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- Farm Credit: Myth And Reality (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2007)
The annual growth rate of the farm sector has shown a steady decline. It’s not enough to set targets for credit disbursements. To support the desired GDP growth level of 8-9 per cent, the agri sector needs a more focussed approach.
- Behind The Hizb Ul-Mujahideen’S Ceasefire (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 10, 2007)
The head of Kashmir’s numerically strongest terror group knows his organisation has its back to the wall.
- Pawar Pitches For Survival Over Deal (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Oct 10, 2007)
A new stumbling bloc has come up in the way of Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh.
- India Is A Valuable Partner: Iaea Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Amid the controversy over the Indo-US nuke deal, IAEA director general Mohammed ElBaradei on Tuesday said India was a valuable partner for the UN nuclear watchdog and that they will continue to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
- Logic Of Rot (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Oct 10, 2007)
“Something is rotten in the state of West Bengal.” The statement cries out for an explanation and I shall provide it indirectly by borrowing a trick from Tom, the narrator in Tennessee Williams’s play, The Glass Menagerie.
- A New Middle Class? (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 10, 2007)
Former Gujarat chief minister and now godfather of BJP rebels, Keshubhai Patel, returned from Delhi empty-handed early this month. During his discussions with L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitely, he was told curtly that Modi is the supreme . . .
- Cm: Sethu Alignment Okayed By Nda Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Continuing his tirade against those opposing the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said the present alignment cutting through the Adam’s Bridge was approved by the BJP-led NDA Government in 2002.
- Curious Bread Basket (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2007)
The controversy over the issue of wheat import is unlikely to settle down soon. The ministry of agriculture defends the government’s decision on the grounds of national food security.
- Wrong Direction (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Oct 10, 2007)
An editorial in People’s Democracy makes it clear that the Left had given the UPA support because it wanted to fight both imperialism and communalism with equal force.
- History Recalled Atop The Hill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Madurai is synonymous with the renowned and Centuries-old Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. So much so that many other places of historical value have remained overshadowed.
- Using Groundwater Wisely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently told the first Congress on Groundwater organised by the Ministry of Water Resources that subsidised access to water for economic and commercial purposes can no longer be sustained.
- The Muslim Question In Gujarat (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 09, 2007)
By an unspoken consensus, Muslims have been excluded from the election debate in Gujarat.
- Book-Building Exercise (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2007)
Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath has become so adept at selling the India story to foreign investors that he has decided to write a book.
- George Skips Jd-U Meet, Slams Nitish (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The timing was jarring to say the least. That the NDA convener, Mr George Fernandes, of the Janata Dal (United) would be absent from the two day national executive of the party was expected but his activities 1000 km away in Patna left a bad taste . . . .
- Dae: No Safeguards Talks With Elbaradei (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
It is still unclear whether International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei, who arrives in Mumbai late on Monday night, will hold any substantive talks on safeguards for India’s nuclear facilities.
- Voila! Gowda Dons Secular Coat Again (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Oct 09, 2007)
It was only thanks to some shrewd manipulation by Kumaraswamy and Yediyurappa who were not guided by any principles, but to somehow grab power that an unholy alliance was struck to gain backdoor entry to the government.
- Cool Off On Global Warming (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2007)
COPENHAGEN — All eyes are on Greenland’s melting glaciers as alarm about global warming spreads. This year, delegations of US and European politicians have made pilgrimages to the fastest-moving glacier at Ilulissat, where they declare that they . . . .
- Mid-Term Polls Imminent: Jd(u) (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 08, 2007)
The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday asserted that a mid-term election was imminent as the Congress had failed to adhere to the coalition dharma.
- Rbi's Monetary Review By Month End (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Ahead of the Reserve Bank's mid-term review of monetary policy this month-end, apex industry chambers CII and FICCI have sought reduction in interest rates to sustain economic growth.
- Wheat Deal Is Mother Of All Scams: Rss (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 08, 2007)
With snap poll staring in the face of the nation, the RSS has identified an issue that has the potential to hit the Congress where it hurts it the most: Its electoral plank of ‘aam admi’.
