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RELIGION: Why India Grieves for Pope John Paul II
There is much more to the three-day official mourning India has ordered for Pope John Paul II than the fact that this country's most powerful politician, Sonia Gandhi is both a Roman and a Catholic by birth.RIGHTS-INDIA: Extortion, Vigilante Shootings a Way of Life in Manipur
When the Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS), which distributes World Bank funds for fighting HIV, was served notice in February to cough up 50,000 U.S. dollars or shut shop it was a sign that nothing was exempt from extortion by militant groups in this north-eastern state that borders Burma.POLITICS: U.S. Arms Industry Fishing in Troubled South Asian Waters
By offering nuclear-capable F-16 'Falcon' fighters to Pakistan and the even more advanced F-18 'Hornets' to India, Washington has shown a cynical readiness to profit from the long-standing rivalry between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours, say analysts.POLITICS: U.S. Arms Industry Fishing in Troubled South Asian Waters
By offering nuclear-capable F-16 'Falcon' fighters to Pakistan and the even more advanced F-18 'Hornets' to India, Washington has shown a cynical readiness to profit from the long-standing rivalry between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours, say analysts.INDIA: Lesser-Than-Evil Patent Law Pleases Drug Firms
Boxed in by pressures from its communist allies on one side and the ultra-nationalist opposition on the other, the ruling Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance has managed to pass a patent law in the Indian parliament that broadly conforms to World Trade Organisation rules while protecting national interests.ECONOMY: Lobby Groups for Indian Traders Again Say No to VAT
For more than a decade now, Apr. 1 which marks the beginning of the fiscal year has been celebrated as April Fool's Day by India's powerful traders' lobbies that have made it their business to find ways to thwart attempts by successive central governments to usher in a national Value Added Tax (VAT) regime.POLITICS-INDIA: Gujarat Pogrom Costs Chief Minister Modi U.S. Visa
It's a rarity for the United States to lend its ear to Indian human rights campaigners, let alone take any action on their petitions. But Washington's cancellation Friday of a U.S. visa given to right-wing politician Narendra Modi, blamed by human rights groups for the deaths of more than 2,000 Muslims in Gujarat state in 2002, was an exception.SOUTH ASIA: Maoist Deal with Nepal’s Political Parties May Doom Monarchy
A new deal in the offing between Nepal's main political parties and Maoist rebels has the potential not only of returning the Himalayan kingdom to democracy but also ending a constitutional monarchy that has so far enjoyed New Delhi's support.HEALTH: Hepatitis-C Virus Hinders HIV Therapy in India’s Northeast
As funds pour into India's ambitious programme of providing free anti-retrovirals (ARVs), it is becoming clear that many HIV-infected people in the north-eastern Manipur state - where the fight against AIDS is threatening to get out of control - will be left out.RIGHTS-INDIA: Women Power May See Repeal of Draconian Army Act
Whether India repeals its draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) may well hinge on the fate of 32-year-old Irom Sharmila in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur.HEALTH-INDIA: Border Town in Losing Battle with Drugs, HIV and Insurgency
Perhaps no place on earth deserves free anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) more than this remote district of 240,000 people in the northeast Indian state of Manipur - just on the porous India-Burma border.ECONOMY-INDIA: ‘Please-All’ Budget With a Human Face
Nine months after being voted into power on a wave of public anger against pro-rich polices, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) - backed by the communists - has proposed a budget that may actually give a human face to economic reforms.INDIA: Big Cats Fast Disappearing From Tiger Sanctuaries
At Sariska National Park, one of India's best known tiger sanctuaries, the search these days is no longer for the feline. Ironically it is for their droppings.HEALTH: Global Poor to Suffer If Denied Indian Generic Drugs – Experts
If the Indian Parliament ratifies a decree on patents that seeks to bring India's massive generic drugs industry in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, it will hurt poor patients - especially those suffering from HIV/AIDS - not only in this country but also globally, say activists and experts.RIGHTS-SOUTH ASIA: India in Royal Pickle Over Nepal
King Gyanendra's Feb. 1 'royal coup' has presented Nepal's big neighbour India with one of its biggest foreign policy challenges in recent times and one with no quick or easy resolution in sight, say analysts.RIGHTS-SOUTH ASIA: India in Royal Pickle Over Nepal
King Gyanendra's Feb. 1 'royal coup' has presented Nepal's big neighbour India with one of its biggest foreign policy challenges in recent times and one with no quick or easy resolution in sight, say analysts.POLITICS-INDIA: Muslims, Peasants Hold Key to Bihar Elections
Eastern Bihar, reckoned as India's most lawless region, completed this week the second and last phase of voting for a new provincial assembly in an election that is most likely to return to power the same coterie of politicians that have ruled the state for the past 15 years.NEPAL: Escaped Daughter of Former Premier Says King Ruling by Terror
Sujata Koirala's decision to escape from the Himalayan nation of Nepal was made after soldiers began to harass her when her 81-year-old father, Girija Prasad Koirala, was put under house arrest following King Gyanendra's seizure of power on Feb. 1.NEPAL: Escaped Daughter of Ex-Premier Says King Ruling by Terror
Sujata Koirala's decision to escape from Nepal was made after soldiers began to harass her when her 81-year-old father, Girija Prasad Koirala, was put under house arrest following King Gyanendra's seizure of power on Feb. 1.She then made a six-day trek overland to neighbouring India.
NEPAL: Escaped Daughter of Former Premier Says King Ruling by Terror
Sujata Koirala's decision to escape from the Himalayan nation of Nepal was made after soldiers began to harass her when her 81-year-old father, Girija Prasad Koirala, was put under house arrest following King Gyanendra's seizure of power on Feb. 1.RIGHTS-INDIA: Academic Cheats Death Twice, Ruffles Police
When Delhi University lecturer Prof. Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani took three bullets outside his lawyer's house on Monday night, it was his second close brush with death after escaping the hangman's noose under India's former draconian anti-terrorist laws.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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