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- Affirmative Action And Caste Dilemmas (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Indian businesses are taking a skewed view of `affirmative action' in the U.S. to sell a strategy that is big on promises and low on accountability.
- The Federal Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 07, 2006)
The budget for the next fiscal year, presented by the minister of state for finance, Omar Ayub Khan, in the National Assembly on Monday, carries a substantial package of relief for the common man.
- Migrant Workers In Middle East Denied Rights: Icftu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Migrant workers, mainly from South Asia, make up the majority of the workforce in parts of the Middle East, yet enjoy 'few or even no rights,' a report by an international union group has said.
- Afghanistan: Cost Of Misrule (Dawn, Najmuddin A, Shaikh, Jun 07, 2006)
The runaway American army truck on a busy Kabul thoroughfare may have done little damage and caused few casualties but the riots it sparked have brought to the surface the feelings of the Afghan people and what they think has gone wrong inside their . . .
- Can College Seats Be Increased Overnight? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The government feels spending more money can solve the problem, but even that flow seems to be in trouble.
- Price Hike Not A Healing Touch (Business Line, Niraj Bhatt, Jun 07, 2006)
The vociferous opposition from within the UPA for large hikes in petroleum product prices has made it difficult for the government to effectively solve the problems of the petroleum sector.
- Icici Life To Double Punjab Network (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
It is not easy for private players to rope in customers, because public sector players are strongly entrenched, says Prasun Sikdar, head of sales, ICICI Life Insurance.
- Democratic Deficit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 07, 2006)
Over the years, the connotation of democracy in India has been whittled down to mere holding of periodical elections, holding sessions of national and State legislatures and passing of Budgets and assorted enactments.
- Half-Measures Still (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 07, 2006)
Why not free the industry completely and leave it to market forces to determine fuel prices?
- No Price Hike Rollback: Deora (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Expects portion of Rs 28,000-crore oil bonds issue soon
- Dead Certainties In Wartime (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 07, 2006)
ON July 25, 1950, American soldiers in No Gun Ri, about 100 miles south of Seoul, were driven from nearby villages and herded towards a railroad embankment in front of the US lines.
- Being Middle Class Is Ok (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 07, 2006)
One of the more insidious effects of quota politics is that identity has colonised reason.
- Refine Politics Out Of Oil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 07, 2006)
The Centre’s move to belatedly revise the retail prices of petrol and diesel comes not a day too soon, given the spiralling international prices of crude oil. The reduction in custom duties makes perfect sense as well.
- For The Sake Of Peace Aditi Bhaduri (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The news that the ‘Quartet’ is planning to send financial aid to Palestine has reached Gaza but few are rejoicing or hoping for better times.
- Venezuela-India Trade To Reach $1 Billion This Year (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Trade between Venezuela and India will reach $1 billion this year boosted by Venezuelan crude exports to one of Asia's fastest-growing economies, the Indian ambassador has said.
- Protests Against U.S. In Ukraine (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 07, 2006)
The Parliament of Ukraine's pro-Russian Crimean Peninsula has declared the autonomy a NATO-free territory as week-long anti-American protests in the region gathered momentum.
- 3 Member Ju Team In Rajouri (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Rajouri Police has arrested two main absconding persons involved in BA Part II (Private) examination answer sheets rewriting scandal which was exposed yesterday.
- A Useful Category (Times of India, Satish Deshpande, Jun 07, 2006)
The most acrimonious acronym at present — OBC — may also represent a category that is useful to think with. Such an assertion runs contrary to the relentlessly negative image of the Other Backward Classes that dominates the media.
- It's A Wonderful Life Of Assurance And Insurance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
It's hope that eggs us on. How else could we face life's ups and downs? Daily, we come face-to-face with joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, success and failure, acceptance and rejection, birth and death.
- Talk To Tehran (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The US has jettisoned its nearly three-decade policy against direct talks with Iran. Washington's proposal to enter into a dialogue with Tehran gives a much-needed impetus to negotiations to break the diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear programme.
- A Legitimation Challenge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
China’s success is also the source of its dilemmas
- Is There A Way Out? (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 07, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Bengal’S 34 Brave ‘Poisoned Paradise’ (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Jun 07, 2006)
Thirty-four Bengali tourists were on the Jammu-Srinagar highway when grenade blasts hit two buses full of visitors from the state last week, triggering frantic calls from home to drop their holiday and return.
- Biotechnology-Based Units Ideal For Hp, Says Phdcci (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has urged the Himachal Government to focus on research, economic practices and a comprehensive plan with an implementable roadmap for the hill state’s transition into a knowledge-based economy.
- Fuel The Fire (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The political reaction to Monday's cabinet decision raising the price of petroleum products seems to suggest the move was either unexpected, excessive, or both. The reality, of course, is that it is neither unexpected nor excessive.
- `Margin-Trading Did Not Cause The Crisis' (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Jun 07, 2006)
SANE voices are hard to hear in the cacophony of the markets.
