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- Developing Productive Capacities, Key To Upgrading Ldcs (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 21, 2006)
Higher rates of economic growth and exports notched up by many least developed countries have not led to poverty reduction. According to a Unctad report of LDCs, this can be achieved by these nations developing domestic productive capacities to . . .
- Wto And Eco-Friendly Trade (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Jul 21, 2006)
The preamble to the WTO agreement sets the goal of sustainable development, explicitly stating the need to protect and preserve the environment. There has been a resurgence of concern for establishing a relationship between environmental standards . . .
- At Their Master’S Service (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2006)
Gandhi’s “experiments with truth”, as Louis Fischer once jovially remarked, can well be called “experiments with food”.
- Ongc Mulls Competitive Financial Packages For Key Staff (Business Line, Pratim Ranjan Bose, Jul 21, 2006)
Aim is to halt attrition of experienced personnel
- A Protracted Colonial War (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Jul 21, 2006)
In his last interview — after the 1967 six-day war — the historian Isaac Deutscher, whose next-of-kin had died in the Nazi camps and whose surviving relations lived in Israel, said:
- Musharraf Tells India: Give Us Proof, We Will Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2006)
"To postpone or stop the peace process because of Mumbai blasts is to hand a victory to terrorists"
- An Assault On Free Speech (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
The Department of Telecommunications' action in blocking access to 17 websites and web logs on the Internet has resulted in an avoidable mess for the Government of India and raised questions about its commitment to free speech.
- West Asian Crisis — Winners And Losers (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Jul 21, 2006)
The whole area will be even more radicalised than it was before the eruption of the crisis. The biggest losers are the innocent men, women, and children who are the victims of the conflict.
- Labour No More Cheap In Factory Of The World (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 21, 2006)
The shortages China is experiencing in migrant workers coupled with its rapidly greying demographic profile constitute a challenge to the sustainability of its current economic model.
- Bhopal Express (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2006)
Lessons on corporate governance two decades after the tragedy
Twenty years ago, Bhopal choked over methyl isocynate fumes from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory. According to the Madhya Pradesh Gas Relief and Rehabilitation . . .
- With ‘Give Us Proof’, General Disappoints (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 21, 2006)
If the UPA government was looking for any signals tonight from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that might have allowed a revival of the stalled peace process, India could only have been disappointed.
- ‘Us’ And ‘They’ (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Jul 20, 2006)
The American vision of the world is more sharply divided between “us” and “they” than that of any other great power.
- Lebanon Diary (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
My friend Omar left Beirut two nights ago. His family’s house, close to the sea, was rocked by the sound of explosions and air strikes all night and all day long. After having to spend many an hour sheltered in their corridor, Omar and his family . . .
- India’S Pain Now Has International Appeal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
After 9/11 and 7/7, the international community has become responsive to problems of India.
- Hurdles In The Last Mile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2006)
When future historians write on the negotiation of the India-United States civil nuclear deal, they will marvel at the way the American side made full use of its legislative process to rewrite vital portions of a settled agreement while the . . .
- A `Business Model' To Help The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 20, 2006)
The "Tigers Forever" initiative expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return in the form of a 50 per cent increase in tiger populations in key areas.
- The Real Trouble Maker (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
The hidden hand of Iran fomenting trouble must be exposed and checked if peace is to return to West Asia, says Dore Gold.
- Fuel Price Hike Likely, Says Rajasekharan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Rise in international oil prices may necessitate the step: Minister
- Fuel Price: Govt Rules Out Hike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Despite the spiralling rise in international crude oil prices, the Centre, on Wednesday, ruled out any increase in domestic fuel prices.
- Lanka Appeals For Help (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jul 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka wants the Indian Navy, which has a flotilla of four ships in the Eastern Mediterranean, to come to the aid of its citizens in Lebanon, one of whom was said to have died today.
- ‘Nda Paid $200 Million To Kandahar Hijackers’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Senior Congress Member of Parliament R K Anand and former BJP leader Madanlal Khurana on Wednesday made the extraordinary allegation that the NDA government had paid a huge ransom to the Kandahar hijackers to ensure the release of a Swiss tycoon....
