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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 16647:
- South Africa — Empowering Enterprise On Merit, Not Numbers (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 22, 2005)
Diagonal Street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, houses several Indian-owned retail stores
- Should Putin Have A Third Term In Office? (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 22, 2005)
While Vladimir Putin has stated time and again that he intends respecting the Constitution, which allows only two consecutive terms, there are many who keep proposing ways of extending his stay in power.
- C.N.R. Rao Hailed As Role Model For Young Scientists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
India is hoping that he gets the world's greatest recognition, says President Kalam
- World Bank To Meet $3 Billion A Year Commitment (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
The World Bank president, Mr Paul Wolfowitz, today reiterated the bank’s commitment to India country strategy lending of $3 billion per year over three years (2005-08), while remaining non-committal on the additional $1 billion request for the . . . .
- $3-Billion Package For Bharat Nirman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
It will be part of the $9-billion World Bank commitment for India: Wolfowitz
- Wb To Provide $9 B Aid To India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
The World Bank announced on Saturday that it was ready to lend India up to $3 billion per year over the next three years to fund various development projects including the Bharat Nirman programme, the ambitious rural infrastructure development project.
- Hands Off Water, Protesters Tell World Bank President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
They are against Bank's policies of privatisation through the back door
The Bank believes in providing "all water for some ... and no water for most, whereas we
- India’S Bill For The Poor (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
Cited as a historical move, the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Bill in India promises to empower the poor by employing one member of a rural family for 100 days a year at a minimum wage of Rs 60 a day.
- World Bank Ready To Give $3 Billion In 3 Yrs For Bharat Nirman (Indian Express, C B P Srivastava, Aug 21, 2005)
World Bank on Saturday said it was ready to lend 3 billion US dollars over three years to support the ambitious Rs 1,74,000 crore 'Bharat Nirman' project for developing rural infrastructure.
- Global Imbalances—a Tale Of Two Deficits (Financial Times, ANAND SINGH BHAL, Aug 20, 2005)
The news that China has revalued its currency, the renminbi, from 8.28 per US dollar to 8.11 per US dollar, has created some expectations about a faster resolution of global imbalances.
- Why Muslims Can Love America (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2005)
Picture this — eight angry Egyptian men in a Cairo focus group venting rage at all things American for an hour. Then a greying 60-year-old with a pencil moustache sighed, saying: “I wish it would get back to what it was.
- Centre Keeping Tabs On Prices Of 5 Items (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Expressing concern over the spiralling global oil prices, Mr Chidambaram said if the situation did not ease it would severely impact the bottomlines of country’s oil companies.
- Uk’S Ventura Floats India Arm In Pune (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Ventura, a leading provider of customer management outsourcing services, has launched their India operations.
- Is A Sino-Us Cold War In The Offing? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 20, 2005)
With the US enjoying overwhelming superiority in military strength, as well as technology, the neocons in the Bush administration are wary of any challenge to America’s pre-eminence.
- President, Pm Greet On Navroz (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Navroz — the Parsi new year — which is being celebrated on Saturday.
- Government Seeks $1 Billion From World Bank For 'Bharat Nirman' Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The World Bank will be roped in for the ambitious Rs 1,74,000 crore Bharat Nirman programme for developing rural infrastructure, with the government seeking a one billion US dollar loan from the multi-lateral institution.
- Iniquitous Shopping (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
S. K. Jha on tax treaty misuse cited in a CAG report
- A Matter Of Credibility (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 20, 2005)
On Thursday, the US Ambassador, Mr David Mulford, told an audience in Kolkata that "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee should serve as a role model for other Left leaders on how to attract investments."
- Leisure ‘interests’ Of Public Figures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2005)
Rather as medieval peasants believed that touching the hem of the king’s robe would cure them of disease or bring them good luck, we are pathetically grateful for any scrap of information that reveals the true character of our rulers.
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Aug 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Rising Oil Import Bill Will Gobble Up Increase In Export Revenues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Rationalisation of taxes should be attempted, says chamber
- Rural Job Bill Moved In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Ms Gandhi observed that as the nation’s economy was growing at seven per cent the implementation of the job scheme would not pose any problem.
- Rising Oil Import Bill Gobbles Up Export Income (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
The FICCI feels has asked the government to formulate a policy to effectively distribute the burden of rising international oil prices.
- The Second Age Of Globalisation (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Aug 19, 2005)
Welcome to the second age of globalisation, and the labour practices of Victorian mill owners.
- Controlling Rising Oil Prices (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 19, 2005)
The price of oil has gone up from $10 six years ago to $66 a barrel as reported on August 12. Why is this so? A car-owner or taxi-driver in India would,
- Singapore Fta: Against Asian Unity? (Telegraph, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 18, 2005)
While India's Free Trade Agreement with Singapore has been generally welcomed, there is more to it than meets the eye.
- The Quagmire Called Iraq (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Aug 18, 2005)
Identifying the basis of international law, many jurists argue that ‘no benefit can be received from an illegal act’.
