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   News Analysis - August 7, 2006

 

  • SAARC Concluded Amid Indo-Pak Trade Dispute
    India complained bitterly to the commerce ministers governing the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) that Islamabad has failed to implement key provisions of the agreement into force and not granting tariff reductions to its exports. <More>

  • Quota Plan in Shambles
    Reports suggest that serious differences over strategy, financial requirements, and concerns of Constitutional validity within the Government may delay the Bill for Other Backward Classes (OBC).     <More>

  • Restrictive Child Labor Bill Passed
    Through the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986, the Government warned of prosecution and penal action for the employment of children but child labor activists criticize the legislation as inadequate that could drive children to worse situations. .     <More>

  • SC Allows “Toxic” Ship-Breaking
     The Gujarat Maritime Board said that the Supreme Court has granted them permission to break up the 11-storey Blue Lady, believed to be laden with asbestos and other toxic materials, in the Alang ship-breaking yard in Western Gujarat.<More>

  • Ordnance Board Collaborates with Israeli Company
    Government-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is entering into a joint venture with an Israeli company to manufacture “cargo ammunition” (known to maim but does not kill) but raising hackles of human rights organization seeking to stop these products. <More>

  • Naxals Attack WB IRB Camp
    In an area in {West Bengal} adjacent to {Jharkhand}, suspected Naxal terrorists attacked an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) camp and a heavy exchange of fire lasted for over an hour as retribution for arresting a senior local terrorist leader.     <More>

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