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Business and Economy
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Oct Exports Down
Indian export growth which have been
growing at breakneck speed in the
first half of fiscal year,
decelerated to 18.51% valued at USD
9.6 billion (from USD 8.1 billion
last year) raising fears that
overall cumulative growth for the
year may be impacted.<More>
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GSP Retaliation for WTO
Negotiations
Even though there has been an
overwhelming support for the Indo-US
civilian nuclear deal among US
policy makers, India is nervous
about how they will deal with the
Generalized System of Preference (GSP)
mechanism set to expire next month.<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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Update on Missile Programs
Defense Minister A.K. Antony updated the
Parliament that the supersonic cruise missile
BrahMos has been inducted into the Defense
forces and the Trishul anti-Missile project
completed while the Akash and Nag missile
programs are behind schedule.<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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NK-US for Talks, Japan Sets Terms
North Korea and the US seem to step down
from the brink and said they were ready for
talks, but Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
asserted that his country will not “allow
North Korea to possess nuclear weapons and
laid out terms for engagement.<More>
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Israel’s Peace Plan
Israel unveiled several steps that, if met,
could lead to serious peace negotiation with
Palestinians leading to prisoner exchange,
withdrawal of Israeli forces from many parts
of West Bank, ease of transit checkpoints,
and lifting of financial sanctions.<More>
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Left Win in Ecuador
Adding to the string of leftist victories in
South America, a Leftist economist, an ally
of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, with
radical views such as cutting off relations
with international lenders, won the
Presidency of poor and politically unstable
Ecuador.<More>
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Featured Analyses
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Federal Minister Convicted |
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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
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Role of Siachen and Indo-Pak Talks |
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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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Featured Edits
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Talks very cordial,
says Rajapaksa |
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A diplomat and
bilateral progress |
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Bridging the
media-academia divide |
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Are we fighting
terrorism? |
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Composite confusion |
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Exclude
and rule: Trust goes missing in Lanka |
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Two nations, two SEZs,
two tales |
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Why allow companies an
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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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