- Disinvestment Not On Backburner: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the government's asset sale programme was not on the backburner.
- Strategic Impasse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
That the strategic sale of 13 profit-making public sector units (PSUs) has been put off by the UPA government should come as no surprise.
- Recipe For Disaster (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 18, 2005)
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South Africa’s recently appointed deputy president, has a sense of humour, so maybe she was just joking. But it was the political equivalent of shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre, what she had to say at a conference in . . .
- India Most Cost-Competitive Outsourcing Centre: Study (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
India and the Philippines continue to remain the most cost-competitive offshore locations for contact centres in Asia Pacific despite fast-emerging competition in the region, says a survey report.
- Saints, Subjects And The Universal Indian (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Aug 18, 2005)
While it’s true that Indian modernity, as we know it, is concomitant and congruent with colonialism,
- Economy On The Upswing: Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate during the current fiscal 2005-06 is expected to be better than 6.9 per cent
- India, China, Tortoise, Hare (Asia Times, Aruni Mukherjee, Aug 18, 2005)
Consider, for a moment, a few haphazardly scattered jigsaw pieces of the India-China puzzle.
- Psus’ Sale Stake Is Still In Play, Avers Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
A day after the Centre formally called off strategic sale of stakes in 13 profit-making PSUs, Finance Minister P Chidambaram asserted here on Wednesday that disinvestment of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) has not been put on the back-burner.
- If Cities Are Not Renewed They Will Die! (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 17, 2005)
One of the `Saat Sutras' that the Prime Minister reverted to in his Independence Day speech was urban renewal, the other six being agriculture, irrigation, education, health, employment and infrastructure.
- Song Of The Road (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2005)
Social churning lends colour to kanwaria spectacle
- Challenge To Sustain Economic Growth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 17, 2005)
Visiting World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has said that Pakistan’s over 8 per cent economic growth is quite impressive, but stressed that its sustainability and equitable distribution for benefit of the poor is a challenge.
- All-Round Growth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 17, 2005)
Business Standard / New Delhi August 15, 2005
- Lower Gear (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
While most of the auto industry continues to remain in denial, there is little doubt that the sector appears headed for a suddenly bumpy road.
- End Of The Road (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2005)
Kolkata is soon to be divested of what is arguably its most resilient metaphor.
- Car Sales To Grow 14% This Fiscal: Cmie (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
According to the economic think-tank, Indian automobile sector is expected to the entry of several foreing players in small car segment in the next one-two years.
- Parliament Okays Vote On Account For Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
An outlay of Rs 3680 crore has been made for education while the outlay for health sector is Rs 1142 crore in 2005-06
- Rs. 300 Crores More Central Assistance For Rehabilitation Work In Flood-Affected Areas (Hindu, Vijaykumar Patil, Aug 17, 2005)
Prime Minister cancels aerial survey of north Karnataka owing to bad weather
Funds likely to be released today
Special loans announced for farmers, small traders
Armed forces complimented for helping in rescue operations
- Luxury Cars, High-End Cycles Identified For Export Thrust (Hindu, Indrani Dutta, Aug 17, 2005)
Need for expanding the basket of thrust commodities
14 new products notified
15 p.c. annual growth seen in engineering exports
EEPC ropes in Ferguson
- Sale Of Stakes In 13 Psus Called Off (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Decision in keeping with Common Minimum Programme, says Minister
Reverses NDA Government's decision
Not the right option: Chidambaram
Left pressure denied
Selling minority stakes in PSUs being discussed
- Sick Psus To Be Wound Up, Says Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
The finance minister said that the government had been giving grant to sick companies to pay dues of their employees but this could not go on indefinitely.
- Exports Up 27 Per Cent At $7.2 Billion: Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
The Centre is planning to introduce a bill in Parliament to discontinue Rs 100 crore of cess on exports of agricultural commodities.
- Sri Lanka On Election Mode (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 16, 2005)
The Lakshman Kadirgamar killing has brought back into focus the peace process that had taken the back-seat with the imminent announcement of elections in Sri Lanka.
- `We Expect Govt To Implement Policies Within Cmp Parameters' — Mr Prakash Karat, Cpi (M) General Secretary (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 16, 2005)
AMIABLE and graceful, Mr Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is firm in his conviction, and an ideologue steeped in the Marxist orthodoxy
- Enter, The Dragon (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Aug 16, 2005)
China’s extraordinary rise has been documented in many ways. Its economy has been the primary focus of attention, with the astonishing run of growth that we have witnessed over the past two decades.
- India Inc Justifies Bull Run; Attributes It To Foreign Funds (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Majority of India's top CEOs do not consider the stock market overheated at 7800 points and attribute the bull run to persistent inflow of foreign funds, robust corporate results and globalisation of Indian economy.
- Change In Saudi Arabia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 16, 2005)
Saudi Arabia has been one of Pakistan’s closest allies, especially after Faisal bin Abdul Aziz became king in 1964.
- Interest Rates Should Remain Stable: Cmie (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Depsite a buoyant capital market corporates are taking the loan route to fund their expansion plans, finds the review.
