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a Nation at two wars gets Nobel Peace Prize |
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Khushwant Toor writes from
Toronto
MANY will kill and be killed. I face the
world as it is. I am Commander in Chief of a Nation
at war, said Present Obama while praising his troops
in Iraq, Afghanistan and justifying himself while
receiving Nobel peace prize in Norway last week. In
his speech, he cited Martin Luther King and Mahatma
Gandhi. Obama praised non-violence as a tool greater
than violence. More
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| Dinner Diplomacy and
Indian Americans |
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Dr. Amrik Singh writes from
Sacramento
PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s first State dinner
in honor of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh on November 24, 2009 became a star
attraction of worldwide media. For Indo-American
community, the honor was historic as well as a
productive achievement. Indo-American partnership
in the emerging global leadership was never as
strategic as it is today.
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| Komagata Maru II |
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Gurpreet Singh writes
from Vancouver
THE recent violence in the industrial
city of Ludhiana in Punjab, India which was blamed
on the migratory labourers from the eastern part
of that country has generated anxiety among the
Indo Canadians. Two migrant labourers had
sustained bullet injuries while many were detained
by the police after a mob blocked the national
highway in protest against the police inaction to
stop continued robberies early this month.
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| Has White America rejected Obama? |
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Dr Sawraj Singh writes from Washington
 PRESIDENT
Obama has not finished his first year in office and
already his popularity has gone down, more than 50%
of the Americans do not seem to approve his
performance. It appears that a majority of white
people do not like the way he is handling his job.
Former President Jimmie Carter seems to feel that
white people are not accepting a black person as
their leader.
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Neo Cons get fuzzy over "War President" |
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Eli Clifton
U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for a
30,000-troop surge and a troop withdrawal timeline
beginning in 18 months has caught criticism from
both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. But a small
group of hawkish foreign policy experts - who have
lobbied the White House since August to escalate
U.S. involvement in Afghanistan - are christening
Obama the new "War President". More
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| ANALYSIS |
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Growth mania?
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Vinod Anand
ECONOMIC growth is defined as the steady
process of increasing productive capacity of the
economy, and hence of increasing national income. In
other words, economic growth is the overtime change
in national income. And once this overtime change is
divided by the national income, it gives the rate of
economic growth. Beyond that is the equilibrium rate
of economic growth that is the rate at which
investment equals savings. More |
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| The powerful cheats of Pakistan |
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THE government banks and private financial
institutions waived loans worth Rs60 billion
during the 8 year from 1999 to 2007.
Those who got their loans written off include
politicians, bureaucrats, former military
officials and various business groups. The finical
institutions which got their loans written off
include National Bank, Pak-Kuwait Investment, IDBP,
Pak-Oman Investment, Agricultural Development
Bank. More
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| Mahatma Gandhi on music |
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Satya Narayana Sahu
EVEN as Mahatma Gandhi had elementary knowledge
of music he had extraordinary love for it and
brilliantly expounded its far reaching
significance for individual, social and national
life. While explaining its abiding place in the
realm of spirituality and religion he passionately
wrote about its therapeutic value in overcoming
anger and ensuring peace and tranquility of mind. More
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Telangana: Chidambaram calls Andhra parties' meet
| Pak continues to ignore India plea for IC-814
hijackers | Look Ahead: Punjab's industrial sector
to get a new boost in coming two years | Airtel
eyes Warid Telecom in B'desh; close to deal |
Bolton sack boss Gary Megson
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| Telangana: Chidambaram calls
Andhra parties' meet |
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Minister P Chidambaram has invited 'recognised' parties
in Andhra Pradesh - eight in all - for a discussion
to resolve the ongoing Telangana imbroglio. The meeting
is scheduled for January 5 and will be held in New Delhi.
"The Centre's initiative is just the first step,"
senior Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader B Vinod
told NDTV, reacting to the invitation. "It is the
agenda that will be most important," he added.
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Updated on December 31, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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- Pak continues to ignore India
plea for IC-814 hijackers More
- Punjab's industrial sector
to get a new boost in coming two years More
- Airtel eyes Warid Telecom
in B'desh; close to deal More
- Bolton sack boss Gary Megson
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| Rising farm debt in Punjab |
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 FARMERS in India have been trapped in debt for
ages. Farmers were said to be born under debt and
they bequeathed only debt to next generations.
Earlier these were money lenders who behaved like
sharks, sucked the blood of peasantry, leaving
them to nurse their wounds and lead a life of
misery. Relief came in dozes. Now after
independence and thanks to Green Revolution that
pushed into commercial mode the debt has continued
to rise as never before.
