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SOUTH-ASIA: Ceasefire to Hold on World’s Highest Battlefield
The good news, as two days of talks ended on Friday between India and Pakistan's top defence officials, is that an 18-month ceasefire on Siachen glacier - the world's highest and perhaps costliest battlefield in the disputed territory of Kashmir - will hold.POLITICS-INDIA: Gov’t Fears Friends More Than Enemies
A year after defeating the Hindu fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the national polls, the Congress party of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has more to fear from its friends than enemies.BIODIVERSITY-INDIA: Community Rights Key to Tiger Survival, Says Task Force
India's tigers are in peril and their survival hinges upon the local communities that live around its habitat, according to a new tiger task force set up by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review the country's dwindling big cat population.BIODIVERSITY-INDIA: Community Rights Key to Tiger Survival, Says Task Force
India's tigers are in peril and their survival hinges upon the local communities that live around its habitat.HEALTH: HIV/AIDS Campaigns Turning Communal, Say Hindu Leaders
It is still debatable whether India is sitting on a ticking HIV/AIDS time bomb. But pro-Hindu groups seem to have brought the issue to the forefront by serving notice to international funding agencies that campaigns showing the sub-continent's religious and cultural values in a poor light will no longer be tolerated.RIGHTS: Public’s Right to Information, a New Reality in India
For rights campaigner Parth J. Shah, the fact that the Right to Information Bill passed last week is yet unavailable online speaks volumes for India's culture of obscuring if not denying information to the public.TRADE: India Backs Lamy as WTO Head, But Activists Furious
As France's Pascal Lamy appears well set to beat off a challenge from his Uruguayan rival for the top job at the World Trade Organisation, India's food security campaigners and left-wing parties are furious over New Delhi's support for the Frenchman's candidacy.TRADE: India Backs Lamy as WTO Head, But Activists Furious
As France's Pascal Lamy appears well set to beat off a challenge from his Uruguayan rival for the top job at the World Trade Organisation, India's food security campaigners and left-wing parties are furious over New Delhi's support for the Frenchman's candidacy.INDIA: Beware of a Meningitis Epidemic, Warns Health Expert
An outbreak of bacterial meningitis that has already killed 15 people and hospitalised 200 others over the past week could be the precursor of a full-blown epidemic that might strike in the next six months, warns a leading public health expert.RIGHTS-INDIA: The Final Curtain for Mumbai’s Dancing Girls
A ban on girls dancing in western Mumbai's 'dance bars' to entice male patrons to freely part with their money, threatens to destroy about a million livelihoods and along with it a defining feature of the bustling port metropolis - which many say is a reminder of the seedy side of China's Shanghai city in the 1930s.RIGHTS-INDIA: Sex Abuse Claims Threaten Air Force Leadership
Court-martials do not normally make news in India, but the case of Flight Officer Anjali Gupta seems to be an exception. This is the first time a female armed forces officer is in the dock and her defence could severely dent the image of the Indian Air Force in what has been dubbed as the country's own 'Tailhook' scandal.POLITICS-SOUTH ASIA: Emergency Lifted as Nepal King’s China Card Fails
Himalayan geopolitics was at play again as thousands of Nepalis braved arrest on Sunday and openly marched through Nepal's capital Kathmandu on International Labour Day, demanding the restoration of democracy after King Gyanendra lifted a state of emergency imposed three months earlier.POLITICS: Hounded by China, Japan Turns to India
Hounded by China over its imperial record during World War II, Japan is rediscovering India as a ''strategic partner'' and one which it can also do business with.POLITICS: India Pitches For U.N. Seat Minus the Drama Queen Antics
Though India pitched for a veto-yielding berth in the to-be- expanded U.N. Security Council, officials after meeting United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said New Delhi would not be going overboard to get its foot into the door of the prestigious body.POLITICS: India’s Resumption of Arms to Nepal Not Due to China – Analysts
India's plan to resume military assistance to Nepal, suspended after the Feb. 1 'royal coup' has nothing to do with China's offer of support to the regime of King Gyanendra, beleaguered by a nine-year Maoist insurgency, say security experts.ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Concern Grows Over New Bt Cotton Approvals.
Environmentalists are alarmed that the Indian government has given approval for more areas to be planted with new varieties of genetically modified Bt cotton, despite farmers suffering huge losses from growing the transgenic crop.RELIGION: South Asia Turns to Sufi Saint to Solve Kashmir Conflict
The realm of the spirit world is very much alive in South Asia, and few would ever dare offend their spiritual masters for fear that evil would befall them. Blessings are much sought after for good luck - something that was not lost on Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf during his historic visit to India over the weekend.ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Apathy Follows Man-Made Narmada River Disaster
Anti-big dam activists are livid that authorities are still trying to evade responsibility a week after at least 65 people drowned in waters suddenly released from the Indira Sagar dam in the Narmada Valley of central India.POLITICS: India and China Sign Win-Win Deal
Asian giants India and China buried four decades of bitterness over their common Himalayan border by signing agreements that provide for 'early' settlement of the dispute. The accords also allow both countries to build a partnership based on peace and prosperity.POLITICS: Business First Before Border Talks at India-China Summit
It comes as no surprise that Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao kicked off his four-day visit to India from the southern city of Bangalore - the information technology hub of the subcontinent and one of world's four biggest technology clusters. This is a clear indication that Beijing prefers to put business first before its 45-year-old border dispute with its southern neighbour.SOUTH ASIA: High Stake Bus Rolls Across Divided Kashmir
As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flagged off Thursday the first passenger bus service to roll across divided Kashmir in 58 years, there were hopes that the new 'soft border' policy could provide a breakthrough in solving the long-festering dispute over the strategic mountain territory between India and Pakistan.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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