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TRAI Releases 3G Roadmap
Breaking the suspense, the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
announced a roadmap for third
generation (3G) mobile services to
start next June, but Minister for
Telecommunication Dayanidhi Maran
said that he will formalize a report
in 3 months.<More>
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Reliance Opposes Open Bidding for
Gas
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has
petitioned the Government not to
institute competitive bidding for
the valuation or sale of gas to
avoid “inherent problems” and has
instead asked for a crude-oil linked
pricing along the lines that Iran
had proposed to India.<More>
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An Ultra Mega Power Project in Jharkhand
A 4000 megawatt (MW) ultra mega
project will be set up in Jharkhand
making it the 9th of a series of
such projects throughout the nation
rising from the original 5—Orissa,
Andhra Pradesh (AP),
and
Tamil Nadu (TN)
wanted one each and got it.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Environment, Health and Education
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Tiger Skin Trade Flourishing in China
Two non-Governmental organizations asserted that despite
international condemnation and demands, trade in tiger
and derivative products continue unabated and overtly in
China for costumes and medicines and suppliers are
mostly Indian poachers.<More>
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SC Halts Genetic Foods
The Supreme Court (SC) asked the Genetic Engineering
Approval Committee (GEAC) to halt approvals to
genetically modified products till it can determine that
these foods have been sufficiently tested and safe for
human consumption. <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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LTTE Agrees to Talks
Responding to calls from many parties and despite
afterthought caveats introduced by the Sri Lankan
Government (SLG), the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
said that his organization is ready to resume stalled
talks on a peaceful future in the island.<More>
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Maldives Opposition Wants India to Facilitate
Maldives opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)
wants India to stop arming the island Government as the
threat perceptions and rationale for spending 8% of its
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense is unclear.<More>
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World
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Russia-US Relations Set to Worsen
A Russian Parliamentary report alerted
policy makers that the US will continue to
pursue a hostile policy towards Moscow
regardless of political affiliations or
incumbent in the White House as they
struggle for influence over world energy,
power, and politics.<More>
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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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TRAI Releases 3G Roadmap
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Tiger Skin Trade Flourishing in China
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An Ultra Mega Power Project in Jharkhand
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Featured Analyses
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LTTE Agrees to Talks |
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Responding to calls from many parties and despite
afterthought caveats introduced by the Sri Lankan
Government (SLG), the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
said that his organization is ready to resume stalled
talks on a peaceful future in the island.
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China ’s Aging Population Plan |
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Torture, Censorship, and
Repression in ‘Azad’ Kashmir |
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New Polio Campaign in UP |
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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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Featured Edits
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Musharraf slams BBC
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No control on Durand Line |
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Combating AIDS:
Yunnan shows the way |
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The captive shames the captor and
shames himself |
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No control on Durand Line |
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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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