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Ministers condemn Siberian calls for ban on Hindu holy book as Hare Krishna followers protest outside Russian consulate... Delete the scoop?
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The government of India’s decision to roll back legislation that would allow FDI in multi-brand retail is ill-advised. However, in the grand scheme of things it is but a hiatus that at worst merely derails the momentum of reforms. Delete the scoop?
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The goal is to leave behind an Afghan government strong enough to escape the fate of its Soviet-era predecessor, which collapsed in 1992 in a civil war. Delete the scoop?
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The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state proposes the division of the populous and politically influential state into four parts. Delete the scoop?
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Two young Indians see what it is like to live on 32 rupees, or 65 US cents, a day - the Indian Planning Commission's recently recommended poverty line. Delete the scoop?
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The presidents of Vietnam and Myanmar visit New Delhi to strengthen cooperation with India. Kenya launches military operations against al-Shabab in Somalia following the kidnapping of aid workers. The US sends advisors to help fight the Lord's Resistance Army, and a recent poll reveals the Afghan population's perception of the situation in its country. All this in today's security briefing. Delete the scoop?
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Tensions are rising between the two giant Asian neighbours in what looks increasingly like a new great game - with the US and other powers upping their stakes, says the BBC's Andrew North. Delete the scoop?
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India asks social networking sites and internet companies to screen and remove content that is defamatory to religious and political leaders. Delete the scoop?
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Team Anna’s anti-corruption drive is more likely to reinforce an anti-Congress sentiment among the people of India than an anti-corruption stance Delete the scoop?
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I saw the Indian hit movie 3 Idiots recently in an unusual location: a cineplex in Hong Kong. Very rarely do Bollywood flicks make the city's commercial circuit — the conventional wisdom holds... Delete the scoop?
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There are plenty of reasons why China and India won't go to war. The two Asian giants hope to reach $100 billion in annual bilateral trade by 2015. Peace and stability are watchwords for both nations' rise on the world stage. Delete the scoop?
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"How many Ramayanas? Three hundred? Three thousand? At the end of some Ramayanas, a question is sometimes asked: How many Ramayanas have there been?" wondered the late poet and scholar AK Ramanujan of the Indian epic in a compelling essay he wrote for a University of Pittsburgh conference in 1987. Delete the scoop?
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