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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 53943:
- Maulana Fazlur Rehman’S Supple Approach (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 18, 2006)
The secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, coming out of the alliance’s Supreme Council meeting, once again demonstrated a nuanced and supple approach to the growing government-opposition confrontation when . . .
- Doha Round — Take It Off The Life-Support System (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Jul 18, 2006)
It is preferable that the Doha Round, which contains the seed of destroying the WTO itself, is allowed to collapse and a new beginning made after a few years.
- India Begins Evacuation From Lebanon (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
In the face of worsening situation in Lebanon, India has started evacuating its nationals from there with 47 of them reaching Damascus in neighbouring Syria by road on Monday.
- Irresoluteness, A National Disease (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jul 18, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts, which have claimed over 200 lives and maimed or injured over 700 people, constitute a terrible tragedy for the victims and their families.
- Stolen Secrets (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 18, 2006)
The ‘Naval War Room Leak’ case has many dimensions. Like for instance the dangers from the reported sale of more than 10,000 computer pages of information on the country’s security on land, in the air and on the sea.
- Israelis Feel Mumbai’S Sorrow, India’S Pain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
In Israel, a country in a region where the vocabulary of terrorism has an unfortunately high currency, the 7/11 attacks have been followed with deep concern and interest.
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon on Thursday, blasting Beirut’s international airport and the southern part of the country in its heaviest air campaign against its neighbour in 24 years. Officials confirmed 36 civilians deaths.
- Blair Moots Lebanon Force (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israeli jets hit a Lebanese port on Monday and killed 17 people in strikes at targets linked to Hezbollah in the city’s suburbs, while the militant group continued the rocket barrage on Israel that killed 8 people in the port city of Haifa on Sunday.
- Israeli Bombs Hit Beirut Airport, Streets Again (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hizbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.
- Pakistan Willing To Talk With India On Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 18, 2006)
Stands by January 2004 commitment, says Aziz Ahmad Khan
"Will not allow its territory to be used by terrorists
Mumbai blasts "a criminal act, a tragic incident"
- Disguised In Love (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
Sometimes an old trick doesn't work ---- Human enterprise, it seems, knows no limit when it comes to love and war, two areas . . .
- Asia’S Changing Strategic Scenario (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 18, 2006)
The recent testing of seven missiles by North Korea and the varying reactions of the major powers to this event have once again highlighted the tensions which have been building up in Northeast Asia and the strategic realignment which is taking . . .
- Show Of Force (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 18, 2006)
Whenever things go wrong, as they did in Mumbai, everybody bends over backward to “beef up” security.
- Biosafety Mechanism Is The Safe Road (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
India must not hesitate to reap benefits from genetic engineering as its biosafety mechanism is adequately robust and growing,
- Pm To Bush: Address Our Concerns On Nuclear Deal (Asian Age, V. Mohan Narayan, Jul 18, 2006)
Keen to see the early conclusion of the pathbreaking Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday conveyed to US President George W. Bush India’s specific concerns over proposed American legislation granting waivers for nuclear . . .
- Bush Curses Hezbollah At G-8 Luncheon (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
It wasn’t meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance — including President Bush . . .
- Pm Concludes 'Successful' Visit To G8 (Rediff on the Net, V Mohan Narayan, Jul 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday concluded his three-day visit to St Petersburg on a 'highly successful' note with world leaders coming strongly against terrorism and showing 'deep understanding' of India's concerns on energy security.
- Fight Terror At Home, Its Causes Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 18, 2006)
New Delhi’s decision to indefinitely postpone foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan is intended as a sharp reminder to Pakistan that it needs to dismantle the infrastructure of terror.
- Mind Readers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 18, 2006)
Late in 2004 Mathew Nagle, who is paralysed from the neck down after a knife attack severed his spinal cord in 2001, was able to bunch the fingers of a prosthetic palm into a fist by just thinking about it.
- 49 Indians Evacuated From Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
India today evacuated 49 of its estimated 12,000 nationals from Lebanon in view of ongoing Israeli operations against Hizbollah militants in Southern Lebanon. New Delhi said it was ready to shift other from the conflict zone and had pressed into . . .
