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- Damping Inflation And Supporting Growth (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Jun 26, 2006)
The challenge is to minimise the adverse impact of inflationary expectations on investment.
- Using Market Futures To Check Soaring Prices (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 26, 2006)
The surge in prices of essentials is a reminder of the urgency for reforms on commodity futures trading
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 26, 2006)
While it is gratifying to see India focus on the positive and play down the negative in its dealings with China, but in its keenness, it seems prepared to forget what happened to it in the past. The Chinese are not.
- Prisoners Of Their Inheritance (OutLook, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 26, 2006)
No rage, no bullying tone here. Instead this iconoclast explores the pathological reasons for Dalit phobia.
- 'Now Duets Are Sung Alone' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Dada Saheb Phalke award winner whose six-decade-long career shows no signs fading, on the changing world of Hindi film music, the new trends and the old memories
- No One Cares! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
No one seems interested in helping Saiqa Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kana Mohri tehsil, to expedite her father’s release from a jail in Saudi Arabia.
- Indo-Pak Move To ‘Save’ Dialogue (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Two top diplomats of India and Pakistan, Satinder K. Lambah and Tariq Aziz, are meeting back channel in Abu Dhabi to "save" the bilateral composite dialogue process, a prominent Pakistani newspaper said.
- Drugs Don't Really Work (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 26, 2006)
More than legislation, what Government needs to check drug peddling is political will, says Joginder Singh.
- Map Of Human Intelligence (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jun 26, 2006)
Technology is as good as the minds using it; if terrorists try to deploy it to their advantage, it can also be used to beat . . .
- Media Circus Goes On (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 26, 2006)
The Left parties are clearly getting more aggressive and the meeting between Mr Prakash Karat and Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav cannot be ignored as they jointly represent close to 105 MPs.
- ‘India, Pak Should Cut Defence Budget’ (Asian Age, Anil K. Joseph, Jun 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan should simultaneously reduce their defence budgets, relax visa regimes and open up borders for tourism so as to promote friendly ties and develop their economies, Pakistan tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar said here.
- Centre, Nscn Hold 'Fruitful' Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Group of Ministers constituted by the Prime Minister to hold parleys with the leaders of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) Issac-Muviah faction has reportedly concluded fruitful talks on contentious issues raised by the rebels . . .
- National Security Redefined (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 26, 2006)
IN an earlier article on the subject of national security, I suggested that we must implement a comprehensive national security policy taking into account its military, economic, diplomatic and internal dimensions in an optimum mix, rather . . .
- Education: Lopsided Emphasis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The Higher Education Commission might be serious about its plan to increase the number of doctoral graduates who have earned their degrees in Pakistan to 1,500 a year.
- Dealing With Human Traffickers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
It is difficult to understand why the police in Islamabad did not register a case against the truck drivers who were apprehended bringing 60 children from Sargodha to Islamabad last week for trafficking.
- Need For A Policy Re-Think (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The landmark decision of the Supreme Court annulling the privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills provides the government much-needed pause to re-think its privatisation policy.
- Containing Food Prices (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 26, 2006)
The Cabinet decision to allow private sector imports of wheat and sugar and ban pulse exports reflects growing discomfort with spiraling food prices.
- Mittal Closes Arcelor Deal? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
While two Indian news channels said on Sunday Mittal and Arcelor struck a deal at 43 euros per share, with Arcelor paying a 130 million euro penalty to disengage from Severstal, AFP reported from . . .
- Mittal Set To Steel Kingship (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Arcelor board weighs suitors at meeting ---- World's number one steel maker Mittal Steel and European Steel giant Arcelor are close to an agreement on an improved Mittal alliance offer of 40.37 Euros per share for the European group, a source . . .
- British Media Seek New Readers On U.S. Shores (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
When Americans talk about the British Invasion, they often mean the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
- Is Genghis Khan Fit For Today’S Mongolia? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 26, 2006)
They were supposed to be the celebrations that would attract 400,000 visitors and put independent Mongolia on the world map, but instead a public relations disaster is in the offing.
- Mobile Phone Boom Eludes Zimbabwe As Crisis Bites (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
It is a cold winter night in central Harare, but 100 people are willing to queue on the pavement until the shops open in the morning.
- Nri Student Gets Newsweek Award (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Indian-American Benita Singh, a Yale university student, is among 15 US citizens and organisations chosen by 'Newsweek' magazine for its annual 'Giving Back Awards' - honouring those who use fame, fortune and heart to devote themselves to helping others.
- Bjp Leader Gives Tips To Madhya Pradesh Party Men (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh is only two-and-a-half years old, but election blues have already afflicted the party.
- Market May Struggle To Maintain Intermediate Recovery (Business Line, Jayanta Mallick , Jun 26, 2006)
Because of low participation, Sunday's one-hour trading could not throw up any fresh indicative trend for this week.
