May 06, 2009
By Nadya Williams
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| | Socialist Kerala - A Very Different India
-- This little corner of India has a free, well-educated, equitable, and relatively well-off society – all on one seventieth of the average US income. This has been achieved largely thanks to the hard work of the Communist Party of India - Marxist. Here's how they did it. |
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April 29, 2009
BBC News
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| | Indians vote in key third phase
-- Voting has ended in India in the third of five stages of the country's marathon general election. |
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March 30, 2009
BBC News
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| | A guide to India's coalitions
-- A guide to India's main political parties and coalitions in the run up to the 15th general elections and how they are likely to fare. |
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March 04, 2009
BBC.com
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| | India: Democracy's dance
-- Hundreds of millions of voters are expected to cast their ballots when India holds general elections over April and May. Ramachandra Guha explains what makes elections in the world's largest democracy special, and what is likely to happen this time. |
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September 04, 2008
The New York Times
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| | Violence in India Is Fueled by Religious and Economic Divide
-- TIANGIA, India — Those who came to attack Christians here early last week set their trap well, residents say. |
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August 18, 2008
BBC News
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| | India fears vacuum left by Musharraf
-- The resignation of Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, may have come as a relief to most people in his country. |
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August 07, 2008
Newindpress.com
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| | Political parties appeal for peace in Jammu, violence continues
-- An all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for a dialogue to end the crisis in J&K. |
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July 15, 2008
BBC News
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| | Indian state 'backing vigilantes'
-- India should take action against state-backed vigilantes active in the central state of Chhattisgarh, US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. |
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April 09, 2008
United Press International
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| | India, Venezuela looking at energy deals
-- India may become Venezuela's next energy target as President Hugo Chavez seeks to steer his Latin American nation away from dependence on the United States |
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April 05, 2008
BBC News
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| | India's 'sensory assault course'
-- Peter Day says India's small shops and traditional bazaars are here to stay, despite attempts by huge corporations to organise the chaotic retail scene. |
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April 04, 2008
BBC News
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| | Food prices drive India inflation
-- Inflation in India has hit a three-year high as a result of spiralling food and energy costs, official figures show. |
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March 07, 2008
BBC News
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| | Rahul Gandhi starts India drive
-- Senior Indian Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi has set off from the eastern state of Orissa on a nationwide tour to boost his party's profile. |
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February 29, 2008
BBC News
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| | India cancels small farmers' debt
-- The Indian government is to cancel the entire debt of the country's small farmers in a giant scheme that will cost 600bn rupees ($15bn; £7.6bn). |
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February 26, 2008
BBC News
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| | Mumbai's slum life poses world problem
-- This year, for the first time in human history, there will be more people living in towns and cities than in the countryside. That is the conclusion of a new study from the Population Division of the United Nations. |
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February 07, 2008
VOA News
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| | India Rejects Binding Committment to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
-- India is sticking its position that it cannot make any binding commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Anjana Pasricha reports on an international conference on sustainable development being held in the Indian capital, New Delhi. |
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January 22, 2008
BBC News
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| | West Bengal appeals over bird flu
-- Officials in the Indian state of West Bengal have appealed to other states to help cull up to two million chickens suspected of having bird flu. |
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January 21, 2008
BBC News
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| | Mumbai airport slums face closure
-- Twelve-year-old Sunita Biswakarma has been listening to the roar of aeroplanes and watching the big birds coming in to land for as long as she can remember. |
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January 17, 2008
The New York Times
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| | Education Push Yields Little for India’s Poor
-- LAHTORA, India — With the dew just rising from the fields, dozens of children streamed into the two-room school in this small, poor village, tucking used rice sacks under their arms to use as makeshift chairs. So many children streamed in that the newly appointed head teacher, Rashid Hassan, pored through attendance books for the first two hours of class and complained bitterly. He had no idea who belonged in which grade. There was no way he could teach. |
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January 02, 2008
BBC News
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| | Corporate India's caste consciousness
-- In India, it is often said that work is worship and for Haribhau Varman, getting his job as a state bus driver has been little short of a miracle. |
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December 03, 2007
Clean Clothes Campaign
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| | Indian court issues international arrest warrants for Dutch labour activists
-- NGOs, Unions outraged at attempt to imprison human rights defenders. |
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November 27, 2007
BBC World News
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| | Marxists accused over Bengal 'terror'
-- Marxists who have governed the Indian state of West Bengal for three decades are now suffering political isolation after months of clashes over plans to acquire farm land for industry. |
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November 05, 2007
Women's eNews
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| | Indian Tribunal Pushes for Sexual-Violence Inquiry
-- A citizens' report in India highlights the sexual violence suffered last March by villagers in Nandigram and calls for a special trial of local authorities. Despite media coverage of the report the government has not responded. |
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November 01, 2007
BBC World News
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| | India child garment workers found
-- About 70 child workers in India have been discovered working in a Delhi textile factory, officials say. |
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October 28, 2007
BBC News, Delhi
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| | Delhi marchers calling for change
-- They have come from all across this vast country, marching in long lines every day for nearly four weeks - some 25,000 tribal people and landless labourers, bringing their battle to the heart of India's capital. |
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October 13, 2007
The New York Times
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| | Indian Prime Minister Avoiding Early Elections
-- NEW DELHI, Oct. 12 — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, having forcefully staked his legacy on a landmark nuclear agreement with the United States, made it plain on Friday that his government would not confront its Communist allies over their opposition to the deal and invite early elections. |
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October 10, 2007
BBC World News
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| | Indian children work despite ban
-- A year after India banned children under 14 from working as domestic servants or in food stalls, millions continue to be employed, a study says. |
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October 10, 2007
BBC World News
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| | Indian rupee at fresh dollar high
-- The Indian rupee has risen to its highest level against the dollar since 1998 on the back of continuing foreign support for its booming economy. |
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October 10, 2007
BBC World News
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| | India 'close to Burma port deal'
-- India is close to signing an agreement with the Burmese military junta to develop the port of Sittwe, officials in Delhi have said. |
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October 02, 2007
BBC News, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
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| | India's malnourished tea workers
-- It's just after dawn on the Ramjhora estate in northern Bengal. In this remote region, not far from India's border with Bhutan, tea has been the bedrock of the local economy for more than 150 years. |
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September 30, 2007
Women's Enews
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| | India Paper Taps Marginalized Women as Reporters
-- A family newspaper in Gwalior trains women to report their own stories and confront abuse, fraud and corruption. Rupesh Shrivastava started the paper in 2003 and daughter Samanvaya is editor. Third in a series on the changing role of women in India. |
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