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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 10500:
- The Leader Article: The Faceless Female Worker: Why Women Toil For Free In Food-For-Work Programme (Times of India, Brinda Karat, Jun 22, 2005)
In a remote village in Rajgarh block of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh, before the outbreak of dawn,
- Varsha Bima: A Scheme In Evolution (Business Line, Suparas Bhandari, Jun 22, 2005)
In the article `Weather insurance: Taking on the rain Gods' (June 15, Business Line), the author Sharad Joshi questioned why farmers alone were covered under Varsha Bima, when in fact rain impacted a whole lot of communities?
- Fao Praises India’S Farm Produce Policy (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 22, 2005)
India has made it amply clear that unless rich countries removed all trade-distorting domestic subsidies and export subsidies it would not provide market-opening for other countries.
- Amid The New, China Seeks Out The Old (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2005)
The success of Xintiandi in Shanghai has fuelled demands for the preservation of historic buildings across China.
- No Rain, But `Snow' And Water Parks (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 22, 2005)
Water-starved Vidharbha has a growing number of water parks and amusement centres.
- Open Water Fisheries Over-Exploited (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 22, 2005)
Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, the sixth Indian World Food Laureate, is the first fisheries scientist to win the prestigious prize.
- Wto Farm Talks Deadlocked (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Chief mediator of farms talks for the World Trade Organisation (WTO), New Zealander Tim Groser, is disappointed that talks on freeing up global trade in farm goods have ended in deadlock.
- Britain Willing To Give Up Eu Rebate (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 22, 2005)
The majority of the EU member countries consider the British rebate an anomaly, something that has not changed for the past 21 years.
- Search For A Wto Leader (New Zealand Herald, Fran O Sullivan, Jun 22, 2005)
World headlines were dominated for days last week by the ritualistic and somewhat archaic process to select the next Pope to lead the 1.3 billion-strong Roman Catholic church.
- An Expansionary Budget (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jun 21, 2005)
OMAR Ayub Khan, minister of state of finance, presented an expansionary budget to the National Assembly on June 6.
- Is India Inching Towards A Hunger Trap? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jun 21, 2005)
In the dust kicked up by the resignation of Mr Advani, two things of grave concern escaped attention.
- Durgapur Steel Develops High Speed Loco Wheels (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2005)
Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) that aims to pump in Rs 2,800 crore over a period of five years to hike crude steel production capacity to 3 million tonnes (MT) by 2012 from the existing 1.86 MT per anum, is geared up to supply Indian Railways top quality high
- Manmohan Calls Meet (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jun 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a high-level meeting here on Tuesday to take stock of the foodgrains supply and prices situation in the wake of the increase in petrol/diesel prices and concerns about the kharif...
- Rs. 50,000 Crore Worth Farm Produce Going Waste Every Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Government not doing enough to check agricultural waste
- Maritime Project For Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Proposal submitted to Union Shipping Ministry
- The Eu Link With India (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 20, 2005)
The battles witnessed in the EU may crop up in India too as the gap between the so-called super performers widens.
- Few Takers For Malaria Control Nets In Orissa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Discomfort and body itching due to insecticide treated bed nets are the reasons being cited by villagers for avoiding the nets.
- Relief For Farmers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 20, 2005)
After a Rather prolonged delay that raised the anxiety levels of farmers and policy-makers alike, the south-west monsoon mercifully advanced into Maharashtra and South Gujarat over the weekend after stalling near Goa for several days.
- Summit Leaves Eu Adrift (Tribune, Glenn Frankel , Jun 20, 2005)
AFTER two days of rhetorical posturing in public and acrimonious haggling behind closed doors, leaders of the 25 European Union nations failed to reach a budgetary compromise early Saturday and prepared to return home even more divided and uncertain. . .
- Will The No Vote Mean The Breaking Up Of Europe? (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 20, 2005)
I was at dinner in Jean Luc Jeanroy's farmhouse in Seguret, one of the most beautiful villages of France at the foot of Dentelles de Montmirail in the Rhone Valley on May 29.
- Hooda’S Blunder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2005)
Only recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken against giving free power to farmers.
