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- India Says It Won't Commit To U.S. On Atomic Testing (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
India said on Monday it would make no explicit commitment to the United States not to conduct fresh nuclear tests as part of a landmark civilian atomic cooperation agreement.
- Ongc’S Prospects (The Financial Express, N. Nagarajan, Apr 18, 2006)
Ongc has reported a steady growth in revenues as well as profits for the financial year 2005-06, despite operational issues (Mumbai High fire) as well as higher subsidy sharing burden. Revenues incre-ased by 9% in FY06 . . .
- When Property Prices Hit The Roof... (The Financial Express, Vivek Law, Apr 18, 2006)
with prices artificially driven by builders and speculators who are cornering supply in the market
- Making The Deal Of A Lifetime (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Apr 18, 2006)
The rites of prayer are rife with trade-offs and deals, as in an exchange of one thing in return for another, especially relinquishment of one comfort or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.
- Dangers Of Bilateral Investment Treaties (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Apr 18, 2006)
In recent years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have proliferated especially for developing countries, yet they remain largely secret and outside the realm of public scrutiny and audit. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasek har and . . .
- Has Arcelor Been Softened? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Apr 18, 2006)
Mittal's takeover bid has pushed Arcelor into the defensive. Arcelor has decided to raise the dividend, and make a share buyback, together costing € 5.4 billion. Arcelor has blinked; Mittal has won, and can go about consolidating the world's . . .
- Nepal Events Reaching A Climax, Say Diplomats (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Anti-monarchy protests persisted in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on Tuesday despite a steady drizzle as diplomats said the movement against King Gyanendra appeared to be reaching a climax.
- Work Your Way To The Top (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 18, 2006)
By providing 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in premier educational institutes like the IIMs and the IITs, the Congress has once again tried to rejuvenate caste and class politics.
- Saddam Challenges Handwriting Experts (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's defence lawyer Monday challenged findings of handwriting experts verifying the former president's signature on documents linked to a crackdown on Shiites and demanded a review by international specialists — except from Iran or Israel.
- Between The Devil And The Deep Sea (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Apr 18, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India governor, YV Reddy, will have to make some tough choices today
- K.J. Rao Back, In A New Avatar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The former Election Commission observer, K.J. Rao, was in West Bengal on Monday — in a new avatar.
- History's Haunted Heretic (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Apr 18, 2006)
Imagine a scenario in which Ravana was no villain, but a beloved brother of Rama. Such a fundamental transformation in the portrayal of a key character in an epic could hardly occur without an equally elemental alteration in the status of other . . .
- World Of Changing Ammas (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 18, 2006)
One thing in circulation most widely in Chennai is a word: Amma. Not merely Chennai.
- Sense On Narmada (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 18, 2006)
Enforce Monday’s SC order
- On The Move: Yes, But On A Slippery Track (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 18, 2006)
There are a few lessons to be learnt by the rulers of Punjab as well as their counterparts in other provinces from the way Punjab has been emerging as a hub of industry and commerce in recent years.
- Udf Has Emerged Front-Runner, Says Moily (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 18, 2006)
People are happy with the UDF Government's performance'
- 50 Lakhs More For Each Assembly Segment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
State Cabinet decides to constitute a new district development fund
- India Won't Accept No-Test Option (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Draft agreement provided by U.S. contained such a reference
- The Currency For Carbon Trading (Business Line, Almitra Patel, Apr 18, 2006)
Developed countries have agreed that if their industries cannot reduce carbon emissions themselves in their own countries, they will pay others like India (a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol) to do it for them.
- Nepal: India Reiterates Concern (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
A day after its Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee met King Gyanendra, India on Monday expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Safeguard Interests Of Consumers, Says Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
District Consumers' Dispute Redressal Forum building inaugurated in Hassan
No let up in exploitation of consumers, says Karjol
Deve Gowda hailed for helping farmers of north Karnataka
The consumers' forum has disposed of 2,704 of the . . .