- Gm Touts Progress As Shareholders Urge Board Reform (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
General Motors Corp.'s chairman cautioned on Tuesday that the world's largest auto maker faces a tough U.S. market and record-high commodity costs despite progress made under a sweeping restructuring, as shareholders voted to strengthen board oversight.
- U.N. Risks Shutdown Over U.S. Budget Cap - Tharoor (Reuters, Paul Taylor, Jun 07, 2006)
The United Nations faces a potential shutdown in which the Security Council could not meet and peacekeepers around the world would be left adrift if the United States and Japan carry out a threat to withhold funds, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Margin Trading And A Falling Market (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Every bout of speculation in the stock markets has its own unique instruments.
- Factories Of Endless Cruelty (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Jun 07, 2006)
A chicken in a poultry factory is allowed the space of one ft by one ft. The bird cannot flap her wings, or even raise them.
- Carrot & Stick Policy (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Jun 07, 2006)
The world has witnessed a welcome change in American diplomacy in the past two weeks, more so on the issue of Iran, says Niall Ferguson
- Sordid Saga (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
The Rahul Mahajan episode represents the worst in public life.
- Sleaze-Bomb Is Ticking (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 07, 2006)
Unnoted by media, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Bill 2006 was introduced in Parliament the day before its short session concluded;
- Iran’S China Syndrome (Tribune, Jackson Diehl, Jun 07, 2006)
IN the middle of a tirade about the pointlessness of talking with the United States’ Bush administration, a senior Iranian official I met in Tehran last month abruptly paused and asked if he could speak off the record.
- U.S. Not Expected To Directly Aid Iran Reactor Project (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States is not expected to provide technology or equipment directly to Iran if the light-water nuclear reactor project offered in a proposal to Tehran goes forward, Western diplomats said on Tuesday.
- Iran "Positive" On Nuclear Offer (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 07, 2006)
Teheran for dialogue on "some ambiguities" in the package
- Karat, Karunanidhi Discuss Politics, Price Increase (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
DMK won't join protests against petrol,diesel prices hike
- What Lies Hidden In The Footnotes Of The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
Tapan Raychaudhuri considers ways in which a legacy of mutual ill will can be transformed through honesty, memory and good sense The author is former professor of modern Indian history at the University of Oxford
- Israeli Tourists Get Sermons In India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Israeli government has decided to break up the party.
- Energy Conservation For Sustainable Growth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 07, 2006)
Energy efficiency, as a concept, became a part of the public discussion in the West in the early seventies.
- Economics Of Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, Jun 07, 2006)
Katra, the 1000 years old base camp of the holy cave of Mata Vaishno Devi, nestled in feet of the mighty Trikuta mountain, is all set to rise further in economic growth with the arrival of the train next year.
- Espouse Truth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The extent to which the mind can influence the body is indeed astonishing. Success in achieving goals depends on the intensity of the desire that becomes the driving force.
- Not Yet An E-Leader (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 07, 2006)
India's status as a leading global hub for information technology and business process outsourcing industries is acknowledged but the country has a long way to go before it can claim to be really "e-ready."
- Jacking Up Oil Prices (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 07, 2006)
In effecting an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel for the sixth time in two years, the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre has shown utter insensitivity to people's concerns about its impact on essential commodities.
- Us Offers Deals On Trade To Entice Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States along with the four other veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council - Britain, France, Russia and China - drew up the package with Germany in a meeting in Vienna on Friday.
- Sco Is Not ``Oriental Nato" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is not an ``oriental NATO,'' said the chief of the regional group on Tuesday.
- Severed Heads Found In Fruit Box In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Two men were killed and seven wounded as insurgents fired three mortars which crashed near the interior ministry building, security officials and medics said.
- "Acmee 2006" Will Begin Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
It is likely to generate business worth Rs.100 crore Governor Surjit Singh Barnala will open the exhibition, which is likely to attract 1.50 lakh visitors
- Niit Hungry For Foreign Buyouts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
NIIT Technologies is looking at acquisitions in the US and Europe, targeting insurance, banking and financial and retail software firms. However, the company will go shopping only after consolidating its recent acquisitions.
- Stock Market Mayhem (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 07, 2006)
Foreign institutional investors, who have a stranglehold on the stock markets, trigger the utter volatility of May
- Indian Allegations Of Cross-Border Infiltration Rejected (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Pakistan rejected allegations by some Indian leaders about cross border infiltration and termed the claims of killing Pakistanis attempting to crossover as “baseless”.
- Iran Softens N-Stand (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Proposals by six world powers today to end a dispute over Iran’s nuclear fuel enrichment had positive points but also some “ambiguities” that must be removed, Tehran’s chief negotiator said.
- Uk Lesbians Seek Hc Ruling On Canadian Marriage (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
lesbian couple married in Canada will seek to make British legal history today when they mount a High Court challenge to have their marriage legalised in Britain.
- Dig Bsf, Jammu Advocate To Appear (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
K S Padhe, a Deputy Inspector General of Border Security Force, and Anil Sethi, a lawyer from Jammu whose services as additional Advocate General have been terminated by the State Government earlier, will be subjected to an identification parade . . .
