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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Bungee Jumping: Sensex Up 879 Pts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Last Wednesday, after discussions with the Reserve Bank of India, the finance ministry and market regulator Sebi announced their intentions to tighten the lid on foreign investments in the stock markets.
- Spectrum Policy Flawed (Times of India, Shalini Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Over the last few weeks, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) received a daunting 575 applications for mobile licences from 46 companies.
- Breach Of Trust (Times of India, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 24, 2007)
Last week, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President George W Bush that India wasn’t in a position to proceed with the nuclear agreement, at least not now, he didn’t break any treaty or contract. His crime was worse.
- ‘Madeleine Was Alone For Three Hours For Four Days’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2007)
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann left her alone for three hours for the last four nights of their holiday in Portugal to enjoy dinner with their friends at a nearby restaurant, a key witness has claimed.
- Next Wave Of Reforms Crucial (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Since the mid-1980s successive reforms have progressively moved the Indian economy towards a market-based system.
- N-Deal Politics Reflect Divided Nationalism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Whether or not the Indo-US nuclear deal goes through, the bickering among the ruling Congress party, which wants to set the seal on the agreement, its coalition partner the CPM and the opposition BJP, unfortunately reveals sharp political . . . .
- Lacking Spark (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 24, 2007)
In the years that I have been actively engaged with energy, more particularly electricity, I have been surprised by the inability — even of experienced journalists, let alone the ordinary public — to understand the simple facts that lead to the . . . . .
- What’S The Fuss, Asks Rowling On Revelation (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter series made her the first billionaire author, said today she was surprised at the fuss surrounding her announcement the boy wizard’s head teacher, Albus Dumbledore, was gay.
- Unpa: Go By What Ls Decides On Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), a group of eight regional political parties, on Tuesday finalised its governing committee office-bearers selecting Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as its chairman and Telugu Desam. . .
- Bulls Back On Dalal St, Sensex Vaults 878 Pts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The Sensex recorded its highest single-day gain in absolute terms on Tuesday after the market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) met foreign institutional investors (FIIs) on Monday and clarified that money flow from abroad will . . . .
- Right Move On Pns (Business Line, Anil Singhvi, Oct 24, 2007)
As we become a destination for global investors, we need to check not only the quantum of capital inflows but their quality as well. Any outside infusion of capital into an economy could create a bubble if not used constructively.
- Posco's Exit To Harm India's Image (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 24, 2007)
Make no mistake about it, if South Korean steel major POSCO pulls out of Orissa the bigger loser will not just be the company but the state, one of the poorest in the country, and its people.
- Why Participatory Notes Are Dangerous (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 24, 2007)
Participatory Notes (PN) — a general name used for the investment by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) through Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODIs) such as Participatory Notes, Equity-Linked Notes, Capped Return Notes and Participating. . .
- Canada Eases Anti-Terrorism Measures (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Canada’s government yesterday moved to revise one of its most contentious anti-terrorism measures, a law that allows the government to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely without disclosing the evidence against them.
- Hush Hunt For ‘Suicide Note’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The CBI is looking for a “suicide note” that the agency feels Rizwanur Rahman might have left behind.
- Other Voices - American Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
IT’S not much of a murder mystery because the culprit is always the same: Public libraries get killed by local government budget slashers.
- Cities In Economic Globalisation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
AS recently as the 1970s, many of our great cities were in physical decay and losing people, businesses and their share of the national wealth.
- African Leadership Prize For Former Mozambique President (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 23, 2007)
The world’s first-ever international prize to an African leader for good governance and excellence in leadership has gone to Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique.
- A Note Of Caution (Hindu, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Oct 23, 2007)
LeftWord Books has done a signal service in bringing out, as the ninth in their Signpost series of publications on ‘Issues that matter’, a selection of essays by Prakash Karat on the theme of U.S.-India strategic relationship, written over the . . .
- Hindi Print Media (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
“We need a Hindi version of Citizen Kane. The time is right for it.
