Archive for the 'Current Events' Category

Captive engineer back from Afghanistan

Posted in Current Events on May 26th, 2008 and

An engineer that has been hold captive in Afghanistan returned to India after 26 days. They were challenged to live in a forest, eating nothing but dried chapatis and drinking little water, as well as walking from village to village as captives. Family and friends of Naeem Sarang, the captive, have visited him since his return.

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India tribe death toll increases

Posted in Current Events on May 26th, 2008 and

This article is about how India doesn’t treat its tribes in Rajasthan. The problem is that the tribe, the Gujjars, want the right to be involved in “affirmative action quotas”. Many security people are being send to the region to keep the violence under control.

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YouTube India Goes Live!

Posted in Current Events on May 12th, 2008 and

Youtube for India was launched on May 7th, 2008. The url is www.youtube.co.in. People in India suspect that this is just the beginning of a great relationship that Google/Youtube will have with India’s other companies. YouTube India is supposed to bring a lot of traditional entertainment onto video for the rest of the world to watch.

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India’s Vegetarianism Started With the Joy of Pure Food

Posted in Current Events on May 11th, 2008 and

This article is about how India’s diet mainly consists of vegetables. It talks about the history of how Indians moved away from meat and based their diets on vegetables. To read more about this, click here.

India to help global food crisis

Posted in Current Events on May 5th, 2008 and

India has been accused for being one of the big countries that caused the rise in food prices. Economists in India now say that they can bring down the food price in India and the world because of good resources to farm. Reasons for the rise of the price of food are the overpopulation problem and the diet of the Indians.

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Two-Faced Miracle Baby

Posted in Current Events on April 15th, 2008 and

This is an article about a baby born a month ago with two faces. The villagers believe that this baby is a reincarnation of a Hindu goddess. The baby, Lali, is completely healthy and can use her mouths and noses like all the other kids. People consider her blessed.

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Food Crisis in India

Posted in Current Events on April 14th, 2008 and

India and the world is running out of food to supply the world with. New Delhi isn’t showing it’s concern to the country because of other news and the cricket-fever.

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