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- Oic Links Ties With India To Kashmir Settlement (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, May 08, 2006)
The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has linked development of positive relations with India to a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
- Iran — Burning The Bridges (Jordan Times, GWYNNE DYER, May 08, 2006)
The draft resolution on Iran’s nuclear activities that the United States, Britain and France presented to the United Nations Security Council is designed to fail. By making it a Chapter 7 resolution (one that is mandatory under international law and . . .
- Tackling The Bubbles Threat (Hindu, K. Subramanian, May 08, 2006)
What the RBI is trying to do is to erect fences to safeguard the real economy from shocks
Much of the debate on bubbles (asset price inflation) is in the context of the relationship between asset prices and inflation and strategies for inflation targeti
- Privatising Privatisation (Jordan Times, Yusuf Mansur, May 08, 2006)
In the mid-1990s, Jordan boasted with its privatisation programme and with being the first in many aspects of reform in the region. Privatisation resulted in decreased numbers of people employed by the public sector and the trend, aided by an . . .
- Terror Tactic Of The Times (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, May 08, 2006)
Suicide terrorism is the flavour of season, whether in India, Sri Lanka, West Asia or Pakistan. Suicide terror attack is invariably politically motivated. It is aggressive, brutal and generally executed by an individual or a group of individuals.
- New Breed Of Terror (Pioneer, Samuel Baid, May 08, 2006)
The Taliban are bent upon creating security problems for Indians who are engaged in reconstruction work in Afghanistan.
- Monday Blues (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
After days of non-news and tragic news, the political media must look forward to the week that starts today with unusual excitement. India is poised for one of its most newsy seven days in a long, long time.
- One Rate Tax For All Sectors (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, May 08, 2006)
One of the most important features of modern income tax laws, adopted by most economically developed countries, is the imposition of corporate tax across the board, in one rate, applicable indiscriminately to all sectors, so as the tax rate would . . .
- Nepal Recalls 12 Ambassadors (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 08, 2006)
Pro-democracy movement toll 21; Maoists want interim constitution
- New Labour's Time Of Troubles (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 08, 2006)
On Saturday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair turned 53 but the mood in his party was far from celebratory. Despite those mandatory smiles got up for television cameras, a sense of doom and gloom was all too apparent.
- A Government Struggles To Stay Afloat (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, May 08, 2006)
France appears to have a lame duck government, with a whole year to go before presidential and legislative elections are held. One of the ways out would be to dissolve parliament and hold elections as soon as possible.
- Blind Eye To Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
World Council of Churches has castigated Israeli teenagers for throwing stones but not condemned a Palestinian suicide bomber, says Mark D Tooley
- Blair Dares His Foes To Come And Get Him (Hindu, Andrew Rawnsley, May 08, 2006)
After his aggressive reshuffle, the British Prime Minister will not concede to those Labour MPs demanding a date for his departure.
- Doha Round: Hopes Even After Missing A Deadline? (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 08, 2006)
Progress depends principally on the U.S. and the EU
For developing countries multilateral trade as embodied by the WTO is the way forward. There is therefore plenty at stake in speeding up the Doha round.
- Get A Taste Of The `Very Heart Of India' (Hindu, Madhur Tankha, May 08, 2006)
A four-day-long Madhya Pradesh festival showcasing the State's rich culture, cuisine, art and artefacts, music and films opens at India International Centre (IIC) here on May 24.
- A Time To Celebrate Freud (Hindu, Will Hutton, May 08, 2006)
The work of the father of psychoanalysis is still resonant and relevant.
- Under An Unkind Sun (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 08, 2006)
India should care for its citizens working abroad in difficult conditions
- The Right Kind Of Growth For Asia (Deccan Herald, Haruhiko Kuroda, May 08, 2006)
Good governance and protection of environment are the greatest challenges
- Tribute To The 'Nihonjins' (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, May 08, 2006)
Their work ethic has made them the richest and most loved people in the world
- China Stoops To Conquer (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, May 08, 2006)
The China-Australia agreement on uranium supply was signed in April 2006, after the Indo-US joint statement of March 2, 2006. Therefore, the Chinese should have been aware of India contesting the perpetuity clause and getting satisfactory assurances . .