- Politics Is About Power (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The game may appear to be over in Karnataka, with the BJP withdrawing support to the JD(S). This ends a 20-month association that had propelled former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s son, HD Kumaraswamy, to the chief minister’s chair.
- Blessings Of The Dirty Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2007)
Industrial farming has held out as its main selling point the allure of freedom: Two per cent of the population would be able to feed everyone. The rest could do as we pleased.
- Sonia Targets Left: Deal Critics Are Enemies Of Cong, Progress (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Oct 08, 2007)
Launching a sharp but veiled attack on the Left, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today strongly defended the Indo-US nuclear deal and said that “elements” opposed to the country’s progress were “enemies” not only of the Congress but . . . .
- Tokenism: Politicisation Of The Ramzan Iftar (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Oct 08, 2007)
Most political parties conduct Iftar 'religiously' to impress Muslims that they are the ones who really care for them.
- “There Should Be Afghanistanisation Of The Development Process” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 08, 2007)
Afghanistan’s former Foreign Minister,Abdullah Abdullah, on holding talks with the Taliban, and India’s role in his country’s development.
- Call Of The Falls (Hindu, SOUMYA NARAYAN ACHARI, Oct 08, 2007)
Karnataka is famous for its falls and the twin falls of Shivasamudram attract tourists in plenty. After a season of good rains the falls are in fine form.
- Caught Between Naxals, Salwa Judum, Tribals Left ‘Power’Less (Indian Express, Nitin Mahajan, Oct 08, 2007)
Salwa Judum, which was launched against Naxalite extremism with tacit support from the Chhattisgarh Government in the Maoist-infested Bastar region, has created a great divide in the area.
- Dry Spell Spells Loss For Saffron Growers (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Oct 08, 2007)
Saffron growers of Kishtwar district, who had incurred a loss in 2006 due to corn rot, are concerned as the dry spell in this district is likely to damage the crop in the second consecutive season.
- Clash In Nandigram Leaves 2 Dead (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Oct 08, 2007)
Nandigram flared up again today, following a series of clashes between the CPI(M) and the Krishi Raksha Committee, in which firearms, bombs, brickbats and other lethal weapons were freely used.Seventy-year-old widow Parbati Das and 6-year-old Renu . . . .
- N-Deal A Must, Says Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Sending out a clear message to the Left, UPA chairperson and All-India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi justified the nuclear deal with the USA.
- Withdraw Support From Anti-People Govt: Jd(u) To Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
As a mid-term poll seems imminent, Janata Dal(U) has dubbed the UPA Government at the Centre as "anti people" and urged the Left parties to withdraw their support from the Government.
- Jd(u) Asks Left To Pull The Plug (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Sensing the prospect of mid-term polls, the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday upped the ante against the UPA government accusing it of "failure" on all fronts and decided to launch a nation-wide campaign to highlight its "anti-people" policies.
- The Pressure Cooker (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 08, 2007)
It is sometimes strange to see the political class, that is supposed to have emerged from the grass roots and represents the masses of India, be so insensitive to the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
- Onion War Breaks Out In Cabinet (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Oct 08, 2007)
A war of sorts has broken out over onions in the Union government. Union agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar wants the export of onion to continue, but finance minister P. Chidambaram, more concerned with domestic inflation . . ..
- Return To Traditional Farming (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
In my neighborhood of Southwest Virginia, backyard gardens are as common as satellite dishes.
- The Burmese Junta: India's Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Humanitarian aid should pour into crisis-ridden Myanmar to relieve the suffering population.
- Manila Keen On Security Ties (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 06, 2007)
India and the Philippines on Friday signed a number of agreements to promote economic and security cooperation, including information sharing between their law enforcing agencies to combat terrorism.
- Sri Lankan Killed By Prison Guard (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Oct 06, 2007)
A Sri Lankan national was shot dead by a security guard in front of the Madurai central prison on Friday.
