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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 10500:
- The Climate Of Fear-Iii (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 12, 2005)
Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka explains the philosophy of fear and the way superpowers have used it as and when they needed it
- Just Heartening (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Thanks to the timely intervention of the Honorable High Court the otherwise imminent ecological disaster may now be prevented.
- Wto Woes Overshadow U.S. - India Trade Meeting (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Top U.S. and Indian officials will discuss how to advance troubled world trade talks and strengthen bilateral trade ties when they meet in New Delhi on Saturday, U.S. trade officials said.
- Cold Shower (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 12, 2005)
When the US announced a review of the dumping duty on shrimp imports from India and Thailand in the wake of the tsunami disaster last year,
- Plantation Workers Root For Ranil (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 12, 2005)
Community seeks better life
- Putting Incentives Under The Microscope (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Nov 12, 2005)
The benefits that government bestows on tiny, small and medium enterprises, the informal sector, the farmers, women, the aged and the deprived are all subsidies.
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
It is good that the State Government has finally sounded bird flu alert. It has advised people "particularly those living in close proximity to water bodies" to be cautious.
- Streamlining The System Of Lpg Distribution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Households continue to face long waiting periods for LPG refills for cooking purposes.
- ‘India Must Focus On Renewable Energy’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Even as India heads towards an energy crisis, there are several sources of renewable energy that can be utilised to meet the country’s energy requirements.....
- Nigeria Signs $6 B Oil Deal With India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Nigeria signed an agreement with an Indian joint venture on Thursday to give oil exploration rights in return for up to $6 billion in infrastructure investment, a top Nigerian official told Reuters.
- Gene Contamination May Affect Organic Exports (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Nov 11, 2005)
An internationally renowned scientist has cautioned that the country’s organic exports might be rejected due to gene contamination, if India permits commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) food crops.
- Global Meet On Bird Flu Decides On Action Plan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The foremost requirement is to control it in birds
Surveillance, early detection and rapid response systems will have to be strengthened
Meeting stresses support and training for investigation of animal and human cases
- Plan To Build Retaining Walls Along The Cauvery (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
District administration seeks Rs.40 crores as flood relief
- Slave, Scab, Pipedream (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 11, 2005)
A BPO-based growth in employment and income is unlikely
Cutting Corners Ashok Mitra
- Decks Cleared For Research In New Plant Varieties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Decks have been cleared for the implementation of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act with the Cabinet on Thursday approving the creation of the post of Registrar-General of the Authority set up under the Act.
- Subsidy Junkies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 11, 2005)
International talks to reduce agriculture subsidies and other trade barriers — which could give an unprecedented boost to poor countries — are heading for the buffers.
- State Seeks Weightage For Drought Areas In Cauvery Basin (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Asserting that the State has the largest drought-prone area in the Cauvery basin, Karnataka on Wednesday argued in the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal that it had taken care of this aspect while proposing and executing irrigation projects.
- Volcker Report Not Final Word On India's Destiny: Cpi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Communist Party of India today asked the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre not to succumb to US pressure on foreign policy matters and called for a thorough probe into the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme.
- New Global Agricultural Censuses Under Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Socio-economic data at the community level also to be includedc
Will help countries monitor progress towards Millennium Development Goals
To include issues such as soil degradation and agro-forestry
Survey to be carried out at reduced cost
- Doha Round: Consensus Not `Developing' (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Nov 11, 2005)
Politicians on both sides of the "free trade" fence have deployed the correct rhetoric to argue their points of view to lower or sustain indefinitely most sensitive trade barriers. This even suggests that the four-year-old Doha Round may be . . . .
- Utilise Nabard Funds To Develop Infrastructure: Union Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Union Minister of State for Finance, S.S. Palanimanickam has asked the State Government to use the funds provided by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to develop infrastructure.
- Bird Sanctuaries Under Watch For Avian Flu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Migratory birds from China stop at many places in State
About 20 hotspots identified
Hoskote Tank, Thippagondanahalli under close watch
Forest Department personnel, veterinarians trained
Migratory birds likely to start arriving in 15 days
- Cold Shower (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
When the US announced a review of the dumping duty on shrimp imports from India and Thailand in the wake of the tsunami disaster last year, it was hoped that this ill-conceived duty would be gone for good.
- Twist To Stir Opposing Land Acquisition For Ongc Project (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2005)
The agitation by farmers opposing the acquisition of their fertile lands for the setting up of the ONGC refinery project and the Special Economic Zone in the vicinity of the port took another turn on Wednesday with the agricultural workers entering the fr
- India Presents Road Map For Financial Sector Reforms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Assures U.S. it will make all-out efforts to curb money laundering
Financial Action Task Force recommendations to be implemented
Technical cooperation in currency security
- Disinvestment Of Equity In Non-Navratnas Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Chidambaram chides North for restrictive practices
- Space Tech For Development, Says Isro Chief (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 10, 2005)
Chairman of the ISRO G. Madhavan Nair has said that India's space programmes exemplify how space can be the harbinger of societal transformations.
