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OUR NORTH AMERICA |
| Job losses maintain
a steady pace |
Khushwant
Toor writes from Toronto
ANOTHER month into the recession and Canada
has lost 61,000 more full-time jobs in March,
where as, the U.S. reported a further job loss
of 663,000 jobs in the same month. Canada's present
unemployment rate has hit 8 percent mark, where
as the U.S. takes the lead at 8.5 percent.More |
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| Politics: Cleared of
Terrorism, Canadian stranded in Khartoum |
Paul
Weinberg
THE murky post-9/11
sharing of information between western security
and intelligence agencies and Sudan's notorious
human rights-abusing regime appear to be at the
heart of a year-long marooning of Canadian citizen
Abousfian Abdelrazik at his country's embassy
in Khartoum.More |
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| G20: Next Time, Perhaps... |
Sanjay Suri
IF the draft
declaration of the G20 meeting in London is anything
to go by, the most specific outcome of this summit
is that there will be another one later in the
year. Several governments have begun to lobby
already to host the next G20, in apparent confidence
that this one is not going to take care of the
problems that the leaders are gathering to address,
if not resolve.More
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| Candle light vigil held
to mark the 90th anniversary of the Jallianwala
Bagh massacre |
Gurpreet
Singh writes from Vancouver
AT least two
progressive groups held a candle light vigil at
the Surrey’s Holland Park past Sunday to
mark the 90th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre that shaped the freedom movement in Punjab,
India. The Fraser Valley Peace Council and the
Taraksheel Sabha jointly organized the vigil that
was attended by the people of the Indian and Pakistani
origins.More |
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| ANALYSIS |
| Food
bank of SAARC can be the basis of prosperity |
Dr. S.S. Chhina
WHEN SAARC Association was established in
1989, its main objectives were establishment of
peace and making efforts for the economic development
of the region. Although India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives were its members
yet India and Pakistan were two such countries where
92 percent of the population inhabited.More |
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| Elections 2009: Democratisation
of politics, Indian style |
Manjit
Singh
IN the history of parliamentary elections
of India, for the first time it seems that there
is no discernable dominant tendency or wave, thanks
to the systematic erosion of the credibility of
both parties, Congress and BJP. Both these major
players in Indian politics, that were much sought
after by the ‘minor players’ till
recently, are now desperately looking for allies
but all in vain.More |
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| ART, MEDIA & LITERATURE |
| The melodic marvel:
Bhai Samund Singh |
| Harjap
Singh Aujla writes from New Jersey
 “SO
kyon visre meri maye” was a “Shabad
of Gurubani” being rendered on radio in
a highly emotional tone and texture by an unheard
extraordinary singer. This highly cultured voice
completely mesmerized me when I tuned in to All
India Radio Jalandhar-Amritsar some day way back
in 1952.More |
| Television journalism:
packing trivialities |
V
A Krishnan
OF late, news
reported, analysed, and judgment delivered is
becoming the order of day, as I see the Indian
news channel. The journalists who run these so-called
prime time news programmes do not even allow the
participants to express his or her point of view.
These journalists are young and energetic but
don’t mean that the visual media is used
for expressing their drawing room feelings.More |
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Anjali Waghmare sacked as Kasab’s lawyer
| NDA promises to waive off all agricultural and
small loans | Sensex regains 11K levels | Chelsea
reach semis after thrilling draw
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| Naxal attacks in Bihar, Jharkhand
ahead of polls |
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100 Naxals attacked the BSF camp in Sasaram district
of Bihar on Wednesday. The company was posted in Dhansa
forest area for polling day on Thursday. Sasaram falls
in the Naxal dominated area of Bihar. There was a gun
battle between Naxals and BSF personnel.More
Updated on April 15, 2009 at 01:00 p.m.
