• RBI to examine recovery mechanism of MFIs
• India, China to carry forward ties
• Third judge upholds rebels' disqualification
• After Prime Ministers' meeting, India and China look to address trust gap
• China's supercomputer world's fastest
• The Arctic's strategic value for Russia
• The Hindu Fiction Award to be presented on November 1
• NAC favours statutory minimum wages for MNREGS workers
• Stephen Schwebel to head Kishanganga arbitration court
• UNSC: India's membership and the road ahead
• Purpose of existence

• Forex intervention involves cost: Subbarao
• Shale gas agreement likely during Obama visit
• The ‘enemy' property law
• India signs nuclear liability treaty
• India-Malaysia ties on fast track
• Obama should back India for permanent UNSC seat: Think tank
• India, Malaysia sign six pacts
• “Ferry service soon from Tuticorin to Colombo”
• Tsunami, volcano death toll up
• Learn from India, says Chinese think-tank
• Ex-President Nestor Kirchner dead
• Parliament passes French pension reforms
• Shunglu gets Supreme Court judge status
• Jatinga hosts festival to showcase mysterious bird phenomenon
• India-China trade set to reach $60 billion target, says Zhang
• Indian enclaves in Bangladesh demand connecting corridors
• “Coastal security strengthened since 26/11”
• Lt. Gen. Ravi Shankar is new Director General Border Roads
• No deregulation of diesel yet: Petroleum Secretary
• UID numbers soon for schoolchildren
• No privilege for any group on basis of religion: Moily
• Middle East policy going all wrong for Obama
• Drought brings Amazon tributary to lowest level
• The powerful mind

• Micro finance — whether charitable activity
• FII inflows and rising rupee
• Endless fascination
• Merkel divides Germany
• NAC recommendations on Food Security Bill
• Economic pact to be centrepiece of Manmohan Singh's Japan visit
• New Delhi, Beijing keen on resuming defence exchanges
• Is Sunderban tiger a different sub-species?
• Ratan Tata shortlisted for Fortune award
• Gujjars, Bakerwals demand separate region in J&K
• G-20 deal clinched at last moment, says Pranab
• Narmada Bachao Andolan completes 25 years
• True wealth

• India-EU FTA unlikely by December
• Rescuing biodiversity
• Landmark achievement
• Cabinet nod for new Enemy Property Bill
• Ecosystem disturbed by population rise: Al Gore
• Obama will focus on economy while in India
• Iran optimistic ahead of N-talks
• What the UID conceals
• PM to scientists: make a break with the past
• Oman hails UNSC seat for India
• Cabinet nod for amendments to Seeds Bill
• NIMHANS to be declared institute of national importance
• IAF deploys AWACS in air exercise
• SC panel chief calls for quota in private sector
• Conditional maternity benefit scheme launched
• France: show of force over reform
• Conversing with the Lord

• Sub-panel to submit report on MFIs in three months
• Direct tax collections up 19% in first half
• Why we need GM labelling
• Digging for value
• PM wants pace of developing scientific knowledge quickened
• Manmohan lays stone for TIFR campus in Hyderabad
• India's stand on Endosulfan wrong, says Benoy Viswom
• INO project to include science park
• Millennium Development Goals & India
• Difference in BPL figures startling: judge
• ‘Hawkers have a fundamental right to trade'
• Revised water policy to factor in impact of climate change
• Expert group on universal health coverage set up
• Agricultural growth remains central to poverty reduction, says report
• Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls online
• Revealing His qualities

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

• Policy on shale gas before the end of 2011 (Why not 2022?!)
• Facing up to Kashmir realities
• Improved data for policy making
• Bench split on disqualification of BJP rebels; case goes to third judge
• Parliament winter session from November 9 to December 13
• After Lancet's superbug blow, praise for India's rural doctors scheme
• Talks on civil nuclear pact with India will continue: Japan
• India, Germany to work closely for reforms in U.N. architecture
• Species facing mass extinction: U.N.
• People have the right not to vote, says Suu Kyi
• Neutrino project approved at Bodi West Hills in Theni
• New pattern for civil services preliminary exam
• 26/11: hearing on Kasab's death penalty confirmation begins in High Court
• Floating disaster response base inaugurated
• Court rejects plea to make property a fundamental right
• Supreme Court to Centre: enough is enough, no more wastage of grain
• Biggest curse

