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The article discusses the criticism of the U.S. for manipulating the source of paper supply as a way to suppress the freedom of the press worldwide during a meeting of periodical editors in Madras, India. The Indian editors and newsmen believed that the American newspaper publishers have taken the entire output of the Canadian paper mills by making long-term contracts. The Indian publishers have been forced to pay up to 300 U.S. dollars per ton while the American publisher paid only 100-125 U.S. dollars per ton.

The article focuses on the "Washington-Merry-Go-Round" column, by columnist Jack Anderson, which stirs the attention of his audience as he disclosed the private policy discussions regarding the Administration action in the India-Pakistan war by the Washington Security Action Group which consist of experts from the National Security Council, State Department and Pentagon. It says that the papers have done less on strong support of U.S. President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger for Pakistan against India; however, it did provide detail on the decision-making processes and ideas of the administration. It mentions that Anderson attempts to make his acquisition of information appear as a victory of the free press over official censorship.

The article reports on the suspension of civil liberty and the press restrictions imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in India. It explains that a cold war for press freedom was fought in India due to rigid press control in which the nation's 1,300 dailies published nothing but national events, flattering pictures of Gandhi and her son, and lucrative government advertising. Also included are the efforts of Ramnath Goenka of the Indian Express and C.R. Irani of Statesman in preventing the government from controlling anti-government publishers. It explains that the publishers' opposition to Gandhi's emergency measures deprived the Express group of government advertising and loans while the Statesman was forced to miss several editions due to censorship delays.

The article explores the impact of the anti-immigrant crackdown in Assam, India. Topics discussed include the implication of the 1985 Assam Accord which proclaimed that individuals who entered the state on or after March 25, 1971 are considered illegal immigrants, requirement for Assam residents to provide documents proving they or their ancestors were Indian citizens before March 1971, and possible creation of mass disenfranchisement for Indians of Muslim faith due to the crackdown.

The article offers information on the political condition of the Congress Party in India headed by India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It states that the party had been considered by Nehru to have a weak situation based on the party factionalism, and the rising gap between the party and the people. It mentions that the Congress Party had received less votes in the held state and municipal elections despite of the party's control over the majority seats in the Indian government.

The article profiles athlete and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar who is considered a hero and deified by his fans and the media in India. The global popularity of cricket, the passion for the sport in India, and Tendulkar's influence on the next generation of players are discussed. Highlights of Tendulkar's successful career and personal life are discussed in the context of factors resulting from India's economic liberalization which set Tendulkar up to be a marketer's perfect pitchman or celebrity endorser for a product. India's performance in World Cup cricket tournaments is also discussed.

This article reports on a study in the September 2007 issue of medical journal "Psychological Science" detailing patient S.R.D.'s recovery from blindness. S.R.D.'s cataracts were removed and one year later she learned to see. The humanitarian organization Project Prakask, a humanitarian organization found by Pawan Sinha, funds teams of ophthalmologists traveling through rural India that provide care to children.

The article discusses the plans of several nations, including the U.S., India, and China, to send expeditions to further explore the moon. Details about the first race to the moon between the U.S and the Soviet Union are provided. The effect of globalization on this second moon race is also explored and the differences between the two moon races are examined.

Presents images of the tsunami disaster across Asia and offers observations on how Red Cross and other aid workers are taking efforts to help the living and bury the dead. Reference to how the earthquake off the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra sent shock waves which caused the death of over 120,000 people; Consideration of the estimated death counts in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; Development of numerous funds from public and private sources worldwide to deliver water, food, and medicine to those still in danger; How the U.S. Pentagon sent the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and 11 warships loaded with supplies to help the relief effort on the coast of Sumatra; Impact of the tsunami on the tens of thousands of tourists who were on the beaches of Southeast Asia on vacation; Details about the tsunami early-warning systems in the Pacific and whether or not the deaths could have been prevented.

