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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 10500:
- Reorientation Of Fertiliser Subsidy — An Approach Based On Strategic Analysis (Business Line, M. G. Banga, Aug 09, 2005)
Fertiliser subsidy, which was earlier an instrument to ensure affordability by the farmer, must now be used to achieve higher productivity.
- Buddhadeb Warns Against Genetic Slavery (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2005)
New trade and patent regime seen to be curbing the rights of peasants
- Govt Okays Venture Capital For Agri-Sector (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2005)
For the agro-sector, untouched by any substantial investment for decades,
- Coffee Needs A Different Brew (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 08, 2005)
That a section of the plantation sector has been going through a rough patch in recent years is well known.
- At Home On Water (Hindu, GOUTAM GHOSH, Aug 07, 2005)
Manual fishing is an art. Will it lose out to deep sea trawling?
- Banks Advised To Restructure Debts Of Cotton Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
Centre providing financial, technological assistance: Minister
- Bhima Level Goes Above 406 Metres (Hindu, T.V. Sivanandan, Aug 07, 2005)
Crops on more than 40,000 hectares lost
- Banks Told To Lend More To Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
They have a better repayment record, says Chidambaram
- It Is Time For Kumbhakarna To Wake Up (Hindu, Utsa Patnaik, Aug 05, 2005)
Rural India is in acute distress, which is bound to turn to turmoil if its crisis is not addressed. It is not too late. There is a strong case for a universal employment guarantee and a universal Public Distribution System.
- Powerless In Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2005)
IT is common to see normally patient citizens losing their cool when denied electricity in this hot and humid weather.
- Water Released From Mettur Dam (Hindu, R. Ilangovan, Aug 05, 2005)
Decision to maintain a discharge of 1.5 tmcft a day for 140 days
- India Took A Calculated Risk, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2005)
Opening civilian nuclear energy sector to inspections is a risk worth taking: Prime Minister
- Famine An Affliction Of The Poor (Hindu, Jeevan Vasagar, Aug 05, 2005)
Women are served food last and the elderly end up at the bottom of the pile
- `India Made A Junior Partner Of The U.S.' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2005)
Can we separate nuclear facilities, asks Vajpayee
- Stamp It Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2005)
Everyone from harassed home owner to indigent farmer to reluctant corporate investor has been waiting for this one.
- Oracle In $316 Million Deal For Majority Of Indian Banking Software Company (Post-gazette, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to purchase up to 61 percent of India's i-flex solutions Ltd., a banking software provider with customers in 115 countries, from Citigroup Venture Capital and public shareholders.
- Get Weather Forecasting Right (Indian Express, ADITI MALIK , Aug 03, 2005)
Sitting here in Hong Kong, I was struck by the difference in the way the Hong Kong Observatory functions when compared with the Met in Mumbai.
- Punjab Set For Orange Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
A proactive citrus programme should create a new pattern of profit and sustainability
- Networking For Early Cancer Detection Is Important’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
A proactive citrus programme should create a new pattern of profit and sustainability
- China, U.S. Hold Strategic Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2005)
China and the United States started their first strategic dialogue in Beijing on Monday, aiming to facilitate bilateral relations.
- When Trading Is A Crime (Times of India, MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR, Aug 02, 2005)
Hawkers persecuted despite providing invaluable services
- Life In Famine-Hit Niger (Hindu, Jeevan Vasagar, Aug 02, 2005)
The starvation is also the result of a belief that the free market can solve the problems of one of the world's poorest countries.
- Bidar Mangoes In Demand In U.S. (Hindu, Rishikesh Bahadur Desai , Aug 01, 2005)
Organic mangoes from Bidar are being stacked on dining tables in Las Vegas
- Congress Depends On Rane To Checkmate Sharad Pawar (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 01, 2005)
The normal chill in the relationship between the Congress and its ally, the Nationalist Congress Party, in Maharashtra is plunging southward and dropping after Shiv Sena rebel Narayan Rane joined the former.
- Arunachal's World Heritage Site (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 30, 2005)
The ethnic communities are culturally frail societies living on the fringes of imperiously dominant cultures. Their survival as distinct cultural entities is crucial to India's pluralistic cultural mosaic.
- Kalam Dedicates 2 New Rubber Clones To Nation — Asks Scientists To Bridge Lab-To-Land Gap (Business Line, Vipin V. Nair, Jul 30, 2005)
The President, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, on Friday dedicated two new rubber clones developed by the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) to the nation, marking the 50th year of the institute.
- Tapping Kashmir’S Economic Potential (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jul 29, 2005)
Last week, I wrote about developing Kashmir’s vast potential in hydropower and making it the anchor of a large programme for the area’s economic development.
