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- Rajasthan To Showcase Economic Progress At Trade Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Focus would be on recent findings of huge oil reserves in Barmer: Industries Minister
- Reining In Distorting Subsidies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
The World Trade Report 2006 has as its principal focus government subsidies, which may have specific goals of correcting market distortions and . . .
- Tribes Stranded As Sardar Sarovar Dam Drowns Valley (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 04, 2006)
Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of the swollen Narmada river, gesturing towards land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living.
- Silent Partitions (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
The divisions caused by decades of communal strife are partly responsible for the terror in Mumbai.
- ‘It Is For The Govt To Find Resources’ (Deccan Herald, Shruba Mukherjee , Aug 04, 2006)
As the question whether the OBC reservation bill should be placed before Parliament in the ongoing session is still being debated, the spotlight is definitely on Veerappa Moily, the chairman of the Oversight Committee.
- 33 Killed In China Floods, Landslides (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains killed 33 people in northern and northwestern China, a Government news agency reported on Thursday.
- A Monsoon Blessing (The Financial Express, VIVEK BHARATI, Aug 04, 2006)
The expected bumper harvest and firmer grain prices this year could stimulate demand for consumer goods, which would not be much affected by emerging capacity constraints.
- Bjp Targets Aamir Khan For Cola Ads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Bollywood star Aamir Khan and ridiculed him for being a brand ambassador of the soft drink Coca-Cola, which the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO, claims contains a high quantity of pesticide.
- Doha’S Collapse Is Good And Bad (Indian Express, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Aug 04, 2006)
So, countries of the developing world, what would you like to hear first, the good news or the bad news? Actually, in this case, it does not matter. The good news is that the Doha Round of the WTO talks has failed.
- Farm Crisis Brooks No Delay (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Aug 04, 2006)
The problems of farmers are multi-pronged. They face more problems when they try to come out of them.
- All-Clear For Assam Rifles To Become Armed Force (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Lok Sabha today cleared two legislations, the Assam Rifles Bill and the Cess Laws (Abolition) Bill.
- Integrating The U.S.-India Circuit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Newer areas of convergence may be emerging between the two countries.
- Israel’S Loss Of Innocence (Indian Express, Ranjan Gupta, Aug 04, 2006)
As the strains of the sad Yiddish song faded, many thought of suffering of the Jewish people, the horrors of the holocaust, and their relentless search for the promised land.
- Bridging Urban-Rural Divide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
If you are a member of a political family which has taken turns to rule the state, the Karnataka model could teach you how to woo the rural masses even while living with the urban elite and bashing them!
- In A State Of Resurgence (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 04, 2006)
By extending its farm sector success to manufacturing and services, West Bengal can emerge the Rotterdam of eastern India.
- Ltte Takes War Deep Into Govt Territory (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s civil war appeared to have resumed in all but name on Wednesday as Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory while the military said dozens of rebels were killed.
- Course Change In Global Trade Negotiations (Hindu, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Aug 03, 2006)
India should shift its focus from serving as facilitator or catalyst for an agreement to asserting its solidarity with the developing countries.
- Gulbarga Ryot Washed Away (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
A farmer has been washed away in swirling waters in Surpur in Gulbarga district even as the flood situation continued to be grim on the third day on Wednesday with the water level in the Krishna river rising by two feet in the last 24 hours.
- Tale To Remember (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 03, 2006)
It should not surprise anyone that a group of Kashmiri militants has surrendered to the Army.
- Nuclear Deal: Government, Parties To Talk About "Sense Of The House" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Government keen to "show the world" that nation is united on issue
- Asean No Longer Amused (Statesman, Sanjana Joshi, Aug 03, 2006)
Toilet seats, dolls and chewing gum were some items a bemused Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, the Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister, said had presented a hitch in the negotiations to the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) in December . .
- A Big Step, A Small Move (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 03, 2006)
The incentive structure for public sector bank CEOs is welcome, but nowhere near enough.
- Australia To Host Conf In Bid To Salvage Doha Trade Talks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The world's largest trading powers will meet in Australia next month in a bid to salvage failed global free trade talks, the government said today.
- Inflation, Welfarism And Public Sector (Daily Excelsior, M. N. Minocha, Aug 03, 2006)
In the past inflation was associated with wars and the extraordinary influx of gold and silver. It ended with the disappearance of these specific causes. But inflation after World War II has been both universal and persistent. It must, therefore, . . .
- 182 Days In Office: Time For A Reality Check (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 03, 2006)
The Kumaraswamy government completes six months in office today. It is perhaps too short a period to make any value judgement on its performance so far, but the initiatives it has taken or not taken and the direction in which it is going, leaves . . .
- Tamil Tigers Run Amok, Train Guns On Army Camps (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The Tamil Tigers, on Wednesday, mounted major pre-dawn attacks on at least three key army camps in the Eastern port city of Trincomalee, leaving over 47 killed on both sides and several more wounded.
