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Business and Economy
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Most Sought IT Talent, Quality
Concerns
A recent international survey found
that India to be the top destination
for global Information Technology
companies’ hiring but also said that
India had slipped below China and
Eastern Europe where companies
planned to start operations next 3
years.<More>
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Malaysia Invites Indian
Investment
Malaysia inaugurated a
representative office of the
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)
in Bangalore and invited further
Indian investments to the 15
kilometer (km) wide and 50 km long
special corridor dedicated to
multimedia.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Judiciary Accountability Law
The Federal Cabinet approved in principle to introduce a Judges (Inquiry)
Bill 2006 aimed at making High Court (HC) and Supreme Court (SC) judges
accountable for actions inconsistent with their position including
corruption charges and incapacitation.<More>
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Govt Survey Finds 41% OBC
The Government’s premier statistical body found that India has 41.1%
population belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and not 52% as
asserted by the Government wanting to create a vote-bank by granting them
reservation in premier educational institutions.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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High AIDS in Adolescent in Rich States
A grass-root Non-Government Organization working on
HIV/AIDS eradication said that lack of awareness among
both rural and urban adolescents has increased the
incidence of this infection among 10 to 19 year olds in
prosperous states.<More>
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New Bird Flu Strain
A new strain of bird flu virus, like the one originally
found in China’s Fujian Province by researchers from the
University of Hong Kong and American St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital at Tennessee, has spread to
6 other provinces and 3 other countries.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Army’s “No” to Siachen Deal
After sending several signals and veiled
messages, the Indian Army finally came out and
said it is opposed to demilitarization on
Siachen citing potential takeover of heights by
Pakistan or China and thereby scuttling any
political temptation to reach a deal.<More>
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“Pakistani Taliban” Claims Responsibility
The Pakistani Taliban with whom Pakistan had
signed a peace agreement owned up to carrying
out the suicide attack on an army camp in North
West Frontier Province in response to the
airborne attack on a Madrasa in the neighboring
Bajur tribal district.<More>
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Neighbors
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Foreign Secretary Level Talks Resume
Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries will resume
talks in New Delhi November 14-15 and analysis and news
reports indicate and Islamabad is insistent that Kashmir
remain the core issue while New Delhi says that
terrorism is the core.<More>
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TNA MP Assassinated
A prominent Member of Parliament and known Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizer was
assassinated by unidentified killers as a Sea Tigers
attack on Sri Lankan Navy resulted in the death of 6
Tigers and 35 sailors.<More>
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World
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The Donkey’s Kick
As Democrats routed the Republicans in the
US mid-polls and seized both houses of the
Congress after 12 years, there is a lot of
fear in India that Indo-US relations,
specifically the nuclear deal, assiduously
built by the Bush Administration may be a
casualty.<More>
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Saudis Warn of Iraq Disintegration
Saudi Arabia believes that Iraq is a “lost
battle” that will disintegrate because of
Iranian “interference,” Kurdish drive for
quasi- independence, and there is no
“endgame” to the US occupation that has
“failed by every single measure.”<More>
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Army’s “No” to Siachen Deal
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Featured Analyses
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The Donkey’s Kick |
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As Democrats routed the Republicans in
the US mid-polls and seized both houses of the
Congress after 12 years, there is a lot of fear
in India that Indo-US relations, specifically
the nuclear deal, assiduously built by the Bush
Administration may be a casualty.
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Madrasa Bombing Inspires Protests, Reprisals |
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Security and Telecom Investment |
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IB Says Cannot ISI Info to Pak |
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Saddam to Hang |
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Disinvestment Not for Judicial
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Constitutional Crisis in Bangladesh |
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Featured Edits
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China
pressing Russia on Pak fighter project |
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New
delisting norms should not shoo away
investors |
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On the
continuing relevance of research |
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Once
again, with realism |
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Some questions to the
Supreme Court |
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All for `civilised
neighbourhoods' |
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Policy making through
trial balloons |
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Engaging India to
contain it |
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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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