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Government must get out of schools and colleges
Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:23 AM EST (Business Standard)
Before the western model brought by the British or the Church, there were ezhuthu pallis, or writing schools, run by ezhuthu ashans, or writing masters.
Another apology. This time for kids shipped from Britain to colonies
Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:43 AM EST (express.co.uk)
Lovely cartoon. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a ... apology Monday to ... British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. At a ceremony ...
US thieves nabbed – Indians households targetted for gold
Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:11 AM EST (international.zeenews.com)
Law has finally caught up with a ring of picky burglars who had been targeting South Asian families in a Washington DC neighbourhood for their gold. Indian American residents of Fairfax, a suburb of the national capital in neighbouring Virginia, expressed relief as the police …
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave Denmark
Seeded on Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:41 AM EST (cphpost.dk)
The Danish People's Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay 'anti-social' foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.
Should Google own the world's words?
Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:24 AM EST (Business Standard)
If Google Book Search was to come into our homes every week and demand to see our reading lists, as well as instal security cameras to monitor exactly what we read, we would protest. But this is an online, invisible invasion.
Indian Monetary Authority to buy 200 tonnes of IMF gold
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:59 AM EST (livemint.com)
RBI's decision to shore up its gold reserves needs to be seen in the context of other central banks across the globe increasing their gold reserves.
U.S. Leads World In Foreign Weapons Sales - Report - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 9:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Citing a congressional study released on Friday, the Times said the United States was involved in 68.4 percent of the global sales of arms. U.S.
Jaswant pays price for telling the truth:Swaminomics:The Times Of India
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:41 AM EDT (Times of India)
The interim government of 1946-47 included Congress and the Muslim League.
Resolving global imbalances - US Fires a Warning Shot
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:34 AM EDT (Business Standard)
Some time in the future The Obama administration is increasingly signalling that the US will not continue to be the world's consumer and importer of last resort.
ILO and Indian Government partner to train domestics
Seeded on Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:27 AM EDT (Business Standard)
The first requisite of a good servant is that he should conspicuously know his place. It is not enough that he knows how to effect certain desired mechanical results; he must, above all, know how to effect these results in due form.
New Evidence for Silk in the Indus Valley - Irene Good | Papers | Academia.edu
Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:52 PM EDT (harvard.academia.edu)
New Evidence for Silk in the Indus Valley Archaeometry (reprint) 2009 Silk is an important economic fiber, and is generally considered to have been the exclusive cultural heritage of China. Silk weaving is evident from the Shang period c.
BJP expels MP for sympathetic portrayal of Pakistan's founder - FT.com / UK
Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:13 AM EDT (FT.com)
India's Hindu nationalist party has expelled one of its senior leaders for writing a book sympathetic to the founder of neighbouring Pakistan, a move that analysts say reflects the ascendance of the most hardline elements since the party's recent parliamentary election defeat.
The de-hyphenation of India-Pakistan
Seeded on Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:33 AM EDT (Business Standard)
I don't agree with this Af-Pak solution at all because we are being bracketed with Afghanistan. Afghanistan hardly has any governance, it is out of control.
Global warming's got me thinking ...
Seeded on Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:55 PM EDT (Times of India)
a call has been given by Al Gore that there should be an immediate moratorium on coal fired power plants. Look at how this will impact India. More than half of the 8,00,000 mega watts of power India plans to produce by 2030 are to come from coal fired plants.
The Government should something about this!
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:02 PM EDT (tribune.ie)
"The government needs to look at this," Crowden said. "Budgets are being cut. If they don't do something, it's going to be a serious public-health risk." (via Coming to a bin near you: rat pack takes Britain by storm).
India to take up fake currency note issue at global fora - India - NEWS - The Times of India
Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 2:01 PM EDT (Times of India)
With a number of states reporting huge seizures of fake Indian currency notes (FICNs), India will soon take up the issue at global fora, like Interpol, in a big way and will also ask some European countries to keep a watch on importers of currency-standard printing paper and i …
As the sun set on the Raj ...
Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 1:09 PM EDT (Google Books)
One evening in early August 1943, Brigadier General Mortimer Wheeler was resting in his tent after a long day of poring over maps, drawing up plans for invasion of Siciliy.
Iranian Militias Marry, Rape Virgin Prisoners Before Executions - FOXNews.com
Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:53 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)
In the Islamic Republic it is illegal to execute a young woman, regardless of her crime, if she is a virgin, he explained.
Trailing the Buddha
Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:05 PM EDT
Photographer Benoy K Behl's pursuit of documenting ancient Indian art and the spread of Buddhism across the world does not show any signs of slowing.
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Threat to bomb Indian community centre in Belfast- Hindustan Times
Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:46 AM EDT (hindustantimes.com)
The Indian Community Centre in Belfast has received a threat letter from Protestant extremists asking immigrants to leave Northern ireland or face bomb attacks. Besides the Indian centre, the threat letter has been sent to the Belfast Islamic Centre and the Polish Association, …
Malaysia Ends Use of English in Science and Math Teaching - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:27 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Malaysia will revert to using its national language, Bahasa Malaysia, to teach science and math starting in 2012, abandoning a six-year English policy that the government said had failed to improve student grades. The long-awaited decision, announced Wednesday, came after mont …
G8 refuses to cut export subsidies
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:25 PM EDT (epaper.timesofindia.com)
Leaders of five developing countries — India, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa — who also met for summit level talks here had separately, called for expediting a global trade agreement that would stimulate the world economy. But for this to happen, they wanted develo …
Historian on a mission to save little-known Buddhist caves in Mumbai - The Times of India
Seeded on Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:07 AM EDT (Times of India)
Two years ago, a historian, while researching traditional Indian methods of water harvesting, stumbled upon a series of ancient Buddhist caves in Borivli, which its custodians scarcely knew or cared about. Initially, she was scared that the historical caves would crumble under t …
Malaysia Ends Use of English in Science and Math Teaching - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:28 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Malaysia will revert to using its national language, Bahasa Malaysia, to teach science and math starting in 2012, abandoning a six-year English policy that the government said had failed to improve student grades.
Pakistan on Frontier of Fight Against Terrorism - Asif Ali Zardari - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 10:34 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The West, most notably the United States, has been all too willing to dance with dictators in pursuit of perceived short-term goals.
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Government must get out of schools and collegesBefore the western model brought by the British or the Church, there were ezhuthu pallis, or writing schools, run by ezhuthu ashans, or writing masters.
- Another apology. This time for kids shipped from Britain to colonies
Lovely cartoon. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a ... apology Monday to ... British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. At a ceremony ...
- US thieves nabbed – Indians households targetted for gold
Law has finally caught up with a ring of picky burglars who had been targeting South Asian families in a Washington DC neighbourhood for their gold. Indian American residents of Fairfax, a suburb of the national capital in neighbouring Virginia, expressed relief as the police …
- Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave Denmark
The Danish People's Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay 'anti-social' foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.
- Should Google own the world's words?
If Google Book Search was to come into our homes every week and demand to see our reading lists, as well as instal security cameras to monitor exactly what we read, we would protest. But this is an online, invisible invasion.
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Government must get out of schools and colleges
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave Denmark
Another apology. This time for kids shipped from Britain to colonies
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave Denmark
Another apology. This time for kids shipped from Britain to colonies
US thieves nabbed – Indians households targetted for gold
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave Denmark
Should Google own the world's words?
Indian Monetary Authority to buy 200 tonnes of IMF gold
U.S. Leads World In Foreign Weapons Sales - Report - NYTimes.com