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Articles 4421 through 4520 of 53943:
- Cooperative Living (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
In the early 1990s after the debilitating and insidious Cold War ended symbolized by the unification of the two Germanys and fall of the gigantic USSR, people started visualizing a 'New World Order' as George Bush Sr christened it hoping that the . . .
- Everything But The Big Picture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
Summer holidays are drawing to an end. I missed most of this year’s unusually hot weather, when temperatures rivalled Calcutta’s, while travelling in India and the last two weeks of our holiday in Scotland have been rather grey and dull.
- Lanka Aid Murder Slur (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
International ceasefire monitors blamed Sri Lankan troops today for the killing of 17 aid workers during fighting with Tamil tiger rebels earlier in the month.
- Nc For Early Resolution Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Favouring early resolution of Kashmir issue, opposition National Conference today appealed to the Centre and Pakistan to address the long-standing problem without delay to "relieve" the people of Jammu and Kashmir from "sufferings".
- Lalu To Teach Management At Iim Ahmedabad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
He may be the quintessentially rustic politician whose 15-year-rule in Bihar as Chief Minister was dubbed by critics as ‘jungle raj’ but RJD president Lalu Prasad is set for an image makeover when he dons the role of lecturer at the Indian Institute . . .
- U.N. Threatens To Halt Sri Lanka Work After Aid Killings (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 31, 2006)
The United Nations threatened overnight to suspend aid operations in Sri Lanka after truce monitors accused the security forces of executing aid workers.
- Mindtree Eyes $70 Mln Ipo In Early 2007 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venture capital-funded MindTree Consulting, an Indian mid-sized software services exporter, expects to raise about $70 million through a local initial public offering early next year, its top official said.
- Urban Infrastructure The Focus Area: Rupen Patel (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
Niche, infrastructure-focused construction company, Patel Engineering (PEL) has been associated with the construction of more than 22% of hydropower projects in the country.
- Money’S Muscle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
Security overrides all else ~ that is the mantra. Especially in relation to commercial aviation, so prone to terrorist activity.
- Iran Ignores Un, Six Powers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Shrugging off the threat of UN sanctions, Iran continued to enrich uranium as recently as yesterday, two days before a Security Council deadline to freeze such activity, while ignoring overtures from world powers for a new meeting on its nuclear program,
- China, Pak To Launch 3 Earth Resources Satellites (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
China will work with Pakistan in the development of space technology and launching of three earth resources prospecting satellites in the next five years, APP learnt from official sources here Wednesday.
- A Moment In History (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
What he could not do in life, Nawab Akbar Bugti has achieved through his death. From his cave in the Bhambore hills, where he had been hiding since he was forced out of Dera Bugti some weeks ago, Bugti has won the battle he had waged for many months . . .
- Home Truths, From Above (Business Standard, Barun Roy, Aug 31, 2006)
The 'view' from Google Earth and Wikimapia shows exactly how Seoul and Pudong have changed for the better, while Kolkata remains the same as ever.
- Al Qaeda's Presence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
It seems just a coincidence that two important persons in different corners of the country have discussed on the same day Al Qaeda's possible links with Jammu and Kashmir.
- Israel To End Blockade Only After Ceasefire Fully Implemented (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Israel on Wednesday sidestepped demands by visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon immediately and withdraw its forces from Lebanon once 5,000 international troops are deployed there.
- Democracy Versus Diplomacy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Why could the nuclear deal mean a lame duck foreign policy? The question must pose a sobering thought for Manmohan Singh
- United Phosphorus: Spreading Wings (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 31, 2006)
United Phosphorus will buy three crop protection products from Bayer with annual sales of euro 27 million.
- Pharmaceutical Policy Draft — Must Go Beyond Price Control (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 31, 2006)
The proposed pharmaceutical policy allows R&D oriented firms to have higher MAPE, meaning that for the same medicine, some firms will have 150 per cent margin while others will have 200 per cent margin.
- Ensuring `Faithful Representation' In Financial Reports (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 31, 2006)
The IASB and the FASB have brought out a discussion paper on the qualitative characteristics of decision-useful financial reporting information. `Reliability' came out very strongly as being one of the key characteristics.
- Banking Regulation, Supervision And Monetary Policy (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 31, 2006)
So long as the conflict of interest of supervisors and regulators does not turn into a serious moral hazard problem and there are transparent institutional mechanisms that allow an arm's length relationship between the supervisory and regulatory . . .
- ‘Disappearances Rise With War On Terror’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Several hundred people in Pakistan have disappeared, apparently taken into detention in connection with the war on terrorism, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
- Kashmiris Hold Protest For Missing Kin (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Dozens of Kashmiris staged a sit-in protest on Wednesday to mark the International Day of the Disappeared and appealed to authorities to provide information about missing relatives.
