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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 25647:
- Iran: Bigger Threat Than The Bomb? (Hindu, Martin Woollacott , May 14, 2005)
The world can live with Iranian nuclear weapons. But can the United States?
HOW MUCH would it matter if Iran had the bomb? Merely to pose this question, within the Bush administration, would almost be treason.
- Tall Tax, Food Police, A Bizarre Bridge And A Robber Wanting Your Past Or Future (Business Line, D. Murali , May 14, 2005)
YOU PROBABLY know of John Galt in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Here is a different JG in Ken Schoolland's story, The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey.
- Towards Transparency (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 14, 2005)
Right to information can lead to a greater empowerment of the people
- India’S Weakness Apparent (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, May 14, 2005)
Despite their insensitivity to its security interests, India is still unable to deal firmly with its troublesome neighbours
- A Policy In Search Of A Rationale (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 14, 2005)
With the Foreign and Defence Ministries at loggerheads, it isn't surprising that India took 17 days to confirm King Gyanendra's statement in Jakarta that military supplies to Nepal would continue.
- Merging Into A Mere Circular (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 14, 2005)
SETTING RULES FOR mergers of private and public sector banks makes little sense when banks cannot buy beyond 10 per cent of the paid-up capital without the nod of the Reserve Bank of India.
- Fiscal Harmony In Final Handshake (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 14, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the recent change to the amortisation of VRS expenditure
- Cost Accountant And The Art Of Motorcycle Valuation (Business Line, D. Murali , May 14, 2005)
OF ROADS rode I wrote, into autumn vale gleaming, golden pipes singing. Thus goes a haiku on http://motorcycles.about.com.
- Targeting Kashmir’S Leaders (Tribune, Anil Nauriya , May 14, 2005)
There has been a spate of politically motivated assassinations in Kashmir. On May 1 the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s nephew, Atiqullah was shot at in Anantnag and died later.
- Mof Sees 6.9% Growth In Fy05, Reining Inflation High On Agenda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Expecting a modest 6.9% economic growth in 2004-05, the finance ministry on Thursday said checking inflation was high on the agenda of the government so as to ensure that it does not have an undue burden on poor.
- Power Can’T Be Free (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2005)
Forced by the worsening power crisis and an unobliging Centre, the Maharashtra Government has decided to stop free power to the state’s 25 lakh farmers from June 1.
- Three Lakh Rural Households Sans Power In Punjab (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 13, 2005)
Electricity supply has failed to reach over three lakh households in rural Punjab, the richest state in the country. The state claimed to achieved 100 per cent rural electrification in early seventies.
- A Chance To Take Centre Stage (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 13, 2005)
The proposed meeting in Vladivostok is an opportunity for India, Russia, and China to work towards a more equitable world order.
- Banking Reforms: Left Parties Take Issue To Pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Left parties on Thursday expressed their opposition to the Government on the decision to introduce a Bill to lift the 10 per cent voting rights cap in private sector banks.
- Wal-Mart’S Menzer Says There Is Space For All (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
It’s the biggest of them all. A company that’s topped the Fortune 500 list four times in a row.
- Tread Warily (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s working group on Warehouse Receipts and Commodity Futures has put forth a well-thought roadmap for banks to enter commodity trading.
- For Info, Break Seal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 13, 2005)
The Right to Information Bill, which Parliament has just passed, is a major milestone in transforming government. It preserves the important core principles that any such Bill should possess.
- The Continued Journey (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , May 13, 2005)
Sitarist Arvind Parikh's short film on his guru, the unparalleled sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, is a fitting tribute
- Mayavati Vents Taj Ire On Govt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayavati went on the offensive in the Rajya Sabha today with a bitter tirade against the CBI, which is investigating charges of corruption against her, and threatened to withdraw support to the UPA government.
- Telecom Fdi Hike The Big Step Forward (Deccan Herald, PRACHI VERMA DADHWAL, May 13, 2005)
The hike in foreign direct investment (FDI) to 74% from 49% has been one of the major landmarks achieved by the UPA government in the telecom sector, since it came to power in April 2004.
