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Business and Economy
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Global Trade Progress to Continue
Despite losses in elections,
President George Bush reassured
Asian allies that his nation is
still committed to global trade
liberalization and promised to
“remain engaged in Asia because our
interests depend on the expansion of
freedom and opportunity in this
region."<More>
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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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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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New Polio Program Needed
A new study found underlying assumptions of India’s
Polio program faulty and has recommended that the nation
revamp its immunization program especially in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar where suspicion, illiteracy, and
weak-implementation persist.<More>
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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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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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The Last Big Push
Accused of being “in a state of denial,” US
President George Bush rejected calls for a
phased withdrawal of American troops from
Iraq and instead has come up with a plan
that will give it one “last big push”
recognizing “the conditions on the ground.”<More>
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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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Huge US Senate Support for Nuke Deal |
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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.
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China Wants Arunachal |
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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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Featured Edits
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Exclude and rule: Trust
goes missing in Lanka |
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U.K. Army brass
"approved'' abuse |
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Invasion a disaster:
Blair |
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Concern over violence
in Afghanistan |
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Prachanda, Bhattarai
not to join government |
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Realty
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Is this
affirmative action or sharp satire? |
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A nation
led by wimps |
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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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