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Articles 6721 through 6820 of 10500:
- Police As Mission (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
It is not the first time that responsible people in authority have talked about the need for the police force to behave like a true friend of the citizens at large.
- `Congress Must Be An Interface Between Government And People' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
It should explain the Government's policies and alert it to its faults: Manmohan
It should educate the people about the limitations under which a Government functions
Government has implemented nearly three-fourths of the commitments made in the CMP
- Contempt Proceedings Against Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
High Court takes cognisance of reports on "violation" of its order on use of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Notices sent to Editor and photographer of Dinamalar
Advocate-General to file report on measures taken by Government to comply with the order
- Our Poor Little Rich (Indian Express, Shekar Gupta, Oct 08, 2005)
If you were one among a quarter of a billion Indians living below the poverty line,
- Careless Management (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Attention to detail would have avoided the disaster
- Coping With Variations In The Monsoon (Hindu, Sulochana Gadgil, Oct 08, 2005)
Simulation and prediction of the Indian monsoon remains a tough challenge. Yet, we possess a wealth of data that can be used to derive farming strategies tailored to local rainfall variability.
- Clone-Generated Milk, Meat May Be Cleared (Tribune, Justin Gillis, Oct 08, 2005)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat, raising the question of whether Americans are ready to welcome one of modern biology’s most controversial . . .
- Panel To Frame Farm Policy Reforms Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Besides the Agriculture Minister the panel will comprise of Finance Minister, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman and State CMs.
- Towards A Healthy Food Chain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2005)
The Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005, now before a Parliamentary Standing Committee, is the latest in a series of recent initiatives that seek to diversify agriculture and encourage one of its vital complements, the food processing industry.
- Fact Of Life (Business Line, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2005)
Facts of their lives, rather than ideologies, decide how people vote. Its resounding victory in the by-election to the Lok Sabha constituency has actually little to do with the ideology of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- No Compromise With Terror, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2005)
Emphasis on a humane police force
Police mission to give a sense of purpose to be set up "Police should enjoy the respect and the trust of the common citizens" "No group or organisation can be allowed to take the law of the land in their own hands . . .
- Recasting Priority Sector Lending (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
A full 15 years after the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms (Narasimham Committee-I) recommended phase-out of directed credit, an internal working group of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clearly called for continuation of the concept of priority
- How Much Is Enough? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 07, 2005)
Something rotten in Ibobi’s ’kingdom’
- Thailand Invited Indian Firms To Explore For Oil And Gas In Its Offshore Region And Invest In Setting Up Cng Distribution Network For Automobile Sector (India Daily, P. Hakim, Oct 07, 2005)
Thailand on Wednesday invited Indian firms to explore for oil and gas in its offshore region and invest in setting up CNG distribution network for automobile sector.
- Rs. 20-Cr. Outlay From Ncdc Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Collector G. Asok Kumar urged the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) to ensure proper investment of an outlay of over Rs. 20 crores so that benefits will percolate down to the farmer-members.
- Lift Anomalies, India To Us (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 07, 2005)
Taking cudgels with the US on behalf of developing countries, India said US should not lose sight of the principle of ‘proportionality’ between countries.
- Ias Forever? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 07, 2005)
Every section of opinion in the country has looked askance at the Indian Administrative Service, the successor to the "heaven-born" Indian Civil Service (which Jawaharlal Nehru once castigated as being neither Indian, nor civil nor service!),
- Hope Influence Of Indo-Pak Tensions On Saarc Are Over: Natwar (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Oct 06, 2005)
Foreign ministers of nuclear-armed Pakistan and India said on Tuesday they would try to reach agreement on a disputed Himalayan glacier before January but announced no progress on their core difference over Kashmir.
- India, Pakistan Vow Sincere Effort On Kashmir (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Oct 06, 2005)
Foreign ministers of nuclear-armed Pakistan and India said on Tuesday they would try to reach agreement on a disputed Himalayan glacier before January but announced no progress on their core difference over Kashmir.
