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News Briefs for 21 Mar 2008 |
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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- India holds "war games" demonstration in Pokhran which was a demonstration observed by international observers from 60 countries. The purpose was to show India's latest military strength. The observers were impressed. However about three Indian troops were killed on the spot by an accident in the above operation. Investigations are underway. Faulty ammunition is being blamed for the deaths. - Anti-Conversion bill passed by Rajasthan Assembly. - Two Babbar Khalsa terrorists arrested in Delhi. - India tops the chart for remittances with $27bn in the year 2007
Watch out for: Reaction on the Anti-Conversion bill that has been passed by the Rajasthan government. This will surely raise a lot of controversies. The issue will soon hit the floors of Lok Sabha. Be on the lookout for this news item. News Critique - NRI grooms turn assaulters: There is nothing new in this news item and it does not deserve to be a headline. Whenever a news agency runs dry on news they pull out an article like this. You can find similar news items once in a few weeks, each being no different than the earlier one. - This not-so-important news made it to the headlines. "Mayawati shifted a top IAS officer from his post because of a Fashion show". This news item is not covered by any other news papers indicating that this is a hyped up news item by one single news channel.You can use Google news service to figure out who the culprits are. |