The article focuses on kites and kite flying. It offers information on the practical uses of kites in different fields including atmospheric exploration, warfare and advertising. According to Valerie Govig, editor of the journal "Kite Lines," kites have become more sophisticated and its usage in the field of science, art and sports became more widespread. It adds that kite flying is not an ordinary pastime as it requires a degree of intelligence and imagination evident among notable individuals such as the artist Leonardo da Vinci and the inventor Alexander Graham Bell. It also tells that kite fighting has become a popular sport in several countries such as Thailand and India. Moreover, it says that the market for kites in the U.S. in the 1970s have risen despite the country's low economy.

The article offers information on the secret meeting between 19 representatives of the Washington Special Action Group in the U.S. regarding the foreign relationship of the U.S. and India on having a war in Pakistan. It states that the meeting had disgraced the move of U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger regarding U.S. as an anti-India country, which is different from the lack of neutrality seen in the U.S. government. It mentions that the meeting discusses topics including the rise of the nation of Bangladesh, the concerns on preventing India to overrule Pakistan, and the argument on Pakistan as a corrupt military dictatorship country. It adds several people who attended the secret meeting such as Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson and Admiral Elmo Zumwalt.

The article reports on the war threats to India by Pakistani president General Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan . Khan had threatened that, Pakistan was almost on the verge of losing patience and that a war was inevitable. Earlier in a white issued by him stated that India was assisting the East Pakistan's strongest political party Awami League. However, the Indian administration believed that Yahya's charges of Indian collusion were a buildup for a jihad against predominantly Hindu India.

The article reports on the story of a nine-year-old wolf boy in India which was reported in several newspapers. Among the newspapers that published the story were the "New York Herald Tribune" and the "Baltimore Sun." It is suggested that the story was a complete hoax which followed the familiar pattern of previous reports on the same subject.

The article presents the views of several newspapers worldwide on the invasion of India's Prime Minister Jewaharlal Nehru in Goa. It states that the paper from Great Britain, the London Daily Mirror, viewed the invasion as a thing that diminished the status of the prime minister in the world. The "Combat" of Paris, France viewed it as the end of neutralism. Moreover, journalists from "The Chicago Tribune" considered Nehru as the champion political hypocrite of the year.

The article reports on the election of Indira Gandhi as the prime minister of India to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri . It notes that Gandhi, the only daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was voted by the parliamentary members of the ruling Congress Party. It adds that Gandhi had taken over the world's second most populous nation at its severest crisis.

The article focuses on India-Pakistan conflict in 1965. It states that many are killed and wounded brought by war, attacking one another with bombs, supersonic jets, and other weaponry. President Mohammed Ayub Khan notes that India is not willing to reconcile to have an independent Pakistan, while India's Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri has become resilient opponent in war. It adds that the United Nations (UN) ordered a plebiscite that will control or take over Kashmir in India.

The article offers information on the upcoming elections in India in February 18, 1962. It reveals that about 125 million voters will cast their votes in the biggest free election in the world. It states that political candidates will be vying for the 494 seats in the Lok Sabha and 2,930 seats in 13 state assemblies. Meanwhile, it looks into the interest of the U.S. government on the election results.

Information about several topics discussed at the third Assembly of the World Council of Churches in New Delhi, India is presented. It states that the focus of the religious gathering is the Protestant Reformation. It features several religious experts and leaders including Henry Pitney Van Dusen, president of Union Theological Seminary, Bishop Lesslie Newbigin of the Church of South India and Dr. Joseph Sittler, professor of theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

The article reports on the murderous encounter between the Indian border police and the Red Chinese troops on October 1959 in the Ladakh province in India. It mentions that only five Indians escaped, nine were killed and ten were wounded by the Red Chinese troops in the ambush. It notes that the people in India felt angry and alone and that the cruelty of the behaviour of Red China made a part of some cherished convictions.

The article describes plans to change Mumbai, India into a global financial center by 2015 that will affect millions of poor who live in Dharavi, a slum that will be demolished by the redevelopment. The author comments on how the government does not wish to displace the poor of the area but at the same time needs to level the area to make room for improvements. The author suggests that everyone agrees that change needs to occur, it is only a matter of how it will be done.

