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Business and Economy
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IMF Asks for Financial Reform
Visiting International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Managing Director Rodrigo de
Rato said that “There is a need to
make the financial system more
efficient” and the “structural
reforms” is required for India “more
capable of benefiting from world
economy.”<More>
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Fiscal, Revenue Deficit Up
Dangerously
The Controller General of
Accounts (CAG) revealed that
India ’s revenue and fiscal
deficit within the 1st four
months amounted to 92.3% and
58.1% of the budget estimate
for the entire fiscal raising
questions on the nation’s
ability to meet deficit
targets.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Congress Expels Natwar’s Son
In a major blow to Natwar Singh’s hopes of rescue by the Gandhi family, the
Congress Party expelled Natwar’s son Jagat Singh even as Jagat’s friend’s
petition in the Supreme Court (SC) for absolution from Justice RS Pathak
Inquiry commission’s indictment.<More>
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Disappearances on Rise in South Asia
As nations of South Asia fight terrorism, Amnesty International (AI) says
that “enforced disappearances” of people is growing and while “new patterns”
are emerging from Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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Special Education through Satellite
The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and the
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) have signed
separate agreements with the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) to set-up boost distance education
oriented at the disabled, parents, and trainers.<More>
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Study Says Human Gut Hosts HIV
A new study by researchers from the University of
California revealed that the human gut hosts twice
the amount of HIV virus as a person’s blood stream
confirming medical suspicion that current
anti-retroviral therapy alone is insufficient to
cure an individual.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Bush Strategy to Combat Terrorism
Days before the 5th anniversary of 9/11
terrorism attack on the US , President George
Bush released a document called “National
Strategy for Combating Terrorism” portrayed as
“unclassified version” of US approach to dealing
with terrorism.<More>
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Naxalism, Micro-Terrorism Major Security Threats
A security review by Chief Ministers with Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh found leaders worrying
about increasing activities of
Pakistan-sponsored and directed terrorist
outfits organized into “sleeper cells” who are
motivated to perform suicide attacks.<More>
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Neighbors
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Pak-Taliban Peace Pact
Pakistan announced that it had arranged a peace pact
with the Taliban is seen by many as an admission by the
Pakistan Army of its inability to control the region by
brute force methods it employs against opponents and
having lost hundreds of soldiers.<More>
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India Not Working to Contain China
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran asserted that India does
not believe that a conflict between the US and China is
inevitable and that India was not part of any design to
contain China as the economic stake between the two was
large.<More>
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World
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Syria Promises Embargo on Hezbollah
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that
Syria has promised to adhere to the UNSC
Resolution 1701 demanding an arms embargo on
the Hezbollah but objected “to the presence
of foreign forces along the Syrian-Lebanese
border.”<More>
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Indo-French Missile Pact Stalled
The much hyped Indo-French pact to allow
India to produce French cruise missiles
under transfer of technology from European
Missile Consortium MBDA to Defense Research
& Development Organization (DRDO) appeared
to have stalled.<More>
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Study Says Human Gut Hosts HIV
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IMF Asks for Financial Reform
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Syria Promises Embargo on Hezbollah
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Fiscal, Revenue Deficit Up Dangerously
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Featured Analyses
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Naxalism, Micro-Terrorism Major Security Threats |
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A security review by Chief Ministers with Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh found leaders worrying
about increasing activities of Pakistan-sponsored and
directed terrorist outfits organized into “sleeper
cells” who are motivated to perform suicide attacks.
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BDR Denies ULFA Presence |
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Confusion on Iran as Deadline Passes |
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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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Featured Edits
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Manic
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Terror in
twilight
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Arrests In Denmark |
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Clash within civilisation |
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Progress at
what cost? |
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A reverse for
terrorism?
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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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