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Business and Economy
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Demands to Phase-Out Ore Export
The Federal Steel Ministry, at
variance with the Mining and
Commerce Ministries, demanded that
iron ore exports be phased out since
“current ore reserve is slated to
last only 60 to 70 years” and this
policy could jeopardize the
stability of domestic steel units.<More>
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Railways Profits Up
The largest railways in the world,
the Indian Railways, reported
earnings in November at Rs. 1706
crore (USD 370 million) and an
increase of 22% from last year due
to better freight and passenger
capacity utilization.<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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Community-Based AIDS Initiative
A Canadian experimental project is partnering with an
Indian non-governmental organization to motivate sex
workers and devadasis in Bagalkot district in a
community-based initiative to prevent the spread of
HIV/AIDS and provide care for those infected.<More>
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Tobacco Companies Targeting Children
Surrogate advertising is a euphemism for alcohol and
tobacco companies advertising using innocuous products
sharing the brand name of alcohol and tobacco products,
but it looks like they are now using unconventional
advertising methods to target children.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Zero Tolerance for Terrorism
Addressing a call made by the Intelligence
Bureau Chief for stronger laws against
terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said
that the nation must “use relevant provisions”
in a “professional and scientific manner” but
not link it to any religion.<More>
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Small Success Against Naxals
Targeting senior terrorists of the outlawed
Communist Party of India (Maoist) group, the
Andhra Pradesh police have managed to make
tactical gains on Naxalism seizing sophisticated
weapons and cash from the encounter.<More>
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Neighbors
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Lanka President in India
As the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) and Army (SLA)
resumed operations against the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE), President Mahinda Rajapakse is
visiting India amid allegations that senior Indian
officials are pro-Sri Lankan Government (SLG).<More>
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Good Voter turnout in Bahrain
Despite high tension between the Government and Shia
political groups based on allegations of planned
rigging, voter turnout in Bahrain parliamentary
elections was high surrounded by controversy over grant
of citizenship to non-Shia groups.<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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Featured Analyses
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Tobacco Companies Targeting
Children |
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Surrogate advertising is
a euphemism for alcohol and tobacco
companies advertising using innocuous
products sharing the brand name of alcohol
and tobacco products, but it looks like they
are now using unconventional advertising
methods to target children.
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India’s Faltering Energy Strategy |
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Ground Water Management |
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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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Featured Edits
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They got me, but they
won't get everybody, said ex-Russian
spy |
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Scare at Irish Assembly |
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With SEZ,
Hu brings Lahore in Chinese economic
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Yet
Another Carnage |
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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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