- Rs. 50 Lakh More For Each Assembly Segment In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
State Cabinet decides to set up a new district development fund
Minister denies move is motivated by panchayat polls
600 posts of resident doctor created
- Growth Key To End Naxal Terror, Says Nitish (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Apr 18, 2006)
The ruling NDA has reportedly chalked out a comprehensive action plan with a human face to effectively tackle the Naxalite problem in the state.
- Experts Confirm Saddam’S Signature On Documents (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Experts confirmed the authenticity of Saddam Hussein’s signature on documents connected to a crackdown on Shiites in the 1980s, prosecutors said today in a new session of the trial of the former Iraqi leader and seven co-defendants.
- Stop This Tragedy (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 18, 2006)
After a spate of suicides by cotton growers in the state, it is now the turn of onion producers in Maharashtra to take the most extreme step.
- Eelam Issue Takes The Backstage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Compulsions of alliance politics have acted as a check on parties and leaders backing the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils, says V. Jayanth
- Horsley Hills, Talakona Mooted For Eco-Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The House Committee on Public Undertakings had said that adventure and eco-tourism could be developed at Horsley Hills near Madanapalle and at Talakona forests, both in Chittoor district taking advantage of their proximity to metros like Chennai . . .
- Biotechnology Will Get The Same Treatment As It, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Private sector urged to focus on R&D to produce drugs at affordable prices
Rs. 100 crore each for Calcutta, Bombay, Madras universities with focus on nanotechnology
New facility to manufacture broad range of new therapeutic products
- Kashmir Film Festival Yet To See The Light Of Day (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , Apr 18, 2006)
Ministry hunting for movies made by Kashmiris on Kashmir
- Devotees Throng Iskcon Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Devotees are thronging the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Temple here to participate in the 13-day Brahmotsavam festival. On Tuesday, a devotional event in the glory of Lord Vishnu is the highlight.
- Govt Agrees To Major Demands Of Bhopal Victims (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Apr 18, 2006)
Survivors unhappy over PM’s inability to hold Dow, UCC accountable
- Private Us Donors Outdo Their Government (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2006)
The spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund will take place this week, and the workings of these global agencies will be debated around Washington.
- Sop Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 18, 2006)
Tamil Nadu politics has long ridden the gravy train. Promises of free electricity, free saris, free dhotis, cheap rice, even free tooth powder, have powered politicians and parties to the hot seat at Fort St George.
- Delhi Push For Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
As the pro-democracy movement spread like wildfire in Nepal, India today asked King Gyanendra to start immediate dialogue with political parties to end the instability.
- Sound Of Bugle On Home Turf (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Prayer, paperwork, prayer again, and two kilometres separated by faith.
- The Struggle For Survival (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
The rural poor are often at the end of irrigation systems, and at the whim of richer upstream users for water, or pushed out onto land dependent totally on ...increasingly erratic rainfall.
- A Revolution Next Door (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
The people of Nepal are furious with King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
- Don’T Damn Dam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2006)
Keep it above politics, armtwisting
- Untrusted King (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2006)
See the writing on the wall
- Changing Mohali (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Apr 18, 2006)
It is not everyday that State maps change shape. But even as they do, the significance of the change does not lie in the marking of a line across that map, but in the way that this change becomes the harbinger of transformation in the lives of . . .
- The Friendly Neighbourhood Cm (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Apr 17, 2006)
He doesn’t have a penchant for white Ambassadors or Black Cat security.
- Biman Bose Cribs At Ec Directives (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 17, 2006)
The EC has also directed that neither a presiding officer nor a polling officer can use a mobile phone inside the booth.
- King Feels The Heat, Meets India, Us Envoys (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 17, 2006)
As the capital and urban areas of the Himalayan kingdom reel with shortage of essential commodities in the wake of the a crippling strike that has further fuelled anti-monarchy sentiments, King Gyanendra has indicated he is worried about the general . . .
