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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 53943:
- Education Reform, A Better Bet Than Quotas (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, May 17, 2006)
It easier to simply mandate a quota and get populist approval than implementing root and branch education reforms in a country the size of India with its complexities.
- No To Quota (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 17, 2006)
The idea of reservations in educational institutions needs to be contested and rejected on principle.
- Bad Omens For The Economy (Business Standard, Subir Roy, May 17, 2006)
The economic outlook for India has just turned a little negative.
- A Dam In Dandeli (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , May 17, 2006)
A private company makes a third bid for a mini-hydel project in an ecologically sensitive area on the Kali river.
- Amend The Post Office Amendment Bill (The Financial Express, PRADEEP S MEHTA, May 17, 2006)
Giving the postal department the monopoly to carry all letters weighing less than 300 g won’t help
- More On Mode 4 (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 17, 2006)
India’s proposal to the WTO for disciplining qualification norms for service providers is a positive step, as movement of natural persons (Mode 4) is a crucial concern for developing countries and failure to take an offensive position on this could . . .
- Losing The Wood For The Trees (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 17, 2006)
The ongoing Ratan Tata vs department of telecom (DoT) spat looks close to going off-track.
- Where Is The Outcry At The Palestinians' Treatment? (Hindu, Ghada Karmi, May 17, 2006)
Nearly 60 years after most Palestinians were first forced from their homes, the killings and blockades carry on with impunity.
- 'It's A Lie That Cpi-M Is Anti-Reform' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
On Sunday, the Communist Party of India-Marxist leader V S Achuthanandan, who is the new chief minister of Kerala, landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport to a rousing welcome.
- Beware The Volatility (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 17, 2006)
The structure of the market has undergone a change as to make volatility its essential ingredient.
- Record Statements Before Judicial Officer, Cbi Told (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 17, 2006)
Agency in the dock for discrepancy in recording statements
Bench dissatisfied with investigation
"Victim has made substantive disclosures"
Next hearing fixed for Friday
- Bjp Demands Cbi Probe Into Auction Of Tehkhand Plot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Subhash Arya, and MCD Standing Committee member Vijender Gupta on Tuesday charged that the Delhi Development Authority had illegally auctioned a 14.3- hectare plot at Tehkhand in . . .
- 'What More Do The Upper Castes Want?' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Dr Udit Raj (formerly Ram Raj) is the chairman of the All-India Confederation of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Federations.
- Beyond Handshake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 17, 2006)
Former Pakistani Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have decided to bury the hatchet and fight for democracy in Pakistan.
- U.S.-Japan Security Overhaul Gives Tokyo Bigger Role (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
A plan to tighten U.S.-Japan military ties while streamlining American forces in Japan will embed Tokyo more firmly in Washington's global strategy and set the stage for Japan to play a bigger role in the alliance.
- Hailstorm Damages Fruit, Vegetable Crops (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Several areas of Himachal were lashed by a severe storm followed by hail and rain, disrupting life.
- An Issue Is Not A Problem (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 17, 2006)
The words in italics are the most misused in today’s British English.
- Major Reshuffle Of Bureaucrats In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Shaktikanta Das is new Industries Secretary; V.K. Subburaj replaces Sheela Rani Chunkath as Health Secretary
- Anti-Reservation Stir Intensifies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Pro-quota groups also take to the streets, court arrest
Delhi Government issued notices to junior doctors
MBBS students in Madhya Pradesh tonsured their heads
Those in Orissa pulled rickshaws to protest
- Morales, The Poor, And Oil Firms (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 17, 2006)
The outery over Bolivia's renationalisation and the slience over Chad's betrays hypocrisy.
- Singh To Sing A Song On Achievements (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present a second report card to mark the completion of his United Progressive Alliance Government’s two years in office on May 22.
- Brinda Karat's Poser To Chidambaram On Rice Scheme (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , May 17, 2006)
I just said it was feasible, Minister tells Rajya Sabha
Promise specific to Tamil Nadu: Minister
States have different priorities
Rice at Rs.2 a kg is everybody's priority: CPI (M)
- J&k On The Adventure Trail (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF) would be inviting over sixty world famous mountaineers of the world next year to promote adventure tourism in Kashmir.
- Whither Lanka Peace Talks (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 17, 2006)
Even before the northern neighbour, Nepal, settles down on the path of peace and democracy, India's southern neighbour, Sri Lanka, seems to be boiling all over again.
- The Imf’S America Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 17, 2006)
The IMF’s meeting this spring was lauded as a breakthrough, with officials given a new mandate for “surveillance” of the trade imbalances that contribute significantly to global instability.
- Kashmiris Must Make Yet Another Choice (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, May 17, 2006)
Talks of demilitarisation of Siachen ought to be directly linked to the end of terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir, says Ghazanfur Butt
- Pm’S 2-Day Kashmir Visit From May 24 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit the Kashmir valley for two days from May 24.
- Refine And Reserve (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
In arguing that the time may have come to do away with caste-based quotas and instead deploy an economic criterion for reservations in education and in Government jobs, Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan obviously had his political constituency . . .