- Building Education City (Tribune, Abhai Maurya, Nov 10, 2005)
The idea of creating an education city in Haryana is both a novel and classic one. The notion has extremely distinguished genealogical lineage. Oxford University, for instance, is basically a university city.
- Commodity Futures Catching Up In Rural India (Business Line, C.J. Punnathara, Nov 10, 2005)
Commodity futures is fast spreading into rural India at a much faster pace than capital market operations.
- U.S. Influence In Latin America Waning? (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Nov 09, 2005)
The message from the Mar del Plata Summit is clear: Latin America cannot be taken for granted.
- Space To Grow (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 09, 2005)
It’s not surprising that the Washington-based Spacenews questions the credentials of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) as a commercial success.
- Can Inflationary Pressures Be Ignored? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 09, 2005)
When central banks the world over are raising interest rates fearing inflation, the Reserve Bank of India has chosen to buck the trend, perhaps unwilling to dampen the rising business investments.
- Farming Options In A Global Village (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 09, 2005)
Sunday saw the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra claim a dubious century.
- Creeping Backward (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 09, 2005)
The progress in India’s agriculture has not been commensurate with the country’s economic needs, writes R. Gopalakrishnan The author is former chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
- No Longer White Gold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2005)
Despite a bumper crop and a respite from pest attacks this season, cotton growers in Punjab are a worried lot.
- Don’T Deviate From Doha: India (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 09, 2005)
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath made it known that India will go to any extent to secure the “core developmental objectives” of the Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations.
- Reforms In Irrigation (Hindu, V. K. Natraj , Nov 08, 2005)
Painstaking treatise on irrigation in India showing an enthusiasm to subject the most widely accepted of conventional wisdom to scrutiny, and continuous engagement with policy
- Make India Global R&d Hub: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday gave a clarion call to scientists, researchers and industry to immediately move into “mission mode” for time-bound collaborative research to enable India realise the vision of establishing itself . . .
- The Caribbean: Opportunities To Be Tapped (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
THE gravity model is often used to predict movement of people, information, and commodities between cities, countries and even continents.
- For Those Who Love The Beauty Of Nature (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 08, 2005)
It’s a charming valley which need be explored, A R Bhat writes on the topography, history and the landscape of a lovely piece of land called Gurez
- U.S. Urges India To Permit More Foreign Ownership (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
India's economy could benefit greatly from permitting U.S. and other foreign firms to take a greater ownership role in its financial sector, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Monday.
- Insurgency In Nepal -By Jr Mukherjee (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 08, 2005)
According to Prachanda, general secretary Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the Nepalese Maoists see their armed struggle, based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, from three perspectives — international, Nepalese and Indian.
- Who Needs Doha? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 08, 2005)
The Hong Kong ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation is a little over a month away. Recent indications are that Hong Kong may go the Cancun way.
- The State Withdraws — At What Cost? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The game plan appears to be to let private players seek profit in the space vacated by the state, especially in the social sectors.
- Us Treasury Secretary John Snow Arrived In New Delhi On A Five-Day Visit To India (India Daily, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 08, 2005)
According to media sources, Snow, who arrived here this morning, is scheduled to meet captains of Indian industry and visit the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange tomorrow, a US embassy spokesperson said.
- New Confidence To Harness The Growth Potential Of Economy (Hindu, P. A. SESHAN, Nov 07, 2005)
Positive pointers offset oil price, interest rate concerns; bullish fervour on bourses
The anxiety to nurse the growth momentum has perhaps been responsible for the decision of RBI Governor to keep the Bank Rate and the Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged.
- Intolerance Of Dissent (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 07, 2005)
UNITY, uniformity, conformity, consensus — all of them sound so very virtuous. Their desirability is apparent in times of a crisis such as war when the nation’s very survival is at stake.
- Culture Is Just The Icing (Business Line, Prashant Sarin , Nov 07, 2005)
Consumer behaviour is largely a matter of the lifecycle stage in a nation's economy at a given point in time and not, as is commonly believed, owing to culture.
- Delayed Rain And Relief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
It is good that the Centre has relaxed the quality norms for the procurement of rice for the Central pool and allowed Punjab to accept rice of up to 4 per cent discolouration.
- ‘India Gdp Growth @8-10%’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Adopting a "cautiously optimistic" outlook on the economy, leading economists today pitched for reforms and improvement in infrastructure to push up GDP growth to 8-10 per cent in the 11th plan period.
