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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 10500:
- Reliance Seeks 25,000 Acres Of Land (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Plan to create SEZ for petrochemicals near Shamshabad airport
- Focus On The Farm Sector (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Dec 22, 2005)
The Ramachenna Reddy panel report highlights the dangers of neglecting the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh.
- Is It The Birth Of A New Era In Bolivia? (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Dec 22, 2005)
This is the first time a full-blooded Indian has become President of the country.
- Keeping The Doha Round Alive (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 22, 2005)
A significant achievement of the just concluded Hong Kong ministerial meet of the WTO may well be the unanimous approval of the draft text by all 149-member countries.
- It Was Big Win For Us: Kamal Nath (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Declaration has fully protected India’s ‘core cocnerns’ in the sensitive agriculture sector, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath asserted in the Lok Sabha.
- Raising Farm Productivity (Tribune, Sudhirendar Sharma, Dec 22, 2005)
Whatever might have happened to the much-hyped National Commission on Farmers set up last year, the Prime Minister has set up yet another high-powered committee under his chairmanship to focus on agricultural development and policy.
- Kalam Draws Up Roadmap For 10-12 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Undeterred by increasing number of corruption cases in Indian politics, President APJ Abdul Kalam put great hopes in the young generation, asking them to strive for to achieve 10-12 per cent GDP growth rate to make India a developed nation by 2020.
- Kalam Roadmap For 12% Growth (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today urged India Inc to target a growth of 10-12 per cent to make the country a developed nation by 2020.
- The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, NALINI SINGH, Dec 22, 2005)
One afternoon in the early ’70s the phone rang in the manager’s office in Patna’s Pearl cinema, which was reputed to be raking in profits.
- Bjp Criticises Left, Govt Over Wto Stand (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Senior BJP leader and former commerce and industry minister Arun Jaitley today reacted to the gains made by the Indian government at the just-concluded WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting with a mixed dose of pragmatism and skepticism.
- No Compromise On Domestic Policy Space At Wto Meet: Nath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Asserting that there was no compromise on domestic policy space at Hong Kong WTO Ministerial, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said the conference declaration fully addressed India's core concerns and represented significant gains.
- Wto: Left, Opposition Unhappy With Govt (Indian Express, Kamal Nath, Dec 22, 2005)
Both Opposition and Left MPs were unhappy with Commerce Minister Kamal Nath’s statement in the Lok Sabha on the outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation.
- Polls In India's Neighbourhood (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Dec 22, 2005)
There may not be anything common between the two countries. Sri Lanka has long history of democracy while in Afghanistan there was hardly any democracy during the last 100 years.
- Salvaging The Wto Ministerial (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Dec 22, 2005)
The six-day World Trade Organisation's (WTO) sixth ministerial conference attended by representatives of 149 countries in Hong Kong between December 13-18 at best can be described "half success and half failure". In fighting trade wars, . . .
- Un Envoy Warns Against Avian Flu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The dreaded H5N1 bird flu virus, which is transmitting the disease to humans, is undergoing genetic changes though the world still does not know whether the changes will make it more deadly or not.......
- Kalam Wants Industry Leaders To Be Creative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Identifies five areas of core competence for integrated action
Bring ICT sector to rural areas
Banks asked to play pioneering role
Venture capital to generate new enterprises
FIIs find India attractive
- Food Corp Says Wheat Imports Not Needed (Reuters, Biman Mukherji, Dec 22, 2005)
India's largest grain procurement agency, Food Corp. of India, said on Wednesday the country had adequate stocks of wheat until May and there was no need for any imports.
- Kisan Card From Hdfc Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
HDFC Bank in association with Visa International, has launched Kisan card. Available in Punjab and Haryana and its ambit, to start with, the card will be launched in phases across the country by March 2006.
- Mid-Year Review — Setting The Economic Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 21, 2005)
The economy appears well-set for a sustained high-growth path, judging by the average of 7 per cent recorded three years in a row (2003-06) and all indicators pointing to a continuing boom in investments and soaring business confidence derived from ...
