Thursday, December 17, 2009


• GST: panel to meet FM on Jan 7
• CII urges Centre to correct fiscal deficit
• Award for Ratan Tata
• Bharti Airtel eyeing SAARC region
• Curbs on financial excess
• Moratorium on executions
• Consensus eludes climate talks
• “COP-15 chair working towards political agreement”
• Novel initiative to check bogus voting
• No ATR on Ranganath report
• Scheme for rehabilitation of Endosulfan victims
• U.S. bill on gasoline curbs irrelevant: Iran
• No proof of Indian role: Baloch leader
• Qatar ready to consider India’s fresh gas demand
• Judicial appointments: agenda for reform
• India guarded in response to nuclear report
• India won’t buckle under pressure on NPT: Krishna
• Jaswant Singh resigns as PAC Chairman
• We will not sit quiet on social audit issue in NREGS, Aruna Roy tells Gehlot government
• Nuclear deal will be finalised at the earliest
• Lok Sabha passes 3 Bills in 15 minutes
• Talks on alternative to Gorkha Council likely
• Elders pass sugarcane pricing Bill after government’s assurance
• Probe on into Kaiga incident
• How relevant is Darwin today
• National mission for women soon
• Three new Parliamentary Secretaries to CM sworn in
• The system strikes back
• Obama is not saviour of the world. He’s still a U.S. president
• Closing Guantanamo: an assessment
• Greatness of Thiruvachagam

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009


• Rs. 15,000 cr earmarked for revival of 36 CPSEs
• Lanco Solar’s PV SEZ cleared
• Lal Bahadur Shastri award for Sunil Mittal
• Crude terminal at Paradip refinery
• Justifying the unjustifiable
• Worrying trend
• Time for consensus has arrived: U.N. chief
• Strike for new States hits North-East
• Ghost of Tarapur haunts reprocessing agreement with U.S.
• ‘Put engineering in the service of ocean study’
• ‘Centre has opened a Pandora’s box’
• No more unanswered queries in Upper House
• National mission for women soon
• Post offices to distribute New Pension System
• Violence and threats bring a government to its knees
• Wind energy is attracting investors, and corruption
• Avoiding the Singular

Hindu Today- 14/12

• Will new system offer clarity on inflation?
• Tax cuts might accomplish what spending has not
• Toppling the Boligarchy
• A fragile recovery
• India will not compromise on key principles: Jairam
• Mayawati bats for Poorvanchal
• Karunanidhi rejects suggestion for bifurcation of Tamil Nadu
• Telugu Ganga water supply disrupted again
• Dhanush missile test fired successfully
• Implementation of Akrama-Sakrama scheme likely to be delayed
• Economist Paul Samuelson passes away
• China-Kazakhstan gas pipeline inaugurated
• Capping nuclear liability is a non-starter
• Congress ‘no’ to States Reorganisation Commission
• Veteran photojournalist T.S. Satyan passes away
• Jairam seeks review of MP river-linking project
• Ecological concerns over n-power plant
• Year of Astronomy to close on a cosmic quirk
• Seize the moment
• The grand challenges of Indian science
• In familiar books, a battle over electronic rights
• Goddess Mahalakshmi mediates


Economist Paul Samuelson passes away :Economist Paul A. Samuelson, Nobel laureate has died. He was 94.In 1974, he said America was suffering from “stagflation,” which he described as a toxic mix of high unemployment and high inflation over long periods of time.

