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Business and Economy
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Better than Estimated Tea
Output
According to the Tea
Association, production in
the first half of the year
increased by about 11%
beating earlier estimates of
a loss of 20 million
kilograms (mkgs) even as
Kenya reported a decline of
output due to drought by
19%.
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EEPC Estimates Engineering
Exports at USD 23B
The Engineering Export
Promotion Council (EEPC) set
an export target of $23
billion for this fiscal year
up from $19.18 billion and
said that the amount could
even go up by another USD 1
billion from miscellaneous
items.
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Govt Withdraws Dismissal Move against Venugopal
A highly embarrassed Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss withdrew the
controversial order
to dismiss All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr. P. Venugopal but counsel said that the Government would file
fresh charges later.
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OoP Pitches Parliament against President, SC
The Federal Government and its communist allies, usually at odds on many issues, joined ranks to assert that the Parliament is “supreme” and some even went to the extent of suggesting that the President has only rights to advice and not over-rule the Parliament.
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Environment, Health and Education
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Unusual Clouds over Antarctica
Australian scientists say that extreme weather
conditions are producing unusual cloud formation,
called stratospheric clouds, over Antarctica that
could lead to “chemical changes” capable of
destroying “vital stratospheric ozone.”<More>
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Food Bill Passed as Pesticides Makeup Colas
As a prominent Non-Government Organization (NGO)
reported high levels of pesticide and toxins in soft
drinks, the Rajya Sabha passed a Bill to consolidate
laws relating to food and establish a regulatory
body for the food-processing sector.<More>
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Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Army Plans for Nuke Attack
Faced by increasing intelligence that non-state
actors plan to attack nuclear facilities in the
nation, the Indian Army has set up special teams
to coordinate and execute response to nuclear
attacks.
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LeT Targeting Sensitive Spots
Senior Indian officials took umbrage to US
comments absolving Pakistan on the 7/11 Mumbai
blasts and said they have actionable
intelligence that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
was behind the terrorist attack and of
plans to attack sensitive spots.
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Neighbors
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India Watches Bangla Elections with Interest
Speaking at a meeting hosted by India-Bangladesh
friendship organizations, Minister of State for External
Affairs E. Ahamed India promised to work with any
Government elected by the scheduled January 2007
elections and hoped it will be “truly free and fair.”
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SLMM Collapses, Ceasefire Dead as Civil War Looms
Sri Lanka moved ground troops following air force raids
on a “humanitarian operation” to take control of a water
reservoir in an ill-defined area but controlled by the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sparking the
Tamils to declare the ceasefire dead.
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World
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Israel Supports UN Peacekeepers Idea
Incessant bombing of blocks of apartments and mass migration of people following radio announcements and pamphlets thrown down from planes is best described by a visiting UN official as a “horrific” and “violation of humanitarian law.”
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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.
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Better than Estimated Tea Output
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Army Plans for Nuke Attack
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Unusual Clouds over Antarctica
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India Watches Bangla Elections with Interest
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Food Bill Passed as Pesticides Makeup Colas
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LeT Targeting Sensitive Spots |
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Senior Indian officials took umbrage to US
comments absolving Pakistan on the 7/11 Mumbai
blasts and said they have actionable
intelligence that the
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
was behind the terrorist attack and of
plans to attack sensitive spots.
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US Congress Passes Nuke Deal |
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Political Failure in War on Terror |
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OoP Pitches Parliament against
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No Implementation of Groundwater Bill |
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Some Successes against Naxals |
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Inadequate Response to NMCC Recommendations |
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Featured
Edits
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"Manmohan,
Musharraf can meet on NAM sidelines'' |
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Tackle
terror sternly |
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Safta Meet To Discuss
Pakistan Stand |
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Inscription
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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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