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Curfew continues in Srinagar after violence
Curfew continued in summer capital today after two days of violence in which six people were killed in firing by security forces. Separatists have called for a shutdown across the Kashmir Valley to protest the...
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Floods cause havoc in Haryana;;at least 26 dead
Nearly 60 villages were inundated and hundreds of acres of agricultural land submerged in floodwaters in Haryana's Yamunanagar district as rivulets flowed above the danger mark following heavy rains, officials said today.
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Indian economy moving fast towards $2 trillion mark
The Indian economy would grow to $1.72 trillion in 2011-12, moving closer towards the $2 trillion mark, according to an assessment by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC).
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Central government in favour of banning iron ore exports
The central government is planning to ban iron ore exports or restrict the quantum of export to protect the rich mineral wealth of the country, Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh has said.
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Peace cannot be built on Pak's lies
Why bother with a polite step-by-step engagement with Pakistan when the situation is so grave? Pakistan is busy sending terrorists to kill Indians while cheerfully lying to the world about the activities of the ISI...
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CWG row: Indian mission refutes Kalmadi's claim
In a new twist to the major scam in the Commonwealth Games, the Indian High Commission in London today refuted the claim made by Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi that the British company to which...
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Filing of income tax return deadline extended till Aug 4
The Income Tax Department today extended the last date of filing income tax returns to August 4 due to inclement weather and some technical snags.
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Truckers say will go on; strike, then call it off
The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) called a nation-wide strike on Saturday only to call it off late in the day.
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Didn't have contract with CWG OC, admits AM Films
The UK-based company at the center of a corruption row which has rocked the upcoming Delhi Commonwealth Games today admitted that it did not have a contract with the event's organisers but denied allegations of...
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Indian women hockey team win bronze in Asian Champions trophy
Notwithstanding the controversy-ridden run up to the event, Indian eves stunned higher-ranked China 2-1 to win the bronze medal in the inaugural Asian Women Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Busan, South Korea today.
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'Minister bribed to kill Sohrab'
A witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case has alleged that former Rajasthan home minister Gulab Chand Kataria had taken R 10 crore from a marble trader to eliminate Sohrabuddin. HT Correspondent reports.
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'Pak intelligence agency scraps UK visit'
Pakistan's intelligence agency has scrapped a planned visit to Britain in protest at Prime Minister David Cameron's comments on the export of terror, The Times newspaper reported today.
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Indefinite curfew imposed in Kashmir
Indefinite curfew was clamped in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley today in the wake of protests, even as the death toll in the violent clashes between locals and security forces rose to four.
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PMO asks Cabinet Secretary to review status of CWG projects
The Prime Minister's Office has asked Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar to review the status of the Commonwealth Games projects. Meanwhile, the deadline for all CWG related projects ended today.
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India, Pak & Afghanistan can help in stabilising the region: US
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan have an equally critical role in helping to bring stability in the region, US has said. "All three countries and others can play a role in helping to stabilise the situation,"...
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US, India sign nuclear reprocessing deal
India and US have signed an agreement on reprocessing of American nuclear spent fuel by India, marking the final steps in terms of implementation of the landmark civil nuclear deal between the two countries.
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9/11 effect: India wants plane crash-proof N-power plants
With 9/11 still fresh in its mind, the government has upgraded its safety requirements for nuclear power plants. These plants, when built, will have to be able to withstand the impact of a jetliner crash....
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Pakistan thinks India bigger threat than Taliban or Al Qaeda
Torn apart by terror attacks within its borders, three in four Pakistanis still think India is their biggest threat, not the Taliban or Al Qaeda. One in four sees the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), the group behind...
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Taliban to 'behead informers'
The Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explosive disclosure by WikiLeaks. See graphic
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CWG Organising Committee refutes charges of corruption
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee today denied the charges of financial irregularities in relation to the launch of the Queen's Baton Relay in London last year.
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Some bent on diverting youth's anger in wrong direction: Omar
Terming the ongoing unrest in the state as a "difficult period", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said some people were bent on diverting the anger of younger generation in a negative direction...
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BJP gives fresh notice for discussion, voting on price rise
Unrelenting on the issue of price rise, BJP today gave fresh notices for discussing it in both Houses of Parliament on Monday under rules that entail voting.
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More Commonwealth Games shame? ED probes cash trail
Already fighting off countless controversies, the Delhi Commonwealth Games looks headed towards more embarrassment. This time, it's a money trail that could link the Organising Committee of the Games to a dubious firm in London....
