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Business and Economy

  • Panel Recommends Revamp of Venture Fund Regulations
    A Planning Commission sub-Committee has suggested a slew of fiscal incentives to encourage more domestic venture capital funds (VCF) and has included a proposal to set up an Early Stage Venture Fund (ESVF) through public-private partnership. <More>

  • Increased Food grain Output Likely
    The Federal Agriculture Ministry (AM) said that food grain production is expected to be 5.01% higher at 208.3 million tons (mt) in 2005-2006 versus 198.36 mt a year ago because of better output from rice and oilseeds but wheat production is only marginally higher. <More>

  • Inadequate Response to NMCC Recommendations  
         National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) has recommended that a new National Manufacturing Initiative to further 20 key labor-intensive sectors that net USD 10 billion from domestic markets alone to facilitate a quantum jump in the near future. <More>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

  • BHC Asks Railways to Revamp Disaster Management
    The Bombay High Court (BHC) has directed the Central and Western Railways to upgrade their disaster management system and submit a comprehensive process for review by August 16. <More>

  • Sachar Commission Targets Judiciary
    The controversial Sachar Panel created by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and criticized by many for its divisive charter of counting the presence of Muslims in different arms of the Government, has apparently started targeting the Judiciary. <More>

Environment, Health and Education

  • Government to Respond to Reservation Lawsuit  
         The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry is to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) justifying the Government’s decision to reserve seats for the so-called Other Backward Classes (OBC) in higher educational institutions under the 93rd Amendment. <More>

  • “Tigers Forever” Initiative
    US-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced a “Tigers Forever” initiative as a venture capital investment funded by nature-loving businessmen that expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return of 50% increase in tiger population in key area. <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

  • Nepal Talks Deferred Briefly
    Talks between the interim Government and Nepalese terrorist group was deferred but to meet in the near future and focus on the interim constitution content, constituent assembly formation process, constituencies redraw plan, and arms management. <More>

  • LTTE Insists on Change in Monitors
    The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has reiterated to the visiting Ambassador-at-Large of Swedish Foreign Ministry that there is no change in its demand for withdrawal of EU monitors  from the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) by September 1. <More>

World

  • Civilian Crisis in Lebanon
    Of the 4 Indian Navy ships re-routed to Lebanon in a bid to evacuate 12,000 Indians living in that country, diplomatic negotiating secured a berth one ship to evacuate 700 odd people to Larnaca, Cyprus where Air India jets will fly them out. Sri Lanka and Nepal have appealed to India for help with their citizens too which the Navy will undertake on a best effort basis. <More>

  • 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>
 
Hot Topics
 

Government to Respond to Reservation Lawsuit

BHC Asks Railways to Revamp Disaster Management

Panel Recommends Revamp of Venture Fund Regulation

Sachar Commission Targets Judiciary

Inadequate Response to NMCC Recommendations

Increased Food grain Output Likely

Nepal Talks Deferred Briefly

LTTE Insists on Change in Monitors

Featured Analyses     More
 

Tigers Forever Initiative

US-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced a “Tigers Forever” initiative as a venture capital investment funded by nature-loving businessmen that expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return of 50% increase in tiger population in key area.  
Pawar Says There is No Wheat Problem
UN Force for Lebanon?
Naxals Attack Relief Camp, Brutally Kill 25
Population Issues in China, India

Arjun Kills Education Bill, Moots Muslim Reservation

Mumbai Restarts, Terrorist Hunt Continues
Featured Edits

Indian Maoists criticise Prachanda
OoPs again

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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