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Articles 18521 through 18620 of 26693:
- Test For East And West (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 13, 2005)
The work room of the writer Orhan Pamuk looks out over the Bosphorus, that fabled strip of water which, depending on how you see these things, separates or unites — or, perhaps, separates and unites — the worlds of Europe and Asia.
- Bridging The Turkey-Eu Divide (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Oct 13, 2005)
THE accession talks for Turkish membership to the EU that began last Monday have a significance that goes far beyond the borders of Europe.
- Only One Choice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 13, 2005)
Buta has lost moral right to stay
- Infosys, Tcs Beat Profit Estimates (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Oct 13, 2005)
India's top two software companies posted better-then-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, setting an upbeat tone for a sector driven by Western clients ramping up outsourcing of technology services.
- Corporate Loans To Boost Banks’ Profits (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
Indian banks, after relying on retail loans and bond trading for profits in recent years, should see a shift in their earnings profile in July-September due to a surge in corporate lending that will carry them through the year.
- The New Economics Of Ecological Capital (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 13, 2005)
Here Is a conundrum, courtesy of Merv Wilkinson, one of Canada's oldest and wisest foresters. In 1938, he bought a few hectares of forest on Vancouver Island which, he reckoned, contained about 100,000 board feet of timber. Once every 10 years, he would h
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- Dissent Rocks Nobel Prize Community (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
A loud crack of dissent on Tuesday rattled the secretive world that hands out Nobel Prizes.
- On A Radical Scale (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., Oct 13, 2005)
Music needn't be confined to the ivory tower, removed from the larger reality of the day, says musician Shubha Mudgal, who has jumped many barricades of tradition, in a chat with PRASHANTH G.N.
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Bjp Groping In The Dark (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 13, 2005)
PRIMA facie, the Congress and the BJP today can be said to represent the core of a two-party system, the Holy Grail of Indian politics.
- Storm Over The Man Booker Prize (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
The history of the Booker Prize is full of bad choices.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 13, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department. In an interview, Mr. Mulford spoke about the nuclear deal and related issues.
- A Monarch's Desperate Acts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2005)
It is impossible to see the Dussera promise by Nepal's King Gyanendra of parliamentary elections in 2007,
- Jharkhand: Tightening Grip (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
IN the second week of September, the Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Jharkhand launched a special security initiative called Operation Black Thunder (OBT) to counter the naxalite activities in the State.
- Test For East And West (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 12, 2005)
The work room of the writer Orhan Pamuk looks out over the Bosphorus, that fabled strip of water which, depending on how you see these things, separates or unites — or, perhaps, separates and unites — the worlds of Europe and Asia.
- The Importance Of Social Sciences (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Social science graduates need to be equipped to face the social transformation taking place across the country
- Un’S Peace-Building Task (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 12, 2005)
One of the outstanding agreements among the UN member-states at last month’s World Summit in New York was on the formation of a Peace-building Commission. The consensus reminded us that 60 years after the founding of the UN the maintenance of peace and se
- Red-Faced Leaders In New Delhi (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 12, 2005)
The Congress high command has to decide how much longer it can tolerate Laloo who treats Bihar as his fiefdom
- Bjp Into The Political Twilight? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2005)
IF proof were at all needed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can no longer summon up a half-way cogent response to major events of the day, then recent developments provide it in ample measure.
- A Historic Festival (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Oct 12, 2005)
The spirit of Dasara grips Mysore with the promise of joy and prosperity for the people.
- Bihar On The Edge (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Oct 12, 2005)
BIHAR has been a byword for political uncertainty. Even as the State began preparations for its four-phase Assembly elections
- How Large Is China's Private Sector? (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Although the private sector displaces the state sector as the dominant player in the economic reform in China, the strategic areas identified as the lifelines of the economy are predominantly in the public sector.
- Anti-Majoritarian, Pro-Globalisation (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
IN 2001, Madhu Purnima Kishwar, an activist and academic, published in Manushi, a periodical from New Delhi, two articles, one dealing with the working conditions of rickshaw-pullers in the capital and the other about street vendors whom she had made a fi
- The Naxalite Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 12, 2005)
Left extremists have regrouped under the one-year-old Communist Party of India (Maoist) and expanded their area of operation. The state is planning a crackdown, but success may not come easily.
