Today's Important News (13-11-2011)

The Hindu

National:

1. PMO sees foreign hand
2. Fingerprint data base for surveillance on Maoists in Chhattisgarh soon
3. In Kudankulam, a protest fuelled by local fears, not foreign hand

International:

1. U.S.-China tensions colour APEC meet
2. Arab League suspends Syria
3. Media let into Fukushima

India & The World:

1. Pakistan military is on board: Manmohan
2. In pact, India, Maldives flag security and development
3. Pakistan lists 12 more items for trade with India

Business News:

1. Ensure equality in growth opportunities: Ansari
2. India remains a key market for Airbus

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. New found bacteria get Indian nomenclatures
2. 3.7 lakh children below 5 die of pneumonia in India

The Times of India

International:

1. Pak planning to purchase 2 N-power plants from China

India & The World:

1. 'Another Mumbai will be a setback for Indo-Pak ties'

Business News:

1. Kingfisher crisis: Govt to consider FDI in aviation

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. India set to order 59 more Russian copters
2. Carbon trade hope rests on Durban talks
3. India yet to introduce pneumonia shots
4. Doctors talk to people in coma using brain waves

The Indian Express

National:

1. ‘Massive’ collections in Swiss black money probe
2. Finance objects, new choppers to be delayed
3. Freeze

International:

1. Arab League suspends Syria
2. Japan allows partial glimpse into crippled Fukushima nuke plant

India & The World:

1. PM on Gilani: no blind faith, will trust but verify
2. India offers $100m credit to Maldives

Business News:

1. Pak allows more imports from India

Editorials & Articles:

1. ‘Justice Katju has only reiterated views (on regulating media) that were there before’

Today's Important News (14-11-2011)

The Hindu

National:

1. U.S. ‘regrets inconvenience' after Kalam faces double security check
2. Omar meets Antony, Army Chief
3. Affinity test is no sole criterion to reject ST claim, rules Supreme Court

International:

1. Massive pro-Assad rallies in Syria

India & The World:

1. Thimphu spirit has given way to Addu hope, says Hina Khar

Business News:

1. Economic slowdown and a rating downgrade
2. ‘Economy in difficult situation but it's not doomsday yet'
3. India warns against protectionism

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. Diabetics — beware of low sugars
2. Now India has 100 million Net users

Editorials & Articles:

1. Let's make climate change talks inclusive
2. Don't bail out
3. Downgrading the banking system

The Times of India

National:

1. End policy paralysis: India Inc
2. PM chose Bhave as Sebi chief on Chidambaram's advice
3. Nod likely for bill curbing judges’ ‘unwanted views’
4. SC judges: Most sign off with grace, others remain Lordships
5. NHAI spends funds for 6 projects on just 4

International:

1. Violence flares in Syria after Arab suspension
2. GOP prez hopefuls divided over Pak policy

Falling Through The CracksEditorials & Articles:

1. Maldives Bonhomie
2. Shock And Therapy
3. 'If Manipur had 12 MPs instead of two, we'd have been wooed'

The Indian Express

National:

1. ‘Keep J&K special, make LoC porous’
2. Ministry approves mining near Vaishno Devi shrine
3. Specialists’ crunch: 24/7 health centres a distant dream
4. US says sorry over Kalam frisking
5. PMO wants status report on CAG objections
6. Judicial Bill: Govt plans restraining judges from airing views during trial
7. Fishermen protest K-G basin drilling

International:

1. Obama seeks Russia, China support on Iran
2. Syria regime supporters protest Arab vote, embassies attacked

India & The World:

Business News:

1. Ambani now: Govt needs to move faster
2. Sharma calls for integrating cross border trade in South Asia
3. WEF India focuses on inflation, graft
4. Railways’ steel wheel project hits environment roadblock

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. Study counts all who ever went online; only 18 mn did so daily

Editorials & Articles:

1. Looking for a silver lining
2. UPA 2’s deep freeze
3. On track
4. Different camps

The Economist:

1. Nuclear Iran, anxious Israel