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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 10500:
- Hong Kong Ministerial — Another Show Of South Solidarity (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 29, 2005)
The result of the Hong Kong Ministerial is not as important as the message it sends for the developing countries. After having flexed their muscles in the multilateral trade arena, they need to develop an alternative to the markets of the North.
- The Swelling `Register Of Deaths' (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 29, 2005)
In Dorli village in Wardha, farmers simply put up signs announcing their whole village was for sale. It worked, with the local MP giving them Rs.10 lakh. Eslewhere, despair only deepens. Farm suicides have begun in rich Western Maharashtra, too.
- The Lingering Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Money, housing, relief material, tools of trade and some government assistance have all made their way to this tsunami-hit hamlet of the fishing community, about 38 km from Port Blair, for rehabilitation and starting life afresh.
- New Model Of Development? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 29, 2005)
The challenge before India today is to ensure quality education that can serve the global industry
- Living Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India has a tradition of revering its aged. This sentence should actually be changed into the past tense, considering that the glorious custom is no longer in force in a large number of households.
- Northeast As Partner In Modernisation (Tribune, J.N. Nanda, Dec 29, 2005)
India is making an all out effort to develop and modernize with better infrastructure, better skills and more education.
- Lahiri Committee Report On Capital Flows — Debate On P-Flows And P-Notes (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 28, 2005)
The relationship between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Government is more like that between couples.
- Atrocities Of The British Empire (Hindu, George Monbiot, Dec 28, 2005)
In Reading reports of the trial of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, you are struck by two things. The first, of course, is the anachronistic brutality of the country's laws.
- The Bjp's Next Man In (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
With the question "after Advani who?" reportedly settled in favour of Rajnath Singh, it is time to ask: "Why and how Rajnath?"
- Saving Lives With Mangroves (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
The tsunami of December 26, 2004 that killed tens of thousands may be viewed as a natural calamity beyond human management capabilities. But new scientific evidence suggests the loss of life could have been substantially mitigated.
- One-Third Wealth, Two-Third Squalor (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Dec 28, 2005)
Satrujit Banerjee lists some of the things not revealed by figures projecting India as the next economic giant
- Subsidy Reform Must Keep That In Sight (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 28, 2005)
Opening up more border trade points with Pakistan will ease the fiscal burden on fertiliser subsidy. The point is to locate reform of agriculture and, within that, of subsidy regimes, within the overall context of development.
- Hailing Hong Kong, Completing Doha (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Dec 28, 2005)
Contrary to the doom and gloom scenarios advanced by many, the WTO ministerial conference at Hong Kong concluded successfully on December 18, 2005, making significant progress towards completing the Doha Round. True, the conference did not produce . . .
- On A Fast Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 28, 2005)
The finding of a survey by Assocham, the leading industry chamber, should warm the cockles of many a heart in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector considering the rough weather it has been going through over the past two years.
- Tsunami: Lessons To Learn (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 28, 2005)
This week the world marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that devastated large areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.
- Last Tigers Count Days As Namdapha Readies For Census (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2005)
Tigers still survive in the Namdapha National Park, insists Field Director L.K. Pait. His hopeful words are echoed by Chakma villagers settled across Noa Dehing river along the park boundary, who suffer occasional livestock losses. “We saw one last month.
- Metro Project May Be Delayed Further (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Dec 28, 2005)
The proposed Bangalore Metro project is headed for another round of delay. After the PIB cleared the Rs 5,747-crore urban transport venture, the Union Government has referred the matter to a Group of Ministers.....
- Night Watchman Carries The Bat At Hong Kong (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 28, 2005)
The much-awaited World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial, as part of the Doha Development Round, has come and gone. And what has been the outcome? Did the developing countries get anything out of it? There is much debate on what the . . .
- India Prepares Tsunami Alert Centre (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 27, 2005)
A year after the tsunami waves hit Indian shores killing more than 10,000 people,
- As The Issue Spirals Out Of Control (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 27, 2005)
This has been a bad week for the president. He has suddenly discovered, for the first time in his six-year rule, that in his hard-sell campaign on the Kalabagh Dam he has hit a major hidden reef that will take considerably more than negotiation and . . .