- Managing Water Resources (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
ALL the signs are that the country’s growing water shortage could assume critical proportions in the coming years, especially when the effects of climate change become more pronounced.
- Narendra Modi’S New Avatar (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 06, 2007)
How well placed is Narendra Modi to win the 2007 Gujarat election? The feedback from the ground suggests a tough fight ahead. However, the Chief Minister is not one to give up easily.
- Nandagudi Pact Sent To Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet on Friday was busy clearing decks for two major projects even as the State's political deadlock headed towards a flashpoint.
- New Cars, Old Roads (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2007)
With car sales in Europe remaining stagnant and declining in the US and Japan, major manufacturers are turning to the emerging markets like India, China and Russia.
- Philippines, India Ink Bilateral Pacts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
India on Friday signed a number of agreements, including the one envisaging defence and security cooperation, with the Philippines, hitherto one of the weak links in Delhi's Look East policy, to impart dynamism to the dormant bilateral ties.
- World Spice Congress To Offer Intellectual, Business Forums (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The World Spice Congress, which has been organised jointly by the Spices Board of India and the All India Spices Exporters Forum since 1990, is going to take place for the ninth time in Goa from January 28-30, 2008.
- The Poisoning Of Punjab (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 05, 2007)
IT is now being realised the world over that there is a definite relationship between the economy, the environment and biodiversity.
- Bjp Communal: Gowda, Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Alleging that the BJP cadres were involved in the recent burning of a Chennai-bound bus in Bangalore that led to the death of two persons, HDK said, A BJP office-bearer has been arrested in this connection. They are aware of it, but are keeping mum.
- The Indian Economic Boom: The Tale Of Two Cities (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, Oct 05, 2007)
The major brunt of the agrarian crisis is on the growers of commercial crops like cotton and tobacco.
- Maharashtra Cm Talks Of Cabinet Expansion (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday appeared unperturbed by the campaign by a section of the PCC and AICC leaders for his removal and said he could take up the long-awaited state Cabinet expansion after the ‘shradh’ period.
- The Going May Not Be Easy For Modi (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 05, 2007)
The ground situation in Saurashtra and in the tribal areas does not permit the assumption that Narendra Modi will have a second consecutive sweep.
- Face To Face With The Holy Cobras (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
During the Hindu festival of the snake god, farmers capture cobras from their fields and let villagers shower them with offerings. They believe it will bring good fortune for next year. Jeremy Grange joined some of them in Shirala, in the Indian . . . .
- J&k Fruit Growers Stuck In Delhi (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Oct 05, 2007)
Kashmiri fruit growers may suffer a loss of millions of rupees if hundreds of their fruit-laden trucks stuck in a traffic jam at Azadpur Fruit Mandi in New Delhi continues.
- Monsoon Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2007)
As farmers favour crops they are comfortable with in terms of cultivation and price, the announcement of MSP for rabi crops brooks no delay.
- Onion Tears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
While the government may draw comfort from inflation being at a low of 3.23 per cent, the prices of certain commodities of daily use rule uncomfortably high for the common citizen.
- One Dead, 10 Missing In Ship Collision (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
At least one person was killed and 10 others went missing when a Chinese fishing boat hit a cargo ship on the Yellow Sea off northeast China's Liaoning Province early on Wednesday, the local maritime police said.
- Bjp Plans Farmers Rally In December (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has plans to organise an all-India farmers’ rally here on December 25 to coincide with the birthday of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- A Launch And A Bombshell Effect In 1957 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 04, 2007)
The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union 50 years ago recast the strategic equations. For the first time, the U.S. felt defenceless to an enemy attack.
- Us' Harvest Of Shame (Deccan Herald, Mark Sommer, Oct 04, 2007)
The food that comes to American tables is grown and harvested by marginal farmers in distant places.
- Reliance Further Cuts Its Troubled Retail Plans (The Financial Express, C B P Srivastava, Oct 04, 2007)
Reliance Industries Ltd has ended the services of about 400 franchisees for its planned retail operations in West Bengal and has shelved a rollout in Orissa because of protests from small traders.