- The Cost Of 3ºC Global Rise In Temperature (Hindu, Alok Jha, Apr 17, 2006)
Global temperatures will rise by an average of 3º C due to climate change and cause catastrophic damage around the world unless governments take urgent action, according to the U.K. Government's chief scientist.
- The Child, The Media And The Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
The Hindu carried a report from Mumbai, headlined "Jail for 2 Britons for child abuse.
- Narmada Project: Clearing The Confusion (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
The factual answers to ten relevant questions are clear. Now the Prime Minister needs to act justly and responsibly, in line with the Supreme Court's judgment.
- A New Kind Of History Textbook (Hindu, Sumit Sarkar, Apr 17, 2006)
Books just brought out by the NCERT teach history in creative ways. All themes are sought to be looked at from the angle of everyday life and its changing patterns, bringing history down from the distant skies, as it were.
- People's Needs Over Party Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
Once again, the politics of expediency has taken precedence over the needs of people.
- Nepal Parties Intensify Agitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Kathmandu: Instensifying their agitation against King Gyanendra, Nepal's Opposition on Sunday launched a ``non-cooperation movement'' and asked people not to pay taxes to the Royal government, as police fired at protesters in various parts of the . . .
- Semiconductor Industry Poised For Dynamic Growth In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The meteoric rise of many user industries means an assured vigorous market
The growth in consumption and changes in regulation to encourage local manufacture have attracted a number of foreign companies to establish manufacturing facilities.
- Hassan Literacy Group Selected For Unesco Seminar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The group ushered in `silent revolution' in several villages
The saksharatha samiti helped neo-literates form self-help groups
It helped these groups get financial aid from banks
- `Press Demand For According Classical Status To Kannada' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The language is over 2,000 years old: scholar
- Diplomat Harps On Strong Indo-Korean Ties (Statesman, K Ravi, Apr 17, 2006)
Korea is poised to be one of India’s major partners over the next decade and POSCO’s proposed integrated steel plant in Orissa is the flagship of such future relationship, Mr N Parthasarathi, India’s Ambassador, here said.
- A New Facet To Debate On Convertibility (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Apr 17, 2006)
The absence of an investment grade rating for India may hamper an early decision
It is not possible to buttress the case for full convertibility on the basis of a single or a few parameters, ignoring the larger perspective.
- Rbi May Hike Interest Rate To Slow Credit Growth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
With the Reserve Bank of India ready to announce the credit policy tomorrow, Ila Patnaik explains what the future may hold . . .
- "Most Pakistanis Are For Peace" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 17, 2006)
Peace process on at a steady pace, says former Foreign Secretary Humayun Khan
People on both sides have endorsed the peace process and pinned hopes on it
New Delhi can move forward on business, opening of routes
- Role Of Lashkar Militants In Delhi Blasts Not Ruled Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
No breakthrough yet; local elements' hand also being probed by the Special Cell of the Delhi police
In many such cases, the motive is to create communal disturbance: police
15 persons interrogated on Saturday
In many such cases, the motive is to cre
- Kpsc Selects 153 Officials In Eight Months (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 17, 2006)
It is a record of sorts going by the commission's standards
KPSC's main examination was held from July 23 to August 3, 2005
Interviews were conducted from March 20 to April 15
Temporary selection list to be notified on Monday
- Oil On The Boil, Again (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 17, 2006)
India may need to act on the twin issues of taxation of petroleum products and subsidies.
- Pm’S Concerns (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 17, 2006)
Addressing the commissioning parade at the Pakistan Military Academy on Saturday, Mr Shaukat Aziz said that Pakistan was opposed to the arms race in the region and was pursuing a national security strategy to secure its integrity, solidarity and economic
- First Pakistani Sikh Cadet (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 17, 2006)
Cadet Harcharan Singh has become the first Sikh to march on military tunes at the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul as he matched steps attired in his typical turban supported by traditional beard with the under-training graduates on Saturday.
