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Articles 22721 through 22820 of 53943:
- China Is A Party To Kashmir Issue (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
China is an indirect party to the Kashmir dispute in the sense that any solution of the Kashmir issue was likely to have a strategic bearing on the security of China.
- Reality Check For Vips (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 15, 2006)
The Followers of spiritual leader Asaram Bapu who protested against his frisking at Ahmedabad airport would do well to pause and reflect on the predicament of those responsible to ensure that flying remains a safe experience for passengers.
- Awaiting A Petro Product Tariff Regime Rehaul (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 15, 2006)
Among the more interesting issues that the finance minister would be addressing in this Budget would be the tariff regime for petroleum products.
- ‘Dark Matter’: Keeping Global Finances In Place? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Feb 15, 2006)
One of the great macro-economic mysteries of the past decade is the remarkable resilience of the US dollar in the face of mounting US current account imbalances. To put this imbalance in perspective, consider that the total current account deficit . . .
- More Retail Fdi Needed (The Financial Express, Arvind Singhal, Feb 15, 2006)
The need of the hour is for the government to devise pragmatic policies for FDI in the retail business.
- Queen Betty And Two Kings (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
Back in 1948, a couple of young women called Bettye Goldstein and Coretta Scott both attended the convention of the Progressive Party in Philadelphia. The organization, which lived up to its name but proved to be spectacularly unsuccessful in . . .
- Dream Big... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 15, 2006)
But ensure only best global companies list here
Every time there is a big bull run, our government becomes conscious of the need to deepen the capital market and give it an international flavour by allowing foreign companies to list on Indian bourses.
- The On-Again, Off-Again Nuclear Deal (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 15, 2006)
As the Budget session of Parliament gets underway and Assembly elections approach in West Bengal and Kerala, the political atmosphere is hotting up.
- Budget Must Focus On Growth With Equity (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Feb 15, 2006)
The major challenge before the Finance Minister is not only to initiate measures to sustain and accelerate the growth momentum of the economy but also to ensure that overall economic growth is accompanied by greater equity.
- Will Musharraf Be Kashmir’S Messiah? (Daily Times, Ijaz Hussain, Feb 15, 2006)
India wants a settlement on its own terms. It does not want to acknowledge that a solution to the Kashmir problem can be reached through Islamabad. It appears to be quite confident that it can settle terms with local Kashmiri leaders by offering . . .
- History Takes Wing (Telegraph, Shahid Amin, Feb 15, 2006)
If there is one area where the United Progressive Alliance has succeeded in initiating far-reaching changes, it is arguably in the field of the school curriculum.
- Budget Session — Government On Sticky Wicket (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 15, 2006)
With a slew of worrisome developments since the end of the winter session, Parliament faces an uneasy Budget session beginning February 16. Moreover, some old issues are still alive such as the Volcker report that had led to the resignation . . .
- Cartoon Protests Flare Up In Pak (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Feb 15, 2006)
Protests against the publication of Prophet Mohammad’s caricatures in European newspapers flared up in Pakistan today with thousands of angry demonstrators storming the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad where an Indian diplomatic car was dam aged and . . .
- A Jingle Called `Single Brand' (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 15, 2006)
Guidelines for FDI in retail trade of `single brand' products are out. These are contained in Press Note 3 (2006 Series) dated February 10, from the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
- Icici To Float $300 Mn In Us Via Cp Issue (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
ICICI Bank is planning to raise $300 million through a commercial paper programme in the United States.
- Two Cheers (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 15, 2006)
Three cheers for the UPA! The government has stood firm and notified the guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in single brand retail, despite vociferous opposition from its Left allies.
- India Interested In Joining Tap Pipeline (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
India has expressed interest in joining the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) gas pipeline project by sending their representative to a meeting of the project’s steering committee.
- Nepal Court Frees Deuba (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Almost 10 months after he was arrested from his residence in a midnight raid and jailed for alleged corruption, . . .
