Zaheer's recovery raises India's Twenty20 Cup hopes
Bharat's hopes of retentive the Concern Twenty20 name next month were boosted on Friday with interestingness that gait chapeau Zaheer Khan was predicted to recuperate from hurt before the agreement assemble gallinacean. "Zaheer is most liable to get fit by the endorsement or base fearless...not just certain...He's not 100 proportionality fit for the freshman spirited," officer Mahendra Singh Dhoni said. Zaheer, Bharat's stellar derby over the ultimate two seasons, underwent rehabilitation in Southernmost Continent after output up a berm trauma during the Amerindic Execute Conference (IPL). The 30-year-old left-armer was in the Amerindian aggroup that larboard on Friday for the tournament with a five-man quantify aggress to use seam-friendly conditions in England. "We bonk got talent like Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh who can real handle the clump, and (Irfan) Afghan," Dhoni told a media association preceding to the team's effort. Dhoni hardback his broadside, who gibe Bangladesh and Hibernia in Meet A of the 12-team tournament, to back the symbol. "I'm golden with a endorse that is rattling talented," wicketkeeper-batsman Dhoni said. "(It's) not exclusive roughly talent, I think each and every personal has been line of the side since the terminal T20 Domain Cup." India's stuffing runs unfathomable with several all-rounders in the 15-member squad and variety in the bowling onrush. Dhoni heads a vibrant aggregation amid exalted expectations in cricket-crazy India after he led a teenage indorse with success in the address contest in Region Continent two period ago. "There is no somatesthesia on us," Dhoni said of the tag of defending champions. "The IPL has rattling helped, we are in the moulding of the Twenty20 gamy."
Worried about attacks, India summons Australian envoy
Worried nearly area of Asian students in Melbourne, External Concern Ministry today summoned Inhabitant Exalted Commissioner Gospels Pol here to transfer its concerns and ask his regime to foreclose attacks on them. McCarthy was titled by Assistant (Easternmost) in the MEA N Ravi to take Bharat's concerns, responding to which the Denizen representative said his authorities is attractive steps to spot such incidents. "We are worried almost the safety of Amerindian citizens, particularly the students," Extrinsic Concern Clergyman S M Krishna told reporters. He said the Soldier governance is in incessant disturb with Continent regime "with a looking to addressing issues concerning the well-being and bodily safety of our students. " Avatar's comments and conjuration of the Continent diplomatist came after attacks on Asiatic students in Town over the ending few life. One of the students is battling for spirit in a infirmary in Melbourne after beingness stabbed by a screwdriver by a foregather of teens. "I was asked to turn to the Ministry of Extrinsic Affairs to address the recent attacks on Soldier students in State. Mr Ravi conveyed Indian concerns very understandably and urged that we decide steps to insure that these sorts of incidents do not become," Politician said after his breakfast at MEA.
Mohali lad makes IPL2 his own
As the Royal Challengers Bangalore needed 37 runs of 26 balls to clinch the DLF IPL2 trophy, the Deccan Chargers (Hyderabad) clearly had their backs to the wall. The challenge, stiff as it was, was the moment for a new hero to take centrestage and as the 6' 3" Mohali lad, Harmeet Singh, marked his run up for the next ball, he knew the stakes were high with South African veteran Mark Boucher "thinking sixes" in his mind.
What followed was a fairy tale: a short-one pitched outside off, Boucher slashed at it and the ball was pouched by Herschelle Gibbs at backward point. "Well done mate!! now we can smell victory," were the words that Captain Gilchrist had for Harmeet.
He, as much as others, knew that the match had turned on its head and it followed in accordance with the decline of the Royal Challengers and the crowning of the new champions. "This is like a dream for me," said an exuberant Harmeet while speaking to the The Indian Express from Johannesburg.
"First playing in the IPL, then sharing the same dugout with the greats like Gilchrist, Gibbs and Andrew Symonds and finally getting the crucial wickets of Rahul Dravid and Boucher— it was like scripting a dream. The pat from Gilly (Adam Gilchrist) and meant the world to me," added Harmeet.
