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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Beyond Lip Service (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 02, 2007)
Based on the recommendations of the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee on improving the socio-economic conditions of minorities in India, the UPA government has decided to establish an Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).
- China Leaps, India Lags (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 02, 2007)
Apropos Mr Chandan Mitra's article, "Class Apart" (October 21), the review of 10 MPs interacting with teachers at the Yale University was thought provoking.
- Business Of Giving (Tribune, Anurag, Nov 02, 2007)
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. A booming economy and a galloping sensex have made many join the billionaires’ club.
- Did Markets Force Fed's Hand? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 02, 2007)
As expected, the US Federal Reserve Bank lowered the Fed funds rate (the indicative rate in the overnight inter-bank market) by 25 basis points to 4.5%. It also lowered the discount rate at which it lends to banks by an identical 25 basis points to 5%.
- ‘Proposed Law Aimed At Intimidating Sp’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Former CM and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday expressed his doubt over UP CM Mayawati’s intention behind introducing the proposed Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) and challenged her to use the . . . .
- No Right For Turkey To Violate Iraqs Sovereignty: Kurds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Turkey is stepping up pressure on the Kurdistan regional government in northern Iraq to force it to tackleTurkish Kurdish rebels holed up in the inaccessible Qandil mountains along the Iranian border.
- Wto Stand: Pm Backs Farmers' Interests (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a sharp emphasis to India's position at the WTO on protecting its small farmers and to climate change with these concerns dominating his discussions with visiting US treasury secretary Henry Paulson.
- The Party's Just Begun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2007)
The rise of the Sensex, now exploring 20,000, looks unstoppable.
- Self-Publishing Book Is The Latest Mantra Of The Authors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Gone are the days when the time gap between writing a book and actually seeing it on the stands could be a couple of months to years, depending on the publisher.
- Party At The Bourses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2007)
THE relentless capital inflows pushed the BSE Sensex to 20,000 on Monday, making India the 20th nation to achieve this distinction. Managing excess liquidity is a challenge the government faces.
- Coping With A Rapidly Urbanising World (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 31, 2007)
When the United Nations Population Fund published its “State of the World Population” report earlier this year, it pointed out that the world would reach “an invisible but momentous milestone” in 2008 when, for the first time in history . . . .
- Qatar Assures Priority Liquefied Natural Gas Supply To India (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 31, 2007)
Qatar has said it will consider offering a major chunk of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on a priority basis to India after its expanded capacity of 77 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) becomes operational by 2010.
- Rbi Ups Crr, Getting Loans Becomes Harder (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
Home and personal loans just got more difficult to get, though they may not get more expensive. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India, in its mid-term review of the credit policy, raised the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to 7.5 per cent, a rise of 0.5 per cent
- Preserving Status Quo (Business Line, S. Mahalingam, Oct 31, 2007)
Traditionally, the IT and ITeS sectors have not been watching the Credit Policy reviews keenly as its impact on them is not very significant. But, of late, just as the IT players have become alive to the Fed Rate Meet to understand the. . .
- Mixed Messages (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2007)
THE picture of the national economy looks rosy on the face of it, despite a worrying rise in the current account deficit and persistent inflationary risks.
- India Nuclear Deal Positive For Global Business: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Indian approval of a delayed nuclear energy deal with the United States would be seen positively by global business, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday.
- Taming Liquidity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2007)
Increase in CRR by RBI may have limited impact.
- Capital Inflow Worries Rbi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India said that the key future challenge for the monetary policy is "liquidity management" and the "rapid escalation in asset prices, particularly equity and real estate."
- In The Right Direction (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2007)
The economy continues to do well with GDP registering a growth of 9.3 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal.
- A Ready Sponge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India’s mid-term review of the economy and monetary policy for the first half of 2007-08 reassures the nation that the economy is steaming ahead and that, barring a few glitches — such as rising domestic food prices . . . . .
- Mid-Term Review Of Monetary Policy 2007-08: Exceptional Response (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 31, 2007)
After the Reserve Bank of India Governor, Dr Y.V. Reddy, made his third quarter monetary policy announcement, a commentator on a TV channel remarked that 10 years ago, the then Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, had declared that credit policy statements . . . .
- The Lull Before The Storm? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 31, 2007)
The banking system may have no difficulty in absorbing the rise in CRR as it has excess reserves.
- Let The Rupee Go (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 31, 2007)
Market capitalisation is not the best indicator. Nor may Reliance Petroleum equity have been counted properly.
- Missed Call Magic (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2007)
For some people, missed calls have become the best means of communication.
- Stem The Forex Flows (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
Much has been said about the inevitability of death and taxes. Now the financial crisis appears to have gone out of the realm of probability to inevitability.
- Banks Have To Rejig Rates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2007)
The most significant announcement by the RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, is the hiking of CRR by 50 basis points.