- From Pity To Fear (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 15, 2005)
How western perceptions of India have changed?
- Kalam Sets New Goal: Energy Independence (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
As world crude prices soared to new heights, President A P J Abdul Kalam, addressing the nation on the eve of the Independence Day, defined a new goal for India's energy policy: Of energy independence.
- A Green Revolution For Energy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 15, 2005)
Soaring crude prices have made it imperative for us to make a conscious effort to drastically reduce our dependence on petroleum and its by-products.
- Few Options Over Oil Price (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Aug 15, 2005)
Tough task of spreading burden
It is a fact that the Centre and States are overwhelmingly dependent on petro taxes
- Sme Package: Lingering Lacunae (Hindu, P. M. Mathew, Aug 15, 2005)
The basic issue is a lack of vision of the Government on the role of a vital sub-sector of the economy
There is need for a professional approach to SME policy through proper coordination of initiatives of different agencies
- Centre And The States — A New Compact (Indian Express, N K Singh, Aug 14, 2005)
Last week, I wrote about the Central Government focusing on their achievements and inadequacies.
- Shaukat Markets Pakistan Well (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 14, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has concluded his visit to Japan and Hong Kong with a grand success in marketing Pakistan for trade and investment.
- Tokyo Monogatari (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 14, 2005)
Japan is on the turn following its Prime Minister’s decision to embark on a risky gamble. The Lower House has been dissolved and snap elections are scheduled for 9/11,
- Black Gold Becomes More Gold (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 14, 2005)
Oil prices have raced to record highs of about 67 dollars on Friday a barrel due to increasing demand and lack of spare capacity cushion to production and refinery. The International Energy Agency has cut its estimates of non-Open supply growth while . .
- Challenges Facing The Country (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 14, 2005)
Born amid dire predictions of early collapse, Pakistan has proved ill-wishers wrong by its very survival, though it went through the trauma of parting with its distant wing within the first 25 years.
- Basic Law And Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 14, 2005)
We celebrate today the 58th anniversary of our country’s independence. As we look back and take stock, much has happened of which we can be proud. The economy has surely diversified and expanded.
- Arguments For A Better World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 14, 2005)
Amartya Sen's new book, The Argumentative Indian, is an original journey into the history of ideas. He says India's traditions of democratic discussion and secularism stretch back longer than we care to think. Excerpts from an interview.
- Dividends Of Peace For Locals Along The Loc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
Schools function without fear of shelling from across the border
- Are We Ready To Face Safta? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 13, 2005)
India has said that the South Asia Free Trade Area Agreement (SAFTA) that envisages phased tariff liberalization will come into force from January 1, 2006. Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka are expected to bring tariff to 20 per cent in about two years . . .
- Sound Strategies Put Railways On Track (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Aug 13, 2005)
Buoyancy in economy has also contributed to the growth in traffic
- No Haven In The Making (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 13, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the new-look DTAA with Singapore
- Check At Entry, Not At The Exit (Business Line, R. Anand, Aug 13, 2005)
If the rationale for BCTT is to establish a tax trail, then the entire mechanism of the levy needs to be re-examined, says R. Anand
- Don't Follow False Leads (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Aug 13, 2005)
Searches under the I-T Act should be authorised with care, says T. N. Pandey
- Industry Not Comfortable With Fbt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
Stating that the newly introduced Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) will have far reaching consequences on the corporate sector,
- Markets Shoots Up, But Where Are Retail Investors? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
In a virtual exodus on Dalal Street, public holding in listed companies has declined sharply in the last three years.
- Incentives To Pay Taxes (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2005)
CBR Chairman Abdullah Yousuf has urged the businessmen and others to take advantage of the tax incentives announced in the budget to pay their taxes honestly and scrupulously and warned that these incentives can be withdrawn if their misuse is persisted.
- Tax Reform: Change Doesn't Mean Stability (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 12, 2005)
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2005 has proposed a series of changes to the income-tax law. There is no doubt a need for tax reform, but the remedy for the fiscal ills lies not in introducing irksome levies,
- `Is Govt Losing Faith In Leading Role Of Psus?' — Mr Gurudas Dasgupta, Cpi Member Of Parliament (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 12, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition Government, led by the Congress(I), sets great store by the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP).
- India Inc High On Mergers And Acquisitions (Business Line, Kai Taraporevala, Aug 12, 2005)
Deal activity in the first half of 2005 broke out of the flat trend seen since mid-2002. INDATA recorded 277 deals valued at Rs 261.5 billion ($6 billion) between January and June 2004.
- Big Oil Firms Make Big Money (Tribune, Steven Mufson, Aug 12, 2005)
When oil prices spiked — and oil profits soared — 26 years ago, virtually every newspaper intern in America (including me) was dispatched to gasoline stations to collect quotes from irate motorists.
- Worldwide Wonder (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
The 10th 10th birthday of the internet as a mass phenomenon is rightly being celebrated this week to mark a decade since the explosive stock market debut of Netscape,
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