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of articles pertaining to Development
List of articles pertaining to Development
Railways to install anti collision device
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Development
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The Railways will install an anti collision device (ACD) on the entire railway network by 2013. The on-board train protection device which has been indigenously developed by the Konkan Railway will help in preventing collisions on the tracks.
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Anti-Collision-Device
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Bodies of IAF crash victims found after 39 years
Saturday, August 11, 2007 sify.com
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Development
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The bodies of three victims of an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane which crashed almost forty years ago had been located in a remote Himalayan valley and flown to an air base in north India.
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Broadcasters reject regulator, prefer a council
Friday, July 27, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Development
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India's leading news broadcasters have rejected the government's proposal for a regulator for television content, saying they would rather prefer having a broadcasting council, on the lines of the Press Council of India, to monitor the content of channels.
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News-Broadcasters
Content
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Patil 's win a shot in the arm for South-Asian women
Monday, July 23, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics , Development
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According to a Bangladeshi newspaper, the election of Pratibha Patil as the President of the world's largest democracy could lead to more women taking part in decision making in South Asia. The paper added: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh "have all seen women in power for the large part of the past three decades or so. (But) women's empowerment, in the true sense of the term, has not yet taken pl
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Women||s-Empowerment
Pratibha-Patil
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Yoga lessons for armed forces, to reduce stress
Friday, July 20, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Development
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The Defence Ministry has stated that in a bid to prevent armed personnel from committing suicide due to work-related stress, the Ministry has incorporated yoga classes besides training for stress management. The Ministry admitted that the stress-level in the armed forces was very high and that remedial measures were being taken to address the issue.
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Yoga
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Govt mulls 'licence fee' on every TV set
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Development
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The Government is considering a proposal of imposing a recurring annual 'licence fee' of Rs 500 for each colour television set, and Rs 200 for a black & white TV, in a bid to generate revenue for the Prasar-Bharati. The fee would have to be borne by television owners. This is one of the different options before the government to raise funds as a bailout measure for the cash-strapped Prasar Bhar
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Prasar-Bharati
Television-License-Fee
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HIV cases in India lesser than earlier estimated
Friday, July 06, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Health , Development
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On the basis of a study conducted by Avahan, which studies the HIV prevalence in India, it has been observed that India has significantly fewer HIV cases than previous studies indicated. According to a previous UN study, it was estimated that India would have 5.7 million cases of HIV, however Ashok Alexander the programme director said that the actual number was far lesser.
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HIV
UN
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Former IB joint director pens spy novel
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Development
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Maloy Krishna Dhar, former joint director of the Intelligence Bureau, India's internal intelligence agency,has penned a novel named Operation Triple X. According to Dhar, Operation Triple X is based on the real life story of Ravindra Kaushik, an Indian sleuth belonging to the RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
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RAW
Intelligence
Spy
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Govt to study mass savings pattern
Friday, June 22, 2007 business-standard.com
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Business , Development
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A pilot project is soon to be kicked off by the government, which involves collecting data on
behaviour pattern of people's savings and investments in the country. This data will be helpful to the corporate sector as well as planners in designing products for the masses, keeping their consumption pattern in mind.The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) will assist the government in this projec
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Data-Mining
Data-Collection
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Career counsellors in the office!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Youth , Development
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Say career counselling, and it will probably be brushed aside as something for 'college kids'.Now it has invaded the cubicles of corporate honchos,
indeed, companies now commonly use the services of career counsellors. It has become customary for the IT, BPO, ITeS and other service industries to have career counsellors for guiding junior staff in particular.
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Career-Counselling
Corporate-Sector
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