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Internal Security Concerns to the Fore
(October 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned the country
that focusing on external aggression reduces
awareness and focus on internal security which
is far more dangerous because of the number of
threats and causes and the effort that is
required to defeat them.<More>
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J&K Autonomy Working Group DoA?
(October 27, 2006)
The Hindu reported that the
Jammu &
Kashmir (J&K) Autonomy Working group promised by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh 5 months ago may be dead on arrival (DoA) because of a lack of
suitable leadership to lead the group and procedural issues.<More>
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Manmohan in Damage Control Mode
(October 26, 2006)
Trying not to get dragged into the controversy
over the quality of evidence on the 7/11 Mumbai
blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted
that India had “credible evidence” and the joint
mechanism with Pakistan was a “trial and
experiment.”<More>
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ISI Subversion of Army
(October 25, 2006)
A few days after two soldiers were arrested on
charges of spying, Defense Minister Pranab
Mukherjee revealed that he is “deeply concerned
that there were spies in the army” but the
establishments has started initiatives “to
unravel the spy rings.”<More>
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Russia Accuses US for NK Tests
(October 24, 2006)
Russia virtually accused the US of pushing
North Korea (NK) into a corner and provoked
their tests and called for more flexibility
from the Bush Administration for the
resumption of the 6-party talks.<More>
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SC Verdicts Cuts Up Political Plans
(October 23, 2006)
In far-reaching verdicts, the Supreme Court (SC) asked the Government for
“compelling reasons” for including particular castes that are entitled for
reservations and “quantifiable” data to retain those castes in the list has
created churn in the caste-politics.<More>
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Barak Controversy & DRDO Projects
(October 19, 2006)
Amid rumors of kickbacks over the procurement of
Naval Barak anti-missile defense system from
Israel , there is increasing evidence that most
projects undertaken by the Defense Research &
Development Organization (DRDO) are behind
schedule.<More>
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Justice Vs Judiciary Vs Legislation
(October 18, 2006)
Conviction of rapists, murderers, and terrorists 10 years late and
politically-motivated illegal cover-up commission, quota plans, and clemency
for some facing death row raise numerous questions and concerns on the
Indian democracy.<More>
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NE S&T Developments
(October 17, 2006)
In a sign that India recognizes the lack of
development t in the North Eastern sates, it
announced a slew of new projects for the region
to ensure that the economic and social
development happening in the rest of the nation
reaches these remote areas.<More>
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Softened North Korean Sanctions
(October 16, 2006)
Facing severe opposition from China, the UN
Security Council led by the US whittle down the
sanctions targeted at North Korea (NK) as
punishment for its nuclear test even as NK and
Iran rejected the sanctions as discriminatory
and “gangster-like.”<More>
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7th Indo-EU Summit
(October 14, 2006)
Inaugurating the 7th Indo-EU summit, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh emphasized that the
“Consolidation of strategic partnership and
intensification of dialogue with the
European Union” is a key foreign policy
priority for India.<More>
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Y-on-Y Industrial Growth Higher
(October 13, 2006)
An upsurge in manufacturing took
cumulative industrial production
from April-August to 10.6 compared
to 8.7 last year and August saw a
9.7% rise compared to 7.6% but lower
than July’s growth of 12.7% but
analysts say that consumer demand
has not slacked.<More>
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India, Britain Share Terror Concerns
(October 12, 2006)
Visiting Britain right after the North
Korean (NK) nuclear test, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and British Prime Minister
Tony Blair concluded their third annual
summit and discussed terrorism, energy
cooperation, and investment promotion.<More>
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India-Mozambique to Co-Operate on
Mining
(October 11, 2006)
A Republic of Mozambique delegation
led by its Minister for Mineral
Resources Esperanca Laurinda Bias,
Mozambique is visiting India to
discuss bilateral cooperation in the
mining sector, related technologies,
and expertise sharing.<More>
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North Korea Blasts Nuclear Regime
(October 10, 2006)
With a defiant nuclear explosion using
Pakistan technology, North Korea (NK)
blasted years of discriminatory nuclear
regime sparking sharp reactions from
regional and global players and possibly
bringing in major changes to world strategic
thought and orientation.<More>
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Multi-Faceted Trouble for Pakistan
(October 09, 2006)
As rumors of a coup continues to be fuelled by
weapons discoveries around President Pervez
Musharraf’s office, a grand Jirga of 95 Baloach
tribal chiefs met and decided to move the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their
status.<More>
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Mosquito-based Epidemic Outbreak
(October 06, 2006)
Reportedly 76 people died in
Kerala with Chikungunya
and nearly 128,500 cases of Dengue have been reported
nation-wide causing severe strain on an ill-equipped and
ill-motivated system to deal with the crisis on a war
footing.<More>
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New Environmental Guidelines
(October 05, 2006)
In a bid to decentralize environmental impact
assessment, the Federal Government announced new
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guidelines that
grant concessions for builders, automobile, and
biomedical sectors.<More>
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China Claims Fusion Reactor Successes
(October 04, 2006)
Chinese scientists claimed that their first experimental
thermonuclear fusion test replicating sun’s energy
generation process in the Experimental Advanced
Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor was successful.<More>
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