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- Keep The Local Jokers Out Of The Pack (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, May 29, 2006)
The global melt affected emerging markets, but local factors worsened the intensity in India.
- Let All Know (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 29, 2006)
"(a) & (b) Plastics are polymers of long-chain hydrocarbons derived from petroleum.
- Find True Peace Through Caring (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, May 29, 2006)
Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon Champion spoke words of great wisdom after she lost to Mary Pierce in the US open of that year.
- Set A Target (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 29, 2006)
An article on this page recently has reiterated the need for focussed development of tourism in the Jammu region.
- Insurgency And Friendship Cannot Go Together (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 29, 2006)
Certain issues bordering on civil-military relations have been rattling the military mind for quite sometime.
- Speculators’ Paradise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 29, 2006)
The recent disaster in the stock market should at least make authorities wake up and find out ways and means to prevent its recurrence.
- Israeli Warplanes Attack Palestinian Bases In Lebanon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Israeli warplanes attacked Palestinian militant bases in Lebanon, wounding at least five guerrillas, in response to a rocket attack on northern Israel earlier Sunday, Lebanese and Israeli officials said.
- Jam Speaks Of Foreign Hand In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said that foreign hand is involved in the ongoing terrorism and subversion in Balochistan. In an interview with Pakistan Observer in Islamabad on Saturday, he categorically said that no one will be . . .
- India To Work With Nepal In Fostering Democracy (Pioneer, PTI, May 29, 2006)
"India is ready to work with Nepal in the development and fostering of democracy in the Himalayan country", said Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma during talks with Nepal's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister K P Sharma Oli here . . .
- Make Quotas Price-Based (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, May 29, 2006)
Add up all the expenses the UPA’s planned, and just give the money to everyone for voting Congress.
- The Greater Fool Theory (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 29, 2006)
In a volatile market, most don’t exit, waiting for a greater fool to buy their stock.
If, as argued last Monday, the efficient market theory does not always work, when markets get over-heated, another, not quite academic, theory comes into play.
- Vote Manmohan (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, May 29, 2006)
You have to hand it to the government. They haven’t even figured out if the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Act is as afflicted by fraud as other government schemes are, and they go and work out the details of an even grander one, once . . .
- Rbi Stand On Fdi In Proprietary Firms Delays Fipb Decisions (Business Line, Ambarish Mukherjee, May 29, 2006)
Give reasoned comments, apex bank told
- Progress On Sir Creek (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 29, 2006)
BY agreeing on a joint survey of the Sir Creek ahead of a 2009 UN deadline for final demarcation of maritime borders, Pakistan and India have given a further push to the on-going composite dialogue.
- The U.S. Will To War (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, May 29, 2006)
What drives the `sole superpower' inexorably towards perpetual warfare?
- Setting Up Of Software Technology Parks (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 29, 2006)
The Government has decided to set up Software Technology Parks at key locations in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi to facilitate and expedite the development of software industry and IT enabled services.
- Hunt For Survivors On As Java Quake Toll 4,611 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Thousands take part in relief effort
* Pakistan dispatches aid goods
- Quota Debate And The Orwellian Doublespeak (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 29, 2006)
The Government has shut the quota debate by pronouncing that it has decided. But this, says P. V. INDIRESAN, is iniquitous as it has ordained that no institution — even if it has no government patronage — can admit students free of caste bias.
- An Elusive Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 29, 2006)
Without a concerted political push to overcome the well-known hurdles, the Doha Round talks will get nowhere.
- Facing Iran's Nuclear Challenge Together (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Since the end of World War II, no alliance has a better record of achieving peace than the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. With the world community facing a looming challenge in Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, a big unanswered question remains: . .
- Indian Press Silent About Disappeared Kashmiris: Roy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Noted Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that there are 10,000 disappeared people in Kashmir, but nobody talks about them in the mainstream Indian media.
- Minority Government In Tamil Nadu (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
The DMK's manifesto and alliance arithmetic enable M. Karunanidhi to take charge as Chief Minister for the fifth time in Tamil Nadu.
- Coalition In Assam (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, May 28, 2006)
The Congress returns to power in Assam, but with Bodo support which will be difficult to handle.
- Budhia Singh's Feat (Frontline, PRAFULLA DAS, May 28, 2006)
Budhia Singh's record-breaking run sets off a public debate involving the issue of child rights.
- Palestinians’ Internal And External Problems Are Tackled By Arabic . . . (Jordan Times, Thamer Abu Baker, May 28, 2006)
Ali Ibrahim said in the London-based daily Asharq Al Awsat that the clashes between Fateh and Hamas in Gaza Strip could lead to a Palestinian civil war.
- Agha Shahid Bugti Among 15 Booked For Gas Pipeline Blast (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP)’s secretary general, Senator Agha Shahid Bugti, his son Tabish Bugti and Central Secretary .
