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Business and Economy
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Cabinet OKs IT Law Amendment
Heeding demands by Indian and
foreign customers of Information
Technology Enabled Services (ITES),
alias Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
to address data security and privacy
protection issues, the Federal
Cabinet approved amendments to
relevant laws.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Justice Vs Judiciary Vs Legislation
Conviction of rapists, murderers, and terrorists 10 years late and
politically-motivated illegal cover-up commission, quota plans, and clemency
for some facing death row raise numerous questions and concerns on the
Indian democracy.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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WHO Wants TB Program Sustainability
Wanting a more effective management of the tuberculosis
(TB) programs, the World Health Organization (WHO) said
that “financial sustainability and manageability” was
required in addition to mere funding.<More>
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NHAI Plan to Tackle Highway HIV
Migrant population living along highways suffer higher
rates of HIV infection because of poor family support,
lack of healthcare, unsafe sex, easy access to brothels,
and lack of awareness but a new plan is being created to
specifically target this population.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Barak Controversy & DRDO Projects
Amid rumors of kickbacks over the procurement of
Naval Barak anti-missile defense system from
Israel, there is increasing evidence that most
projects undertaken by the Defense Research &
Development Organization (DRDO) are behind
schedule.<More>
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Pak to Get 6 Chinese Nuclear Plant
Reports indicate ahead of Chinese President Hu
Jintao’s visit to Pakistan next month, it has
decided to grant 6300 megawatt (MW) nuclear
power projects in sites to be chosen by
Islamabad and with the approval of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).<More>
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Strategic Naval Conference
Recently, the Naval Senior Officers’ Conference
concluded and looked at three dominant themes
engrossing Navy strategists—safety and
consciousness, building stronger intellectual
and theoretical foundation, and accelerating the
process-of change.<More>
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NE S&T Developments
In a sign that India recognizes the lack of
development t in the North Eastern sates, it
announced a slew of new projects for the region
to ensure that the economic and social
development happening in the rest of the nation
reaches these remote areas.<More>
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Neighbors
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UNP Will Support Constitutional Amendment
The Sri Lankan United National Party (UNP) promised to
support any legislation that could be introduced by the
President to restore the status quo of the merger of
North and East struck down by the Supreme Court (SC) as
“null and void.” <More>
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Corporate Military in Pakistan
Many analysts are now accusing the Pakistani military
for developing strong commercial interests to create an
oligarchy of serving and retired officers to control
banks, transport, road building, communication, and
construction businesses worth billions of dollars.<More>
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World
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Another Test by North Korea?
Even as it saw its closest ally China
building walls along the border and
inspecting shipments, North Korea (NK) said
that the UN sanctions amounted to
declaration of war and Japan said another
nuclear test is in the offing. <More>
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India, Ethiopia Plan Agri Cooperation
Following a request by the Ethiopian
Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry ,
India is considering a proposal by the
Department of Agricultural Research and
Education to send a 4-member team to
salinity and give technical advice to boost
production.<More>
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Darfur Refugees Live in Fear
Belying expectations that African Union (AU)
peacekeepers would bring peace to the
ethnically torn Darfur region of Sudan ,
refugees in camps say that the peacekeeping
mission is escalating the conflict and the
resultant violence is driving away aid.<More>
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Hot Topics
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Barak Controversy & DRDO Projects
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Featured Analyses
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Justice Vs Judiciary Vs Legislation |
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Conviction of rapists, murderers, and terrorists 10 years late and
politically-motivated illegal cover-up commission, quota plans, and clemency
for some facing death row raise numerous questions and concerns on the
Indian democracy.
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NE S&T Developments |
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Softened North Korean Sanctions |
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7th Indo-EU Summit |
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Y-on-Y Industrial Growth Higher |
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India, Britain Share Terror Concerns |
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North Korea Blasts Nuclear Regime |
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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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