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- No Cheney Mea Culpa For War Dead (Hindu, Marina Hyde, Feb 22, 2006)
Dick Cheney should be asked how his recent feelings compare with those he felt at the first casualty in Iraq?
- India Still Booming But Budget Care Urged, Imf Says (Reuters, Mike Dolan, Feb 22, 2006)
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it expects India's booming economy to accelerate slightly in the current fiscal year but urged the government to rein in a budget deficit which was set to rise again for the first time in four years.
- Strikes, A Matter Of Concern (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Feb 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that nobody has a fundamental right to strike.
- No Peace, No Truce: All Ltte Wants Is Karuna (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 22, 2006)
The main aim of the Tamil Tigers at the Geneva talks is to force the Sri Lankan Government to hand over Karuna, the renegade Tiger commander, and not search for peace, says a leading expert on South Asian Affairs.
- Karna: Bird Sanctuaries Placed Under Surveillance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Karnataka has taken preventive measures in its bird sanctuaries and tanks frequented by migratory birds in view of the outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra, a top official of the Forest department said today.
- 'Economy To Grow By Over 7.5%' (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Feb 22, 2006)
In a gung ho projection for the Indian economy, the International Monetary Fund has forecast a growth of over 7.5 per cent this year.
- Alliance Française (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 22, 2006)
Indo-French relations are still more about gestures rather than substance, notwithstanding the nine agreements signed during President Jacques Chirac’s visit. This is a pity because France is one of the world’s leading industrial and agricultural nations.
- Vizag Byelection: Poll Panel Probe Tomorrow (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 22, 2006)
Complaints of large-scale violation of model code of conduct
The Election Commission is deputing a two-member team to Vishakapatnam on Wednesday to probe into complaints of large-scale violation of the model code of conduct in the byelection . . .
- Isro Director Elected To U.N. Panel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Director of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre B.N. Suresh has been elected Chairman of the Science and Technology Sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on "Peaceful Uses of Outer Spac
- Left Assails Centre's Claims On Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Continues tirade against policies
India has slipped in human development index: CPI
Government's record "dismal" in foreign policy
- State To Press For Classical Language Status For Telugu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Government to table resolution in Assembly today
A resolution appealing to the Centre to accord classical language status for Telugu would be introduced in the State Assembly on Wednesday, Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy said.
- It Institute May Come Up In Chennai (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Feb 22, 2006)
Project to focus on design and manufacture
An Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), originally proposed to come up near Kancheepuram, is likely to be set up on the information technology corridor in Chennai.
- Culling Of Birds Continues In Two States (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 22, 2006)
Railways ban chicken dishes and eggs, notwithstanding Centre's advisory that serving these items is safe
More than 2.5 lakh birds killed
25 tonnes of feed destroyed
Payment of compensation begins
- Industry Upbeat, Hopes For Relief (Hindu, P. K. Bhardwaj , Feb 22, 2006)
Relief in direct and indirect taxes, rationalisation of customs duty anticipated
Corporates for effective VAT regime
FBT a major concern among trade bodies
Big push likely for infrastructure sector
- Flu Response Delayed: Centre (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Centre today admitted that reporting of bird flu cases was late. Maharashtra animal husbandry department said they were informed two days late on 10 February about the “suspected bird flu cases” at Nandurbar.
- French Perfume (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2006)
Make it last long
France has long pushed for a relaxation of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) guidelines to facilitate supply of nuclear fuel and technology to India.
- Recalcitrant Hurriyat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2006)
The talks must continue
Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umer Farooq’s refusal to participate in the February 25 round-table talks is clearly an attempt to derail the efforts aimed at involving all shades of opinion in ending the Kashmir imbroglio.
- Maoists’ Charm Offensive (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Feb 22, 2006)
During the past couple of weeks, Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda has given three significant interviews.
- Battle For Un Budget (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Feb 22, 2006)
The UN is one place where those who pay the piper do not always call the tune. The one-country-one vote formula in the General Assembly and cold-war divisions in the Security Council had enabled the weaker states to determine the agenda and even shape ...