- Lebanon On Fire (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
The Hezbollah militia in Lebanon must have anticipated the consequences of ambushing an Israeli border patrol leading to the death of three and kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers last week.
- Beirut: Indian Evacuation Set To Begin (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 20, 2006)
Ins Mumbai to enter Beirut harbour first, three other ships in Lebanese waters on standby
All four ships may be needed as number of stranded swells
Alternative destination under study .
- Evacuation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
The government is planning to evacuate nearly 1,000 Indians from Lebanon in the coming days after pulling out 49 Indians from Beirut earlier by road. Four Indian Navy ships have reached . . .
- Mumbai Serial Blasts: (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 20, 2006)
Wants policy of supporting Musharraf reviewed, more attention towards Nawaz than Benazir
* One ‘punitive step’ could be increasing engagement in Afghanistan and CARs
- Match Risks With Earnings Stream’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 20, 2006)
The managing director of Icra, P K Chaudhury, has a lot on his plate this year.
- Snowy Pride (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 20, 2006)
When experts, political leaders and concerned citizens put their heads together to discuss just one wild specie one can only imagine the seriousness of the subject.
- ‘Lashkar-E-Qahar’ Hoaxer Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Bhopal police have detained a local youth on the charge of dashing off e-mails to a couple of media organisations and the Mumbai police in the name of “Lashkar-e-Qahar” accepting the responsibility of the Mumbai train blasts ....
- Total Security? No Such Thing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
It is a puzzle to me that a whole array of perceptive analysts I’ve read in the last days seem to think that the Mumbai bomb “operation” points to a “failure” of India’s security system.
- Twenty20 Cricket Needs Vision (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Jul 20, 2006)
At first they were reluctant but now BCCI have warmly welcome cricket’s newest form—Twenty20.
- Importance Of Bookish Knowledge (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, Jul 20, 2006)
The SHG-bank linkage programme is the largest microfinance effort in the world. But the self-help groups need training, continuing assistance and handholding in the critical area of bookkeeping .
- Kashmir Today, Delhi Tomorrow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
This refers to Sandhya Jain's article, "Ascent of the anti-Hindus" (July11). Till now we thought the Maoists of Nepal were anti-Hindu because they were rabid Leninist-Maoists, that is avowed atheists.
- ‘The Best Of Us In Government Consider Science As A Budget Item, Possibly A Non-Productive Expenditure’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
‘The best of us in government consider science as a budget item, possibly a non-productive expenditure’
- Getting Indians Out Of Lebanon (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The MEA on what it is doing to help evacuate Indians out of the war-torn country, on compensatory funds the victims of the Gulf War 1990-1991 and on Richard Boucher.
- Israel On Rampage Again (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 20, 2006)
In theory, the UN has ample powers to prevent assaults but in practice, whatever the UN Charter says proves illusory.
- Problems Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
Parties should avoid politicising security issues
- Bowing To The Inevitable! (Daily Excelsior, Ramu Sharma, Jul 20, 2006)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India had no option but bow to the inevitable when it accepted the concept of Twenty-20 as part of its domestic and international calendar.
- Indian Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Jul 20, 2006)
Myanmar and Andhra Pradesh may seem two far off places on the map of South Asia. But drawing a straight line across the Bay of Bengal, planners in New Delhi and Yangon have hit upon an imaginative way of linking them.
- The War Against Blogs! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 20, 2006)
India’s economic success in the early years of this century has led to its successful rebranding. It’s prowess in software is one positive brand attribute but it’s the image of the world’s largest democracy — in contrast to China’s authoritarianism . . .
- 72 Killed In New Israeli Assault On Lebanon (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Concerns mounted over the humanitarian situation, with the United Nations warning of an impending "catastrophe" as Israel pressed on with a new wave of attacks from air and sea against southern and eastern Lebanon, killing at least 72 people, . . .
