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India signed the “Abuja Declaration” with Nigeria, setting the stage for a strategic partnership with the world’s fifth largest producer of oil. Nigeria is India’s biggest trading partner in Africa and contributes 12 per cent of India’s oil imports
The 18th Law Commission has recommended increasing the minimum sentence from seven to 10 years in dowry death cases. It has, however, declined the suggestion to increase the maximum punishment from life imprisonment to death sentence.
The Reserve Bank of India raised the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 basis points to 7.5 per cent, which is expected to suck out around Rs. 16,000 crore from the system.
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russia-led defence pact of former Soviet states, have signed a defence cooperation pact.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russia-led defence pact of former Soviet states, have signed a defence cooperation pact.
General Pervez Musharraf won the Presidential election in Pakistan.
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General Deepak Kapoor took over as the Chief of the Army Staff from General J.J. Singh.
Irish writer, Anne Enright, was declared winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize award for her novel ‘The Gathering.’
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