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- Why Free Trade May Not Deliver (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmo-han Singh has suggested the formation of a Pan-Asia Free Trade Area including China and Japan.
- Killing Farm Economy (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, May 20, 2006)
Fear is often a constructive emotion. But much of it may be set off by unfortunate memories.
- Victims Of A Surrogate War (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 20, 2006)
The inhuman killing of telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana in Afghanistan, where he was working on behalf of a Bahrain firm, by the barbaric forces known as the Taliban has closely followed a rush of video/audio tapes carrying anti-US and anti-India . . .
- At The Crossroads (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, May 20, 2006)
Farm sector growth has come down to less than 2 pc a year, and contributes only about 25 pc to the GDP
- Tribal Politics Comes To The Fore In Jharkhand (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, May 20, 2006)
Going by all available indications and barring any unforeseen development, the simultaneous resignations by Mr Babulal Marandi and Mr Stiphen Marandi from the BJP and UPA respectively, are likely to make their effects felt beyond Jharkhand.
- Iran Still Persecutes The Baha’Is (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 20, 2006)
A nation's progress should be judged not on the basis of its achievements in science and technology but in the field of human rights.
- The Siachen Question (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), May 20, 2006)
Times change, people change, the world has changed, policies are being realigned, free trade, etc, is the current mantra.
- Crash! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 20, 2006)
Markets are driven as much, if not more, by speculation and sentiment than by rational assessments of trends and fundamentals.
- Is China's Supply Chain Sustainable? (Business Line, Arindam Banik, May 20, 2006)
Many a supply chain originates from China, and each has its pros and cons. The international community and sourcing companies need to take a long hard look at the emerging supply scenario.
- When Money Is Evil (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 20, 2006)
During his recent visit to India, Meghnad, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes and his pretty, Punjabi second wife Kishwar Ahluwalia (nee Rosha) gave me his recently published book The Route of All Evil: the Political Economy of Ezra Pound (Saber).
- Going Bananas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 20, 2006)
A very important food crop might go extinct
- Russian Scholar Gets Padma Bhushan (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 20, 2006)
Russia's eminent scholar of India was presented with the Padma Bhushan at a ceremony in the Indian Embassy in Moscow.
- Iran-U.S. Tussle Fuels Anxieties In Oil Heartland (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 20, 2006)
While their dependence on the U.S. is extensive, the GCC countries are in no position to adopt a confrontational posturevis-à-visIran.
- Anti-Quota Stir: Students Join Medicos' Rally In Delhi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
The anti-quota agitation by the medicos further intensified on Saturday with students, parents and medical faculty taking out a massive protest march in the national capital.
- Clearance And The Code (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 20, 2006)
The decision was right but the process by which it was arrived at was hugely flawed.
- "Even In A Running Race, The Handicapped Are Given Concessions" (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 20, 2006)
Thanks to Tamil Nadu's longstanding reservation policies, the backward and the most backward classes have progressed a good deal in education and jobs. "What is wrong if we desire that the situation that prevails in Tamil Nadu should be there all . . .
- The Fifteen Commandments (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 20, 2006)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in its Instruction No. 1827 dated August 31, 1989, had laid down certain tests to distinguish between shares held as stock-in-trade and shares held as investment.
- Anti-Quota Stir Intensifies, Students Take Out Rally (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
The anti-quota agitation by the medicos further intensified on Saturday with students, parents and medical faculty taking out a massive protest march in the national capital.
- It’S Not The Economy, Stupid! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 20, 2006)
It would be a cardinal error to interpret Thursday’s collapse of stock prices, cataclysmic as it was, as a reflection of the state of the economy.
- Towards A New Political Culture (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, May 20, 2006)
One fallout of the recent assembly elections in Tamil Nadu has been the strong support received by a new political party that sought support on non-caste lines and the DMK and the AIADMK had better watch out.
- The Kaleidoscope Is Not Shaken (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, May 20, 2006)
The global economy is over-dominated by the developed world, but investors ignored the trends
- Let’S Awaken A Spirited, Responsive India (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, May 20, 2006)
For, the country needs a systemic overhaul, one that will revise dated rules, promote diverse views
- Micro Pains, Macro Gains (The Financial Express, AMITA BATRA, May 20, 2006)
Asia is, perhaps, the busiest region working on FTAs over the past few years.
- For Fairer Pacts (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 20, 2006)
As the debate over whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are in our interest again comes centre-stage, the question to be asked is if the pace at which we are proceeding is matched by internal preparedness.
- Bringing About Parity (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 20, 2006)
The Finance Act, 2006 has given mutual funds a boost
Exemption to MFs from dividend distribution tax, and to unit-holders from long-term capital gains tax, will result in a shift in the investment pattern of balanced funds.
- Rescued Monkey Returns To India (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
A monkey smuggled into Singapore and kept in a warehouse chained by its neck to a pole for a year was repatriated to her native India today by an animal rights group.
