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Rush
on Everest as Nepal lifts ban
By
Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 9 (IANS) More than 40 teams of
mountaineers kicking their heels on the lower slopes of the Himalayas
in Nepal heaved a sigh of relief Friday as the way to Mt Everest
was opened following China's successful attempt to take the Olympic
torch to the top.
F/A-18
fighter is IAF's best bet: US Navy
By
Vishnu Makhijani
Lemoore Naval Air Station (California), May 9
(IANS) The race for a $10 billion Indian order for 126 fighters
just got hotter with the US Navy enthusiastically batting for
the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, saying it was best suited for
an Indian Air Force (IAF) requirement for a multi-role combat
aircraft (MRCA).
Obscenity
charges dropped against Husain; court slams the 'ignorant'
By
IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Coming down heavily on
the "new puritanism" being carried out by "ignorant
people", the Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed criminal
proceedings against eminent painter M.F. Husain, overruling the
charges of obscenity against his paintings.
India
successfully tests its longest-range n-capable missile
By
Jatindra Dash
Bhadrak (Orissa), May 7 (IANS) India Wednesday
successfully tested its longest-range nuclear capable missile
Agni-III, catapulting the country into the select group of nations
that have intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM).
Tibet
talks only a beginning, onus on Dalai Lama: China
By
DPA and IANS
Beijing, May 6 (DPA) China Tuesday said talks
on Tibet with envoys of the Dalai Lama were "only a beginning"
and urged the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader to show more "sincerity."
South
African mobile firm confirms Bharti Airtel bid
By
Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, May 6 (IANS) After nearly two weeks
of speculation and denials, the South African mobile network company
MTN has said it is in "exploratory" discussions with
the New Delhi-based Bharti group for a possible takeover or a
strategic alliance.
No
rethink on n-deal: Bardhan
By
Manish Chand
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A day before the Left-UPA
meeting on the India-US civil nuclear deal, Communist Party of
India leader A.B. Bardhan has poured cold waters on any hope of
a breakthrough, saying such meetings will not help as the Left
will never change its opposition to the deal.
Desi
pirates steal a billion from Bollywood
By
Arun Kumar
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Pirates are robbing Bollywood
of a billion dollars in revenue annually in the US, says veteran
Indian filmmaker Bobby Bedi, lamenting that "the face of
the Indian films pirate is Indian".
Bobby
Jindal for vice president?
By
Arun Kumar
Washington, May 3 (IANS) Louisiana Governor Bobby
Jindal has set off fresh speculation about his political ambitions
by dodging a question on whether he would "promise"
not to join Republican John McCain as running mate in the US presidential
election.
Bush
now blames Indian middle class for rising food prices
By
Arun Kumar
Washington, May 3 (IANS) US President George Bush
has joined his top diplomat in suggesting that the growing prosperity
of India's large middle class is contributing to rising food prices
around the world.
Dalai Lama's envoys
leave for Beijing
By
IANS
Dharamsala, May 2 (IANS) In response to an invitation
for talks from the Chinese government, two envoys of Tibetan spiritual
leader the Dalai Lama left India Friday for Beijing.
US
extends olive branch to 'terrorist' Maoists
Kathmandu, May 2 (IANS): May Day proved an especially
triumphant occasion for the party that had fought a bitter 10-year
war against the government and monarchy supported and armed by
the US, with American Ambassador to Nepal Nancy Powell holding
a secret meeting with Maoist chief Prachanda.
China, not India to
be focus of US attention in rising Asia
By
Arun Kumar
Washington, May 1 (IANS) China will be the focus
of American attention in the 21st century with the rise of Asia
as China, India, Japan and emerging powers compete for regional
influence, the top US intelligence agency suggests.
Future
of Pakistan coalition in balance, Sharif still in Dubai
By
Aroonim Bhuyan and Muhammad Najeeb
Dubai/Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) Asif Ali Zardari
and Nawaz Sharif are scheduled to hold a crucial meeting in Dubai
on restoration of judges in Pakistan Wednesday afternoon. The
outcome may well decide the future of Pakistan's ruling coalition.