- Inflation Still The Key Concern (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2007)
In a somewhat unexpected move, the RBI has increased the CRR by 50 basis points to 7.50 per cent. The reverse-repo and repo rates have, however, been kept unchanged at 6 per cent and 7.75 per cent respectively.
- Where Are The Promises? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
WE are told that elections are around the corner. Both the PPP and the PML-Q appear to have started working the vote.
- A New Model For Pc Penetration (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2007)
India has emerged as a global leader in the advance of information technology. Yet the country faces a fundamental challenge — building on its successes by enabling greater access to technology for its people.
- How To Untangle Debts From Lies (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2007)
George Orwell remarked that: “Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” Participants in financial markets certainly take this position.
- 'Storytellers Can Bring In Things Which Bother Them' (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2007)
Jaideep Sahni always wanted to tell stories - stories that rake up important issues even as they entertain people.
- Fuel For The Hungry (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 31, 2007)
The rush into “biofuels” or “agrofuels” is being described as the green gold rush of the 21st century.
- Economic Consequences Of Talibanisation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 31, 2007)
During the 1990s Pakistan’s annual growth rate averaged about 3 percent.
- Uproar Over The Nro (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Oct 30, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto’s return has evoked strong reactions. A section of society has raised a moral uproar over the National Reconciliation Ordinance that was promulgated before her arrival, claiming that she has been allowed to ‘escape justice. . . . .
- A New Economic Course (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 30, 2007)
THE political structure that is being built at this time in Pakistan, brick by reluctant brick, may set the stage for the reformulation of economic policy.
- Regulating Capital Inflows (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
It might be early days yet to assess the full impact of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s decision to bar participatory notes based on derivates and limit the PNs in the spot market.
- Elections Usher In A New Dawn In Poland (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 30, 2007)
Parliamentary elections held on October 21 brought about the downfall of the extreme right Kaczynski twins, who as President and Prime Minister led the country for a disastrous two years.
- India Sets Up Panel For Land Reforms (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
India said on Monday it is setting up a panel to resolve disputes over distribution and acquisition of land after violent protests by farmers who fear losing their land to build factories or mines.
- Warsaw’S New Dispensation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Poland’s likely new coalition of the centre-right Civic Platform — the largest single party to emerge from the recent general elections — promises to build upon the country’s robust economic growth, push for early adoption of the . . . .
- Globalisation Dynamics (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Oct 30, 2007)
Alan Greenspan, as readers may know, was till mid-2006 the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve System (“the Fed”), one of the highest official positions in that country which he had occupied for almost two decades.
- Germany’S Merkel In India To Talk Trade, Security (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in India on Monday for a visit expected to focus on security and trade issues, as Europe’s largest economy aims to strengthen ties with the Asian giant.
- A Day Of Dizzy Highs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The stock market hit the magical 20,000-point mark on Monday for the first time ever as both domestic and foreign investors went on a buying spree, driving the third-biggest gain of 734 points in the benchmark Sensex.
- Pm: India Has Never Reneged On A Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 30, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in yet another hint that the government is determined to move ahead on the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States, told the delegates of the Global Fortune Forum here on Monday that India . . . .
- Bjp Still ‘Totally Opposed’ To N-Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 30, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in yet another hint that the government is determined to move ahead on the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States, told the delegates of the Global Fortune Forum here on Monday that India "has never . . . .
- The Future Is Black (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-tonne trucks rumble through China's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanised sorters.
- Demand Of Troop Cut Out Of Necessity, Says Mehbooba (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has welcomed former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s reported statement which indicated the NC’s "support for reduction of troops and revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),” saying it had not been . . . .
- Bull Run: Investors To Gain In Long-Term (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
As Sensex scaled yet another psychologically significant milestone, most individual investors are once again looking for clues.
- Sensex Hits 20k, Makes Mukesh World’S Richest (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The Sensex airbrushed a kiss to the magical 20,000 mark on Monday just 15 minutes before the close of trade as a new set of scrips boosted its fortunes.
- Pressure Builds On Turkey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Intense diplomatic efforts have continued to try to head off a major Turkish operation against fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, in northern Iraq.
- Raise And Fall Of The Index: Some Blunders (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
The RBI governor has hit India's first industrial boom in 13 years on the head with a club, wtrites Prem Shankar Jha.
- This Fuss About Credit Policy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The monetary policy announcement for the coming quarter will take place amid great confusion about what the RBI is trying to achieve.
- Fittonia Filters (Deccan Herald, Daksha Hathi, Oct 30, 2007)
The fittonia made me love all green and silver water snakes that topple expert advice!
- Indian Stocks Charge To New High (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
India's main share index, the Sensex, tops 20,000 points for the first time as foreign investors buy into one of the world's fastest growing economies.
- Indian Police Find 14 Children Working In Sweatshop (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
With Gap Inc. under fire for selling clothes made by children in India, activists and police raided a sweatshop in New Delhi where 14 boys were embroidering women's garments Monday, illustrating the widespread problem of child labor in the South . . .