- Pakistan's Afghan Problem (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The over three million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan pose a variety of challenges for the host nation.
- India A Responsible Nuclear Power: Natwar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Bill on WMD was necessitated because many countries had expressed reservations on Indian legal instruments to help prevent weapon proliferation.
- Radars That Don’T Work, Parachutes That Didn’T Land (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, May 13, 2005)
Defunct radars that the Ministry of Defence didn’t want in the first place and is now saddled with, parachutes ordered from a US firm that didn’t land, fake airway bills that did, $10.6 million as advance that went down a black hole: these are some of the
- Bodo Rift Clouds Poll (Telegraph, P. BRAHMA CHOUDHURY, May 13, 2005)
The spectre of violence loomed large over the Bodo heartland on the eve of the first round of elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council ...
- Weapons Bill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
A German tourist was allegedly raped by an autorickshaw driver and his accomplice on the outskirts of Jodhpur city on Wednesday
- Pm Rings Alert On Pak Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he would not be able to take Indian public opinion with him in persisting with the peace talks if terrorist attacks continued from across the border.
- After Fake Bt, This Nagpur Lab Helps You Weed Out Insecticides (Indian Express, Vived Deshpande, May 13, 2005)
After fake Bt, this Nagpur lab helps you weed out insecticides
- Saptarishi May Be Censured, Sent Home (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, May 13, 2005)
In what will be a strong signal to Laloo Prasad Yadav on where to draw the line, the government is likely to censure L V Saptarishi, IAS officer of the 1969 batch, and revert him back to the West Bengal cadre for accusing the two Election Commissioners N
- Shift In Army’S War Strategy (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, May 13, 2005)
Exercise Vajra Shakti, the first field exercise held by the Army after adopting its new doctrine, has revealed a perceptible shift in the deployment and use of defensive formations and an increasing role for the special forces in spearheading offensives.
- Maya Erupts In House (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
A visibly upset BSP supremo Mayawati erupted in anger today in the Rajya Sabha over the CBI probe against her in the Taj corridor case and threatened to withdraw BSP’s support to the UPA government
- Hurry Up, Hurriyat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2005)
THE offer of Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq to step down to facilitate the return of Syed Ali Shah Geelani to the parent body is aimed at creating a ground for unity in the highly divided organisation.
- Cbi ‘Harassment’: Bsp Threatens To Withdraw Support To Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Mayawati accused the CBI of acting on the wishes of the government and posed a question to it as to whether it could question leaders of other parties.
- A Failed State, A Talibanised Society (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, May 13, 2005)
Pak is unable to think of an identity except as ‘Not India’, except as the country whose mission is to dismember India
- Bodoland Council Polls: Ex-Rebels Stick To Ballot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
For years, he led more than 2500 youths, who unleashed a reign of terror, waging an armed struggle for a separate homeland for 1.5 million Bodos of Assam. That was the time when bullets flew thick and fast.
- India's Poverty: Help The Poor Help Themselves (International Herald Tribune, Kirsty Hughes , May 09, 2005)
While India's growth makes it an economic and political player to watch in the next decades, the country remains desperately poor. Almost a quarter of India's 1.1 billion people live on less than $1 a day; 700 million more live on less . . .
- Why Doing Business On French Soil Is Difficult (Business Line, Mohan Murti, May 09, 2005)
LAST weekend I was in the City of Lights, Paris. It was here, over 150 years ago, that Victor Hugo addressed the International Peace Congress with these prophetic words.
- Is It Pack-Up For Nfdc? (Times of India, JANARDHAN ROYE, May 09, 2005)
Thousands of aspiring young film-makers will have to put their dreams of making movies on hold if the Union government decides to stop financing film-makers through its premier film financing body, the National Film D
- Race With The Dragon (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., May 09, 2005)
Jairam Ramesh's book on China is an attempt to understand and not demonise China
- "India Poised To Be An Innovation Leader In Manufacturing Sector" (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join develope
- Iraq Plunging Into Sectarian Violence (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 09, 2005)
The emergence of a number of power centres, many of which operate with American help, could set in motion a long-drawn civil war.
