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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 10500:
- Cotton's Tragedy (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Jun 06, 2006)
The agriculture minister told Parliament last week that 100,000 farmers had committed suicide from 1998 to 2003, a period for which his government had data. Cotton farmers are worst hit.
- Blame It On Agriculture (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jun 06, 2006)
The author is director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi.
- The Dry Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 06, 2006)
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) could not have chosen a more fitting theme than desertification for this year’s World Environment Day.
- Direct Targeting Is The Way To Go (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 06, 2006)
It would be very unfortunate if the Government were to give up without a fair trial the idea of reaching fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers, instead of the current practice of routing it through manufacturers which sell the nutrients at a . . .
- Aiming To Grab Road Project, Karnataka Seeks Legal Opinion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The H D Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka Government has sought legal opinion from the state Advocate-General and other experts on the competency of its draft Bill for the takeover of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project.
- Land Rites (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 06, 2006)
In economic terms, farming is hardly the best use of land. Even farmers who depend on land for their livelihood are compelled to do so because they know no better use of land.
- A Welcome Reliance Initiative (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 06, 2006)
Reliaince’s proposed forays into ethanol and subsequently sugar production are welcome.
- Economic Survey: Decline In Farm Growth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the national economy is moving forward satisfactorily despite oil prices crunch and October 8 massive earthquake.
- State Of The Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 06, 2006)
Released on Sunday, the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2005-06 tends to present a very rosy and positive picture.
- Profile Of The Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 06, 2006)
The Economic Survey released by the finance ministry on Sunday indicates the challenges that an economy on a high growth trajectory encounters and which, if unaddressed, may precipitate a downturn.
- Ril Eyes Global Exploration Opportunities (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 06, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd has said that the company was pursuing global opportunities in exploration and production of energy sources like oil and natural gas.
- Petrol Costlier Now By Rs. 4, Diesel By Rs. 2 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Murli Deora says decision to spare kerosene and LPG was taken as the weaker sections use them
Rangarajan Committee proposal accepted
Customs duty cut from 10 to 7.5 per cent
- Earthly Triangle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 06, 2006)
World Environment Day was observed on 5 June with the customary platitudes and the annual protestations of concern.
- Flight Of Imagination (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 06, 2006)
Government policies normally do not contain proposals about specific projects.
- Remain Wary (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
The gross domestic product growth numbers have been very encouraging with the economy growing by 9.3 per cent during January to March 2006 — just a percentage point below China’s 10.3 per cent. Growth has been broad-based with manufacturing . . .
- State Govt May Take Over Bmic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project is heading towards another controversy. The State Cabinet, in its emergency meeting held on Sunday, is learnt to have discussed at length about bringing in legislation to take over the project . . .
- Afforestation Leads To Change Climatic Conditions In North, Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 05, 2006)
Indian history and heritage is witness to our oldest culture which flourished in the great green Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttranchal as well as in other hilly areas.
- Iims Say Increasing Seats Unfeasible; Mute On Obc Quota (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Majority of the elite institutes of higher education across the country are 'mute' on complying with the Government's reservation policy for OBCs but raised doubts over increasing the seats with the IIM-Bangalore saying bigger classrooms may lead . . .
- Environment Day: Afforestation Is The Mantra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
With "Deserts and Desertification" as the focus of the World Envrionment Day , State Governments and NGOs are undertaking massive tree plantation drives, all with an aim to restore the dwindling forest cover.
- Thai Elephants Head For Australia Amid Protests (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 05, 2006)
Eight Asian elephants were headed for Australian zoos on Monday despite protests from animal rights groups who fear they will suffer in their new homes.
- It's The Economy, Stupid (Times of India, A SRINIVAS, Jun 05, 2006)
From a political economy point of view, there are two interesting aspects to the issue of undocumented or 'illegal' Hispanic migrants in the US. First, the business community and sections of the state do not favour a crackdown.
- Hatching Another Mystery (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 05, 2006)
The world gets a little too definite every day. Last week we were told, in no uncertain terms, that there was no longer any question about the egg coming before the chicken.
- Your Smoking Is Killing Me (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Ban on depiction of smoking in films and TV serials is necessary as impressionable minds take their screen idols very seriously, says Shailaja Chandra.
- Pretty Little Pictures Of Bastar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Those who cherish Adivasi culture should visit Bastar in Chhatisgarh during Dusshera when all the deities from the villages congregate at the temple of Danteswari in Dantewadi, writes D B N Murthy
- Water-Level In Krs Touches 90 Ft Owing To Early Monsoon (Hindu, Sharath S. Srivatsa , Jun 04, 2006)
Water in the reservoir usually touches this level by the second week of June
- Through Country Roads (Hindu, KISHORE IYENGAR, Jun 04, 2006)
Rolling meadows, dream villages and rugged coasts. Devon's celebrated countryside makes an ideal destination.
- Queen Rania Launches Jrf In Uk (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Her Majesty Queen Rania attended the launch of the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) in the United Kingdom last week, where channels of collaboration were established between the foundation and several British institutions.
