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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  India
India’s secularity is framed in terms of neither favouring nor officially adopting any particular religion, and Article 26 guarantees the freedom to manage religious affairs (subject to constraints imposed by the requirements of public order, morality and health) for every recognised religious denomination or sect.
India became a signatory to the CEDAW in 1980 and ratified it in 1993.
India acceded to the CRC in 1992, with a declaration regarding the progressive implementation of Article 32 thereof on child labour, particularly with reference to paragraph 2(a) on the provision of a minimum employment age.
www.law.emory.edu /IFL/legal/india.htm   (2852 words)

  
 NTI: Country Overviews: India: Profile
Meanwhile, India continues to reject the existing nuclear nonproliferation regime on the grounds that it perpetuates an unjust distinction between a small group of states that are allowed nuclear weapons, and the rest of the world's states that are denied this right.
India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced in September 2002 that the naval variant of the Prithvi (Dhanush) has completed sea trials and is ready for "induction." Five tests of different versions of the intermediate-range Agni ballistic missile were conducted between May 1989 and January 2001.
India is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); in November 2002, it rejected a draft of the International Code of Conduct (ICOC) on ballistic missile proliferation on grounds that it is discriminatory and interferes with the peaceful uses of space technology.
www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/India/index.html   (752 words)

  
 CNN - U.S. recalls ambassador to India - May 12, 1998
India's foreign minister was in Washington last Friday for meetings with top-ranking State Department officials but did not disclose the plans.
India, Pakistan and Israel are the three nations widely suspected of nuclear capability that have not joined the 1970 nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which is now observed by 185 countries.
India's biggest donor is Japan, and the government in Tokyo announced it is currently weighing similar sanctions.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9805/12/clinton.india/index.html   (754 words)

  
 October 1998 India Special Weapons News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
INDIA / PAKISTAN Voice of America 20 October 1998 -- IN INDIA, POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY THE MOST-SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME OF THE RECENTLY-CONCLUDED TALKS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN IS THE AGREEMENT BY BOTH SIDES TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE.
CONGRESS MOVING TO WAIVE SANCTIONS ON INDIA, PAKISTAN USIA 19 October 1998 -- If the U.S. Congress votes to pass the massive omnibus spending package, sanctions imposed in June on India and Pakistan for nuclear weapons testing may be waived by the president.
Sharad Pawar at the General Debate of First Committee, United Nations General Assembly October 14, 1998 - Current developments aimed at incorporating space as an integral dimension of Warfare, and in the field of ballistic missile defneses, do not augur well for the prevention of an arms race in outer space.
www.fas.org /news/india/1998/10/index.html   (271 words)

  
 Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication -- India, 1998
In India in 1997, routine coverage of children aged 12-23 months with three doses of oral poliovirus vaccine was previously estimated as 89% nationally.
As of September 10, 1998, 2032 (72%) of 2813 persons with AFP cases eligible for 60-day follow-up (those with onset of illness during January-June 1998) have been examined for residual paralysis: 867 (43%) had no residual paralysis, 867 (43%) had residual paralysis, 73 (4%) were lost to follow-up, and 225 (11%) died.
India has completed 3 years of successful NIDs -- representing the largest public health campaigns ever conducted in a single country -- followed by reduction in genetic biodiversity of circulating poliovirus types 1 and 3.
www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00054930.htm   (1543 words)

  
 E-zine, South Asian Perspectives, Security Issues, Indian Subcontinent, India's Nuclear Tests,
However, in 1998, we had also carried a story on the Nuclear Tests and we continue to keep it on our web-site for those curious about what was written then.
Although India was the first country to propose a ban on nuclear testing, it has been unwilling to sign global treaties that were discriminatory because they allowed a few countries to hold nuclear arms indefinitely.
India's former Defence Minister Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and India's left parties also issued strong statements suggesting that the country would not be intimidated by sanctions.
members.tripod.com /~INDIA_RESOURCE/nuclear.html   (1500 words)

  
 July 1998 India Special Weapons News
India won't sign CTBT in its 'present form' The Hindustan Times 30 July 1998 -- India will not sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in its present form or any other such treaty that was discriminatory and against the country's security interests.
India to test fire Agni in August, says report Dawn, July 17, 1998: India's defence ministry has ordered a test-firing of an upgraded version of the Agni intermediate-range ballistic missile in August.
India rejects Pak proposal on N-test ban treaty The News 16 July 1998 -- India on Wednesday rejected a proposal by Pakistan for a bilateral nuclear test ban treaty.
www.fas.org /news/india/1998/07/index.html   (3844 words)

  
 India: Maharashtra and Rajasthan (1998 study tour)
Jayant, the CAA India staff member who looks after the CLP, was waiting outside, but he wasn't carrying a sign so I had to wait for Tony to come out and identify him.
Angela had been to India before and was an excellent traveller generally - she had an amazing ability to sleep anywhere and was almost totally unflappable, never losing her cool.
In 1997 their suit was successful, but in March 1998 the government offered the lease of the lands at the excessive rate of 6000Rp/year for a 30m by 30m carry.
danny.oz.au /travel/1998/clp   (19382 words)

