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Business and Economy
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India, EU Exploring CECA
India and the EU have set up
a high level group to study
possibilities of a
Comprehensive Economic
Cooperation Agreement (CECA)
that would cover trade in
goods, services, and
investments and submit a
proposal during the Helsinki
summit in October.
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TN to Also Get a Mega Power
Plant
The Federal Minister for
Power Sushil Kumar Shinde
revealed that he has in
concept agreed to grant one
mega power project capable of
producing 4000 megawatt (MW)
to
Tamil Nadu (TN) in
addition to the other 7
states.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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HC Says No to Yatra Subsidies
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has restrained the Federal and
State Governments from subsidizing Yatra expenses for the Haj and other
pilgrimages leaving politicians using these sops as ways to create and
retain vote banks in quandary.
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Hindu Group Wants Army
to Help Reclaim Land
A Hindu Vasihavaite
sect in Assam says that
illegal migrants from
Bangladesh
have usurped over 400
religious places owned
by the Asom Sattra
Mahasava with
administrative and
political connivance
and has petitioned the
Army for help.
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Environment, Health and Education
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US Seeks Tariff cut on
Environment Products
As a co-member of the
Asia-Pacific Partnership
(APP), the US wants
India to reduce its
tariffs on imported
environmental goods and
services from the
current 15% to allow
free flow of technology
to reduce green house
gases (GHG) emission.<More>
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Is Project Tiger a Failure?
An investigation into the effectiveness of the
federally funded Project Tiger, launched in 1973 to
protect tigers in the 15 Tiger sanctuaries to ensure
a viable population, concluded that the program is a
failure because of insufficient training and
inadequate methods.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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India Holds Pak Responsible for Terror
India says it has evidence of Pakistan’s
continued support for terrorism and the
involvement of
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
in the 7/11 serial blasts after
anti-terrorism squad (ATS) killed a Pakistani in
Mumbai and captured another in Jammu & Kashmir
(J&K).
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Naxals Strike Mangalore Forest Office
In typical military style, Naxal terrorists
attacked the Range Forest Office in
Karnataka
damaging the building, burnt official
records, wirless set, computer equipment, and a
jeep after destroying a local telephone exchange
ahead of the raid.
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Neighbors
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World
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Iranian Official Visits India
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Asia, Oceania
and Commonwealth, Dr Mehdi Safari is
visiting India to appraise India of its
position over the nuclear stand-off with the
West reiterating that it is open to
negotiations and diplomatic solution.
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Iran Expands Heavy Water Project
A defiant yet indulgent Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new phase
in the Arak heavy-water reactor project
dismissing global concerns of its
controversial program but asserting that
“Iran is not a threat to anybody."
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BSF, BDR Exploring Better Inter-working
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Baloach Leader Bugti Killed Suspiciously
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India, EU Exploring CECA
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Iranian Official Visits India
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TN to Also Get a Mega Power Plant
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Nathu-La Not as Spectacular As Expected
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Featured Analyses
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Is Project Tiger a Failure? |
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An investigation into
the effectiveness of the federally funded
Project Tiger, launched in 1973 to protect
tigers in the 15 Tiger sanctuaries to ensure
a viable population, concluded that the
program is a failure because of insufficient
training and inadequate methods.
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First Indo-Russian Joint
Study Group on Trade |
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Corp Expansion despite
Stalled Reforms |
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Diluted Wildlife Bill
Passed |
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Contrarian HIV Estimates in
New Survey |
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SLA Claims Military Successes as TN Censures It |
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Featured Edits
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"Enforced
disappearances on the rise in South
Asia'' |
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A
disappointing judgment |
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China
and NAM |
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From
bullets to ballots in Kashmir? |
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Sharing
the blame |
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The
Road Ahead |
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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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