- The Haitian Miracle? (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, May 20, 2006)
This spring’s presidential election in Haiti sadly re-enforced the country’s blighted reputation.
- Is The Music About To Stop? (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, May 19, 2006)
The major conundrum that has been keeping market analysts and regulators (and conference organisers) in business over the past several years is the odd fact that most measures of risk—from volatilities (of equities, bonds and currencies) to . . .
- Access For All (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
The backlash against the government’s decision to introduce 27% quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions was clearly becoming too much for it to handle.
- A Clarification (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 19, 2006)
This is with reference to the editorial "No case for Govt." (Business Line, May 6): At the outset, it may be clarified that no decision has been taken by the Government on the proposal of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) ...
- Economic Growth Best Medicine For The Ill (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
If India is to improve the health of its people, policies promoting growth will have to take precedence
- The Risks And Rewards Of Corruption (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 19, 2006)
Raise risk and lower rewards by making it harder for the corrupt to enjoy the fruits of their perfidy
- A Brave New Left On The Horizon? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 19, 2006)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee riding the crest of a popular tsunami is raring to go, even if it means breaking loose from the stalwarts of the Left living in the past. The chances of a schism within the CPI(M) are very real with Mr Bhattacharjee . . .
- India's U.S.-Style Lobbyists (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, May 19, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Pakistan’S Economy A Success Story: Us (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, May 19, 2006)
The United States is working through a three-pronged strategy to help the seven countries of South Asia — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — become more free, stable and prosperous, Assistant Secretary of . . .
- Taliban Storm Afghan Town: 100 Killed; Karzai Criticises Pakistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
About 100 people were killed in two of the most violent days in Afghanistan since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban, as hundreds of insurgents attacked a southern town and fighting flared across the country.
- Bush Requests $1.9b To Bolster Borders (US News & World Report, SUZANNE GAMBOA, May 19, 2006)
President Bush sent Congress a $1.9 billion request Thursday to increase border security as supporters of sweeping immigration legislation reasserted control in Senate debate.
- Claims And Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
With the annual budget only about two weeks away, the usual reports about the shape and size of the forthcoming budget, its theme and direction, its targets and emphasis have started appearing in the media.
- 'You Can't Take Away Sez Benefits' (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, May 19, 2006)
It’s been an eventful week for Commerce & Industries Minister Kamal Nath.
- Communication: One Point Of Call (Hindu, Kieren McCarthy, May 19, 2006)
Enum will link up disparate communication systems with a single contact number per person.
- Protecting Global Biodiversity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2006)
Over the past few decades, human activity in the name of development has adversely affected global biodiversity in an unprecedented way.
- A War Of Diminishing Returns (Hindu, R. Hariharan, May 19, 2006)
The LTTE's fight now stands reduced to a turf war to establish its rights over the northeast. Its continued escalation of violence means increased loss of international sympathy for Sri Lankan Tamils.
- A Dutch Story For Our Times (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 19, 2006)
The Name Ayaan Hirsi Ali may not ring a bell in India, but in Britain and indeed across Europe she became a bit of a celebrity for her relentless attacks on Islam and Muslim immigrants whom she blamed for social tensions in the Netherlands, . . .
- Shanghai Group Sides With Iran (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 19, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is likely to reiterate its support for Iran at its summit meeting, which will take place three weeks before a G8 summit.
- What Is The Way Out? : Crisis In The Muslim World-Ii (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, May 19, 2006)
With regard to the Iran crisis, the issue here is that the US and several other countries are convinced that Iran is trying to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
- Rangasamy Announces 10 Kg Of Free Rice To Ration Card Holders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Scheme to be implemented from July 15
- Mufti Calls For New Vision To Solve J&k's Problems (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 19, 2006)
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
- 17 Killed In Bihar Election Violence (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, May 19, 2006)
9 gunned down on CM's home turf of Nalanda
The nine were allegedly shot dead by a gang after losing one its member in polling booth clash
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar denied gang rivalry behind the massacre
- Feroze Khan Put On Pakistan "Black List" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan has put the veteran Bollywood actor, Feroze Khan on "black list," following his reported controversial remarks at a function in Lahore last month on the occasion of the premiere of his brother Akbar Khan's film Taj Mahal.
- The Bengal Paradox (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Latin Americans did not invent magic realism. West Bengal politics did.
- Nothingness Is Not A Permanent Absence (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, May 19, 2006)
Leibniz, the 17th century German philosopher and mathematician, had a very complex theory of everything.
- Population Grows North (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 19, 2006)
In the absence of other measures, incentives to control family size will not succeed.
- Demands A Re-Think Of Policy Calculus (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, May 19, 2006)
After the South-East Asian contagion, stability has been held to be sine qua non for growth, especially in developing countries. In the context of the debate on convertibility, perhaps India needs to re-work the policy calculus: Accumulate res erves, ....
- Iran's Secrecy Widens Gap In Nuclear Intelligence (New York Times, WILLIAM J BROAD, May 19, 2006)
South of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, antiaircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls roughly half the size of the Pentagon.
