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  2002 in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 2001 in India, other events of 2002, 2002 Gujarat violence, 2003 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
The BJP is expected to retain a role in a coalition in Uttar Pradesh (the most populous state in India), whereas the Punjab and Uttaranchal state legislatures are now dominated by the opposition Congress party.
June - Tensions between India and Pakistan are reduced largely as a result of international pressure.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_in_India   (1993 words)

  
 India -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
S India enjoyed greater prosperity than the north, despite almost incessant warfare; among the Tamil-speaking kingdoms of the south were the Pandya and Chola states, which maintained an overseas trade with the Roman Empire.
In NW India, beyond the reach of the medieval dynasties, the Rajputs had grown strong and were able to resist the rising forces of Islam.
India consolidated its territory by acquiring the former French settlements (see Pondicherry) in 1956 and by forcibly annexing the Portuguese enclaves of Goa and Daman and Diu in Dec., 1961.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/India_History.asp   (4315 words)

  
 2002 Gujarat violence -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The riots were triggered on February 27, 2002 by a fire on a passenger (Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive) train that was passing through the town of (additional info and facts about Godhra) Godhra.
In February 2002, a sleeper coach in the train Sabarmati Express, coming from (additional info and facts about Faizabad) Faizabad and proceeding towards (additional info and facts about Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad caught fire a few minutes after it left the Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002, killing an estimated 58 people.
The FSL report had concluded controversially that since the doors of the coach were latched from the inside, there was a slim possibility that the liquid fuel was thrown from the outside, prior to setting the fire.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2002_gujarat_violence.htm   (1848 words)

  
 WTO | Trade policy review - India 2002
In order to achieve further significant reductions in poverty, India is currently targeting higher real GDP growth of between 7% and 9% (compared with 5.4% expected for 2001/02); to meet this goal, it will be important, as stressed by the authorities, to continue, and even accelerate, the reform process and increase competition in the economy.
In addition, India maintains bilateral trade agreements with several of its neighbours, including Bangladesh and Nepal; under a free-trade agreement with Sri Lanka, in effect since 1 March 2000, India grants duty-free access for over 1,000 tariff lines and a 50% margin of preference for the rest of the tariff, except for a negative list.
Despite liberalization, India’s record in attracting investment remains disappointing, with FDI accounting for some 1% of GDP; and there appears to be no significant improvement in FDI inflows since the last Review, suggesting perhaps that the policy and infrastructural environment are still constraints.
www.wto.org /english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp195_e.htm   (4925 words)

  
 2003 in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 2002 in India, other events of 2003, 2004 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
India concedes that Tibet is an integral part of China.
China agrees to recognise Sikkim's accession to India.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_in_India   (291 words)

  
 International Religious Freedom Report 2002: India
Beginning in February 2002, after an attack by Muslims on a train in Godhra that resulted in the deaths of 58 Hindus (see Section III), an estimated 2,000 Muslims were killed in rioting in Gujarat that continued throughout the period of this report.
In March 2002, the Jammu and Kashmir government demanded an apology from former VHP leader Vinay Katiyar (now Chief of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh) for his comments on the Hazratbal shrine located in the region.
The Bishop of the Evangelical Church of India, a small Protestant denomination, was refused an audience with the Chief Minister of Gujarat to discuss this case.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2002/14023.htm   (9389 words)

  
 India's nuclear forces, 2002 | thebulletin.org
India established the National Security Council in April 1999 to implement nuclear policy, but its progress in setting up a nuclear command and control system is unknown.
India has several types of aircraft that could be used to deliver nuclear weapons, but considering range, payload, and speed, the most likely are the MiG-27 and the Jaguar.
India deploys one ballistic missile, the 150-kilometer-range Prithvi I. The short-range Prithvi ("earth") is a single-stage, dual-engine, liquid-fuel, road-mobile short-range ballistic missile that began development in 1983 and was first tested in 1988.
www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=ma02norris_038   (2007 words)

  
 India
India is a longstanding parliamentary democracy with a bicameral parliament.
India was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
During the year, the government of Tamil Nadu and the Press Council of India completed an investigation into the 2001 case of police charging 12 members of the press and injuring them during a DMK rally; however, the commission's report was not released to the public.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18311.htm   (18514 words)

  
 Economic Survey 2001- 2002 :Banknet India
The investment-deposit ratio increased from 39.7 per cent as on March 22, 2002 to 41.5 per cent as on January 10, 2003.
The RBI reduced the bank rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent in October 2002.
In the current financial year (up to November 2002) advances to the priority sector as a whole registered a lower growth of 4.1 per cent as against 5.3 per cent in the corresponding period in the pervious year.
www.banknetindia.com /banking/survey2003.htm   (515 words)