- Kalam Meets Mp Students (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam’s inspiring words to meritorious yet poor children resembled the battle cries of a noble general urging young warriors to valiantly advance along the path of developing the nation and themselves.
- Not The Same (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
Multiculturalism seems to have its privileged identities. A recent British survey has revealed that Hindus in Britain do not feel good about being lumped together with other “brown-skinned” Britons as “Asians”.
- Blasts Rip Kashmir Gag (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 18, 2006)
In a historic change with long-term policy implications for South Asia, the UN Security Council has acknowledged, following the July 11 Mumbai bomb blasts, that Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India.
- Pm Asks Bush To Fix The Nicks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Seeking “constructive solutions” to “some concerns” of India in proposed US legislation granting waivers for nuclear commerce, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today met US President Mr George W Bush and pressed for a “permanent reconciliation” of . . .
- G-8 Agrees To Subsidy Cuts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The world’s top eight industrial nations today appeared to have climbed down from a tough position on farm subsidies, reviving hopes of resumption of the collapsed WTO talks.
- Soya Threat To Amazon’S Eco-System (Tribune, Daniel Howden, Jul 18, 2006)
The scars are unmistakably man made. Hard edged squares and rectangles, hundreds of acres across, hacked and burned out of the Amazon forests, are linked by illegal dirt roads that stitch together these giant clearings.
- Q&a: 'Women Made Anti-King Protests Successful' (Times of India, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jul 18, 2006)
Women, despite playing a major role in the democracy movement in Nepal, have been excluded from all decision-making proces-ses.
- G8 Leaders Call Mumbai Blasts Barbaric (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 18, 2006)
Although the G8 summit of industrialised countries was predictably preoccupied with the escalating violence in the Middle East, India was able to persuade the world's most powerful leaders to look beyond the region and denounce the recent terrorist . . .
- Simi Activists Held In Assam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Two SIMI activists were arrested from Fakiragram yesterday for having possible connection with the Mumbai blasts, while the state was put on high alert against terror strikes.
- Terrorist Handover: Congress Asks Bjp To Apologise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The Kandahar controversy resurfaced today with the Congress asking the BJP to either tender an apology or expel former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh for the “revelations” in his forthcoming book “Call to Honour”. Mr Jaswant Singh is . . .
- The Terror Within (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, Jul 18, 2006)
For years, we've heard pompous exhortations from our leaders about how no Indian was ever found to be part of any international Islamic terror group. A true tribute to secular politics and democracy in a country that has . . .
- Bush Reassures Pm On N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
President of the US George W. Bush today assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that there would be no shifting of goal posts with regard to the Indo-US nuclear pact and that they would ensure that New Delhi would not be required to meet any . . .
- Place In Perspective (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 18, 2006)
Provisional data on exports reveals an impressive 30%-plus surge in the first quarter of the current fiscal (April-June 2006). Coming over the 20%-plus credible performance over the past four years, this is highly encouraging.
- Faceoff In Manipur (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 18, 2006)
The people in Manipur’s four Naga-dominated districts of Ukhrul, Tamenglong, Chandel and Senapati have for some time now mentally separated themselves from the state and last week’s bonfire of . . .
- More User-Friendly People Wanted (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 18, 2006)
The other day on an old Seinfeld serial re-run, stand up TV comedian Jerry Seinfeld said something really funny but also utterly true.
- Bajaj Auto: Flat Feeling (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Jul 18, 2006)
Higher raw material costs in first quarter slams the brakes on Bajaj Auto`s margin
- India Is On A Roll And People Are Betting On It' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 18, 2006)
India has done well. Earlier there was a feeling that it had political instability; governments come and change policies. Now there is conviction that whatever the government in power, economic reforms go on.
- When Legislators Break The Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2006)
IT becomes a matter of considerable concern when legislators decide to take the law into their own hands. Regrettably, Friday’s incident in which an MNA representing a Karachi-based party angrily refused to hand over the . . .
- Fuel Costs To Hit Airlines’ Profits (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
High aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and low yields are likely to impact profitability of major airlines in this quarter.