- Hong Kong’S Shaky Outcome (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 27, 2005)
The Doha round of negotiations had an inauspicious beginning. The first attempt to begin the dialogue in 1991 ran into stiff resistance setup by a variety of non-governmental groups.
- India’S Best Fishermen Drop Anchor & Pride, Wait For Ngo Handouts (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 27, 2005)
His skin is leathery from decades of sun and salt. His arms are muscular from years of hauling seine nets. T Stanislaus (70) looks like he could jump into a traditional vallam and make a three-month-long fishing migration to haul in pomfret off . . .
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a year that saw politics overshadow public good, say Asha Krishnaswamy and Vijesh Kamath as they sift through the archives. Politicians spewed venom and a former prime minister wrote letters even as the common man was left to deal with an . . .
- The Effects Of Globalisation On Bangalore (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Dec 27, 2005)
In its total indifference towards the old, weak and poor, is Bangalore going the Thatcher-Reagan way in leaving those who cannot swim to drown?
- A Tsunami Of Emotions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight marches, prayers and floral tributes on Monday marked the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster as tearful memories of the thousands who met with watery deaths flooded back along the shores of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . . .
- Indian Economy At Its Best Ever (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Dec 27, 2005)
The Indian economy, whose prospects looked bleak with tsunami devastation and inflationary pressure due to soaring international oil prices at the beginning of the year, was on a roll in 2005.
- India May Sell Pakistan 50,000 Tonnes Sugar (Reuters, Biman Mukherji, Dec 27, 2005)
India is likely to export about 50,000 tonnes of sugar to Pakistan by the end of January, a top trade official said on Monday.
- War Fears Overshadow Sri Lanka Tsunami Anniversary (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 27, 2005)
A year after the tsunami swept away his house, building materials for fisherman R. Alagodurai's new home have finally arrived. But he fears escalating violence could reignite Sri Lanka's two-decade civil war and he might never live there.
- Dark At Noon (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2005)
The London fog was part of the atmosphere that added to the lure of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
- Wto: Hong Kong Declaration Can Be A Positive Force (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 27, 2005)
It is easy to be critical of the Hong Kong Declaration and the stand taken by this delegation or the other. But the movement of a global meeting on such contentious issues as reducing export subsidies, which are politically sensitive in every country, ...
- `Operation Duryodhan': Is Seeking Money Merely `Stupid'? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and the party's outgoing President, Mr L. K. Advani, has given a new nuance to the terms `stupidity' and bribe-taking.
- Re-Designing India's Manufacturing (Business Line, V. Sumantran , Dec 27, 2005)
As consumers across product segments favour more variety — just look at the profusion of mobile phone models — India's manufacturing sector will have to make a paradigm shift in its approach. Exploiting its large pool of IT resources, . . .
- Welcome To The Brave New World! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
In exactly two days from now, the State Bank of India (SBI) may see an outflow of little over $7 billion (Rs 33,000 crore)—the redemption proceeds of India Millennium Deposits (IMDs) raised in 2000.
- Mass Mourning For Tsunami Victims By The Sea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight prayers, silent processions and religious rituals marked first anniversary of the disaster
- The Perils Of Science Fraud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
In March 2004, Hwang Woo Suk , a stem cell researcher from Seoul National University (SNU), gained worldwide fame for `successfully' cloning human embryos and extracting stem cells from one of them. About 240 eggs were collected for the research.
- Courting Imbalance (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 26, 2005)
Times change, contexts alter, economic controversies, however, have a way of renewing themselves.
- The Bihar Brand (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
The name of Bihar arouses are and curiosity among a large section of the populace in and outside the country, a State about which people hardly take any interest to know about.
- Season Of Risings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 26, 2005)
Bolivia has had more presidents by far than any other country in South America, mainly because so many of them were overthrown long before their terms ended.
- Careful Advance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2005)
Diehard romantics may see it as the end of an idyll. But the decision by King Jigme Singye Wangchuk to usher in parliamentary democracy in Bhutan speaks of his astute political sense.