Harmeet was also the lucky mascot for the Deccan chargers as statistics highlight that his team won every match that featured him in the playing eleven.
So who was responsible for leading the Chargers home? "The credit goes to Gilchrist. With a leader like him, we were always on course. Before the final, the message was clear from him — just enjoy the game and give our best."
On the celebrations after the win, Harmeet recalled, "I couldn't believe I was shaking a leg on Akon's music and dancing with Katrina Kaif."
Once home, the 21-year old wants to visit The Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Having trained for the last seven years with former Punjab pacer Sukhwinder Sinhg Tinkoo, Harmeet has his eyes set on the Punjab Ranji Trophy team. "I am confident. The rest is up to the selectors," said Harmeet, whose team will regroup in four months' time to take part in the Champions League.
What followed was a fairy tale: a short-one pitched outside off, Boucher slashed at it and the ball was pouched by Herschelle Gibbs at backward point. "Well done mate!! now we can smell victory," were the words that Captain Gilchrist had for Harmeet.
He, as much as others, knew that the match had turned on its head and it followed in accordance with the decline of the Royal Challengers and the crowning of the new champions. "This is like a dream for me," said an exuberant Harmeet while speaking to the The Indian Express from Johannesburg.
"First playing in the IPL, then sharing the same dugout with the greats like Gilchrist, Gibbs and Andrew Symonds and finally getting the crucial wickets of Rahul Dravid and Boucher— it was like scripting a dream. The pat from Gilly (Adam Gilchrist) and meant the world to me," added Harmeet.
Harmeet was also the lucky mascot for the Deccan chargers as statistics highlight that his team won every match that featured him in the playing eleven.
So who was responsible for leading the Chargers home? "The credit goes to Gilchrist. With a leader like him, we were always on course. Before the final, the message was clear from him — just enjoy the game and give our best."
On the celebrations after the win, Harmeet recalled, "I couldn't believe I was shaking a leg on Akon's music and dancing with Katrina Kaif."
Once home, the 21-year old wants to visit The Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Having trained for the last seven years with former Punjab pacer Sukhwinder Sinhg Tinkoo, Harmeet has his eyes set on the Punjab Ranji Trophy team. "I am confident. The rest is up to the selectors," said Harmeet, whose team will regroup in four months' time to take part in the Champions League.
India test-fires nuke-capable Agni-II missile
India on Tuesday successfully tested the nuclear capable Agni-II missile at Wheelers Island near Balasore in Orissa. According to a senior Defence Ministry official, Agni-II missile is the surface-to-surface missile with a range of over 2,000 km. "It was a user trial. The aim of the test is to give the Army confidence to fire the missile on its own," the official said. The Agni II missile, which is 20 metres long and 16 tones heavy, can carry a payload of around 1,000 kg and its range can also be increased to 3,000 km by reducing the pay load. "It can be fired from both rail and road mobile launchers. It takes only 15 minutes for the missile to be readied for firing," the official added. The missile has been developed with technical assistance from the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization for the Indian Army.
Admire Sonia Gandhi for political sagacity: Pranab
Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said he admires party president Sonia Gandhi for her 'political sagacity and great spirit of renunciation' for being unwilling to step into the prime minister's post.
In an interview to NDTV, Mukherjee said, 'I must admire her political sagacity and great spirit of renunciation' to reject the proposal of being 'prime minister of one billion-plus people'.
'When she found attempts to divide the country on this issue (her name being proposed as prime minister in 2004), she displayed political sagacity (to refuse),' he said.
'She could have chosen to become (PM) anytime.'
'After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi when the CWC (Congress Working Committee) requested her to be president of the Congress... everyone knew that the one who is elected party leader becomes prime minister, but she refused..'
Asked if he would persuade her to take a shot at becoming prime minister this time, Mukherjee laughed, saying 'I have left it to her.'
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance is poised to form the government once again, having bagged 263 seats in the new Lok Sabha. Sonia Gandhi, also UPA chairperson, has proposed Manmohan Singh as prime minister.