- 10 Injured In Kashmir Blast (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Ten people were injured in a grenade explosion near Sopore Bus Stand in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
- No Room For Afghan Refugees (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Participants of a conference on Afghan Population Movements agreed unanimously that Afghanistan was not ready to receive all the Afghan refugees living in neighbouring countries.
- Cartoons: Unified Oic Action Needed (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Muslims continue to express their outrage across the world against publication of blasphemous caricatures in Danish and other European newspapers.
- Ombudsman: A Dying Institution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 15, 2006)
Federal Ombudsman Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada paid a customary farewell call on President General Pervez Musharraf and presented to him, as per requirements, the latest annual report of his institution.
- Pakistan-Bangladesh Ties (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
BEGUM Khaleda Zia’s visit to Pakistan has been described as “historic” by her host, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Diplomatic parlance tends to use superlatives but it cannot be denied that Bangladesh and Pakistan are important for each other . . .
- Child Labour On The Rise (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
The HRCP’s latest figures for child labour in the country are truly alarming. According to a report by the Human Rights Commission, there are currently 10 million child workers in the country, a statistic that is three times the official figure . . .
- Karzai Will Call For Crackdown On Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due in Pakistan today (Wednesday) for a three-day visit during which he will call on President Musharraf.
- India Faces Turbulent Neighbourhood, Says Manmohan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Expressing that India faced a “turbulent neighbourhood”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said it was a foremost challenge for New Delhi to create a “stable and cooperative atmosphere in the region to allow us to concentrate our energies . . .
- Unions Around World To Protest Iran's Treatment Of Bus Workers (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, Feb 15, 2006)
While the international community is locking horns with Iran over its plan to push ahead with uranium enrichment -- a potential first step toward making nuclear weapons -- a separate global confrontation is gathering steam over labor practices under . . .
- Latin America's Leftist Regimes Get Cozy With Iran (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
When the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna voted to refer Iran's energy case to the United Nations Security Council earlier this month, there were three notable "no" votes.
- In A State Of Self-Imposed Siege (Dawn, M. ZIAUDDIN, Feb 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has argued once again that if the US Predator had violated Pakistan’s sovereignty on January 13, the Al-Qaeda elements and their supporters operating in Pakistan were as much guilty of the same crime.
- Torture In Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 14, 2006)
Millions of people the world over have seen the video showing British soldiers beating and kicking young Iraqi boys, while a corporal watched and encouraged them.
- Kalabagh & The Water Crisis (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 14, 2006)
"Water is precious, use it wisely” says a notice placed in the bathroom of a five-star hotel in Karachi.
- That Idea Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2006)
Third front is not politically viable. That’s a good thing given its policy approach
- Reliance Goes After Fraport (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Delhi and Mumbai airports’ modernisation row is growing fiercer. On Monday, Reliance Airports Developers accused rival GMR groups consortium partner Fraport of having a tainted international track record which, it alleged, . . .
- Karnataka Cabinet To Be Expanded On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Kumaraswamy refutes reports raising doubts over expansion
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has refuted reports raising doubts over the expansion of the State Cabinet and emphasised that it will certainly take place on February 17.
- Iran Should Take Steps To Resume N-Talks: Annan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Iran to take steps to resume talks on its controversial nuclear programme before the IAEA meeting next month and prevent any action that might escalate its dispute with the West.
- Brave Indians, Also Muslim (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Feb 14, 2006)
The story of Indian Muslims in India’s armed forces is far too nuanced to be understood by the bureaucratic inquisitiveness of the Rajinder Sachar committee.
- Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Iran has started putting uranium feedstock gas into centrifuges, defying the West with actual enrichment work on making what could be nuclear reactor fuel or atom bomb material, diplomats said Monday.
- Armed & Dangerous (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2006)
What’s the next national institution up for community classification? The budget?