- Mof And Rbi: Get Real (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, May 28, 2006)
In passing the buck, everyone is worse off.
The recent financial market crisis in India has all the appearances of a murder mystery—all the usual suspects are crying foul play and blaming the other guy. Some are even chanting, as would make . . .
- Bottling Livelihoods (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, May 28, 2006)
Dropping ground water levels in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, prompt a fresh crop of protest actions against Coca-Cola.
- 3,505 Die In Quake (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
A powerful earthquake flattened homes and buildings in central Indonesia early Saturday as people slept, killing more than 3,505 and injuring thousands more in the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
- Indian Cos Turn Global Turnaround Specialists (Business Line, Neha Kaushik, May 28, 2006)
Take acquisition route to US, EU markets
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 28, 2006)
Autonomy" and "self rule" have entered the rubric of the Kashmir peace process. During this week's Round Table Conference for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to . . .
- Hurriyat Doesn't Represent Kashmir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
The vast Gilgit-Baltistan area, comprising over 28,000 square kilometres, is both geographically and historically crucial in the contemporary context.
- A Life Of Service (Hindu, ANDREW WYATT, May 28, 2006)
Akkamma Devi was the first woman graduate from the Badaga community .
- Pakistanis Try Confronting Shame Of Honour Killing (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Ayesha Baloch was dragged to a field, her brother-in-law held the 18-year-old down, her husband sat astride her legs and slit her upper lip and nostril with a knife.
- ‘International Legitimacy And Justice As The Basis For Peace In Palestine’ (Jordan Times, Musa Keilani, May 28, 2006)
For the moment, Hamas has defused tension in the Gaza Strip by ordering its 3,000-strong paramilitary force off the streets after clashes with President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fateh militias that sparked fears of a Palestinian civil war.
- Talk To The Real People (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, May 28, 2006)
The discourse on Jammu and Kashmir is currently and overwhelmingly defined by those who resort to terrorism, their sponsors and their front organisations.
- The ‘Charter Of Democracy’ (Dawn, Anwar Syed, May 28, 2006)
The “charter of democracy” that Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif issued on May 15, 2006, is noteworthy both for what it does say and that which it omits.
- Amarinder Da Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
It is the Punjab CM’s job to protect basic freedoms. It is not his job to ban films
- An Alliance To Contain China (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, May 28, 2006)
The latest U.S.-Japan security accord focusses on China and stresses joint preparedness in the military domain.
- Left Sweep Poet In Disguise (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, May 28, 2006)
The Left Front wins for the seventh consecutive time, with a whopping three-fourths majority, in West Bengal.
- Ascendant Left (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 28, 2006)
The May 2006 Assembly elections place the Left in its strongest ever position in India's parliamentary and legislative history.
- My Seat, Mai Baap (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 28, 2006)
Most people of my generation got their first exposure to the complexities of national politics through the dark phase of the Emergency.
- Sex Racket In Srinagar (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 28, 2006)
Despite saturation coverage of the protests against a commercial sex racket in Srinagar, their political content has passed unexamined.
- Oil Sector Officers To Go On Strike From May 31 (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Aviation sector likely to be hit on fuel supply disruption
- Inside A Magical Rainforest (Hindu, S. RAMAKRISHNA, May 28, 2006)
The Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, once described by Salim Ali as "the richest bird habitat in peninsular India", lives up to its reputation.
Hornbill Camp is a great, working case study of low-impact eco-tourism in India.
- "I'm At The Crossroads" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
The Adelaide Writers' Week offered an interesting meeting with Australian author Helen Garner.
- The Aq Khan ‘Factor’ Again! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 28, 2006)
A US Congress subcommittee on international terrorism and non-proliferation has heard the testimony of an expert who said that the case of nuclear proliferation against Dr AQ Khan of Pakistan was “far from closed” and that the Pakistani . . .
- Straining Ceasefire (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, May 28, 2006)
A full-fledged but undeclared politico-military conflict is under way between the Sri Lankan state and the separatists.
- Growth Rate Myth (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 28, 2006)
The Congress should understand that faceless economic growth will not provide jobs to the
- At Their Masters Service ! (Daily Excelsior, Col. (Retd.) Surendra Sharma, May 28, 2006)
The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, has suggested beefing up intelligence set up in Jammu & Kashmir. It is not for the first time that such suggestions have emanated from the Government.
- Brazil Starts Enriching Uranium (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 28, 2006)
When planet earth’s mightiest power considers you a good boy, you cannot do anything wrong.
- Unwieldly Peace (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 28, 2006)
High-level U.S. intervention has enabled the signing of a peace agreement on Darfur, which will be difficult to enforce.