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Monsoon to be better in Aug-Sep; deficient in northeast
Monsoon rains across the country are expected to be better than earlier forecast for the remaining season but the eastern regions could see deficient falls.
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Army orders COI against major in possession of secret files
The Army has ordered a court of inquiry against a Major posted in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly possessing 2,000 sensitive military documents on his personal computer from where it was passed on...
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Saina Nehwal to get Khel Ratna
India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was today selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's sporting honour, for her oustanding achievements on the badminton court.
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Made to clean school toilets, girl commits suicide in UP
Laxmi's friends reportedly used to tease her for days and when she couldn't tolerate that she took the extreme step on the ninth day. She hanged herself. She was reportedly made to clean toilets everyday.
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Logjam over prices continues, both Houses adjourned
The logjam in Parliament over rising prices continued for the fourth day today with a united Opposition adamantly protesting and demanding a discussion followed by voting on the issue, which forced the adjournment of both...
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TRS leader Harish Rao wins by record margin
Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader T Harish Rao today set a record in Andhra Pradesh's electoral politics by retaining his Siddipet assembly seat in the by-elections by a margin of over 95,000 votes.
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Landmine blast in Assam, 4 CRPF troopers killed
Militants, suspected to be from the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland, triggered a landmine blast around 8 am when around 20 CRPF troopers were returning in a bus from an anti-insurgency training camp. At least...
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US asks Pak to take decisive action against terrorism
Expressing concern about the contacts by some elements in ISI with terrorist outfits, US has asked Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorists.
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PM chides Pak's Qureshi
In his first public reaction to the controversial conduct of the press conference following the India-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' talks on July 15, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that Pakistan's Shah Mehmood Qureshi could...
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Rising prices wash away first week of monsoon session
Opposition parties continued to force the adjournment of both houses of parliament today, marking the end of the first week of the monsoon session that has been washed away with no real business conducted due...
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Will raise terror with Pakistan: Cameron
Endorsing India's stand that no cause is good enough to justify terrorism, Britain today said that it will discuss with Pakistan "frankly, clearly and openly" on the need to reduce and eliminate terror from India.
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Indian athletes to lose on home advantage due to delay: CGF CEO
Delay in the completion of the Commonwealth Games venues will rob the Indian athletes of the vital home advantage, Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper said today.
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Pak furious, but Cameron sticks to 'export of terror' comment
Notwithstanding angry reactions from Islamabad, British Premier David Cameron today refused to retract his remarks that Pakistan must stop the "export of terror", insisting that presence of terrorist outfits in that country was unacceptable.
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Sohrabuddin case: CBI to quiz Narendra Modi?
According to reports, CBI may want Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to answer some questions in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.
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Cong says ready for any discussion on price rise, BJP meets Prez
A delegation of BJP MPs and senior leaders today met President Pratibha Patil and submitted crores of signatures as part of its campaign against "abject failure of the UPA government" to control price rise. Meanwhile, the Congress...
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Raina scores ton on debut, Sachin 203
It's the kind of moment dreams are made of. You're batting in your first Test, the man at the other end when you score a 100 is the world's greatest cricketer and, together, you save...
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Price rise issue: Both Houses adjourn
The issue of price rise stalled proceedings in both Houses of Parliament for the third consecutive day today with the Opposition demanding discussion under a rule that entails voting.
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From snow ball to coconut lassi
This Kochi's couple's one-year-old enterprise is perhaps the only serious attempt to market snow ball tender coconut so far. And in their response to irregularity of supply, they introduced the coconut lassi.
Shree Padre has more.
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Nagpur cargo hub plan drives villagers desparate
Maharashtra's Vilasrao Deshmukh-government is asking the private sector not to go
about acquiring land for projects if the farmers are opposed. Shivangaon
is the
hypocritical face of the state government itself.
Jaideep Hardikar reports.
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Milkmen of a dying village
Shivangaon, a village near Nagpur produces a staggering Rs.25-29 crores worth of milk each year.
Government-led land acquisition here for a new cargo hub is hurting the local economy, reports
Jaideep Hardikar.
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From Busway to BRT
Compared to other bus corridors world-wide, the Delhi effort is a very limited one. The current design is only a busway, and the government must push
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India's coal-to-liquid push short-sighted
New Delhi recently allocated three blocks of coal in Orissa for projects that will produce liquid fuel from coal, in an attempt
to increase oil supply. The decision appears to have overlooked a number of critical...
