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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 10500:
- Sheer Rip-Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2005)
That Punjab excels in agriculture is a fact well known all over the country. What is less commonly known is that it also excels in corrupt practices related to the distribution of foodgrains.
- Archaic Prescriptions For Agriculture (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 14, 2005)
The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, must be congratulated on his candidness.
- France Tries To Save Subsidies (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Dec 14, 2005)
The EU's new former Communist countries are to be offered further concessions under new plans designed to isolate France and clinch a deal in a tense negotiation over the EU's budget.
- Us Thinks Positive, Despite India Outcry (The Financial Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Dec 14, 2005)
Despite the rigid Indian government stand, US trade representative Rob Portman is hopeful that the Hong Kong ministerial meeting will have a positive outcome.
- There Will Be No Indigenous Population Except Seagulls’ (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Former truck driver Norbert L’Emclume, 65, sits in a shabby courtyard in Cassis, a shanty town in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.
- Geopolitics Heats Up As India Leads Nama Group Of Developing Nations To Confront The Developed Western Nations In World Trade Organization (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 14, 2005)
The NAMA Group, which is co-chaired by India and South Africa, includes Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Namibia, Venezuela and Egypt with more expected to join is ready to challenge the Western nations in World Trade Organization.
- Ringside View: Wto Talks Begin Amid Protests (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
The crucial WTO Ministerial Meeting got underway here today amid scuffles between the police and angry mobs, even as trade ministers sought to broker a deal on agriculture, industrial tariffs and putting together a package for the Least Developed Countrie
- Nine Tsunami-Affected Families Get New Houses In Pondicherry (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Dec 14, 2005)
The units have been built by an Uttaranchal-based NGO The units have been built by an Uttaranchal-based NGO
- Consensus May Elude Wto (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 14, 2005)
Members should look beyond their immediate needs, says Pascal Lamy
Look beyond your immediate needs, Lamy tells members
G-20 finalises ministerial declaration
Removing anti-development measures is core objective of Doha round: G-20
- Wto Keeps Talks Moving To Avert Another Breakdown (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 14, 2005)
The United States warned trading partners on Wednesday that the world would slip back into protectionism without progress in global talks to reform world commerce, stunting economic growth and hitting the poor.
- Knowledge Is The Key To Prosperity, Says Sam Pitroda (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 14, 2005)
"Demography and diversity unique advantages"
- A Realistic Appraisal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2005)
The mid-year review of the economy presented to Parliament last week is generally optimistic on broad parameters, but it wisely avoids exaggerated forecasts.
- Taliban Exploits Drug Trade To Step Up Afghan Attacks (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Dec 13, 2005)
It appears that the Taliban, which had condemned opium as "un-Islamic," has turned to the billion-dollar drugs trade to earn money and undermine the authority of the Hamid Karzai Government.
- India Won't Accept Any Trade Deal That Displaces Farmers: Nath (Press Trust of India, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 13, 2005)
On the eve of the WTO Ministerial Conference here, India today asserted it will not be rushed into a global trade deal that displaces millions of its poor farmers.
- Issues That Wto Is Set To Debate In Hong Kong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
After millions of air miles, countless secret meetings, forests of reports and one failed summit, ministers from 150 countries are facing the prospect of failure in their attempt to free world trade and drag millions of people out of extreme poverty.
- Sudarshan’S Phobia (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 13, 2005)
Speaking at the release of “Religious Demography of India” brought out by the Centre for Policy Studies, an RSS-affiliated think-tank based in Chennai, RSS Sarsanghchalak K.S. Sudarshan exhorted Hindus to have larger families . . .
- Unrelenting Battle (Hindu, N.R.Krishnan, Dec 13, 2005)
Telling account of the poor state of the world's forests and those responsible for it
- Quake: Thinking Long-Term (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 13, 2005)
I have written before on the subject of the earthquake and its economic impact. But the subject covered in some of the earlier articles dealt with the effect of the disaster over the short term. In today’s article and the one next week . . .