- Breaking The Space Barrier (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, May 08, 2006)
Fed up with the secrecy of NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the bloated government bureaucracy it represents, heads are being knocked together to see if alternative business models can make the cost of Space travel cheaper . .
- 'Bin Laden Could Be Hiding In Pakistan' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The US ambassador in charge of counter-terrorism has said that parts of Pakistan are a "safe haven" for militants and that Osama Bin Laden was more likely to be hiding there than in Afghanistan.
- Why Did Taliban Kill Him? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
Jihadis beheaded Suryanarayana in order to stop India from developing close relationship with Afghanistan, says Sajid Ubaid
- Corporate Restructuring In Europe — Lessons And Opportunities For India (Business Line, Mohan Murti, May 08, 2006)
With the rest of the industrialised world, Europe too is currently in an era of rapid industrial change and massive restructuring.
- Novel Plan For Old City Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Denizens come together and form committee to achieve their goal
- Iran Threatens Npt Pullout (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 08, 2006)
In case of further pressure
- Epitome Of Courage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
APS Malhotra was taught the meaning of life by his part-time maid who faced all the hardships with never-ending patience
- U.P. Assembly Polls Likely In February: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Criticises Centre for its ``pro-US'' foreign policy
- Toxic Waste Death (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 08, 2006)
Given the low priority attached to environmental safety, it is unlikely that the FIR registered by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency against unidentified polluters in Karachi’s SITE area will yield positive results.
- India-Asean Fta Draws Sonia's Ire; Writes To Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The Government's move to go in for more Free Trade Agreements with Asian countries has run into difficulties with Congress President Sonia Gandhi asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "very carefully scrutinise" India-ASEAN FTA to safeguard . . .
- Facing Opp On Quota, Arjun Digs Up Left Connection (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, May 08, 2006)
Rattled over the adverse fallout of his move to extend reservation to OBC in the premier educational institutions like IITs and IIMs, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is now exploring his Left connection to fortify his position . . .
- Power Struggle Between Delhi, Up (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, May 08, 2006)
First it was water. Now it's power. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh (UP) are at loggerheads again.
- The 'True' Rate Of Inflation (Business Standard, Pooja Mirchandani, May 08, 2006)
The WPI, suitably adjusted for oil, reasonably depicts the inflationary situation in the economy.
- Music Legend (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 08, 2006)
Lessons Naushad has left behind
If the Indian film industry was overwhelmed by the passing away of Naushad, it was because the music director represented not just a generation but a class of music that has passed into history.
- No Cup Of Cheer~i (Statesman, Aditi Roy Ghatak , May 08, 2006)
August 2005. A posse of officers from the Tea Board of India, under executive director EA Nazimuddin, arrives at a Conoor warehouse near the auction centre, seizes teas and summarily destroys them.
- Promise Of Transborder Gas Pipelines (Hindu, Vinish Kathuria, May 08, 2006)
Political factors stand in the way of three crucial regional deals
Apart from wheeling charges and issues relating to inter-dependence, India will have to consider the menace of insurgency in transit countries.
- Amulya Reddy, Pioneer Of Appropriate Technology, Passes Away (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
He stressed the importance of sustainable use of energy and energy security for the poor
- Eu-India Partnership (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
With economic growth of 8 percent in the last quarter, the importance of India to the global economy is set to increase in the coming years and hence it is important for the European Union and India to make greater efforts to solidify their strategic . ..
- Access To N-Technology: Right Vs Reality (Dawn, Shaukat Umer, May 08, 2006)
I write this analysis with some reluctance since much has been written in these columns on Iran’s nuclear programme.
- Bush Says Wants Guantanamo Closed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The last American survivor of the Titanic wreck has died in the state of Massachusetts aged 99.