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Wanted: talented young to match jobs galore
The Indian economy is creating millions of varied job opportunities. Despite this, scores of educated youth are not readily employable and face a grim future. Companies are struggling to find and retain talent. Ramesh Menon...
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Two classes, two unions
At the Guwahati IOC Refinery, labour is divided between organised and unorganised workers, with social and cultural factors at play too. How do the unions handle complex issues? Is there a workers unity?
Sriram Ananthanarayanan
digs...
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Villagers protest plans for salt factory
Against the wishes of the local people, and even the State government, a salt factory is proposed to be established on land that has been used freely
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Brass metal work losing its shine
Hundreds of artisans in Hajo are finding their livelihoods threatened by a local monopoly and other factors that have driven the prices of raw
materials very high. The Assam government is intervening to help, but...
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Tripura taps the rubber economy
A persistent push to develop large-scale rubber plantations as a livelihood alternative to slash-and-burn cultivation by tribals has resulted in a
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Uneasy quiet on the POSCO front
A large development or industrial project, stiff people's protests, takeover of vast tracts of land, widespread environmental and social impacts, and more. All of these realities have manifested themselves in government clearances for the POSCO...
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SEZs: A history of injustice and abuse
The origins of today's law for land acquisition for SEZs act can be traced to 1824, when the British colonial power felt the need to codify the
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Paying no heed to groundswell of opinion
A range of criticisms raised at a recent seminar in Mumbai are a sufficient indication of the extent to which
SEZs are being pushed as a government policy without any public consultation on their pros...
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How about a fruit ice cream?
Charles and Nirmala Sequeira were simply looking for something different to do. Little did they think that their decision to start selling ice cream
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India's investment opportunities in sustainable business
A new report from TERI, the first of its kind for India, argues that
compliance with environmental, social and governance criteria would
better differentiate Indian stocks in comparison to issuers from other
emerging markets for...
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A rural B-school for women
Mann Deshi Udyogini, formed by a rural women's cooperative bank in association with HSBC Bank, is a business school aims to empower rural women with
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Carts, kiosks, and Indian retail
A number of implicit and explicit constraints influence the extent to which carts and kiosks work as avenues of creative entrepreneurship. Varupi
Jain compares the Indian scenario with that in the US, and...
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Tender coconut juice, instantly chilled
Moments after a customer approaches this cart, the vendor pours tender coconut juice into a funnel-like part.
Chilled juice comes out of a stainless steel tap below, filling a 250 ml glass, for Rs.10. Shree...
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Storm continues over Silent Valley
The Kerala government is proposing to construct a new dam only a few kilometres from the site of one of India's great environment struggles in the
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A 'sour' source of delight and livelihood
A three day festival of a special tender mango called appe midi held last
month in Shimoga, Karnataka attracted 6000 visitors. The festival showcased
a range of preparations including popular pickles, and gave a filip to...
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Lives strangulated by needle and thread
27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a baby on
the streets of Bangalore. 20-year-old Gayathri was run over by the bus belonging to
the Bangalore garment factory where she worked. Garment...
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Growing credibility gap
It is widely accepted that agricultural subsidies in developed nations are distorting global agriculture trade.
And yet, Purdue University and the World Bank are cleverly using economic models and simulated 'welfare gains' to
push for...
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North East: Looking beyond the chicken's neck
The economy in the North East is still largely based on
subsistence-oriented farming. There is plenty of frustration
arising out of inability to meet modern aspirations. What are
the options for people to engage in...
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India's black agenda in a climate change era
In January, the Ratan Tata-chaired Investment Commission green-lighted coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology for India and
the goverment appears eager to develop policy to promote CTL. But beyond the pressing demands for energy
security and new investment...
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Jobs, skills, shortages and future-proofing
India has only 5,100 Industrial Training Institutes and 1,745 polytechnics compared to 5,00,000 similar institutes in China. The USA boasts of 1500 trade training programmes compared to India's 171. A national conference in Delhi this...
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Under pressure, India makes U-turn
At a two-day international seminar on "Saving Doha and delivering on
development" that concluded at New Delhi on 13 March, India's Commerce Minister
Kamal Nath provided ample evidence of India's willingness to go along with...
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How much, for submerging that forest?
When a large hydropower projects results in the conversion of forest land, or its submergence, what is the right amount of money to be paid as
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SEZs: Lessons from China
While single-minded pursuit of exports has helped China touch record growth figures, millions have been left behind, besides incurring huge environmental costs. And without even the limited dose of welfare that China offers its poor...
