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Controversies continue to haunt Punjab. First is over the state's debt waiver which triggered the crisis in the Akali Dal, leading to Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal's ouster from the ministry and Akali Dal. The second is over the issue of civil liberties and freedom of expression.

NEW DELHI: The demographic profile of the emerging economies is playing a big role in boosting the productivity in the developing world, especially in India, China and Brazil and this factor is responsible for the economic decline of the developed world, the worst example being Japan.

New Delhi: Experts and analysts are eagerly awaiting what shape India's relationship would be with its eastern friends in the near future as the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh leaves today on a three-nation tour.

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh today inched towards implementation of the Joint Communique signed by them in early January this year by signing a MoU on establishment of border haats and two agreements on procedures to facilitate movement of trucks between the two countries and also for movement of trucks from Nepal to Bangladesh both up to land customs stations.

India the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world. Notwithstanding several anti-tobacco measures of the government, about one million persons die due to tobacco-related diseases every year and this reflects a higher mortality than the combined deaths resulting from other major diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV AIDS and malaria in this country.

Expectations in India from President Barack Obama's visit to India in the first week of November, with all the transformational significance attached to it in Washington, may remain subdued somewhat in the context of the likely Republican take-over of Congress in the midterm elections (November 2). That would be hurling a challenge at the President, who has been gallantly struggling to repair the economy and put it on a sustainable path.

Bhutan described India as not only a world leader but also an emerging economic power. India justified its traditional doctrine of the use of force when there is no alternative way for securing justice.

The Lok Pal bill has come to the fore once again with the government declaring its intention to introduce it in the winter session of Parliament. It will be the tenth time the bill will go to Parliament and one can only hope that this time it may be passed. With corruption becoming a big issue after the Commonwealth Games it is high time that the Lok Pal comes into existence. But going by the previous experience it looks quite a Herculean task and unless there is political will, the bill may fall once again.

New Delhi, Oct 20 : The $ 100 million India-Oman Joint Investment Fund would be raised to $ 1.5 billion and would be deployed for infrastructure projects in India, according to the visiting foreign minister of Oman, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.

Politically, things are churning up with Bihar going through the election process, pre-poll rumblings in the South, mainly in Tamil Nadu, geographical uncertainties in A P, and the sordid Assembly dramas in BJP-run Karnataka. The May 2011 elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala will provide an interlude before UP gets closer to the mother of political battles.