- Saving India's Endangered Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Feb 14, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us,
- Hamas Causes Terror In Us (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Feb 14, 2006)
How, one wonders, can the Bush administration, with its huge intelligence apparatus and large diplomatic corps, keep getting everything wrong about the Muslim world?
- The Military Mindset (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 14, 2006)
Islamabad has no option but to listen to the regional nationalists and it is unwilling to do so
- Who’S Afraid Of The Nuke Deal? (Indian Express, R. Rajaraman, Feb 14, 2006)
The issue of whether or not India’s fast breeder reactor should be placed under safeguards is at the core of the storm raging in India around the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- War Mongering (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2006)
Iraq precedent must make the US desist from attacking Iran
- ‘I Felt That Because Of Being A Muslim, Such A Vicious Witchhunt Was Done Against Me And Is Still Being Done’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 14, 2006)
‘I felt that because of being a Muslim, such a vicious witchhunt was done against me and is still being done’
- Hamas Refuses To Renounce Violence Until Israel Agrees (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas rejected international demands to renounce violence, saying in a newspaper interview published Monday that Israel must first pledge to leave all occupied lands.
- U.N. Seat: Israel Backs India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Israel on Monday said India, the largest democracy in the world, should get its rightful place in the expanded United Nations Security Council.
- Iran Resumes Nuclear Enrichment Work (Indian Express, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 14, 2006)
Iran has resumed some uranium enrichment work, geared to making fuel for nuclear reactors or bombs, in defiance of a vote to engage the UN Security Council in efforts to rein in Tehran’s atomic ambitions, diplomats said.
- Dialogue With Ulfa (Daily Excelsior, M V Naina, Feb 14, 2006)
Political expediency in time for the assembly polls in Assam in May 2006 appears to have guided the second round of talks between the Central Government and the 11-member Peoples Consultative Group (PCG), hand-picked by the outlawed . . .
- Kalam Goes Where No President Has (Hindustan Times, Sutirtho Patranobis, Feb 14, 2006)
On Monday, President APJ Abdul Kalam went where none of his predecessors had ever been — 40 metres below the sea in one of the most advanced Indian Navy submarines equipped with ballistic missiles that can be launched from under water.
- Taking A Cue From China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear cooperation envi-saged in the July 18, 2005 joint statement is under intense scrutiny. On the Indian side, there are misgivings about how much "giving" India would have to do.
- Techseeds For Farmland (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Raman, Feb 14, 2006)
If the policymakers in India aspire to bridge the digital divide, there would hardly be any other potential area than agriculture where they could apply information and communication technologies (ICTs).
- Opium Country (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 14, 2006)
Any avid reader of this newspaper will notice a disturbing regular occurrence. Hardly a week passes without the report of seizure of opium in one corner or the other of the State.
- Logic Of It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 14, 2006)
Since the hate campaign goes on we wish to reiterate that it is entirely illogical to blame a country or a government for the views of a newspaper.
- Remembering A Liberal Humanist (Deccan Herald, Satya Narayana Sahu, Feb 14, 2006)
K R Narayanan wanted safe pedestrian crossings for the unempowered in the fast lane of liberalisation, privatisation & globalisation
- ‘Dae Not At War With Govt Of India’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 14, 2006)
When Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar accused the US government of “shifting the goal posts” on the nuclear deal agreed last year in Washington, American analysts accused him of launching a war against his own government.
- India Accelerating Towards Deal With Cern (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 14, 2006)
India's nuclear scientists are on the verge of entering into a new, intensive collaboration—estimated at five million Swiss francs—with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics centre near Geneva.
- Iran Should Take Steps To Resume N-Talks: Annan (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Feb 14, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Iran to take steps to resume talks on its controversial nuclear programme before the IAEA meeting next month and prevent any action that might escalate its dispute with the West.
- '2007 Is Outer Limit For Musharraf To Give Up Either Post' (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Feb 14, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Iran to take steps to resume talks on its controversial nuclear programme before the IAEA meeting next month and prevent any action that might escalate its dispute with the West.
