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- Should Us Fix History? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 29, 2007)
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives (lower house), on October 10, bravely passed a resolution that, among other things, a systematic campaign had been undertaken to kill Armenians in Turkey between . . . . .
- Role And Risks Of Sovereign Wealth Funds (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 29, 2007)
The latest issue of Finance & Development, an official publication of the International Monetary Fund, has an authoritative article on the rise of sovereign wealth funds — funds owned by State Governments of countries.
- Indian Children Found Making Clothes For Gap (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 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, according to a report published in The Observer on Sunday.
- Do Or Die (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
WE are living beyond our means and courting environmental, economic and human disaster.
- Stunting The Sme (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Currently, we are in the throes of self-doubt concerning the booming stock exchange and the soaring rupee caused by a flood of foreign investors.
- Argentina's First Lady Wins Presidency: Exit Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Several major exit polls suggested that first lady Cristina Fernandez won her husband's job Sunday by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff.
- Argentine First Lady Wins Presidential Election (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swept to victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday, the first woman elected to lead the country.
- New Crime Busters On The Prowl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Enter a new world of intrigue and mystery with ‘Cambala Investigation Agency,’ starting from October 29 (Mondays to Fridays, 7 p.m.) on Pogo.
- India’S Road To Intelligent Urbanism (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 29, 2007)
With the recent spate of flyover constructions in Chennai, pedestrians and bicyclists have been swept out of the main thoroughfares as if they don’t even exist.
- Class Apart, Some Mps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
What does globalisation have to do with caste relations in India? How does secularism differ from country to country? Can game theory be used to negotiate stable political coalitions? Read on.
- In Kolkata, Us Secy Meets Buddha, Says Move Fast On Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today urged India to proceed with the civilian nuclear deal and to take a leadership role in stalled global trade talks by opening more of its economy.
- Argentine First Lady Seeks Presidency (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the other half of the power couple credited with Argentina's rebound from an economic collapse, overshadowed 13 rivals as voting opened on Sunday in Argentina's presidential polls.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Meeting That Never Was (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Rights activist Sujato Bhadra was not the only person Rizwanur Rahman had called on the morning of his death promising to meet later in the day.
- Sensex Soars By 472 Pts To New Closing Peak Of 19,243.17 (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Stock markets rose for the fifth day in a row today with the benchmark BSE Sensex surging to close at a new peak of 19,243.17 points after market regulator SEBI allowed more overseas investors to enter the bourses.
- Back On Track (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 27, 2007)
The markets have responded well to SEBI's new, restrictive norms for participatory notes (PNs). Finally, the rules of the game are clear and investors know where they stand.
- 17 Including Ex-Cm's Son Killed By Naxalites (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Seventeen people, including the son of former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi were killed by armed naxalites at Chilkhadia village in Giridih district in the wee hours of Saturday.
- Reforming? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
The claim, at first, was that restrictions on participatory notes (PNs) were motivated by a desire to reduce capital flows. But the government quickly recanted and sang another tune.
- Protest Sanctions On Iran: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has opposed the fresh sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Iran. The party said the unilateral sanctions, aimed at hitting at Iran’s financial system and economy, came in the wake of the continuing. . .
- Rising Sensex Lifts Investor Wealth To $1.5 Trillion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Dalal Street is on steroids. On Friday, with a 473 points rise in the Sensex, markets reached yet another new peak. And in doing so, for the first time India's market capitalisation (investor wealth) crossed the $1.5 trillion mark.
- India, Netherlands Sign Agreements (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 27, 2007)
India and the Netherlands have signed two agreements in the fields of culture, trade and economy aimed at giving a boost to the bilateral relations between the nations.
- Six Oil Workers Kidnapped In Nigeria (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Gunmen in speedboats kidnapped six workers from an oil vessel, off Nigeria's coast at dawn on Friday, the second attack on an oilfield in a week, officials said.
- India Share Market At New High (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main stock index, the Sensex, hit yet another record high on Friday.
- ‘Whether You Are Democrat Or Dictator, On The Left Or Right, Exclusion Will Sooner Or Later Destabilise You’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
When in the year 2000, Hernando de Soto came up with his magnum opus The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, it was a fundamental shift in thinking about an economic system that has had as many . . . .
- Other Voices - Bangladesh Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
IT comes as a great relief that anti-corruption task forces have started working at the Dhaka City Corporation and other public services agencies.
- Govt Trying To Convince Sc On Obc Quota Merits (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reiterating the need for OBC reservations in higher education, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh on Friday said that the government would make dedicated efforts to convince the Supreme Court.
- Eu Plans A ‘Blue Card’ (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 27, 2007)
FORGET hopes of a new era of European harmony and unity following the agreement in Lisbon last week on a new reform treaty to whip unwieldy European Union institutions into shape: the bloc faces years of anxiety on whether the new institutional . . . .
- Stop Airing Sting On 'Riots', Says Guj Govt (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
The state government on Friday stopped cable TV operators in many parts of the state from beaming Aaj Tak and Headlines Today.
