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Ananth

Sujjan datta's article is DDM pendulum swung the other side. True to DDM's nature they sold a bead covered with 99% fluff. But that type of fluff is dangerous and I agree with Rohit here. The game of one upmanship is not correct. We don't know whether from start itself 3 trials were planned. We don'...

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http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/opinion/op-ed/to-beat-pak-spy-game,-let%E2%80%99s-check-who-we-hire.aspx To beat Pak spy game, let’s check who we hire Anil Bhat April.1 : Zaffarullah Khan, a jawan recruited in the Territorial Army three years ago and deputed to Rashtriya Rifles, ...

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http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/opinion/op-ed/to-beat-pak-spy-game,-let%E2%80%99s-check-who-we-hire.aspx To beat Pak spy game, let’s check who we hire Anil Bhat April.1 : Zaffarullah Khan, a jawan recruited in the Territorial Army three years ago and deputed to Rashtriya Rifles, ...

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http://dailypioneer.com/167429/Miracle-called-108.html Miracle called 108 Posting in full since pioneer doesn't archieve: An emergency medical service in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Goa and Meghalaya has revolutionised health care in those States. Its success could bring political dividend...

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What irks officers within RAW is the way these "requests" for withdrawal are treated by the government. Last year, when Ravi Nair was pulled out of Colombo, there were allegations of him being associated with a "Chinese spy" . However, a subsequent inquiry revealed that the char...

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/03/27/stories/2009032750700800.htm What India is experiencing is disinflation. We are clearly far away from the dangers of deflation. As Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission has pointed out, week to week price movements are no...

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Vipul wrote:Inflation at 30-year low of 0.27%.

Besides being a function of falling commodity prices isn't the inflation low also due to high base factor? Further which component of inflation is that: WPI, CPI ??

Ananth

If such Anglophone lobby exists, and they are so strong as you fear, what solution do you propose? Merely making Rakesh Mohan RBI-G does not seem to be a good solution, since if this Anglophone lobby is so strong, they can they even influence Rakesh Mohan after he becomes RBI-G. --- PS : Any soluti...

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/03/26/stories/2009032650160800.htm Turner Review: Learning lessons from India This article is again a vindication of stance of Dr. Reddy's actions while at RBI. The Review has blamed three things for the current crisis. First, after the fashion of the day, is...

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Quoting from above. In Ms Tauscher’s view, however, India’s record on proliferation is not much better. Speaking in Congress during the ‘123’ debate last September, she described India as a “country with a dismal record of non-proliferation” which had been “denied access to the market for three dec...

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090316/jsp/jharkhand/story_10676106.jsp Rebel shadow on rail link grows longer - Hazaribagh project cost soars by Rs 500cr in 10 years as state, police engage in blame game A “dormant” administration, not taking action against the rebels, has allowed frequent attacks o...

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Ved Marwah's interview. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nsg-is-notanswer-tosituation/14/13/343836/ The amendment to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act is going to be India’s basic anti-terrorism law. Do you feel this is enough? This law is better than not having anything at all. But ...

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I had expected some b@lls to grow after 26/11.... :( Ah well, as the saying goes: if wishes were......... Sum, if tomorrow Saikat Dutta were to say the following: "We have to force Madhuri Dixit to dance "without her choli" in front of Baitulla Massud, since we are a peaceful and dem...

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/09/cocaine-production-united-nations-summit Cocaine production surge unleashes wave of violence in Latin America Almost 6,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico last year alone, an unprecedented level of mayhem that is showing signs of spilling no...

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Folks, reading about the Eastern europe's "unintended effects of the debt binging" especially in the foreign currency, and the attended risks that was brought in, I was wondering about the negative effects of the ECB (external commercial borrowings) by the Indian corporates during the grow...

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bharati-shipyard-bags-rs-281-cr-defence-contract/56236/on Bharati Shipyard bags Rs 281cr defence contract Ship building firm Bharati Shipyard today said it has bagged a Rs 281-crore contract from the Ministry of Defence for supplying 15 interceptor boats f...

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There seems to be some truth to this "core sector bounces on stimulus" report referred in previous page: http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=621824#p621824 JSW Steel sees 60pc jump in sales this quarter on good demand http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News-by-Industry/JSW-St...

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sum wrote:
If I'm not mistaken it was decided by the IAF, after the MiG 29 purchase, not to name non-Indian aircraft with Indian names. Hence Su 30MKI does not have an official Indian name.
Any particular reason for that?

Thunderous thighs

Ananth

Naxals back to their modus operandi: Maoists own up Badabarada forest attack http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Maoists+own+up+Badabarada+forest+attack&artid=3VuNUz74dEA=&SectionID=mvKkT3vj5ZA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=nUFeEOBkuKw=&SEO= Sabyasachi P...

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RayC wrote:Shafqat,

Welcome to the forum.

That should read: Welcome back to the forum.