- Nationalising Natural Resources (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 28, 2006)
Bolivia takes major steps towards reclaiming its natural resources by nationalising its hydrocarbon sector.
- Oil Prices To Go Up Next Week: Deora (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
The government will increase fuel prices next week, but would ensure that the weaker sections are not burdened by the hike, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said today.
- Arcelor, Severstal May Purchase More Steel Assets (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Arcelor and Severstal will consider more acquisitions after uniting to become the supplier of one-fifth of the steel used in the auto industry worldwide, senior company executives said on Saturday.
- Island Paradise (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, May 28, 2006)
Travel, shopping, dining, water sports, entertainment and some of the world's finest hotels — Bali has something for everyone.
- India And The Asean (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 28, 2006)
Ever since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled his vision of an Asian Economic Union and pan-Asian Free Trade Area at the first -ever East Asian Summit in Kuala Lumpur last December, India has taken up in right earnest the task of forging more . . .
- The Greatest Indians (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , May 28, 2006)
Indian classical musicians seek, and some of them achieve, perfection.
- Coalition Comes To Rule At States Too (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 28, 2006)
The results of the Assembly elections have established one thing very clearly—that alliances and coalitions are an inevitability at the Centre and increasingly in the states.
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, May 28, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- Beijing's Arab Initiative (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 28, 2006)
After a highly focused African initiative that will conclude in a China-Africa summit later this year, Beijing is well poised to repeat the pattern in the Arab world.
- Literary Trail (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 28, 2006)
Chawton House lets you into the private world of Jane Austen, her apprehensions, beliefs and value system.
- Don't Sit In Judgment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Reassessing current assessment procedures will help students more.
- Revitalise Extension Services: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
`Bureaucratic hurdles coming in the way of restructuring the system'
- Chennai First, Delhi Fifth In Cbse Class X Exams (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Ajmer and Chandigarh finish second and third; pass percentage 77.16 this year compared to 74.60 last year
- Corporate Media, Advocacy Journalism (Jordan Times, Norman Solomon, May 28, 2006)
We see this kind of news story now and again. Sometimes we try to imagine the people behind the numbers, the human realities underneath the surface abstractions. But overall, the responses testify to journalism’s failings — and our own.
- Life-Changing Books (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, May 28, 2006)
Two novels, very different in nature, still influence people.
- Widening Agitation (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 28, 2006)
After the Satyendra Dubey and Jessica Lal murders, the government of the day is again in danger of failing to recognise the depth of public anger over increased reservations.
- Just A Turn Left, Or About-Turn? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 28, 2006)
Last week’s election results are scary for two reasons. The resounding victory of the Left in West Bengal and Kerala, and the meltdown of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Up & Down In Down South (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 28, 2006)
Amma’s got a lot done so why’s she worried? Is there a gleam behind those famous Karunanidhi goggles? What’s Kalam doing atop a building? Looking for answers from a limo
- Over 3,000 Killed In Indonesia Quake (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
6.2-magnitude earthquake leaves up to 12,500 injured and 200,000 displaced
* President Yudhoyono orders dispatching of troops to area
- Left In Government (Frontline, Prabhat Patnaik, May 28, 2006)
The Left is now placed in a happy transitional period when it can get the support of rural toilers and urban middle classes.
- Hope Is Not A Method (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
As Nepal moves towards a new order, its governing parliamentarians would do well to heed that most fundamental of maxims: Hope is not a method.
- No More Temples Of Learning (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, May 28, 2006)
Sagacious leaders of free India reposed an unflinching faith in the educationists and teachers for shaping the destiny of the country, and thus used such metaphors as 'temples of learning and knowledge' for universities and other academic establishments,
- Way Out Of Reservation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
Like other socially conscious citizens, I too have been concerned about the protracted agitation against reservation in institutes of higher education for OBCs, and the impasse created by the rigid stand taken by both the government and the agitators.
- Taken For A Ride (Indian Express, G.K. Gupta, May 28, 2006)
Howrah Railway Station, the gateway to Calcutta, is one of the busiest in India. It is unique in many respects.
- Semantics Over Self-Governance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
The Kashmir leaders rose above the party line, the PM kept a flexible approach and there are five new jobs for out-of-power politicians
- A Fairy Tale Debut (Hindu, SARMISHTA RAMESH, May 28, 2006)
Kaavya Viswanathan talks about her book, fame and future.
- So Many Shades (Hindu, K. PRADEEP, May 28, 2006)
Drawing with coloured pencils is not a spontaneous art and Jay Varma is a master of this medium.
- Recrafting Roles For Growth (Tribune, Kiran Soni Gupta, May 28, 2006)
All growth has been despite the government, said a panellist. Another echoed that the “corruption in government is the only factor in withholding growth”. Huge pronouncements—are they a myth, fashion or a reality?
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