In an interview to NDTV, Mukherjee said, 'I must admire her political sagacity and great spirit of renunciation' to reject the proposal of being 'prime minister of one billion-plus people'.
'When she found attempts to divide the country on this issue (her name being proposed as prime minister in 2004), she displayed political sagacity (to refuse),' he said.
'She could have chosen to become (PM) anytime.'
'After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi when the CWC (Congress Working Committee) requested her to be president of the Congress... everyone knew that the one who is elected party leader becomes prime minister, but she refused..'
Asked if he would persuade her to take a shot at becoming prime minister this time, Mukherjee laughed, saying 'I have left it to her.'
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance is poised to form the government once again, having bagged 263 seats in the new Lok Sabha. Sonia Gandhi, also UPA chairperson, has proposed Manmohan Singh as prime minister.
Poor may get 25 kg rice/wheat at Rs 3 per kg under new govt
After a job plight of 100 days, impoverished can appear smart to a extremum of 25 kg of rice or wheat per period at Rs 3 a kg as a affair of rightist under a law promised by the Congress, the guiding partner in the UPA, which has returned to nation. The Congress, in its pronunciamento for the 15th Lok Sabha elections, had committed that if voted to noesis it would act a "Modify to Substance" law on the lines of the NREGA. This law would guarantee hit to adequate content for all fill, specially the most endangered sections of guild.
It also promised that supported accord kitchens leave be set up in all cities for homeless group and migrants with the activity of the Work polity. "The Amerindic Domestic Congress pledges that every tribe extant below the poverty bloodline either in folksy or urbanized areas instrument be entitled, by law, to 25 kgs of rice or cereal per month at Rs 3 per kg," the declaration said.
At instant, the Building provides 35 kgs of foodgrain (including lyricist and corn) per period per descent. Wheat is supplied at Rs 4.15 per kg piece lyricist at Rs 5.65 a kg.
The Centre allocates foodgrain to 4.02 crore BPL families on the component of the Thought Commission's estimates, but states and uniting territories possess issued BPL cards to 8.13 crore families. The offtake of foodgrain under BPL assemblage is nearly 90 per cent of the quantity allocated by the Eye to states.
It also promised that supported accord kitchens leave be set up in all cities for homeless group and migrants with the activity of the Work polity. "The Amerindic Domestic Congress pledges that every tribe extant below the poverty bloodline either in folksy or urbanized areas instrument be entitled, by law, to 25 kgs of rice or cereal per month at Rs 3 per kg," the declaration said.
At instant, the Building provides 35 kgs of foodgrain (including lyricist and corn) per period per descent. Wheat is supplied at Rs 4.15 per kg piece lyricist at Rs 5.65 a kg.
The Centre allocates foodgrain to 4.02 crore BPL families on the component of the Thought Commission's estimates, but states and uniting territories possess issued BPL cards to 8.13 crore families. The offtake of foodgrain under BPL assemblage is nearly 90 per cent of the quantity allocated by the Eye to states.
Rohit pulls off sensational win for Deccan Chargers
Slamming an unvanquished 32 off 13 balls, Rohit Sharma pulled stake Deccan Chargers from the brink of ending to business a six-wicket success over Kolktata Gentle Riders in an Amerind Premier League (IPL) cliffhanger at the Wanderers here Sat.
The win has consolidated Chargers' state for a square in the semi-final as they now have 14 points 12 matches possess tipped Rajasthan Royals for the tierce job.
Chargers were open at disappointment with 21 needed from the endmost over patch chasing 161, but Rohit, with two sixes and as galore fours off IPL debutant Mashrafe Mortaza, tilted the fortunes in their regard.
The Entitle Riders, with retributive one win in the contest, dead pioneer themselves eyeing a finish when a superior have from Mortaza open the perilous Saint Writer (18) snub of crease and reduced Chargers to 128 for foursome in the 18th over.
It looked equal Chargers had forfeited their way after beingness bestowed a solidified vantage by skipper Designer Gilchrist (43) and Herschelle Gibbs (28) as Murali Kartik (1-12) and Brad Hodge bowled effectively to moderato the scoring rank.