- Displaced, Deceived And Driven To Despair (Pioneer, Ramesh C Nayak, Jun 19, 2005)
Orissa is rich in minerals, water and forest resources. In an estimate by the Directorate of Geology, the state's share in the national major mineral reserves was: Chromites (98.39 per cent), nickel (91.84 per cent), bauxite (59.53 per cent), ...
- 'Development' Not For Tribes (Pioneer, Joseph Marianus Kujur , Jun 19, 2005)
Land is life for the tribal. Take his land and you have taken away his life. This old saying has proven to be true in the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda, Raygada and Mayurbhanj in the mineral-rich state of Orissa.
- Normal Monsoon, Says Weatherman (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 19, 2005)
With the country so very dependent on monsoon rains, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) attains an all-important status in the beginning of summer every year with its forecast of the monsoon hitting the headlines in newspapers.
- Small Farmers Outdo Corporates In Floriculture (Hindu, Mahesh Vijapurkar, Jun 19, 2005)
Taste of urban consumers turns exotic
- Wheat Stocks Set To Fall (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Jun 18, 2005)
It’s a bad wheat season this year. Falling procurement of foodgrains coupled with the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs,
- Water Loss By Grain Exports (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 18, 2005)
Other costs apart, it takes about 1,326 litres of water on the evapo-transipration basis,
- Short-Circuiting Power Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jun 18, 2005)
The root cause of the power crisis facing the country today is the failure of successive governments to carry out the reforms. Repeated efforts to improve the finances of SEBs by reducing heavy cross-subsidies have failed to bear fruit mainly because...
- `Do Not Proceed With Bhel Divestment' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
New Delhi : Conveying their opposition to the Government's decision to disinvest shares in public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the Left parties on Friday urged the Centre not to proceed with it till the issue was discussed at the. . .
- Bhel: The Turtle And The Hare-Brained (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 18, 2005)
The proceeds from the proposed sale of equity in BHEL are a fraction of what could be raised by different, less repulsive means.
- Maharashtra For Reviving Enron (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
Panel to negotiate power purchase rate
- Squabbles Over Budget Provisions Dominate Brussels Summit (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 18, 2005)
European Union mired in one of the worst crises in its 50-year-old history
- Aim Is To Bring Ltte Into The "Mainstream" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 18, 2005)
COLOMBO: The proposed Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) is the "first step" towards bringing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to the "democratic mainstream"
- Just A Smoke-Screen? (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 18, 2005)
WITH THE Information and Broadcasting Ministry coming to an agreement with the Health Ministry, the decks appear to have been cleared for the ban on scenes of cigarette smoking in films and television programmes.
- On What Drives The Dragon And How The Giant Organises Electricity (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 18, 2005)
AN ISLAMABAD datelined story on www.greaterkashmir.com speaks of India offering to share with Pakistan the electricity "from the controversial Baglihar and Kishanganga hydropower projects located on the Chenab and Jehlum rivers".
- The Continuing Power Crisis In India (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Jun 17, 2005)
We should encourage public sector companies to build power-generating units. But asine qua nonis that they should be given technical, managerial and financial autonomy, and distanced from political interference.
- Monsoon Worries (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2005)
THE ways of the monsoon are inscrutable. There can be rains and thunderstorm and yet no monsoon just as there can be monsoon without rains.
- Fish Kill In Puttenahalli Lake (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
Residents say rivalry between farmers led to the incident
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Municipal Commissioner denies knowledge of incident
People For Animals posts volunteers at spot
- All Charged Up Over Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, ANIL CHINTAMANI, Jun 16, 2005)
A farmer at heart and army man by association, Kolera Belliappa is a zestful 70-year-old. Spurning a relaxed retired life, this former chargeman in CIL (Chief Inspectorate of Electronics, a Defence establishment) keeps returning to his main passion -- agr
- Cooperating For A Better Future (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
The centenary celebrations of India's cooperative movement has brought the spotlight on an obscure village in Karnataka. But, will the unprecedented attention pull it back from remoteness, asks Shyam Sunder Vattam.
