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Pakistan and India Are Back At the Peace Table

Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries

Islamabad, Pakistan- India’s Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is scheduled to visit Islamabad later this month as both India and Pakistan are back on track to resume their high level diplomatic talks. The discussions between the two so far are (...)

9 Mar. 2010 | | Manzer Munir

International

China’s Ambitions Reshaping South Asia as it Surges into India’s backyard

It’s a truism that the 21st century future of not just Asia, but the entire world, will be significantly determined by the relationship between the globe’s two fastest-growing large economies, China and India. As most observers know, there (...)

1 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Travel

Indian Online Travel Buyers are Deal Hunters

New Delhi, February 18th, 2010 – iXiGO.com, India’s leading travel search engine, has revealed the results of its recent online travel survey, providing unique insights into online travel consumer behavior in India. The survey was conducted (...)

18 Feb. 2010 | 1 comment | Ravinder

Sports

The Snub of Pakistani Cricketers by the Indian Premier League Should Come As No Surprise

New Delhi, India- Events at an auction held earlier this month by India’s wildly popular Indian Premier League (IPL), consisting of professional cricket teams and franchises, has caused outrage amongst the cricket crazed Pakistani population. Up to (...)

29 Jan. 2010 | 1 comment | Manzer Munir

Comment

Pakistan and China increase military spending and cooperation as India shows concern

Beijing, China- A senior Chinese defense official has justified Chinese sales of warships and submarines to Pakistan on the grounds that Russia and the United States were selling similar systems to India. The defense official also indicated that China was (...)

24 Dec. 2009 | 1 comment | Manzer Munir

Comment

30 Jul. 2009 | | Manzer Munir

International

Terrorists beware India and Pakistan agree you are the enemy!

Last week we said the whole key appears to be accommodations between long time rivals Pakistan and India. I do not care what they have to do just make believe they want to see peace come to the area if possible and do whatever is necessary to see that (...)

21 Jul. 2009 | | James Joiner

Local News

Raising Statues - the stupid option

Now we have Mayawati, a Dalit (lower class) woman in one of the poorest states of India, who is busy going around raising statues to herself and her allies. This is the lady concerned. My in-laws stay in the capital of that state and her statues are (...)

6 Jul. 2009 | | BD

Politics

India : the promise of stability

The ruling Congress party returns to power with an unambiguous mandate, a privilege it should not squander. By Kanishk Tharoor. Five years ago, Indian voters comprehensively shredded the predictions of their country’s chattering class, toppling the (...)

20 mai. 2009 | | openDemocracy

Health

Horse Flu in India

After Swine Flu which originates in Mexico take the center stage, now Horse Flu come to the fore. Horse flu has taken its toll in India and killed more than 43 horses in the country. Horse flu is also know as equine influenza and according to Detik.com (...)

13 mai. 2009 | | A. Fatih Syuhud

Comment

Using hypnosis to steal diamonds

Isn’t it always the case ? How often did it happen that someone behaved in a way that is not necessarily smart and then blames hypnosis on his or her mishap. This time, it happened in India : "Indian police are hunting a conman who hypnotised a (...)

15 avr. 2009 | 1 comment | Andreas

Arts & Entertainment

They aren’t Dogs, in those Slums

The following comments may contain spoilers. Directors Danny Boyle’s and Loveleen Tandan’s "Slumdog Millionaire" swept the Oscars this year, in a remarkable sign of globalization. The creative team behind the film was largely British (...)

23 fév. 2009 | | Juan Cole

International

Strong Action Is a Joke

Today, on the way coming to Berlin, I was reading USA-Today in plane from 5 December about Condolleza Rice’s meeting in Islamabad about Mumbai case. This report was saying, Rice satisfied with Pakistan’s readiness to peruse lead in the attacks (...)

8 déc. 2008 | | Nasim Fekrat

International

The Pakistan Link to Mumbai ; Rashid : It was a Diversionary Tactic

The Times of India worries that fundamentalist violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan are spilling over into India : ’In Pakistan, deaths in bomb blasts and other fidayeen attacks and actions of security forces have increased almost 10 times in the (...)

