• AU Opposes UNSC Expansion
  India, Germany, and Brazil have re-tabled their draft resolution on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) expansion. <More>

• Govt Approves New Oil Project
  The Government authorized the creation of a strategic oil reserve project under the control of the federal Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB).<More>

• Govt Wants Ayurveda Certification
  Federal Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss stated that companies manufacturing Ayurvedic drugs must certify that their products do not contain heavy metals.<More>

• ISRO Expects to Earn 400 Million
  The Indian Space & Research Organization (ISRO) expects to earn Rs.400 million annually from the fourth generation indigenously designed and developed Insat4A.<More>

• More Farmers Commit Suicide
  Indebtedness, crop failure, non-payment of expensive loans drove scores of farmers to suicide.<More>

• MQM Objects Excessive Force in Baloachistan
  The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a key ally of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has vocally protested against excessive use of force by the military to quell separatism in the Southwestern Baloach province.<More>

• SC Agrees to Hear FBT
  The Supreme Court has agreed to hear several cases filed in High Courts against the controversial Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT).<More>

• SC Cautions Against Bogus Cases
  IThe Supreme Court has directed all the courts in India not accept litigation against retired bureaucrats without a prior sanction from the Government.<More>

• Survey Finds Fall in Sex Ratio
  A study published in the British medical journal "The Lancet" says that 10 million fetuses may have been aborted in India over the past 20 years because of ultrasound sex screening.<More>

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