- Avoidable Imports Of Wheat (Deccan Herald, Kamal Nayan Kabra, Oct 23, 2007)
As adequate wheat was available within the country, imports were unnecessary.
- “We Would Like To See The Transition To A Democratic Government” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 23, 2007)
Thant Myint-U, 41, grandson of the former United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant, was in New Delhi this week, having recently completed The River of Lost Footsteps, an account of the rise and fall of Burma from a histo rian’s perspective.
- Steep Decline In Oil Output May Cause War (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Production peaked in 2006 and will fall 7 per cent a year, says new study
- Employment And Growth — The Emerging Scenario (Hindu, C. Rangarajan, Oct 23, 2007)
With a 9.0 per cent GDP growth rate, even under the very conservative assumptions, the economy will reach a level where the workforce will match the labour force within a short period.
- Cpc Meet A Resounding Success: Hu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led the newly elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to meet the press here on Monday.
- Special Article (Statesman, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 23, 2007)
There is a saying in Bengali, pagoler go badhey ananda. It means that a mad man rejoices at the killing of a cow.
- Pn Blues (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
India’s regulators need to assure investors that the proposals to restrict the use of participatory notes (PNs) are not an attempt to impose capital controls. International media reports are increasingly comparing the events of last week with . . . . .
- Private Sector Should Complement Government Initiatives (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 23, 2007)
Though a lot is being done to strengthen the Indo-Japanese relation and ensure strong economic ties in the future, little has been done to get the private sectors in both the countries together.
- Probing Questions (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2007)
Given the general lack of trust in the police and other security agencies, no harm can come from an independent probe into last week’s carnage in Karachi. This is also what Benazir Bhutto wants and she is becoming increasingly difficult . . . .
- Bangalores Blues (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2007)
It is never easy to adequately meet the infrastructure needs of Bangalore City, which, in the last decade-and-a-half has turned out to be one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
- Assessing The World Export Boom (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 23, 2007)
There is much talk of a major boom in world exports, especially in this decade, yet the basic contours of this boom are rarely discussed. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh consider the main trends in the pattern . . . .
- Economics & New Political Structure (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 23, 2007)
I DON’T often write about politics but on some occasions it is a subject that becomes difficult to ignore even for a person whose primary interest is economics.
- No Room For Complacency (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Difficult as it may be to believe, India could soon move from the status of a gas-deficit country — even though gas accounts for only 8 per cent of the country's primary energy consumption, against 24 per cent globally — to a gas-sufficient . . . ..
- A Russian Economic Miracle? (Business Standard, Deepak Lal, Oct 23, 2007)
My wife and I were in Moscow last month for the launch of the Russian edition of my book Unintended Consequences.
- Cong Raps Left For Food Riots In West Bengal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The Congress lashed out against the Left Front, a key ally at the Centre, for the food riots in West Bengal and questioned its commitment towards the poor.
- Behind The Tragedy In Africa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2007)
Genius and malign idiocy often inhabit the psychology of a great man. Dr James Watson is one such individual. One of the outstanding scientists in history, his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA won him the Nobel Prize and . . . .
- Law To ‘Rest’ Land Makes Israelis Turn To Palestinian Farmers For Food (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
A Jewish agricultural law that crops up every seven years is prompting Israel’s most fervent Zionists to turn to Palestinian farmers for food.
- ‘Germany Respects Any Decision Of The Indian Side Regarding The Specific Mix Of Energies Deemed Appropriate’ (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Oct 23, 2007)
Bilateral ties between India and Germany are closer than ever before. We have established a strategic partnership which is far more than establishing close economic ties that traditionally exist between our countries.
- Hu Heads China’S New Leadership As Cpc Unveils Likely Successors (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
China’s ruling Communist Party unveiled a new leadership line-up on Monday, including two men positioned to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
- Clash With Communists Stalls U.S. Nukes Deal (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
India's government said it would hold off on finalizing a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with the U.S. for at least a month after inconclusive talks with its Communist political allies, who oppose the accord.
