Internal Security Concerns to the Fore
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>

Global Human Rights Panel in Sri Lanka
Responding to feedback mechanism from Indian interlocutors, Sri Lanka is actively considering a global human rights panel that will investigate allegations of human rights violations through a “full-fledged international human rights monitoring mission.”<More>

Indo-US Anti-Terrorism Exercises
As part of the ongoing “Malabar” series of exercises, Indian and US Navies will practice expeditionary maneuvers off the Konkan coast in addition to a simulated joint semi-urban anti-terrorism exercise by in Belgaum, Karnataka.<More>

10% Growth Can Remove Poverty
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he hoped that the Indian economy will grow at 10% in the “near future" and that this “rapid growth” will in “10 to 20 years” will “remove the ancient scourge of poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment.”<More>

Russia Disagrees with Iran Draft
While insisting that it wants to “eliminate the risks of sensitive technologies” flowing to Iran, Russia opposed a European draft resolution calling sanctions against Iran because it wanted to maintain “all possible channels of communication.”<More>

Marginal Press Freedom Improvement
The Paris-based “Reporters Without Borders” rated Indian press freedom marginally higher to 105 (from 106) in a list of 168 nations and most South Asian nations to pathetically low numbers while North Korea and Eritrea rated the worst.<More>