- U.S. Medical Transcription Firm Spheris Says It Is Hiring More Workers In India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
An American company that transcribes doctors notes said Wednesday it is setting up a transcription center in the southern Indian city of Coimbatore,
- Economic Growth And The Millennium Goals (Hindu, John M. Alexander , Oct 06, 2005)
With continued vigilance and determination, we should be able to banish hunger-poverty from India by 2015. But the attainment of other poverty-related millennium goals calls for conscientious and effective delivery of services in basic education and prima
- Biotechnology: It's Advantage India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Exports have grown by 42 per cent, says Madhan Mohan There are 300 biotechnology-based industries in India, with an investment growth of 50 per cent per annum
- Turkey’S Elusive Goal (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Oct 06, 2005)
October 3, 2005 will occupy a significant place in the political calendar of Turkey. The formal negotiations to discuss Turkey’s entry into European Union commenced on this day, though not entirely on an auspicious note.
- In Scary Zone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2005)
THE gravity-defying BSE Sensex, which closed on a new high of 8,800 on Tuesday, has foxed investors and disproved predictions of many an analyst. What worries most is the lack of a serious correction,
- Civic Elections In Andhra (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Oct 06, 2005)
The elections to the 11 corporations and 96 municipalities in Andhra Pradesh are a watershed in many ways.
- Farmers' Welfare Schemes Formally Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Social security scheme to benefit 86 lakh farm workers, 51 lakh small farmers
- Action Replay (Deccan Herald, Shiva Shankar M Rao, Oct 05, 2005)
A reunion after forty years evokes strong emotions and happiness in the young hearts of fifty-year-olds
- India, Pakistan Vow Sincere Effort On Kashmir (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Oct 05, 2005)
Foreign ministers of nuclear-armed Pakistan and India said on Tuesday they would try to reach agreement on a disputed Himalayan glacier before January but announced no progress on their core difference over Kashmir.
- A Canal Runs Through It (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2005)
Some of the large branches of the earlier reaches of the Sardar Sarovar Main Canal and the entire canal systems of the Ken Betwa system in the first of the interlinking of rivers project announced with considerable ceremony have a lot in common.
- Slowdown In Islamabad (Indian Express, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 05, 2005)
While External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh has consolidated some of the recent gains in the Indo-Pak peace process and expanded the scope of the dialogue, his talks with the leadership in Islamabad have also revealed an emerging danger to the peace....
- Agriculture Knows No Caste (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 05, 2005)
Politicians who are nothing but politicians are capable of limitless skullduggery.
- Microbes In Cow’S Milk Enhance Plant Growth’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
To the many nutritional and mythological benefits of cow’s milk, scientists at Lucknow’s National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) have added one more use.
- Centre Aims At 4 Pc Growth In Agri Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Pawar said the government aims at improving soil moisture retention and ground water recharging.
- Help Paddy Growers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2005)
IN the past couple of years paddy procurement had been so smooth that it had stopped making headlines and one got the impression that state machinery had been geared up to meet the yearly challenge.
- We Are Pushing For Decontrol' — Ms Rajshree Pathy, President, Indian Sugar Mills Association (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 05, 2005)
With the sugar year having begun, on October 1, the industry is quite optimistic about a likely turnaround in its fortunes.
- India, Pakistan Take A Step Forward On Siachen (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 05, 2005)
They will strive to arrive at a "common understanding" on demilitarisation of the glacier before talks in January
Sir Creek: joint survey to be undertaken
- Provide More Funds For Agriculture Production (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Oct 05, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has asked agri-scientists to speed up research to boost cereal production as the green revolution has plateauted out to meet the burgeoning need of the growing population in the country.
- Spurious Victory (Statesman, SWAPAN MULLICK, Oct 04, 2005)
What carried the misnomer of an industrial strike but which in every other way challenged the court strictures on bandhs confirmed why the Left will ensure that the UPA government. . .
- A Good Show (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 04, 2005)
The general belief among economists that the Indian economy is one of the fastest growing ones in the globe is once again corroborated by the latest GDP (Gross Domestic Product) figures released by the Central Statistical Organisation.