- India Sets Up Panel For Land Disputes (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
India is setting up a panel to resolve disputes over distribution and acquisition of land after violent protests by farmers who fear losing their land for factories or mines to be built.
- Dollar Link Should Be Consigned To The Sands Of Time (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Should the Gulf states depeg from the dollar? This may seem like a technical question but it is, potentially, the most consequential economic issue arising from a resurgent Arab world. And, more importantly, it is live: senior officials in Abu . . . . .
- Spirit Of Mahatma Gandhi Helps March Of The Poor To Victory (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Tens of thousands of poor farmers and tribespeople forced promises of land reform from the Indian Government yesterday after walking 320 kilometres to Delhi to protest against the marginalisation of the downtrodden in the country’s economic boom.
- Nissan Signs Pact To Build Presence In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Nissan signed a $500 million (£243 million) joint venture with Ashok Leyland yesterday to produce light commercial vehicles in India.
- Indian 'Slave' Children Found Making Gap Clothes (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.
- Developing Labour Skills Critical For Vision 2030 (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Kenya is currently working on a development strategy for the next 25 years or so.
- Pride And Joy In India Over La.'S Bobby Jindal (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
U.S. politics aren't usually the subject of gossip in the homes of this sleepy rice- and wheat-growing village in northern India. But when Bobby Jindal, an American of Indian descent, was elected governor of Louisiana this month, the residents . . .
- Argentina’S First Lady Now President (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband's popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman leader.
- Inflation, Current Account Deficit To Trouble Economy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Curbing inflation and bringing down the current account deficit will be the biggest challenges for the country’s economic managers in the current fiscal year, but the targeted economic growth rate of 7 percent or more is likely to be . . . .
- Sensex Becomes World's 33rd Index To Scale 20k (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
India on Monday became the 20th nation in the world to have seen its stock market benchmark enter the league of bourses that have touched the 20,000-point milestone.
- Rbi To Choose Between Growth And Liquidity Control: Experts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Rising inflow of funds into the surging capital markets and the resultant rupee appreciation and inflationary pressures have put RBI into a difficult position of choosing between economic growth or managing liquidity, experts said.
- Two Options, One Future (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 30, 2007)
In the end, the nuclear deal asks India an existential question -- does it want to be the US or the EU? Does it want to be a power player or does it only want to pretend?
- Mukesh Now Richest In The World (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market.
- Sensex At 20k: Just Another Milestone (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Policy uncertainty over investments through offshore derivative instruments (ODIs) and participatory notes (P-notes) having been reduced, the stock market has resumed its upward march with gusto.
- Balle Balle: Bulls Take Sensex To 20k, Make Mukesh Ambani Richest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Sensex breached the 20,000 mark today amidst expectations that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will ease interest rates thereby injecting more liquidity into the economy.
- Rbi & Fed: Crr Hike, 25 Bps Cut In Prospect (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The stock market continues to hog the headlines. After dropping a couple of thousand points in the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s moves on participatory notes, the market roared back to beat its old highs and . . . . .
- Globalisation:new Challenges (Deccan Herald, MARIO SOARES, Oct 29, 2007)
Recent developments show, the world is now on the way to a multi-polar arrangement.
- Employment And Growth — A Comment (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Oct 29, 2007)
The so-called “employment elasticity” computed from shifting equilibrium levels of employment is not a deep behavioural parameter, such as labour demand or supply elasticities.
- Share Market Fluctuations (Tribune, Arun Kumar, Oct 29, 2007)
The share market has been giving the investors the jitters. Few know which way it would go next.
- Argentine First Lady Claims Victory (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Argentina's glamorous first lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, claimed victory on Sunday in her bid to succeed her husband and become the first woman in her country's history to be elected president.
- Markets Have Got Over Initial Jitters (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 29, 2007)
Markets, it is said, abhor uncertainty. On Friday, that long-held tenet was validated when markets shrugged off earlier fears that the tighter participatory note (PN) regime would discourage foreign inflows.
- Fii Flows, Rbi Stance May Chart Market Movement: Analysts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy review this week is expected to influence the stock markets in the days ahead and investors are likely to remain in an upbeat mood, analysts said.
- Should There Be A Ban On Automatic Fdi In Real Estate In India? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
At present up to 100 per cent FDI is allowed in realty projects on automatic route subject to certain conditions.
- A Troubled Pakistan In A Troubled Region (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 29, 2007)
Faced with Russian and Chinese opposition to Chapter Seven sanctions at the UN Security Council, the United States has moved unilaterally to impose them on Iran to deter it from making a nuclear bomb which the IAEA says could be eight years away.
- India Must Move Ahead On Nuclear Deal: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Visiting US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged India on Sunday to quickly implement a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States.
- Sonia Meets Shanghai's New Communist Party Chief (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi has become the first foreign leader to meet with the new Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, China's gleaming commercial hub.
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