SAARC agriculture vision document on the anvil
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
The South Asian agriculture ministers are slated to meet in Delhi early next month to discuss the problems facing the region's farm sector and farmer.
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Cabinet nod for biotech institute at Faridabad
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... 2010. It is being set up here following an inter-governmental agreement signed during the 14th SAARC summit in April last year. The jurisdiction of the university will extend to the entire country as also campuses and centres in other parts of the SAARC region. Trade Marks Bill The Cabinet also approved certain modifications to the Trade marks (Amendment) Bill following the...
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Cabinet clears South Asian University Bill
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Cabinet clears South Asian University Bill Anita Joshua External Affairs Ministry will give around Rs.75 crore for land NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of the South Asian University (SAU) Bill in the “current” session of Parliament. The creation of the university was first mooted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the 13th summit of the South Asian Association...
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South Asia all set to operate its food bank
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
As per the directives of the 15th summit in Colombo in August, this year, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has done the last critical mile in terms of putting the region's food bank scheme into operation. The idea of a SAARC Food Security Reserve was first conceived way back in 1987 with a reserve of 2,41,580 tonne of wheat and rice, but the scheme could...
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No plans to revive flights to Pakistan: Air India
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
... long detours for their flights to the West and the East respectively. Days ahead of Islamabad SAARC Summit, the erstwhile Indian Airlines started its New Delhi-Lahore service on January 4, 2004. Under the existing bilateral agreement, 12 flights can be operated by designated carriers of both countries every week. The Air India flights to Lahore were stopped in March due to commercial...
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Tamil Nadu ferment stuns Rajapaksa but war will go on
India eNews (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... government contemptuously dismissed the LTTE's unilateral announcement of a ceasefire ahead of the SAARC summit in Colombo Aug 1-3.Only the naive can expect him to take a U-turn now when he thinks, rightly or wrongly, that his moment of glory is around the corner.The military's ability to clear the eastern province of the LTTE and kill some of its key leaders besides putting the guerrillas...
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