Saturday 12th December

• Task Force recommends National Electronics Mission
• Factory output surges by 10.3 % in October
• Big push to R&D in renewable energy
• ONGC loses bid for oil field in Iraq
• NMDC scouts for lead managers
• Lashkar-e-Taiba’s long arm
• Discard the cloak, Tiger( The problem has been that he discards it all too often and in wrong places!)
• Nothing will be done in haste, Manmohan assures MPs
• 30 more MLAs quit in protest
• GJM: we are not piggybacking on Telangana
• Rehabilitation package for IDPs in Assam
• Mayawati for splitting U.P. into smaller States
• 3G auction as scheduled
• Myanmar won’t be haven for insurgents, Krishna told
• Too premature to talk about Headley’s extradition: U.S.
• International Film Festival of Kerala begins
• State unhappy with decision to set up Mahadayi tribunal
• Manjunath murder case death sentence commuted
• Rosaiah worried over developments
• No mediation on Kashmir: U.S.
• $1.5-billion aid approved
• Hu Jintao in Central Asia as China taps into gas reserves
• Ties that bind: Lashkar and the global jihad
• Not in favour of division, says Gogoi
• Speaker to seek legal opinion
• RS rules to be amended
• ‘Equip women with entrepreneurial skills’
• Lok Sabha approves Jharkhand supplementary demands for grants
• No whip, say AP MPs
• Climate: Nepal is a victim
• Bending to a bhakta religion

A time-tested friend • Evaluating support prices • Obama says nations have to fight just wars • Ramakrishnan receives Chemistry Nobel • Is Vidarbha next in line? • India, New Zealand to begin free trade agreement talks next year • Resettlement of IDPs by January-end: Colombo • Portrait sculpture of Krishnadeva Raya found at Kancheepuram temple • Food parks may get SEZ benefits • Air show in Tiruchi next month • India will seek Headley’s extradition • Food inflation up again • Pact with India eased tensions: Sri Lanka • Ill-thought announcement & backlash • Resolution on Telangana must get majority support: Rosaiah • Statehood not a solution: CPI (M) • Move to ban alcohol in Vidarbha districts draws flak • Independent report raises many questions on the Shopian incident • Limiting nuclear liability is a violation of rights: Sorabjee • Gorkhaland demand gets a boost • Telangana echo in Assam • Wen calls up Manmohan on Copenhagen • Poet Dilip Chitre passes away • Pakistan situation has direct impact on Kashmir: Omar • Amendments to Energy Act cleared • Tasks for a Prime Minister • Ocean acidification rates accelerating • Lesson from life

11/12 Friday

• A time-tested friend
• Evaluating support prices
• Obama says nations have to fight just wars
• Ramakrishnan receives Chemistry Nobel
• Is Vidarbha next in line?
• India, New Zealand to begin free trade agreement talks next year
• Resettlement of IDPs by January-end: Colombo
• Portrait sculpture of Krishnadeva Raya found at Kancheepuram temple
• Food parks may get SEZ benefits
• Air show in Tiruchi next month
• India will seek Headley’s extradition
• Food inflation up again
• Pact with India eased tensions: Sri Lanka
• Ill-thought announcement & backlash
• Resolution on Telangana must get majority support: Rosaiah
• Statehood not a solution: CPI (M)
• Move to ban alcohol in Vidarbha districts draws flak
• Independent report raises many questions on the Shopian incident
• Limiting nuclear liability is a violation of rights: Sorabjee
• Gorkhaland demand gets a boost
• Telangana echo in Assam
• Wen calls up Manmohan on Copenhagen
• Poet Dilip Chitre passes away
• Pakistan situation has direct impact on Kashmir: Omar
• Amendments to Energy Act cleared
• Tasks for a Prime Minister
• Ocean acidification rates accelerating
• Lesson from life

10/12 Thursday

• India can surpass china as hub for consumer durables — study
• Exports to pick up next fiscal
• The ethanol challenge
• Centre: process of forming Telangana to be initiated(Whatever that means!)
• India against uncooked papers: Saran
• India key partner in civil nuclear field: Russia
• Developing countries slam Danish text
• China sets terms for resumption of Tibet talks
• Get serious about Palestine
• Government open to private investment in nuclear power
• Centre admits domestic uranium shortfall
• Fragments of Catalan amphorae found at Pattanam
• Adivasis to fight for tribal State(Telangana ripples)
• Child undernutrition in India is a human rights issue
• Significance of His feet

9/12

  Japan unveils new $81 billion stimulus package

  NDTV to sell Imagine to Turner

  FICCI seeks more fiscal support

  WTO talks not under pressure: Sharma

  Correct diagnosis, wrong cure(Telangana)

  Limiting salt intake

  India not acting under pressure, says Saran

  India likely to access vast resources in eastern Siberia and far eastern Russia

  India eager to question Headley: Nirupama Rao

  Eco-restoration of the Cooum is on

  ‘Is there a virus?’