- Along These Corridors, Power Is For The People (The Financial Express, POONAM MADAN, Dec 21, 2005)
Driving through the Thai and Vietnamese countryside, one has a sense of deja vu. From bamboo clusters to faces on the roadside, from Assam roofs to japis, traditional headgear, the similarities with our northeast are striking.
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- Let’S Have More - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Dr. M P Gupta, Dec 21, 2005)
Dr. M P Gupta on Research Extension linkage for optimizing Agriculture production.
- Creating Jobs In Quake Areas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
At an international seminar held in Peshawar on Monday, various policy-makers and experts were correct in saying that the government had to invest heavily in the creation of jobs in the quake hit areas.
- Nuclear Deal And After (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Dec 21, 2005)
The think-tanks in Washington are divided right in the middle”, said Mr Stephen Cohen, the South Asia specialist at the Brookings Institution. Nothing unusual, I thought to myself.
- Nath Stands Up To Left On Wto Agreement (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath intends to educate the Left parties on the finer nuances of the WTO pact sealed in Hong Kong, so as to allay their ‘misplaced’ apprehensions over India’s stance.
- Nath Clears Air On Trade-Off (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Commerce minister Kamal Nath today said the apprehensions of the Left over the WTO agreement were “absolutely misplaced” as India’s interests in agriculture, industry and services had been addressed in the ministerial declaration.
- Power, Health, Education Need Immediate Attention: S.L. Rao (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Former FKCCI presidents felicitated for getting Rajyotsava award
- Fast Vanishing Wealth - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta, Dec 21, 2005)
We have a capital in the form of animal and plant kingdom in our state. It needs to be guarded from extinction, cautions Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta
- ‘Monsoon May Fuel Gdp To 8%’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian economy can attain 7.5-8 per cent growth in the second half of this fiscal, as a good monsoon raised hope of higher farm output and the boom in manufacturing and services sectors continue, business magazine Capital Market said in a report.
- India, Run With The Big Guys Now! (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Dec 21, 2005)
The media and the government breathed a sigh of relief that the agony of the Hong Kong WTO ministerial is over, and that the agreed text of Sunday night did not cause any political damage at home.
- A Modi-Cum Of Strategy (Indian Express, VIRENDER KUMAR, Dec 21, 2005)
When Narendra Modi announced that he was going to campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections recently, Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, declared that they had won half the battle.
- ‘The Poor Know How To Work Hard, The Intermediaries Should Just Get Out Of The Way’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2005)
A panel of young parliamentarians, business leaders and sportspersons debate the ways to empower India
- India Connected, India Empowered (Indian Express, APJ ABDUL KALAM, Dec 21, 2005)
I am delighted to participate in the interactive session of the India Empowered event. It was a delightful experience for me to study every day from August 14 2005, the writing on the subject, ‘Empowering India’, . . .
- Games Rich Nations Play (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 21, 2005)
WTO’s Hong Kong compromise will not be able to stop suicides by farmers in India and other developing nations
- Farmers Betrayed At Wto: Cpm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The CPM, which provides crucial outside support to the UPA government, today accused the Centre of failing to protect the interests of farmers as also the country at the just concluded world trade talks and smelled “full-fledged scam” in the modernisation
- Let’S Have More - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr. M P Gupta, Dec 20, 2005)
Dr. M P Gupta on Research Extension linkage for optimizing Agriculture production
- Minimalist Ministerial (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2005)
The biggest success of the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial is that it has been able to produce a unanimous Declaration which reflects, apart from anything else, a strong desire among all members of the World Trade Organisation . . .
- Combating A Virus (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 20, 2005)
Discusses the epidemiology of avian influenza and an agenda for control
- G-20 Group Of Developing Countries, Including India, On Saturday Said The Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration Was A 'Modest' Progress (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The G-20 group of developing countries, including India, on Saturday said the draft WTO Ministerial declaration was a "modest" progress and it would propose some textual amendments before it is finalised by Sunday.