  
 India - French Relations in 1998
A Coordination Committee would be established in New Delhi comprising in particular two representatives of the Ministry of Industry, Government of India on the Indian side, and the Head of the Economics, Trade and Finance Commission and the Counsellor for Scientific and Technical Cooperation of the French Embassy in New Delhi on the French side.
He informed the French delegation that there had been a steady growth in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against India by the EU, with India being the target of 6 EC investigations during 1997 out of the 45 new investigations initiated during the year and 5 of its exports facing definitive anti-dumping duties.
India and France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for co-operation in specific areas of bio-technology.
www.indianembassy.org /policy/Foreign_Policy/FP_1998/france_fp1998.html   (1032 words)

  
 CNN - Sonia Gandhi appointed head of India's Congress party - March 14, 1998
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of assassinated Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, on Saturday became head of the Congress party, the political body which has dominated Indian politics for decades but has suffered major setbacks in the past two years.
She was seen as a prominent figure that reminded voters of the more glorious days of Congress, which was once the most influential party in India with independence heroes Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharalal Nehru in its ranks.
Though Gandhi did not run for parliament in the recent elections, she could be appointed to a seat in the upper house, thus fulfilling the requirement that the prime minister be a member of either the lower or upper house of parliament.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9803/14/india.sonia.g/index.html   (762 words)

  
 rediff.com: The India-China War, 40 Years On
India was ill prepared; it believed in non-violence; it trusted the Chinese and in 'Hindi-Chini bhai bhai'.
After the war, India claimed that China was occupying about 33,000 square kilometres of its territory in the Aksai Chin region of Ladakh.
Though the two Asian giants have tried to mend their relations over the decades, several issues remain unresolved: the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile in India; China's non-recognition of Sikkim's merger with India; the nuclear tests in 1998 by India; and India's allegation that China is arming Pakistan, including the latter's nuclear programme.
www.rediff.com /news/indochin.htm   (301 words)

  
 May 1998 India Special Weapons News
India to push ahead with N-weapons plan Dawn 18 May 1998 NEW DELHI, May 17: India vowed on Sunday to push ahead with its nuclear weapons programme despite sanctions, and to develop a new long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
India releases pictures of nuclear tests CNN - May 17, 1998 -- India on Sunday released pictures of the five nuclear tests it conducted last week, showing the arid desert sites where the underground explosions took place.
India entitled to conduct tests: IAEA The Hindu 12-05-1998 The United Nations atomic energy watchdog said on Monday India was entitled to carry out nuclear tests as it had not signed the international accords aimed at curbing the spread of nuclear weapons.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/india/1998/index9805.html   (11712 words)

  
 NTI: Country Overviews: India: Nuclear Chronology
India's Chief of Army Staff General V.P. Malik says that strategic deterrence is necessary to counter the emerging nuclear and missile challenges.
Nevertheless, India remains committed to "a comprehensive, universal and non-discriminatory global nuclear disarmament regime." India undertakes to observe a voluntary nuclear testing moratorium, to move to a de jure formulation of this declaration and is willing to participate in negotiations of the fissile material cut-off treaty at the Conference on Disarmament.
India's Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Jaswant Singh, and the US Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott, engage in the fourth round of talks that began in June 1998.
www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/India/Nuclear/2296_2893.html   (10962 words)

  
 1999 in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 12 - India and Pakistan hold "businesslike" talks over their Kashmir dispute but fail to resolve it; India says Pakistan tried to infiltrate the Turtuk Sector and puts the death toll at 267 Pakistanis and 86 Indians.
July 17 - India signals the end of the flare-up with Pakistan by announcing that all infiltrators have withdrawn from Indian-held Kashmir.
October 8 - India's Supreme Court turns down an appeal by four co-conspirators sentenced to die in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1999_in_India   (1253 words)

  
 ChessMate:::::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
India 22.5, China 17.5, 3 Iran 17.5...21 teams.
India hopes one more gold in chess in the Combined Team event starting on Dec 6 after a rest day.
India's third highest rated player, P.Harikrishna struggled in his first super category GM Tournament at Yalta in Ukraine.
www.chess-mate.com   (1618 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Nuclear Diplomacy -- May 28, 1998
Also, India's ambassador to the U.S. offers his country's response and National Security Advisor Samuel Berger presents the American reaction.
NARESH CHANDRA, Ambassador, India: That offer was made by the prime minister in his speech that he's ready to sit down and start the talks going.
India has borders with many countries, and we cannot accept the doctrine that the total defense arrangements that India has to make has to be capped by some kind of a ceiling, which is a function of the mood or sensitivities of Pakistan.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june98/nuclear_5-28a.html   (1339 words)

  
 India Chapter : Society for Technical Communication
With no formal education in the field of technical communication, the need for a forum to exchange ideas as well as share experience and knowledge was badly felt.
By 1998, active discussions began on the need for establishing an Indian STC Chapter.
STC India Chapter plays a key role in educating technical communication professionals in the country through learning sessions that impart information about the skills required to shape their careers.
www.stc-india.org   (189 words)