- Deft Moves By The Chinese Dragon (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jul 28, 2005)
China has made so much progress that it is now in a position to influence future global trade negotiations
- Ncaer Pegs Down Gdp Growth To Below 7.1 Pc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2005)
Economic think-tank NCAER, on Wednesday, scaled down its GDP growth projection marginally to 7.05-7.1 per cent for 2005-06, while warning that fiscal deficit may go up to 4.12 per cent of GDP.
- Unleashing Enterprise (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 27, 2005)
India’s PSUs require more, not less, autonomy
- Tn Getting Four Tmcft Of Water Every Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Four tmcft of water from the Kabini reservoir is flowing every day into the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu, the Minister for Water Resources, M. Mallikarjun Kharge, informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
- Turbulent Times Stare Doha Talks (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jul 27, 2005)
The ongoing Doha trade negotiations are going to experience severe tremors this week when members of World Trade Organisation fail to adopt a realistic blueprint that would help achieve a balanced result in the liberalisation of global trade. . .
- Punjab At No 5 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2005)
That Punjab, once on the top in the country in per capita income, has slipped to the fifth place should not come as a surprise.
- Monetary Policy Quarterly Review — Rbi Prefers The Status Quo (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jul 27, 2005)
Not wanting to take away the punch bowl when the party is going strong, and because of the macroeconomic uncertainties engendered especially by the rise in oil prices, the RBI has kept all its key rates unchanged much to the relief of banks and markets.
- Reclusive Rbi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 27, 2005)
By dropping anchor in these troubled times, the Reserve Bank of India has done the sage thing in its First Quarter Review of the Annual Statement on Monetary Policy for 2005-06.
- Disaster-Prone Management (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jul 27, 2005)
Rajesh Seth's heroism in pulling out ill-fated passengers from the train stranded in flood waters summed up the state of relief operations in flood-ravaged Gujarat
- Cauvery Row: Central Team To Visit State, Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
The decision was taken after Jayalalitha sought PM’s intervention in the dispute. She alleged that Karnataka was not adhering to the Cauvery Tribunal order.
- Conserving Reserves Of Mother Nature (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
SUNIL KUMAR M talks about the plans for conservation reserves outside protected forests and the special reserve to house our peacocks at Bankapur, to help give the national bird a new lease of life.
- Principal Reservoirs In Cauvery Basin Receive Heavy Inflow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
Water-level at the KRS reservoir crosses the 100-ft mark
- Cauvery: Pm Gives Assurance To Tn Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
Dr Singh stressed on a settlement acceptable to all and the need to share distress equitably, without affecting any region excessively.
- Europe’S Economic Woes (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 26, 2005)
The economy of the eurozone is going from bad to worse judging by a new report by the 30-nation OECD.
- A Change They Were Not Ready For (Hindu, Sharath S. Srivatsa , Jul 25, 2005)
It has been a difficult but incomplete transition of their lifestyle for the traditional food gathering tribal people of the Nagarahole National Park who have been rehabilitated at Nagapura on the periphery of the dense jungle.
- Tackling Poverty, Suicides (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Jul 25, 2005)
The spate of suicides by farmers in several states blows in the face of the Planning Commission estimates on poverty reduction.
- Vaidyanathan Panel Report On Co-Op Credit — Quick Implementation Will Revive System (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 25, 2005)
The Indian establishment is addicted to Committees. "Show me a problem and I will set up a Committee" is its standard response.
- Left To Pressure Centre Into Implementing Cmp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
It is in Congress character to deviate from promises, says Yechury
- Left To Demand Discussion On Defence And Foreign Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Defence cooperation framework agreement with U.S. to be raised
- Stalking India’S Own ‘honorary Tiger’ (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jul 24, 2005)
An amazing tale of a youngster drawn to blood sports, who later became a fierce protector of the animals that he hunted.
- Geneva Conference Opens Door To Peace (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2005)
The Big Four Heads of Government today reached full agreement on a plan for future negotiations on steps to reduce world tension. The success of their six-day conference “at the summit” was announced to the world by their spokesmen after five hours in ses
- Dark Ambrosia (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2005)
In the culture of its origins, the Aztec, chocolate was referred to as the food of the gods.
- Coming In From The Cold (Japan Times, Glyn Ford, Jul 24, 2005)
BRUSSELS -- In a vital move toward securing greater stability, North Korea announced last week it would return to the six-party talks in Beijing with the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia to try to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korea
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- The Answer To A Puzzle: Kvs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Water envelops Malnad in manifold ways. It falls in sheets from the sky, snakes its way around plunging valleys, vanishes into thin smoke from Malnad’s typical ‘bath ovens’ and reflects the sky in its streams and rivers.
