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Indian Outward FDI Expansion
In further expansion of Indian
business with outward foreign direct
investment (FDI), Wipro announced
the acquisition of a Swedish
hydraulic company and Tata Power
announced plans to set up plants in
South Africa, Nepal, Vietnam, and
Bhutan.<More>
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31 New SEZ
Despite intense opposition and
public debate over Special Economic
Zones (SEZs) policy, the Board of
Approvals (BoA) cleared 31 proposals
including the South Korean Posco’s
proposal for a Rs. 55,000 crore (USD
12 billion) steel project.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Judiciary vs Legislature Judgment Reserved
The Supreme Court (SC) has reserved its verdict on cash-for-query (CFQ) case
and the subsequent judgment will essentially define the scope of the
judiciary over Legislature or over the Executive.<More>
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SC Allows Haj Subsidy for This Year
While allowing the Government to continue with its Haj plans for lakhs of
Muslim pilgrims this year, the Supreme Court (SC) questioned the
Government’s continued “largesse” to one community while denying others of
similar facilities.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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More HIV Treatment Centers
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) announced
that it has increased the number of free anti-retroviral
treatment (ART) centers from 54 to 91 complete with
specially trained doctors, counselors, and laboratory
technicians.<More>
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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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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Maoist Meet Focuses on Coordination
In an ominous note, the fourth conference of the
Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and
Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) in Nepal
resolved to better coordinate to turn South Asia
“into a flaming field of people’s upsurges.”<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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China Claims Fusion Reactor Successes
Chinese scientists claimed that their first experimental
thermonuclear fusion test replicating sun’s energy
generation process in the Experimental Advanced
Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor was successful.<More>
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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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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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Judiciary vs Legislature Judgment Reserved |
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The Supreme Court (SC) has reserved its verdict on cash-for-query (CFQ) case
and the subsequent judgment will essentially define the scope of the
judiciary over Legislature or over the Executive.
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Reliance Opposes Open Bidding for Gas |
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LTTE Agrees to Talks |
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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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Featured Edits
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Will Singur cause a realignment? |
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You can't be good to evil |
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"Consensus needed to take reforms
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In line of fire |
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Death by Hanging |
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Shashi Tharoor's defeat was staring at
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Mahatma Gandhi, the sequel |
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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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