India Intelligence Report
 

News Analysis - March 30, 2006

 

  • India 4th World GDP Growth Engine
    In continuing euphoria, the Indian economy was fourth largest contributor to incremental global GDP growth at 3.2% after the US, China, and Japan; it raced past Germany, France, and the UK in this key indicator.<More>

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  • Major Gains in Food Processing
    Indian food processing industry is now valued at USD 92 billion and the Government says that more money from the 8-10% growth is reaching the farmers directly because of production innovations such as contract farming.<More>

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  • Landmark SC Labor Judgments
    The Supreme Court (SC) made three landmark judgments that together would vastly change how labor is viewed and used by the Government.<More>

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  • Two Doctors Testing Fetal Sex Convicted 
    For the first time, two doctors who tested the sex of the child in the fetus of the mother have been convicted for violating the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique Regulation & Prevention of Misuse Act, 1994.<More>

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  • Novel HIV-AIDS Train To Educate Villages
    India will soon host a novel project that will allow artists, doctors, and counselors will travel by a special train that will make 40,000 stops to educate villages about the dangers of HIV-AIDS. <More>

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  • Did Salem name Bollywood Actors? 
    Unnamed sources present at the laboratory tests performed on Portugal-extradited gangster Abu Salem said that the names or issues relating to Bollywood actors did not even feature in their questioning.<More>

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  • Pinaka Successful, Mig-29K next year 
    The indigenously designed and built multi-barrel rocket launcher code named Pinaka was successfully test fired twice from India's integrated test range at Chandipur. <More>

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  • Saran on Selling Trip to US  
    Ahead of first briefings, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran is travelling to the United States with a group of senior Government officials to drum up support for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal among key Congressmen and Senators.<More>

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