- Discovery Mission (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
A success that shows both hope and challenges
- No Takers For Govt's Pak-Hand Theory (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 20, 2006)
Ticked off by United States, chastened Prime Minister talks of peace ---- More than a week since terror ripped Mumbai apart, India's inability to produce concrete evidence against Pakistan has rendered its attempts to trap the usual suspect rather feeble.
- Maoists Torch Bus On Crpf Dig’S Route (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jul 20, 2006)
Just 18 km from the Errabor village where 32 people were butchered on Monday, Maoists today set fire to a private bus plying between Konta and Durg, minutes before Chhattisgarh Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Central Reserve Police Force . . .
- Assault On Cops: 2 Killed, One Hurt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Militants in separate attacks at various places in Srinagar, today opened fire at three cops and killed two of them while as third was critical, while as a local militant was killed in an encounter at Braripora Pulwama.
- India - Pak Peace Process Run Up To The Breaking Point (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Jul 20, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad reached an agreement that truck service should be allowed on Srinagar -Muzaffarabad road to give a fillip to trade between the two sides of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Law Of The Land (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 20, 2006)
India's industrialisation efforts do not take into account the fact that land is a scarce resource. The recent rush to set up special economic zones (SEZs), with the government having cleared over 40 proposals, affirms this trend.
- Basmati Exports: Punjab, Haryana To Earn Rs 3,000 Cr (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jul 20, 2006)
With the Indian government notifying superfine variety of Basmati for exports—a variety widely sown in Pakistan— and rising international prices of basmati, Haryana and Punjab could earn around Rs 3000 crore from basmati exports this year.
- India Failed To Prove Pakistani Hand In Mumbai Blasts (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 20, 2006)
“Indian authorities have provided no evidence to support their charges of a Pakistani connection to the Mumbai bombings. Indeed, the police investigation, which has included police sweeps of predominantly Muslim Mumbai slums and indiscriminate . . .
- Iran Fm Cancels India Trip (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Iran’s foreign minister, who was due in India for a two-day visit beginning on Wednesday, has cancelled his trip because of the situation in the Middle East, India’s foreign ministry said.
- Israeli Air Raids Kill 70 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
US, Israel agree on bombardment of Lebanon for another week
- Missed Opportunities (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 20, 2006)
One would have to agree whole-heartedly with what President Pervez Musharraf said of the postponement of peace talks between India and Pakistan during Tuesday's meeting of the National Security Council.
- Caught In The Middle (Deccan Herald, P R KUMARASWAMY, Jul 20, 2006)
With neither side not ready for a compromise that would bring about a ceasefire along the Israel-Lebanon borders, the death and destruction brought about by the weeklong conflict has all the ingredients for a civil war.
- Exodus From Lebanon Begins (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Three Indian nationals were wounded in an air strike on a glass factory in the eastern Bekaa Valley in Lebanon even as the Indian Government prepared to evacuate another 1000 people from the war zone and deployed four ships to bring them back home.
- India And Pakistan Need A Cooperative Security Mechanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 20, 2006)
India and Pakistan need a cooperative security mechanism.
- Blasts Take A Toll On Indo-Pak Sporting Events (Indian Express, PTI, Jul 20, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts took a toll on Indo-Pak sporting ties with two upcoming tournaments featuring the two countries being deferred indefinitely on Wednesday.
- India’S Former Soccer Captain Kills Himself On Railway Tracks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Over 11 years ago, in a hotel room in Kolkata, Indian football captain V P Sathyan saw the future in the hands of a rising star from Sikkim. ‘‘Watch out for Baichung Bhutia. He’s the next big star,’’ he said.
- Banning Blogs, A Big Blunder (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jul 20, 2006)
The only thing worse than doing something wrong is to execute the deed ineptly. Some bureaucrats in the Government of India have managed to do both by stopping access to blogs on the Internet recently in the wake of the July 11 Mumbai bomb blasts.
- 45 Killed In Lebanon Strikes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
At least 45 people were killed, many trapped under the rubble of flattened homes, as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages in Lebanon on Wednesday on the eighth day of a conflict that shows no signs of ending despite a flurry of . . .
- 55 Killed In Lebanon Blitz As Foreigners Flee (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.
