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Business and Economy
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ONGC’s Mangalore SEZ
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) will invest Rs. 35,000 crore
(USD 7.6 billion) in the Special
Economic Zone at Mangalore to house
a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant,
a 15 million ton (mt) refinery,
petrochemical plant, and power
plant.<More>
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OECD Asks India to Overhaul
Regulations
An influential international body
advised India to overhaul its
outdated business regulations such
as reservations for small firms,
tariff structures, and labor laws
for large companies to derive
benefits from global economy such as
investments and technology.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Child Labor Targets Missed, Enforcement Tightened
Karnataka,
home to India’s Silicon Valley, has said that it will most likely miss child
labor targets but has promised that the
new federal law aiming to curtail this inhuman
practice will be enforced strictly and more vigor.<More>
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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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Environment, Health and Education
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Torture, Censorship, and Repression in ‘Azad’ Kashmir
Human Rights groups say that in so-called ‘Azad’ (free)
Kashmir , largely closed to international and
independent scrutiny, the Pakistani Government represses
democratic freedom, stymies the press and media, and
uses torture as instrument of administration.<More>
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New Polio Campaign in UP
Facing sharp criticisms from all quarters on failure to
curb spread of polio in
Uttar Pradesh (UP), the Health
Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss now says that it “will
launch a massive campaign” to “win the battle with the
virus.”<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Army Restarts War on ULFA
India called off its truce with the United
Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) moving several
Army columns to re-launch anti-militant
operations in Tinsukia and Jorhat districts in
upper Assam and in Nagaon, Barpeta, and Darrang
districts in lower Assam.<More>
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Iraq War “Spawned new Terror”
A classified report by US Intelligence found
that the war in Iraq has “spawned new terror”
activity and a new generation of Islamic
radicalism and that the overall terror threat
has grown significantly since September 11, 2001.<More>
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Pak Delays F-16 Deal
Accusing the US of stripping down the F-16s to
less than effective and imposing unacceptable
conditions for usage, Pakistan has delayed
signing the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for the
USD 3 billion deal till December 31, 2006.<More>
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Neighbors
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Indian ‘No’ to TNA Team, ‘Yes’ to Others
Affirming its policy of separating the rights of the Sri
Lankan Tamils from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), India refused to entertain members of the Sri
Lankan Tamil National Alliance (TNA) but has invited
other parties for consultations.<More>
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Military Coup in Thailand
The Thai Army took over administration from to break
deadlock and stop “rampant corruption” in the 74 year
old democracy but promised to return “power to the
people” as soon as possible but after cleaning the
political system.<More>
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Maoists Force Children to March for Peace
Maoist guerrillas and their once-banned ultra-leftist
student union forced children, some as young as 10, to
attend a 5-hour rally under scorching sun listening to
diatribe against US imperialism and Indian expansionism.
<More>
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World
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Hezbollah Refuses to Disarm
In his first public appearance Hezbollah
leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed before a
massive 500,000-rally that his cadre will
not disarm and claimed a “divine, historic
and strategic victory” even as Israeli
troops withdrew and UN peacekeepers
deployment was on track.<More>
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UN Treaty Seeks to Curb Arms Trade
A draft resolution for an international arms
trade treaty is being floated by Britain,
Finland, Japan, Argentina, Australia, Costa
Rica, and Kenya in the UN seeking to reduce
human rights, limit the spread of terrorism,
and reduce unintended suffering of millions.<More>
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Army Restarts War on ULFA
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Indian ‘No’ to TNA Team, ‘Yes’ to Others
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Pak Delays F-16 Deal
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New Polio Campaign in UP |
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Facing sharp criticisms from all quarters on failure to
curb spread of polio in {Uttar Pradesh (UP)}, the Health
Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss now says that it “will
launch a massive campaign” to “win the battle with the
virus.”
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Military Coup in Thailand |
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UN Treaty Seeks to Curb Arms Trade |
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Iran Complains of US Negative Role
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Lanka Says Willing to Talk Peace
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US
Says Reforms Stalled, Growth
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Energy Usage Patterns and Social Progress
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Featured Edits
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Chinese troops in Lebanon |
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CIA paid Pakistan for Al-Qaeda men |
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Musharraf and the truth about Kargil |
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Call for Blair's resignation |
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Why I am with the Leader of the Free
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Sting jobs, employee surveillance and
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Freedom From Afar |
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The elusive goal of energy security |
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Heart of terror |
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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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