• Two More Mega Power Projects
  Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that India would add two more 4000-megawatt (MW) mega power projects one each for Andhra Pradesh and Orissa each costing about USD 3.6 billion using a private-public investment vehicle.<More>

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• Sustaining Economic Growth
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board meeting at Hyderabad provided a unique opportunity for India to listen and share ideas with Asian peers on global fiscal, foreign exchange, trade, and financial issues.<More> 

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• Change Quota-Reservation Policy
  The Supreme Court (SC) reversed its own verdict recognizing the complexity involved to provide mandatory allocation of the 10% reservation for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in national level Post Graduate (PG) medical colleges.<More> 

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• Russia Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal
  In the continuing military rift reminiscent of the Cold War, Russia says that it is vastly upgrading its offensive nuclear arsenal capable of penetrating “star wars” missile shield being developed in the US that will warn the enemy of a Mutually Assured Destruction.<More>

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• US, Japan in Supersonic Jet Project
  The United States National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are tying up to develop a fuel-efficient, low-noise, supersonic jet that will fill space vacated in 2003 by the Anglo-French Concorde.<More>

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