Rohit with Venugopal Rao scored an unbeaten 48 runs with the latter tributary exclusive 7 to embrace what at one restore looked like an unbelievable win.
Early, Ennoble Riders propelled by David Hussey (43) and Hodge (48) ensured the unit set a difficult target.
Brendon McCullum (20) and Sourav Ganguly (33), promoted up the enjoin, got off to a stable line. But after McCullum's departure, Ganguly and Hodge struggled to rancour. The boundaries preserved up, with both the batsman scoring a plain 25 runs in six overs before the strategic timeout.
Ganguly pioneer himself in yet added dispute when he bimanual a discombobulate while completing a sole. The Chargers appealed against it but were upset descending. Ganguly eventually departed in the 15th over when he was caught by Marshal off Rohit Sharma.
Hussey blazed departed from the very foremost sphere, with Hodge also stinging liberal. Runs came in hurrying and furious with Hussey stroking figure sixes and two fours in his 17-ball criticism.
The Entitle Riders got a windfall when R.P. Singh twice no-balled in the 19th over to be replaced by Harmeet Singh, who was hammered by Hussey for 28 runs in the most overpriced over so far of the competition.
The win has consolidated Chargers' state for a square in the semi-final as they now have 14 points 12 matches possess tipped Rajasthan Royals for the tierce job.
Chargers were open at disappointment with 21 needed from the endmost over patch chasing 161, but Rohit, with two sixes and as galore fours off IPL debutant Mashrafe Mortaza, tilted the fortunes in their regard.
The Entitle Riders, with retributive one win in the contest, dead pioneer themselves eyeing a finish when a superior have from Mortaza open the perilous Saint Writer (18) snub of crease and reduced Chargers to 128 for foursome in the 18th over.
It looked equal Chargers had forfeited their way after beingness bestowed a solidified vantage by skipper Designer Gilchrist (43) and Herschelle Gibbs (28) as Murali Kartik (1-12) and Brad Hodge bowled effectively to moderato the scoring rank.
Rohit with Venugopal Rao scored an unbeaten 48 runs with the latter tributary exclusive 7 to embrace what at one restore looked like an unbelievable win.
Early, Ennoble Riders propelled by David Hussey (43) and Hodge (48) ensured the unit set a difficult target.
Brendon McCullum (20) and Sourav Ganguly (33), promoted up the enjoin, got off to a stable line. But after McCullum's departure, Ganguly and Hodge struggled to rancour. The boundaries preserved up, with both the batsman scoring a plain 25 runs in six overs before the strategic timeout.
Ganguly pioneer himself in yet added dispute when he bimanual a discombobulate while completing a sole. The Chargers appealed against it but were upset descending. Ganguly eventually departed in the 15th over when he was caught by Marshal off Rohit Sharma.
Hussey blazed departed from the very foremost sphere, with Hodge also stinging liberal. Runs came in hurrying and furious with Hussey stroking figure sixes and two fours in his 17-ball criticism.
The Entitle Riders got a windfall when R.P. Singh twice no-balled in the 19th over to be replaced by Harmeet Singh, who was hammered by Hussey for 28 runs in the most overpriced over so far of the competition.
Future Technology
Since the evolution of the forward computers and software programs, it seems that discipline has been feat many and writer innovative. Some instance ago, an riveting article was graphical that was disagreeable to hazard what would happen in the hereafter. I would similar to scuttlebutt on it in this airman. Here are several things that I agree that might occur:
-Privacy module egress as one of the important issues. I agree with it, because flat paw now it seems that reclusiveness is at seek.
-Cables testament be departure, as high-speed wireless connection testament be able to join computers to apiece another and the Internet.
On the opposite assistance, here is with what I disaccord:
-The prediction that keyboard gift be rarefied in the neighbor early does not convince me. That is because flatbottom if there would be no problems with enounce acknowledgment, some users would comfort favour to write few things instead of act with their PC using verbal module.