- On With Police Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 08, 2006)
The Punjab government has finally taken the initiative to implement a police reforms programme as envisaged under the amended Police Order of 2002, which replaced the outdated Police Act of 1861.
- Another Verbal Skirmish With Kabul (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 08, 2006)
The US State Department Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Henry Crumpton, has launched another verbal skirmish with Islamabad over the presence or otherwise of Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan. He admitted Pakistan was fighting . . .
- I'm Powerless, Sorry (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, May 08, 2006)
Two broad points emerge from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC’s) order last week on the matter of whether Gridco should be allowed to make profits of over 300 per cent on electricity sales (Rational Expectations, March 27), and . . .
- Carry Trades And Exchange Rates (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
These were quite popular in India, but the change in currency values has changed things.
- On A Low Key ... And Some Gaps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 08, 2006)
The reverberations of Election 2006 have reached the Readers' Editor's office too. Grievances and complaints came in a steady stream.
- Hallmarks Of The New Age - Buoyant Taxes, Stable Revenues (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, May 08, 2006)
Buoyancy in tax collection, apart from the general performance of the economy, depends on the structure and stability of tax policies and improvement in tax administration.
Revenue is not to be measured against any one single factor. Apart from tax . .
- Musharraf In The List (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
Surprise! Surprise! Musharraf has made Time magazine’s 2006 list of the 100 most influential people on Planet Earth in the section devoted to leaders and revolutionaries.
- Time For A Reality Check (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
General Motors has no bad years, only good years and better years” — so said an exuberant Harlow Curtice who headed the company between the years 1953 and 1958.
- Should Fiis Be Allowed To Short-Sell? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
The main benefit to the economy from an active stock market is the ready availability of risk capital for investment in equities through the primary market. For that risk capital to be readily available investors need to have an easy exit route.
- War Over Spectrum Allocation (The Economic Times, Rajesh Kalra, May 08, 2006)
Ratan Tata is upset with the way the department of telecommunications has allocated spectrum for mobile operators.
- Nepal Orders King's Ambassadors To Return Home (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Nepal's new multi-party cabinet has recalled ambassadors from 12 countries, including India and the United States, and cancelled appointments made by the king during his rule by royal decree.
- Improving Competition In The Petroleum Sector (The Financial Express, SHRAWAN NIGAM, May 08, 2006)
The state-dictated skewed pricing has led to misallocation of resources through the economy
- Rising Road Accidents (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 08, 2006)
The Occurance of traffic accident's has become very common these days and the graph shows a steady upward trend. Every day the accidents are taking place and scores of precious lives are perished and costly material is destroyed.
- No Longer A `Functioning Chaos' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 08, 2006)
Thanks mainly to the economic reforms, which have unleashed the productive powers of the nation and its people, India does not figure in the list of `failed states'. Indeed it has come a long way from being so described, in the 1970s, and a . . .
- Global Imbalances: What Can The Imf Do? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 08, 2006)
While the IMF has been truly a reservoir of economic information and analysis, it has been dominated too long by the concerns of the West. And if the Fund cannot be reorganised to take account of Asia's legitimate rights, it is time to revive the . . .
- Myanmar Gas: India Works Out Route Bypassing Bangladesh (Business Line, Richa Mishra, May 08, 2006)
India has finally worked out a route bypassing Bangladesh for importing gas from Myanmar.
- Indo-Pak Grey Market Trade Worth $965 M In 2005-06: Study (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The grey market trade between India and Pakistan was higher by 37.85 per cent than the official trade between the two countries at the end of 2005-06, according to a study conducted by Assocham.
- Assess Damage, Find Solutions (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 08, 2006)
The market still underestimates the seriousness of data integrity issues and deficient supervision
- What Others Say (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 08, 2006)
The Statesman of Kolkata comments on Communal cops : Every self-respecting citizen would be reduced to revulsion at reports from riot-plagued Vadodara highlighting that when members of the minority community sought police assistance they were told . . .