- Rajnath To Sonia: Drop Gandhi From Name (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to drop Gandhi from her surname, if she did not believe in Lord Ram, a faith that was characteristic of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Private Mandis Welcome (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
While prospective investors in new retail chains are up against the odds in several states, those wanting to invest in primary level agricultural marketing may find the going easier.
- Irrational Campaign (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 04, 2007)
A sector that was to have created millions of new jobs in the country is reporting job losses before it even gets under way. Organised retail is still in its infancy — less than 4 per cent of the total shop space is accounted for by organised . . . .
- India For Early Resumption Of Doha Talks (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
India has sought early resumption of the Doha round of World Trade Organisation trade talks for “substantive progress” as it pushed for comprehensive reforms of the “international financial architecture” to “enhance their credibility.”
- Agriculture: Where India And China Stand (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 03, 2007)
How did China manage to outstrip India in agriculture when the two countries ere more or less on a par on most parameters 25 years ago?
- Revival Of Agriculture (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Oct 03, 2007)
A road map for rescuing farmers from the prevailing agrarian crisis in several parts of the country
- It Is Important To Listen To All Viewpoints: Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Left concerns over India-U.S. nuclear deal “no cause for alarm”
India confronting terrorism scourge
for a long time
Huge allocation made for agriculture
- Pre-Poll Bonanza (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
PROMPTED by the standoff with the Left on the US nuclear deal, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance seems to have started preparing itself for a mid-term poll. Indications are many.
- Protect Farmers’ Interests (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Oct 03, 2007)
Compelled by the serious food grain crisis in the early and mid-sixties, the government of India put in place the system of minimum support prices (MSP) for agricultural crops.
- Green Axe For Mla Homes (Telegraph, Amit Gupta, Oct 03, 2007)
A horticulture research programme could get the axe and make way for a residential complex for legislators if the Madhu Koda government has its way.
- Down A Slippery Slope (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 03, 2007)
General musharraf may have won a legal battle when Pakistan’s Supreme Court made it possible for him to run for president without giving up his position as army chief. But ‘legal’ is not the same as ‘legitimate’.
- Un-Habitat Report — Enhancing Urban Security And Peoples’ Safety (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 03, 2007)
Issues relating to eviction of people either from their small farm-holding or squatter settlement particularly when they live on the margins of existence putting up with abject conditions, always evoke legitimate reaction not only from the. . .
- Is The Farmer-Consumer Conflict An Illusion? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 03, 2007)
The conflicting interests of the farmers and consumers are often exaggerated.
- India Tribals Begin Massive March (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Thousands of landless farmers and tribal people in India are setting out on a massive protest march to the capital, Delhi.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Oct 03, 2007)
The import of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat for the second consecutive year (2007-08) and 55 lakh tonnes during 2006-07 imply that our food security is at risk.
- V.P. To Pm: Terminate Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Former Prime Minister and Janmorcha leader V.P. Singh said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should bow down to the masses and not go ahead with the 123 Agreement with the US and save democracy and his government.
- The Great Leveller (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A certain gentleman in Karachi dwelled often and bitterly on the abysmal state of Pakistan’s civic infrastructure.
- Us And Them (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
THE time for doubt has passed, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon informed a high-level summit meeting on climate change at the United Nations headquarters.
- We Must Pay More To Farmers: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has favoured paying higher prices to farmers for their produce to help them lead better lives.
- Mired In A Vortex Of Terror & Drugs (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Oct 01, 2007)
HOWEVER phrased, President Hamid Karzai’s tenure has been a disquieting litany of half-truths, plain untruths, failures, missed opportunities and dithering on hot-button issues such as the Taliban-led insurgency, unprecedented poppy cultivation . . . .
- Living In Denial (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
Unprecedented climate changes on a global scale during the past one decade resulting from the greenhouse effect with anthropogenic reasons have serious implications.
- Indo-Us Kia :Another Hazardous Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 01, 2007)
The KIA is about changing domestic regulation in agriculture to promote and protect US commercial interests.
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