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Saturday, March 13, 2010

India and Russia sign defence deal

NEW DELHI: India agreed to pay $2.33 billion more for the upgrade of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, re-christened INS Vikramaditya, and signed a $1.5 billion contract to buy 29 MiG-29K naval fighter jets.The two deals were signed by the Ministry of Defence and Russian officials accompanying Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in New...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Government confident women's bill will clear Lok Sabha

A day after the historic bill to reserve one-third of all legislative seats in India for women was cleared by the Rajya Sabha, the government's flagship legislation Wednesday continued to disrupt the Lok Sabha where ministers said it would be passed by March 16. After smelling the first victory in the upper house over the Women's Reservation Bill,...
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