- Movement In Wto Negotiations (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 09, 2005)
Assuming that the developed countries have shifted gears on the ongoing WTO negotiations, it can safely be said that the rich have been finding themselves under pressure in recent months, especially since the end of the failed Cancun ministerial meeting.
- Elders Ignore Rail Accidents (Tribune, Devi Cherian, May 09, 2005)
When Parliament is on, the limelight is always on our MPs’ agenda.
- There May Be No Virtue In Portfolio Diversification (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , May 09, 2005)
THE S&P CNX Nifty declined nearly 7 per cent in one month. It is in such times that the traditionalists extol the virtues of portfolio diversification.
- Our Common Victory And Its Lessons (Hindu, Vyacheslav I. Trubnikov , May 09, 2005)
The 60th anniversary of the victory in World War II should serve as a reminder of the need for unity in facing the challenges in the 21st century.
- A Salvo On Chapra (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 09, 2005)
I have known Mr L. V. Saptharishi for as long as he has been in the IAS both as a member of the West Bengal cadre and as a friend of more than 30 years' standing.
- Organizing Trade (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, May 09, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
More shine
The visit of the prime minister of China has triggered many comparisons between India and China
- Public Faith (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2005)
Science celebrates doubt, religion worships faith. The two domains are thus seen as two opposing poles of human experience and human enterprise.
- Three-In-One Snub (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2005)
THE BJP-led National Democratic Alliance could not have got it worse. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India’s report tabled in Parliament on Friday has found fault with the way the NDA government had conducted itself on three issues
- A Ear To The Ground (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, May 09, 2005)
A strange blend of poverty and deprivation ensures that girls outnumber boys in schools in the Sunderbans, discovers Parimal Bhattacharya
- Europe: Deciding To Look Outwards (Hindu, Benita Ferrero-Waldner , May 09, 2005)
The EU firmly believes that preventing conflicts is not only a moral imperative, but also less costly in the long run.
- India's Strengths To Be A World Player In Pharmaceuticals (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , May 09, 2005)
Small company culture, speed to market, recipes for success
- Growth Slows Down (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 09, 2005)
The flattening of the economy is unmistakable, although there is no sign of a recession yet
- Tdp’S New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2005)
THE Telugu Desam Party breaking ranks with the National Democratic Alliance to end its boycott of Parliament is a pointer to re-alignments in the making.
- Son-Shine (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , May 09, 2005)
There are times when I feel I am the most blessed and there are moments I couldn’t be more sorry for myself.
- A Letter A Day Keeps Anaemia At Bay (Telegraph, ARITRO GANGULY, May 09, 2005)
The world may revolve around the email, but India’s affair with the snail mail continues
Horace Walpole once lamented that letter-writing is a lost art.
- Dressing-Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2005)
Chief Minister Dharam Singh adopted a tough line with his men last week. Mr Singh told his officers that he “expected a result-oriented performance”,
- The Neglect Of Small Businesses Continues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
The annual credit policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to stop the declining relevance of organised sector credit to the several million-strong small manufacturing and service enterprises.
- Watchword For Judges, Lawyers (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, May 09, 2005)
A few weeks ago Vice-President B.S. Shekhawat was to inaugurate a seminar on public governance but could not, as he had to go to Rome.
- Victory Day 40 Years Ago (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 09, 2005)
NEARLY eight months before the Soviet-sponsored India-Pakistan talks at Tashkent, where he had suddenly died, Lal Bahadur Shastri had paid an official visit to the Soviet Union in mid-May 1965.
- I Won't Quit, Vows Blair (Hindu, Gaby Hinsliff , May 09, 2005)
British Prime Minister reveals 2008 timetable for departure?
