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Business and Economy

  • Pawar Says There is No Wheat Problem
         Sending more confusing signals to the people, vendors, and analysts, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that there was no possibility of a steep price in wheat as prices “are now stable” and that there is “no problem of stock availability.” <More>

  • Auto Exports Up 28% in Q1
    Automobile export from India surged 28% in the 1st quarter with impressive data from Korean Hyundai Motors and Indian Maruti Udyog and Tata Motors showing a jump of 27.3% and motorcycles by 45.3% totaling 247,847 units.<More>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

  • SC Asks HC Not to Intervene on Policy
    The Supreme Court (SC) has directed all High Courts (HC) not to interfere with policy making or administrative action as the Constitution “does not permit” the court to be become the “appellate authority” to “direct or advise the Executive” on policy. <More>

  • Cigarettes to Carry Skull & Bones Warning
    The Federal Government has ordered cigarette companies to carry a pictorial representation of skull and bones to show that "tobacco kills" and "smoking kills" warning manufacturers and vendors of serious criminal consequence for non-compliance.<More>

Environment, Health and Education

  • 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>

  • 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>
Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science & Technology

  • Broader Naxal Agenda
    The recent daring attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) protect camp is causing Home Ministry officials to finally pay attention to a politically-discredited Naxal blueprint document that describes their plan to further their evil agenda. <More>

  • Home Ministry Wants Direct Talks with ULFA
    As suspected insurgents of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) attacked an Assam Rifles post in Assam on the border with Manipur, Home Secretary V.K. Duggal wanted the group to talk to the Government directly and not through a panel of intermediaries.<More>

Neighbors

  • TN Politician Says No Aid to Lanka
    Extreme right wing {Tamil Nadu} local politician Vaiko urged the Federal Government not to provide military, material, or financial assistance to Sri Lanka that would enable “the Sri Lankan Air Force to strafe and bomb the Tamil areas, killing innocent Tamils.” <More>

  • Afghan Hunger May Benefit Taliban
    Afghan officials warned that of a famine arising from a drought from failed spring rains that destroyed rain-fed wheat crops increasing poverty levels that is usually exploited by the Taliban to recruit disaffected population to grow their terrorist agenda.     <More>

World

  • UN Force for Lebanon?
    As Israeli jets pounded Lebanese ports, roads, bridges, and suspected Hezbollah positions creating a humanitarian disaster in its wake, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and UN Secretary General Kofi Anan have proposed a peacekeeping force as a way out. <More>

  • 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>
 
Hot Topics
  Pawar Says There is No Wheat Problem
Broader Naxal Agenda
Home Ministry Wants Direct Talks with ULFA
SC Asks HC Not to Intervene on Policy
TN Politician Says No Aid to Lanka

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UN Force for Lebanon?
As Israeli jets pounded Lebanese ports, roads, bridges, and suspected Hezbollah positions creating a humanitarian disaster in its wake, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and UN Secretary General Kofi Anan have proposed a peacekeeping force as a way out.
Naxals Attack Relief Camp, Brutally Kill 25
Population Issues in China, India
Arjun Kills Education Bill, Moots Muslim Reservation
Mumbai Restarts, Terrorist Hunt Continues
Terrorists Target Mumbai Again
Focus on Children with AIDS
India to be Major Textile Supply Hub
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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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