- Differential Power Tariff Likely In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Jun 16, 2005)
Transfer of Power Purchase Agreements amid protests
- Pay More For Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2005)
Tuesday’s Punjab power tariff hike of 10.27 per cent, unavoidable as it was, spares farmers,
- Casualties Of Baku Oil Stampede (Hindu, Michael Meacher, Jun 16, 2005)
Those behind human rights abuses and an allegedsafety cover-up around the Caspian pipeline mustbe held to account.
- `Funds Crunch Hampering 10th Plan Projects' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
Plan outlays lower by two per cent of GDP of both the Centre and the States
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States' dependence on borrowings up to 73 per cent
`Situation in power sector co
- Butchering Livelihoods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
A 130-year old slaughter house, the source of livelihood for hundreds living nearby, will be shifted 40 kms away from the original spot. Shaafat Ahmed explores the repercussions of the decision.
- Monsoon Worries — No Threat To Food Security (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 16, 2005)
The performance of the farm sector in 2004-05 was below-average because of the uneven distribution of monsoons across agro-climatic zones.
- Sabmiller To Invest $125 M (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Mumbai : SABMiller plc has announced its intention to invest in excess of $125 million over the next five years.
- Weather Insurance: Taking On The Rain God (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 15, 2005)
Recently, a photo in a business daily featured Mr Suparas Bhandari, Chairman and Managing Director of the Agricultural Insurance Company (AIC),
- Crop Protection Products — Data-Holder Deserves A Better Deal (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jun 15, 2005)
The original registrant of a crop protection product demonstrates its safety and efficacy to the regulator,
- All-Encompassing Sme Umbrella — Ensure Proper Cover For The Tiny Sector (Business Line, DE. RAMAKRISHNAN , Jun 15, 2005)
THE continued neglect of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, in general, and the neglect of the Small Scale Industries SSIs and the tiny sector,
- Sabmiller To Invest $125 M In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Global brewing company SABMiller, on Tuesday, announced US$125 million investment over five years to expand operations and develop market-leading brands in India which it has identified as a strategic growth market.
- Identifying Alternatives To Petroleum (Hindu, N N SACHITANAND, Jun 15, 2005)
For the short and medium term, India should further exploit its coal deposits using clean technology, speed up Railway electrification, and popularise biodiesel.
- Opium Wealth Is A Potent Force (Tribune, PAUL WATSON, Jun 15, 2005)
Three and a half years after the United States led an invasion of Afghanistan to oust the Taliban regime,
- No Pesticides, Higher Crop Yields (Hindu, Devinder Sharma , Jun 14, 2005)
Villagers have demonstrated that pesticides are not only harmful but also unnecessary.
- Govt. Reconstitutes Advisory Committee On Krishna Dispute (Hindu, Ravi Sharma , Jun 14, 2005)
Four-fold hike in remuneration for members of committee
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Former Public Works Department Secretary D.N. Desai is Chairman
Most of the former non-official.....
- Cmie Scales Down The Growth Forecast To 6% (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
While industry and services sectors are expected to maintain their momentum, it is the agricultural and allied sectors which are expected to see dip in growth in the current fiscal
- Chirac, Blair Clash Over Eu Rebate (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Jun 13, 2005)
The simmering dispute over Britain’s EU budget rebate burst into open confrontation Thursday, as France’s President, Jacques Chirac, and Tony Blair clashed directly over the fate of the UK’s annual €5bn (£3.4bn) cheque ahead of a crucial summit next week.
- It Is Destination Pune (Hindu, ANUJ CHOPRA , Jun 12, 2005)
The city is a strong contender for the position of the `Silicon Valley of India'. But why, you might ask
- How Grey Was My City Then (Deccan Herald, Sashi Sivramkrishna & Heisnam Bison Singh , Jun 12, 2005)
It was not as though Bangalore was always green. The trees were introduced quite recently and mostly for commercial purposes. A look at some old records of the city prove that.
- The Road Ahead For The Eu (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 11, 2005)
DOES THE European Union today find itself at the crossroads which may even affect the original dream of Jean Monnet and his band of enthusiasts who signed the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957, heralding a new Europe?