  Absenteeism in RS

  Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

  Opposition moves privilege motion against Chavan government

  CSIR sequences human genome

  Historic case, fresh uncertainties

  Nitrous oxide concerns cloud future of biofuels

  Paradox explained

Tuesday 8th Dec

  Kashmir’s bloody road to peace

  India scales Test summit

  Nuclear pact signed with Russia

  Headley charged in U.S. court

  Not accepting legally binding cuts: Jairam

  India, Russia sign six agreements, emphasise importance of intelligence sharing

  Parliament approves Bill to split J&K Central varsity

  Navy foils attack on tanker off Gulf of Aden

  India, Russia ink accord on Gorshkov price

  India, Russia to step up joint fight against terrorism

  Remembering the legacy of an Indian pioneer in China

  Changing cultures within medicine

  Termination of proposed social audit of NREGS shocks activists

  NIA to take over Margao blast probe

  Put agriculture high on agenda

  Bulgaria to host NATO simulation exercise

  Serving even when poor

7th December

  Indian economy shows resilience

  Peace prospects in Assam

  Tackling a jobless recovery

  Copenhagen: seize the chance

  On top of the world

  India-Russia civil nuclear agreement practically sealed

  Hopes raised over climate summit

  Delay in forming SHGs of bullock-cart owners

  Martial law in a Philippine province (It was there in the  Current Events Exam we had)

  “Bangladesh won’t allow terrorism”

  Bolivia goes to the polls

  Trouble in the Sa’ada mountains( It was there in the  Current Events Exam we had)

  Jairam irons out differences with negotiators

  Admiral Gorshkov likely to arrive by 2014

  Dubai debt crisis will not affect India: Zoellick

  No ban on Endosulfan

  Food for thought at Copenhagen

  A non-profit now, with for-profit dreams

  Justified pride

5th December, 2009

  Return to 9 % growth remains a big challenge: Mukherjee

  Reliance Power’s Dadri project hits road block

  World Bank chief projects 8-9 % growth

  EADS opens research facility

  Ecopetrol, RIL to explore deepwater blocks in Colombia

  Deepak Parekh to step down as CEO of HDFC

  GM to offer commercial vehicles, new products( In association with China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC))

  BSE kicks off MF platform

  CHOGM misses key opportunities

  Commemorating Krishnadeva Raya

  Rs.100-crore corpus for universities mooted

  U.S., Russia miss START deadline

  Cabinet meets on Everest

  70% of displaced resettled: Colombo

  U.S. allies pledge 7,000 troops

  Award for Obama’s Indian-born adviser

  Richard Branson joins the space race

  BASIC draft calls for technology transfer mechanism

  Supreme Court stays CIC order to reveal Union Minister’s name

  India, France discuss Afghan situation

  “Ramesh has rubbished consistent position on climate change”

  Trial begins for cattle vaccine

  The Ramayana parallel

  IT professionals asked to move up the value chain

  WB to look at increased funding for highways

  World Bank lending to India hiked to $7 billion this fiscal

  Limits of the Afghan surge

  Counting the tigers

  Troops withdrawal in J&K planned

  Obama unveils new Afghan strategy

  India welcomes U.S. move

  ULFA chairman held in Dhaka?

  Is European Union on the decline?

  Dhaka hands over LeT suspects

  India, Bangladesh finalise drafts of 3 pacts

  NLFT chief also held in Bangladesh?

  A mission to help women smile

  Nod for Bill to give higher compensation for workers in case of injury or death

  Strengthen RTI movement at all levels: Hamid Ansari

  Karmaveer awards conferred

  World Bank fund for Ganga River Authority

  Special areas scientific research: advancing the cause in India

  Superior to pearls