- Reviving Economic Boycott (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
TO counter the onslaught of a giant gone berserk, the prospect of a revival of the Arab Boycott, however logical, is unrealistic, but equally so is reliance on an extraordinary but still very small guerilla group.
- Adhere To The Frbm Targets, Says Rbi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India(RBI), in its Annual report for 2005-06,has highlighted the need for adhering to the FRBM targets.
- Balochistan Cut Off From Rest Of Country (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Aug 31, 2006)
The Baloch-dominated areas of Balochistan remained tense on Wednesday in protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti as hundreds of protesters blocked the main highways with boulders, crudely built barriers and trucks, literally disconnecting . . .
- Chavez Joins Host Assad To Denounce Us ‘Impe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, hailed in Syria as a hero for Arabs, joined his host and fellow US arch-foe President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to denounce American “hegemony”.
- Rights, Development And Security (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
The latest edition of the much-valued report on Human Development in South Asia was launched in Islamabad the other day.
- Mr Clean Emerges Cleaner (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2006)
Opposition's no-trust motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz fell through on the floor of the National Assembly after intense day long debate on Tuesday.
- Let: New Masters Of Al-Qaeda ? (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Aug 31, 2006)
The developments in the last 15 months, from London bomb blasts of July, 2005 to the last week's ‘Operation Overt’, the plan to blow up ten Trans Atlantic flights from Heathrow Airport, have two common factors. First, all the people involved in . . .
- U.S. Regulation Of Ge Foods A Bad Model (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 31, 2006)
India should learn from the mistakes other countries have made and not buckle under pressure from international and domestic agribusiness.
- Hu Jintao To Visit India In November (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Yuxi on Wednesday said that President Hu Jintao was expected to visit India in November. The two Governments would announce the dates for the visit in due course.
- Lebanon: Changing The Script (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
At the end of the day, Hizbollah emerges as the symbol of resistance against the U.S.-Israeli unilateralism in West Asia.
- Japan: Imperial Baggage (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi touches a raw nerve by making another visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
- Meeting To Discuss Prices Of Essentials (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Aug 31, 2006)
Private trade presses for zero per cent duty on wheat imports
Forthcoming festival season, upcoming Assembly elections, prevailing economic trends worries Government
Wheat prices remain high despite decision to import 55 lakh tonnes for PDS.
- No Military Aid To Colombo, Manmohan Assures Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday assured Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko that India would not extend any military aid to Sri Lanka.
- Panel Wants Coal Price Regulation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Free pricing in near-monopoly situation affects consumers
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Jailed On Return From India, Iranian Scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Ramin Jahanbegloo, a prominent Iranian political philosopher and the current occupant of the prestigious Rajni Kothari chair in Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in New Delhi, has been set free in Tehran after . . .
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Mahfouz, First Arab Writer To Win Nobel, Is Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Naguib Mahfouz, who became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels depicting Egyptian life in his beloved corner of ancient Cairo, died on Wednesday, his doctor said. He was 94.
- New York Times Site Blocked To U.K. Visitors (Hindu, Owen Gibson, Aug 31, 2006)
The case is an example of the growing nervousness among newspapers that stories cleared for publication by lawyers in one country may fall foul of the law in another.
- Rbi Rings Alarm Bells On Govt’S Sez Policy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
With the mushrooming of special economic zones across the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cautioned the government on the revenue implications that could arise from such zones.
- Andhra Pradesh: Road To Kondamodalu (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The recent floods have provided a ruse to the government to relocate people affected by the Polavaram dam.
- Iaea Verdict Today, Iran Faces Action (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Iran faces the risk of sanctions when the UN nuclear watchdog delivers its verdict on Thursday about whether Tehran has met a deadline to suspend an atomic fuel programme that Western leaders say could lead to bombs.
- Pakistan Likely To Extradite Rauf To Britain (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Aug 31, 2006)
British national Rashid Rauf, a major key suspect in the London terror plot, who also holds Pakistani passport, is most likely to face extradition to United Kingdom as soon the interrogation process is completed.
- Caution On Asean Fta (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2006)
It would be dangerous to sacrifice domestic producers' interests at the altar of free trade negotiations.
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Progressive Realism In Foreign Policy (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Aug 31, 2006)
As this century’s largest country, the US should define its national interest in a way that benefits all
- Montek Vs Chidambaram : The Middle Path (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Aug 31, 2006)
Historical Fact 1: No sooner than he took over the reins at North Block in June 2004, P Chidambaram expedited the notifi-cation of the rules under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act.
- Iran: Standing Up To The West (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
The Iranian leadership and people are united in their defence of the country's uranium enrichment programme.
