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Business and Economy
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Slow Inflow of Imported Wheat
Ministry of Agriculture disclosed
that about 2 million tons (mt) or
40% of the ordered 5.5 mt will reach
India by mid-November at various
ports—Mumbai, Chennai,
Visakhapatanam, Kandla, and Mundhra.<More>
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Action to Increase Wheat Production
India has formulated an Action Plan
to increase production and
productivity of wheat by targeting
50% of wheat cultivation areas in
138 districts of Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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SC Creamy Layer Definition
Introduced first in 1992 by the Supreme Court (SC), the creamy layer concept
was defined as those who were children of the elite of the Other Backward
Classes (OBC) and has now been extended to cover those who are in the
Scheduled Castes and Tribes too.<More>
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SC Verdicts Cuts Up Political Plans
In far-reaching verdicts, the Supreme Court (SC) asked the Government for
“compelling reasons” for including particular castes that are entitled for
reservations and “quantifiable” data to retain those castes in the list has
created churn in the caste-politics.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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Additional Gates Foundation Commitments
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed an agreement
with India committing an extra USD 23 million over the
next 3 years in addition to USD 58 million focusing on
HIV Prevention Response and intervention to key
populations.<More>
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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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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Chinese Delegation Clarifies NK Stance
After meeting with North Korean (NK) leader Kim
Jong-Il, a Chinese delegation confirmed that he
did not plan on a second nuclear test, did not
apologize for the test, and is willing to return
to negotiations if certain financial concessions
were made.<More>
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Manmohan in Damage Control Mode
Trying not to get dragged into the controversy
over the quality of evidence on the 7/11 Mumbai
blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted
that India had “credible evidence” and the joint
mechanism with Pakistan was a “trial and
experiment.”<More>
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ISI Subversion of Army
A few days after two soldiers were arrested on
charges of spying, Defense Minister Pranab
Mukherjee revealed that he is “deeply concerned
that there were spies in the army” but the
establishments has started initiatives “to
unravel the spy rings.”<More>
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Army Plans Bunker & Fence Mending Along LoC
After foiling a spurt of infiltration bids along
the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir in
the last few days, the Army has set itself a
winter deadline to fix bunkers and
anti-infiltration fence damaged by the October
2005 earthquake.<More>
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Neighbors
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Pre-cursor to Lanka Talks in Geneva
As an Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team left
for Geneva , important information surrounding the
Southern Consensus arrived between dominant political
parties stressing on political settlement to the ethnic
strife is emanating.<More>
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Impact of China’s Dam on NE & SE Asia
Reacting to recent media reports that China is planning
to construct a dam across the Brahmaputra and divert 200
billion cubic meters of water into the Yellow River,
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi notified Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on its impact.<More>
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World
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Russia Accuses US for NK Tests
Russia virtually accused the US of pushing
North Korea (NK) into a corner and provoked
their tests and called for more flexibility
from the Bush Administration for the
resumption of the 6-party talks.<More>
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Sudan Expels UN Envoy over Blog
Looking for an excuse to rid the UN of its
soil to pursue its unholy war on innocent
ethnic Africans, Sudan expelled UN envoy for
authoring a blog that reported a serious
Sudanese army reversal in fighting
insurgents in Northern Darfur.<More>
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Additional Gates Foundation Commitments
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Featured Analyses
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ISI Subversion of Army |
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A few days after two soldiers were arrested on
charges of spying, Defense Minister Pranab
Mukherjee revealed that he is “deeply concerned
that there were spies in the army” but the
establishments has started initiatives “to
unravel the spy rings.”
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Russia Accuses US for NK Tests |
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SC Verdicts Cuts Up Political Plans |
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Barak Controversy & DRDO Projects |
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Justice Vs Judiciary Vs Legislation |
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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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Featured Edits
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We are for peace:
Pranab |
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Jammu and Kashmir
autonomy working group proves
stillborn |
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NC pulls out of working
groups |
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When a little money
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Mechanism of confusion |
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Do nations have the
collective guts to look global risk in
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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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