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Kosi Floods: Establishment Refuses To Learn Any Lesson 2008-09-09 03:54:20 Kosi Changes its Course
By Dinesh Kumar Mishra*]
Dr. Jagannath Mishra, former Chief Minister of Bihar, has given a pathetic description of floods in Bihar. He said that “Nobody from the...
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Tap Kosi Change Life 2008-09-08 07:44:30 By Jyoti Malhotra
Despite several water-sharing agreements (such as the 1954 Kosi treaty and the 1996 Mahakali treaty), bad blood between India and Nepal prevented both sides from looking at water...
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Thailand Crisis: Battle for Bangkok 2008-09-08 07:15:21 Dr Abdul
“Land of Smiles”, as Thailand
is known for the friendliness and hospitality of its people, is reeling under a political crisis as the result of a dychotomy with people supporting...
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Indo-Nepal Water Resource Negotiation 2008-09-07 00:27:42 BY Rakesh Tiwary
Nepal
and India, two countries of South Asia, share one of the largest geohydrological regions called Ganga Brahmaputra Basin. Nepal covers a large part of the upper catchment of...
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, Negotiation
New Phase of political fight in Malaysia 2008-09-06 23:44:19 Dr. Abdul
Ruling combine in Malaysia
has got another setback when a prominent opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim got elected to parliament recently. Resurgent after the lifting of a ban on holding...
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Kosi : Adaptation, Information, & Preparedness 2008-09-30 07:15:17 By Ramaswamy R. Iyer*
The current Kosi flood is undoubtedly a major national disaster. An embankment has given way in Nepal. The river has changed its course. There are different views on what...
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Palestine State: Will Ms Livni help creat it? 2008-09-29 08:09:01 By Dr. Abdul
Obviously, not many would believe she will or gather courage to do so. That is the political philosophy of Jewish leaders right form the day they established a Jewish State
Israel in...
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The Kosi Balance Sheet 2008-09-28 23:30:31
The Kosi Balance
Sheet
Promised Irrigation
Through Eastern Kosi Main Canal 712,000 hectares
Slashed Down Target (1975) ...
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Kosi: Of Deluge, Candles and Matchboxes 2008-09-27 06:48:49 BY Dinesh Kumar Mishra*
The foundation stone of the Kosi Project was laid on January 14, 1955 amidst fanfare, jubilation and victory. Dr. Shrikrishna Sinha, the then Chief Minister of Bihar, laid the...
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, Candles
India’s Options in Kashmir 2008-09-26 06:20:45 By Dr. Abdul
First, the good news for Kashmir
is. To the credit of the freedom leaders it must be stated that for the first time in Independent India
, a few mainstream newspapers, academicians, public...
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Kosi High Dam will only bring great disasters 2008-09-25 08:35:36 Drainage Crisis of North Bihar & Nepal Remains Unattended
New Delhi
17 September 2008
All talk about seeking review of Kosi agreement that created the rationale for embankments and dams on...
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Japan Crisis: Aso replaces Fukuda 2008-09-24 23:34:39 Japan Crisis
: Aso replaces Fukuda as Premier in US-led Terror Era
By Dr. Abdul
Japan, a land of three thousand islands stretching for about 2,400 km, a constitutional monarchy, a NATO member and...
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Nobel Peace Prize in anti-Islamic world 2008-10-16 23:55:36 By Dr. Abdul, Political Analyst & Researcher
The Norwegian Nobel
Committee has awarded this years’s Nobel Peace
Prize to Finland’s ex-president and a prominent peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari...
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Collecting Evidence of Kosi Deluge: Boat Trip from Kusaha to Kursela 2008-10-16 23:36:48 Kosi Floods: Survival of the Fittest
Floods have been a consistent feature in Bihar but the floods in 2008 have been the most terrifying and disastrous. The damage in terms of loss of lives, loss of...
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Will poverty remain in our country forever? 2008-10-15 23:24:10 Kids see what Wise Grown-Ups fail to Notice
Dear Editor,
One evening I was in a busy street of New Baneswore in Kathmandu. Suddenly I noticed a balloon-seller on a bicycle targeting his trade on...
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Nepal Maoist Dilemma: Economy Vs Communism 2008-10-13 23:59:28 Poverty in Nepal
: Maoist
s better focus on real issues
Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda has, perhaps for the first time, acknowledged that his party’s mission for political transformation has...
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Proposed Kosi High Dam: Silting No Problem? 2008-10-11 23:16:42 Kosi Barrage at Bhantabari, Bhimnagar
By Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, India
Nepal should make a target of producing 40,000 MW of hydroelectricity by 2025. For six decades, India did...
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Anti-Incumbency sweeps New Zealand 2008-11-09 23:11:49 By DR.ABDUL RUFF
New Zealand
’s center-right wing opposition National Party has swept to power, ending PM Helen Clark’s nine-year center- left Labor government. Helen Clark, one of the...
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Who Cares Who Wins the US Presidential Race? 2008-11-04 02:16:03 Where is Obama? … Oh, there !
By Divas
Congrats to American people on the historic presidential election day that the whole world watches with wonder. Even people of the South Asia are more...
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, Presidential
Bangladesh Polls: Drama of Democracy? 2008-11-03 23:08:15 By DR.ABDUL RUFF
Although political parties had feared that the elections might be delayed, Interim government has announced the Parliamentary (General) elections to be held in Bangladesh
on 18...
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