- Heal Thyself (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 07, 2006)
It is a matter of immense relief that no casualty has occurred in the fire that engulfed a ward in this city's prestigious Sri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital on Monday.
- Cbi Chief Assures Hc: Probe Will Be Fair And Speedy (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jun 07, 2006)
CBI Director Vijay Shankar today assured the J&K High Court that a “fair, speedy and effective investigation” was being conducted into the Srinagar sex abuse scandal. He said the agency would not spare the guilty nor give in to any kind of pressure.
- Alcohol Becomes High Fashion (Deccan Herald, Doreen Carvajal, Jun 07, 2006)
Advertising and marketing strategies adopted by alcohol companies are increasingly turning into lifestyle entertainment
- Ebay Users Need To Be Streetwise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
The man in charge of fraud-busting at internet auction company eBay is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge.
- Bail: Walking A Tight Rope (Deccan Herald, MALA SRIDHARA, Jun 07, 2006)
Watching the rich and famous walk free on bail, the question if bail serves the real purpose invariably creeps in
- Iran Cautious On Eu’S Anti-Nuke Offer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The incentives designed to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear programme contain ‘‘positive steps’’ and ‘‘ambiguities”, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today.
- Up Against Constitution (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 07, 2006)
The PM should not allow himself to be influenced by unprincipled politicians
- Inevitable Hike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
The increase in prices of auto fuels was inevitable
- Increase In Defence Spending (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
Defence is to get Rs 250 billion for the financial year 2006-07, a raise of Rs 26.5 billion over the outgoing year. The allocation is, however, less than the demand of the defence forces that had proposed Rs 273 billion to maintain minimum level of . . .
- A Relief-Oriented Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
The Rs 1.5 trillion budget for the year 2006-07 announced by Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan on Monday envisages relief and subsidies besides providing for socio-economic development.
- Omar Pleads For Continuity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
In a spirited and forthright manner, Omar Ayub Khan pleaded for continuity of policies and leadership for the nation’s sustained economic growth.
- Going Beyond Handshakes (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Jun 07, 2006)
China is now willing to look at India as a strategic military partner
- Oil Price: Bjp Plans Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Total rollback sought; says hike will have spiralling effect on prices
Protests to start with a `rasta roko' on Wednesday
Price of crude not the correct reason for increase
The Government can afford to sell petrol at about Rs. 27 a litre
- Sui Plant Closed As Blast Hits Pipeline: Vast Region Affected (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Jun 07, 2006)
Gas supply to vast areas in the country was suspended late on Tuesday evening when the main compressor plant at Sui was closed after the main pipeline feeding the plant was blown up.
- Kalam For Integrated Approach To Tackle Cross-Border Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
President calls for coordination between Intelligence Bureau and the police
Science congress told to generate action plan for progressive introduction of technology
e-governance system for police suggested
- Decision On Oil Price Hike Stands, Says Murli Deora (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
But pressure building up in Congress for rollback
``Tomorrow is another day. What happens tomorrow we will see,'' says Minister
Congress party feels there is scope for reduction in the impact on vulnerable sections
- Is All Well In India’S Agriculture? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
The just released figures on GDP growth gives the lie, as one might be incorrectly tempted to conclude, to the widely held view that all is unwell on the farm front.
- Nepal Without Strings (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 06, 2006)
End the paternalism that marks New Delhi’s ties with Kathmandu
- Petrol Price Up By Rs 4, Diesel Rs 2 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Overcoming opposition from Left parties the Congress-led UPA Government on Monday night decided to hike petrol price by Rs 4 a litre and diesel price by Rs 2 a litre, but spared LPG and kerosene supplied through public distribution system....
- Reform: Despite Left, Pm Pushes Right Thing (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jun 06, 2006)
With Assembly elections over, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a clear signal to the Left by going ahead with the fuel price hike that he is not going to delay crucial and tough economic decisions.
- Us Dismisses Iran Warning On Oil Disruption (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed Iran’s supreme religious leader’s threat on Sunday that oil shipments from the Persian Gulf would be disrupted if the United States made a ‘‘wrong move’’ toward his country over its nuclear programme.
- Fighting Human Trafficking (Times of India, David C Mulford, Jun 06, 2006)
I cannot imagine a more heinous crime than trafficking in human beings — the marketing, distribution, and in many cases, sale of women and children to be exploited and abused by others.
- Lone Ranger No Longer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2006)
The defence minister has engineered an overdue break from military isolationism
- Dissent Dogs Koirala’S India Visit (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal’s brief honeymoon with India seems to be over with the kingdom’s left parties, known for their deep distrust of New Delhi, expressing suspicions about the Indian government’s intentions on the eve of Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad . . .
- Office Of Profit: Govt May Defer Amendment Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The State government is unlikely to pilot the bill for amendments to the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification Act) 1956 on Tuesday.
- Software Developed For ‘Animal Houses’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) at Mohali near here has come out with a model software meant for easy documentation of the day-to-day activities in “animal houses”.
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