• The missing spirit of co-operation
• Beyond resettlement
• Fighting hunger
• Tamil poet, orator Soundara Kailasam passes away
• Myanmar laying rail line to China
• IUCN report by mid-November
• Grand end to 400th Mysore Dasara
• Prisoner swap talks on: Israel
• ‘The Tamils are coming on board'
• Rustom 1 test-flown successfully
• Desire for liberation

• India launches IX round of oil, gas assets auction
• Design clinics proposed for boosting MSMEs
• RBI panel to study functioning of MFIs
• ‘We will intervene if FII inflow is volatile'
• Tata gifts $50 m to Harvard Business School(Why not to Indian institutes and Think tanks!!)
• In the event, a success story
• The threat of lifestyle diseases
• Manmohan, Rajapaksa discuss rehabilitation of Tamils
• ‘Ready to free all Pakistani fishermen'
• Amid reform debate, China's leaders meet
• Panel to inspect Mullaperiyar dam in December
• The Booker out of the blue
• Look Out circular against Lalit Modi
• Absence of military pacts with U.S. will not impact capability: IAF Chief
• Mobile phone can be a livelihood tool: UNCTAD
• Winter session of Parliament from November 9
• Yudhoyono to be chief guest at R-Day parade
• Changing face of local polls
• Floating polar station launched
• Path of devotion

• RBI chief to head FSDC sub-panel
• World Bank finance had positive impact during crisis
• Industrial growth slumps to 5.6%
• Global disharmony
• Toxic threat to the Danube
• Trust vote again on Thursday in Karnataka
• India elected to U.N. Security Council
• India's tally is 32 gold medals
• Rajapaksa to hold talks with Manmohan
• Women's 4 x 400 team runs to gold
• Mega Container Terminal proposal gets clearance
• India opposing Endosulfan ban at Stockholm Convention
• ‘Nilgiris to be synonymous with quality tea'
• Cam Bay not for lease: Vietnam
• First trial with human embryonic stem cells
• India, Asia-Pacific partners to focus on regional security
• Lighting up lives, the right way
• Fresh floor test if Speaker's order is stayed: experts
• EC rejects plea against installation of statues
• Bhardwaj goes on the offensive
• Beant case prime convict to be in jail till death
• Working towards permanent seat in expanded UNSC: Krishna
• IJCCI to lead SME delegation to Japan in November
• The Lord's Sankalpa

Tuesday, October 12, 2010


• A vitiated floor test
• Counting the disabled
• Karnataka Governor recommends President's rule
• Disqualification of rebel MLAs Constitutional, says Speaker
• 3 share Economics Nobel
• To counter West, China and India reach out to small island-States
• Poonia leads a sweep of discus medals
• India set to get U.N. Security Council seat
• India backs new Asean security initiative
• IBSA: talking shop or powerhouse?
• What anti-defection law says
• Left: It is Constitutional impropriety
• Basic computer skills must for civil judges: Supreme Court
• Home Ministry studying report of Governor
• For the cause of Dharma

Monday, October 11, 2010

• Averting currency crisis by consensus
• Fiscal discipline: joint responsibility of Centre, States
• Funding the climate clean-up
• It's no revelation
• Bhardwaj asks Speaker to retain existing configuration of House (Who has given Bharadwaj the power?)
• Reject protectionism in climate talks: Jairam Ramesh
• G-20 assuming importance over World Bank, IMF, says Pranab
• Rahul, Deepika win gold medals
• Evaluation of Western Ghats to begin this week
• GM mosquitoes to fight dengue
• 1,000 years of Hanoi
• For an agreement, respecting Indian concerns
• Russia resets with U.S., sprints with China
• We won't compromise on three-stage nuclear power programme: Chavan
• Chavan rules out private participation in nuclear power sector
• Kejriwal seeks more powers for Gram Sabhas
• Saving the righteous

