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Business and Economy
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Global Trust Deficit on China FDI
As China’s major allies in India,
the Communist Party (M) of India (CPM)
seem to have given up their campaign
to gain economic access for Beijing,
there is increasing evidence that
India has many economic reasons not
trust China yet.<More>
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Mining Policy to Attract FDI
A new mining policy is being
formalized aiming to attract more
foreign direct investment (FDI)
through joint ventures which is now
only USD 150 million and the new
target investment value is Rs.
100,000 crore (USD 22.22 billion) in
the next 2 years.<More>
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Democracy, Politics and
Judiciary
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India Lost 10 Million Girls
A senior Indian official acknowledged a “national crisis” of parents in
richer states choosing boys over girls using technology to identify and
abort female fetuses resulting in the loss of 10 million girls in the last
20 years.<More>
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Armed Forces Act Amendment
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visiting Manipur said that his government will
amend the Armed Forces Act withdrawing extraordinary provisions such as
shoot-to-kill thus complying with demands made by many politicians of the
North East (NE).<More>
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Environment, Health and Education
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Reasons for HIV Propagation
A UNAIDS and World Health Organization (WHO) study has
found that “poor knowledge of HIV” especially “among
homosexual groups,” male prostitution, and unsafe drug
abuse practices are main drivers of HIV propagation.<More>
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Forest Guard Recruitment Accelerated
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has
asked all states to urgently fill existing vacancies of
forest guard position especially in Tiger Sanctuaries
even if they have to relax recruitment norms.<More>
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Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology
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Naxal Raid Train, Loot Guns
In a second such incident this year, 15-20
Naxals halted a train in the middle of dense
forests, to relieve Rapid Action Force (RAF)
jawans of their weapons and walkie-talkies
prompting a wide combing operation to nab them.<More>
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India Says Pak Still Has Terror Camps
Defence Minister A.K. Antony said that though
there had been a drop in infiltration numbers
crossing the Line of Control, there are still
over 59 terror-training camps in Pakistan
occupied Kashmir (PoK).<More>
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Neighbors
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4 Advisers Quit in Bangla
Four members of Council of Advisers of
President-cum-Chief Adviser Iajuddin Ahmed resigned
protesting that there was “no situation” that “warranted
an army deployment” of the Army ahead of the general
election.<More>
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Nepal Close to Deal
Nepal’s ruling coalition and Maoists guerrillas say
that they are close to an understanding on an interim
constitution and power-sharing even as a new poll showed
that the Nepalese overwhelmingly wanted the marginalized
King Gnanendra in power.<More>
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World
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Manmohan’s Japan Visit
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Japan
where he invited greater investment from
Japan under a Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and also
requested Tokyo’s support for the Indo-US
civilian nuclear deal in the Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG).<More>
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Hamas Takes Over Gaza Border
After weeks of politically motivated
assassinations and murder of children, Hamas
gunmen fought fiercely with Fatah-allied
border guards to seize control of the Gaza
Strip’s EU-monitored border crossing with
Egypt.<More>
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Featured Analyses
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Hamas Takes Over Gaza Border
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After weeks of politically motivated
assassinations and murder of children, Hamas
gunmen fought fiercely with Fatah-allied
border guards to seize control of the Gaza
Strip’s EU-monitored border crossing with
Egypt.
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Taliban Is a Virtual Mini State in Pak
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New Money Laundering Law |
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Qualitative Jump in Indo-US Relations |
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Citizens in Crossfire |
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LTTE Wants “Independent” Nation |
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Chávez Wins a Polarized Nation |
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Featured Edits
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Pranab to assist in
Nepal talks |
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State patronage will
turn Muslims state-dependent |
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Don’t dismiss those
dizzy spells |
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If only
we had a confident class! |
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The
means and end of generating more tax
revenue |
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Inept
administration |
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BJP’s
tale of two leaders and their
foundering party |
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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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