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Who are the OBCs? SC asks Centre
The Centre's decision to enforce 27% reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in the elite educational institutions from this year was questioned by the Supreme Court, wanting to know how it could be implemented without the determination of data.
Pakistan's Middle East initiative
It is not every day that a leader besieged by multiple problems at home, and pressures and threats of all kinds from abroad suddenly decides that he is among the best suited and the most "credible," to tackle one of the most complex problems of the world.
Gir alarm on dead lions
Carcasses of two Asiatic lionesses and a cub found within 500 metres of a Gir sanctuary checkpost have triggered a security alert in the park.
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Asian pollution making region cloudier, more stormy: Study
Asia’s growing air pollution — billowing million-tonne plumes of soot, smog and wood smoke — is making the Pacific region cloudier and stormier, disrupting winter weather patterns along the West Coast and into the Arctic, researchers reported.
Japan, N. Korea to resume talks Thursday
Japan and North Korea will resume talks on Thursday on normalizing ties after the negotiations stalled Wednesday over the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the communist regime decades ago.Taliban commander caught in Afghanistan
Afghan soldiers caught a senior Taliban commander at a checkpoint who was wearing a burqa, while NATO forces fought Taliban militants in the second day of the alliance's largest-ever offensive in Afghanistan.
Border row not insurmountable: Li
The boundary dispute between India and China was a problem imposed on the people of both countries by "western colonialists" at a time when the nations were not "masters of their own homes," Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said.
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Ancient Indian dynasties documented their administration,
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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
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Temasek sells stake in Apollo Hospitals
Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government's investment company, has sold its full 5.26 per cent stake in healthcare major Apollo Hospitals Enterprise for Rs. 133.68 crore.
DLF to foray into life insurance
Real estate major DLF and Prudential Financial Inc (PFI) of the U.S., on Tuesday announced a tie-up to foray into the life insurance business.
India wants transit pipelines under WTO umbrella
India wants transnational oil and gas pipelines to be included in the WTO’s trade facilitation measures which aim at cutting red tape and other obstacles in the flow of goods across borders.
Pak allows duty drawback facility on exports
With an aim to tap the available options for exports through land route to neighbouring countries, including India, Pakistan has allowed duty drawback facility on the export of its local products.
GAIL to share pipeline with Shell for LNG
State-run gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd will share its pipeline network with the Indian arm of Royal Dutch Shell for gas supplies from the oil major's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in India.
US, India biz body hopeful about N-deal
The US-India Business Council, a leading lobby group, has said all the remaining issues related to the nuclear deal between the two countries will be resolved and the American industry is looking forward to meeting India's energy needs.
Singapore Exchange to buy 5% in BSE
The Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd (BSE) said that it was selling a 5 per cent stake to Singapore Exchange (SGX) for $42.7 million, following a similar deal with Deutsche Boerse last month.
India sees end to spirits duty dispute
India expects to resolve a dispute with the European Union on tariffs and taxes on wines and spirits soon with a change in legislation governing duties.
Talks for JV between Arcelor Mittal, Baotou collapse
Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal's demand for a 50 per cent stake in China's Baotou Iron and Steel Group has led to collapse of talks for a joint venture as Beijing will not allow foreign steel giants to take a controlling stake.
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