- Cpi Keen On Poll Pact At Mandal Level (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Party to contest 115 MPTCs, 7 ZPTCs
Says major political parties joined hands to defeat the party in the past
No compromise on its `stronghold' constituencies
Differs with CPI(M) on bauxite mining issue
- Management Of Water Resources (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jun 04, 2006)
The need for achieving the highest possible standards in the management of India's water resources is self-evident.
- On The Wrong Foot (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 04, 2006)
Jyoti Basu’s reaction to the fiasco over acquisition of agricultural land for the Tata Motors factory reveals exactly what has gone wrong.
- Angrau Biotech Centre To Receive U.S. Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
`MoU to this effect has already been signed'
Centre expected to be functional by 2009
Ratio of assistance to be 25:75
Research to be taken up on biotechnology aspects of rice, sesamum, horticultural crops
- Anti-Fascist Manifesto (Hindu, RAVI VYAS, Jun 04, 2006)
The Abruzzo Trilogy: Fontamara, (1930) Bread and Wine (1926) and The Seed Beneath the Snow, (1943), Ignazio Silone, Steerforth Press, Paperback, £18.99. Other Books Consulted: Christ Stopped Eboli, Carlo Levi; Selections from Prison Notebooks, . . .
- Memories Of Tarn Taran (Tribune, Manohar Singh Gill, Jun 04, 2006)
June 1, 2006 is a happy day for me and all who have some connection with Tarn Taran. In the last 20 years, six new districts have been created by different governments, almost all south of the Satluj.
- Farmers Are Saviours, Not Beneficiaries (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2006)
“Everybody, including the PM, says that if agriculture goes wrong, nothing will go right. But that is yet to get translated into political action.” Agro scientist M S Swaminathan
- Simple Sorry Can’T Wipe Out Ghraib, Guantanomo Abuses (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jun 04, 2006)
Acknowledging a mistake is not an apology, nor is it an act of contrition.
- India’S Growth Is No Illusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 04, 2006)
For global CEO wannabes, an India stint in their CVs has become almost as important as a China stint.
- Protecting Rights Of Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
West Bengal Amendment Bill Will Hit Education
- Schemes To Mark Karunanidhi's Birthday (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 03, 2006)
He will launch Rs. 2 a kg rice scheme, reinstall Kannagi statue on the Marina
Marriage assistance scheme for poor women to be implemented
CM to inaugurate refurbished farmer's market and Samuthuvapuram
Karunanidhi to meet Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi . .
- Valid Protest (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 03, 2006)
It is seldom that the legislators of the Jammu region cut across party lines to take up a common cause.
- New Income-Tax Return Form Introduced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
New form seeks to capture not only assessee's income but also expenditure during financial year under assessment
Out goes "Saral"; new form to reflect actual cash flow of the assessee
Option of filing electronic or hard copy return this year . . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
In "Special squad was assigned to watch building" (June 2, 2006), a report on how the Maharashtra police had credible information for almost a year that there would be an attack on the RSS headquarters, the sentences were:
- Compete, How? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2006)
The dismantling of the ATC (agreement on textiles and clothing) in January 2005 was expected to hold out huge dividends for India.
- Oil Price Hike: "Government Should Consider People's Needs" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Congress says people's needs must be factored into any decision
- U.S. Farm Groups Urge Bush Hold Firm In Wto Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
American farm groups urged President George W. Bush on Thursday not to give into demands in world trade talks for further cuts in U.S. farm subsidies.
- All Ongoing Schemes Will Be Evaluated, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 02, 2006)
"No mindless scrapping of projects initiated by AIADMK"
Free bicycle scheme for class 12 students to continue
Free marriage scheme for poor women to commence from June 3
- Focus On Agrarian Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Interesting reads in Kannada...
- Raising The Networthiness Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
The banking sector is today relatively much stronger than its Asian counterparts but it still has a long way to go.
- India's Gains Predicated On Competitiveness (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2006)
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it . . .
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- Separate Wheat From Chaff (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 02, 2006)
It’s easy (and tempting) to get carried away by the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO).
- Buoyant Economy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
Reforms are needed to sustain the GDP growth
- Contract Farming Is Not The Panacea (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
Unless there is a policy shift in favour of cooperative farming, our impoverished farmers will continue to commit suicide, says Sudhirendar Sharma
- Trinamool Fans Farmers' Ire On Land For Tatas (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 02, 2006)
For the first time after the elections, the Nationalist Trinamool Congress on Thursday got down to testing the political waters in Hooghly district by galvanising disgruntled farmers at Singur block to protest against the "unlawful and impetuous . . .
- Smoke-Screen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 02, 2006)
The government is past master at the art of diversion. If a book or a film proves controversial, it reacts by banning the work. It implements social justice by ruining our universities, instead of tackling the problem at its root — ensuring that . . .
