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1. India Signs Loan Agreement with Asian Development Bank for $50 Million Loan To Boost Power Generation Capacity in Assam .
2. Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015 Notified; Foreign Equity Investment Cap of 49 Per Cent Applicable to All Indian Insurance Companies; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Proposals up to 26 Per Cent of the Total Paid-Up Equity of the Indian Insurance Company Allowed on the Automatic Route, and FDI Proposals which take the Total Foreign Investment Above 26 Per Cent and up to the Cap of 49 Per Cent Shall Require FIPB Approval.
3. The Delhi Police recovered two boxes full of confidential papers on petrol, coal and

[Ed] A thoughtful Obama

If taken at face value, President Barack Obama’s closing address to the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism could signal a repositioning of the official White House line on the war against global terrorism. The President’s speech was a carefully calibrated response to the recent wave of attacks by militants from the Islamic State (IS) in those countries that are part of the U.S.-led war in Syria and Iraq. Rather than the shrill notes of threat and retribution that usually attend U.S. policy rhetoric on the global war on terror, what the

[Ed] Dealing with broken marriages

Shelving the decision to allow an amendment of the marriage laws to include ‘irretrievable breakdown’ as an additional ground for seeking divorce will be a regrettable step. This progressive amendment, conceived mainly on the recommendation of the Law Commission and on the strength of suggestions from the Supreme Court in a number of cases based on the experience of administering divorce laws, would help expedite what has always been a difficult and

The Hindu News - 21 Feb 2015

China protests PM’s Arunachal visit
China on Friday expressed its “diametrical opposition” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China had lodged “strong representation with India,” that it was “not conducive to properly resolving and controlling disputes between the two sides, nor in conformity with the general situation of growth of