Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Off-duty crew triggered airport scare
Off-duty crew triggered airport scare: "two of the nine additional crew members who were travelling as passengers and were seated in 35A and 35B of the Jet Konnect flight, were apparently spooked by the glare of anti-collision beacons on the top and bottom of the aircraft and cried fire"
Friday, August 27, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
PM leaves it to history, BJP sees victory ‘Intent’ out, nuclear bill sails through
The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | PM leaves it to history, BJP sees victory ‘Intent’ out, nuclear bill sails through: "The Lok Sabha today passed the nuclear liability bill after the government accommodated the BJP’s concerns"
.....In a rare parliamentary spectacle of recent times, minister of state for science and technology profusely thanked the Opposition for co-operation and Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee walked across to the BJP benches for expressing the government’s gratitude. Although the government had sorted out the differences much in advance, the last thorn — an eleventh-hour insertion that talked about the supplier’s “intent” to cause nuclear damage — was removed by science and technology minister Prithviraj Chavan on the floor of the House. He did not move the related amendment (no 13) and replaced it with the one the BJP had suggested.
.....In a rare parliamentary spectacle of recent times, minister of state for science and technology profusely thanked the Opposition for co-operation and Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee walked across to the BJP benches for expressing the government’s gratitude. Although the government had sorted out the differences much in advance, the last thorn — an eleventh-hour insertion that talked about the supplier’s “intent” to cause nuclear damage — was removed by science and technology minister Prithviraj Chavan on the floor of the House. He did not move the related amendment (no 13) and replaced it with the one the BJP had suggested.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Google rectifies mistake, shows entire J&K as part of India - India - The Times of India
Google rectifies mistake, shows entire J&K as part of India - India - The Times of India: "The correction came in response to the notice issued by minister of state for communications and IT Sachin Pilot to Google Inc for showing Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as part of the neighbouring country."
Karat wanted to teach Manmohan and Sonia a lesson Somnath
The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Karat wanted to teach Manmohan and Sonia a lesson Somnath: "'Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian'"
Friday, August 20, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
President’s speech on the eve of 64th Independence Day
The Hindu : News / Resources : President’s speech on the eve of 64th Independence Day: "Foremost, among our tasks is to ensure the welfare of all. It is for this reason that India has adopted inclusive growth as a pillar of its economic edifice and is pro-actively pursuing it. Our task will be complete only when no one sleeps on a hungry stomach, when no one sleeps on the footpath and when every child is in school. Therefore, fittingly, education, capacity building, housing, healthcare and nutrition are a priority on the agenda of the Government. All of us should also pause to think how as responsible citizens, each one of us can contribute to Government efforts in these areas"
Manmohan will be the fall guy
The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Manmohan will be the fall guy: "Manmohan Singh has achieved the distinction of being the longest serving Prime Minister of India after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. For a man who was catapulted to the Finance Minister’s post by sheer good fortune in 1991, rising to the top political job and holding it uninterruptedly for six years is no mean achievement. While his effectiveness as a PM has been questioned and he has had to face taunts of being India’s “weakest PM”, no one has doubted his integrity. In an India where politics has come to be associated with disrepute and sleaze, Singh’s personal uprightness has been a redeeming feature. The country must truly be grateful that the only thing shady about 7 Race Course Road comes from the greenery."
India beacon of hope for people around the world: Obama's 63rd Independence Day Greetings
The Hindu : News / International : India beacon of hope for people around the world: Obama: "Underscoring the profound effect of India’s example on many countries, including the United States he said that leaders of the civil rights movement here, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had spoke of the debt they owed to Mahatma Gandhi and the over two million Indian-Americans were living examples of the bonds that bound India and the U.S.. The President added that the accomplishments of the Indian-American community “have become well-known and admired in both countries.”"
The ideas of India - Shashi Taroor
The ideas of India - Hindustan Times
So Indian nationalism was not based on any of the conventional indices of national identity. Not language, since our constitution now recognises 23 official languages, and as many as 35 languages spoken by more than a million people each. Not ethnicity, since the “Indian” accommodates a diversity of racial types in which many Indians (Punjabis and Bengalis, in particular) have more ethnically in common with foreigners than with their other compatriots. Not religion, since India is a secular pluralist state that is home to every religion known to mankind, with the possible exception of Shintoism. Not geography, since the natural geography of the subcontinent — framed by the mountains and the sea — was hacked by the partition of 1947. And not even territory, since, by law, anyone with one grandparent born in pre-partition India — outside the territorial boundaries of today’s state — is eligible for citizenship. Indian nationalism has therefore always been the nationalism of an idea.
So Indian nationalism was not based on any of the conventional indices of national identity. Not language, since our constitution now recognises 23 official languages, and as many as 35 languages spoken by more than a million people each. Not ethnicity, since the “Indian” accommodates a diversity of racial types in which many Indians (Punjabis and Bengalis, in particular) have more ethnically in common with foreigners than with their other compatriots. Not religion, since India is a secular pluralist state that is home to every religion known to mankind, with the possible exception of Shintoism. Not geography, since the natural geography of the subcontinent — framed by the mountains and the sea — was hacked by the partition of 1947. And not even territory, since, by law, anyone with one grandparent born in pre-partition India — outside the territorial boundaries of today’s state — is eligible for citizenship. Indian nationalism has therefore always been the nationalism of an idea.
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