  
 Amnesty International Report 2002 - Asia and the Pacific - INDIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tensions between India and Pakistan on the issue of the support to armed groups in Kashmir became a subject of international debate in the context of the bombing campaign in Afghanistan by the USA and its allies.
By the end of 2001 India had not ratified the UN Convention against Torture, which it had signed in October 1997, nor had national legislation been drafted to enable its ratification.
India: The battle against fear and discrimination - the impact of violence against women in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan (AI Index: ASA 20/016/2001)
web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/asa/india!Open   (2093 words)

  
 INDIA’S STRATEGIC LESSONS FROM 2002: An Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was in 2002 that India was brought face to face with some harsh strategic realities, whose objective consideration should prompt a re-orientation in India’s strategic thinking, formulations and attitudes.
India’s NFU has emboldened Pakistan to gain the strategic upper perch against India strategically, psychologically and in relation to reactions of the international community.
India’s War Preparedness: A factor which may have contributed to India’s ‘strategic hesitation’ in 2002 in carrying its military coercion exercise to its logical sequential conclusion may have been shortages in military equipment, spares and ammunition in critical areas, especially of Indian Army’s strike corps.
www.saag.org /papers6/paper579.html   (2546 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Asia: India
India, like Pakistan, continued to deny political rights and to restrict freedoms of expression and assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.
At this writing, the E.U. and India were preparing for a second annual summit to be held in New Delhi on November 23.
The U.S. Foreign Aid Bill for the FY 2002 instructed the United States executive director at the World Bank to vote against any water or sewage project in India that did not prohibit the use of scavenger labor.
www.hrw.org /wr2k2/asia6.html   (3695 words)

  
 INDIA 2002
India abolished export curbs on virtually all items and announced steps to boost agricultural exports to raise its share of global trade to one percent from present 0.67 percent by 2007.
India is an Agrarian economy and farm produce is abundant.
India was preparing to attack terrorist training camps in 'POK - Pakistan Occupied Kashmir' and put a stop to cross-border terrorism once for all.
www.afund.com /archives/afundindia2002.html   (12887 words)

  
 India - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
India: The state must ensure redress for the victims.
Ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan – both nuclear powers – were heightened by renewed claims by the Indian government that armed opposition groups active in Kashmir were enjoying Pakistan’s support.
AI reminded the state government of the large number of past abuses that had never been independently investigated and asked it to make public and act on findings of commissions of inquiry set up under the previous government, such as the Pandian Commission on unlawful killings in April 2000.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/Ind-summary-eng   (2186 words)

  
 2002 India Special Weapons News Reports
INDIA / PAK VOA 22 Jun 2002-- Pakistan is accusing India of torturing and murdering one of its border security guards after capturing him in an a buffer zone between the two countries.
INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 28 May 2002-- India's defense minister has dismissed pledges by Pakistan not to allow its territory to be used for terrorist attacks against Indian-administered Kashmir.
INDIA / TERRORISM VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India's Home Affairs Minister says it is up to Pakistan to take the steps needed to help defuse tensions between the two South Asian nuclear powers in the wake of last month's deadly terrorist attack on the Indian parliament.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/india/2002   (5967 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan.
India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services.
India is capitalizing on its large numbers of well-educated people skilled in the English language to become a major exporter of software services and software workers.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html   (1356 words)

  
 High Performance Computing HiPC 2002
The seventh meeting held in Bangalore, India, in 2000 had 46 contributed papers that were selected from 127 submissions from 12 countries, and additional special sessions.
The 8th HiPC Conference (HiPC 2001) held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2001, had 29 contributed papers that were selected from 108 submissions from 18 countries and approximately 220 participants attended the meeting.
Bangalore, a bustling metropolis, is the fifth largest city in India and the capital of the state of Karnataka.
www.hipc.org /hipc2002   (399 words)

  
 Seasons India :: Lakme India Fashion Week 2002
In its third consecutive year, the Lakme India Fashion Week 2002 was held from August 2nd-8th, 2002 at the Taj Palace Convention Centre in New Delhi.
Introduction: Top-notch professionals in the fashion industry came together in December 1998 to form the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), with the key objective of fostering the growth of the entire fashion industry in India and internationally.
Its support for according corporate status to the fashion business in India is paralleled by its efforts to consolidate the Indian fashion industry's position in the global marketplace.
www.seasonsindia.com /beauty/lifw_sea.htm   (436 words)

