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Business and Economy
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SAARC Concluded Amid
Indo-Pak Trade Dispute
India complained bitterly to
the commerce ministers
governing the South Asian
Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)
that Islamabad has failed to
implement key provisions of
the agreement into force and
not granting tariff
reductions to its exports.
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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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Quota Plan in Shambles
Reports suggest that
serious differences
over strategy,
financial requirements,
and concerns of
Constitutional validity
within the Government
may delay the Bill for
Other Backward Classes
(OBC).
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Restrictive Child Labor Bill Passed
Through the Child Labour (Prohibition &
Regulation) Act, 1986, the Government warned
of prosecution and penal action for the
employment of children but child labor
activists criticize the legislation as
inadequate that could drive children to
worse situations. .
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Environment, Health and Education
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SC Allows “Toxic” Ship-Breaking
The Gujarat Maritime Board said that the Supreme
Court has granted them permission to break up the
11-storey Blue Lady, believed to be laden with
asbestos and other toxic materials, in the Alang
ship-breaking yard in Western
Gujarat.<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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Ordnance Board Collaborates with Israeli Company
Government-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is
entering into a joint venture with an Israeli
company to manufacture “cargo ammunition” (known
to maim but does not kill) but raising hackles
of human rights organization seeking to stop
these products.
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Naxals Attack WB IRB Camp
In an area in {West Bengal} adjacent to {Jharkhand},
suspected Naxal terrorists attacked an Indian
Reserve Battalion (IRB) camp and a heavy
exchange of fire lasted for over an hour as
retribution for arresting a senior local
terrorist leader.
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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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SC Allows “Toxic” Ship-Breaking
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Quota Plan in Shambles
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Restrictive Child Labor Bill Passed
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Food Bill Passed as Pesticides Makeup Colas |
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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.
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LeT Targeting Sensitive
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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
President, SC |
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No Implementation of Groundwater Bill |
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Change
is the only constant |
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Attack
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Save the children |
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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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