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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 10500:
- Khaleda May Put Past Behind (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 13, 2006)
Bangladesh Prime Minister to hold talks with Aziz on a whole range of ties
- Saving Every Drop (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Feb 13, 2006)
The scarcity scenario is looming large; we can no longer afford to treat water as a free entitlement of every individual
- Posco Steel Plant A Sell-Out: Medha Patkar (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Feb 13, 2006)
National coordinator of the National Alliance of People's Movement Medha Patkar on Sunday opposed the POSCO steel plant project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district. ``It is a clear sell-out,'' she said.
- New Life To The Lands Of Death (Indian Express, M.S. Swaminathan, Feb 13, 2006)
The feedback is very clear: there has been no improvement in the situation of distressed Vidarbha farmers following the visit of the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) in October 2005 and the announcement of a relief package by the government . . .
- Population Control Projects Ineffective, Says Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Population control projects in India have not produced desired results as they placed an “overwhelming responsibility” of family planning in the hands of women without actually equipping them to take decisions or.....
- Balochistan Issue To Be Resolved Through Talks: Pm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday expressed his government’s resolve to solve all issues of Balochistan through dialogue but warned no one would be allowed to challenge the writ of the government.
- Tn Farmers Smile Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
On the tsunami-hit coast of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, farmers are in a mood for some revelry again. On Friday, . . .
- A Brief History Of The Asura Pond (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
There was only one pond in Gobindapur, and everyone in the village used it. It was fairly large, covering ten to twelve batis, with banks ten to twelve arm-lengths high, and was known as Asura Pond.
- Baneful Effects Of Fdi In Insurance, Banking (Hindu, N.M. SUNDARAM, Feb 12, 2006)
Foreign investors are interested only in gaining control over India's domestic savings
- Kumaraswamy For Mutual Talks On Cauvery Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday said the Cauvery tangle could be resolved through mutual talks and not through court of law, which would be a long-drawn process.
- Left Demands Increased Budget Outlay Of Rs. 52,800 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Say agriculture, revival of sick public enterprises need additional allocation
- A Gift From The Fundoos (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Feb 12, 2006)
It’s not as if we have forgotten what the Hindu fundoos are capable of. But since the electoral defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, many of us have been tempted to take a break from foregrounding resistance . . .
- Sri Lanka Navy Says Rebels Blew Themselves Up On Boat (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 12, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military said Tamil Tiger rebels blew themselves up on a trawler smuggling weapons on Saturday to avoid a search ahead of peace talks in Switzerland later this month, but the rebels denied involvement.
- For Alternative Policies (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Interview with K. Varadharajan, general secretary, AIKS.
- `Forget Things Like Hindutva' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
As the political crisis unfolded in Karnataka in the new year, it was clear that H.D. Kumaraswamy, the newly sworn in Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader, was metamorphosing from a novice politician who consulted his father on every issue . . .
- 'India Will Not Accept Wto Settlement Affecting Rural Sector' (Press Trust of India, Vinay Shukla, Feb 12, 2006)
India today said it would not accept a WTO settlement that adversely affects its rural sector, even as it made a forceful plea for successful conclusion of the Doha round of the world trade talks.
- ‘Deve Gowda Told Son After Dec Local Polls That Continuing In Coalition Is Not Possible’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Clad in a dhoti and a shirt—‘‘We are like this only’’—Dharam Singh looks a more relaxed man now. With H D Kumarawswamy winning the confidence vote in the Assembly comfortably, any last hopes of JD(S) MLAs developing cold feet over allying . . .
- The Coming Budget (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 11, 2006)
When Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram gets up in the Lok Sabha to present the third budget of the UPA government on the last day of February, many would be wondering what face of the Harvard-educated lawyer-turned-politician would be revealed.
- Sops For Government Staff, Farmers, Weaker Sections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kerala Budget proposes additional resource mobilisation
The final Budget of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Government in Kerala, presented in the State Assembly by Finance Minister Vakkom Purushothaman on Friday, proposes additional . . .