- Sonia Backs Centre On Iran, N-Deal With Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi today endorsed the Manmohan Singh government’s stand on two contentious issues – Iran nuclear programme and Indo-US nuclear deal – over which her Left allies have been up in arms against the government.
- Focus On Equity Can Hurt Growth (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Feb 22, 2006)
In my October 2005 column, I questioned the central thesis of the World Development Report (WDR) 2006 that the policies aimed at achieving equity over and above those targeting poverty will lead to greater poverty reduction.
- Patil Says Infiltration On Decline (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Union home minister Mr Shivraj Patil today claimed a decline in infiltration by Pakistan-based militants into Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Wish List For Inclusion In The Coming Rail Budget (The Financial Express, M RAVINDRA, Feb 22, 2006)
It is that time of the year again when the common man, the industrialist and the consumer wait with bated breath.
- Let Smes Blossom (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 22, 2006)
A survey on the success and failure factors for SMEs by AC Nielson ORG-Marg for CII and SBI reaffirms that the sector needs easing of institutional rigidities more than handholding, and that all government should do is to facilitate the industry in facing
- Reality Check (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 22, 2006)
Prompt action is key to reining costs of bird flu
It’s been only two days since the government first confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in parts of Maharashtra, but the economic costs are already beginning to be felt.
- Laws Exist For The People: Not The Other Way Around (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s directive that all illegal commercial complexes in the Capital’s residential areas be shut down is both right and disturbing.
- In Quest Of Strategic Partnership (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistan and China have vowed to reinforce and deepen their strategic partnership through increased cooperation in political, diplomatic and economic fields. The understanding came at a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and . . .
- The Stars In Our Firmament (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 22, 2006)
The celebrity cult is well-suited to the Indian character. In our mythology, gods have regularly deigned to live among us to perform their divine deeds, and have, on occasion, shown some endearing signs of fallibility as well.
- Continuity Of Economic Initiatives (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 22, 2006)
According to a report appearing in this newspaper, for the first time in the history of the country the foreign direct investment in Pakistan is likely to surmount $ 3 billion during this current financial year, more than double as compared . . .
- Cotton's Problem Of Plenty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
From acute shortage to large surplus in just three seasons, the country's cotton scene has witnessed a transformation any agrarian economy can be proud of. Thanks to huge increases in output since 2003,
- What Is On The Farmer's Wish-List (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn.
- The Budget Story: Now And Then (Business Line, B. S. Rathor, Feb 22, 2006)
The increasing transparency in the entire Budget-making process has taken the sting out of live TV debates and self-styled moderators posing as economic experts who are finding it difficult to script a `Budget climax'.
- Shadowing A Manager (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 22, 2006)
An International non-profit set-up, styling itself Trans-Action Partners and located in London, and into management education, consultancy and training, has taken upon itself the mission of enabling selected students of business administration in differen
- Little Sign Of Progress In Iran Nuclear Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Crucial talks on a Russian plan to break the international deadlock over Iran’s nuclear programme broke up on Tuesday with no clear sign of a breakthrough and time running out for a deal.
- West’S Double Standard (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison by an Austrian court in Vienna on Monday for denying the Holocaust. He pleaded guilty at the trial on the charge of denying the Holocaust dating back to 1989.
- Jinnah And The Bag Of Jewels (Daily Times, Mian Ijaz Ul Hassan, Feb 22, 2006)
Mr Jinnah asked, “How long does the British Indian Railway run through the state?” Maulvi Ghulam Hussain answered, “About 300 miles, sir”. Mr Jinnah then informed, “According to their own rules, British owe one hundred and twenty million . . .
- People-To-People Contact With India: Spread Of Aids A Matter Of Concern For Pakistan (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Feb 22, 2006)
The spread of HIV/AIDS has become a matter of concern for Pakistan because of the people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, since India is one of the largest countries in the world with the disease, said reporters at a workshop . . .
- Performance And Institutional Investors (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Feb 22, 2006)
The concept of independent directors has generated a considerable amount of debate.
