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Business and Economy
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Govt Reduces SGRY Grain Allotment
The Ministry of Rural Development
announced that it will allocate
lesser amount of food grain for Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY),
a food-for-work program, to laborers
from 5 kilograms to 3 kilograms
because of “limited availability.”<More>
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IBSA Trade Rises Dramatically
Calling the India-Brazil-South
Africa (IBSA) grouping an “emerging
trinity in the new geography of
international trade,” United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) values the intra and inter
regional trade close to USD 10
billion for 2007.<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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SC Fines Coal Unit for Environment Damage
The Supreme Court fined India’s largest coal producing
company for using forest land in and ruled that all
companies using forest land are required to pay a Penal
Compensatory Afforestation cost and amount of Net
Present Value to continue operations.<More>
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Integrated Forest Management Planned
In the next 5 year plan, India plans an Integrated
Protection Scheme to increase interfaces with
communities, communication, and surveillance of
forests and wildlife to facilitate their
conservation and protection.<More>
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New Dangerous TB Strain
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a
new drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) spreading in
several countries and continents including the
United States , Eastern Europe , and Africa that
could greatly compromise AIDS treatment programs.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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India Worried About Taliban Resurgence
India is increasingly worried about conventional
offensive well-orchestrated operations of a
resurgent Taliban and their hold on the fight
till broken with air raids and analysts say that
these tactics bring back memories of their
ascendance in early 1990s.<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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Manmohan-Mush Peace Dialogue in Havana
Rejecting domestic opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh revealed that he will discuss terror with Pakistan
on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
summit in Havana and sources say that stalled talks may
be resumed soon.<More>
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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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World
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India , Brazil Take “Gigantic Step”
Visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva signed a set of agreements on trade,
technology, and agriculture and agreed to
develop their bilateral relations into a
strategic partnership.<More>
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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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IBSA Trade Rises Dramatically
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Calling the India-Brazil-South
Africa (IBSA) grouping an “emerging
trinity in the new geography of
international trade,” United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) values the intra and inter
regional trade close to USD 10
billion for 2007.
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Pak-Taliban Peace Pact |
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Naxalism, Micro-Terrorism Major Security Threats |
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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
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A town called Malegaon
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At IBSA summit, quota lessons for I
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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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