- Bt Cotton And The Price Blight (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jul 18, 2006)
Without going into the merits or otherwise of Bt cotton to stem the bollworm problem, the price of the seeds has created a storm on the fields.
- Bush Uses 8-Letter Word! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 18, 2006)
US President Bush’s impromptu comment to British PM Tony Blair at the G-8 summit lunch at St Petersburg may not have been particularly appropriate for the occasion.
- No Need To Rush The Doha Round (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Jul 18, 2006)
Unless the developed countries take ownership, there’s little to be gained from these negotiations.
- The Right Distance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
We have superstitions about reform.
- Focus On ‘Dryland Farming’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2006)
If the first Green Revolution boosted wheat and paddy output through the extensive use of better seeds and chemicals, making India self-sufficient in food, the second Green Revolution can be ushered in by focusing on dryland farming.
- Keep Back Channels Open (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 18, 2006)
The pause in the Indo-Pakistani dialogue was inevitable, given the devastating nature of the terrorist attacks on the Mumbai trains and their suspected links to groups in Pakistan.
- Pecking Order (Indian Express, Ravi Sharma , Jul 18, 2006)
Some naval ships from Indian visited Vietnam last month. The news took me back 48 years when, in August 1958, I went to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) on board the training ship ‘Tir’.
- A World Awash In Tools To Kill (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Just as gun crimes are frequent when people have lots of guns, so bombings are frequent when people have access to lots of bombs. India, just by itself, proves that truism: A series of blasts in 1993, also in Mumbai, killed 250. And in 2005 three . . .
- Nathu La: Still In Deep Freeze (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 18, 2006)
After all the recent media fuss over the re-opening of Nathu La, the scene there is far from vibrant.
- Currency Of Terror (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 18, 2006)
After 9/11 one of the first big initiatives the Bush administration undertook in its war against terror was to issue Executive Order 13224.
- Anxieties Of A World City (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 18, 2006)
Even a week after a monsoon evening was blown apart in a dissonance of mangled metal and torn bodies, India is still searching for . . .
- Do Not Judge (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Let me also learn to find excuses for my neighbour in my mind, for example, if he were to get angry, I could perhaps say to myself that he is angry today because of blood pressure or because he has been harassed or give myself some other reason.
- Team To Probe Assault On Foreigner (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A special police team was constituted to probe the assault and robbery case involving an Australian woman on Monday. Director General and Inspector General of Police B S Sial and Bangalore Rural District Superintendent of Police has submitted . . .
- Pm Seeks ‘Constructive’ Answers To N-Knots From Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Keen to see an early conclusion of the pathbreaking Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday conveyed to US President George W Bush India’s specific concerns over the proposed American legislation granting waivers for nuclear . . .
- India-Us Ties: One Year Later (Rediff on the Net, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 18, 2006)
the doyen of Indian strategic affairs thinkers, assesses India-US relations a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington, DC
A year has passed since the signing of the Joint Statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Continent Going Hi-Tech On Identity (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jul 17, 2006)
Most European countries plan to switch to electronic cards (e-ID), which incorporate electronic signatures and biometrics. A driver that is pushing European governments into e-ID cards is the battle against identity theft.
- Pakistan Needs To Show Firm Commitment, Says Manmohan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday demanded “firm commitment” backed by action from Pakistan on not allowing terrorists to use its soil for attacks on India, a news report said.
- Police Nabs Hoax Caller (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Delhi police has nabbed a person for making hoax calls to the police informing that bombs had been planted at Akshardham temple, Chandni Chowk and PVR Plaza, Delhi, on the night of July 14.
- Rally Ban Before Modi Comes Calling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The state government has banned all political rallies in Maharashtra for the next 30 days but would not confirm if the decision was taken with Narendra Modi’s impending Mumbai visit in mind.
- Ripples In Pak Over Pm Remark (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reference to the role of Pakistan-based elements in the Mumbai blasts has alarmed Islamabad and analysts who fear such “accusations” might derail the peace process.
