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...largest pool of young people, with nearly 60% of its population under 25, according to the National Knowledge Commission, a government advisory body on higher education. Of these, relatively few go to college. Currently, only 11% of those aged 17 to 23 sign up for higher education. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to double the college-going rate in the next five years, and wants more Indian institutes for technology and management...
...speech by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, it has been said, is a natural remedy for sleep disorders. During a raucous debate on a vote of confidence in the Indian Parliament last year, Singh's closing speech was so subdued that it was drowned out by the opposition. Singh folded up his notes and just submitted the rest of his remarks for the record...
...ugly series of incidents in Victoria in recent months, Indian students have been attacked in so-called "curry bashings." (Indians are the second largest group of foreign students in Australia, after the Chinese.) The attacks caused a storm in India, and when Rudd called Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to congratulate him on his recent re-election, Singh brought up the assaults. (See pictures of Australia's apology for its past aboriginal policies...
...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked officials to monitor the situation closely, and the relevant ministries and state governments are preparing contingency plans, including distributing drought-resistant seeds, encouraging farmers to grow crops that require less water, and even implementing cloud seeding programs to bring on rains. Experts expect tax breaks and price supports in the budget to be announced early next month. Roy of FICCI says the worst may yet be averted. "Last year the agricultural season was good and procurement was higher than normal," he says, "But the government can start taking preparatory steps such as imports...
...Mufti the former chief minister, says the region and its people will continue to suffer economic and personal losses in incidents unless Indian armed forces are recalled from populated areas and the laws which give them impunity are repealed. In a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, he asserted that the effort that had gone into creating a new atmosphere of peace, reconciliation and resolution in and around Indian-administered-Kashmir "seems at a real risk of going waste unless immediate retrieval is made." Ostensibly in an acknowledgement of the situation being serious enough, Indian home (interior) minister...