- Buying Obsolescence (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Inder Gujral once complained that the developing world was forced to buy obsolescent weaponry from the developed world. It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the US proposal to sell India a warship that was commissioned i
- Captain’S Free Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
By defending his government’s decision to give free power to the farm sector and a section of the Scheduled Castes, rather in an undignified way, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has placed himself on a slippery ground. There was no need t
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Turkey-Eu Deadlock-Ii (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
It has been mentioned that, Turkey needs to make huge efforts to meet the stringent requirements for EU membership, including absorbing the 80,000-page EU rulebook into its domestic law.
- The New One-Party State (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 11, 2005)
IT IS not only the Democrats in the United States who cling fondly to the illusion that if they can only find the right candidate, they will sweep back into power. This is also the collective fantasy of the British Conservatives, who are currently choosin
- Facing Natural Disasters (Hindu, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS ARE always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people.
- Of Turncoats And Caste Breakdowns (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 11, 2005)
Defectors with a record of winning are seen as a prize catch by political parties in Bihar because of the votes they bring with them
- Use The Whip (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 11, 2005)
Once again we have highlighted in an analysis in our news columns the damage being done to environment in the State by brick kilns and stone crushers
- A Disaster To Remember (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS are always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people. So I had stood on the sea wall in Galle, watching kids fly kites, a few months before the tsunami engulfed the south of Sri Lanka.
- Immigration Debate (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
THE sleeper issue in the 2008 presidential election is immigration. Actually, as a recent straw poll shows, it’s waking up.
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Bangladesh's Proxy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
With just a few weeks left for the SAARC summit in Dhaka, Indo-Bangladesh ties touched a new low on September 29 when Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Major General Jahangir Alam Choudhury, alleged that the August 17 multiple explosions in his
- Afghanistan: The Next Iraq (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 11, 2005)
Where is Afghanistan headed? Democracy, insurgency or anarchy? That the situation there is-as yet-- nowhere as bad as it is in Iraq can give little comfort.
- Deja Vu (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
A leopard might change its spots, but not the Congress party. Ever since it has come back to power at the head of the United Progressive Alliance, the government in its single-minded pursuit of handing over power to the Congress or its allies, has committ
- Politics Of Might (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2005)
The recent attack on BJP leader and former union information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is a worrying pointer of things to come in the Bihar elections.
- Saving The Dying From Suffering (Deccan Herald, Jackie Ashley , Oct 11, 2005)
The Lords debate on assisted dying gives Britons a long-overdue opportunity to end unnecessary suffering
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Infosys Ups Revenue, Profit Forecasts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
India's number-two software exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd, posted on Tuesday a better-than-expected 36 per cent rise in quarterly net profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast as western clients ramp up technology outsourcing.
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- Nobel Boost To Iaea Efforts (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 11, 2005)
The atom has again taken centre-stage in the world with consequences that remain to be determined.
- Turkey-Eu Deadlock-I (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
The European Union (E.U) foreign ministers after their recent meeting on the issue of entry of Turkey as a member of E.U. met a deadlock.
- Willing To Strike But Afraid To Wound (Hindu, N. Ravi, Oct 10, 2005)
The Bihar decision represents a real time monitoring of executive actions by the Supreme Court and has put the Government on notice that the Court will ever be on the alert against any abuse of power.
- Reluctant Voters, Fragmented Votes (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 10, 2005)
Do the results of the Assembly elections held in February hold pointers to how Bihar will vote this time?
- Chinese Eye Leadership Succession (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao opened a four-day meeting on Saturday seeking to cement his grip on power, pushing his “harmonious society” platform to cope with rising social tension and possibly naming an heir apparent.
- Nepal Civic Polls On February 8 (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2005)
Nepal's royal government — which seized absolute power earlier this year — announced on Sunday the date for municipal elections, a tentative step toward restoring democracy in the Himalayan kingdom.
- A Tool In Support Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Today’s democracies of the world have tremendously been influenced by the phenomenon - "Information Explosion".
- Ending Algeria’S Agony (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 10, 2005)
JUST as the travails of the Turkish people and their heroic war of independence under Mustafa Kemal aroused the passions of the Muslims of South Asia, the Algerian struggle for freedom burnt into the consciousness of the generation that grew up in 1950s.