- Incentives For Government Staff, Farmers And Weaker Sections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kerala Budget proposes additional resource mobilisation of just Rs.17.34 crores
- Bombay Dreams? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 11, 2006)
It’s the ultimate ignominy. Maharashtra, once a role model for other states, has been described as a “failed state,” a term normally reserved for the likes of Bihar.
- Tank Up On Petrol And Say, ‘I’M Good Enough, I’M Rich Enough, And People In The Middle East Like My Money’ (Indian Express, John Tierney , Feb 11, 2006)
Before I unveil my plan for energy independence, let me explain what’s wrong with everyone else’s.
- Precarious Irreversibility Of Climate Change (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 11, 2006)
The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, terms climate change the "world's greatest environmental challenge". `Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change,' summarises the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject held a year ago.
- The New Age Intermediaries (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Feb 11, 2006)
Today's intermediaries consolidate information, allow complete product sale and purchase, and provide an alternative to shopping malls and their huge infrastructure. The value proposition made by these new intermediaries is such that they . . .
- High Expectations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 11, 2006)
The new dispensation has promised to be proactive
The new Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, has easily won the motion of confidence by 138 votes to 66 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
- Looking East (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 10, 2006)
Kalam’s visit to S-E Asia boosts economic relations
President A P J Abdul Kalam returned on Wednesday after his ten-day three-nation tour of Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea.
- U.N., Kenya Appeal For Aid As Drought Decimates Livestock (Hindu, Jeevan Vasagar, Feb 10, 2006)
Failure of rains puts 3.5 million at risk of starvation
The United Nations and the Kenyan Government on Wednesday made a joint appeal for food aid worth more than $220 million to fight starvation in the country's arid north-east region, . . .
- Jobs For Rural People (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Feb 10, 2006)
Since the early 1970s, there are signs of a major diversi-fication of economic activity away from agriculture in favour of non-agricultural sector. The share of non-agricultural sector in the "usual status" employment of the male work force . . .
- India-Us Accord On Civilian Nuclear Uses (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Feb 10, 2006)
The India-US nuclear accord, agreed in principle last July, is to promote civilian nuclear power and other peaceful nuclear applications by India.
- Kicked Backwards In The Name Of Progress (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Feb 10, 2006)
One of the disquieting features of Indian politics and public policy is the colossal damage done to the rural sector by successive governments, all in the name of the people. If the explicit objective is to undermine the rural agriculture-dependent . . .
- Wal-Mart And Monsanto On Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative Board (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 10, 2006)
Will set the agenda for collaborative research to be pursued with Indian labs
- What Lies Between The Congress And The Centre? (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 10, 2006)
Prakash Karat’s article in the latest issue of People’s Democracy on the AICC Plenary session in Hyderabad highlights not merely the disconnect between the Left on the one side and the Congress and the UPA on the other, but between the Congress and . . .
- Bush To Visit India By Month-End (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 10, 2006)
US President George W Bush’s visit to India is to go ahead as scheduled – and that’s official
- Aids: 15-49 Age Group Most Vulnerable (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Feb 10, 2006)
TANSACS to set up Red Ribbon Clubs in 1,000 colleges; to work with NCC
- 8 Per Cent! Cheers! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 10, 2006)
Focus on power, agriculture now will help
A day after the BSE Sensex crossing the 10,000 mark comes the 8.1 per cent growth forecast for the current fiscal from the Central Statistical Organisation.
- Battle Of The Bureaucratic Bulge (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Feb 10, 2006)
There is a significant concern in several quarters seeking to make investments in India that the country's inability to attract and implement the several schemes that would catapult it into world class economic stardom is stymied by the numerous . . .
- Telling Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 10, 2006)
That the Army's recruitment drive in the Valley has drawn an overwhelming response sends a significant message. It puts the harsh economic truth in right perspective.
- Bulging Oilseed Stocks (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 10, 2006)
ON THE FACE of it, a modest 2.3 per cent increase in agricultural growth in fiscal 2005-06 (up from 0.7 per cent the previous year) is something to cheer about; but a closer look reveals some disturbing trends. Growth is uneven across crops.
- A Brain Drain Threatens Afghanistan's Future (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
On the eve of the Soviet invasion almost 26 years ago, I left Afghanistan as a young man in search of a better life.