- Ever-Expanding Pak-Saudi Relations (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 17, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud have agreed on the expansion of cooperation in the bilateral, economic, trade and defence fields during their wide-ranging talks in Islamabad on Saturday.
- Peaceful Solution To Iran’S N-Crisis (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Apr 17, 2006)
The UN Security Council’s presidential statement of March 29, 2006, is the latest and most serious in the series of steps being taken at the behest of the United States and the EU countries to circumscribe Iran’s nuclear programme within parameters . . .
- Who Guidelines On Bird Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 17, 2006)
Instead of playing down the dangers of bird flu in the country, the government should be concentrating on the recent guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation on how to cope with what has been termed a “highly alarming situation” by the . . .
- Duty-Free Import Of Cement (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 17, 2006)
The government’s decision to allow duty-free and unlimited import of cement into the country should, hopefully, provide relief to the construction industry, currently held hostage by a cartel of domestic cement manufacturers.
- King Seethes At The People, Delhi Steps In (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Apr 17, 2006)
Feeling the heat of unrelenting protests against the monarchy, Gyanendra met Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on Sunday evening to offer fresh dialogue with the political parties.
- No Easy Options (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 17, 2006)
As the political crisis in Nepal deepens, Indians are being forced to re-examine their view of a country that they have taken for granted for 60 years, and which is now at a political crossroads.
- Women Take Up Guns In India’S Violent Maoist Areas (Daily Times, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 17, 2006)
Police say the rebels, who have loose links with guerrillas fighting to replace the monarchy in neighbouring Nepal with a communist republic, have slowly been building up an elite women’s . . .
- The Ghost In The Quota Machine (The Economic Times, Pothik Ghosh, Apr 17, 2006)
Debating societies are notorious for indulging in open-ended arguments. To be conclusive is hardly a virtue in such fraternities.
- Intelligence Can Recast Destiny (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Apr 17, 2006)
The Brahmavaivarta Purana and certain other narrations conceive of the story of Savitri, who had married Satyavan, though she had known that, as per astrological predictions, he was destined to die young.
- The Power Of Public Opinion (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 17, 2006)
The polling in Assam is over and the results will be announced in a month. Expectedly, before the 'numbers' are made public, 'alliances' will be struck and power sharing agreements signed between parties that contested the election.
- Quotas...Of A Different Kind (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 17, 2006)
If the best time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining, the best time to fix the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is when the world economy is humming along and no major disasters are visible.
- Infynite Opportunities (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 17, 2006)
More than its results, what has floored analysts and industry watchers about Infosys Technologies’ announcements on Friday is its aggressive guidance for the coming fiscal.
- The End Of Macro-Economic Policy? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Apr 17, 2006)
Macro parameters are insensitive to domestic policy with convergence in the real . . .
- Where The Umpire And Player Begin To Merge (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 17, 2006)
In recent years, regulators around the world, including the International Organisation of Securities Commissi-ons (Iosco) have been grappling with ‘conflict of interest issues’ arising out of demutualised, listed, for-profit stock exchanges that have . .
- Dangerous Concept Of Nation-State (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 17, 2006)
Serb communist-nationalist and President of the post-1991 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Bird Flu Detected At Sihala Farm (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Apr 17, 2006)
Over 3,000 fowl culled, human blood samples taken
- Gom's Confidential Report (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
This is the text, obtained exclusively by The Hindu, of "A Brief Note on the Assessment of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R & R) Sites and Submergence of Villages of the Sardar Sarovar Project." The note marked confidential and dated April 9, 2006,
- World Of Changing Ammas (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 17, 2006)
One thing in circulation most widely in Chennai is a word: Amma. Not merely Chennai.
- Iran Suicide Bombers Ready To Hit Us, British Targets (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Tehran has trained suicide bombers to attack British and American targets if Iran's nuclear sites are attacked, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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