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Business and Economy
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India’s Faltering Energy Strategy
Gearing for the future, India is
formulating a policy for development
of Natural Gas Pipelines for cities
and on November 16, met with a
number of prospective providers
including Exxon Mobil, BG, Shell,
RIL, ADAG, TERI, BP ( India ), and
Oil PSUs.<More>
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Widespread Protest against GM
Rice Trials
Throwing their weight behind farmers
protesting Genetic Engineered (GE)
rice trials, rice exporters
beseeched the Government to “pay
heed” to “Chinese and US rice
scandals” and warned of “disastrous
consequences for the country, the
industry, and farmers.”<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Japan Loan for Buddhist Circuit
Japan and Singapore have offered the Bihar State Government loan of Rs. 5.8
billion (USD 126 million) to develop the cultural Buddhist circuit
Nalanda-Bodhgaya-Rajgir as an international tourist destination.<More>
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ASI to Reconstruct 843 Year Old Temple
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is planning to start reconstruction
of a 1000 pillared hall of a Kakatiya temple dedicated to Shiva build in
1163 A.D. by King Rudra Deva as its foundation was sinking.<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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PM Panel Faults RTE Bill
The Knowledge Commission appointed by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh has said that model Right to Educational
Bill (RTE) “is flawed for a number of reasons” and ruled
that the measures “must be enforced by the central
government.”<More>
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Ground Water Management
The 12th National Symposium on Hydrology focusing on
“Groundwater Governance: Ownership of Groundwater and
its Pricing” organized by the Central Ground Water Board
and National Institute of Hydrology at Roorkee presented
many recommendations.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Terror Attack from Sea
Home Minister Shivraj Patil revealed that “in
view of the recent Indo-US agreement of civil
nuclear energy cooperation, our atomic power
plants have become highly vulnerable” apart from
“multi-purpose projects and shipyards” to
terrorist attacks.<More>
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Indo-Swiss S&T Cooperation
Visiting Federal Minister for Science &
Technology Kapil Sibal and Switzerland Home
Minister Pascal Couchepin signed an Executive
Program of Cooperation (POC) within the ambit of
the framework umbrella agreement on cooperation
signed November 2003.<More>
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Neighbors
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India Reiterates Afghan Support
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “reiterated India’s
commitment as a neighbour and friend to continue
assisting Afghanistan despite the challenges posed by
the security situation” and continue its rehabilitation
work but declined to deploy regular troops.<More>
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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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World
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Bush Wants WMD Deals Stopped
Fearing further North Korean (NK)
proliferation missiles and nuclear weapons,
like the Nodong missile to Pakistan (now
being paraded as Ghauri) in return for
nuclear weapons technology, the US said that
it considered these transfers “a grave
threat.”<More>
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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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India's Faltering Energy Strategy
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India Reiterates Afghan Support
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PM Panel Faults RTE Bill
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Widespread Protest against GM Rice Trials
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Japan Loan for Buddhist Circuit
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Featured Analyses
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Ground Water Management |
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The 12th National Symposium on Hydrology focusing on
“Groundwater Governance: Ownership of Groundwater and
its Pricing” organized by the Central Ground Water Board
and National Institute of Hydrology at Roorkee presented
many recommendations.
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US Upset with UK Taliban Truce |
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The Last Big Push |
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Huge US Senate Support for Nuke Deal |
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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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Featured Edits
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Not seeking selfish
gains: Hu |
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Hu
Jintao for stepped up talks on
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The malaise of
competitive populism |
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Exclude and rule: Trust
goes missing in Lanka |
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India, Belgium for
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Hu’s
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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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