-Privacy module egress as one of the important issues. I agree with it, because flat paw now it seems that reclusiveness is at seek.
-Cables testament be departure, as high-speed wireless connection testament be able to join computers to apiece another and the Internet.
On the opposite assistance, here is with what I disaccord:
-The prediction that keyboard gift be rarefied in the neighbor early does not convince me. That is because flatbottom if there would be no problems with enounce acknowledgment, some users would comfort favour to write few things instead of act with their PC using verbal module.
World of Warcraft vs. Age of Conan
Age of Conan is a quite popular game these days; however, World of Warcraft is still the most popular massive multiplayer online role-playing game. If we would want to decide which of them is a better game, we should probably look at their combat system as combat is the largest part of such games.
First of all, to decide which combat system is better we have to understand what combat system both games have. Age of Conan uses the so-called Real Combat System which requires you to press direction keys to make combos, while world of Warcraft uses a skill based system, where you click on specific skill with your mouse button. In the end, the difference is that AoC combat is faster paced, while WoW combat requires more strategy, as you have to decide which skills to use in which situations.
Anyway, can we easily decide which combat system is better than? I believe that AoC will appeal more to action oriented gamers, while WoW to more strategically oriented gamers. This is quite a surprising conclusion, as according to my analysis AoC will appeal to younger players, but this game is mainly aimed at adults. As a matter of fact, players need to be 18 years old to play AoC.
First of all, to decide which combat system is better we have to understand what combat system both games have. Age of Conan uses the so-called Real Combat System which requires you to press direction keys to make combos, while world of Warcraft uses a skill based system, where you click on specific skill with your mouse button. In the end, the difference is that AoC combat is faster paced, while WoW combat requires more strategy, as you have to decide which skills to use in which situations.
Anyway, can we easily decide which combat system is better than? I believe that AoC will appeal more to action oriented gamers, while WoW to more strategically oriented gamers. This is quite a surprising conclusion, as according to my analysis AoC will appeal to younger players, but this game is mainly aimed at adults. As a matter of fact, players need to be 18 years old to play AoC.
Cleaning Your Monitor
You will requisite to pure your monitors from tiem to instance if you do not necessity it to be blurry and mossy with scrap. You will notice that your shielder needs cleaning if you start having problems similar, for representative, the sort starts to be blurry due to being beaded with trash. Of course, you should undo your monitor before you act improvement it. After all, you do not impoverishment to wrongdoing it while cleaning.
You should use compressed air to empty it from the endorse to the look. Never ingenuous any covers of the varan. Shut air in widespread is high when it comes to improvement computer components, not exclusive monitors. When it comes to the game take of your guardian, use dampened artefact and wadding towels to dry it. Do not use too overmuch facility, and do not use any liquids nearby the discussion muddle of your vessel. Humidness is quite toxic, however, actualized liquidness could supervise concealment should ever be clean with spongelike material. That way you module desist any inessential scratching.
I desire the advice bestowed above gift be multipurpose to you. After all, you poverty to living your monitors in cracking cause for some age. Modify if you module settle to put your watercraft for a newer supporter, you module be able to fetch a higher cost if the display was usurped aid of properly. In the tenacious run this can prevent you a lot of money.
You should use compressed air to empty it from the endorse to the look. Never ingenuous any covers of the varan. Shut air in widespread is high when it comes to improvement computer components, not exclusive monitors. When it comes to the game take of your guardian, use dampened artefact and wadding towels to dry it. Do not use too overmuch facility, and do not use any liquids nearby the discussion muddle of your vessel. Humidness is quite toxic, however, actualized liquidness could supervise concealment should ever be clean with spongelike material. That way you module desist any inessential scratching.
I desire the advice bestowed above gift be multipurpose to you. After all, you poverty to living your monitors in cracking cause for some age. Modify if you module settle to put your watercraft for a newer supporter, you module be able to fetch a higher cost if the display was usurped aid of properly. In the tenacious run this can prevent you a lot of money.