- Off-Key At Chandigarh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2005)
There was an air of the surreal, in retrospect, about the two-day assembly in the City Beautiful.
- Punjab Needs N-Plant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
The demand for a nuclear power generation plant made by Punjab Congress President Shamsher Singh Dullo on Friday needs serious consideration as, according to him, it is cost-effective and the state needs it.
- Governors As Lynch-Pins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment in Rameshwar Prasad vs Union of India, declaring the dissolution of the Bihar assembly to be unconstitutional, is a landmark.
- Deja Vu (Business Standard, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
A leopard might change its spots, but not the Congress party. Ever since it has come back to power at the head of the United Progressive Alliance
- In-House Review (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
The Chandigarh conclave of 15 Congress Chief Ministers was meant to be a detailed stock-taking exercise.
- Show Of Power At Gymkhana (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Oct 10, 2005)
The Gymkhana Club elections last week saw three powerful men contesting. It was a bitter and hard-contested battle. Dining and wining went on for weeks at the expense of businessmen and officers, who were happily making contacts with the powers that be. T
- Change In Attitude (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week Delhi had visitors from the part of Kashmir which is under Pakistan’s control.
- Karishma, Tamanna, Madhu... (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
For a stretch of nearly four consecutive days last week, if an overseas traveller happened to be on a brief visit to India and switched on the television to update himself about what was going on in this country,
- State To Get Rs.22,000-Crore Central Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said his Government had taken several initiatives costing Rs.22,000 crores to improve the infrastructure in Kerala.
- Congress Governing The Country Under Extreme Pressure From The Communists - Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh Confesses (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 09, 2005)
Why rule then? Why not resign and call for a fresh mandate. Why compromise with the communists?
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Politics Overtakes Governance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 09, 2005)
As the local councils begin their second term amid a hail of accusations and contradictions,
- Peaks And Valleys (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 09, 2005)
The Economy continues to do well and we have top Economic experts giving opinions on the future trends and in particular on the Stock markets and with the benefit of hindsight most experts will be 'right' and 'wrong' as it is impossible to predict. . . .
- Turkey And Eu: Rough Road Ahead (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 09, 2005)
The opening on October 3 of Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union was supposed to be a solemn affair, a ceremony marked by dignified speeches and toasts to the beginning of a new era in relations between Ankara and the 25-nation bloc.
- Doomed Democracy (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 09, 2005)
The real purpose of Laisenia Qarase’s visit is to soothe India’s ruffled feelings about the patently anti-Indian administration he has been running for the last five years
- Multiple Challenges Of Global Migration (Indian Express, N K Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
Four days ago, the report of the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) entitled ‘‘Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action’’ was presented to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
- Cabinet Discusses Sc's Verdict On Bihar (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
The Union Cabinet tonight discussed the Supreme Court verdict holding the dissolution of Bihar Assembly unconstitutional but remained non-committal on the continuance of Governor Buta Singh.
- Internal Divisions In Israel (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 09, 2005)
Israeli society is composed of people from several different ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Oct 09, 2005)
The rise of intolerance is alarming. Some years back, Zairus Banaji, because of his critical remarks about Narender Modi, was pushed out of the auditorium in Ahmedabad by Modi loyalists.
- Spread Word About Govt’S Good Work, Cadres Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday appealed to party workers to create awareness among the people about the achievements of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre despite the limitations under which it has been functioning for the past . . .
- I Do Not Disown Responsibility: Manmohan (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
Decision of Union Council of Ministers was based on Bihar Governor Buta Singh's report
It was our considered judgment that the dissolution was the only practical course
Various factors were considered before deciding Governors
- India's Un Delegate Asserts Determination To Overcome Terrorism (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Asserting that terrorism constitutes a global threat and must be rooted out,
- 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,
- A Rap On The Knuckles For The Upa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court order declaring the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly unconstitutional is a rap on the knuckles for the United Progressive Alliance Government but does not derail the State from the electoral course it has been set on.
- India’S ‘Apartheid’ Under Us Gaze (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 08, 2005)
An unprecedented Congressional hearing on the caste system in India gets wide publicity on the Christian news networks.
- Sc Raps Bihar Dissolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The process of the four-phase elections from October 18 will go on as the apex court refused to revive the assembly.
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