Racist
Slurs Against Shilpa : Britain, India Outraged
Racist slurs against Bollywood
star Shilpa Shetty in a popular British TV show has caused outrage
in the two countries, with the issue figuring in the House of
Commons and feminist diva Germaine Greer, and even two Indian
ministers, demanding corrective action. Read On >>>
Global Warming Not Caused by Carbon
Dioxide Emissions Rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gases emitted through
human activity, generally believed to trap heat in the earth's
atmosphere, are an effect rather than the cause of global warming,
according to a prominent Russian scientist. Read On >>>
Nepal Government, Maoists Agree on Power
Sharing The first tussle over power
sharing between Nepal's seven-party government and the Maoists since
the rebels joined parliament was resolved Wednesday with both sides
agreeing on a status quo. Even as the guerrillas returned to
parliament Monday, signifying a formal end to their decade-old armed
uprising, fresh tension had started simmering between them and
government over power sharing. Read On
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Using Sport as a Political Weapon Although most people would agree that politics and sport should
not be mixed, few would disagree with the statement that they do.
Most sporting organizations jealously guard against any political
interference and football's world controlling body FIFA, for
instance, has time and again suspended members if any overtly
political interference becomes known.
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Gujarat Attracts Investment of $100
Billion Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have emerged as the single largest
investment sector in the just-concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global
Investors Summit, accounting for 38.1 percent of a total investment
of around Rs.4,480 billion (about $100 billion) in 308 memorandums
of understanding (MoUs) signed with the Gujarat government. Read On >>>
PBD Showed that India Does Care for NRIs
by Kul Bhushan
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is the big NRI show. For just $250,
the price of a family dinner in the US, NRIs can come real close to
the top leaders of India. They can get to know their thoughts on
NRIs and enjoy the compliments. They also voice their concerns and
extract promises from the government to look into them. They come to
say: "I love my India!" And PBD tells them: "India cares!" Read On >>>
Over 200 Children Missing in Jharkhand
The spine-chilling revelation of the Nithari killings in
Uttar Pradesh seems to have set alarm bells ringing in
Jharkhand too, where hundreds of children are reportedly
missing. According to an estimate of the CID, more than 200
children are missing and the figure may go in thousands if
police complaints are totaled. More
Indian American Works to Promote
Religious Tolerance From building houses for the homeless to tutoring children,
young people of different faiths have been working together under a
group run by an Indian American. The Chicago-based Inter-Faith Youth
Core (IFYC), started by Eboo Patel, brings together youths from
various parts of the world with the aim of promoting inter-religious
understanding.Read On >>>
Grand Dame of Boston
is now Taj Boston The 80-year-old Ritz
Carlton, America's longest, continuously-run hotel and a
Boston landmark, has become part of Tata 's Indian Hotels
group and will be known as Taj Boston. Read On >>>
New innings mark Brown's Passage to India
by Prasun Sonwalkar
Brown has been among the earliest British politicians to recognize
the opportunities and challenges presented by India's growing
economy. As Brown begins his belated passage to India on Wednesday,
India and Britain appear set for a new phase in their relationship
in which economy, trade and business will become the predominant
buzzwords. Read On >>>
Endangered Garuda Birds are Breeding in
Bihar by Imran Khan It is good news for bird
lovers. The endangered Garuda bird of the stork family has been
sighted in a village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, where the birds
have also started nesting. "The endangered Garuda birds have taken
shelter on a silk cotton tree near a village in Ganga-Diara area in
Bhagalpur. They are breeding, a major occasion in the conservation
of the birds," Arvind Mishra, an avid naturalist, told IANS. "The
Garuda birds face very high risk of extinction if proper
conservation efforts are not taken. There are only 800 Garuda birds
around the world and a few dozen in India," said Mishra. Read On >>>
Turning Water Into Child's Play in
Parched Schools by Sanjay Sharma
School is a happy proposition now for many children in Madhya
Pradesh. No longer do they have to stay with parched throats or go
without using toilets the whole day. In Dhar district, where many
children - particularly girls - had stopped going to school for want
of drinking water and sanitation facilities, Unicef has helped by
installing 'play pumps'. Read On
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Will Pranab Visit Lead to a Manmohan Trip
to Pakistan? by Murali Krishnan With a packed agenda lined up for the next two months, the
India-Pakistan dialogue process is poised to get a further stimulus
following External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's two-day visit
here and a leap forward on some central issues could perhaps set the
stage for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's much-awaited trip to
Pakistan.Read On >>>
India’s Invisible
War: Nation Needs a War
Cabinet
by Rajinder Puri India is
in the midst of an invisible war. It is an unrecognized war. The
government tinkers with terrorism in various fronts. The enemy
continues to advance. Last year the enemy struck at many points.
In
Kashmir the terrorists killed ...
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End of
Caste-based Reservations? The IX
Schedule Verdict by Naagesh Padmanaban Thursday,
11th January 2007 will go down in the history of independent
India as a historic day indeed. It was on this day that the
Supreme Court came out with yet another land mark judgment.
A nine-judge bench’s unanimous judgment held that laws
taking shelter under the IX Schedule of the Constitution of
India is subject to judicial review. The ruling has warmed
millions of hearts and has been welcomed by legal luminaries
in India. Read On
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