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• Manufacturing Grows with Globalization  
  Globalization over the last 14 years has tripled manufacturing production with more than 1/2 of produced goods being exported to mainly other Asian and African nations.<More>

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• No Consensus on "Office of Profit" 
  The Government finally buried its misgivings on the developments leading to the resignation of Sonia Gandhi and led conversations with political parties to seek amendments to relevant laws so it can avoid nasty jolts to the democracy.<More>

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• Canada Allows Barbaric Seal Slaughter  
  In continuation of its barbaric tradition, the Canadian Government has allowed hunters kill hundreds of thousands of harp seal pups off its East coast.<More>

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• Stricter Pesticide Regulation 
  In an encouraging move, the Central Insecticide Board (CIB) will, through the Ministry of Environment, soon ban 7 pesticides and also fix the maximum residue limit (MRL) for 23 more.<More>

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• No Drop in Bird Flu Cases over summer
  With the onset of summer, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the bird flu virus is not going to die with the hot weather as once the virus is in an animal, it will continue to survive regardless of ambient weather conditions.<More> 

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• Surprise! Govt has a Naxal policy 
  Responding to a question in the Parliament, Home Minister Shivraj Patil shocked everyone by tabling a policy, which he says has been in existence for a while.<More> 

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• Indo-French Defense Exercise 
  India and France will kick off their eighth round of Varuna joint exercises off Goa with India fielding a contingent of Jaguars strike aircraft and Canberra surveillance jets against French Atlantique II.<More> 

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• India-Pak Friendship & Peace Accord
  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a peace, security, and friendship accord to Pakistan and asked that country not to link Kashmir with this accord; Pakistan responded positively to this proposal but refused closer business ties. <More>

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• Caution on Escalating Violence in Lanka
  The Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) cautioned both the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against gradually worsening confrontations.<More>

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• Nepal Journalists under Siege 
  An independent international media mission that completed a tour of Nepal stated that the media there has been muzzled both by the Government and the Maoist terrorists.<More>  

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• Pro-Russian Party to Win in Ukraine  
  A pro-Russian Opposition Party of Regions led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich was leading in initial counting and is expected to trounce a pro-Western party that failed to improve living standards or the economy.<More>