- Why The Scourge Doesn't Go (Pioneer, Shibani Dasgupta, Dec 13, 2005)
Excessive spraying has resulted in mosquitoes developing resistance to pesticides, making malaria control difficult, says Shibani Dasgupta
- Taliban Exploit Drug Trade To Step Up Afghan Attacks (Dawn, Declan Walsh, Dec 13, 2005)
Resurgent Taliban forces have forged an alliance with drug smugglers in the lawless Afghan province of Helmand, underscoring a worrying slide in security just months before thousands of British troops are due to take control in the spring.
- Farm Credit Package In The Offing? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 13, 2005)
Mr. Sukhjit Singh, who retired as Director, Agriculture, of the Punjab Government, is a leading agriculturist in the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur belt and is representative of a small but growing community of farmers who believe that the agricultural sector . . .
- Rbi's Report On Currency And Finance 2004-05 — Banks Must Compete, Consolidate And Converge (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 13, 2005)
The RBI Report on Currency and Finance 2004-05 highlights the challenges facing the banking sector, which requires infusion of new technologies, better processes of credit and risk appraisal, product diversification, robust internal controls and . . .
- Growth With A Flaccid Underbelly (The Economic Times, JAIDEEP MISHRA, Dec 12, 2005)
Vision, it is said, is the art of seeing things invisible. Already, there is much talk of 10% growth of GDP, the total output of goods and services. It seems pertinent to ask, what is the quality of the growth momentum now upon us? . . .
- Fiscal Position Could Be Better (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 12, 2005)
Going by the second quarterly (and half-yearly) review of the Indian economy, the fiscal condition leaves much to be desired, so much so that, under the FRBM Act, is has become incumbent on the Government to take steps to remedy the situation.
- Keep An Eye On All Invisibles (Indian Express, Veena Jha, Dec 12, 2005)
India has everything to play for this week at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial, says Veena Jha
- The Red Herrings Of Infrastructure And Democracy (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 12, 2005)
The Edsa is a main artery that runs through Metro Manila. But the six-lane highway, at several points along its path, and at several times during the day, may well resemble a parking lot.
- India, China Urged To Enhance Cooperation At Wto (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and China, 'heavyweight' members of the G-33, must step up their cooperation at next week's WTO Ministerial to safeguard their interests, Member of Planning Commission, Anwarul Hoda has said.
- Pak Overtures Bring Israel Blip Back On India Radar (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 12, 2005)
Caught on the backfoot by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s tactical overtures towards Tel Aviv, New Delhi has hurriedly brought back Israel on its radar with the Joint Working Group (JWG)
- We Have Much To Gain From Openness (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2005)
India’s trade minister goes to the Hong Kong ministerial of the World Trade Organisation burdened by a domestic expectation that he will give away as little as possible by way of opening up the economy further.
- A Bad Deal For Public Health (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Dec 12, 2005)
The moves to formalise curbs on export of cheap generic medicines will hit developing countries.
- Getting Ready For Hong Kong Summit (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Dec 12, 2005)
Meet will decide progress of Doha development round
It is unlikely that any trade minister will admit to outright failure of the negotiations.
- Kalam Asks Punjab Farmers To Usher In Second Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Go in for extensive farming of Jatropha, says the President
Cotton growers achieve world record
Rs. one crore announced for Bhatinda village
`Village adoption programmed successful'
- Uma Prescribes Dna Tests For Bjp Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Giving a new twist to her attack on senior BJP leaders, expelled party leader Uma Bharti on Sunday suggested that they undergo “DNA tests” to reveal the quantum of party ideology and principles present in them.
- Iaf Rescues Four Marooned Persons On Amaravathy Bank (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Dec 12, 2005)
They were caught in the water released from Amaravathy dam
- Thousands March To Protest Wto Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Activists converge on Hong Kong; charge globalisation favours the rich and robs workers of their jobs
- Pm Arrives In Kuala Lumpur (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here for a four-day visit to Malaysia to participate in the fourth India-ASEAN Summit to be held on December 13 and the first ever East Asia Summit (EAS) the following day.
- The Victor And The Vanquished (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Dec 12, 2005)
In the man-animal conflict, triggered either by lack of space or fear of disease and famine, man wins hands down, says Sudipta Bhattacharjee
- End Of Regional Parties ? (Daily Excelsior, T. Sreedhar, Dec 12, 2005)
The verdict of recent Bihar elections and the infighting in Shiva Sena made many to sit up and note the steady diminishing trend by the regional parties. In 2004, when the regional parties like Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh and Akali Dal in Punjab . . .
