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Business and Economy
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Govt Promises Economic Reforms
India is planning to allow foreign
direct investment (FDI) in the
healthcare and education sectors,
continue with reforms in the
financial sector, and dilute
government equity in public sector
enterprises through the Initial
Public Sector Offering (IPO) route.<More>
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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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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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AIDS Patients to Get Protection
The Federal Government is planning to introduce
legislation that will make “stigmatization and
discrimination” of/against HIV/AIDS infected patients at
work place, education institutions, and hospitals a
crime.<More>
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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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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Successful Test of Interceptor Missile
Adding to its defensive missile capability,
India announced that it had tested an
interceptor missile successfully to destroy an
incoming Prithivi-II and claiming to have
“acquired the capability of air defense against
the incoming ballistic missile threat.” <More>
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Hawk Jet Trainers Next Year
The first two of the 66 Hawk Advance Jet
Trainers (HAJT) ordered by the Indian Air Force
(IAF) in 2004 is reportedly in final stages of
testing at the BAE Systems and will fly by
year-end and slotted for delivery by September
next year.<More>
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High-Tech Upgrade for Army
The Indian Army is planning major upgrades to
their personnel’s standard battle gear with new
uniforms, multi-function weaponry, sensors to
monitor their health parameters, and latest
communication network for instant access to
information on the battlefield.<More>
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Neighbors
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Role of Siachen and Indo-Pak Talks
Visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud
Kasuri met Minister for External Affairs Pranab
Mukherjee and reiterated that Indo-Pakistan relations
were “very important” but observed that the two sides
needed to “develop a level of trust.”<More>
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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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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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AIDS Patients to Get Protection
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High-Tech Upgrade for Army
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Featured Analyses
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Lanka President in India |
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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).
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Tobacco Companies Targeting
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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Featured Edits
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Let us develop trust:
Kasuri |
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"The answer to the
nuclear issue is more democracy" |
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Building
Brand Bihar, the Nalanda way |
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Hype And
Reality |
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Collateral Damage? |
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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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