INDIA INTELLIGENCE REPORT
 

News Analysis - July 18, 2006

 

  • India Flexible on Industry not Agriculture at WTO
    Iran rejected India’s demand for international long-term contracts gas price parity insisting that it will sell for at least USD 7.2 per British thermal unit (mbtu) price while the international long-term gas price is USD 4.2 mbtu for the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.<More>
     
  • India will see Iron Ore Shortage in Near Future
    A high level committee set up by the Planning Commission has warned that at “the current rate of growth of 20% of iron ore production, India’s Hematite reserves will last for only 25 years” which will cause India’s steel industry its competitive advantage.<More>

  • Russia, US, to Expand India Nuclear Ties
    Russia and the United States praised India’s “important non-proliferation commitments” and revealed their desire to expand “civil nuclear cooperation to address its energy requirements, and on further enhancing global non-proliferating regime.” <More>

  • Naxals Attack Relief Camp, Brutally Kill 25
    A 800 person Naxal horde attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and civilian relief camp in Errabore in Chhattisgarh and “hacked” 25 civilians “with sharp weapons” to send a message that colluding with the Government will bring them gory death. <More>

  • Report Says Pak Generals are Barons
    A Newsline report said that Pakistan continues the British tradition of rewarding armed forces with land allotments making Pakistani Army generals new "land barons" controlling 12 million acres of prime agricultural land worth over Rs 700 billion.<More>

  • UN Resolution Condemns Blasts
    The UN Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution “Reaffirming that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constituted one of the most serious threats to international peace and security” but did not name Pakistan or its terror infrastructure.<More>

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