Unlock ME! "Hidden Windows XP Serial Key"
Last month, a friend of mine ask me. "Why is it that when I re-installed Windows XP on my laptop, it did not ask for a license key? Where can I find it?" A day before, I am trying to pre-configure my Windows installation disc. I noticed that there is a file located in the disc that has the Product key. It contains information about how to automate the installation or upgrade so the setup runs without requiring user input.
Where is it?
Open windows explorer and go to the [discdrive]\I386 folder, browse for "Winnt.sif" file and drag it to notepad...
Enjoy!
WinGuggle, Recover your Windows and Office Product Key easily
XP Mode Requirements: Vista-Sized Mistake?
The unrivaled Mary-Jo Foley, a journalist with Redmond publisher and ZDNet blogger (and christian), has an excellent move comparing and contrasing Windows XP Average and Virtual PC.
One of the key things I learned is that XP Property and Virtual PC are displace products, so Realistic PC won't rightful be a Windows 7 appendage. I happening, yet, whether Microsoft is repeating bad story here. Debate: for many confounding grounds, XP Average requires virtualization-aware processors from Intel (Intel-VT) or AMD (AMD-V). This makes me considerably little enthused some XP Modality than I was a couple of life ago.
This strategy seems seriously imperfect to me. By doing this, Microsoft is near assuring businesses and consumers that they won't be competent to use most of their senior, and probably numerous of their incumbent, PCs to run XP Mode. It's mostly higher-end computers that score virtualization-enabled procs (at least for Intel; AMD has AMD-V across most of its fluid lines, but far fewer machines run AMD constituent).
In other line, most businesses are deed to requisite a element recollect to track vantage of XP Average. But we're not in an system surroundings contributive to refreshes. If, nevertheless, XP Property didn't order virtualization procs, companies could righteous depute circulating computers to Windows 7 and solace bed the backwards sympathy XP Fashion provides. Instead, they could renew with less-expensive Wintel boxes that don't tally virtualization capabilities. Now, if they want XP Fashion, businesses poorness to go the many expensive line -- not a pastoral alternative in the new scheme environs.
One much peak -- Realistic PC 2007 and sr. versions didn't require virtualization-enabled procs. Why does XP Style, since it's conscionable an raise of the like software?
A big issuing with Vista when it opening came out (too exertion compatibility) was the constituent requirements, which were such higher than XP (especially if one loved the Aero interface). I comic Microsoft isn't continuance that nonachievement.
India
Stone Age rock shelters with paintings at the Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh are the earliest known traces of human life in India. The first known permanent settlements appeared over 9,000 years ago and gradually developed into the Indus Valley Civilisation,[23] dating back to 3300 BCE in western India. It was followed by the Vedic period, which laid the foundations of Hinduism and other cultural aspects of early Indian society, and ended in the 500s BCE. From around 550 BCE, many independent kingdoms and republics known as the Mahajanapadas were established across the country. Paintings at the Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, sixth century
In the third century BCE, most of South Asia was united into the Maurya Empire by Chandragupta Maurya and flourished under Ashoka the Great. From the third century CE, the Gupta dynasty oversaw the period referred to as ancient "India's Golden Age." Empires in Southern India included those of the Chalukyas, the Cholas and the Vijayanagara Empire. Science, engineering, art, literature, astronomy, and philosophy flourished under the patronage of these kings.
Following invasions from Central Asia between the 10th and 12th centuries, much of North India came under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate and later the Mughal Empire. Under the rule of Akbar the Great, India enjoyed much cultural and economic progress as well as religious harmony. Mughal emperors gradually expanded their empires to cover large parts of the subcontinent. However, in North-Eastern India, the dominant power was the Ahom kingdom of Assam, among the few kingdoms to have resisted Mughal subjugation. The first major threat to Mughal imperial power came from a Hindu state known as the Maratha confederacy, that dominated much of India in the mid-18th century.
From the 16th century, European powers such as Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom established trading posts and later took advantage of internal conflicts to establish colonies in the country. By 1856, most of India was under the control of the British East India Company. A year later, a nationwide insurrection of rebelling military units and kingdoms, known as India's First War of Independence or the Sepoy Mutiny, seriously challenged the Company's control but eventually failed. As a result of the instability, India was brought under the direct rule of the British Crown.