- Sebi Makes It Easier For Fiis To Enter Through The Front Door (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Sticking to its original proposal to slap curbs on participatory notes (PNs or P-Notes), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) today approved new rules for investment by foreign investors that will force them to come through. . .
- Economics Has To Take Lead In Solving Kashmir: Rangarajan (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Oct 26, 2007)
C Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minster, said here on Thursday that though the Kashmir issue has its political and social aspects, economic intervention has to take a lead for the imbroglio to be solved.
- What Hillary Can Learn From Obama (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2007)
Proposal by proposal, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are constructing policy agendas that present their party with mirror-image choices.
- Leading From The Back (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 26, 2007)
My concept of radical leadership is one that combines social concern with a strategic perspective on human and social affairs.
- Rs.1.5-Crore Civic Works For Ambattur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Nearly 90 resolutions, including those to desilt stormwater drains and blacktopping of roads, were passed at a meeting of the Ambattur Municipal Council on Thursday.
- “In The World Economy, There Must Be Freedom For People And Ideas To Move” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 26, 2007)
It was at the end of the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) summit in Tshwane (Pretoria) that one met Roberto Mangabeira Unger, a don at Harvard University, author of numerous articles, and Brazil’s Minister for Long-Term Strategic . . . .
- Mobile Web Is Finally Getting Started (Hindu, Victor Keegan , Oct 26, 2007)
Everything is up for grabs in the smartphone market.
- New Rules For Regulating Pns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday announced new rules to regulate foreign investments through instruments such as participatory notes (PNs).
- U.S. Slaps New Sanctions On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Key military, banking institutions cut off from U.S. financial system
- Sebi Announces New Rules, Curbs Pns (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Market regulator SEBI on Thursday announced new rules to regulate foreign investments through instruments like participatory notes -- proposals on which had last week triggered a meltdown in the stock market prompting Finance Minister. . .
- The Mafia Is The Biggest Business In Italy (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The mafia is now the biggest business in Italy, with organised crime netting mob bosses more than Ł 63 billion a year, or 7 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product, from drugs, extortion and prostitution.
- Markets Post Sub-Prime Crisis (The Economic Times, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Oct 26, 2007)
Last month one had suggested that despite the intervention by major central banks, there may be more distress in the US home business, which would continue to sour credit markets, though the worst is behind us.
- Rizwanur Wasn't Killed, Feels Cbi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The CBI will announce within the next few days that Rizwanur Rahman, the graphic designer who died mysteriously a month after his marriage to the daughter of an industrialist, had committed suicide.
- Solar Particle Detector Activated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Chinese scientists have successfully activated the first probing equipment on the Chang’e-1 lunar orbiter on Thursday to start exploring the environment between the Earth and the Moon.
- Estrada Pardoned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday granted pardon to the convicted former President, Joseph Estrada, who was sentenced to life for plunder. Mr. Estrada (70) was found guilt of amassing assets worth about $86 million during . . . .
- U.S. Committed To Diplomatic Solution: Rice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
As the United States imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Washington remained committed to “‘a diplomatic solution.”
- Still Reigns Despite The Fall (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The US dollar’s persistent weakness in relation to other major currencies has been in the spotlight recently.
- Indexing Inhumanity, Indian Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 26, 2007)
It took minutes for the top guns to swing into action when the Sensex fell by several hundred points. But no Minister came forward to calm the nation when India hit the 94th rank in the Global Hunger Index.
- Fbt On Esops (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
The much-delayed rules for valuation of employee stock option plans (Esops) issued by the revenue department on Tuesday raise more questions than they answer.
- Not Quite Global (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 26, 2007)
Former US president Jimmy Carter once said, "Globalisation, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing.
- Pawns In Pakistan (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Oct 26, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto's return was stage-managed by the US. Nawaz Sharif didn't succeed as he lacked American backing
- Going 'Widget'-Happy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 26, 2007)
If you're not plugged into the Internet, you still have to buy the whole newspaper even if you only want to do the crossword puzzle. But online, that and other stand-alone features are increasingly popping up all over the web.
- ‘Given The Nature Of Competitive Politics And Fractured Mandates... Difficult For Us To Do What Is Manifestly Obvious’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2007)
Never before has the Indian economy sustained close to 9 per cent growth year after year for so long. Most projections suggest that we should be able to sustain this rate into the medium term.
- No Country Is An Island (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Oct 25, 2007)
This is the right time for India and the international community to think seriously about crafting a peace agreement in Sri Lanka.
- Eu’S New Scheme For Migrants (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A great opportunity awaits Indian skilled workers, including engineers, IT experts, MBAs, and legal experts, with the European Union (EU) having devised the Blue Card scheme-- akin to Green Card in the US- to attract workers from outside . . . .
- Cbi Suspects Some Of The Rizwanur Kin Got Money To Help Todi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Top officials in the CBI have told The Indian Express that they have “prima facie evidence” of Ashok Todi, father of Priyanka Todi, having established “secret access” to some relatives of Rizwanur Rehman who could have received money for helping . . . .
