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• US to review dumping duty on Indian shrimps
  Trying to stem growing differences in trade, the US Department of Commerce chose three Indian shrimp exporting companies to review their export statistic and performance to formulate a anti-dumping duty structure for Indian shrimp.<More>

• Manufacturing Boosts Industrial Growth to 9.8%
  The Central Statistical Organization (CSO) reported that industrial output grew to 9.8% from 9.5% in April-May due to a strong 10.9% growth (from 10.3% last year) in the manufacturing sector but no reasons were provided for the growth. <More>

• Need for greater Indo-Japanese economic ties
  Speaking at a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) seminar, Leader of a delegation of Member of the House of Representatives of Japan Hideaki Ohmura said there was an urgent need to for India and Japan to negotiate and bring trade levels to its full potential. <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>