- The Minister’S Private War (Indian Express, Natwar Singh, May 08, 2006)
If Natwar Singh had stepped down, he could have emerged with his stature enhanced
- Food Safety Management System (Daily Excelsior, L.C. Ponnumon, May 08, 2006)
Food reaches consumers via supply chains that may link different types of organizations and that may stretch across multiple borders. One weak link can result in unsafe food that is dangerous to health.
- Dead! Really? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 08, 2006)
Let pop music sway the world. Let remix culture have a field day. But all of this will come to a halt the moment Naushad hits out:
- Debating A Bad Idea (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, May 08, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Time For National Reconciliation (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, May 08, 2006)
The second millennium has been one of shame for India even though the Twentieth century was, in ways more than one, kind to the nation.
- Child Hiv Count On Cards (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
India is about to embark on an exercise to estimate the number of children who are infected with HIV and need anti-HIV therapy to extend their lives, international health experts have said.
- Play Of Prakriti And Purusha Experienced Through Dance (Times of India, Navtej S Johar, May 08, 2006)
The concept of Purusha informs all Indian thought. It is that spiritual core within each one of us, which is resonant, still and constant. Out of it ensues quietude. Purusha is constant: it was, is and will be.
- Everest Weather’S Ups & Downs (Deccan Herald, Navin Singh Khadka, May 08, 2006)
Conservationists are watching the climate change in the Himalayas with keen interest
- How Not To Fight Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 08, 2006)
After four years, numerous appeals, millions of dollars, and a massive investment of government personnel and resources, the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui concluded last week with a life sentence.
- Truly Shocking (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2006)
Delhi, supposedly, is the capital of a country set to become an economic superpower. Its infrastructure, we are told, is being revamped to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and perhaps even the Olympics in 2016.
- Upswing In Minority Killings In J&k (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, May 08, 2006)
The killing of 32 Hindus in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba on May 1 has had the security experts sit up and question the response of human rights watchdogs, especially so as there has been . . .
- Cable Operators Threatened In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Students of a madrassa staged a march here today to protest against the police’s alleged failure to act against those involved in a sex racket while a little-known militant group warned cable TV operators not to air programmes in the Kashmir Valley.
- Punish The Guilty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 08, 2006)
Friday's violent protest in the Kashmir Valley that left 17 injured reinforces the belief that the state is a tinderbox, which requires just a spark to explode. And that spark came when the media reported about a sex racket involving some top . . .
- Stop Wheat Imports (Tribune, Davinder Kumar Madaan, May 08, 2006)
The Indian government is planning to import 30 lakh tonnes of wheat, which is in addition to 5 lakh tonnes wheat tendered through State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. (STC) on February 10, 2006. On 1st March 2006, the wheat tender order was given . . .
- Review Quota Policy: Pitroda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The second day of the three-day meeting of the National Knowledge Commission in Bangalore on Sunday turned out to be a long-drawn one, thanks to the differences within the high-profile Commission about extending reservations to OBCs.
- Sri Lanka Rebels Vow To Neutralise Renegades (Reuters, Simon Gardner, May 08, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have vowed to raid government territory to kill former comrades they say are attacking their fighters with the help of the military, warning peace talks are off until those renegade attacks stop.
- Touched By The Sacred (Business Line, S. Ramachander, May 08, 2006)
Many people at the highest levels of business these days show an interest in supporting seekers and sages, in a non-denominational sense, driven by a deep faith in discovering a viable and moral way of living.
- House-Paint Playing Mischief? (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, May 08, 2006)
Until Independence and, in fact, for a few years thereafter, too, official houses meant for the senior officers of the district used to have vast areas of land attached to them.
- Sops For Jobs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 08, 2006)
Incentives for creating employment in backward areas are a better bet than quotas that may not succeed at all.
- Iea Head Sees High Oil Prices For At Least 2-3 Years (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
International Energy Agency (IEA) director Claude Mandil said on Monday he expected oil prices to remain high for at least two to three years because of high global demand and tight supply.
- Business Of Age (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, May 08, 2006)
For various reasons not the least of them being strict birth regulation measures adopted last century, China today is faced with the problem of an ageing population.
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