- Reclaiming The Commons (Deccan Herald, Mark Sommer, Oct 04, 2005)
The private sector and the state should both work towards collective welfare by sustaining the common resources
- India : Be A Generous (Daily Excelsior, M. N. Minocha, Oct 04, 2005)
There is a growing concern in the North Block as the surging foreign exchange reserves of the country stand at $144.86 billion on September 10.
- Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Upendra Sinha, Oct 04, 2005)
Global warming is shrinking glaciers the world over. In the Himalayas, which hold the largest ice reserves after the polar ice caps, the rate of melting is the fastest
- Not By Msp Alone (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
In What has by now become a somewhat ritualistic exercise every season, the Centre has announced an upward revision in the minimum support price (MSP) for rabi (summer harvest) foodgrains (wheat, barley, gram and lentil) and oilseeds (rapeseed/mustard . .
- Growing Well (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 04, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India expected real gross domestic product growth to be around 7 per cent in 2005-06.
- India's Monsoon Rains Normal In Four-Month Season (Reuters, Hari Ramachandran, Oct 04, 2005)
India's monsoon rains, crucial for the economy, were normal in the four-month season ended in September raising prospects of a good crop and farm growth, weather officials and traders said on Tuesday.
- India, Pakistan Sign Two Pacts But Progress Slow (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Oct 04, 2005)
India and Pakistan signed two agreements on security cooperation on Monday as their foreign ministers discussed a tentative peace process, although progress on their core dispute over Kashmir was likely to take more time.
- Economy On Song, But... (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 03, 2005)
The Economy has started the financial year rather well, with a sterling first quarter performance.
- Economy To Grow By 7.3 Percent: Cii (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
India's economy will expand by a robust 7.3 percent in the current fiscal on the back of strong prospects of farm production and buoyant industrial and services sector performance, said a study report on Sunday.
- Tn Villagers Plant Over 1 Lakh Saplings, Set Record (Deccan Herald, Girish Kerodi, Oct 03, 2005)
Residents of Pushpavanam, a tsunami-hit village in Tamil Nadu, have planted more than 1,74,422 saplings in just 24 hours.
- Tree Plantation Programme Organised (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Tree plantation programme was held on the premises of district publicity office behind Rang Mandir here on Friday, according to an official press note issued here on Saturday by DPO Veeranna Kambar.
- Tn Villagers Plant Over 1 Lakh Saplings, Set Record (Deccan Herald, Girish Kerodi, Oct 03, 2005)
Residents of Pushpavanam, a tsunami-hit village in Tamil Nadu, have planted more than 1,74,422 saplings in just 24 hours.
- Looking Beyond That 8 Per Cent (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 03, 2005)
The non-farming sectors have come of age and, going by the adage `the morning shows the day', this has important implications for the future.
- In The Pits (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 03, 2005)
The impressive GDP growth in the first quarter of 2005-06 is marred by slow growth in agriculture and mining, which grew at 2 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively,
- Delegation Is The Key (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 03, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Let's Bring Change In Agriculture: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has appealed to corporates to take interest in the agricultural sector and suggest a framework for its reform and growth.
- India Expands Access Offer Under Gats (Hindu, ABHIJIT ROY, Oct 03, 2005)
The revised list includes four new sectors; with success in service exports there is now more confidence while conducting trade negotiations
India has offered extensive commitments in a number of new sectors/sub-sectors.
- India Capable Of Facing Globalisation Threat, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
With its abundant manpower, India can effectively counter the negative aspects of globalisation'
- Grow Trees On Private Wastelands" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Oct 03, 2005)
It will help in enhancing the income of farmers and producing biomass, says NAC
Include wasteland development in NREG scheme
Provide networking to institutes to develop alternative species
- China To Spread Growth Benefits (Tribune, Edward Cody, Oct 03, 2005)
The ruling Communist Party vowed on Friday to spread the benefits of economic growth more fairly among all levels of Chinese society, seeking particularly to close the yawning income gap between farmers and city dwellers.
- Growth Gains Momentum (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2005)
When Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced in New York last week that a 9 per cent growth rate was possible for India, few took notice and most just laughed it off.