- Next Green Revolution Should Cover Food Processing: Kalam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked farmers for their cooperation in making possible, a second green revolution that is not only about growing wheat and paddy, but one that covers aspects like food processing and marketing.
- Urban Reforms—can We Stay The Course? (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
Just before the Prime Minister left for Moscow, he launched the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Prime Minister’s speech outlined the challenges of urban planning and highlighted the unresolved issues not all of which have been . . .
- Courts Should Ensure Speedy Justice: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Holding that the “dynamism and innovativeness” of the judicial system is vital for the country’s development, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked the courts to ensure speedy delivery of justice.
- Farmers Deserve A Better Deal: Dr Swaminathan (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Dec 11, 2005)
Among the world’s leading agricultural scientists, Dr M.S. Swaminathan has played a catalytic role in India’s green revolution.
- Kalam Calls For Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Exhorting farmers for the second Green Revolution and doubling the country’s food production to 400 million tonnes by 2020, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today said value addition to the agricultural produce of farmers could improve their economic . . .
- India Sees High Growth, Moderate Inflation Ahead (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Dec 11, 2005)
India is on course for another year of high growth, boosted by a rebound in the farm sector, the government said on Friday, adding inflation was contained at moderate levels.
- Kalam-Farmer Interaction “Stage Managed” (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Though the farmers were eager to pour their hearts out to the President during their much-awaited interaction, it turned out to be a “stage-managed show” where only a couple of them spoke about the success of the village cluster adoption project.
- Efforts To Raise Share Of Farm Sector In Economic Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Investment in irrigation, water management technologies
Revamp of food and fertilizer subsidies will benefit agriculture Need for revival of commodity futures market
- Sa President Doubtful Of Successful Conclusion To Wto Meet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has expressed doubts whether next week's World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong would produce the expected results for poor countries.
- Can We Stay The Course On Urban Reforms? (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Dec 10, 2005)
Just before the Prime Minister left for Moscow, he launched the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Prime Minister's speech outlined the challenges of urban planning and highlighted the unresolved issues, not all of which have been . . .
- Slow And Steady (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2005)
The Indian space technology has progressed successfully focusing on spin-offs
- Hurdles In Way Of Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2005)
Whatever constraints (to growth) are there, are internal: constraints imposed by our polity, our social structures, our regional imbalances, our ability to handle inequity and our ability to take hard but essential decisions.'
- No Credit To Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Tying up the the banking system in knots with wordy guidelines, as that on outsourcing of financial services by banks, is getting to be something of a frightful habit with the Reserve Bank of India.
- Indian Banking Sector: Is It On The Right Track? (Business Line, Saumitra N. B., Dec 10, 2005)
A decade after the Narasimham report was published and in the light of new challenges from the norms laid down by the WTO and Basel II, it is imperative to have a close look at the performance of banks in the last decade or so to assess the success . . .
- New Forests Could Make Climate Change Worse (Hindu, Tim Radford, Dec 10, 2005)
Scientists warn that expanding forests in temperate zones could add to global warming.
- India Sees High Growth, Moderate Inflation Ahead (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Dec 10, 2005)
India is on course for another year of high growth, boosted by a rebound in the farm sector, the government said on Friday, adding inflation was contained at moderate levels.
- Boom By The Brahmaputra (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 10, 2005)
Travelling through Assam, Ashok Malik experiences an enormous pent-up consumer energy, just waiting to blow out the shortage economy
- Inside Al-Qaeda (Mid East Web, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Al-Qaeda (or Al Qaida) means "the base." It has been described as many different things, and it includes a "federation" of different Islamic groups, all dedicated to mayhem against the West, Christians, Jews and Muslim regimes that do not conform . . .
- Neglect Of Forests (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
A front-page report in The Tribune on Friday revealed that Punjab forest officials had carried out fake plantations in Dhar subdivision of Gurdaspur district under a Japan bank-aided scheme and the accompanying photograph showed dumped saplings, . . .
- One Rod Sporting Two Worms (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Dec 10, 2005)
Fishing is a very popular pastime but it calls for a great deal of patience on the part of the fisherman and, quite often, on that of his family — if their interests happen to be different.
