Bhagavadgita Pages, Chapters 1 to 18
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V.Krishnaraj
July 25. 2009: India is the fifth country to build a nuclear-powered submarine, after Russia, the U.S., France and China. When the vessel is complete in all its respects and also fitted with K-15 missiles developed by DRDO, the nation’s nuclear triad will be ready. It will then possess nuclear warheads that can be delivered from ground, air and from under water.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/26/stories/2009072659860900.htm
March 21, 2009. Paki Bashing and Dotbusters.
Paki Bashing: (British, pejorative) In skinhead culture the act of physical or verbal attacks by non-Asians against Pakistanis or, frequently, people perceived to be Pakistani.
Dotbusters: Dotbusters was a street gang in Jersey City, New Jersey that attacked and threatened South Asians in the fall of 1987. The name originated from the fact that traditional Hindu traditional women and girls wear a Bindi on their forehead. Most of the gang members were of European heritage.--Wikipedia.
Three British teenagers who pleaded guilty to the sensational killing of an Indian sailor in Southampton in a racist attack in October 2007 have been sentenced to six and a half years each in prison.
Teenagers, Chay Fields, Stephen Pritchard and Daniel Rogers had attacked Goa-origin Indian sailor Gregory Fernandes "like a pack of dogs" minutes before he collapsed and died, Winchester Crown Court was told.
The jail sentences were delivered on Friday. Fernandes, 32, was set upon by the teenagers who boasted that they wanted to 'beat a Paki' when they saw him and his colleague, Vinod P return to their ship, The Garonne, after a drink in a local hotel in Fawley, Southampton.
In the incident that hit headlines in London and in India, the two were attacked until passerby Jody Miles rescued Fernandes and took him to nearby docks, where he collapsed and died.
Vinod, 29, suffered a broken collar bone. Justice Royce, jailed Fields, 16, Rogers, 18, and Pritchard, 18, to six and a half years each. All three had pleaded guilty to manslaughter during a hearing in February as well as a further charge of grievous body harm on Vinod.
A fourth teenager, now aged 15, was sentenced to a 12-month detention and training order. He admitted inflicting grievous body harm on Vinod.
February 04, 2009.
Theological university opens doors to other faiths D. Karthikeyan The Hindu.
MADURAI: India’s only theological university, the Serampore College (University) has planned to enroll students from non-Christian faiths in its post-graduate programmes in Social Analysis, Communication and Women’s Studies Departments.
Speaking to The Hindu here on Wednesday, university Registrar Ravi Tiwari said that in an effort to promote interfaith relations and impart religious education at a higher level to students and scholars of all faiths, it had been planned to introduce these courses to students of non-Christian faiths.
February 03, 2009.
(Indian) Govt plans to set up generic (Drug) stores across the country
New Delhi (PTI): The government is planning to set up generic drug stores under the brand name 'Jan Aushadhi Generic Drug Store' (JADS) in all the districts across the country to provide quality medicines at affordable prices.
The Department of Pharmaceuticals, under the aegis of Chemical and Fertiliser Ministry, has been entrusted with the task of setting up these stores across the country. It has sought the cooperation of NGOs, public health groups and other organisations for establishing such stores.
Most of these stores would come up in the vicinity of government hospitals or in the location provided by the state governments.