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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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Clean Projects Disagreement
Nations attending the 12th Conference of Parties on
Climate Change (COP12) seemed to be angry at the
lop-sided award of Clean Development Projects (CDP) part
of the Kyoto Protocol to India, China, and Brazil.<More>
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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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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Al-Qaeda Nuke Plot Targets UK
Continuing with a series of briefings, British
intelligence officials said that they are
convinced that the al Qaeda is planning a
nuclear attack on the UK and cited “an awful lot
of chatter” on jihadi websites to bolster their
claim.<More>
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FBI Warning Raises Terror Fear
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alert
to India of a possible attack on airport or
vital installation by al-Qaeda bolstered by an
anonymous untraced letter in Tiruchinapalli
increased security levels across airports,
tarmac, and leaders.<More>
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Hard Lobbying with NSG
India ’s special representative on the Indo-US
civilian nuclear deal, Shyam Saran, returned
from a visit with Sweden, Norway, and Ireland
trying to elicit their support for the deal
without India signing the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).<More>
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Neighbors
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The Bangladesh Blockade
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed called out the Army
“to assist law-enforcing agencies” to quell Opposition
protests and blockade while outgoing Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia instigated her cadre to “retaliate” if
attacked.<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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Nuke Deal Listed Top Priority
With President George Bush, Republican
leaders, and prominent Democrats voicing the
importance, the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear
Deal may be taken up in a couple of days by
the Senate even as supporters and opponents
stepped up lobbying to suit their agenda.<More>
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Lebanese Political Crisis and West Asia
The resignation of 5 Shiite Ministers from
the Lebanon Government increased regional
tensions across sectarian and religious
lines and the US Government (USG) applauded
an Argentinean court branding the Hezbollah
“global nexus of terrorism.”<More>
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Featured Analyses
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FBI Warning Raises Terror Fear |
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A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alert
to India of a possible attack on airport or
vital installation by al-Qaeda bolstered by an
anonymous untraced letter in Tiruchinapalli
increased security levels across
airports, tarmac, and leaders
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Most Sought IT Talent, Quality Concerns |
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The Donkey’s Kick |
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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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Featured Edits
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Blair advocates role
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Two rising powers
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Anti-terror
mechanism discussed |
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The
Sounds Of Silence |
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Sanitation: India’s great underground |
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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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