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Business and Economy
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Disinvestment Not for Judicial
Review
Removing a major obstacle to
disinvestment, the Supreme Court
(SC) threw out a case filed by a
labor union challenging the sale of
a Government-owned hotel citing a
Disinvestment Commission (DC) report
recommending the sale of this
non-core asset.<More>
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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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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Environment, Health and Education
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Modest AIDS Allocation
At the valedictory function of a three-day national
workshop on HIV/AIDS for teachers Minister of State for
Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi says that the
Federal Government had allocated Rs. 906 crore (USD 196
million) to combat AIDS.<More>
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Ayurveda ‘Standardization’ Plans
Instead of dealing with burning issues such as rampant
cases of Dengue, Chickengunya, recurrent polio, and
newer strains of tuberculosis (TB), and unacceptable
child and maternity mortality rates, Federal Health
Minister wants standardization of Ayurveda.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Russia Demands Time-Bound Iran Sanctions
Providing several “line in/line-out” edits to
the draft resolution imposing sanctions on Iran
for its nuclear sanctions, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the sanctions
must include “a time limit” and “mechanisms for
ending the sanctions.”<More>
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Priorities for the Navy
The new Naval Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta
emphasizing reach, technology, and endurance as
the important factors that would govern the next
generation navy that can protect the growing
economy, provide disaster relief, and ensure
regional security.<More>
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Neighbors
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Indian Relief Supplies for Lanka
In a significant development, India has agreed to honor
a request from the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) to supply
relief goods to displaced populations of the North and
East suffering from the closure of the A-9 Highway that
is the lifeline of the Jaffna Peninsula.<More>
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Nepal-Maoist Arms Accord
In a welcome development, the Government of Nepal (GoN)
seems to have reached an understanding with the Maoists
where the terrorists will be confined to cantonments in
7 locations and their arms escrowed in designated places.<More>
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World
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Saddam to Hang
An astounded Islamic world was shocked at
the anticipated verdict of death by hanging
for ousted Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein for
the 1982 killing of 148 people
coincidentally timed for the November US
elections as observers remained divided.<More>
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NK Returns to Talks
In a surprising diplomatic breakthrough,
China and the US said that North Korea (NK)
has agreed to rejoin the 6-nation nuclear
disarmament tasks 3 weeks after its first
nuclear test and an exchange of bellicose
statements exacerbated by confusing news
reports.<More>
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Modest AIDS Allocation
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Nepal-Maoist Arms Accord
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Featured Analyses
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Disinvestment Not for Judicial
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Removing a major obstacle to
disinvestment, the Supreme Court
(SC) threw out a case filed by a
labor union challenging the sale of
a Government-owned hotel citing a
Disinvestment Commission (DC) report
recommending the sale of this
non-core asset.
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Constitutional Crisis in Bangladesh |
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Internal Security Concerns to the Fore |
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J&K Autonomy Working Group DoA? |
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Manmohan in Damage Control
Mode |
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ISI Subversion of Army |
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Russia Accuses US for NK Tests |
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Featured Edits
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Nepal Deputy Prime
Minister arrives today to review ties |
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Hu Jintao promises to
double aid to Africa |
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Fears of n-race in West
Asia |
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Whose
comrades are they anyway? |
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Nalanda
opens window for Bihar to look East &
global |
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Delhi’s
concern likely to irritate Washington,
Tehran & Baghdad |
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Academics as spies to combat terror? |
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Rewriting
Constitution? |
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Will Hu
Or Will Hu Not? |
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Mess in
Bangladesh |
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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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