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- Anjali Waghmare sacked as
Kasab’s lawyerMore
- NDA promises to waive off
all agricultural and small loansMore
- Sensex regains 11K levelsMore
- Chelsea reach semis after
thrilling drawMore
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| E D I T O R I
A L |
| Exploding millions |
| SOMEWHERE
the exploding population of India has moved away
from the public radar. Neither leaders are talking,
nor are policy makers paying attention to the
rising human tide that could swallow everything.
We find no political party, no worthwhile leader
taking up the serious issue of exploding population.More |
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| FOCUS |
| Punish the guilty of massacre
of Sikhs
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 Gobind
Thukral
SOME people would credit the denial of tickets to
two Congress contenders from Delhi for the Lok Sabha
to a shoe hurled by a Sikh journalist, Jarnail Singh
at the Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram. It would
minimise the strident and justified protests by
Sikhs all over the north. This protest was backed
by many political parties including the Akali Dal
and media too supported this by highlighting the
tragic event of 1984.More |
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| Water
crisis could affect billions |
| Thalif
Deen interviews Ger Bergkamp of the World Water Council
 THE
United Nations has warned that about half the world's
population - over three billion people by today's count
- may suffer water shortages by the year 2025. If current
trends continue - including drought, rising population,
increased urbanisation, climate change, and indiscriminate
waste.More |
| Politics of notes and
votes |
|  Gobind
Thukral
INDIAN voters would elect a brand new 15th Lok Sabha
by May 17. This would be one of the biggest democratic
exercises across the world. There are 71.14 crore voters
who will visit 8.3 lakh polling stations to elect 543
members of parliament. About 21 lakh security personnel
and 61 lakh polling officials will manage what they
call free and fair elections.More |
| FEATURES |
| How humans multiply
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|  Dr.
Ernest Albert
WE all know that before 1950 AD the human population
was about 3.5 billions. Which means that it took
us millions of years to reach that figure. Is'nt
it? Come 2003 and we crossed the 6.5 billion mark.
aadmi aurat ne 1950 ke baad kitni mehnat ki.More
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| Developing
countries win big at G-20 Summit |
| Swaraj
Singh
THE developing countries won in a big way at the just
concluded G-20 summit in London. Brazilian President.
Lula De Silva emerged as the most influential leader
and China emerged as the most influential country.More |
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| Pakistan:
Save the Indus Plead Delta Folk |
| Zofeen
Ebrahim
"THERE was a time when we used to cast our nets
into the river [Indus] and haul in no less than 400
to 500 ‘palla’ fish at one go," says
70-year-old Hamzo Jat. Jat, who belongs to the small
fishing village of Tippin comprising about 900 inhabitants,
was not exaggerating.More |
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| Malaysia:
New Prime Minister should repeal internal security Act |
| MALAYSIA'S new
Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak, should follow up
on his surprise release of 13 detainees by promptly
acting to rescind the internal security law, Human Rights
Watch said.More
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
| Reservation in appointments
serve little purpose |
|  Joginder
Singh Toor
WHAT led to the insertion of sub clause 4 to Article
16 which provides equality in matters of employment
to all citizens, to any office under the State and prohibits
discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste,
sex, descent and place of birth?More |
| COMMENT |
| Political and business
nexus deprives India of billions of dollars
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|  INDIANS
have been stashing away black monies in Swiss banks
for decades. Just read the Banking Association Report
of 2006 that reveals that India topped the list of Countries
with businessmen and politicians having deposits of
US $ 1456 Billion in Swiss banks.More
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| ASEAN
Summit Fiasco, summer of discontent looms |
| Marwaan
Macan-Markar
THE dramatic scenes that unfolded at a regional
summit forcing its cancellation Apr. 11 point to a disturbing
possibility that this kingdom is heading for a long
period of turmoil - pitting the conservative political
establishment against the rage of the urban and provincial
poor.More
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| Pakistan:
State and religious jingoism |
|  PAKISTAN'S
President Asif Ali Zardari, under pressure from conservatives,
has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in the
north-western Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliban
violence. The White House voiced disappointment, saying
the decision went against U.S. goals of promoting democracy
and human rights.More |
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