- Govt Denies Influx Of People From Nepal To India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The Government today denied that there was heavy influx of people from Nepal to India due to political turmoil in the Himalayan country.
- Australian, Indonesian Ministers Meet To Mend Ties (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Foreign ministers from Indonesia and Australia have met to mend ties between the two neighbours which frayed after Canberra granted visas in March to 42 asylum seekers from Indonesia's Papua province.
- Full Capital Account Convertibility (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, May 17, 2006)
The Prime Minister's statement in the third week of March hinting at having full capital account convertibility of rupee had stirred up a debate whether such a step will help the economy.
- Tamil Nadu: Assembly To Meet Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu assembly will meet tomorrow for the swearing-in ceremony of all the newly elected MLAs by the pro-tem Speaker D Sudarsanam.
- Attacks And Counter-Attacks (Pioneer, Amantha Perera, May 17, 2006)
The military stalemate between the Sri Lankan forces and the Tigers ensures only one thing: Continued violence, says Amantha Perera
- Pak Rape Victim Fights For Justice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 17, 2006)
After Mukhtaran Mai, another Pakistani rape victim has highlighted the plight of her country’s women at the international foray where she urged President Pervez Musharraf to appoint an independent commission of inquiry comprising lawyers and human . . .
- Kerala Formula (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 17, 2006)
Two CPI-M chief ministers are scheduled to be sworn in on Thursday, but the circumstantial contrast is much too stark for a party in its hour of victory.
- No Reason To Leave Siachen (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 17, 2006)
In 1996, a group of retired Indian Generals was invited on the fading RIMC Dehradun net to Pakistan.
- "Veer-Zarra"? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 17, 2006)
Internet has converted the globe into a village.
- Da Vinci Double Code (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
The clergy may condemn the book and proscribe the film, but their churches are raking it in
- Brinkmanship Won't Help Iran (Pioneer, Rai Singh, May 17, 2006)
While Iran's Ayatollahs and the rest of the clergy were busy making pronouncements on Iran's right to enrich uranium all over that country, the Iranian official delegation in Baku (Azerbaijan) was busy negotiating the "right" with Russians.
- Aren’T Economists In A Rut? (The Financial Express, Arun Maira, May 17, 2006)
We need a more credible and human model than what economic theory has been able to provide
- By George, This Man Needs Help! (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 17, 2006)
IRAN’S president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his recent letter to George W. Bush, mildly (but at great length) berated his American counterpart for, among other things, straying from the true religious path.
- Task Before Next Governments (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 17, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the task before the next governments will be to continue the policies and reforms introduced by the present Government.
- Border Crossings (Indian Express, C. RAJAMOHAN, May 17, 2006)
As a peace process takes shape in Nepal after the popular movement last month against an autocratic monarchy, another is coming under intense strain in Sri Lanka.
- Bono Turns Newspaper Editor For The Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Irish rock star and Third World campaigner Bono turned guest newspaper editor today with Britain's Independent daily agreeing to give half its revenues for the day to fight AIDS in Africa.
- Expect The Unexpected: If You Can’T, Leave It To The Pros (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 17, 2006)
Investors need to take stock. That, is the broad message that the recent sell-off in the market very clearly conveys, notwithstanding the 575 point recovery(to the intra-day high) from the bottom subsequently.
- Medical Students Ask Pm To Set Up Committee To Review Quotas (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Striking medical students today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up a non-political judicial committee to review the existing reservation policy and decided to continue their anti-quota agitation.
- Ls Passes Office Of Profit Bill Amidst Nda Oppn (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Capping a two-month row, the Lok Sabha today passed a bill that provides for exempting 56 posts, including the Chairpersonship of National Advisory Council, from being considered office of profit but the BJP-led NDA strongly opposed the measure.
- Lok Sabha Passes Office Of Profit Bill Amidst Nda Opposition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Capping a two-month row, the Lok Sabha today passed a bill that provides for exempting 56 posts, including the Chairpersonship of National Advisory Council, from being considered office of profit but the BJP-led NDA strongly opposed the measure.
- Libya: Back In The Fold (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 17, 2006)
Although it has been some years since Libya shook off the tag of Washington’s bête noire, it is only now, after a lapse of almost 26 years, that the US has restored full diplomatic ties with the North African country.
- Do Joint Ventures Have A Future? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 17, 2006)
With the law allowing foreigners to set up businesses on their own, a large part of the original raison d’être has disappeared.
- How Accurate Are Our Farm Estimates? (The Economic Times, P. M. Sinha, May 17, 2006)
Estimation of agriculture output is a complex exercise and constant efforts have been made to improve the reliability of the production figures.
- Food Prices Will Be Halved: Musharraf (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, May 17, 2006)
President supports Shujaat
Calls Benazir and Nawaz’s Charter of Democracy a political gimmick
Renews commitment to FATA
- India Should Respond To Our Proposals: Fazl (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
National Assembly Opposition Leader Fazlur Rehman has expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of the India-Pakistan peace process, asking New Delhi to respond to Islamabad’s proposals on self-governance in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pakistan Writes To Nsg Over Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Islamabad has sent a letter to all Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) members recently urging them not to make an exception for India.