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- Cpi(m) Meet, A Search For Positive Governance Agenda (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Dec 09, 2005)
Meet a follow-up on 1994 Kerala studies congress
- India Seen As Key Player To Farm Deal At Wto Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India is seen as a key player to win over for a global deal to free up agricultural trade at next week's World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Hong Kong, analysts said.
- India-Asean Free Trade Agreement Hits A Snag (Business Standard, Monica Gupta, Dec 09, 2005)
The proposed India-Asean Free Trade Agreement has hit a roadblock. This is after the 10-member Asean began pressing India to remove import duties on 90 per cent of agriculture and non-agriculture products by 2011. For the remaining 10 per cent products, A
- Bird Flu Wary Asia On Guard Against Migratory Birds (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 09, 2005)
Forest guard Bhola Abrar Khan peers through binoculars scanning the skies for migratory birds that descend on one of India's biggest bird sanctuaries each winter.
- Bjp Gives Centre A Week To Increase Flood Relief To State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
C.P.Radhakrishnan threatens to launch agitation
- India, 15 Other Asian Countries Agree On Combatting Bird Flu (Press Trust of India, Anil K Jospeh, Dec 09, 2005)
India and 15 other Asian countries have agreed to exchange information, develop new vaccines and enhance investment in their joint efforts to control the spread of bird flu wrecking havoc in the region.
- Launching Edusat In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Dec 09, 2005)
Due to globalisation, the world is going through rapid changes where national boundaries of production and distribution and the quality of life are giving way to global trends and standards.
- Hong Kong Ministerial: Much Ado About Something (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 09, 2005)
The Ministerial meeting of the 149 countries of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) will take place in Hong Kong (HK) a weekfrom now.
- Rain Spreads Cheer In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Dec 08, 2005)
The agriculture sector has received a boost and power generation has improved.
- U.S. Trade Chief Rejects "Watered-Down" Wto Deal (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 08, 2005)
Countries must agree to big market openings in agriculture, manufacturing and services if world trade talks are to benefit poor nations, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
- Wrong Remedy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 08, 2005)
Hike FDI limit, don’t lower capital requirement
- Rejuvenating Agriculture (Tribune, P.S. Rangi, Dec 08, 2005)
Agriculture continues to be the dominant sector of the economy. The population pressure on agriculture continues to remain almost the same. More than two-third of the population still depends on agriculture and about 60 per cent get direct employment . .
- Pakistan’S Strategy For Wto Moot (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 08, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved Pakistan’s negotiations strategy for the WTO ministerial conference scheduled for December 13-18 in Hong Kong at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee held in Islamabad on Tuesday. Commerce Minister . .
- Centre Clears 850-Cr. Health Sector Project Under Dfid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Funds likely to be released over a period of five years
- Voice In The Wilderness (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Negative signals at Mamata rally
There have been starvation deaths in West Bengal and some districts are particularly hard-hit by poverty and distress, made worse by the fact that the Left Front government has politicised the BPL lists.
- Privatisation Plans (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
Don’t Disinvest, Reinvest
In his interview to The McKinsey Quarterly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed helplessness at not being able to proceed with disinvestment of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and other public sector undertakings (PSUs) . .
- Who Cares About The Litigant? (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Dec 08, 2005)
The statement of the chief justice of India about there being 27 million pending cases has set off alarm bells. First, about what society expects from lawyers and from judges, and next, about the so-far-neglected plight of litigants.
- The Controversy Goes On (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 08, 2005)
With Sind and Punjab arguing over the construction of the dam, it is now enmeshed in provincial politics
- No Substitute For Cutting Back (Deccan Herald, George Monbiot, Dec 08, 2005)
We have missed the fact that biodiesel is worse than the fossil-fuel burning it replaces
- Russian Model, European Bovine (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Dec 08, 2005)
The price of one European cow symbolises the difference between global economic policies of the Pacific and Eurocentric West, says Dmitri Kosyrev.
- A New Urban Lifestyle Lures India's Rural Poor (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 08, 2005)
This western city has at least 300 slum pockets, with grimy industry, factory-fouled air and a spiraling crime rate. A 1994 epidemic - reported as pneumonic plague - that originated here caused national panic.
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