- No Contratualism Please (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
They appoint candidates with a pack of promises that ultimately turns out to be hollow, Ghulam Nabi Faroqi appeals to the new government to do away with contractualism as it means nothing but exploitation
Mufti led government,
- Doha Round On A Knife-Edge (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 07, 2005)
The Doha Round is delicately poised and it seems only a miracle at Hong Kong, the last checkpoint of progress, can push it forward. If the Hong Kong meeting has nothing important to tell the world about the ongoing negotiations the completion . . .
- Trade Ministers Including The U.S., Brazil, India, Japan And The Eu Meet In London And . . . (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Nov 06, 2005)
The countries look eye-to-eye trying to stop a trade storm that can devastate the whole world.
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 06, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- Images Of The Soul (Deccan Herald, Suresh Jayaram, Nov 06, 2005)
The photographer was an avid traveller and the subjects he captured reflect his human regard for them.
- Stark Choices Stare Nations At The Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
World trade negotiators face stark choices next week with years of haggling over a hoped-for shake up in global rules to boost economies and give a better deal for poor states riding on the outcome.
- Rs 500 Cr Likely For State Flood Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
An all-party team has asked the PM to release Rs 1,167 cr for relief work in rain-hit Bangalore and the districts and also demanded classical status for Kannada.
- Economists Pitch For Further Reforms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
GDP growth of 8-10 p.c. in Eleventh Plan `feasible'
- Big-Bang Reforms Must To Goad Growth: Experts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Calling for speedy implementation of VAT, the economists urged the government to bring in Goods and Services Tax by integrating the Excise and Service Tax.
- Media As An Instrument Of Social Change (Tribune, Abhilaksh Likhi, Nov 06, 2005)
The last three decades have witnessed unprecedented growth in the worldwide spread of electronic mass media.
- Human Trafficking: Need For A Global Response (Tribune, D.J. Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Human trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery.
- When Politics Gets Vile…..… (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Nov 05, 2005)
Polis was the city. Polites the citizens. And, politikos the 'art or science of Government, dealing with the form, organization, and administration of a State'.
- The Trouble With Haphazard Mining (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 05, 2005)
Hillocks are being flattened in the Aravalis in Rajasthan in the quest for marble.
- Basmati Rice To Be Dna Protected (Tribune, Justin Huggler, Nov 05, 2005)
Indian scientists are mapping the DNA of one of the country’s basic food products: basmati rice.
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 05, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- U.S., U.K. Can Learn From The Gandhian Way: Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Mahatma's response towards terrorism was not soft, says economist
- Rbi Pitches For Growth With Stability (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Nov 05, 2005)
Even while expressing concern over inflationary expectations, the RBI's Mid-term Review of Annual Policy Statement for 2005-06 has refrained from tinkering with either the Bank Rate or the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) so as not to disturb the robust growth...
- Caution, Please, On Fdi In Retail (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Nov 04, 2005)
Much of the political class and economists across the country sing the foreign direct investment chorus
- The Daunting Task On Farm (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 04, 2005)
A sense of déjà vu is unmistakable in the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's speech at the first national conference of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)
- In Mp, Small Farmers Face Big Troubles (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 04, 2005)
Has technology, access to credit, superior quality of fertilisers, etc, improved the lot of the small/marginal farmer with a landholding of two-three acres?
- Trade Begins In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 04, 2005)
It is time India went with tariff concessions to its neighbours and concluded a sort of a regional investment agreement within SAARC to facilitate enhanced investment flows.
- Large Borrowers Call The Tune (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 04, 2005)
The recent mid-year review of the credit policy has focussed on one of the glaring deficiencies of the banking system in the reform era.
- Feature - Rival Tech Towns May Outrun Bangalore (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Nov 04, 2005)
There's a punchline going around in India's high-tech capital: Bangalore may be Bangalored.
- Sugarcane Price Hike (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2005)
The Punjab Government’s decision to raise the minimum support price of sugarcane by Rs 15 to Rs 115 a quintal is a step in the right direction.
- The Wto Process, Starring India (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
This column has been at the forefront in critiquing the lack of coherent domestic framework of macroeconomic policies for a profitable agriculture and the consequences in declining growth rates and falling investments.
- Delhi Blasts Traced To Srinagar, Muzaffarabad (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and 12 nominees of his Council of Ministers (CoM) were sworn-in today by Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC).
- Darkness In The East (Telegraph, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 03, 2005)
China has held its own amidst Western economic pressure, but failed to correct imbalances within its own society, writes Sunanda Sen
- A Challenge For Azad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2005)
THE bomb blast in Srinagar in which 10 people were killed on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the challenge facing the new Chief Minister.
- Tasks Before Azad (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Nov 03, 2005)
Prevailing uncertainty set-tles and Azad sits on the throne of the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir State.
- State Of The Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 02, 2005)
Despite high oil prices and the earthquake, the State Bank sees a GDP growth rate of 6.3-6.8 per cent against the target of seven per cent for 2006.
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