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'Social Cause' Newsletter Issue dated August 16-31, 2010

News - Is India marching ahead?
Nalanda, the oldest university in the world is set to come up again after 800 years
Jaipur's Jantar Mantar is now World Heritage Site
On way, India's first scientific expedition to South Pole
Gujarat gets its first Sanskrit daily
Prasanna Sree of Andhra University designs scripts for 10 Adivasi languages
Indian engineer designs matchbox-sized inverter
Hyderabad hosts world's biggest mathematical event
Indian Maths influenced West, says Prof. Kim Plofker of USA
After Bihar, rice husk power to light up TN, Bengal villages
Students pull down black flag hoisted by Reds in Gaya
Villagers rally against Maoists in WB
Kerala's Muslim girls crave to come out of burqa
Rs.1,011 cr project to keep tab on foreigners entering India
India to induct 32 warships in 10 years

News - Matters of concern
India at 78th spot on Newsweek's best country list
One-third of India's food reserves left to rot
'Many Indian billionaires have made money from proximity to govt.'
200 women branded witches, killed every year in India
West Bengal tops teen mother list
80% Indian women migrants to Gulf take illegal route
Eight RTI activists killed in seven months
CVC x-rays 16 Commonwealth games projects, detects brazen corruption
Forces short of 14,000 officers, says Antony
India has the dubious distinction of world's biggest arms importer
Army suffers as govt delays big gun buy
Our soldiers being fed substandard food: CAG
Maoist attacks cost railways Rs.1,000 cr.
New Kerala outfit on terror radar
Will overcome Maoist problem in 3 years: Chidambaram
Rivers silting ties among southern states
Why shouldn't an MP be paid a decent salary?
EVM expert arrested for 'theft'

News - Environment watch
AP Govt to plant 30 crore saplings during this monsoon season
Divine intervention saves golden mahseer fish
India to launch dedicated forest satellite in 2013
Projects eat into forest land
JDS demands withholding of assent to Karnataka cow slaughter bill
Banned in 52 countries, asbestos is India's next big killer
Environmental losses lead to devastation in Leh
Wildlife gain must not be squandered
Oil spill off Mumbai coast: Anti-pollution operation on
Vicious snake charmers bite into big buck biz
Hen changes colours; experts look for fowl play
China trains foxes to hunt rats
Good idea to revive Cheetah, but will it work?
Rajaji National Park animals don't enjoy this sound & light show
25,000 crore to tackle climate change: Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh on UNSC panel on climate change
Greenpeace for unlimited compensation in nuclear bill

News - Law and Judiciary watch
RTI applicable to Union govt. offices in J&K: Delhi HC
Lok Sabha passes bill to amend Cr.P.C. on provision of arrest
Cabinet okays Bill to raise retirement age of HC judges to 65
NHRC chairperson against abolishing death penalty
When Tendulkar can attend camp why not all sportspersons: HC
Don't do paternity test routinely: SC
No legal obligations under live-in relations, says Delhi HC
Review Petition filed against SC order allowing TN to provide 69% quota
Hospital can't be prosecuted for medial negligence: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court declines to hear PIL on Commonwealth Games projects
SC spikes pesticide firms' defamation suit against NGO
Enemy property Bill only for the rich?
Govt has the right to determine use of land it acquired: SC

News - Foreign affairs watch
Indians account for a third of US work visa takers
Citing India, China, Obama promotes 'Made in America'
India may drag US to WTO for H1-B visa fee
Under RTI-type rule, India asks US why defame on child labour
Swiss banks list out four conditions for sharing info
Japan apologizes to South Korea for decades of colonial rule
Moscow to ban late night sales of spirits
British city council bans mini skirts at work
Britain to ease nuclear trade with India
Britain backs India's bid for seat in UN Security Council
I won't apologise for Pakistan terror remark: UK PM David Cameron
'Pakistan has more nukes and fissilematerials than India'
Bangladesh SC bans religious parties, upholds secularism
Bangladesh proposes Pakistan-India-Bangladesh rail link revival
Malaysia scraps visa on arrival for Indians
400 Indian nurses face deportation from Australia
Burqa ban in Australian court stirs debate
India to open two new Consulate-General offices in Jaffna, Hambantota
China deploys CSS-5 missiles on India border
China building new nuke delivery system: US
China, world's No.2 economy, says still a developing nation
India's rising clout worries China as it builds military might: US report

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