- Changing With Times (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Aug 03, 2006)
Challenges in the form of liberalisation and global competition have steeled the units' resolve to surge ahead.
- Whither Cuba After Castro? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 03, 2006)
The hospitalisation of Fidel Castro, the world’s longest serving political leader, has provoked sharply contradictory reactions from those expecting fundamental changes once the Cuban leader has passed on.
- Why Blame The Forward Market? (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Aug 03, 2006)
If a ban is imposed on futures trading, it will only destroy the commodities market
- Just Deserts (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 02, 2006)
The West Bengal government has formally inked one of the biggest infrastructure deals in the country with Indonesia's Salim Group.
- How The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 02, 2006)
With Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee pushing through the $8.5 billion FDI project promoted by Indonesia’s Salim Group, two things are clear. First, the Bengal CM won’t back down in face of political dissent.
- 6 Schoolchildren Die As Bus Falls Into Canal (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Aug 02, 2006)
Bali Kutubpur (Sonepat), August 1
Six schoolchildren were killed and two injured seriously when a school bus plunged into Old Western Jamuna Canal here this morning. As many as 21 children survived the mishap.
- Reliance, Punjab Ink Mou On Agri Project (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Aug 02, 2006)
The much-debated agricultural produce marketing and processing project of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail Ltd got off the ground today. The company and the Punjab Government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a simple ceremony here.
- Sonia To Convene Meeting Of Cong Cms On Farm Sector (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has decided to convene a meeting of Congress chief ministers that will focus only on agriculture.
- Rains Erode 50 Acres In Two Villages (Tribune, Arun Sharma, Aug 02, 2006)
The rains during the last week left residents of Nimbri and Chhajpur villages high and dry when their more than 50 acres of land with the standing crop of paddy caved in and converted into a 22-feet deep gorge due to accumulation of water.
- Bill Gates' Charitable Pretensions (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 02, 2006)
Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world but also the biggest philanthropist.
- Saving India's Extincting Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Aug 02, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us, and definitely God will be unhappy at our activities of merciless and wanton destruction of this . . .
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Sonia Blames Nda Govt's Decisions For Price Rise (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed concern over the rising prices of essential commodities but sought the put the blame for that on some of the previous NDA government's decisions.
- Bend In The Cauvery (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has muddied the waters of the Cauvery, one of the seven sacred rivers of India which is known as the ‘Dakshina Ganga’, by adopting dilatory tactics to put off giving its final verdict. Established in 1990 on . . .
- Israel’S New Plan: Push Hizbollah Out Of Backyard Before The World Steps In (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 02, 2006)
Less than a mile from the Israel-Lebanon border, the fog begins to lift on Israeli intentions as ground troops pour in to start what is a “clean up” of the Hizbollah from the area between the border and the Litani river, 20-25 km into Lebanese territory.
- Shivakumar Hurls Property Grabbing Charge Against Family Of Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Close on the heels of suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy’s bribery charges against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the opposition Congress on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo at the Chief Minister’s family in the form of property-grabbing allegations.
- Rwanda Striving For A High-Tech Future (Hindu, Xan Rice, Aug 02, 2006)
If successful, the percentage of Rwanda's workforce involved in farming will drop from 90 per cent to 50 per cent in 15 years
- Skewed Approach (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Aug 02, 2006)
The Planning Commission's blueprint for the Eleventh Plan reflects the reformer's mindset.
- New Vision (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2006)
By any measure, it is Bengal’s biggest leap forward into the future.
- U.P. Cabinet Nod For Taking Metro Rail To Ghaziabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Two stoppages in Ghaziabad -- one at Kaushambi and the other at Vaishali
- Did Wild Birds Bring Avian Flu To India? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 02, 2006)
A "smoking gun" that could convincingly pin the blame on wild birds is lacking. Even at the global level, unravelling the role of wild birds in the spread of H5N1 is not proving easy.
- Nabard's Refinancing Comes To Near Halt (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Aug 02, 2006)
A consequence of Tamil Nadu Government's farm loan waiver
- Sonia Wants Tighter Norms For Futures Trading In Commodities (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Congress, anxious to salvage its battered ‘aam admi’ plank, seems to have chosen to use commodity exchanges as a scapegoat. Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the government to stop futures trading.
- Power Struggles Stem Our Growth Impetus (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Even as global uncertainty is curbing India’s business confidence, policy signals are amiss
- Wb Lends $225 Mn To Reduce Poverty In Orissa (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The World Bank has approved a $225 million loan and credit to support a reform programme designed to boost inclusive economic growth and achieve rapid poverty reduction in the Indian state of Orissa.
- 'Isro Will Be Ready With Another Gslv By 2007' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Indian Space Research Organisation would be ready with another Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) by next year to carry the country's satellites into space, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said on Tuesday.