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A storehouse of untapped potential
A majority of poor and low-income workers, especially women, are not aware of how to secure their own income using basic skills. Often, they are clueless about using the skills they have tacitly acquired. Varupi...
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Traditional knowledge receives a boost from government
The government's recent traditional knowledge digital library will send data to patent offices abroad, so that indigenous knowledge that India
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Training the millions left behind
Vocational training could play a key role in bridging the gap that keeps millions of workers in the unorganised economy
away from a better future. The needs of informal sector workers are complex, and mere...
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Pune's Bus Rapid Transit stumbles at the start
While the idea of Bus Rapid Transit has merit, its implementation in Pune has created a poor first impression. Inadequate planning, lack of
enforcement of dedicated lanes for buses, and haste in rolling out the...
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Timbaktu Organic is scaling up
This year, 160 farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district committed 480 acres
for organic production. Two complete cycles of procurement, processing, and
marketing of organic produce in a number of cities have already been completed....
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Bit by byte, IT firms make rural plans
Technology majors are keen to establish direct contact with potential customers in rural areas, and setting up computer kiosks is an important step
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More self-goals by the PFC
Three years after a loan disbursal to the Jindal Thermal Power Company Ltd. for a power project in Karnataka,
the public-sector Power Finance Corporation has drawn flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General for having...
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The new Maharajas, and their estates - the SEZs
What is it like to be a modern-day Indian prince? Devinder Sharma and Bhaskar Goswami explain how, with the proliferation of Special Economic Zones
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SEZs: Invitation to chaos?
A Marathi booklet published by the Pune-based National Centre for Advocacy Studies reveals a number of
lesser known facts about the latest controversy in Indian development, Special Economic Zones. From
land-use patterns to crony land...
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Water meters help consumers as well as suppliers
With a properly metered water bill, consumers have a much better chance of being heard than otherwise. Yes, there are justified concerns about
rights and equity when we talk of water, but metering is not...
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Tender coconuts break into corporate offices
It's 'ready to serve' and like a soft drink bottle or tetra pack, you can take it
inside any office, drink and then dispose. Sold with the brand name Tender Fresh,
1500 – 2000 tender...
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Engineering crops, distorting livelihoods
When technological change has the potential to put the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people at risk, it must be regulated differently from other
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Pakistan spy chief scraps UK trip on "terror" remarks
Source: Reuters * ISI chief cancels London trip after British PM remarks
* President Asif Zardari still scheduled to come to Britain
* Pakistan's alleged militant ties in spotlight
(Adds information minister...
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One dead as police fire at Kashmir protest
Source: Reuters SRINAGAR, India, July 31 (Reuters) - Indian police opened fire on Saturday to disperse thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing a child ...
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Pakistan spy chief scraps UK trip on "terror" remarks
Source: Reuters *ISI chief cancels London trip after British PM remarks
*President Asif Zardari still scheduled to go to Britain
*Pakistan's alleged militant ties in spotlight
By Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD, ...
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Eastern Africa polio-free, but cases found in Russia
Source: Reuters * Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda report no cases for a year
* But new polio cases detected in Russia and Congo
GENEVA, July 30 (Reuters) - Eastern Africa is free of polio...
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Police open fire at Kashmir protesters, two killed
Source: Reuters By Sheikh Mushtaq
SRINAGAR, India, July 30 (Reuters) - Indian police on Friday fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in ...
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Help to tribals after attack by
elephants
DanChurchAid - Denmark Attacks by elephants are a real threat to the villagers in Chanangri in Orisassa, India. DanChurch Aid’s partner in the area helps the tribal people access government
schemes to compensate for death...
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India PM says hopeful of restoring Pakistan talks
Source: Reuters By Krittivas Mukherjee
NEW DELHI, July 29 (Reuters) - India's prime minister said on Thursday he was hopeful of restoring talks "sooner or later" to improve ties with rival Pakistan after ...
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International: Cluster Bomb
Ban Takes Effect
Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - Countries that have not signed the
Convention on Cluster Munitions should join without delay, Human Rights Watch said today. The convention takes effect on August 1, 2010, becoming...
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Fighting kala azar in the Indian state of Bihar
MSF - Asia Largely unknown in the developed world, Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that affects more than 12 million people worldwide. Kala azar, the visceral form of the disease is particularly prevalent ...
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Vedanta defends human rights record after protests
Source: Reuters (Adds details, quotes from meeting)
By Eric Onstad
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - India-focused Vedanta Resources Plc defended its human rights record on Wednesday at a shareholders' ...
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