5 déc. 2008 | | Juan Cole

International

Mumbai Muslims Castigate Attackers as Criminals ; Footage of Capture of Ajmal

Aljazeera English has more on the Indian Muslim Council Trust’s request that the attackers of Mumbai not be buried in the city’s Muslim cemetery. The CBC adds : ’Reshma Advani, dressed in a head-to-toe black robe, agrees the men (...)

3 déc. 2008 | | Juan Cole

Comment

The lessons of Mumbai

The coordinated assaults on India’s financial capital are part of a pattern that is at once local and global. By Paul Rogers. The attacks in Mumbai of 26-29 November 2008 are as devastating as any since those of 11 September 2001. Their spectacular (...)

2 déc. 2008 | | openDemocracy

International

15 terrorists...not 10...that leaves 5 missing...

The Mombai massacre may have a second part as it seems there were more than just ten terrorists involved and it was nice of CNN to provide recon for the terrorists on the day as it was happening. And here is a report on the group of evil involved. Via: (...)

2 Dec. 2008 | | Andrew Ian Dodge

Comment

Pakistani Reaganism Must End : The New Government must take on the Lashkar

Leaks to the Indian press by security officials in charge of interrogating the captured terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kamal (or Qasab ?) are fleshing out the background of the attack on Mumbai and clarifying the evidence that it was an operation of the Lashkar-e (...)

1er déc. 2008 | | Juan Cole

Media

India : Yes, Twitter is a source of journalism

Like a lot of other people, I’ve been following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) throughout the day, using Twitter and blog search and Wikipedia and Flickr and YouTube and pretty much any other tool I can get my hands on. Sites like (...)

28 nov. 2008 | | Mathew Ingram

International

Terrorist attack : All Around the World

Of course, when you see a spectacular terrorist attack in India, it’s natural for some eyes to start looking across the border to Pakistan, and then one starts to worry that the subcontinent’s cold war might turn hot : Counterterrorism (...)

28 nov. 2008 | | Matthew Yglesias

Science & Tech

Opportunities for Open Source in India

As Indian government and private players in the market embracing new technologies with limited budgets with them, Open source softwares is going to become need of the hour. Opportunities for Open Source in India With increased (...)

1 Oct. 2008 | | drupad

Media

Will RIM let India spy on users ? Or won’t it ?

The confusing debate continues in India over whether or not Blackberry should allow government security services to spy on some users. India’s department of telecom (DoT) has issued an ultimatum to Canadian Blackberry maker RIM to provide (...)

4 jui. 2008 | | Jon Newton

Business

Global Rice Shortage Pushes Rice to Record Prices

The global rice shortage (or hyper-inflated fear of a shortage) has lead to record high prices for the staple grain. In India, the second-largest producer of rice in the world, the price of rice has risen over 70% and the government has banned the export (...)

28 avr. 2008 | | BusinessKnowMoreMedia

Local News

Indian baby carries two faces

Lali brought instant fame to a rural Indian village the moment she was born. Lali was born in India with craniofacial duplication, a uniquely rare medical condition where a single head carries two faces. Except for the ears, all facial features are (...)

14 Apr. 2008 | | Michael Teodoro G. Ting Jr.

Science & Tech

India plans to probe the moon

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to send a probe called called Chandrayan I to the moon early this year. Don’t have the details but I guess they are going to do it just to show they can. The successful launch of an Israeli spy (...)

23 jan. 2008 | 2 comments | Dilip Mutum (Adam)

Society

Tata Motors Unveils the Tata Nano, World’s Cheapest Car

Tata Motors (NYSE:TTM) unveiled the Tata Nano today. The Indian company’s latest arrival is the world’s cheapest car, costing just $2500. You may be asking yourself, “How could they make a car so cheap ?” Well, the answer is simple (...)

14 jan. 2008 | 1 comment | BusinessKnowMoreMedia

International

Faux Indian government

A fake government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates, a report said Monday. An office was set up outside Jhansi town in Uttar Pradesh state and 20 (...)

14 déc. 2007 | 1 comment | Marginal Revolution

Society

Was the Indian caste system efficient ?

A new paper looks at some of the efficiency properties of castes : The caste system in India has been dated to approximately 1000 B.C. and still affects the lives of a billion people in South Asia. The persistence of this system of social stratification (...)

15 oct. 2007 | | Marginal Revolution

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