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Inscriptions
Collected During the
Year 1908 - 09
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Business and Economy
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Indo-Sino Investment Treaty
The Indian Cabinet has approved
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to
sign an investment promotion and
protection agreement with China
during its President Hu Jintao’s
visits India later this month and is
expected to widen Chinese investment
prospects.<More>
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India Most Favored Investment
Destination
A Bank of America (BoA) study found
that the average inflow into Indian
bonds, equities, and loan vehicles
increased 158.4% more than thrice
the emerging world average of 40.3%
as corporate investments was pegged
at USD 19.3 billion in 2005.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Pakistan Changes Hudood Ordinances
After years of global and national criticism over laws governing rape,
Pakistan ’s National Assembly adopted the Women’s Protection Bill 2006 even
as religious fundamentalists allege that the change will make the Islamic
nation a “free sex zone.”<More>
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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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Environment, Health and Education
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GHG Consequences Dangerous
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan told a conference on
climate control in Nairobi that it is far less expensive
to cut greenhouse gasses (GHG) than “deal with the
consequences later” and implored nations “Let no one say
we cannot afford to act.”<More>
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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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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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EADS Developing IAF Components
European Aerospace (EADS) and Indian Defence
Company Avionics Research Establishment (DARE)
plan to develop a state-of-the-art
missile-warning sensor for the Indian Air Force
(IAF) to be integrated into future Defensive
Aids Suite (DASS) of IAF.<More>
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Pak Tests Ghauri V Missile
Pakistan Defense Ministry announced that it
test-fired its 1,300 kilometer nuclear-capable
missile Hatf-V codenamed Ghauri-V and as part of
“a training exercise held to test the operation
readiness of a Strategic Missile Group equipped
with Ghauri missile.”<More>
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Neighbors
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Iran Flexes Missile Muscle Again
In a surprise and unscheduled military exercise
displaying its conventional weapons strength and leaving
Israel very worried, Iran fired a battery and range of
land and ship-borne missiles and maneuvers along with
anti-tank and anti-helicopter weapons.<More>
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China Wants Arunachal
Days before the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao,
its Ambassador to India has said that his nation wants
the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh even as the joint
working group (JWG) scheduled November 9-10 was called
off because of other disagreements.<More>
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World
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Huge US Senate Support for Nuke Deal
Handing US President a major victory on a
key foreign policy objective and in a major
show of bipartisan support, the Senate
overwhelmingly endorsed the Indo-US Civilian
Nuclear Deal that will allow the US to ship
civilian nuclear fuel and technology to
India.<More>
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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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Pakistan Changes Hudood Ordinances
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Indo-Sino Investment Treaty
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Pak Tests Ghauri V Missile
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EADS Developing IAF Components
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Featured Analyses
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China Wants Arunachal |
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Days before the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao,
its Ambassador to India has said that his nation wants
the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh even as the joint
working group (JWG) scheduled November 9-10 was called
off because of other disagreements.
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Nuke Deal Listed Top Priority |
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FBI Warning Raises Terror Fear |
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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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Featured Edits
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Bush reiterates support
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Racist attack in U.K. |
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Astonishing myopia |
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Tying
Itself In Knots |
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Too clever by half |
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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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