- India Grows 8.1 Pct In Apr-June, Outlook Strong (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Oct 02, 2005)
India's economy expanded an annual 8.1 percent in April-June, its fastest pace in more than a year, prompting some analysts to say they would raise full-year growth forecasts.
- Indo-Iran Ties (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Oct 02, 2005)
The relations between India and Iran came into sharp focus when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with US President George W Bush on the margin of UN General Assembly in New York on September 13.
- South Asia: Greater Scope For Regional Cooperation (Tribune, Parmjit Kaur Gill, Oct 02, 2005)
THE emergence of regionalism and regionalisation in Europe paved the way for regional cooperation in other parts of the world.
- India Heading For A Major Energy Crisis: Pachauri (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 02, 2005)
With the international crude oil prices hovering around $ 65 per barrel and the oil import bill set for a jump of over Rs 55,000 crore, to reach over Rs 1,75,000 crore this year, India is heading for a major energy crisis.
- The 'Milk Man' Tells His Story (Hindu, Anitha Joshua, Oct 02, 2005)
I Too Had a Dream, Verghese Kurien as told to Gouri Salvi, Lotus, Rs. 395.
- Rs. 10,000 Cr. For Irrigation Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
YSR asks entrepreneurs to invest in food processing sector
Expenditure likely to overshoot estimates in 2005-06
Huge cultivation of pongamia in Mahabubnagar
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University to set up a horticulture college
- Tree Plantation Programme Organised (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Tree plantation programme was held on the premises of district publicity office behind Rang Mandir here on Friday, according to an official press note issued here on Saturday by DPO Veeranna Kambar.
- Insular Decision-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 02, 2005)
A National consultative workshop on economic literacy and budget analysis has demanded that the government should involve the parliament, civil society representatives, technocrats, opposition leaders and other sections of society in the economic . . .
- Neutral Expert Arrives In Jammu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
We will try to be transparent on Baglihar during our tour, says Raymond Lafitte
The expert adjudicate on differences between India and Pakistan over the design of the dam
He is being accompanied by Pakistani and Indian teams.
- India Grows 8.1 Pct In Apr-June, Outlook Strong (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Oct 01, 2005)
India's economy expanded an annual 8.1 percent in April-June, its fastest pace in more than a year, prompting some analysts to say they would raise full-year growth forecasts.
- Msp Below Expectations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2005)
The modest increase of Rs 10 in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat is well below the farmers’ expectations, given the rate of inflation,
- Chidambaram Optimistic About Achieving 7 To 8 Per Cent Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Chidambaram enthused by 8.1 p.c. GDP growth
Industry grew by 9.7 per cent
Services sector logged 9.8 per cent
Farm sector registered two per cent growth
Goal is to maintain 7 p.c. and aim at 8 p.c.
- Agricultural Income And Aggregation (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 01, 2005)
If a minor has only agricultural income, there can be no clubbing, says R. Anand citing a recent Tribunal ruling
- Day Of Reckoning (Deccan Herald, V C Bhaskaran , Oct 01, 2005)
India has made a farce of Gandhi’s principles, as the gap between its rich and poor widens.
- India For Early Conclusion Of Unsc Expansion Process (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
United Nations, Sept 30 (PTI) India has pledged to take initiative for an early successful conclusion the process of expansion of the 15-member UN Security Council in both permanent and non permanent categories by working with member states to achieve
- The Lending Conundrum (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 30, 2005)
Rajendra Singh Rathore, an organic farmer of Sailana in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, wonders why a tractor loan from a bank costs 12 per cent and finance for a car around 9 per cent?
- A Nation, In Black And White (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 30, 2005)
As part of his weekly routine, Nathan Shamuyarira, former foreign minister and adviser to President Robert Mugabe, entered the bookstore at Meikles hotel,
- Farmers Left Out (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 30, 2005)
India’s 600 million farmers are being ignored by a government that came into power through an angry rural protest vote
- Defuse Tension (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2005)
The two states should not let a non-isuue vitiate atmosphere
- Trade Union Bandh Evokes Partial Response; Peaceful (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
The general strike called by trade unions resulted in a partial and peaceful bandh here on Thursday.
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