- Krishna Tribunal: Karnataka Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 20, 2005)
Directive to Centre sought for effective functioning of tribunal
- Rebuilding Azad Kashmir (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 20, 2005)
Islamabas's current approach towards the devastation caused by the recent earthquake is to provide expeditiously and efficiently relief to the affected population.
- Rs 40 Billion Plan To Boost Agriculture In Punjab, Says Elahi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
A five-year Irrigation Sector Reforms programme costing Rs 40 billion will soon be launched to boost agriculture production across the province, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday.
- Keeping The Faith (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 20, 2005)
The Ministerial text that emerged on Sunday after six days of wrangling among 149 nations in Hong Kong is, at best, a compromise document. Judged against the yardstick of the expectations with which the Doha Round was launched in 2001, . . .
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
- Some Gains (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2005)
After hard bargaining, a minimal consensus in Hong Kong
- Mauritanian Cheese, Monsieur? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Dec 20, 2005)
Kamal Nath thinks WTO can cut farm subsidies. He should meet Prince Albert
- Uma Bharati Takes Her Yatra To Cyberland (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Dec 20, 2005)
Midway through her long march to Ayodhya, Uma Bharati has just taken a detour to cyberspace. The sadvhi has launched a website, www.ramrotiyatra.com, to inform the world on a daily basis of her whereabouts and her actions.
- Protests Against Proposed Uranium Mine (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 20, 2005)
It is up to the Government to ensure that well-recognised international norms are enforced.
- No Easy Way Out As Hong Kong Ii Looms (Hindu, Larry Elliott, Dec 20, 2005)
After a week of trench warfare, the idea of a spring trade pact looks far-fetched.
- Upa Govt Failed At Wto: Cpm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The CPM on Monday criticised the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for its “failure” to protect the interests of small farmers at the recently held WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong.
- Not A Failure, After All (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
The global trade talks in Hong Kong have ended on a mixed note. They have neither succeeded in addressing the important concerns of all, especially those of the developing countries.
- India's Concerns Fully Addressed, Says Kamal Nath (Hindu, P. K. Bhardwaj , Dec 20, 2005)
"Grand coalition" helped clinch deal at WTO
Full modalities of agreement to be worked out early next year
Special products, safeguard mechanism will not help India: CPI (M)
India's stand on the services sector "disappointing," it says
- Sterile Proposal (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 20, 2005)
Fertiliser minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s announcement that government is going to re-operationalise eight naphtha-based defunct urea plants in five states is an outstanding example of how far removed the government is from reality.
- A Fateful Finale At Wto (International Herald Tribune, Keith Bradsher, Dec 20, 2005)
The nadir of the World Trade Organization conference here came Saturday evening, when many ministers were despairing of progress inside the meeting while the streets outside were filled with the rattle of protesters' steel pipes striking police officers'
- Some Breakthrough In Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 20, 2005)
Global trade talks at Hong Kong were saved from total failure with the developed countries’ nod to end farm subsidies by the year 2013 and to do away with export subsidy on cotton by 2006. The ministerial text provides better protection for textile
- Deepening Indo-U.S. Academic Links (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Dec 20, 2005)
North Carolina varsity in tie-up with Chennai-based RMK Engineering College
- Tsunami Widowers Struggle To Pick Up The Pieces (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 20, 2005)
When Ramakrishnan Shakthivel and his wife saw the tsunami bearing down on their house on Sri Lanka's east coast, they grabbed their three children and ran for their lives.
- President Calls For Updating The History Of India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
We must enable our people to come out of the past, he says
- President Unveils Policy Package For Farm Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
`Use new technology for value addition'
- Wto Meet Finalises Draft (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 19, 2005)
Farm export subsidies to be eliminated
- Wto Members To End Subsidies By 2013 (Tribune, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 19, 2005)
Trade negotiators of the 149 WTO member nations today reached a crucial breakthrough on the contentious issues of agricultural subsidies and industrial tariffs to arrive at a face-saving agreement that paves the way for a global trade pact by the end ...
