Bharat Rakshak

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this news item in the new york times suggests that stuxnet was meant for iran, do read in full Experts dissecting the computer worm suspected of being aimed at Iran’s nuclear program have determined that it was precisely calibrated in a way that could send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control. ...

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the J&K High Court speaks on the issue of divorce amongst IM's and how it discriminates against women. worth reading in full Chief Justice of State High Court, Dr Aftab H Saikia today said that it is essential that dissolution of Muslim marriage by way of divorce or talaq must be based on reconc...

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an article in tribune from chandigarh on the jousting involved as top positions in espionage agencies fall vacant It’s spy vs spy for top RAW job It is spy versus spy. In the secretive world of espionage agencies, knives are out among ‘rival’ Indian Police Service officers to grab the coveted posts ...

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In denial till now, Pak quietly names 453 soldiers killed in Kargil WarEleven years after the Kargil War, the Pakistan Army, which has been denying its role in the conflict, has quietly included the names of 453 soldiers and officers in the battle on its website. Proof of the involvement of regular...

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an interesting article on : Moscow's Gray Weapons Market-Russian Intelligence Supports Dubious Arms Deals In one case, a Pakistani living in Moscow and posing as a textile merchant reportedly arranged for the sale of helicopters and X-55 cruise missiles to Pakistan. http://www.spiegel.de/internation...

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the telegraph of uk has an interesting news item. this might result in turmoil in eurozone economies and the result might be further financial chaos globally of the PIIGS economies portugal, ireland, greece and spain might be headed for worse. the only country with better finances might be italy imv...

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India’s population will exceed China’s in 20 yrs India’s population was 1.02 billion in 2001 and is expected to be nearly 1.19 billion in 2011. It is estimated that in another 20 years it will exceed that of China, which is a matter of concern. With just 2 per cent of world’s land and 17 per cent of...

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regarding our govt finally deciding to take on the Pakis printing our currency. news has been posted earlier on the forum. the tribune of chandigarh had some news, i felt it would be informative to share all aspects on this aspect of this old and continuing diabolical pak attempt to debase our curre...

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/j&k.htm#1 Hizbul’s ‘Mr Surrender’ arrested in Delhi Was involved in 20 killings in state New Delhi/Jammu, November 15 After evading arrest for nearly a decade, Hizbul Mujahideen's self-styled divisional commander Mohammed Abdullah referred to as “Mr Surr...

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The Obama administration has developed a plan to begin transferring security duties in select areas of Afghanistan to that country’s forces over the next 18 to 24 months, with an eye toward ending the American combat mission there by 2014, officials said Sunday. The phased four-year plan to wind do...

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reports suggest that J&K has been taken of the UN list of disputed areas. In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir has been removed from the United Nations(UN) list of unresolved disputes, giving a setback to Pakistan which has been asking the world body to intervene on the issue http://w...

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ambrose evans-pritchard of the telegraph of uk wants europe to also print currency like the us federal reserve. worth reading in full. Unless the ECB takes fast and dramatic action, it risks destroying the currency it is paid to manage, and allowing a political catastrophe to unfold in Europe. If mi...

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Ireland fights to stave off £77 billion bail-out Ireland was fighting for its political and economic independence last night as secret negotiations began in Brussels over an international bailout of up to £77billion. Talks went on into the night as Irish ministers insisted that they could manage th...

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Infosys prize for Chandrashekhar Khare, the maths wizard The Infosys Award carries the highest cash prize for scientific research in India — Rs 50 lakh for each of the winners. The award is an annual feature that recognises outstanding contributions by scientists, researchers, engineers and social ...

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Centralised snooper to scan calls, SMS, mails - a nes item in the tribune, published from chandigarh Indian intelligence agencies will soon get technical support for a centralised monitoring system to watch over every phone call, SMS and email made, sent and received by millions of Indians. The MHA,...

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Rusting ships at France's main naval base The rusting images of dilapidated assault ships in the southern French port of Toulon, France's principal naval base, are unlikely to warm British naval hearts days after the two countries signed a historic defence pact. Toulon is home to two thirds of the ...

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it will not be very long before we have a permanent seat in the Sec Council of the UN Britain backs India's UNSC bid for permanent seat SEOUL: Britain today extended its support to India in its campaign for becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a move that comes close o...

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finally the Deficit panel a bipartisan us body come out of its closet and offers 'painful' program for U.S.! The chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday outlined stark recommendations they say are necessary to secure the nation's fiscal standing, including reforms of...

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a candian newspaper , the star has this to say on the G20 summit in s korea, seoul For the last couple of months economists have been talking about a “currency war” where countries devalue their currencies to make their exports cheaper. Part of the purpose of the G20 meeting is to ensure that the ba...

