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Business and Economy
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Iran’s Proposed Price Rejected
In rare unity, India and Pakistan
have rejected a proposal by
Iran–appointed consultant with new
pricing for the USD 7 billion
Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project
because “certain parameters given by
Iran, was not acceptable to India
and Pakistan.”<More>
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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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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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Federal Minister Convicted
Finding him guilty of conspiracy to kidnap and murder of a private secretary
was allegedly demanded a cut in a large bribe transaction, a lower Delhi
court convicted Federal Minister for Coal and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
supremo Shibu Soren.<More>
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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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Environment, Health and Education
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AIDS Deaths Can be Lower
A recent paper by World Health Organization scientists
say that 28 million lives can be saved by 2030 if newer
HIV infections are curbed and access to life-prolonging
anti-retroviral cocktails increased but warn that 117
million will die if these are not done.<More>
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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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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Dutt Acquitted on Terrorism
Actor Sunil Dutt, son of erstwhile actors and
Congress Party luminaries, was acquitted of
terrorism charges even though others with lesser
role and charges were convicted recently; the
court however convicted him on possession of
illegal weapons.<More>
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Hizb ‘Commander’ Killed
Security forces killed the ‘commander’ of the
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen’s South Kashmir division
Mohammad Ashraf Shah who is ranked 2nd in Hizb’s
hierarchy and earned a reputation of clever and
ruthless terrorist who also tried facilitating a
ceasefire.<More>
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Neighbors
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Nepal Arms Treaty
After much suspense and debate, The Nepal Government and
Maoist guerrillas finally signed a tripartite agreement
with United Nations for the monitoring and management of
arms and armies while Nepal goes into a constituent
assembly and elections.<More>
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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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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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Role of Siachen and Indo-Pak Talks |
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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.”
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Lanka President in India |
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Tobacco Companies Targeting
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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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Top Hizb commander
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Experts call for deeper
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No question of joint
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Polonium found at the
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War and peace-making
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Marginalising India |
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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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