- Fast Forward (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The Central Statistical Organization’s estimate that the gross domestic product will grow 8.1 per cent this fiscal is a confirmation that the bull run on Dalal Street,
- Rajnath For All-Party Meet On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
"There should be a debate on the Iran issue in Parliament... "
Accusing the United Progressive Alliance Government of lacking a clear-cut view on policy matters, including Iran, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday . . .
- Bangladesh Pm To Discuss Terrorism In Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will discuss cooperation on tackling terrorism with her counterpart during a two-day visit to Pakistan next week, a senior foreign ministry official said on Thursday.
- First Bird Flu Case In Africa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
A virulent strain of the bird flu virus has killed 40,000 birds on a large commercial poultry farm in Nigeria, the first documented case in Africa, authorities said on Wednesday.
- Save The Whales (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 09, 2006)
The "prince of whales," the northern bottlenose that wandered off from its deepwater habitat and perished in the Thames, has become a poignant symbol of all endangered whales and dolphins.
- Cottoning On To Suicides (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 09, 2006)
What farmers need is not so much a partial job guarantee as cheap credit and insurance
- From Ship To Mouth: Back To Square One (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 09, 2006)
India has to completely re-orient its agricultural planning
Some experts have been warning the nation for almost half a decade that the country is inching towards a hunger trap.
- When The Lights Stayed On (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 09, 2006)
One Evening, two years ago, Bhimrao Baburao Pawar, a lineman with the then Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), faced the wrath of school children who stopped his vehicle and deflated its tyres.
- Socialite Party (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 09, 2006)
Has Mulayam got fancy new political clothes? Hopefully yes, for the sake of Uttar Pradesh
- Let’S Make ‘India Everywhere’ Really Happen (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Feb 09, 2006)
'India Everywhere’ was an important theme at the just-concluded World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings at Davos.
- Heady Mix (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
The central statistical organisation has given the nation yet another reason to believe in the magic of numbers.
- The New Year Spread (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Feb 09, 2006)
The Chinese New Year holidays have just ended. This is the time every year that expat homes in China begin filling up with Chinese delicacies.
- Three-Year Bounty (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Coming just after the revised estimate for 2004-05 at 7.5%, Central Statistical Organisation’s (CSO) advance estimates for 2005-06, projecting an 8.1% growth rate, reaffirm India’s potential to become, as the FM has said, an economic powerhouse.
- On To Double-Digit Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 09, 2006)
Double digit growth is a distinct possibility for India, provided politicians find the courage to sustain reform. This is the clear message from the advance estimates of GDP for the current year.
- Gm Food Must Be Allowed Into Europe, Wto Rules (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Feb 09, 2006)
Europe faces new pressure to open its markets to genetically-modified food from the US after the World Trade Organisation ruled that the EU broke international rules with its moratorium on new licences.
- Grow India, Grow! (The Financial Express, Ashima Goyal, Feb 09, 2006)
The CSO’s latest estimate suggests growth is to continue, unlike the spurt that petered in the mid-90s.
- Real Shine Must Come From Farm Sector (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 08, 2006)
The Government must look at agriculture as the principal orphan of the reform process that began more than a decade ago.
- Wto Condemns Eu Over Gmo Moratorium (Reuters, Sophie Walker, Feb 08, 2006)
The World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday that the European Union and six member states had broken trade rules by barring entry to genetically modified crops and foods.
- Indian Mining. When? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2006)
It isn’t India Mining. At a conspicuously low 0.6 per cent growth, the mining sector’s performance stands out in the rush of encouraging statistics from CSO’s quick estimates for 2005-2006. Even agriculture (2.3 per cent), not a recent star performer...
- Economy To Top 8% Growth This Year (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2006)
The Indian economy is expected to clock an 8.1 per cent growth in its gross domestic product (GDP) during the current financial year.
- Will Jd(s) - Bjp Combine Hold Together? (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Feb 08, 2006)
Karnataka's new coalition government has taken off with a bang. The chief minister H.D. Kuma-raswamy established himself firmly in the driver's seat of the new JD (S) BJP combine.