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Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan 'for blasphemy'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... phemy.html

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Compete with pvt sector, Antony tells DPSUs In keeping with his oft-repeated line of seeing the “made in India” tag to military equipment, Defence Minister AK Antony today announced a radical shift from the past. In a significant statement, Antony stunned slow-paced Defence Public Sector Undertakin...

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China may be bigger economy than US within two years Here’s a finding that will have any red-blooded American spluttering into his cornflakes. According to the Conference Board, a highly respected economic research association, China will overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy by 2012, or w...

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Babcock says Aircraft carrier changes will add up to £800m to taxpayer bill Changes to the £5.2bn aircraft carrier programme, intended to save the taxpayer money, will add as much to £800m to the cost of each ship. The addition of catapult and arrestor gear to the aircraft carrier means the UK does...

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Mystery vapor trail over California was left by plane, not missile, experts say series of U.S. government agencies said Tuesday that they could not explain what created a vapor trail that lit up the sky Monday night over Southern California. But a series of civilian experts said they could. It was n...

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China: Activist Loses Child, Sent to Prison BEIJING) — A Chinese man who organized a support group for parents of children sickened in one of the country's worst food safety scandals was found guilty of inciting social disorder and sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison, his lawyer said. Zhao...

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,728138,00.html For the few with money in the Gaza Strip, a new water park provided relief from monotony and widespread misery. Hamas, though, has now burned it down -- and sent a message that even the elite must conform to the Islamists' restrictive r...

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the G-20 summit will convene in s korea later this week. in this backdrop the german finance minister is interviewed by the newsmagazine spiegel. a full read is instructive into the facets of eurozone aspirations and how they look at the us economic scenario unfold Interview With German Finance Mini...

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JCB boss takes a dig against 'unscrupulous' firms in China The chairman of JCB has called for Government action on "unscrupulous Far Eastern" companies that have "copied" and "ruthlessly exploited" the intellectual property belonging to British companies. said that JCB...

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Leading Chinese credit rating agency downgrades USA government bonds One of China’s leading credit rating agencies has downgraded United States of America government debt in response to what it sees as deliberate devaluation of the dollar by quantitative easing and other means. If China, now the se...

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EU threatens to block Chinese bids for public contracts The European Union will block access for Chinese companies bidding for publicly funded contracts unless businesses from Europe get the same access in China, under new proposals tabled in Brussels as David Cameron held trade talks in Beijing. Ov...

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'Missile' fired off California coast The Pentagon is trying to find out if a missile was fired off the California coast, and who launched it. What appeared to be a large missile was seen shooting into the air about 35 miles west of Los Angeles and leaving a long vapour trail, or contrail, over the P...

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fascinating reading: Large cardinals: maths shaken by the 'unprovable' A shocking discovery has unsettled the world of numbers, says Richard Elwes. source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8118823/Large-cardinals-maths-shaken-by-the-unprovable.html the esoteric world of mathematical logic, a drama...

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Awlaqi calls for killing Americans ‘without hesitation’ Sanaa: US-Yemeni radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi has called for the killing of Americans "without hesitation," in a video message posted on jihadist websites, US monitoring group SITE said on Monday. "Do not consult anyone in kill...

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wonder who did it? -> UK’s Royal Navy website hacked The website of Britain's Royal Navy has been closed after hackers gained unauthorised access to the military site. Military computer specialists are investigating the cyber-security breach. A statement posted on the website on Monday said it is cl...

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Captive Converts? Egypt Gripped By Rising Muslim-Christian Tensions a story carried by the newsmagazine Time Around 200 men flooded out of the al-Qa'id Ibrahim mosque into the midday sunlight following the Friday afternoon prayers in Alexandria. They held up banners before the hundreds of black-clad...

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the fundamental object lacking in the western economies has been a singular lack of willingness to question/ control the blind greed of big money (read: banks, investments bankers, financial institutions) earlier too it was the abject failure of the oversight authorities in various countries who for...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/global/08debt.html?_r=1&hp the new york times reporting on one of the PIIGS economies faltering steps When interest rates soared last week on Irish government bonds, it served as a grim warning to other indebted nations of how difficult and even politic...

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the germans do not seem pleased with the US Federal Reserve pumping something like USD 600 billion into their economy. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has sharply criticized the US Federal Reserve's decision to pump a further $600 billion into the country's ailing economy. He says the move...

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the german newsmagazine spiegel has a report on An Islamist Uprising in Tajikistan, do read it in full International observers consider Tajikistan to be a failed state in the midst of a national crisis. A growing mood of protest there is benefitting the Islamic opposition. Hundreds of new mosques ha...

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this is an example of the lack of rule of law in china for its own citizens. the Govt officials act pretty much on their own whims and fancies. there is no rule of law. nor do they have the judiciary ( something we have) as the third pillar of a modern society. this artist seems to have no right of ...

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