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HC Says No to Yatra Subsidies
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has restrained the Federal and
State Governments from subsidizing Yatra expenses for the Haj and other
pilgrimages leaving politicians using these sops as ways to create and
retain vote banks in quandary.
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US Seeks Tariff cut on
Environment Products
As a co-member of the
Asia-Pacific Partnership
(APP), the US wants
India to reduce its
tariffs on imported
environmental goods and
services from the
current 15% to allow
free flow of technology
to reduce green house
gases (GHG) emission.<More>
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Is Project Tiger a Failure?
An investigation into the effectiveness of the
federally funded Project Tiger, launched in 1973 to
protect tigers in the 15 Tiger sanctuaries to ensure
a viable population, concluded that the program is a
failure because of insufficient training and
inadequate methods.<More>
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Nepal Has a New Draft Constitution
A team of legal and political experts in Nepal have
drafted a new lob-sided Constitution that will withdraw
many privileges of the King and retaining the right of
the Maoist terrorists that does not necessarily create
stability to one of the world’s poorest nations.<More>
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Israel & Lebanon Welcome EU Plan
Israel & Lebanon welcomed the EU plan to
dispatch 7000 peacekeeping troops, to be led
initially by France and later by Italy, in
Southern Lebanon that is capable of
maintaining a buffer between the two nations
with stronger defensive capabilities.
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Iran Expands Heavy Water Project
A defiant yet indulgent Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new phase
in the Arak heavy-water reactor project
dismissing global concerns of its
controversial program but asserting that
“Iran is not a threat to anybody."
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