The article discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political power in the aftermath of a 2017 state election in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) region in northern India. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is addressed, along with India's economy and concerns about Modi's competence as a policymaker. Hinduism is examined, along with a government initiative against untaxed wealth (black money) in India. Modi's election victory and the nation's Congress Party are also assessed.

The article presents world news briefs as of April 15, 2013, including that Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist shot by the Islamist fundamentalist group the Taliban, signed a book deal for her memoir; that there has been a 25% decline in foreign tourism since the December 2012 gang rape on a bus in New Delhi, India; and that Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, is being praised for choosing to wear domestic fashions.

The article examines corporate logos and brand images current during 2011. It is noted that according to an article published in the "Journal of Consumer Marketing," that new logos tended to be more rounded than angular, an appeal to consumers in China and India, countries that have more collectivist and interdependent cultures. A number of topics are addressed including the plans to expand Starbucks, a chain of coffee houses, in China, and redesigned logos for KFC, a fast food outlet, NBC Universal, a media conglomerate, and Wal-Mart, a retail chain.

The article reports on the political crisis in India that occurred under the administration of Prime Minister Indira Ghandi. When Gandhi proclaimed the state of emergency, political freedoms have been suspended. Twenty-six minor political factions were banned, representing the most extreme leftist and rightist movements. More than 1,000 political dissidents which include many leaders of opposition parties have been jailed. Strict censorship in the lively Indian press, from printing anything other than official handouts about the crisis, has been implemented. The proclamation has given her near dictatorial powers.

The article reports on punitory war conducted by China against Vietnam. China's Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing explains the motive of China for putting a punitive invasion on Vietnam, wherein he assures that the operation will be restricted in a degree and will not last for long. It states that although China proposed for a peace talk to end the conflict, Vietnam mentions that the said talk is a trick that intends to camouflage China's plan for the intensification of the war. Furthermore, the war conducted by China against India on October 20, 1962, in which China's goal for the invasion is to have control on the long-disputed desert plateau Aksai Chin, is also discussed.

The article focuses on the population explosion in the world. It informs that Thomas Malthus, the author of the essay on the Principle of population has predicted the severe consequences of the population explosion. According to the British novelist C.P. Snow, if the progression continues with this rate, millions of people are going to starve. The U.S. President Richard M. Nixon describes the population explosion as one of the most serious challenges to human destiny. It informs that India has a major population problem while Australia which has more than twice the land India has only one by forty of the population.

The article offers information on the 20-year of treaty of non-aggression and mutual cooperation with between the Soviet Union and India. Russia hails the treaty as a move designed to forestall total warfare between India and Pakistan. The treaty gives the Russians influence and status on the Indian subcontinent, including ports of call and bunkering facilities for the Soviet Union's growing Indian Ocean fleet. The pact was quickly approved by the Indian Parliament.

The article reports that Manhattan, New York City-based architect Albert Mayer has been selected by Indian officials to design the Punjab city. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to make Punjab city as the symbol of freedom of India. According to the author, Mayer's idea of the city is a cone shaped building with the highest buildings to be a five-story legislature and the three-story secretariat. The author adds that Mayer's plan consists of superblocks designed to house 5,000 people with schools, playgrounds, parks, and shopping centers.

The article highlights Pakistan's complaint before the United Nations (UN) against India's alleged attempt to deprive 76 million people of the waters of the Indus basin, by which they live. Pakistan claimed that India has dried up 11 canals by diverting water from the Punjabi head-streams to its irrigation schemes. The conflict, like most feuds between India and Pakistan, is being attributed to the partition drawn by Great Britain's Cyril Radcliffe in 1947 to separate Hindu from Moslem.

The article features Muchaki Kesa, the former chief of the Gonds and the duly elected representative of 700,000 Indian citizens to the Parliament. It notes that Kesa's secretary, who was supposed to guide him through the intricacies of modern life and parliamentary government, stole his money and left him unable to speak to anyone in New Delhi. Kesa then revolted against the secretary and Kesa's colleagues got some of his money back.