Ananth

For the record, Steve Coll's article about the non-paper: The Back Channel
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/ ... nnel_11191

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata_/Maoists_shoot_RPF_jawans_on_train_in_Purulia_loot_rifles/articleshow/4192486.cms Maoists shoot RPF jawans on train in Purulia, loot rifles The glorious tradition of "Dictatorship of the Proleteriate" is continuing. The four jawans N Singh, Mohamm...

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Karnad should not allow his biases cloud his judgement: Thus, the “commando” police units in many states have fanciful names (Greyhounds, COBRA, and the like) but rarely engage in anything arduous. They are perceived as endowing the police, the IPS-led paramilitary organizations and state government...

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The wooing began with TDP sucking up to naxals, now reel-life communist wants to bed with real-life maoist. http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=No+fake+%E2%80%98encounters%E2%80%99+of+Naxals+if+PRP+comes+to+power:+Chiru&artid=zDi6%7Cv7TeOw=&SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&MainSe...

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JEM, do you have a prediction for when a response that is satisfactory in some visible way will be delivered? Do you think the GOI is pushing for some visible victory (however small) before the elections? By demanding a visible response from GoI we are unnecessarily constraining its response option...

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How bad is the red menace in Maharashtra? Has it been wiped out from non-Telengana AP? I recall naxal forays as far away as the Krishna and Prakasam districts. How bad is the infestation in Orissa, Jharkhand, WB and Bihar proper? Chandrapur area of vidharbha especially where DK forest extends into ...

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To add to the previous post, looks like HDFC is just nullified the SBI teaser with this move. HDFC to charge borrowers for switching bank http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Personal-Finance/HDFC-to-charge-borrowers-3/articleshow/4179948.cms Direct selling agents in the home loan market believe the ...

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I think it is similar steps that created sub-prime debacle in US (teaser low-rate ARMs when the property prices were going up to risky borrowers)? How wise will it be to offer this in an era when the property valuations keep going down? At least during 2004-2006 US property prices kept going up. It...

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http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/chhattisgarh-reluctant-to-take-up-maoists-peace-talk-offer_100158262.html Chhattisgarh reluctant to take up Maoists’ peace talk offer The officials said top police officers and some security experts had serious doubts over the sincerity of Maoists’ peac...

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Lessons to learn from Lalu http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/feb/23sd1-lessons-to-learn-from-lalu.htm Like his colleague in the ministry of finance, has railway minister Lalu Prasad also blown it in his last year in office? Was his dream run, like P Chidambaram's, also largely based on a huge bu...

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Well this is interesting. Yesterday I was watching Modi's interview: http://deshgujarat.com/2009/02/18/narendra-modis-candid-interaction-with-students-at-punevideo/ posted in Nukkad, where he makes a point about dirty money getting into official channels and using it as a levearage for their nefario...

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http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=326967&Itemid=79&cattitle=Hyderabad Ilaiah’s surrender dampens hopes of TDP, TRS Ilaiah became the AP State Committee (APSC) secretary sometime in September 2006 after his predecessor Burra Chinnaiah was killed. He c...

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Englishman: "Tsk Tsk Gungadin here take this bone, now where is the gold you were talking about?" Gungadin (The resident DIE): "Gora Sahib is great! He gives us the bone." (Gungadin genuflects before the Englishman like no tomorrow) Gungadin: "The whole economy is yours, Saa...

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Maoists on the back foot in AP http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Maoists-on-the-back-foot-in-AP-/articleshow/4139432.cms Senior cops said the recent losses suffered by Maoists are enormous. "The surrender of Sambasivudu certainly will have a considerable impact on the revolutionary m...

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karyadarshi: manager, karyakartha: worker Some more news: Dreaded Sambalpur Maoist nabbed SAMBALPUR, Feb. 16: Five days after the arrest of two Maoists, Sambalpur police and CRPF have arrested a hardcore Maoist, Nirmal Mirdha (23), during a joint raid. The dreaded Maoist was arrested in his village ...

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CG's anti-naxal ops are bearing fruits. Whenever Naxals are under fire, they seek out breathing and regrouping time. Chhattisgarh Maoists offer conditional talks Pandu had also hinted at the Maoists' preparedness for talks in a statement released on January 19. 'We invite the Chhattisgarh government...

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Coramandel express has derailed, resulting in 15 deaths, at the time of posting. Train derails in Orissa, 15 killed Train derail: Telephone helplines opened http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/000200902140330.htm Kolkata (PTI): The railways opened two telephone helplines at the Howrah railway ...

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13 Maoists arrested for Gadchiroli attack: Police The Gadchiroli police have caught 13 Maoists who were involved in the attack that killed 15 policemen on February 1. Rajesh Pradhan, Superintendent of Police, Gadchiroli district, told HT on Saturday that, “They were nabbed during the combing operat...

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Maoist attack: Procedural lapse cost Bihar cops their lives "We had asked the police department not to participate in functions in remote villages and not accept any request to become the chief guest of any function there. It is one of the basic and standard warnings that we give to the police...

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Orissa: Fissures in Red Posting in full since the site doesn't archive Orissa: Fissures in Red Fakir Mohan Pradhan Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management Two dramatic developments in Orissa towards the end of 2008 and overflowing into the early months of 2009 have been the source of ...

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