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Business and Economy
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Cotton Output Up
Industry estimates predict a rise in
cotton output to 260-275 lakh bales
against 245 lakh bales last year
despite crop damage due to floods in
Maharashtra and
Gujarat earlier with the use of
genetically altered and hybrid
cotton seeds.<More>
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Indo-Sri Lanka Trade Looking at USD
3B
From a mere USD 650 million in 2000,
the Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) is set to take
bilateral trade to USD 3 billion
next calendar year despite unethical
business practices not-conducive to
business by the Sri Lankan
Government (SLG).<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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Mosquito-based Epidemic Outbreak
Reportedly 76 people died in Kerala with Chikungunya
and nearly 128,500 cases of Dengue have been reported
nation-wide causing severe strain on an ill-equipped and
ill-motivated system to deal with the crisis on a war
footing.<More>
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New Environmental Guidelines
In a bid to decentralize environmental impact
assessment, the Federal Government announced new
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guidelines that
grant concessions for builders, automobile, and
biomedical sectors.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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US Promises to Upgrade Pakistan F-16s
The row over the stripped down version of
avionics and fighter systems on the 18 new and
upgraded second-hand F-16s seemed to have blown
over with Pakistan agreeing to the terms and
signing the letter of acceptance in Rawalpindi.<More>
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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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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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South Africa to Back Nuke Deal
Visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
elicited South Africa to support its
civilian nuclear deal with the US and got a
commitment from President Thabo Mbeko that
his country will support the deal in the
Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG).<More>
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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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Hot Topics
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Mosquito-based Epidemic Outbreak
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South Africa to Back Nuke Deal
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Featured Analyses
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New Environmental Guidelines
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In a bid to decentralize environmental impact
assessment, the Federal Government announced new
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guidelines that
grant concessions for builders, automobile, and
biomedical sectors.
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China Claims Fusion Reactor Successes |
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Judiciary vs Legislature Judgment Reserved |
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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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Featured Edits
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India at Frankfurt —
and how |
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Create rehab plan for
SEZ oustees |
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SENSIBLE APPROACH |
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Operation Enduring Taliban |
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Why Make Him A Hero?
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A Reality Check |
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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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