- Mirror, Mirror On The Wall? (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 25, 2006)
If you can't get it right after 16 attempts, how can you say your method works?
- `Syndicate Bank Has Adopted Corporate Governance System' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Chairman and Managing Director of Syndicate Bank C.P. Swarnkar said on Saturday that the bank had adopted an effective system of corporate governance to ensure continued growth of shareholder value, keeping in view the interest of all stakeholders.
- Villagers Oppose Proposed Waste Treatment Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A large number of them led by Sajjan Kumar meet Deputy Commissioner
- Terms Of Engagement (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 25, 2006)
The votaries of a larger role for government invented and expanded subsidies, refused to levy user charges that would recover the cost of public utilities, and embarked on state enterprises that bled white.
- Are Quotas Like Apples, Or What? (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jun 25, 2006)
Consider a hawker vending a mix of two varieties of apples — one of top quality, fragrant and sweet, and the other of a lower grade quality, bland and bereft of fragrance.
- Prisoner Of Its Own Success (Business Standard, Devangshu Datta, Jun 25, 2006)
IP-intensive companies tend to keep their legal departments busy. Apart from defending their own intellectual turf and challenging that of others, the legal eagles track cross-border fine print and handle the paperwork of patent filings.
- Largesse For Bhel (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 25, 2006)
It will further erode national competitiveness
- ‘Us Not Addressing Roots Of Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Experts say failure to improve infrastructure and rise in drug trade helping Taliban to regain strength
- Arrest Altaf, Dismiss Sindh Govt: Apc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Qazi says MQM ‘biggest land mafia in country’
- When Emergency Was Clamped (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jun 25, 2006)
On the morning of June 25, 1975, the telephone at my New Delhi residence rang earlier than usual.
- Civilian Nuclear Deal With Us (News International, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 25, 2006)
Pakistan is in need of having a civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States and the matter would be raised in the Pak-US energy dialogue scheduled to be held in Washington tomorrow (June 26), Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim . . .
- Verdict On Psm Sale (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 25, 2006)
The annulment on Friday by the Supreme Court of the sale of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to a three-party consortium for Rs21.68 million is a stirring rebuke of the conduct of some senior state functionaries and a censure of the government’s general . . .
- Scrap The Two-Child Norm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 25, 2006)
Panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s position that the two-child norm for candidates seeking election to panchayat bodies is discriminatory is beyond dispute. His perseverance, considering that he reiterated his stand in Orissa recently is . . .
- A Standard For Interrogation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
IN the days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, senior Bush administration officials decided that harsh interrogation methods were necessary to prevent devastating attacks on the country — and that such methods could be carefully administered and . . .
- Lower Bandwidth Rates (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
FRIDAY’S decision by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to significantly reduce bandwidth rates should give a much-needed boost to an IT sector that is failing to keep pace with regional competitors.
- Azad Kashmir Finances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
THE Azad Jammu & Kashmir budget, passed by the state’s legislative assembly within two hours of its presentation on Thursday, has a total outlay of Rs19.93 billion, marginally up from the outgoing year’s Rs17.84 billion.
- The Re-Election Idea (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s re-election is more than a question of constitutional validity; it is essentially a political and moral one.
- Naga Rebels Read Demands To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A powerful rebel group in India’s remote northeast has demanded a separate constitution, flag and more control of natural resources and finances to end their decades-old revolt.
- Pakistan, India To Free Fishermen (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to free fishermen of each country being held by the other by the end of June.
- Food Imports Won't Help Immediately (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 25, 2006)
The government’s decision to allow the private sector to import wheat and sugar to cool domestic prices is welcome, but it is unlikely to have an immediate impact on spot prices.
- Prisoners Of Their Inheritance (OutLook, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 25, 2006)
Some books are interesting because of their sense of argument, the cogency of the evidence they give or the new interpretation they bring to light. Some books are not arguments but performances.
- Food Indigo (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
While the UPA Government's decision to allow increased import of wheat, pulses and sugar can be expected, over the coming days, to ease the current shortage and curb the galloping prices of essential commodities, the resort to such . . .
- Find Ways To Open Your Doors To Poor, Farmers: Pm To Banks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
After having expressed his anguish behind closed doors on the inertia in government and that adequate attention was not being paid to agriculture issues in Delhi on Friday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the banking sector . . .
- Grass Is Greener Here (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
It's showtime folks in "Azad" Kashmir:
- Ritual Murder (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 25, 2006)
Pakistan is about to lay out another farcical election for Kashmiris under its control.
- How They Make A Mockery Of Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
There are specific provisions in the Pakistani Constitution militating against the professions to independence for Kashmiris contained in practically every official claim emanating from Islamabad
- 'Lyrics Today Aren't Poetry, Just Bad Prose' (OutLook, SAIBAL CHATTERJEE, Jun 25, 2006)
One of Bollywood's last active links with its golden era, the veteran lyricist shares his unique musical insight and sense of history in a freewheeling conversation
- 'Now Duets Are Sung Alone' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
At 72, Asha Bhonsle's popularity in the world of playback singing is unprecedented.
