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• Tea Production Falls in NE  
  After the euphoria over lower Kenyan output in tea, its largest international competitor, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) said loss of rainfall in the North East, which produces 75% of Indian tea, has resulted is lower output.<More>

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• National Knowledge Commission Proposes Reforms
  The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) created by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to propose ways to scale to a knowledge-driven economy has recommended 10 steps that entail overhauling Government processes and creation of systems.<More> 

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• Bill to Skirt Office of Profit
  The Government is planning on a Bill that will amend the Prevention of Disqualification of the MPs Act 1959—commonly known as the Office of Profit act, to enable many communist allies and Congress politicians to hold on to their offices of profit.<More>

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• Sharp Increase in Wind Power Generation
  Turbine manufacturers in India say that they registered a 45% rise in installed wind power capacity grew to 5,200 megawatt (MW) from 3,595 MW with Tamil Nadu contributing a bulk of this capacity addition of 870 MW.<More>

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• Major Opposition to AIDS Patent Application
  Several groups opposed the patent application by Gilded Sciences to patent the AIDS cocktail Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) and accused the company of filing a “frivolous claim” on the drug without actually enhancing it.<More>

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• US to Arm Pakistan  
  After accusing it of not doing enough on terror and illegally exporting nuclear technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea, the United States will arm Pakistan with the latest conventional weapons apart from the pre-announced F-16 fighter aircraft.<More>

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• Japan Warns of Civil War
  Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akasi said that Sri Lanka is at the lowest ebb since his involvement in 2002 and on the verge of resumption of civil war among reports that more people have died in April than during several periods of times when “war” was declared.<More>

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• Maoist terrorists Break Ceasefire
  Violating their own ceasefire, the Maoist terrorists in {Nepal} broke their own ceasefire by kidnapping 5 security and 2 civilians from different parts of the country.<More>

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