Mahatma Gandhi (right) with Jawaharlal Nehru, 1937. Nehru would go on to become India's first prime minister in 1947.
In the 20th century, a nationwide struggle for independence was launched by the Indian National Congress and other political organisations. Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi,Bhagat Singh,Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak,Subhashchandra Bose led millions of people in national campaigns of non-violent civil disobedience. On 15 August 1947, India gained independence from British rule, but at the same time Muslim-majority areas were partitioned to form a separate state of Pakistan.[33] On 26 January 1950, India became a republic and a new constitution came into effect.
Since independence, India has faced challenges from religious violence, casteism, naxalism, terrorism and regional separatist insurgencies, especially in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India. Since the 1990s terrorist attacks have affected many Indian cities. India has unresolved territorial disputes with P. R. China, which in 1962 escalated into the Sino-Indian War; and with Pakistan, which resulted in wars in 1947, 1965, 1971 and 1999. India is a founding member of the United Nations (as British India) and the Non-Aligned Movement. In 1974, India conducted an underground nuclear test[34] and five more tests in 1998, making India a nuclear state. Beginning in 1991, significant economic reforms have transformed India into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, increasing its global clout.
In the third century BCE, most of South Asia was united into the Maurya Empire by Chandragupta Maurya and flourished under Ashoka the Great. From the third century CE, the Gupta dynasty oversaw the period referred to as ancient "India's Golden Age." Empires in Southern India included those of the Chalukyas, the Cholas and the Vijayanagara Empire. Science, engineering, art, literature, astronomy, and philosophy flourished under the patronage of these kings.
Following invasions from Central Asia between the 10th and 12th centuries, much of North India came under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate and later the Mughal Empire. Under the rule of Akbar the Great, India enjoyed much cultural and economic progress as well as religious harmony. Mughal emperors gradually expanded their empires to cover large parts of the subcontinent. However, in North-Eastern India, the dominant power was the Ahom kingdom of Assam, among the few kingdoms to have resisted Mughal subjugation. The first major threat to Mughal imperial power came from a Hindu state known as the Maratha confederacy, that dominated much of India in the mid-18th century.
From the 16th century, European powers such as Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom established trading posts and later took advantage of internal conflicts to establish colonies in the country. By 1856, most of India was under the control of the British East India Company. A year later, a nationwide insurrection of rebelling military units and kingdoms, known as India's First War of Independence or the Sepoy Mutiny, seriously challenged the Company's control but eventually failed. As a result of the instability, India was brought under the direct rule of the British Crown.
Mahatma Gandhi (right) with Jawaharlal Nehru, 1937. Nehru would go on to become India's first prime minister in 1947.
In the 20th century, a nationwide struggle for independence was launched by the Indian National Congress and other political organisations. Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi,Bhagat Singh,Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak,Subhashchandra Bose led millions of people in national campaigns of non-violent civil disobedience. On 15 August 1947, India gained independence from British rule, but at the same time Muslim-majority areas were partitioned to form a separate state of Pakistan.[33] On 26 January 1950, India became a republic and a new constitution came into effect.
Since independence, India has faced challenges from religious violence, casteism, naxalism, terrorism and regional separatist insurgencies, especially in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India. Since the 1990s terrorist attacks have affected many Indian cities. India has unresolved territorial disputes with P. R. China, which in 1962 escalated into the Sino-Indian War; and with Pakistan, which resulted in wars in 1947, 1965, 1971 and 1999. India is a founding member of the United Nations (as British India) and the Non-Aligned Movement. In 1974, India conducted an underground nuclear test[34] and five more tests in 1998, making India a nuclear state. Beginning in 1991, significant economic reforms have transformed India into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, increasing its global clout.
IT industry downplays Obama's outsourcing move
The $47-billion Indian software export industry on Tuesday sought to put up a brave face on President Barack Obama's proposal to disallow tax deduction for company's outsourcing their business, saying the move will hit the US companies with "marginal" impact on India.