- Borrow More, Spend More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2005)
Indians are already so heavily taxed that any budget that avoids fresh taxes is welcome. But governments need funds to run state affairs and meet demands of growth.
- Weeds In The Ability Zone (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jun 11, 2005)
Tax economists have laid down valuable guidelines for tax legislation, one of these is that in framing tax laws, ability/capacity to pay by the persons subjected to tax should be considered.
- Voting On Europe (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2005)
In the last week of May, as the French were preparing to vote on the new European constitution, I was travelling through two countries connected most intimately with France.
- Consolidating Peace In Nagaland (Tribune, Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, Jun 11, 2005)
Mr Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), has reiterated that it is not possible for the Nagas to come within the framework of the Indian Constitution.
- Tata Tea Pays 100 P.C. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2005)
A strong performance in brand sales has helped Tata Tea report a net profit of Rs. 129.92 crore for the year ended March 31, 2005, a jump of 41 per cent over the pervious year's Rs. 91.53 crore. The board of directors has recommended a dividend .....
- Pulichintala Project Gets Environmental Clearance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2005)
Work will begin within a week, says Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
- The Message Is Clear On Interest Rates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2005)
More than a month after the Reserve Bank of India unveiled its annual policy statement for 2005-06,
- After Eight Years, Opportunity Missed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2005)
The recent Pondicherry conclave of southern Chief Ministers had nothing tangible to show by way of result, beyond the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's formal announcement of a Rs.500-crore coastal policing scheme.
- Integrated Goat Farming For Drylands, Wastelands (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Jun 09, 2005)
Integrating goat farming with cropping systems can supplement income.
- Trade Crosses Every Border And Touches Every Wallet In Every Nation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2005)
ART is like a border of flowers along the course of civilisation, said Lincoln Steffens, the author of The Shame of the Cities. Artful traders crossed borders long ago, and business now is anything but local.
- Reduce Fdi To Control Trade Deficit (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 09, 2005)
The Finance Minister clearly sees foreign direct investment as a solution to the problem of rising trade deficit, rather than its cause. But, paradoxically, as foreign investment inflows stall the adjustment that should take place through the movement of
- Merton Miller's Valuation Theory (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jun 09, 2005)
It was received wisdom until Merton Miller in his M&M theorem (along with Franco Modigliani)expounded that the valuation of a company depended largely on the right mix of debt and equity.
- Pricey Wheat (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2005)
Eruption Of a bullish fervour in the domestic wheat market right at the end of the crop marketing and procurement period is a cause for concern for consumers and policymakers alike.
- Blood Contamination (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2005)
THE Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, which caught the headlines with its startling studies on contamination of soft drinks a few years ago,
- Knowledge Based Farms (Tribune, Dr M.S. Bajwa , Jun 08, 2005)
AGRICULTURE in our country in general and in Punjab in particular is at a crossroads today economically, technologically and ecologically.
- Reject Jobless Growth (Deccan Herald, Ranjan Panda , Jun 08, 2005)
Only the economic potential of ecology can provide a sustainable solution to the joblessness that India faces
- Wheat Stocks Plummet To 14.3 Mt (Business Line, Mamuni Das , Jun 07, 2005)
Low wheat stocks with official agencies would not only put a question mark on food security, but the Government's social welfare programmes like food-for-work and the proposed employment guarantee scheme could also be severely constrained
- Tax On 9 New Services Likely From June 16 (Business Line, K. R. Srivats, Jun 07, 2005)
THE Finance Ministry is likely to specify June 16 as the date from which service tax would be applicable on the nine new services that were brought under the tax net in this year's Budget.
- Centre Agrees To Subsidise Cotton Export From Maharashtra (Business Line, Rahul Wadke , Jun 07, 2005)
THE Centre has agreed to subsidise export of cotton produced in Maharashtra by Rs 500 per bale, according to a State Government official.
- Death By The Wings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 06, 2005)
The long-term solution is to invest billions of dollars and a huge amount of political capital in persuad ing peasant families throughout China and south-east Asia to change the way they raise their poultry.
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