Weak and Bumpy Global Recovery Ahead: IMF

September 21, 2011
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Weak and Bumpy Global Recovery Ahead: IMF

  Washington, Sept 20: “The global economy is in a dangerous new phase. Global activity has weakened and become more uneven, confidence has fallen sharply recently, and downside risks are growing,” the IMF said in its September 2011 World Economic Outlook (WEO). The report, released says strong and coordinated action is necessary to avert a...

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India Beware: US BENDING TO PLEASE ‘TERRORISTAN’

September 15, 2011
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India Beware: US BENDING TO PLEASE ‘TERRORISTAN’

By ATUL COWSHISH New Delhi (Syndicate Features): This year again the Americans drained their emotions, as they have been doing for a decade on the day, on the 10th anniversary of the 11 September, 2001 terror attacks by Al Qaeda that had resulted in 3000 deaths and destroyed the Twin Towers in New York...

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Bhattarai’s Balancing Act In Kathmandu

September 10, 2011
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Bhattarai’s Balancing Act In Kathmandu

By Shubha Singh Nepal has elected its fifth prime minister in four years, Dr Baburam Bhattarai to head its second Maoist-led government. The first Maoist foray in governance came after the Constituent Assembly elections in 2008 when Maoist chief, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ formed the government. The government did not last long and Prachanda...

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Islamabad fiddles while Karachi burns

September 10, 2011
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Islamabad fiddles while Karachi burns

By Surinder Kumar Sharma* Karachi is once again bleeding driven by a complex web of ethnic, political and social tensions. Essentially a turf war between rival political groups and the heavily armed groups linked to them, the current wave of violence is the worst the city has seen since 1995. In fact, history has...

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Singh’s visit to B’desh and the Mamata hurdle

September 9, 2011
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Singh’s visit to B’desh and the Mamata hurdle

Dhaka: The participation of Chief Ministers of four Indian states and a large entourage of Union ministers and officials underscored the importance India’s ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government gave to the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dhaka. But for the Mamata hurdlle, the visit could have ended on a high note...

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Hockey: India Out of Champions Trophy

September 8, 2011
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Hockey: India Out of Champions Trophy

By Ramu Sharma New Delhi (Syndicate Features): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed its earlier decision to pull out the Champions Trophy from India.   The confirmation is a move to force India to set its house in order on the administrative front. The FIH has not been happy with the Sports Ministry’s move...

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