- Armed Forces, Railways Drop Chicken From Menu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Railways has decided to take off chicken and egg dishes from its menu and has banned chicken and eggs in any form on trains and stations. Instructions to this effect have been issued to all zonal railways and to IRTC.
- Opportunism Will Not Pay (Times of India, HARI ROKA, Feb 22, 2006)
Municipal elections in Nepal have been a resounding failure. The sorry spectacle that was foisted on the nation on February 7 had few takers.
- 8 More Bird Flu Suspects Surface (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Centre on Tuesday scrambled to stem the spiralling panic over bird flu instructing ministries not to fuel the concern.
- China Urges Iran To Suspend Enrichment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Germany does not rule out economic sanctions against Iran
- Speed Up Reforms, Imf Tells India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Ahead of the budget, International Monetary Fund today asked the Indian Government to hasten tax and labour reforms, open up the economy and raise domestic fuel prices.
- A Brand New Concept (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Feb 22, 2006)
In the world of today, new terms and expressions, and new institutions keep cropping up every now and then, especially in the field of trade and finance. They also get introduced in Pakistan, and this has been more noticeable ever since . . .
- Burns Coming For Nuclear Talks On Feb 22 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will be here on Wednesday for one last round of dialogue aimed at ironing out differences and clinching a civil nuclear cooperation agreement well in time for US President George Bush's ...
- Chicken Figure Throws Up A Mystery (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Maharashtra is grappling with the mystery of missing chickens.
From the declared 9 lakh birds to be culled, the number has overnight shrunk to just over 2 lakh.
- Cooperation With China (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
Friendship between Pakistan and China has always been a positive factor in the South Asian region and has served to advance the cause of peace and stability.
- Is This The Infamous Clash? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 22, 2006)
Are we witnessing today the clash of civilizations predicted by Samuel Huntington after the Cold War ended?
- Turbulence Over Cartoons (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 22, 2006)
Sixteen persons die in cartoon protests in Nigeria. At least nine killed in Libya in clashes over cartoons; 12 killed in Afghan protests and five in Pakistan this week.
- India, Us May Ink N-Deal During Bush’S Visit (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 22, 2006)
There are twin good news for India’s civilian nuclear energy programme under negotiations with P5 countries like the United States and France. Indications are that a formal Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement may be signed . . .
- Collateral Damage In War On Quails (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Feb 22, 2006)
At least it is out in the open. Everyone now knows what the vice-president of the United States enjoys doing for rest and recreation. He likes to shoot defenceless little birds. And sometimes, just sometimes.
- Foes United Against A Maestro's Movie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 21, 2006)
Steven Spielberg's film Munich has angered both Israelis and Palestinians
- Green Imperialism (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 21, 2006)
Other side of the `deep ecology' movement
- Sri Aurobindo On Speech (Hindu, GODAVARISHA MISHRA, Feb 21, 2006)
Sri Aurobindo on the origin of human speech by analysing Sanskrit language
- France To Double Trade With India In Five Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Investment support to infrastructure, urban planning
Hailing India as "one of the world's main engines of growth,'' French President Jacques Chirac announced on Monday that the two countries had decided to double their trade in the next five years . . .
- Law Of Contempt-Ii (Statesman, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Feb 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court has accepted that its power in this regard was limited. One Handwari Lal, in his reply to an SLP filed against a majority judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court by Dr Ram Gopal in 1986,
- War On Two Fronts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 21, 2006)
More bad news from Jharkhand
- India, France Seal Civil N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 21, 2006)
Formalising its position that India should be allowed to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with other leading nuclear powers, France on Monday signed a significant declaration with India on the “development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.”
- Us Won't Mediate On Kashmir: Expert (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 21, 2006)
The US has consistently turned down Pakistan's call for mediation on the Kashmir issue and it will continue to do so, says an American expert on South Asian affairs.
- Spread Of Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Feb 21, 2006)
The first reports of bird flu that cropped up in recent days in widely separated countries – India, Egypt and France – highlighted the disease’s accelerating spread to new territories.
- Indonesia's Leader Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 21, 2006)
Susilo Yudhoyono is trying to be a friend of the United States while staying an authentic leader of the world's largest Muslim-majority state.