- Kumar Suresh Singh (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Kumar Suresh Singh's stewardship of the People of India project yielded an excellent anthropological profile of the country.
- Bhaskar Ghose: Determining Excellence (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 25, 2006)
It is cruel to evaluate the intelligence and knowledge of children through decimal points and cut-off marks. A more humane system is the need of the hour.
- R.K. Raghavan: Profiling Terrorists (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 25, 2006)
The life of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S. attack in early June, is an index of the stuff of which terrorists are made.
- Nuke Deal Is Bush’S Top Priority (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Even as the US Congress prepares to vote on legislation for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, the White House has said President George W Bush considered it a "top priority" and wants the Senate and House of Representatives to "act affirmatively" on it.
- Politically Incorrect And Unapologetic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The book’s greatest strengths are in its poetic descriptions, painstaking research and unexpected humour.
- Wto Chief Pascal Lamy Upbeat About Global Trade Talks (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 25, 2006)
Expects better offers from EU and Group of 20 too
``George Bush is himself engaged in trade"
WTO secretariat to study bilateral trade agreements signed by India
- Pak-Us Energy Dialogue On June 26 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Pakistan and the US would hold "energy dialogue" in Washington on June 26, it was officially announced here today.
- No Comic Relief Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The comic book is re-inventing itself with an imaginative plunge into the big, bad world of the adult.
- Trapped Butterflies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The book is a mix of many tales that merely scratch the surface of reality and are not really bound together by cogency or purpose.
- India, Pakistan To Free Fishermen By June 30 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Includes 432 Indian prisoners and 30 Pakistani prisoners
- Rs. 1,000 Crore To Be Spent For Expediting Tsunami Relief Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Chief Minister fixes time frame for rehabilitating the affected
High-level ministerial meeting held
70,000 new houses to be built
- Criminal Delay (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 25, 2006)
The Indian State has long been guilty of ignoring a terrible violation of human rights. In a country where those facing trial are to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, thousands of undertrials in our prisons have faced a worse fate than . . .
- Nuke Deal In Us Interests: Senator (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Maintaining that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal was in the best interests of America, leading US Senator John Cornyn has urged fellow lawmakers to support legislation on the agreement and boost the strategic relationship between the two nations.
- Pm Clarifies Reasons For Fuel Price Hike (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the recent hike in the prices of petrol and diesel was to avoid increase in financial implications on the country's economy following hike in crude oil prices in the international market.
- Indonesia Rocked By Earthquake (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
An earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi early on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, meteorologists said.
- Bonalu Bonanza (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The century-old tradition of Bonalu is celebrated with colour, gaiety and devotional fervour in Telengana, claims S K Prasad Puttur
- I Want To Break Free (Times of India, BINDU CHAWLA, Jun 25, 2006)
It is the enfant terrible of all the arts. Whenever it emerges on the scene, abstract art, also called the avant garde, uncomfortably subverts all the styles of art preceding it
- Special Grant To Prevent Farm Suicides On Way: Pawar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The Centre will soon announce a special package, worth a few thousand crores, to initiate urgent measures to prevent suicides by farmers, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar announced here on Saturday.
- Vindictive Politics, Congmen Complain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The State Congress leaders have complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the present coalition government is following ‘vindictive politics’, in implementing development projects.
- Praful Bidwai: Bull-Headed About India (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 25, 2006)
Current Western euphoria over India's growth betrays total ignorance of realities like the 100,000 farmers' suicides.
- Jayati Ghosh: Bumps In The Flat World (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 25, 2006)
The Mittal group's bid to take over Arcelor confirms that the world continues to be sullied by social and cultural differences.
- Will Location Have Impact On Development? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
'It is not the place or the emotions that solve problems, it is the administrative skills and the government’s priorities"
- Why Has Pm Confirmed Tharoor As Un Candidate? (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jun 25, 2006)
Governments in New Delhi, whatever their ideological colouring, tend to jump the gun or procrastinate.
- Create Awarness About India’S Contribution: Nath (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
American public should be educated about the role played by Indian companies in creating thousands of jobs as they expand their operations in the US to counter the impression that outsourcing was taking jobs to India, Commerce and Industry . . .
- Bjp Waves Court Threat On Profit Bill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The BJP is gearing up to legally challenge the bill amending the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, which exempts certain offices from being considered offices of profit.
- Bjd Protests Nalco Disinvestment Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Orissa’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the corporate office of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) here, protesting the Central Government’s recent decision to disinvest ten per cent equity of . . .
- ‘N-Deal In Best Interests Of Us’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Maintaining that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal was in the best interests of America, leading US senator John Cornyn has urged fellow lawmakers to support legislation on the agreement and boost the strategic relationship between the two nations.
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