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What
Can I Give to My Nation?
 Address
of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
on the eve of Republic Day
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when we are
celebrating the 58th Republic Day, I was thinking what
thoughts I can share with you. Shall I talk to you on what
message I got during my visits to various parts of our
country and my interactions with the people particularly the
youth with their dreams or shall I talk to you about the
proud feeling I had when farmers in Punjab succeeded in
doubling seed cotton productivity in tune with the world
record or shall I talk to you how a village in a
north-eastern state has become prosperous by developing its
core competence in native silk production or shall I talk to
you about the elation of ...
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Kalam Calls for Ending Cruelty
Towards Children
Kalam Urges Youth to Join
Politics
Powered by Nuclear Energy, India-Russia Ties Enter New Era
Russia Thursday said it will help India build more nuclear power
plants and also expand civil nuclear cooperation as the two
countries took their strategic ties to "new heights" by signing nine
agreements in areas ranging from energy and space to business and
culture. Read On
Increase 2-Way Trade 30 % Annually: Putin
India, Russia Back Diplomatic
Efforts on Iran
Joint Supervision of Kashmir Impracticable: Gen. Sinha
A joint control or
supervision of the two parts of Kashmir is impracticable as
it "impinges on sovereignty", but India and Pakistan could
think of a joint mechanism to promote bilateral trade,
tourism & cultural exchanges, J&K Governor Lt.Gen.(Retd) S.K.
Sinha said Thursday. Read On
New US Bill seeks to Ban Military Aid to Pakistan
New US legislation, already endorsed by the House of
Representatives, calls for stopping military assistance to
Pakistan if Islamabad fails to halt the resurgence of
Taliban inside its territory. It asks that for fiscal years
2008 and 2009, US military assistance to Pakistan "may not
be provided" unless the president "determines and certifies"
that the Pakistan government is taking all actions against
Taliban. Read On >>>
Samajwadi Party Attacks Critics
Through Advertisement
Karnataka Considering Loan Waiver
for Farmers
Karnataka Governor T.N. Chaturvedi Thursday said the state
government was thinking of waiving loans obtained by farmers
from cooperative institutions. The government is set to
mobilize resources for the loan waiver scheme from the
revenue likely to accrue from the retrieval of encroached
lands in and around the Karnataka capital and their disposal
as per rules. Read On
Multi-million Rupee Online Ticket
Fraud Busted
Police Wednesday said it
had busted a Rs.135-million (about $3 million) racket that
booked more than 15,000 Kingfisher Airlines tickets on the
Internet using fraudulently obtained credit card numbers.
One Ahmed Sheikh has been arrested. He was part of the gang
that used to book airline tickets online using credit card
numbers obtained from hotels, shopping malls, restaurants
and other retail outlets, investigators here said.
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Uncertainty Clouds
Kolkata Book Fair Again
Uncertainty again loomed
over holding of the Jan 31-Feb 11 Kolkata Book Fair with the Calcutta High Court
Thursday halting all construction work at Maidan greens in the heart of the city
till it announces its final verdict Jan 29. Read
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Goody No Official
Guest, Clarifies Tourism Minister
The Indian government
Thursday clarified that the controversial British TV star Jade Goody, accused of
hurling racist abuses at Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, would not be an
official guest if she visits the country, but could come and "cleanse" herself.
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India, Russia Sign Nine Documents
on Bilateral Cooperation
India and Russia Thursday
invigorated their strategic and economic ties by signing
nine documents in relating to building more nuclear
reactors, civilian uses of space technology, trade and
commercial ties and cultural exchanges. Among them was a
memorandum of intent on cooperation in the construction of
additional nuclear power plants units at Kudankulam in Tamil
Nadu as well as some more Russian-designed nuclear reactors
at new sites in India. Read On
Putin Arrives in India
Key Suspect of Child Killers
Serious after Mob Fury
Businessman Moninder
Singh Pandher, accused of sexually assaulting and murdering
more than 20 children from Nithari village, was in a
critical condition Thursday after a mob comprising mostly
lawyers attacked him and his domestic aide in a Ghaziabad
court, giving a dramatic twist to a crime saga that has
stunned India. Read On >>>
Thousands of Kids Murdered, Abducted in India
Thousands of children, mostly from poor families, are
kidnapped or murdered in India each year, and experts say
published figures could be an underestimate. According to
the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), 14,975 children
go missing in India on an average every year. Of these, as
many as 11,008 remain untraced.
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Too Many Children Still Out of
School: Report
Taliban Plan 'Education
Offensive' in Afghan Fight
Taliban-led insurgents burned down more than 180 schools
and killed 61 teachers and students in Afghanistan last
year, government officials said this week as they took stock
of damage in the ongoing conflict. But now the militants
plan to open their own schools for Afghan children in a kind
of radical Islamic educational offensive to be waged
parallel to the armed struggle against government and
international forces. Read On
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Senate Panel Rejects Bush's
Troop Surge in Iraq
The senate committee that oversees US foreign relations Wednesday
voted in favor of a resolution rejecting US President George W.
Bush's troop surge in Iraq, saying it is not in the interest of the
US.
The non-binding resolution was passed by a 12-9 margin and will go
to the full senate next week. One Republican, senator Chuck Hagel,
joined the majority Democrats in supporting the resolution.
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First Signs of Iraq
Differences between US, Britain
Kerry Bows Out of 2008 US
Presidential Race
Bush Seeks to Turn US into Ethnic
Melting Pot
Greek Leftists Claim
Responsibility for US Embassy Attack
Radical leftist group
Revolutionary Struggle claimed responsibility for a
rocket-propelled grenade attack on the US embassy in Athens
earlier this month, and warned that more attacks would
follow. In a letter to satirical Greek weekly newspaper To
Pontiki Wednesday, the group said it was behind the American
embassy attack on Jan 12 ...
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7 Ways to
Survive Life Without Internet by Hazel Parry
The devastation
caused to Internet lines by the Taiwan earthquake before the
dawn of 2007 left millions across Asia cut off from email
and websites for days. In a world where high-speed
connections have been taken for granted, the event has
forced the world to face up to the reality of what life
without the Internet would be like. In many cases it exposed
people's inability to cope.
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Russian Billionaire Eyes Telecom, Hotels in India
Russian billionaire tycoon Vladimir Yevtushenkov is upbeat about
"huge business opportunities" in India as his Sistema group eyes
telecom, hotel industry and infrastructure in this country.
"It's not visa but a lack of awareness about opportunities in each
other's country that's holding back India-Russia business ties,"
Yevtushenkov said in an interview in Delhi.
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