- Darkness At Dawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2005)
Like agriculture, power too is dependent on weather in this part of the country. This is what those in charge of supplying electricity would like everyone to believe. Friday’s disruption of electricity supply brought trains to a halt in North India.
- Of Passion Fruit And Vegetables (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time, I did not know that bandycoots would run relay races on its roof all night. Also tha
- Push Infrastructure Reforms (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time...
- France Face-To-Face With Globalisation Challenges (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 26, 2005)
We often see developing countries struggling to accept the changes that come with globalisation, and rushing to protect their social structures, subsidies and companies. But France, which had the vision to initiate the move to form the European Union, . .
- Wto: The Next Bargaining Phase (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 26, 2005)
While the WTO's future is a debatable point, as far as the stand likely to be adopted by the rich at the ongoing Doha Round negotiations is concerned, the signs are that any drastic change is unlikely.
- Capitalising On Human Skills (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 26, 2005)
India has to compete through the quality of its human capital, its innovation and its research and development.
- Our Posture In The World Market Should Be ‘Come All, We Take You On’ (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Which way are global trade talks headed? How was India’s performance and posture, what did it get and what did it have to give away...
- Tsunami Thoughts: Fighting Fit On Boxing Day (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Exactly a year ago, on Boxing Day, the tsunami devastated India’s eastern coast. Over 10,000 people lost their lives and close to 2 million livelihoods were wiped out
- Some Relief For Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 26, 2005)
The US was the fiercest opponent to concessions for the poor nations
- A Year After The Angry Waves (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At the Nagapattinam District Collectorate, a patchy little sketch ushers you in to a trail of ruins. The painting by twelve-year-old Maideen, a tsunami victim, recreates December 26, 2004, through images of angry waves, upturned boats and piled-up . . .
- Rajnath: Bjp President In Waiting? (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 26, 2005)
Rajnath Singh is certainly different from other second generation leaders of the BJP.
- At Land’S End, As Black Sunday Anniversary Rolls In, India Rolls On (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 26, 2005)
“Ee kaa hai (what is this)?’’ asks Babu Lal Soni of Jharkhand curiously, peering between the thatch covering of a 16-ft high steel statue of two giant hands, one holding back the waves, another cupped to cradle a lamp of hope.
- Pm Wants Fast Industrial Growth To Bring Jobs (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 25, 2005)
India's manufacturing sector is expanding too slowly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, warning his Communist allies that more reform and new labour laws were needed to stimulate job creation.
- Manmohan Warns On New Labor Laws - Indian Communists Ready To Fight It To The End (Indian Express, Balaji Reddy, Dec 25, 2005)
A major fight between India’s ruling UPA coalition led by Congress Party and the Indian Communists popularly known as the Left Parties is taking shape.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Musharraf Pins Hope In Youth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf focused the importance of major water reservoirs to the Sindh’s future and sought Sindhi youth’s support to avert the impending disaster.
- Mist Covered Hills, Cloud-Kissed Forests (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Ameen Ahmed is seduced and saddened by the spectacular wilderness of the Kodagu forests, one of the few pristine areas of the Ghats.
- Pm To Visit Tsunami-Hit Areas To Review Work (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he planned to revisit tsunami-hit regions to review the rehabilitation work.
- Prepare To Face Globalisation: Manmohan Tells Industry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
This new wave must prevail
Large firms must think global, even as they act local
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Saturdaythat industry must accept the reality of global competition and prepare to face the challenge of globalisation.
- Merry Christmas In God’S Own Tsunami Country (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 25, 2005)
The bumpy single-lane road is lined with coconut palms, scattered with quaint, little concrete houses with newly planted marigold and posies. There is a bakery, net cafes, white sand, smiling locals and a sculptor at work on an exquisite 6-foot-high . . .