The article reports on the failure of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to conduct a political campaign in Allahabad, India for the general election to be held in April 1952 due to his opponent sadhu Prabhudatt Brahmachari. In January, Nehru delivered approximately 10 speeches per day and visited Indian cities except Allahabad. The article also identifies several accomplishments by Brahmachari including writing a biography of the Hindu god Krishna, studying the Hindu epics, and taking vows of silence and celibacy.

The article focuses on the ceasefire of the battle between Pakistan and India through the cooperation between the U.S., and the national leaders from both nations. It says that Pakistani President Mohammed Ayub Khan sent a telegram to Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto expressing an interest on international peace ordering the Pakistani armed forces to stop fighting on October 1965. However, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson did not receive a public praise from Ayub for its role in the ceasefire.

The article focuses on the effort of the United Nations (UN) to arrange a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and the encircling revolution in Asia. It says that the battle between India and Pakistan arises due to long-disputed Kashmir. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant conducted a meeting in Rawalpindi, Pakistan to weaken disputes between Pakistan and India. Moreover, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson announced that his administration will take a viable peace and economic aid in every nation in Asia.

The article focuses on the guerrilla warfare of forces between India and Pakistan in Chhamb and Dewa in the southwestern Kashmir, India. It states that the Indian troops crossed the cease-fire line set by the United Nations and invaded fully 25 miles droving Pakistani from their outposts. It mentions that the seizure of Pakistan-controlled territory by Indian forces moved Pakistani President Mohammed Ayub Khan to make its military answer by deploying 70 tanks on the lands of Chhamb.

The article offers world news briefs. It notes that the former dictatorial Thai field marshal P. Pibulsonggram was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Bodh Gaya, India. It states that heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson wlll fight Swedish challenger Ingemar Johansson in a third bout for the title. It claims that Japanese business and political leaders commended 293 Americans who helped Japan advance from feudalism to democracy.

The article focuses on the changes the Communists of India would want to enforce for the Indian state of Kerala. It states that the Communists had won a primary electoral victory in Kerala, wherein they were demanded by the law to seek for the approval of New Delhi, India concerning the particular changes they desire to institute. It mentions that the Communists produced a specific flow of legislation intended for the benefit of everyone.

The article focuses on the issues involving the rule imposed by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on July 1975, part of an effort to tighten the month-old media control in time with the special parliamentary session. It says that by submitting to the rule, journalist was signing away its freedom since the new restriction will ban them to publish anything against the government. It adds that while Indian newsmen will be jailed if they did not conform, foreign correspondents facing only expulsion, resisted. CBS News president Richard Salant states that signing would only mean it is either they are lying or agreeing with their rules for bad journalism. Chief Censor Harry D'Penha argue that the imposed restriction is not witch hunting, but aims in establishing a basis of confidence.

The article focuses on the independence of Bangladesh and its conflict with Pakistan's Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who refuses to acknowledge the country. It states that a summit meeting organized by Bhutto and Indira Gandhi of India will be held in New Delhi to discuss various issues such as the restoration of diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, it says that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Mujibur Rahman's refusal to attend the summit could impede the regulation of the Indian subcontinent affairs.

The article focuses on the rioting between Hindus and Moslems in Bengal, India which adds to the tension between Pakistan and India. The crisis has prompted Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to meet to diffuse tensions between their countries. Following the partition of Bengal, Calcutta's population has increased from 2,000,000 to 7,000,000. It is noted that the riots in Calcutta has benefited the extremist Hindu Mahasabha Party.

The article deals with the turnover of the power of India's princes to republican administration. In 1949, Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel gained the approval of the Congress for his plan to pension off the princes. Aside from accepting a 75 percent cut in income, the princes have handed over the government for at least 700 million rupees' worth of securities, palaces and lands. Prince Nizam of Hyderabad will receive 5,000,000 rupees annually, while Prince Talukdar of Kadodia will receive 192 rupees a year.