- Tasks Before Chidambaram (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Feb 21, 2006)
MR P. Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister, is capable of taking innovative and non-conventional fiscal measures to rejuvenate the economy. Credit goes to him for implementing a uniform VAT in a federal set-up like ours where states and the Centre . . .
- Bird Flu: Myths And Realities (Tribune, Terri Judd, Feb 21, 2006)
How did this start and where is it going? H5N1, the current lethal strain, emerged in mid-2003 in South-east Asia, where most of the human deaths have occurred. H5N1 is considered to be endemic among birds in parts of Indonesia, Vietnam, . . .
- Renegade Lanka Rebel To Disarm Only If Tigers Do (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Renegade Lanka rebel to disarm only if Tigers do
A breakaway Sri Lankan rebel leader, whose feuding with the Tamil Tigers is threatening a fragile ceasefire and is central to peace talks this week, said on Monday his group would only disarm . . .
- Iran Gives Arms, Training To Iraqi Militias: Us Envoy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The US ambassador accused Iran on Tuesday of providing training and weapons to Iraqi militias and extremist groups.
- 'The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies Not In Our Stars...’ (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Feb 21, 2006)
The FM is a lucky man. On the economic front things have never looked brighter. We’ve had three straight years of high growth averaging a little over 8%, a record that puts the previous three-year high of 7.2% in the shade.
- Petroleum Sector Reforms: A Muddled Approach (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Feb 21, 2006)
To accelerate and sustain a growth rate of 8%-10%, the reform process in the Indian economy will need to be deepened.
- France Will Follow Us N-Lead (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 21, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to the country has “significantly boosted” India's chances to acquire long-denied nuclear technology, and India and France are “close to concluding a bilateral agreement” to cooperate in developing . . .
- As Bird Flu Fear Takes Wing, Govt Holds Back Tamiflu (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Feb 21, 2006)
Even as the fear of avian influenza is gripping the entire nation, the Government has begun culling of birds to contain the spread of the virus.
- Brief Flirtation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 21, 2006)
Tradition scores over the post-modern
Six months ago, the state was on the threshold of what seemed a latter-day industrial revolution.
- People Chicken Out, Bird Falls Foul Of The Menu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Though there has been a consistent avian flu surveillance programme for south India centred in Bangalore since January 2004, the recent outbreak in Maharashtra has affected sales and the cost of poultry products marginally.
- Blow To State As Goa Stops Entry Of Poultry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
With concern for its Rs 1,500-crore tourism industry uppermost on the agenda, Goa has sealed its borders to poultry from outside the state. The worst hit will be the suppliers from Karnataka who send in 70 per cent of poultry and 80 per cent of eggs.
- State Denies Flu Outbreak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The State government on Monday ruled out bird flu as the cause for the death of chicken in a poultry farms in Shimoga.
- Tourism Industry Jittery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The outbreak of bird flu in neighbouring Maharashtra is being anxiously monitored by the Goa government and the state’s tourism industry, which would be the worst affected if the virus moves across the border.
- Collection Of Ghazals (Hindu, ALI ASGHAR, Feb 21, 2006)
This book, which means `the mirror of the ghazal', is a slender collection of poems by a young poet whose mother tongue is Tamil.
- All But Whitewashed (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
Istael has taken yet another measure that will rule out the chances of a resumption of the peace process.
- Denying Funds To Hamas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
Israel has taken yet another measure that will rule out the chances of a resumption of the peace process.
- Lessons From Beyond The Himalayas (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 21, 2006)
India could learn from the way China handled the outbreak of bird flu.
- Government Bans Retail Sale Of Tamiflu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The Centre has banned the sale of Tamiflu (only drug effective in treating bird flu in human beings) in retail outlets three days after avian influenza struck Navapur in Maharashtra. So far no human case has been reported in the country.
- Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 21, 2006)
The govt must contain the spread of the disease quickly
The govt must contain the spread of the disease quicklyNearly 50,000 birds are estimated to have died in Maharastra of the dreaded H5N1 virus, or bird flu.
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