IT body NASSCOM said it is still reviewing the tax proposals announced by Obama. However, "prima facie, the proposals appeared to be aimed at addressing the tax rate differentials that exist across the world and if implemented, this would impact American headquartered companies with overseas operations," it said.
It said global companies that earn profits in India are subject to a tax rate of 33.9 per cent (including surcharge and cess) and "the impact of the proposed reforms on them would be marginal."
President Obama had yesterday proposed an end to tax deductions on those US companies which create jobs overseas in places like Bangalore.
Instead, the incentives would now go to those creating jobs inside the US, in places like the Buffalo city—bordering Canada.
"We will use the savings to give tax cuts to companies that are investing in research and development here at home so that we can jump-start job creation, foster innovation, and enhance America's competitiveness," Obama said.
IT body NASSCOM said it is still reviewing the tax proposals announced by Obama. However, "prima facie, the proposals appeared to be aimed at addressing the tax rate differentials that exist across the world and if implemented, this would impact American headquartered companies with overseas operations," it said.
It said global companies that earn profits in India are subject to a tax rate of 33.9 per cent (including surcharge and cess) and "the impact of the proposed reforms on them would be marginal."
President Obama had yesterday proposed an end to tax deductions on those US companies which create jobs overseas in places like Bangalore.
Instead, the incentives would now go to those creating jobs inside the US, in places like the Buffalo city—bordering Canada.
"We will use the savings to give tax cuts to companies that are investing in research and development here at home so that we can jump-start job creation, foster innovation, and enhance America's competitiveness," Obama said.
US nixes Pak plea for Indian troop withdrawal
Pakistan is pressing the Obama administration to ask India to reduce troops from its borders in order for Islamabad to spend more
resources to fighting extremists inside its own territory. President Obama isn't buying that, according to US officials.
Instead, Pakistan will be told again that it needs to get out of its India fixation and look within itself when President Asif Ali Zardari meets President Obama at the White House on Wednesday.
Zardari will also be asked to account for Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and its security amid worldwide concerns about extremists getting close to the weapons.
Zardari's line going into the three-way talks with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to be hosted by Obama this week was outlined by the country's US ambassador Hussain Haqqani, who told an online forum "It's time for Obama to put in a call to the Indians telling them, 'If you move some of your troops, they'll move theirs."
Pakistan's army chief Ashfaq Kiyani is said to have made just that promise in a recent meeting with US special envoy Richard Holbrooke. But the White House dismissed the idea, while conceding that there may have been some conversations along those lines.
"I think the President spoke pretty clearly to this last week in underscoring where the threat lies in Pakistan and where it doesn't," Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs said at a White House briefing on Monday. The President, Gibbs said, will reiterate what he told the media at his White House press conference last week, when he essentially maintained that Pakistan's obsession with India as a mortal threat was misguided and the country ought to get over it.
resources to fighting extremists inside its own territory. President Obama isn't buying that, according to US officials.
Instead, Pakistan will be told again that it needs to get out of its India fixation and look within itself when President Asif Ali Zardari meets President Obama at the White House on Wednesday.
Zardari will also be asked to account for Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and its security amid worldwide concerns about extremists getting close to the weapons.
Zardari's line going into the three-way talks with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to be hosted by Obama this week was outlined by the country's US ambassador Hussain Haqqani, who told an online forum "It's time for Obama to put in a call to the Indians telling them, 'If you move some of your troops, they'll move theirs."
Pakistan's army chief Ashfaq Kiyani is said to have made just that promise in a recent meeting with US special envoy Richard Holbrooke. But the White House dismissed the idea, while conceding that there may have been some conversations along those lines.
"I think the President spoke pretty clearly to this last week in underscoring where the threat lies in Pakistan and where it doesn't," Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs said at a White House briefing on Monday. The President, Gibbs said, will reiterate what he told the media at his White House press conference last week, when he essentially maintained that Pakistan's obsession with India as a mortal threat was misguided and the country ought to get over it.