- Case For Kotla (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
No need for another stadium ---- Thirty years ago, following a dispute over allocation of tickets, the Mumbai (then Bombay) Cricket Association (MCA) broke ties with the Cricket Club of India, withdrew Test cricket from the Brabourne Stadium and . . .
- Lebanon Situation ‘Catastrophic’: Un (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The United Nations said on Tuesday that Lebanon was caught in a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation with 500,000 people displaced by the Israeli onslaught which a Lebanese government minister said was bringing famine to the country.
- Defeat Hizbullah (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
Win a battle against Islamism ---- It is patently absurd to demand, as the EU has done, that Israel must immediately declare a unilateral ceasefire and halt its air strikes against Hizbullah strongholds in southern Lebanon.
- ‘Israel Has No Plans To Attack Iran, Syria’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Shimon Peres criticises the international community for its failure to resolve the Iran nuclear issue
- Mischief With Tatas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
Khaleda hasn’t changed one bit
The Khaleda Zia government has committed harakiri by playing politics with $3 billion that the Tatas wanted to invest for building steel, power and fertiliser plants, and also for raising untapped coal resources . . .
- Chinese Firms May Be Barred From Port Race (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Jul 20, 2006)
With an all-round warning that the presence of companies with Chinese links in the development of ports will seriously compromise Indian maritime security, the Union government is likely to disallow Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) . . .
- 57 Dead, Thousands Flee Beirut (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed 57 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter today, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war, as thousands of villagers fled North and more foreigners were evacuated.
- India Begins Evacuation In Lebanon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Even as three Indians were found injured at a glass factory in the eastern Bekaa valley in Lebanon after Israeli air-strikes, India began an extensive evacuation operation . . .
- Disaster-Readiness Prod To Railways (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
In the aftermath of the July 11 serial blasts, Bombay High Court has asked Central and Western Railway to revamp their disaster management plan and submit a report on the comprehensive measures devised to meet medical emergencies.
- Help! I’M Virtually Helpless (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
Once upon a time in a land far, far away, the evil, despotic king decided that his people were communicating too much, too freely, through pigeon post.
- First Steps On The Road To Devolution (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 20, 2006)
For Sri Lanka, much depends on the working of the multi-ethnic experts group.
- Israeli Forces Cross Over (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Israel struck Lebanon from the air and made limited attacks across the border on Wednesday, killing 41 civilians, as thousands awaited evacuation to flee a conflict that has entered its second week with no end in sight.
- Brand Prahlad: Now Acting Too (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Jul 20, 2006)
It's time for the ad world to wake up to social responsibility, says Prahlad Kakkar.
- Java Jolted Again, Tsunami Toll At 550 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
A strong earthquake caused tall buildings to sway in the Indonesian capital today, sending panicked residents fleeing to the streets just days after a deadly tsunami struck the main island of Java in which 550 people have been reported killed so far.
- Fighting Displaces 5,00,000 Civilians (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 20, 2006)
40 killed in Lebanon as Israel steps up attacks
- Indian Web Users Decry The "Gag" On Blogs (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jul 19, 2006)
Internet Service Providers cite Government directives
- India's Concerns Found Resonance At G8: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
"G8 had expressed readiness to take steps to bring to justice perpetrators of Mumbai, Srinagar terror strikes
- Airbus Offers Redesigned A350 In A Challenge To Boeing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Airbus thought seriously of calling it the A280, a deliberate echo of the A380, the troubled giant that is the biggest passenger jet ever made. But the midsize plane it announced here on Monday goes by the name A350 XWB, as in extra wide body.
- Dialogue Promises Solution To Iran Nuclear Issue: Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 19, 2006)
'Iran has not closed this chapter; coercive diplomacy is not the way'
- Support From G-8 (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2006)
India has reasons to be happy with the outcome
- India, Brazil Debate Over Doha Deadlock (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jul 19, 2006)
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, on Tuesday, held strategic consultations with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim as to how they should advance the interests of Group of 20 in a make-or-break meeting of six trade ministers beginning on Saturday.
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