- India Fast Becoming Global Player: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Questions Congress concern for "aam aadmi"
Sees neglect of farmers, fishermen and construction workers
Questions ruling party's concern for the common man
- Pm To Visit Tsunami-Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
He will review the rehabilitation work done over the year
- India's Concerns In Farm And Industrial Goods Taken Care: Nath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Describing Hong Kong WTO Ministerial as a reasonable success, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said the contours laid down at the conference will fully take care of India's concerns in agriculture and industrial goods.
- Numbers Key To Bjp Vote Puzzle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The BJP’s strident stand against the expulsion of the tainted MPs has puzzled even its insiders and underscored the growing distance between the party and ally Janata Dal (United).
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 24, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink. Abundance of it means life in full bloom, absence turns the whole world into a big wasteland.
- Ltte Destroys Lankan Naval Craft; 3 Taken Hostage (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
The LTTE destroyed a Sri Lankan naval dinghy and took three sailors hostage in an incident off the Pallimunai coast in the north western district of Mannar on Thursday.
- Reconstruction Of Tsunami-Hit Areas A Major Challenge: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
History of sorts was made by Parliament when the Rajya Sabha expelled one and the Lok Sabha 10 members who were caught on camera accepting money for asking questions in the Houses. Elected representatives accepting bribes is not new — ...
- Sugar's Sorry State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 24, 2005)
It is a pity the Government is in no mood to free the sugar sector from its vice-like grip anytime soon. This was clear from the recent statements made by senior ministers.
- Much Ado About Nothing (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 24, 2005)
The developing countries have been taken for a ride. They continue to negotiate on a faulty structure
- Dam: Questions To Answer (Dawn, Mahmood Hasan Khan, Dec 24, 2005)
How is it that the representatives of almost all parties and groups in Sindh-nationalists, urban, rural, and what have you — and many in the NWFP are not persuaded that building the proposed reservoir on the Indus at Kalabagh would be good . . .
- "India Has Done A Good Job On Rehabilitation" (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 24, 2005)
India tied up with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for assistance to launch a massive tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction programme in the affected States. In an email interview, World Bank Country DirectorMichael Carterreviews . . .
- India At Hong Kong: More Give Than Take (Hindu, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 24, 2005)
It is in the areas of non-agriculture markets access and services that developing countries, led by Brazil and India, have given too much even at this near-framework stage.
- Did India Retain Its Wto Bargain? (The Economic Times, ANIL K AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2005)
The final WTO ministerial declaration at Hong Kong was able to put a specific year of 2013 for total elimination of the farm export subsidies, which depress international market prices to the detriment of the poor farmers in the developing countries ...
- Amid War Fears, Sri Lanka's North Longs For Autonomy (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 23, 2005)
Watching a fish auction in Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered north, closely watched by troops, ex-London disc jockey Mahendrakumar Visvanathapillai is sick of what he sees as the military occupation of his homeland.
- Bio-Fuel Plantation Farm Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A model farm to promote cultivation of plants among farmers in rain-fed areas
- K’Taka Leaders Cut A Wavering Figure (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Dec 23, 2005)
The MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is hot news now with some of the honourable Members of Parliament getting caught on camera for taking commission to dole out money in the name of developmental works in their constituencies.
- We, The Law-Abiding Losers (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 23, 2005)
For the past 18 months, I’ve been trying to buy a house in Delhi. In vain. I, therefore, have many stories to tell. On how we’ve had to reject a beautiful, well-located, parking-friendly DDA flat that had been turned into an encroached palace . . .
- Sir Creek Isn’T All That Easy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 23, 2005)
Among the set of problems that India and Pakistan are seemingly grappling with for many years now to find a negotiated settlement is the Sir Creek dispute. Often, this dispute is referred to as the easiest one to sort out.
- Reconstruction Of Tsunami-Hit Areas A Major Challenge: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The United Nations has said that reconstruction of tsunami-hit areas will be a major challenge the affected countries would face in the coming year and that its special envoy, former American President Bill Clinton, would focus on ensuring . . .
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Reliance Seeks 25,000 Acre Sez Land In Andhra (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Indicating major investment plans for Andhra Pradesh alongside a gas pipe line project, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) today sought 25,000 acre of land for the development of an exclusive Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
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