Abu
Salem faces threat to life from Dawood: Police
By
IANS
Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Mumbai Police fear assassination
attempts on underworld don Abu Salem, now in their custody for
trials in various cases, from his one-time boss and India's most
wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim and his brother Anees.
Iran-India
pipline to be finalised soon: Ahmadinejad
By
IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he was hopeful of finalising the
tri-nation $7.5 billion gas pipeline project and added that oil
ministers of the three countries would submit their report within
45 days.
MI5
let Pakistani spies torture British citizens: report
By
IANS
London, April 29 (IANS) A number of British citizens
are to sue the MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, claiming
it had allowed Pakistani spies to torture them in order to extract
information about Al Qaeda, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Indian
rocket puts in orbit 10 satellites at one go
By
Venkatachari Jagannathan
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 28 (IANS)
India's space programme made history Monday with the successful
launch of a Rs.700 million ($17.4 million) rocket that placed
in orbit 10 satellites - two Indian and eight foreign.
With
Indian origin woman envoy, Uganda makes a point
By
Shubha Singh
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Uganda's representative
in India, Nimisha Madhvani, is the first woman envoy of Indian
origin from an African country.
India,
China go their own way in Africa
By
Manish Chand
China was a looming shadow at India's first summit
with 14 African countries held in New Delhi recently that not
only revealed the depth and diversity of their relationship but
also provided clues to what could give New Delhi a competitive
edge in the resource-rich continent.
Bush
spurred action on climate change in India, China: US
By
Arun Kumar
Washington, April 19 (IANS) The US has suggested
that President George W. Bush's initiative on climate change has
acted as a catalyst for major developing countries, including
India and China, to create plans for dealing with the issue.
300
million impoverished Indians to get medical insurance
By
Kavita Bajeli-Datt
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Indian government
plans to provide medical insurance to the country's 300 million
poor people, most of whom work in the unorganised sector and are
thus deprived of quality healthcare.
India
its own worst enemy on Tibet
By
Mayank Chhaya
India is its own worst enemy when it comes to
the question of Tibet and how it has handled the presence of the
Dalai Lama and Tibetan refugees on its soil for nearly 50 years.
India
teeters on brink of food crisis: experts
By
Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) It is not the galloping
prices of essential commodities alone that is worrying policy-makers.
Availability of food grain is also becoming a major problem as
a result of falling productivity and lower buffer stocks, experts
maintain.
Taslima's
exit is a blow to Indian secularism
By
Amlya Ganguli
Taslima Nasreen's departure from India marks perhaps
the lowest point in the history of Indian secularism.
'India
has largest number of undernourished people'
By
Madhushree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) India is home to the
largest number of undernourished people in the world, and the
country director of the United Nations World Food Programme (UNFP)
says that malnutrition in tribal areas is a vicious cycle of underdevelopment,
ignorance and unemployment that requires a multi-pronged solution.
How
many tigers do the Sunderbans have?
By
Sujoy Dhar
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The tiger does not burn
bright in the Indian jungles any more. But as the tragic decline
in the big cat population becomes official, a mystery shrouds
their number in India's largest tiger habitat, the Sundarbans.
Are there 279 tigers there, or 75?
Can
Mumbai be parochial and global at once?
The question that
does not get seriously addressed when such frenzy is whipped up
is whether Mumbai can tolerate such parochialism and still hope
to emerge as a major global financial centre.
Chinese sophistry
and Dalai Lama's succession
By Mayank Chhaya
China continues to amuse with its strange assertions
on the question of the Dalai Lama and all things Tibetan. The
latest one comes from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao
on the issue of the succession of the 14th Dalai Lama.
Dalai Lama has grown
far beyond his cause of Tibet
By The Subcontinent Staff
It is hard to deny that the person of the Dalai Lama has grown far
beyond the cause. It may seem paradoxical that the more he grows
individually, the more subsumed the cause of Tibet becomes.
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