- No Break-Through, But No Break-Down Either (The Financial Express, Veena Jha, Dec 19, 2005)
After six days of talks in Hong Kong, the draft Ministerial text which appears to be ready for adoption calls for developed countries to open their markets to 97 % of goods from the world's poorest economies by 2008 by abolishing import duties and quotas.
- Sam Walton Versus Gupta & Sons Serendipity (The Economic Times, Nidhi Nath Srinivas, Dec 19, 2005)
India is a nation of shopkeepers. After farming, retailing is the biggest employment generator in the country. And yet we now have supermarkets — the new kids on the block — beating us in the same game.
- Populism And Democracy (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a recent seminar on "Democracy, development and social inclusion" held in New Delhi on December 8, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provided an economist's perspective of governance. Democracy, he said, was based on the notion of a popular mandate, . . .
- Kalam Call To Develop Cheap Drugs For Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has called upon the medical community to work in partnership with pharmacologists to develop cost-effective drugs to treat AIDS and other major epidemics affecting large numbers of the country's population.
- Kalam Calls For Second Green Revolution (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It was time India embarked upon a second green revolution, which would help increase productivity in the agricultural sector, President APJ Abdul Kalam said today.
- Wto Draft Sets 2013 To Eliminate Farm Subsidies (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Dec 19, 2005)
The sixth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong issued a draft declaration on Sunday that called for the elimination of agriculture subsidies by 2013.
- Explore Real History Of The Nation, Appeals Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Sunday exhorted the citizens to explore the real history of the nation to gain inspiration for enlightened action for the creation of a future of all-round prosperity.
- Centre Committed To Increasing Loan To Farmers: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
'UPA Government has urged banks to extend loan facilities to needy people'
- Emotional Support Vital For Cancer Cure: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
He says recovery of patients receiving social support better
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said on Sunday that cancer cure should be addressed both physiologically and psychologically.
- Kalam For Country To Embark Upon Second Green Revolution (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It was time India embarked upon the second green revolution, which would help in increasing productivity in the agricultural sector, President A P J Abdul Kalam said today.
- Groping For Direction (Tribune, Chetan Chadha, Dec 19, 2005)
Addressing the ASEAN Business Advisory Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur on December 12, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed the hope that the government would soon be able to come up with a ‘positive’ policy formulation for the induction of Foreign
- Explore Real History Of The Nation: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
`Nation's real strength lay in the values its people have nurtured'
- A Face-Saver’S Hammered Out To Wrap Up Hong Kong (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 19, 2005)
After hectic long-winded negotiations that began at 10.30 pm last night and went on till 9 am this morning, a final revised draft for the WTO’s Hong Kong Ministerial declaration was agreed upon by the 150 member countries.
- Can Tata Steel Pull It Off? (Hindu, N. N. Sachitanand, Dec 19, 2005)
Need to overcome various infrastructural and other disabilities
In a string of announcements over the past one year the company has made known its intentions to transform itself in the next ten years from a local to a global enterprise.
- Development Hardly Visible At Hong Kong Ministerial (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Dec 19, 2005)
The Doha Round, launched in 2001, was meant to address the concerns of developing countries who were feeling short-changed in the Uruguay Round. Negotiations over the past four years have, however, confirmed that all talk of ‘development’ was just . . .
- Doha And `Development Focus' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 19, 2005)
The weak, weaker and the weakest nations must get some special treatment so as to be able to catch up with the rest of the world. This is the basis of the approach of the multilateral trade negotiations where the developed economies are expected . . .
- Fine Print Of The Ministerial Text (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Trade leaders from 149 countries hob-knobbed with each other in Hong Kong for six days, trying to move the Doha round of trade talks forward.And finally managed to produce a rag-tag ministerial declaration that is just enough to give the talks a . . .
- Kalam For Another Green Revolution (Indian Express, CORPORATE BUREAU, Dec 19, 2005)
It was time India embarked upon the second green revolution, which would help in increasing productivity in the agricultural sector, President A P J Abdul Kalam said today.
- To Talk And Not To Do (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 19, 2005)
The author is former director-general,National Council for Applied Economic Research
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