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Who will fix this rot?
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 Gobind Thukral
INSURGENCY is spiraling across India. Its
shadow spreads across 180 of some 600 odd districts
of the country. This is one fourth of India. Here
the poorest of the poor live whom the civilised
people call these original inhabitants as adivasis
or tribals. This is also the richest area of India,
not only because of mineral wealth but due to its
large forest wealth and rich water resources. More |
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Worrying climate change
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Gobind Thukral
 IT has been firmly established by science that
climate change, global warming largely due to
industrial activity is posing a real threat to
existence of all life on our planet. Studies after
studies show how glaciers are melting, seas
warming up and weather getting knocks. World
leaders - presidents and prime ministers and the
scientists from across 150 countries have been
meeting often to find ways to face the global
warming challenge. More
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Pakistan: The final showdown
between West and Islam?
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Dr Sawraj Singh writes from Washington
IT is becoming clear that Pakistan is becoming
the arena for the final and decisive showdown between
West and Islam. American leaders are also admitting that
Pakistan is now the main seat for the war against
terrorism and the war in Afghanistan is also primarily
based in Pakistan. Why is Pakistan so important for
West’s struggle against Islamic fundamentalism? The
major cause for this is that Pakistan, Afghanistan and
the Indian subcontinent have the largest Muslim
population in the world. More
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Kingdom of a single religion and many mysteries
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Bal Anand
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the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia blessed by Almighty Allah
with 25% of planet's known reserves of oil, not to be in
the news is the best news! But when a country is so
fabulously rich and so sparsely populated is also the
land of the Two Holiest Mosques of Islam hosting the
largest annual congregation of the Muslim pilgrims from
all over the world, friendly and envious international
attention is impossible to be avoided. More
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Where do the Sikhs position the Akal Takht
Jathedar?
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 Jagpal Singh Tiwana
JATHEDAR Joginder Singh Vedanti resigned from his
position as Jathedar of Akal Takht on August 5,
2008. According to Jathedar Vedanti, he was forced
to quit by Akali Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal's men who are running Shiromani Gurdwara
Prabandhak Committee. The un-ceremonial
exit of the Jathedar Vedanti has upset many Sikh
bodies and organizations since the position is
held in high esteem by Sikhs all over the world. More
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Threatening levels of Chemicals in
Punjab
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 INDIAN Medical Association (IMA) and the medical
fraternity has voiced concern over the discovery
of high levels of nitrate contamination of
drinking water based on a Greenpeace study. The
study, ‘Chemical fertilisers in our Water’1,
conducted in farms across Muktsar, Bathinda and
Ludhiana showed that most wells were contaminated
with nitrates, and 20 percent of all sampled wells
had nitrate levels above the safety limit of 50 mg
per litre as established by the World Health
Organisation (WHO). More
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Ludhiana: A gory theatre of BJP and Congress
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Dr Amrik
Singh writes from Sacramento
LUDHIANA violence on the eve of 17th anniversary of
Babri Masjid’s demolition and 53rd Death anniversary of
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar portends dangerous signals for Punjab.
Nothing happens in Punjab that has not a history to it.
The state has been a theatre of manipulative politics,
intricate designs and provocative rationalities since
ancient times. In the last hundred years, it remained a
target of a colonial milieu, vivisection, and
diversionary techniques. The name of one such policy was
“the Great Game” of 1885 that the British had designed
to provoke sectarian identities to dissipate
anti-colonial venom from the hearts of Punjabis. More
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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Population freeze in North
America
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Joginder Singh Toor
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countries rather some continents are facing a
severe problem of population freeze. These include
North America, Canada, Europe and Australia.
Canada intends a new legislation to help all young
self-employed persons who are working hard to
establish their careers but are putting off their
raising their families until they are on a sound
economic footing and a developed track. More
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| COMMENT |
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Raising stakes in Afghanistan
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 SPEAKING on December 1 this year at the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, President Obama
announced the new U.S. strategy for the war in
Afghanistan. "As Commander-in-Chief, I have
determined that it is in our vital national interest
to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to
Afghanistan," the President said, bringing the total
U.S. commitment to 100,000. More
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Badal & his generous men!
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 PUNJAB
is nearly broke. Its governance is in a shambles. The
family rule by Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal gives
new twists to development strategy each passing day. As
farmers groan under heavy debt, Rs 30,397 crore last
year, the empty coffers steer the government, but there
is no stoppage to the royal style profligacy. More
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