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Business and Economy
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Record Tea Output but Shortage
Predicted
The India Tea Association (ITA)
estimated that India will continue
to be the largest tea producer with
930 million kilograms (mkgs) (2 mkgs
more than last year) but predicted a
shortage of 27 mkgs in India due to
growing domestic and international
demand.<More>
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Govt Proposes MNC Audit
A senior Finance Ministry
official said that India is
thinking of starting joint
audits for multi-nationals (MNCs)
operating in India and the
ASEAN region to ensure that
the balance sheets match those
of their annual statements.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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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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Three Uranium Mines in Jharkhand
The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is setting
up 3 small uranium mines and 1 processing plant
in Jharkhand near the sole uranium mine Jadugoda
and is expected to become operational between
2006 and 2008.<More>
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Special Anti-Naxal Force
India has created special force body of 14000
personnel raised from 13 states, which would
include 9000 from Central paramilitary and State
police and rest ex-servicemen, to fight naxal
violence and perform other internal security
duties.<More>
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Neighbors
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World
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Confusion on Iran as Deadline Passes
EU Foreign Ministers have cautioned against
hasty decisions, including sanctions, on
Iran even as the US said
military action against Tehran
“is not off the table” and some say that
India ’s relations with Iran may arrest the
development of Indo-US relations.<More>
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EU Not Considering Hamas Dialogue
Backtracking from earlier reports that the
EU may consider direct contact with Hamas, a
Foreign Ministers’ meeting distanced the 25
nation body from Hamas and labeled it a
terror organization removing all
possibilities of interaction.<More>
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Hot Topics
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Record Tea Output but Shortage Predicted
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Disappearances on Rise in South Asia
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Three Uranium Mines in Jharkhand
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BDR Denies ULFA Presence
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Govt Proposes MNC Audit
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Special Anti-Naxal Force
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Confusion on Iran as Deadline Passes |
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EU Foreign Ministers have cautioned against
hasty decisions, including sanctions, on
Iran even as the US said
military action against Tehran
“is not off the table” and some say that
India ’s relations with Iran may arrest the
development of Indo-US relations.
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Security Concerns Bar
Chinese Investment |
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Baloach Leader Bugti
Suspiciously Killed |
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Is
Project Tiger a Failure? |
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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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Featured Edits
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Thinking the Unthinkable: A new map
for Middle East and Pakistan! |
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Bugti Tribal chief to martyr |
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War ends but not Lebanon's misery |
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The fall of Sampor |
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How they love to stereotype Asians |
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Just why PNs attract such strong views |
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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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