  
 India Journal 1998
With a population estimated at 984 million* in a land mass roughly 1/3 of the size of the United States, nearly 94% of the India's people follow the false teachings of Islam or Hindu as their religion.
The WELS first established a mission presence in India in the mid-1960's.
Early in the spring of 1998, Pastors Richard Starr and Mike Hintz and teachers Lisa Carmichael and Cliss Loucher received calls from the WELS Board for World Missions for a 3 week teaching mission to the WELS-affiliated congregations and schools in India.
www.123.net /~divgrace/india98/index.html   (167 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: CIA and India -- June 3, 1998
The regional impact of Pakistan's and India's nuclear tests.
India conducts a second round of nuclear tests.
DAVID JEREMIAH: The organization needs to be scrubbed-and I'm talking about the intelligence community organization, not necessarily the CIA, to improve the clarity of the structure, to fix responsibilities, to resource the staff with the appropriate tools, and to inform the organization once that review has taken place.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june98/cia_6-3a.html   (510 words)

  
 Annie Thomas: Femina Miss India World 1998, Supermodel, Actress
Femina Miss India World 1998, Annie Thomas, although based in Delhi, she is originated from the South Indian state of Kerala, hence her exotic features.
Crowned in January 1998 by Miss World Diana Hayden, she had the tremendous pressure of representing India in the Miss World 1998 pageant in the Seychelles.
Her mother was the first professional skydiver in India, whilst her father belonged to the military.
www.geocities.com /rahul83_99/annie.html   (1661 words)

  
 WIPO/UPD/1998/32: India Accedes to the Paris Convention andthe Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
On Monday, September 7, 1998, India deposited its instrument of accession to two international treaties with the Director General of WIPO in Geneva.
The great advantage offered by the PCT is that it simplifies procedures and reduces costs for owners of new inventions who apply for patent protection in multiple countries.
It will be possible to designate India in international applications only as from December 7, 1998, the date of entry into force of the PCT in respect of India.
www.wipo.int /edocs/prdocs/en/1998/wipo_upd_1998_32.html   (318 words)

  
 Seasons India :: Madhu Sapre - Miss India 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
According to me India has been in poverty for many years, so it was not going to suddenly change in one year by my becoming the prime minister.
And being a sportsgirl I had suffered because we don't have the equipment and the grounds in India.
Â…Back in India, she and her longtime boyfriend, model Milind Soman were captured in flashlit eternity in a contentious advertisement, inspired by Nastassja Kinski's famous poster, which featured them in the raw, coiled by a python.
www.seasonsindia.com /modelwatch/madhu_sea.htm   (819 words)

  
 World Wetlands Day 1998 in India
NEW DELHI 2 February 1998 "India's wetland ecosystems are getting more rapidly lost or degraded because the Government has no clear and well defined policy for conservation of wetlands in particular and water resources in general.
Despite the fact that the Govt of India is a signatory to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance and has identified a number of important wetlands besides six sites already listed under the Convention, these wetlands are under increasingly greater threat due to poor and unscientific management.
WWD 1998 was celebrated by the Society for Environmental Conservation (SEC).
www.ramsar.org /wwd/0/wwd98_india.htm   (1283 words)

  
 :::.....SHEPHERD INDIA & NEW IMAGE PVT. LTD.....:::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Ltd” is the first company in India to have a legal business contract with any Western or North American Company.
Ltd” is the first company in India who have transformed and revolutionized the quality Standard existed in India for decades.
All the exporters now follow the standards introduced to the hair industry in India in 1998.
www.shepherdindia.com /about.html   (269 words)

  
 Embassy of India - Washington DC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
India's Foreign Policy - 50 years of achievement
In order to view PDF documents, however, users must first download the free Acrobat Reader software, which lets you view, navigate through, and print PDF documents.
External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.
www.indianembassy.org /newsite/foreignrelations.asp   (158 words)

  
 India.. Easter 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Attempting to use the chop-sticks I bought to India from Singapore
In the middle of the afternoon I was taken to a remote field where palm trees grew.
I was presented with a folded palm leaf from which I drank the palm milk...
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_tranter/india98.htm   (84 words)

  
 Seasons India :: Lymaraina D'souza - Miss India 1998
Seasons India :: Lymaraina D'souza - Miss India 1998
But first, don't let Lymaraina D'Souza's cool demeanour mislead you, for here is a girl who sets her goals clearly and doesn't give up till she's got there.
The one reason I really want to win is to make worthwhile all the hard work a whole lot of people have put in to groom me."
www.seasonsindia.com /modelwatch/lymaraina_sea.htm   (747 words)

  
 Gypsy Journal - India and Nepal 1998 (with kids)
This is a travelogue of a five week trip our family took in 1998 to India and Nepal.
We traveled budget style, one backpack for the four of us, and had a blast.
The Chapters of India and Nepal 1998 (with kids)...
www.gypsyjournal.com /Journal.asp?JournalID=93   (121 words)

  
 Map of India - India - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
Welcome to the Indian subcontinent, one of the most fabulous travel experiences a person can have.
I'll Have a Limca, Please (13 February 1998)
The Sound of Indian Politics (26 February 1998)
www.moxon.net /india   (64 words)

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