  
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India plans 6,000 MW wind power in next 10 years FRANCE: April 3, 2002 PARIS - India said yesterday it plans to produce 6,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from private investment in wind power in the next 10 years with the help of a new electricity law.
India is implementing one of the world's largest renewable energy programmes and has installed over 3,400 MW of capacity based on renewable energy, including wind, solar, biomass and small hydropower plants.
India is already the fifth largest wind power producer in the world, with over 1,500 MW of capacity, but it is looking to expand output by 6,000 MW, especially for remote villages where the costs of linking up to a grid would be too expensive.
www.indialists.org /pipermail/india-ej/2002-April.txt   (18615 words)

  
 Ensuring sustainable livelihoods (DSDS 2002, TERI, India)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
DSDS 2002 will be a forum for assimilating knowledge and directions for the benefit of the United Nations' World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002).
Several world leaders who attended DSDS 2001 were positive that DSDS 2002 would be a unique opportunity to assemble the finest minds concerned with sustainable development and protection of the planet.
DSDS 2002 thus aims to recharge the political momentum and the enthusiasm of all involved in the Rio+10 process.
www.teriin.org /dsds/dsds2002   (140 words)

  
 Fundraising India - March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Fundraising in the India lost its foremost champion with the passing away of Padma Shree Kalyan Singh Gupta.
A new fundraising initiative by Oxfam India (Chennai) is making it possible for homes and schools to contribute old morning newspapers and magazines to the agency, which in turn sells them to newspaper merchants and diverts the proceeds to pressing causes.
The conference is scheduled to be held in The Netherlands between 15 and 18 October 2002.
www.fundraising-india.org /newsletter/013   (2241 words)

  
 Map India 2002 : Recommendations
April 2002, it will be 200 years of the beginning of the GTS, one the most challenging scientific expedition ever carried out.
The government of India is planning a major celebration this year, which will include among many other things, release of a commendatory stamp.
Map India urges the government to take this opportunity to declare the year 2002 as the 'Year of the Maps'.
www.gisdevelopment.net /events/reports/2002/recom.htm   (266 words)

  
 HindustanTimes.com - Lakme India Fashion Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the Lakme India Fashion Week 2002, 53 designers from across the country will showcase one of two collections Pret-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) and diffusion (a line between ready-to-wear and couture/bridal) collections of the designers through seven days of frenzied business activity in either a Solo, 2-Designer or 3-Designer show.
Historically, India has been globally acknowledged as a country for its rich textile heritage, but fashion, as an industry, continues to be challenged with several infrastructural issues.
A combination of prêt-a-porter (ready-to-wear) and couture designed by India's 53 leading and upcoming designers, India's top models, make-up trends and exotic accessories will be on show during the event.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/lakmefashionweek/day1.shtml   (525 words)

  
 November 18, 2002: India Express   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Washington, November 18: India sent more students to study in the United States than any other country in the 2001-2002 academic year, according to a study to be released in Washington on Monday.
"We tend to forget that India is as large and developed as it is and therefore has a huge middle class that values education highly," said Alan Goodman, head of the Institute of International Education, which produced the study.
India topped the list for the first time with 66,836 students - or 11.5 per cent of all international students in the United States -- doing bachelors, or post-graduate degrees in US colleges and universities.
opendoors.iienetwork.org /?p=25101   (297 words)

  
 CNN.com - Religious violence worsens in western India - April 26, 2002
CNN's Satinder Bindra shows the victims of four days of Hindu-Muslim violence in India, as they mourn loved ones and fear for the future.
On Wednesday, India's main opposition Congress Party held a one-day hunger strike to urge the government to act in Gujarat.
Next Tuesday, the upper and lower houses of parliament are scheduled to debate a motion to censure the government for its handling of the crisis.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/25/india.violence   (566 words)

  
 IAFN Newsletter Trinity 2002: South India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the Churches the teaching is being emphasised through the proverb in the Bible: "The wise women builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down." (Proverbs 14: 1) The capabilities of women, whether bringing destruction or construction, is accepted both in the culture and religion.
In this article I would like to be more optimistic in sharing about the women who are living in the part of India called Tuticorin and Tirunelveli District.
These two districts belong to Tirunelveli Diocese in the Church of South India.
www.anglicancommunion.org /networks/iafn/newsletters/2002/trinity/southindia.html   (825 words)

  
 Fundraising India - July 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With software companies in India intensifying their assault on piracy, there may be new fundraising opportunities for the voluntary sector.
In a novel initiative to carry that dream a little closer to reality, it is conducting a series of workshops to challenge people to make a commitment to change at least one thing in their workplace, family or neighbourhood.
The climax will be the formation of a human chain along MG Road on 18 August 2002, consisting of all the volunteers who had committed themselves to making a change.
www.fundraising-india.org /newsletter/017   (2278 words)

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