- India To Delay Any Moves On Nuclear Deal With Us (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
India’s government said it would hold off on finalizing a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States for at least a month after inconclusive talks with its communist political allies, who oppose the accord.
- Houses Of Abu Salem’S Brother Raided (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Police on Monday raided three houses owned by underworld don Abu Salem’s brother Abu Jaish in the city following complaints of land grabbing and detained six people for questioning.
- Kalam Conferred Honorary Doctorate Of Science (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, Chancellor of the University, presented the Doctorate to 76-year-old Kalam at a special ceremony at Wolverhampton last evening.
- Robust Cross-Border Flows (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Unctd’s World Investment Report 2007 released recently brings out the strong growth momentum in global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows during 2006.
- Detroit Gambles On Casinos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 22, 2007)
Even by the standards of America’s poorest major city, Bagley Street has seen better days.
- Jam And Nuts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
An observer who is not from the subcontinent, unfamiliar with India-Pakistan dynamics but au fait with diplomatic principles, would have been aghast on knowing, as this newspaper reported last Friday, that trade across a contentious . . . . . .
- Understanding China (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The most important factors explaining China’s progress since the deaths of Mao Zedhong and Zhou Enlai have been the spread and quick absorption of modern Western technology under conditions of relative peace and tranquillity.
- Deal: Bali This Month (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
How about booking a trip to Bali this month? Enjoy the spas, the resorts, the Barong dance performed by the locals, and the beautiful wooden carvings and spa furniture you can bring back, all very affordable.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 22, 2007)
It might be another case of too little too late, yet the Iraqi government’s move to bring the “contractors” ~ private mini-armies engaged by the Americans to provide security to their personnel ~ within the purview of its legal system will have . . . .
- Reach For Your Wallet (Times of India, Suhel Seth, Oct 22, 2007)
There was a time when corporate wars were denominated by market share growth figures and the decimation of one brand by another.
- Govt Wary Of Telling Left Nuclear Deal Is Off (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Though the Indo-US nuclear deal is on the backburner for all practical purposes, the government may not categorically acknowledge this when it talks to the Left in the joint mechanism meeting on Monday.
- A Resolution Too Far (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2007)
The Turks are a proud, prickly people, easily offended by criticism. That much is clear from the row over a resolution, passed by a committee of the United States House of Representatives on October 10th, calling the slaughter of Armenians . . .
- What Makes The Rupee Rise (Pioneer, Parthasarathi Ganguly, Oct 22, 2007)
Over the last month, traders of commodities futures in India have been facing a market that has been quite disconnected from the movements in overseas markets.
- Pn Blues (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
India’s regulators need to assure investors that the proposals to restrict the use of participatory notes (PNs) are not an attempt to impose capital controls.
- Inflation: Lessons From China (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 22, 2007)
Some sections of the US media have been concerned about inflation in China.
- A380: In A Class Of Its Own (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 22, 2007)
Europe is one of the world’s foremost exporters of aeronautics-related products and services. The EU aeronautics and aerospace sectors represent multi-billion euro industries in the European economy, sustaining millions of jobs for the citizens.
- No Place For Vp In New Cpc Line-Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Chinese vice-president Mr Zeng Qinghong was eased out from the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee today, bolstering President and party boss Mr Hu Jintao’s control over the party on the eve of crucial election to select . . . .
- Can Benazir Bring Democracy To Pak? (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 22, 2007)
Terrorists, through their latest attacks, have justified Benazir Bhutto’s much-maligned deal with President General Pervez Musharraf. She used to say that she wanted to return to Pakistan because terrorism was finishing all chances of the . . . .
- Delays In Lyari Expressway (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 22, 2007)
THE inordinate delay in the functioning of the Lyari Expressway in Karachi should serve as a lesson for any future development project.
- New Direction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
There is a vacuum in theatre. As practitioners we have to shift the trend,” says Anamika Haksar, theatre personality.
- Is It Pause, Halt Or End? (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 19, 2007)
A look at the possible scenarios in the event that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal is put on the back burner.