- Congress Defends Pm On Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday came out in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the BJP’s campaign that he is a "weak Prime Minister". It attacked BJP stalwarts Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani and described Dr Singh as . . . .
- Economy Of India Now $4 Trillion: Chidambaram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India's economy, which swelled close to a trillion dollars last year, is actually worth four trillion dollars when measured in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) and accounts for 6.3 per cent of the global economy, Finance Minister . . . .
- Police Take Responsibility For Errors: Haneef's Lawyer (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The saga of Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef is continuing to haunt the Australian authorities with his lawyer asking the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to take full responsibility of the errors in the investigation of his case.
- Anganwari Workers Threaten Stir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Over 3,000 anganwari workers of Doda district are up in arms against “discriminatory” policies of the state government towards their demands.
- Merkel’S Visit May Close Gaps (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 25, 2007)
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is seeking to change the way it has so far looked at India, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit beginning next week, say top officials from both countries.
- Discontent Despite The Rebound (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
Despite buoyant growth rates in all the major European Union countries, popular suspicion seems to be persisting over the plans to reform the entrenched European welfare model which contrasts with the market-oriented Anglo-American model.
- We're Off To A Good Start (Times of India, Manmohan Singh , Oct 25, 2007)
India is a nation on the move. I am confident that our time has come.
- Grain Of Truth (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Oct 25, 2007)
Ration shops are burning all over West Bengal. They are being attacked, looted and put on fire by groups of angry, disgruntled citizens, who seem to have decided that they have had enough.
- Let Sensex Soar Higher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
In American writer JW De Forest's long ago novel, Honest John Vane, written in 1875 and first serialised in The Atlantic, Darius Dorman, a broker, advises Honest John, erstwhile ice-box manufacturer-turned-Republican Congressman:
- China’S First Lunar Probe Launched (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
China launched its first moon orbiter on Wednesday amid a blaze of live-to-air patriotic propaganda celebrating the country’s space ambitions and technological prowess.
- Incentives Won't Do (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
The Supreme Court's latest observations on the Union Government's schemes to provide maternity benefits to below poverty line mothers are sound common sense.
- Protests Over Land Rights In India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
On a hot, dusty highway some 40 miles (70km) from Delhi, a human column snakes its way towards the Indian capital carrying a unique message of defiance to the country's leaders: "Give us back our land."
- Poor But Defiant, Thousands March On Delhi In Fight For Land Rights (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
On a hot, dusty highway some 40 miles (70km) from Delhi, a human column snakes its way towards the Indian capital carrying a unique message of defiance to the country's leaders: "Give us back our land."
- The Unfinished Agenda Of Economic Reform (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
There is no lack of thinking on what needs to be done to sustain and further accelerate growth.
- All You Wanted To Know About Pns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 25, 2007)
Now that PNs with underlying derivatives have to be withdrawn in 18 months, it is likely that there may be some choppy sessions ahead but the volatility should pan out very soon.
- Markets End Flat Amid Volatile Trading (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Stock markets witnessed high volatality on Wednesday, a day before the crucial SEBI board meeting on the P-Note issue, with benchmark index Sensex swinging more than 500 points intra-day before ending almost flat.
- Electronic Vision (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
THE Chandigarh administration is working towards making the city grow as a knowledge-based one.
- Little Women (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 25, 2007)
LAST Monday – October 15 – a friend of mine sent me a message, reminding me that it was World Rural Women’s Day. I was intrigued, because I had not actually forgotten – I did not know about it to begin with.
- Industrial Upturn (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Oct 25, 2007)
While there are important differences between the mid-1990s industrial mini-boom and the boom that is under way, the danger of a downturn still lurks.
- Crude Oil Price:need For A Policy (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, Oct 24, 2007)
India must look for modifying its subsidy super structure to reach energy efficiency.
- Kalam Conferred Honorary Doctorate Of Science (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Wolverhampton in the UK in recognition of his eminence in the international community as a scientist, educationist and statesman.
- Sensex Nets Biggest Ever Single-Day Gain Of 879 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Euphoria is back on Dalal Street, at least for the time being. Shrugging off the shock created by the Sebi proposal to curb the use of participatory notes, the market staged a strong rally today, with the Sensex posting its biggest ever single-day. . .
- Pakistan And Its Prisoners Of Destiny (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Oct 24, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto knows how to press the right buttons when speaking to Western audiences through the mass media.
- Fractured Mandates Cause Difficulties: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that “competitive politics” and “very fractured mandates” had made it difficult for governments to do what was “manifestly obvious.”
- 'Indian Market Is Overridden With Greed’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2007)
Buy what others are discarding and sell what others are craving. Look for the hated, the unloved and the distressed business.
- Rs. 1,430-Crore Annual Plan For Goa Finalised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
A Rs. 1,430-crore annual plan for Goa was finalised at a meeting here on Tuesday between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.
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