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Govt to Maintain Borrowing Levels
Federal Finance Minister P.
Chidambaram has said that the overall
size of borrowing for the current
fiscal year will remain at Rs. 152,856
(USD 33 billion).<More>
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PM Defies Commies on Disinvestment
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signaled
that his Government will not rethink
its policy to disinvest in profit
making non-Navratna Public Sector
Units as means to finance increasing
social expense and
containing runaway deficits.<More>
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India to Harden Stance at WTO
Ignoring threats and warnings from
World Trade Organization (WTO)
personnel, India disclosed that it has
toughened its stand on agriculture and
industrial tariffs and asserting that
development challenge of the Doha
Round must be addressed. <More>
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Increased Heroin Flows from Afghanistan
Narcotic trackers say that an unwanted and unanticipated
side-effect of the Indo-Pak peace process that has
increased foot, rail, and road traffic between the two
nations is the upsurge of smuggling of heroin from
Afghanistan.<More>
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Tribal Rights Bill will shrink Forests Further
Satellite imagery shows that human habitation in and on
the periphery of forests, encroachment, and illegal
logging has reduced forest cover in 11 of the 28 forests
and the proposed Tribal Rights Bill (TRB) legalizing
forest dwellers land rights will exacerbate this
scenario.<More>
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Services Oppose Ministry Equality Diktats
There is growing evidence that the three services are
opposing Defense Ministry diktats to offer permanent
commissions to women personnel unless they make
voluntary choices to combat roles and meet demanding
physical standards expected of fighting forces.<More>
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India, Kuwait to Enhance
Aviation Ties
Following the recent visit
by the Kuwaiti Amir to
India, India and Kuwait will
review their aviation
bilateral arrangements to
increase the number of seats
available on airlines of
either country in
forthcoming bilateral talks
scheduled on July 18-19.<More>
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