Saturday, October 09, 2010

• IMF should be tougher on exchange rate
• Holding the flock together
• Notice a violation: rebels
• Fourth gold for Narang
• Amid China-U.S. climate debate, India goes missing
• Indian Naval ships in Sri Lanka
• Period of tribulation not over yet: Pranab
• Harminder wins India's first ever walks medal
• Sonia Gandhi's help sought to rehabilitate Sri Lankan Tamils
• Yogeshwar, Narsingh land gold
• ‘Guardian of the sea' is here to take care of pollution
• Jharkhand archer dreams of Olympic medal
• India, Nepal, China to collaborate on eco-restoration: Jairam
• Kharif acreage up by 6.9% this year
• India, Asia-Pacific partners to hold defence talks in Hanoi
• India-Japan nuclear talks inconclusive
• Agni-II Plus to be launched in 2011: DRDO

Friday, October 08, 2010

• IMF warns countries against currency wars
• GST: efforts on to tackle key issues
• Consensus can resolve imbalances: Pranab
• CIL Chairman gets SCOPE award
• 34 blocks on offer under NELP-IX
• ‘Corporate houses can be allowed to start banks'
• Literature Nobel for a world citizen
• Building smart cities
• Pranab pushes claim for Security Council seat
• Peace Nobel for Chinese activist
• $1-billion innovation fund mooted for inclusive growth
• Pranab rules out cap on FDI
• Amazing display by Alka and Anita
• Kavita claims 10,000m bronze
• Can resilient India conjure up another win?
• Showcasing power of women
• Liu, a supporter of democracy
• India-Japan talks on civil nuclear agreement begin
• A sombre appraisal of water resources
• The phenomenon of Bollywood in Europe
• Avoid criticising devotees


8/10


• Currency war hots up as dollar slides
• India poised for 9 % growth, Pranab tells global investors
• Food inflation eases
• NCDEX witnesses a big rise in volume of non-farm products
• Financial officials warn against currency flight
• Extending the Lula road
• New ECI division to tackle ‘paid news,' money power
• Interpol red corner notice against five Pakistanis
• Geeta makes a mark in wrestling
• ED issues Blue Notice against Lalit Modi
• Literature Nobel for Mario Vargas Llosa
• Lerone Clarke is men's sprint champion
• Russia renews interest in Vietnam base
• ECI gets tough on electoral abuses
• India, Russia closer to mega defence deals
• U.S military orders less dependence on fossil fuels
• Punished for dishonesty


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Thursday, October 07, 2010


• Global recovery at a sluggish pace: IMF
• India-EU trade agreement by December: Sharma
• “Playful” discovery, profound results
• A challenging task
• Gagan Narang does it again
• 3 win Nobel for inventing chemical tool
• Award for Rahman, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram
• Ravi Kumar, Renu Bala win India's first golds
• Bhutan King visits Tagore's home
• Globalisation, cloud computing spark change in “future of work”
• Fast Breeder Test Reactor to turn 25
• Painting depicting Tipu's victory fetches $1,224,184
• Climate finance, key issue
• Kabul, Taliban in secret talks: report
• One verdict, many questions
• Look East Policy — millennia apart
• Ansari back after session at ASEM
• Decision on Jaitapur nuclear plant before Sarkozy's visit
• Abhishek Singhvi barred from briefing media
• NCW concerned over reduction of sentence
• ‘India on the threshold of exporting n-reactors'
• CPI(M) reiterates plea for universal PDS
• Now Shera turns robotic
• Air show to celebrate IAF anniversary
• New species in Mekong area
• Need for a preceptor