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
- Coming In From The Cold (Japan Times, Glyn Ford, Jul 23, 2005)
In a vital move toward securing greater stability, North Korea announced last week it would return to the six-party talks in Beijing with the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia to try to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula
- Thinning Forest Cover (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jul 21, 2005)
THE GENERAL trend of a decline in dense forests across the country, as revealed in the State of Forest Report, 2003, is evident in the southern States too.
- The Impasse Over European Union Reform (Hindu, Jan Peter Balkenende, Jul 21, 2005)
"Europe can emerge even stronger, if we have the courage to be honest with each other."
- Momentous Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States was, by all means, a momentous one.
- Improved Spinach Variety For Hilly Regions (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Jul 21, 2005)
THE HORTICULTURAL Research Station, Ooty has released an improved spinach variety labelled Ooty Tt-1 developed from the germplasm of the old variety called New Zealand spinach
- No Compromise On National Interest: Kamal Nath (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has called for an urgent end to export subsidies and effective and substantial reductions in domestic support provided by developed countries to their farm sector.
- Damp Squib At Dalian (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 20, 2005)
The Multilateral Trade negotiations scene continues to be uncertain.
- Unravelling The Outsourcing Puzzle (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 19, 2005)
The recently released Annual Trade Report of the WTO focuses on a contentious area of trade in services. A separate chapter examines the offshoring of services, especially of IT, from the US to India.
- Doha Round: Caught In A 'Crisis Of Immobility' (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jul 19, 2005)
With hardly six months left for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, few economists are hopeful of the Doha Round leading to an outcome meaningful for the developing countries.
- France Grapples With Globalisation (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Jul 19, 2005)
The French are struggling with threats to their traditional way of life.
- The Jatropha Rush For Bio-Fuel (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Jul 19, 2005)
There is a need for a cautious approach in the growing of the Jatropha plant in the country
- Appropriate Tech Is Still Relevant (Deccan Herald, D B N Murthy , Jul 19, 2005)
The ubiquitous animal-drawn carts carry more goods than rail, road or air transportation.
- Let A Thousand Poppies Bloom (Deccan Herald, Maia Szalavitz, Jul 18, 2005)
Licensed opium production would help in boosting Afghanistan’s economy and world drug research
- Focus On Hunger Before Attacking Poverty (Hindu, V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Jul 17, 2005)
Rich nations should tackle mass starvation first, as poverty alleviation steps take years for implementation
- The Climate And African Food Woes (Tribune, Peter Apps, Jul 15, 2005)
Africa may seem incapable of growing enough food to feed its starving millions, but in the fields of South Africa’s Free State, farmers are taking in more maize than they know what to do with. While most African countries run at a substantial food....
- Farmers Visit Krs, Kabini Reservoirs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Doubts of team from Tamil Nadu clarified, misunderstanding cleared'
- Investment In Sindh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
GOVERNOR Dr Ishratul Ebad has pointed out that vast opportunities exist in Sindh for investment. Talking to a three member delegation of Hotel Sheraton, he said investment friendly policies of the present Government and its efforts for bringing improvemen
- Cauvery Basin Farmers Discuss Tapping West-Flowing Rivers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Expert panel to be formed to study the possibility, make recommendations
- Cauvery Row: Ryots Agree To Form A Technical Committee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu farmers have agreed to abide by the decision of the ‘Cauvery family’ to overcome the long-standing problem.
- The Power Of Mobility (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2005)
Reducing tariffs on handsets is a necessary step in closing the digital divide
- The Many Colours Of Green Fuel (Times of India, Arun Firordia, Jul 13, 2005)
Biodiesel cooperatives can wipe out poverty
- The Not-So-Happy Harvests (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 13, 2005)
Two major events have shocked India and the world. After an unbearably long and hot summer, torrential rains flooded large parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
- Of Monks & Monasteries (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
Marianne de Nazareth falls under the sweet spell of peace and charm of the boy monks at the Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe.
- Turning Shgs Into Sustainable Business Enterprises (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jul 12, 2005)
There is a surfeit of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the country. According to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), up until March Rs 6,898 crore had been advanced to these groups, benefiting about three crore persons.
- Farm Output Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 12, 2005)
Portends on the foodgrains front are ominous. The numbers released by the Ministry of Agriculture last week
- Wen Holds Talks With U.S. Trade Officials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
The Chinese premier favours bilateral trade focus on long term benefits
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