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[Pseudo-Secularism] No God but (my) God: While this is by no means a contraband activity, one does wonder if the State administration's tolerance of this display of religious freedom would extend to a Hindu officer indulging in weekly Ram kathas. Even if not openly victimised, such an officer would be sidelined and derided as a bit of a 'crank.' Sangliana however, suffers no such disability; he openly sided with missionaries when the Ma Bhagavati temple in Devanahalli (Bangalore Rural) and Sri Durgamba Temple in Banaswadi (Bangalore) were demolished and churches erected in their place in 2002. In both cases, the Chief Minister and important Congress leaders supported the evangelicals. It is hardly surprising to learn, therefore, that as many as 84 Churches have sprung up in this area in just the last two years.

[sOdi సోది] Tirupati's funds for christians courtesy christian CM of andhra?: Perhaps, YSR does not consider hospitals owned and run by Hindus as worthy of this alliance. Hospitals of eminence like the Apollo Hospitals (Incidentally, the Chairman, Dr Pratap C Reddy comes from Aragonda, about 40 Kms from Tirupathi and Apollo has a hospital facility at Aragonda also), Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospitals, Sri Sai Baba\'s wonderful hospital at Puttaparthi, Mata Amritanandamayi\'s Hospital at Kochi, Narayana Hridayalaya of Bangalore, the Escorts Hospital or for that matter any super speciality hospital run by Hindus in his capital city- Hyderabad, as worthy of associating with SVIMS.

[For a Democratic Nepal] Phone Marathon II: Nepalese politician says Royal Nepalese Army committing violence ... New Kerala, India "On one side there is army and on the other there are Maoists. Right now the Maoists are not indulging in violence, but the army is conducting all violence there because the king does not want to solve the Maoist problems so that he can keep getting arms supply and become more powerful" ....

[VivekaJyoti] What every Hindu ought to do today: A Vision and Action: What was said by the Vice President in earnest sincerity, based on historical facts having documentary evidence, was ”˜laughed off’ by Ganguli as ”˜saffron gobbledy gook’””“one of the many peculiarities associated with the medieval-minded Parivar.” Ganguli feels that such comments cannot be dismissed as of little consequence because “the observation can make a laughing stock of India and Indians, reaffirming the stereotypical view of a country steeped in backwardness, mental and otherwise.” Ganguli finds an observation of the kind made by Shekhawat, with a directive to the scientists to “properly identify our ancient knowledge and make its best use” so that “India can again achieve the place of vishwaguru” as ”˜startling’. According to Ganguli, “It is as if a serious believer in the flat earth theory is found adorning a high and responsible position. Such a person does not enhance a country’s prestige.”

The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog: The New York ...: Many foreign aid agencies, including the World Food Program, are generally reluctant to work with military escorts because they fear that accepting the protection of soldiers from one side could drag them into the conflict. Only in "very rare circumstances" does the World Food Program accept military escorts, said Bettina Luescher, the spokeswoman for the program. She pointed to Darfur in Sudan, where a civil conflict rages but where the program's trucks are never accompanied by military personnel.

The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog: 09 January 2005: "The poverty impact of the tsunami will be enormous," Ifzal Ali, chief economist with the Manila-based multilateral development bank, said in a report. "Poverty is potentially the most important effect of this natural disaster."In Asia as a whole, the number of poor could increase by two million because of the disaster, the bank said, adding in Indonesia alone some one million people could be thrown into poverty by the lingering effects.In Sri Lanka, the figure is estimated at about 250,000 while in the Maldives - where about half of the country's houses were affected - more than 50 percent of the population, or 23,500 people, could fall below the poverty line. As devastating as the disaster is to the people in affected areas, Asia's resilience to external shocks will play a role in minimizing the impact the tragedy will have on the region's overall economic growth, Ali said.

Medical Tourisism could be the next big thing for India - The ...: The above quote signifies the importance of wellbeing of the citizens understanding which International Business Events propose to create a collaborative exhibition on trans-national healthcare in which the services of the Healthcare Industry of India can be experienced by the UK citizens. The exhibition will travel to UK with Indian Healthcare Industry & concerned authorities coming on board with a common interest of promoting universal healthcare. The interactive nature of the exhibit will encourage visitors to relate what they see to their own life, increase mutual understanding between our two nations, and spark a larger interest in and acceptance of diverse pre & post heath care options available in India.

ContentSutra :: General: Business Standard: Indian mobile phone users will soon be able to experience the Macromedia Flash Lite technology with Samsung and Nokia deciding to import GSM phones with this feature in six month’s time. This Macromedia application is expected to vastly improve the mobile user interface and allow the service operator to provide innovative applications and enhance the gaming experience. After its success in Japan where Flash Lite was introduced two years ago, the company is eyeing the global market and is bullish on India as it is the fastest growing mobile market and is second only to China in terms of size

ContentSutra :: Digital Cinema To Grow Faster In India: Exchange4Media.com: Of about 12,000 theatres in India, only around 200 have converted to suit the D-Cinema format. But this number is estimated to rise to 1,000 in the next one year, according to K Krishna, Senior Director - Marketing, DirecWay Enterprise Services, a platform from Broadband Service Provider Hughes Escorts Communications Limited. And the implications are not just for film producers, distributors, audiences and cinema hall owners, but for advertisers reaching out to film-going audiences as well.

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