- Us In No Hurry For Sanctions On Iran (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 31, 2006)
With the UN deadline for Iran to halt sensitive nuclear work ending tomorrow, the US is trying to get the message across to Tehran that there is still time to comply with the Security Council resolution in this regard.
- Faster And More Inclusive Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
It is not fair to accuse the Planning Commission of coming out with a ‘political’ rather than an ‘economic’ document. The Commission has to be guided by the politically mandated objectives but, as an expert body, it can present feasible alternatives . . .
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
- Working Beyond Borders (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Replace crumbling regulatory regimes
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Beginning Of The End (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 30, 2006)
Musharraf may have erred gravely in using brute force against Balochis who were not asking for freedom, but just a share from their resources
- Bugti Fallout: Pervez Vs Politicians (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has not expressed a single word of regret for the death of Balochistan leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.
- Bugti Killing: Serious Repercussions Feared (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 30, 2006)
Balochistan is still numb after the killing of its most towering leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. According to an intelligence assessment, the strife-torn province of Pakistan was ready to ignite as its people were seething with anger, the manner in which . . .
- Lethal Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
The seizure of more than 4,000 kg of the so-called 'love drug' Methaqualone from a warehouse in Badarpur area of the Delhi-Haryana border should serve as a wake-up call for the Government. It comes close on the heels of another big seizure early . . .
- The Media Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
In the matter of the 12 men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, the Indian media has shown once again that it has no independence of thought and individuality, as it totally embraced the Government's point of view.
- Utterly Pointless (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
To the extent the name changing bug was restricted to our reverting to indigenous nomenclatures for places - towns, cities, and regions - from their Anglicised versions, there was little perhaps wrong with the exercise.
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- Beeing A Taxman! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 30, 2006)
Has anyone cracked the eternal puzzle of how to be a taxing finance minister and still be popular?
- Big League Bound (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 30, 2006)
India Inc acquisitions open new frontiers
- Unfolding Tragedy (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2006)
War rages in north and east of the island, and the number of civilians displaced by war has risen to 1.7 lakhs.
- Musharraf Warns Of Strict Action (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Faced with widespread violence following the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has warned that strict action would be taken against anyone who harmed the country.
- Playing It Safe (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
The reported Indian decision to maintain its present level of troop-deployment ~ significantly to neither enhance nor pull out ~ with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon is essentially a careful diplomatic balancing act.
- Space Shuttle Back On Track For September Launch (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Cape canaveral, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA reversed a decision to shelter the space shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday and returned it to its seaside launch pad as the threat from Tropical Storm Ernesto subsided.
- 75 Killed In Iraq Oil Pipeline Blast (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Seventy-five people were killed in Iraq late on Monday when a blast ripped through scavengers siphoning petrol from pools around a breach in a disused pipeline.
- India And Eu Considering Ceca, Says Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss the prospects of a free trade pact with the European Union at the forthcoming India-EU summit in October. This was stated here on Tuesday by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath after a meeting with . . .
- Science And Politics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 30, 2006)
One can only hope the Prime Minister and his aides would have learnt the lessons from the nuclear deal turmoil that threatened to create a chasm between the political and scientific establishments.
- Is The Problem With Quotas Over? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 30, 2006)
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
The solutions to the teachers’ shortage will sound the death knell for the IITs
The Bill that sanctions 27 per cent reservations for OBCs allows the IITs, IIMs and . ..
- Uzbekistan's Tryst With Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Aug 30, 2006)
Uzbekistan is replacing death sentence with penalties like life imprisonment and long-term imprisonment for various crimes.
- France To Proceed With Iran Nuclear Dialogue (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
France is ready to renew dialogue with Iran on ending the standoff over its nuclear programme but will continue to insist that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Tuesday.
- N-Plants: Chinese Help Sought (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party of China which met him on . . .
- Bush Aide Says Myths About Us’ Green Policy Remain (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Defending US President George Bush’s policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a tough job. In the eyes of environmental activists, Bush could do no right after the US opted out of the Kyoto Protocol.
- India Violates All Norms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has deplored Indian Government’s statement on Akbar Bugti’s demise and said that it’s not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but also a blatant interference in the internal . . .
- India To Not Carry Out Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry today said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from . . .
- Chinese Strategy To Break The Iranian Impasse (Daily Excelsior, Srikanth Kondapalli , Aug 30, 2006)
China's position on Iranian WMD programme provides for several inconsistencies and inadequacies. China is critical of the proposed US sanctions against Iran as that is a step forward in forcible regime change in Tehran.
- Iran Open To Negotiations On Nuke Issue (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Two days before Iran faces a UN deadline to stop uranium enrichment, Iran’s deputy foreign minister paid a visit to India and apprised officials here on Iran’s position on the nuclear stand-off. Iran’s deputy foreign minister Asia, Oceania and . . .
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