- Path-Breaking Verdict (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2005)
The SC has done right by making companies pay penalties for their criminal offences
- Help The Poor Help Themselves (International Herald Tribune, Kirsty Hughes , May 09, 2005)
While India's growth makes it an economic and political player to watch in the next decades, the country remains desperately poor. Almost a quarter of India's 1.1 billion people live on less than $1 a day; 700 million more live on less than $2 a day.
- The Remains Of An Exodus Gone By (Deccan Herald, P G Suja, May 08, 2005)
P G Suja writes about the Kochi Jewish Synagogue, a place of worship of Kochi Jews, the oldest Jewish group in India
- Wake-Up Call Renewed (Deccan Herald, M S Ramamurthy , May 08, 2005)
The final product gives fine glimpses of the personality as well as the path enunciated by the Swamiji. Paranjape goes behind the scenes to dig up the slip-ups.
- It’S Already A World Heritage (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , May 08, 2005)
THE Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar is already a world heritage and priceless treasure. It needs no certificate from any agency, much less the UNESCO.
- Father, Son And Holy War (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2005)
Readings on Afghanistan essentially consisted of travelogues, war tales and narratives of the carnage by militant Islamists
- Exploring A World Of Narrative (Hindu, ARUNDHATHI SUBRAMANIAM , May 08, 2005)
Daksha Sheth's "Postcards From God" showed the rough edges of the first shows. But it is clearly a work in progress.
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 08, 2005)
If, as I claimed in my last column, the two questions tirelessly asked of Indian writers in English — “Which audience do you write for?”
- Nda Must End Boycott: Tdp (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, May 08, 2005)
THE Telugu Desam Party’s decision to end the boycott of Parliament provided a window of opportunity to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take on the NDA.
- Time To Address Infrastructure Bottlenecks (Tribune, David Devadas, May 08, 2005)
IN the days when no road straddled the Great Himalyan Range between the Valley and Ladakh, relay runners used to carry mail across the 17,000-foot range and the icy ridges around Kargil.
- The World Will Watch You… (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, May 08, 2005)
I was asked by a school to meet with the class six and above. I looked forward to seeing what was going to be new in this school? And how do I feel there? Whenever I visit academic institutions I do get to sense the vibrations of their mindsets.
- Music Is Like Food For Gangubai (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 08, 2005)
Sense of aesthetics appears to have faded in most leaders today.
- Beautiful Metaphors (Hindu, SABITA RADHAKRISHNA , May 08, 2005)
A book that every craft lover should have.
- Behind The Scenes Of A Yakshagaana (Deccan Herald, Vinayak Nayak, May 08, 2005)
Vinayaka Nayak takes you behind the scenes of a Yakshagaana performance and reveals the back-breaking efforts that go into the art.
- Nuggehalli To Lahore (Deccan Herald, Vidya Iyengar, May 07, 2005)
Listening to my aunt’s recollections of Lahore are refreshing, especially in the present context.
- Season Of Taxes (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 07, 2005)
If Anything, the two most controversial taxes introduced by the Union Finance Minister in this year's Budget,
- Renal Patients Left To Suffer (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, May 07, 2005)
IT is a strange scientific paradox. Great advancements have been made in the science of nephrology,
- Mind Your Language, Sir (Tribune, Amar Chandel, May 07, 2005)
WHENEVER we say that such and such term is “unparliamentary”, the implication is that the particular set of words is unfit to be used in Parliament. In other words, whatever is said in a house of representatives is supposed to be a byword for grace . . .
- My Russian Friends (Tribune, Pushpendra Singh , May 07, 2005)
THE whoosh of air presaged the arrival of the metro at the Vosstannya Square metro-station in Leningrad.
- Drop Tainted Ministers (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, May 07, 2005)
WHOSE country is it any way,” is the persistent question being asked by the average citizen when he watches with pain squabbles of politicians regarding Lalu Yadav continuing to be a minister notwithstanding court having framed charges of corruption . . .
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