Pradesh (AP) to create a 5% quota for Muslims colleges and Government jobs and restrained Kerala from reserving seats in private unaided colleges and minority institutions.<More>