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Business and Economy
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India Flexible on Industry not
Agriculture at WTO
Iran rejected India’s demand
for international long-term
contracts gas price parity
insisting that it will sell
for at least USD 7.2 per
British thermal unit (mbtu)
price while the international
long-term gas price is USD 4.2
mbtu for the
Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.<More>
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India will see Iron Ore
Shortage in Near Future
A high level committee set up
by the Planning Commission has
warned that at “the current
rate of growth of 20% of iron
ore production, India’s
Hematite reserves will last
for only 25 years” which will
cause India’s steel industry
its competitive advantage.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary |
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Population Issues in China,
India
Beijing Student Federation
announced that over two
hundred students from over 20
universities in Beijing have
volunteered to work in rural
areas to advocate the message
“a girl is as good as a boy”
and work for respect for and
protection of women's legal
rights.<More>
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Cabinet Wants Farm Loan Waiver
A Cabinet Subcommittee has
recommended that the
Government waive loans of
farmers and individuals who
had borrowed money from the
Punjab Backward Classes
Finance Corporation and the
Punjab Scheduled Castes
Finance Corporation.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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Thailand Tamil-Brahmi Inscription
A team of Thai and French
archaeologists found a shred of
pottery dating back to the 2nd Century
Christian era (CE) with three letters
including the characteristic
Tamil-Brahmi letter ‘Ra’ attesting the
prevalence of Tamil civilization and
extent of maritime contacts. <More>
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ADB Fund for Bird Flu
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
disbursed more than USD 11 million to
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the
World Health Organization (WHO).<More>
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Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Russia, US, to Expand India Nuclear
Ties
Russia and the United States praised
India’s “important non-proliferation
commitments” and revealed their desire
to expand “civil nuclear cooperation
to address its energy requirements,
and on further enhancing global
non-proliferating regime.” <More>
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Naxals Attack Relief Camp, Brutally
Kill 25
A 800 person Naxal horde attacked a
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
and civilian relief camp in Errabore
in Chhattisgarh and “hacked” 25
civilians “with sharp weapons” to send
a message that colluding with the
Government will bring them gory death.
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Neighbors |
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Report Says Pak Generals are Barons
A Newsline report said that Pakistan
continues the British tradition of
rewarding armed forces with land
allotments making Pakistani Army
generals new "land barons" controlling
12 million acres of prime agricultural
land worth over Rs 700 billion.<More>
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India Not “Opposing” Iran
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran
cautioned journalists that India's
relationship with Iran cannot be
reduced to the two votes New Delhi
cast against Teheran at the
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) in September 2005 and February
2006.<More>
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World |
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UN Resolution Condemns Blasts
The UN Security Council (UNSC)
passed a resolution “Reaffirming
that terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations constituted one of
the most serious threats to
international peace and security”
but did not name Pakistan or its
terror infrastructure.<More>
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India Says Nothing Beyond July 18
Commitments
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said
that India will has fulfilled all
July 18, 2005 commitments and will
not go beyond them but warned that
any departure from those promises
will involve a large price as faced
in after the 1998 nuclear tests.<More>
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Israel & Hezbollah Attack Each Other
As the world watched in horror,
Israeli planes and Hezbollah
militants attacked vulnerable sites
in either territory killing scores
of innocent civilians, injuring
hundreds more, and
displacing thousands in Lebanon.<More>
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Population
Issues in China, India |
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Beijing Student Federation announced
that over two hundred students from
over 20 universities in Beijing have
volunteered to work in rural areas
to advocate the message “a girl is
as good as a boy” and work for
respect for and protection of
women's legal rights.
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Mumbai Restarts,
Terrorist Hunt Continues |
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Terrorists
Target Mumbai Again |
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Focus on
Children with AIDS |
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India to be
Major Textile Supply Hub |
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Dictatorship at
AIIMS |
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North Korean
Missiles Shakes Up the World |
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Farm Sector
Disagreements Stall WTO |
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Manmohan to focus on terrorism
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Time to dump Musharraf? |
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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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