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POLITICS: India Demands Action against Pakistani ‘Jihadists’
India's interior minister, Lal Krishan Advani formally announced on Tuesday that the Dec 13 armed assault on Parliament was carried out by Pakistan-based 'jihadist' groups, but he appeared eager to scale down spiralling belligerence between the neighbours.INDIA: Right-wing Fundamentalists Join Anti-dam Activists
Environmental activists opposed to the building of the controversial Tehri dam being built on a known seismic zone in the high Himalayas have found an unlikely ally in right-wing, fundamentalists who are sworn to protect the Ganges river, which is sacred to Hindus.2001-2002: Kashmir Solution Lies in Afghan Settlement
A joke popular in the Indian capital and understandably not as funny in Islamabad is that the Kashmir problem is all about India having Kashmir and Pakistan the problem.INDIA: Attack on Parliament May Expedite Anti-terrorist Law
Thursday's armed assault on the Indian Parliament, which left five 'fedayeen' (suicide squad members) and six police personnel dead, may give the government just the handle it needs to enact an unpopular anti-terrorist bill it has been trying to table this week.POLITICS-INDIA: Attack at Parliament Leaves Eleven Dead
A heavily armed 'fedayeen' (suicide squad) attempted to storm India's Parliament House on Thursday, triggering off a firefight in which five of the attackers and six policemen were killed.RIGHTS-TAIWAN: Recession Puts Squeeze on Asian Migrant Workers
Proficiency in English can be a serious disqualification for migrant workers hoping to land a contract in this manufacturing hub, which currently needs cheap, unquestioning labour to buck recessionary trends.ASIA: Migrant Workers Go into High-risk Sexual Relationships
As a rule, Father Bruno Ciceri never solemnises marriages among his flock in Taiwan, which consists largely of young migrant workers of the Roman Catholic faith from the Philippines.ASIA: Youth Turning to Premarital Sex, But in Different Ways
Urban lifestyles and liberal attitudes are compelling Asian youth toward premarital sex unmindful of associated risks, according to studies presented here Wednesday by researchers at a conference here on 'Asian Youth at Risk'.ASIA: Youngsters Getting into Smoking, Drinking, Drugs – Experts
Young people in Asia's rapidly developing countries are taking to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and premarital sex more than ever before, experts in the region say at an ongoing conference here.ASIA: Youngsters Getting into Smoking, Drinking, Drugs – Experts
Young people in Asia's rapidly developing countries are taking to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and premarital sex more than ever before, experts in the region say at an ongoing conference here.ASIA: Youngsters Getting into Smoking, Drinking, Drugs – Experts
Young people in Asia's rapidly developing countries are taking to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and premarital sex more than ever before, experts in the region say at an ongoing conference here.ASIA: Youngsters Getting into Smoking, Drinking, Drugs – Experts
Young people in Asia's rapidly developing countries are taking to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and premarital sex more than ever before, experts in the region say at an ongoing conference here./REPEAT/TRADE: India, EU Make Slow But Steady Progress
India and the European Union wound up their second summit meeting Friday, with the satisfaction that they would make steady if slow progress on the vexed issue of bilateral trade.ENVIRONMENT: India Unable to Handle GM Onslaught, Critics Say
The Indian government's inability to take tough action after the discovery of genetically modified (GM) cotton growing in its fields shows how helpless it is in the face of an onslaught of GM crops.INDIA: Vitamin A Deaths Fuel Debate on How to Cure Nutrition Woes
The deaths of 15 children and the hospitalisation of hundreds of others following a Vitamin A supplementation drive in India's north-eastern Assam state last week may be the classic case of too much of a good thing.TRADE-INDIA: Claims of Gains at WTO Meeting Challenged at Home
Indian Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran's claims of having made gains for India at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)'s fourth ministerial meeting at Doha have not gone unchallenged back here at home.POLITICS: India Gains Political Ground with Ally’s Victory
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has drawn a parallel between the Northern Alliance's victory in Afghanistan and the Hindu festival of lights or 'Diwali', which falls this week and which celebrates the "triumph of good over evil" at the end of a mythological war.RIGHTS: UN Official Warns Against Draconian Security Laws
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson suggested Monday that attention to human rights values would help rather than hinder the promotion of peace and security in the wake of the Sep. 11 attacks on the United States.TECHNOLOGY: Russia Breaks Nuclear Boycott on India
By finalising a deal to transfer two large nuclear power reactors to India, Russia this week broke an international boycott on transfer of nuclear equipment imposed as punishment when New Delhi first exploded a nuclear device almost 30 years ago.POLITICS: Cold-War Allies Pursue Role in Afghan Settlement
The Moscow Declaration on terrorism signed by Russian President Vladmir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee this week is a clear statement that the cold war allies will press for a role in a post-Taliban settlement in Afghanistan.HEALTH: India Comes Up With Cheap, Superior Anthrax Vaccine
India has followed up its offer to supply cheap anti-anthrax drugs to the United States with the announcement of an affordable and effective vaccine against the deadly bacteria being used in a spate of bio-terrorist attacks in America.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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