- Dimensions Of Rural Poverty In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2007)
In Tamil Nadu, the rural poor are the marginal and small farmers and landless agricultural labourers. A comprehensive agricultural strategy should include conferment of land ownership with increased public investment in agriculture.
- Putin Announces New Nuclear Weapon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday chastised the United States over its policy in Iraq and Iran, and announced "grandiose" military plans, including development of a new nuclear weapon.
- State Of Complicity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2007)
Why is it that, for a country which is experiencing record-breaking economic growth with nascent super power aspirations, we have been so unsuccessful in tackling corruption?
- Professor Pm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 19, 2007)
It’s usually retired politicians who hit the lecture circuit. But Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been giving - on request from his Nigerian hosts when he went visiting - lessons on how to manage an economy to top Nigerian officials.
- Lest We Miss The Next Surge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2007)
How much is too much is a question that has never been satisfactorily answered when it comes to growth numbers. In 1992, the two settlements were clubbed and stock markets were closed when trading volumes hit a record high of Rs 500 crore.
- N-Deal Apart, Left Has Some Other Peeves (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
While showing no signs of budging from its opposition to the nuclear deal, the Left is expanding its areas of discord with the government. On Thursday, it demanded that the logistics support agreement with the US should not be signed and also . . . .
- Bjp Sees ‘Manipulation’ Behind Sensex Crash, Wants Jpc Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The BJP on Wednesday held the UPA Government responsible for the bloodbath at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry to find out beneficiaries of the crash triggered by market regulator . . .
- Still Not Open Enough (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The ongoing 17th Communist Party Congress in Beijing is all over the news space.
- Knowing The Investor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
A discussion paper issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday on offshore derivative instruments (ODIs) will have far reaching implications for the flow of foreign money into Indian stocks.
- Sensex Crashes By 1744 Points Before Gaining Some Ground (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
In a knee-jerk reaction to the cap proposed by the market regulator for the Participatory Notes, an overseas derivative instrument (ODI), used by foreign institutional investors (FIIs), the stock market crashed on Wednesday . . . . .
- Bjp Seeks Jpc Probe (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The BJP today demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe to find out the beneficiaries of the market crash that got triggered over SEBI’s proposal.
- Don't Chain The Net (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Software is a sunshine sector of the Indian economy and perhaps the most potent symbol of the emergent new India.
- Jarring Notes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
October 17 was a day of drama and poor policymaking. The Sensex crashed over 1,700 points when the markets opened, but made up most of its losses later in the day to finish 336 points lower than Tuesday's close.
- World’S Largest Aircraft Touches Down In Singapore (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Oct 18, 2007)
The world’s largest commercial aircraft, A380, landed at the Changi airport here on Wednesday from Toulouse, France, to an impressive water salute from fire tenders, a colourful Chinese lion dance and the beating of traditional drums.
- Sensex Tumbles, Recovers (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Oct 18, 2007)
In a day of high-voltage punting drama, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex on Wednesday tanked by an unprecedented 1,744 points within minutes of opening trade only to recover just as fast after an hour-long suspension.
- Stampede For Exit Follows Attempt To Curb Hot Money (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Indian government's attempt to curb hot money flows into one of the world's fastest growing economies put shares on a rollercoaster yesterday.
- India Has 1 Lakh Millionaires (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Is rich getting richer in the country? It seems so as a latest study has found that India’s High Networth Individuals (HNIs) population has touched 1,00,000 mark at the end of 2006.
- Staying Tax Positive (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Britain over the years, has been likened to the world’s only onshore tax haven; it’s one of the few countries in the world, where till now, a Lakshmi Mittal, a Roman Abramovich or a Mohammed Al Fayed could pay taxes only on what they . . . . .
- Bloodbath On Dalal St. (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Oct 18, 2007)
The Sensex staged a dramatic recovery from a 1700-point deep fall in the opening hours after Finance Minister P Chidambaram quickly moved in to calm the fears of investors following a shocker by the Security Exchange Board of India that it . . . . .
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