- Hr's Boundary With Business Is Now Porous (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Jul 17, 2006)
The boundaries of the HR profession along with the other professions in the organisation have finally become porous. This change is making HR a lot more inclusive, understood, integrated and supported. HR will become as much a mainstream profession . . .
- Three Nuke Concerns On Bush Table (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to take up with President George W. Bush aspects of the legislation pending in the US Congress to allow civilian nuclear cooperation with India which have caused some “concern” to New Delhi.
- Telecom Security Prescriptions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 17, 2006)
By proposing tighter scrutiny for foreign direct investment (FDI) in telecom particularly, the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) headed by the national security adviser, has thrown itself into a corporate battle being fought between . . .
- N Korea Rejects Un Sanctions (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
North Korea today said it was not bound by a UN Security Council resolution imposing weapons-related sanctions on it and insisted the country would “bolster its war deterrent” in every way.
- Divestment Not Really Crucial To Reforms (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 17, 2006)
The perceived fiscal problems of public sector units are more the result of flawed product pricing policies, says S. VENKITARAMANAN, quoting a recent study with startling revelations on PSU profitability.
- The War Against Terrorism (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 17, 2006)
There is constant pressure by the security agencies at the `micro' or grassroots level. This goes largely unnoticed by the public and is what is keeping criminals and terrorists at bay. A further strengthening of the national security apparatus . . .
- Pm To Put Pak In Dock (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 17, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets the leaders of the G8 industrialised nations here tomorrow, he will put Pakistan in the dock for its complicity in the recent Mumbai blasts and urge them to lean on Islamabad to take action against the . . .
- Pepsi Hub (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 17, 2006)
More action needed to boost contract farming
- Allow Hostile Takeovers To Become A Ground Reality (The Financial Express, RAJEEV DUBEY, Jul 17, 2006)
Corporate India’s sprint to hike stake in group companies to avoid a possible hostile takeover bid is amusing. Just a hint by takeover artist LN Mittal, chairman of Mittal Steel, that he now intends to focus on emerging markets like India and China, . .
- Market Regulation After The Blasts (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 17, 2006)
One day of hyperbole and then a big dose of reality.
- Come On, It's Not As Bad As That (OutLook, Sanjaya Baru, Jul 17, 2006)
When the sun rises in the east, it's the West that has to worry about the darkness. Why be glum, Mr Jha?
- Own Officials Maligned Me, Says Ai Man (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The gloves are off within state-owned international carrier Air India. The airline’s resident director (Delhi region) Captain Naresh Kumar Beri has accused "some people" from his own airline of trying to drag his name into the recent incident of . . .
- Battle For Survival (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2006)
Israel has no place left to turn to, and no choices either at this late hour but to fight back the Islamist forces, writes P David Hornik
- Pm To Pak: Start Showing Action Against Terrorism (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not spoken to the Pakistani president over telephone since the Mumbai blasts but "contacts have been established with the government of Pakistan at all levels".
- Lake At The End Of The Rainbow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer swear that they have never seen any stretch of water so incredibly blue; or in such a starkly exquisite setting, as the Pangong lake in Ladakh.
- China’S “Peaceful Rise” (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jul 17, 2006)
China has inaugurated its rail link to Lhasa with pomp and show.
- Where We Can Trip (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jul 17, 2006)
Mumbai has been targeted along its febrile nervous system. Quite sensibly, in my opinion, most of us do not care about who did it or why.
- Cbi Links Verma, Navy Leak (Asian Age, Sridhar Kumaraswami, Jul 17, 2006)
Lavish parties at which serving military officers socialised with defence suppliers/agents were organised by Navy War Room leak case accused Kulbhushan Parashar on the direction of businessman . . .
- World Of Political Untouchables (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Jul 17, 2006)
Although social divides in India are crumbling, political inequality is thriving as never before, says S Gurumurthy.
- Qaida Training Militants In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Al Qaida is training Kashmiri militants to undertake terrorist attacks in the Valley, according to a document available with UNI.
- People Show The Way (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 17, 2006)
If there is a saving grace in the Mumbai blasts, it lies in the courage and determination of the common man ----
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