India Intelligence Report
 

   News Analysis - May 24, 2006

 
  • Organic Farming Growing at 100% 
    With larger disposable incomes, expanding economies, and higher awareness of health, Indian organic industry is growing at 100% with 400 registered farmers using 30,164 acres.<More>

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  • Speaker Trouble
    The Budget-session of the Parliament ended in a controversy about an admonishment motion on a former Lok Sabha Secretary-General for his disparaging remarks on the Speaker and the Opposition opposed the propriety of the motion and the motives for it.<More>

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  • Nishant Interests People, Army, Navy, Coast Guard
    India’s indigenously designed and developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Nishant was successfully tested off the coast of Kozhikode in Kerala and the “wheel-less” manned by a pilot on the ground navigated the 180 minute flight.<More>

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  • High Hopes on Nuclear Energy
    Nuclear Power Corporation Chief S. K. Jain unveiled the country’s nuclear vision and plans while inaugurating an indigenously manufactured nuclear fuelling machine head, a critical part of its nuclear program.<More>

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  • Israel Captures Hamas ‘Commander’
    Israel achieved a major breakthrough in its fight against terrorism by capturing Hamas’s West Bank military-wing ‘commander’ wanted in the death of 78 Israelis and wounding of several hundred.<More>

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  • Amnesty Accuses US of Human Rights Violations
    In its annual report of 2006, Amnesty International (AI) accused the US of gross human rights violations and double standards in its fight against terrorism and depreciated their credibility for not demanding more of allies engaging in abuses in fear of losing them.<More>

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