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Business and Economy
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10% Growth Can Remove Poverty
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said
he hoped that the Indian economy
will grow at 10% in the “near
future" and that this “rapid growth”
will in “10 to 20 years” will
“remove the ancient scourge of
poverty, illiteracy, and
unemployment.”<More>
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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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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Environment, Health and Education
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MCS Tracks Turtle Migration to TN
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has successfully
tracked tagged endangered green turtles (Chelonian mydas)
through satellites from Southern Sri Lanka to the Gulf
of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, a protected area off
Tamil Nadu (TN).<More>
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High Infant Mortality in Bihar: UNICEF Survey
A survey conducted by UNICEF estimates that about 400
infants below the age of 1 with 2/3rds of those children
within a month die every day in Bihar due to causes that
could be easily prevented through simple intervention
programs.<More>
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China Rejects Media Reports on Brahmaputra Dam
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao refuted
media reports saying that China has “no plans” to divert
billions of cubic feet of water from the Brahmaputra (Yalung
Zangbo) to the Yellow River to feed rain-starved areas
of the North.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Internal Security Concerns to the Fore
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned the country
that focusing on external aggression reduces
awareness and focus on internal security which
is far more dangerous because of the number of
threats and causes and the effort that is
required to defeat them.<More>
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Indo-US Anti-Terrorism Exercises
As part of the ongoing “Malabar” series of
exercises, Indian and US Navies will practice
expeditionary maneuvers off the Konkan coast in
addition to a simulated joint semi-urban
anti-terrorism exercise by in Belgaum, Karnataka.<More>
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Neighbors
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Russia Disagrees with Iran Draft
While insisting that it wants to “eliminate the risks of
sensitive technologies” flowing to Iran, Russia opposed
a European draft resolution calling sanctions against
Iran because it wanted to maintain “all possible
channels of communication.”<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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India, Japan to Boost Ties
With 2007 being considered for designation
as Japan-Indian Friendship Year, India and
Japan are planning to boost their bilateral
relations to realize its “full potential” by
enhancing “strategic orientation” of their
“global partnership.”<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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Hot Topics
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Internal Security Concerns to the Fore
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Global Human Rights Panel in Sri Lanka
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Indo-US Anti-Terrorism Exercises
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10% Growth Can Remove Poverty
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Russia Disagrees with Iran Draft
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Marginal Press Freedom Improvement
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Featured Analyses
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J&K Autonomy Working Group DoA? |
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The Hindu reported that the
Jammu &
Kashmir (J&K) Autonomy Working group promised by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh 5 months ago may be dead on arrival (DoA) because of a lack of
suitable leadership to lead the group and procedural issues.
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Manmohan in Damage Control
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ISI Subversion of Army |
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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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Featured Edits
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Blair may be quizzed in
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Rising
speculation grips commodities market |
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Battle
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Getting
away without governance, with charisma |
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Baghdad’s Lost Victors |
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What’s in the UTI brand
name? |
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Terror & oxygen of
publicity |
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A strategic impasse? |
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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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