- Stop Wheat Import, Say Farmers (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Feb 08, 2006)
The decision of the Union Government to import 5 lakh tonnes of wheat has stirred a up a hornet’s nest as not only some political parties but also several organisations of farmers have decided to oppose the import.
- Water: The Coming Crisis (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 07, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf was unable to sell the Kalabagh dam project to Pakistan’s smaller provinces.
- Ad Hoc Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 07, 2006)
We need a strategy for foodgrains management
The surge in wheat prices and the government’s decision to import wheat to handle the price situation reflect more ad hocism than a well thought out strategy to handle the sensitive issue of foodgrains . . .
- Not Funny (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 07, 2006)
The cartoons depict an insensitivity to religious feelings
The series of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed first published in September 2005 in a Danish newspaper and then reproduced in several other European newspapers has triggered rage and . . .
- Wto Has Not Helped The Common Man (Business Standard, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 07, 2006)
The results of the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial have been lauded not only by the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, but also by industrialists.
- All Pharmaceutical And Chemical Products To Be Labelled In Hindi In Two Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Distribution of fertilizers high on agenda, says Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister proposes scheme to supply free medicine to poor people
2 per cent health cess likely on direct taxes to mobilise funds for the scheme
- Importing Wheat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 07, 2006)
From surplus to scarcity again
The government decision to import five lakh tonnes of wheat, forced by the rising prices in the southern states, shows it has mishandled the country’s food security. Last time wheat had to be imported was six years ago.
- Kalam Proposes E-Biz Network (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 07, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam proposed the setting up of an ASEAN e-business network for increased information sharing, education programmes and knowledge connectivity among the regional partners that would result in realising technology upliftment, . . .
- Why Bush Has To Deliver In India (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Will President George W Bush deliver? Will India-US negotiations on the civilian nuclear deal yield something before the American leader lands in New Delhi on the evening of February 28?
- Farmers, Your Future Is Now (The Economic Times, Nidhi Nath Srinivas, Feb 06, 2006)
If there is one thing that commodity markets teach you, it is to stop accepting popular perceptions as fact, unless you are prepared to lose plenty of money and more. Take futures markets and the benefit they offer to farmers.
- Lost For Ideas (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 06, 2006)
FOR the next few months, the Bofors-armed, Rajnath Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party won’t be enemy number one to the Congress. It will be the CPI(M) and its Leftist comrades.
- Too Little, Too Late (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 06, 2006)
It is just as well that the Government has given up its ostrich-like attitude in deciding at last, to allow the import of five lakh tonnes of wheat to augment domestic supplies and contain rising prices.
- Back To The Wto Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 06, 2006)
The good thing about the Davos meeting is that it has straightaway injected a sense of urgency into the negotiating process. A detailed, though informal, timetable is being circulated of what has to be accomplished and by when.
- Brazil: The Challenge Of Ecological Resource Use (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 06, 2006)
Brazil's rainforest is considered the earth's most biologically diverse ecosystem. Unfortunately, about 16 per cent of this forest has been denuded in just the last four decades.
- In A Difficult Phase (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Feb 06, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- Periodic Overhauling Of Syllabi (Daily Excelsior, Neeta Sehgal, Feb 06, 2006)
Writing textbooks in India's recent past has been an exercise fraught with controversy.
- Pak Allows Sugar Import From Wagah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Pakistan Government has formally allowed the import of 50,000 tonnes of sugar from India by road through Wagah border for the first time, hoping it would bring down the spiralling prices in domestic market.
- J&k Has Great Future: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said Jammu and Kashmir has a "great future" with "tremendous opportunities for development" and the commitment of the people to it.
- Kalam Suggests 2nd Green Revolution In India (Press Trust of India, Pallab Bhattacharya, Feb 06, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today suggested a second Green Revolution in India which takes rice and wheat cultivators beyond the grain production stage to agro-food processing and gives value addition.
- Fear, Desperation Mark Nepal's First Polls In Years (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 06, 2006)
When Govind Prasad Bashyal came to file his papers for polls at the municipal office, he did not expect troops to hold him there for two weeks.
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