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Washington mulling finance of PoK dam project
17 Aug 2011
Germany seeks urgent UNSC meet on Syria as India starts presidency
01 Aug 2011
Germany has requested that the UN Security Council meet Monday to discuss the worsening situation in Syria, even as India takes over rotating presidency of the Council after a gap of 19 years.
US military top brass warn against defence cuts
28 Jul 2011
The unrelenting pace of military combat over the past decade has taken a substantial toll in terms of wear and tear across all wings of the armed services, leaving them at near breaking point
Eurocopter India, Mahindra Group announce JV
27 Jul 2011
Despite row Iran supplied India more oil in June
21 Jul 2011
Despite all the moaning over unpaid bills, Iran actually supplied more oil to India in June - up 14 per cent over May - according to a report.
Bhakra Dam high on terrorist hit-list, warns IB
16 Jul 2011
Pentagon disclosses highest data loss in March cyber attack
15 Jul 2011
The Pentagon yesterday revealed that a cyber attack launched by an unnamed foreign government earlier this year had caused the largest ever loss of sensitive data
Suicide attack a possibility in Mumbai blasts
14 Jul 2011
- The government has not ruled out the possibility of the involvement of a suicide bomber in the Mumbai serial blasts, Home Secretary RK Singh has said. According to Singh, the director general of the NSG has said that a body with circuitry embedded in it has been found from near an explosion site.
- PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced ex-gratia assistance of Rs2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased in Wednesday's terror attack and also Rs1 lakh each for the seriously injured.
Red Alert: multiple explosions in Mumbai
13 Jul 2011
A quick intelligence assessment of the Wednesday bomb blasts in Mumbai by global intelligence analysis group Stratfor
Serial blasts in Mumbai
13 Jul 2011
Devas Multimedia seeks international arbitration on Antrix deal
11 Jul 2011
Controversial space-services related firm, Devas Multimedia, has approached the International Court of Arbitration seeking restoration of its contract with ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix.
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