- Huge Development Project On Indian Coast (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
An Indian-American couple, Prad and Kelly Sabharwal of St Louis, Missouri, is leading a $2 billion development at Vizag on India’s east coast, which will consist of tourist-resort hotels, business offices, conference centres, a medical . . .
- U.S., India Try To Rescue Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 17, 2006)
Senior U.S. and Indian officials plan to meet in London next week to try and rescue an imperiled agreement that would give India access to U.S. nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades.
- Phew! Sonia Can Count Her Profits (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Bill exempting 56 posts passed, NAC and UP film council on list
- Bush Secures Border, Pushes Guest Worker Programme (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Coupled with measures to secure the US border with Mexico and stem the flow of illegal aliens, President Bush has pitched for a guest worker programme allowing legal migrants to be employed in jobs shunned by Americans.
- Red-Letter Days (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 17, 2006)
The latest ‘People’s Democracy’ has all the sound and fury of a successful election campaign — mostly jubilation, some warning and a bit of gloating.
- Pm To Consult Parties On Quota Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
As the stir against reservation spread across the country like wild fire, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to consult political parties from tomorrow to deal with the issue lest the student protests get out of control.
- The Law And The Limelight (Indian Express, SACHIN SHRIDHAR, May 17, 2006)
When a heinous crime is committed, civil society is aghast, the common citizen wakes up from slumber.
- Saran, Burns To Meet In London To Rescue N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Senior Indian and US officials plan to meet in London next week to try and rescue the nuclear deal that would give India access to US nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades.
- Right Not Happy With Bush Migrant Plan (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
President George W. Bush yesterday declared that the US-Mexico border was broken and he would deploy up to 6,000 National Guard troops there, but he said millions of illegal immigrants should be given a chance to become citizens.
- What’S The Big Deal? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 17, 2006)
The nuclear deal is not the symbol of successful Indo-US relations
- Pm To Consult Parties Today » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to start consultations with political parties from Wednesday on the issue of OBC quota in elite educational institutions.
- The Dark Corner (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, May 17, 2006)
Sunday morning is the time for cleaning at the Osho Meditation resort. Here we do all kinds of jobs without attaching any value to it. This being an international centre, it is not unusual.....
- Public Relations: Old Order Yielding Way To New (The Financial Express, PREMA SAGAR, May 16, 2006)
The public relations industry in India is rethinking strategy and messaging in diverse ways.
- Karunanidhi To Fulfil Another Promise (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , May 16, 2006)
Close on the heels of fulfilling three of its election promises, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Government is all set to implement one more assurance: reinstalling the Kannagi statue at . . .
- Save Psu Oil Firms From Bankruptcy, Deora Tells Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene to save public sector oil firms from bankruptcy, as surging global oil prices had become unsustainable in the absence of a hike in retail fuel prices or duty cuts.
- Govt Looks For Quota Compromise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
New Delhi, May 15: The government today trod cautiously in the face of swelling protests by doctors, proposing an “incremental” increase in education quotas instead of a one-time jump.
- India On Nsg Card, France Wants It Leak-Proof (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, May 16, 2006)
When the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) sits for its plenary meeting in Rio de Janeiro on May 29, top of the agenda will be the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy deal.
- A Dam In Dandeli (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , May 16, 2006)
A private company makes a third bid for a mini-hydel project in an ecologically sensitive area on the Kali river.
- Port Of Doubt (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 16, 2006)
The United States has always been the leader of global trends, mainly of the conspicuous consumption kind.
- Rights Record~ii (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, May 16, 2006)
Need To Strengthen Movements In Developing Countries
- Despite Medical Meltdown, Govt Has No Formula (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, May 16, 2006)
With discontent brewing within the Congress and the spiralling protests on the streets against the move to introduce OBC quota in education, the UPA Government on Monday said that a "mechanism would be evolved to take care of the interests of all . . .
- American Jewish Committee Backs Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Throwing its weight behind the Indo-US civil nuclear energy agreement, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has urged the US Congress to approve enabling legislation currently pending on Capitol Hill.
- The Red Road To Fiscal Disaster (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, May 16, 2006)
The danger is the Left’s perceived strength, post-poll, will take the Centre’s finances the W Bengal way.
- Are We At 60 Kmph? (Business Standard, Rajeev Malik, May 16, 2006)
Give yourself a pat on the back if you know the correct answer to any one of the following questions about the Indian economy and can support it with official data: What is the accurate current inflation rate? Is there an ongoing rotation in the . . .
- Don’T Spy On Scribes: German Govt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 16, 2006)
The German government ordered its foreign intelligence agency today to refrain from spying on journalists in efforts to plug leaks, following allegations that it snooped on and recruited reporters for years.
- Choice And Reason (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 16, 2006)
Towards a new team in Bengal
The rough edges on the path towards a new ministry will have to be sorted out before Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony.
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