- Falling Prey To E-Scams (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
This morning I received, among other e-mails, one from a former “princess” of Zimbabwe, no less, pleading for help in retrieving a few million US dollars stashed away by her father secretly before he got killed.
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Fear And The City (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
An economy growing at a brisk 8.4 per cent should be expected to celebrate confirmation of support from nature.
- The Wrongs In Land Rights (Indian Express, SUDIPTA DATTA , Jun 02, 2006)
The PM wants changes in land ownership laws, so does his party president yet the government has sat on suggestions it called for 19 years ago
- Banking Reforms Can Free Up $48 Bn: Mckinsey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The time has come for the Indian financial services sector—troubled by bad loans and high cost of operations—to face foreign competition in order to reduce poverty in the country, a report released here on Thursday said.
- Quota Move Brings Out Caste Divide In Young Indians (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jun 01, 2006)
Modern India likes to boast about its emergence on the world stage and its booming information and pharmaceutical sectors, but the country is still grappling with the ancient Hindu caste system which divides its people
- Pakistan And India To Trade 500 Prisoners (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Jun 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India agreed on Wednesday to exchange 500 civilian prisoners and fishermen by June 30, 2006 during the third round of Pak-India secretary-level talks on terrorism, drug trafficking and civilian prisoners.
- ‘Our Second Freedom Will Release Us’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 01, 2006)
A C Kamaraj, an engineer, and an ardent believer in the interlinking of rivers, was a member of the committee of experts on interlinking of rivers set up by the Union government.
- A New Role For Rrbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 01, 2006)
It is imperative to re-focus the RRBs as development finance entities devoted to rural credit needs.
- Implement Reforms To Get To 10% (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2006)
The robust GDP growth figures announced on Wednesday indicates that the India story is still intact, though it might not feel that way on Dalal Street. GDP grew 9.3% in the fourth quarter of ’05-06 and by 8.4% in fiscal ’05-06 as a whole.
- Empowering Through Entrepreneurship (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jun 01, 2006)
The empowerment of the weaker sections among the SC/STs and OBCs must be through entrepreneurship and business rather than by quotas. Reserving seats in higher educational institutions will not go far, considering the situation at the school level
- Reduce Reliance On Monsoons (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Jun 01, 2006)
Monsoons; of rains and suicides, may sound a bit strange and unusual to a good cross section of our society, especially to people, who dwell in urban areas of cities and towns, but holds very true to our farming community, who not just experience . . .
- Buddha's Team Clears Way For Administrative Reforms Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
In what is being viewed as a revolutionary step reportedly backed by the 'do it now' Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to smarten up a hoary, lackadaisical administrative edifice, the West Bengal Cabinet in its first post poll meet has . . .
- "The Drug Problem As We Know It Of Late Is A Consequence . . . (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jun 01, 2006)
Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, claims his office has been able to contain the problem of narcotics use. In an interview during a brief visit to Kolkata recently, he said more could be achieved . . .
- Rs.30-Lakh Grant For Jatropha Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
DRDA responsible for overall supervision
- Anti-Naxal Operations Stepped Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police have stepped up operations against the Naxals in the district on Wednesday, as the latter had barged into the house of a farmer at Attiguli in Koppa taluk, in broad daylight and taken away an airgun and a double-barrel gun from him, on Tuesday.
- Of A Leader And A Hero (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 31, 2006)
Ms Jayalalithaa deciding to take on the mantle of leading the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and Aamir Khan refusing to recede from his position even as his new release is threatened in Gujarat brought out the leader and the hero.
- Farm Loans At 7%? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 31, 2006)
At a time when interest rates have started firming up, finance minister P Chidambaram’s decision to extend cheap credit to the farm sector is bound to have adverse implications for the banking sector.
- No Headway In Us-India Trade Talks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
It was a familiar sight with the United States and India on Tuesday seeking benefits from each other to improve trade and investment but in the end there was little progress beyond a reaffirmation of earlier commitments.
- Ruined Temple That Unites Hearts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The uniqueness of the annual festival in the Mangala Devi Kannaki temple, Periyar, is that it is conducted under the supervision of the forest, police and revenue departments from both Kerala and Tamil Nadu, says Susheela Nair
- 'What Should I Apologise For?' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
He was in Spain, attending a friend's wedding and participating in the Imagine India film festival, when Fanaa's producer Aditya Chopra and director Kunal Kohli informed Aamir Khan about the ban imposed on his latest release by cinema associations . . .
- Failure On The Farm (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 31, 2006)
The pervasive and entrenched problems of agriculture demand a policy re-think.
- Government Decision On Trawling Ban Evokes Mixed Response (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, May 31, 2006)
New panel told to study impacts of the new fishing practices in the State
- Kalam Charts 7-Point Mission For Sbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Inaugurates bank's Bicentennial celebrations, urges it to create a Rs. 5,000-crore venture capital fund
- Monsoon Claims Six More Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Government releases Rs. 6 crores to the districts for relief measures
- Continuing Shame (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 31, 2006)
Repetition does not reduce the revulsion at certain actions.
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