- Sonia Hard On Terror, Soft On Terror Preachers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sent confusing signals about the UPA Government's response to terrorism in the wake of the Mumbai blasts by lacing her call for "tough measures" with considerations of vote bank politics.
- Forget Loan Waivers, Bring In Positive Reforms (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Aug 01, 2006)
Rural reforms need more than just a human face with tears; needed are strong and compassionate people to head what seems to be a directionless government machinery.
- Court Tells India To Create Website On Farmers’ Suicides (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
A provincial court has ordered Indian authorities to construct a website aimed at halting a wave of suicides by debt-ridden farmers in the western state of Maharashtra, a report said on Monday.
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Bend In The Cauvery (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has muddied the waters of the Cauvery, one of the seven sacred rivers of India which is known as the ‘Dakshina Ganga’, by adopting dilatory tactics to put off giving its final verdict.
- If No Minister Is Involved In Sugar Scam… (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 01, 2006)
Minister for Food and Agriculture Sikandar Hayat Bosan has claimed that no member of the Federal Cabinet is involved in the sugar crisis. Justifying the alarmingly high prices of the commodity in Pakistan, he attributed the rise to its prices in . . .
- Uma Trains Guns On Left, Congress (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Training her guns at the Left parties and the Congress and hinting that her party would have an ideological and political confrontation with both, firebrand leader Uma Bharti has equated the BJP with a dead body “devoid of any soul”.
- Déjà Vu (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
The finance minister has taken a firm stand on outsourcing of non-core banking activities in the face of Friday’s bank unions’ strike and the Left’s walkout in Lok Sabha.
- Prudence Over Pep (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 01, 2006)
Caution over exuberance seems to be the hallmark of the first quarter review of the Monetary Policy.
- A Joyful First Quarter (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Sustained improvement in corporate performance and the surge in first quarter profitability in important sectors, such as cement, telecom, fertilisers and metals, have been backed by buoyant demand in both domestic and external markets.
- Seeds Of Competition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 01, 2006)
Not only will growers have a choice, also monopoly pricing will give way to competitive pricing of seeds.
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- Senior Sri Lanka Rebel Says War Back On, 28 Dead (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 01, 2006)
Eighteen soldiers were killed on Monday night when a fragmentation mine blew up their army bus in restive east Sri Lanka, hours after a top Tamil Tiger accused the government of restarting the country's two-decade civil war.
- Rangasamy Presents Rs. 2, 686-Crore Tax Free Budget (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
Pondicherry to modernise police force, step up coastal security
- Trapped In A Web (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
For at least two weeks, I've been feeling a compulsion to write in this column about the crisis in the Middle East.
- Causes And Consequences (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Aug 01, 2006)
The difference of opinion is regarding subsidies to the farm sector. India should be careful in taking decisions.
- Kisan Sabha Seeks Setting Up Of Upper Kuttanad Development . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Demands urgent steps to save agriculture
- New Drivers Of Economic Growth (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Aug 01, 2006)
Synthesises today's emerging trends to give an overall perspective of how the global economy works .
- Sugar Export Ban To Be Reviewed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
States to be consulted after crushing season begins
- Plan To Plant 15.94 Lakh Saplings Under Social Forest Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Services of different Government departments to be utilised for the purpose
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan to take up responsibility of planting three lakh saplings at various schools
Efforts being made to involve village samakhyas
- A Triumph For Vested Interests (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
The death of the Doha Round is a victory for rich people in poor countries, farmers in rich countries and many other vested interests.
- Sri Lanka Ground Offensive Begins (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Sri Lankan forces have launched a ground offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels to free a canal.
- For U.S., A Fair Deal Means What Its Farmers Demand (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Jul 31, 2006)
Developing countries have lost out again, and could next suffer under new one-to-one deals with more powerful nations.
- Cbi Opposes Defreezing Of Account Of Chautala’S Firm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The CBI, which is probing the disproportionate assets case against former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his family members in the wake of teachers appointment scam, has moved an application in a city court here pleading not to lift . . .
- Senior Sri Lanka Rebel Says Truce Void, War Back On (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jul 31, 2006)
Sri Lanka's four-year ceasefire is now void and the island's two-decade civil war is back on, a top Tamil Tiger rebel told Reuters on Monday as the guerrillas and the military entered a sixth straight day of fighting.
- Reforms Helped Infosys Become A Giant: Murthy (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jul 31, 2006)
Infosys chief N.R. Narayana Murthy said today the 1991 economic reforms had paved the way for establishment of Infosys as a global company.
- Around The Table (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 31, 2006)
When I came out of the house this morning, Jean-Baptiste was standing in the road gazing into the field opposite with a worried expression. He had lost two cows, he said.
- Cbi Opposes Defreezing Of Bank Account Of Chautala's Firm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
"It will hamper the ongoing probe into disproportionate assets case"
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