- Waiting For The Son-Rise (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 19, 2006)
Last May, at the completion of his one year in office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave himself six marks on a scale of 10.
- Strengthening Terror (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, May 19, 2006)
Withdrawal of Israeli civilians and soldiers from West Bank will not only destabilise the region, but also affect America's interest, says Daniel Pipes
- Chanchu Hits China, Toll Up To 47 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Tropical Storm Chanchu pummeled southern China on Thursday, killing at least eight people to bring its death toll in Asia to 47 while flooding scores of homes in an area where officials evacuated more than 1 million people.
- Iran Pulls Curtain On Atom Sites (International Herald Tribune, WILLIAM J BROAD, May 19, 2006)
Due south of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, anti-aircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls.
- Kasuri’S Briefing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 19, 2006)
Briefing the National Assembly’s Foreign Relations Standing Committee, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri talked about several issues, including the ongoing Pak-India composite dialogue, domestic energy requirements and the impact on South Asia of . . .
- Pak, Libya To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan and Libya shared identical views on important regional and global issues and hoped his visit would open up new avenues of cooperation between the two countries in economic, political, defence and . . .
- Where Are The ‘Missing’? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
It is disturbing that nearly five months after the journalist, Hayatullah Khan, disappeared from Mirali in Waziristan, there is no word about his whereabouts. Mr Khan is believed to have been picked up by intelligence agencies for . . .
- Pope Condemns Indian Bans On Religious Conversion (Reuters, TOM HENEGHAN, May 19, 2006)
Pope Benedict condemned Hindu nationalist attempts to ban religious conversions in India in a speech on Thursday reflecting growing tension among major faiths about the role and nature of missionary work.
- Us Hopes India Will Support Fmct (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, May 19, 2006)
The United States has expressed hope that India will support the draft international treaty introduced by Washington in the UN's Council of Disarmament to halt production of fissile materials.
- In National Disinterest (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 19, 2006)
How responsive is the UPA Government towards the external security imperatives of India?
- Tata Steel: Melting Point (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, May 19, 2006)
Tata Steel's March 2006 quarter results were largely overshadowed by the strong selling pressure witnessed in the stock market on Thursday.
- Mea Refutes Charges Against Ifs Man (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Ministry of External Affairs has refuted media reports on allegations of human trafficking against senior IFS officer Madhup Mohta.
- Project Afghanistan: Pakistan And Nato (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 19, 2006)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wants closer military and political relations with Pakistan.
- Gamble Could Prove Counter-Productive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
Affirmative action must begin at the level of schools so that 'backward' students get equal opportunities in employment, says RC Acharya
- A Winning Script (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 19, 2006)
Muthuvel Karunanidhi has succeeded in ousting a chief Minister who distributed largesse like a princess and should have won this Assembly election like a queen.
- Full Utilisation Of River Ravi (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, May 19, 2006)
Under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, India is entitled to full utilisation of flows of the three eastern rivers of the Indus Basin — Sutlej, Beas and Ravi.
- Self Before Service (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The report of a government proposal to dole out Rs 3.5 crore, topping an earlier Rs 5.5. crore, to a school for the wards of top civil servants in New Delhi tells us a lot about why India’s educational system is where it is.
- Making Cold Calls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The current chill in US-Russia relations is stirring Cold War memories.
- The Bose Who Walks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The truth be told, unlike the government, we are convinced by the Mukherjee Commission findings that Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in a plane crash in 1945.
- Musharraf To Get Re-Elected As President (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has dropped clear hints that he planned to get re-elected to the top post by the present national and provincial Assemblies well before they are dissolved next year and fresh elections held.
- Assam Rifles Bill Will Give More Strength To Force (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The new law to govern the functioning of the Assam Rifles will enhance the ability of the country's oldest paramilitary force to guard the Indo-Myanmar border and to act against erring personnel, its Director General Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh has said.
- Tata Steel Net Profit Improves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The company controlled costs despite higher input prices
Reduced use of imported coal
Recommends 130 p.c. dividend
Jamshedpur expansion project on schedule
- Equality Of Priestly Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2006)
The decision of the Tamil Nadu Government to allow all qualified persons irrespective of their caste to work as temple priests is an important victory in the continuing fight against the social curse that is India's caste system.
- Victims’ Kin Demand Revival Of Death Penalty (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, May 19, 2006)
Prospects of a guilty verdict in the trial of the only surviving hostage-taker in the 2004 Beslan school siege have now turned the debate here to Russia’s 10-year-old moratorium on the death penalty.
- Crash Of 2006 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Sensex plunged a steep 826 points in the wake of a global meltdown, taking the index to 11,391 at close. In the broader markets, Nifty also fell by 6.8 per cent or 246 points to close at 3,389.
- Cong’S Balancing Act On Quota (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, May 19, 2006)
Compelled to undertake a delicate balancing act with union Human Resource Development minister Arjun Singh having raised the pitch for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in institutions of higher learning much to the bewilderment...
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