- Going Beyond Peacekeeping (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 14, 2006)
Captures the experiences and the spirit of the challenges involved in building sustainable peace
- Much Ado (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 14, 2006)
Indians love ghosts and conspiracies, so they chase shadows. This is perhaps the best explanation for the attack that has been launched on Mr Manmohan Singh’s government by the left and the Bharatiya Janata Party for the nuclear deal that . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace Bid Closer To Nowhere (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
“Peace, “Friendship” and “Confidence Building Measures”
Today, these are the only substantial movements on the much touted peace process between India and Pakistan - Words.
- Supreme Court Orders New Panel For "Toxic" Ship (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new panel be set up to investigate whether a "toxic" French warship should be let into India to be broken for scrap, after a committee failed to make a firm recommendation.
- Centre Commissions Coastal Hazard Zone Mapping Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
A management system essential to protect coastal communities
- South Africa Eyes Astronomy's Top Prize (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Feb 14, 2006)
Karoo desert telescope points the way to capturing global scientific project.
- India Angle In Baluch Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Two days before Afghan President Ha-mid Karzai lands, Pakistani officials are readying to take up prickly issues such as cross-border firing by Afghan troops and the alleged Indian role in the turmoil in Balu-chistan.
- Rising Temperature In Past 5 Years Hits Wheat Yield (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Feb 14, 2006)
The per hectare yield of wheat has been falling in Punjab for the past five years. The state meets 60 per cent of the country’s total requirement of wheat.
- If Music Be The Food Of Love (Telegraph, JOYDEEP BISWAS, Feb 14, 2006)
How one contestant in a musical talent hunt has united all of the North-east
- Iraq Gets Its Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2006)
But government formation a tough task
Despite the efforts to avoid voting for the appointment of Iraq’s first full-fledged Prime Minister, the dominant alliance in the 275-member parliament, the United Iraqi Alliance (128 members), . . .
- Politics In A State Of Flux (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 14, 2006)
The prevailing political turbulence in the country can be ascribed to many factors: the string of state assembly elections starting with West Bengal, Mr Deve Gowda’s dubious role in his son’s collective defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party . . .
- 13 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bomb Attack (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
At least 13 people were killed, including seven in a suicide bomb attack, and many wounded in separate incidents of violence in Iraq on Monday, reports said.
- Assam: Sonia Orders Healing Touch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Apparently worried about a voter backlash in the run up to the Assembly elections in Assam, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said she has taken “serious” note of the death of nine people in police firing in the state and asked the Centre . . .
- Form Committee On Clemenceau: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to suggest four to five names of retired navy personnel having experience in manufacture and breaking of ships to give opinion on the controversial French ship Clemenceau.
- Exclusive - No Homeland For Tigers - Sri Lanka President (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Feb 14, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Monday ruled out Tamil Tiger demands for a separate homeland in the island's north and east, but said he would rein in armed groups - a central rebel demand ahead of crunch talks.
- France Wants More Concessions From India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
With France clearly asking for more “concessions” from India, the civilian nuclear energy deal with foreign countries has turned into a major headache for the government, rather than the foreign policy triumph that it was always projected as.
- Iran Resumes Some Atom Enrichment Work - Diplomats (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 14, 2006)
Iran has resumed some uranium enrichment work, geared to making fuel for nuclear reactors or bombs, in defiance of a vote to engage the U.N. Security Council in efforts to rein in Tehran's atomic ambitions, diplomats said.
- Musharraf Backs Iran Gas Pipeline: Us Asked To Help On Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that he supported plans to build a gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan and India, despite opposition from the United States.
- A Setback For Washington (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 14, 2006)
While the United States has become fixated on the Muslim world, a region much closer to home has been quietly spinning out of American control.
- It's An Indian Army (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 14, 2006)
The person heading the Prime Minister's High Level committee on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community, Rajinder Sachar, has eminently secular credentials.
- `Single Brand' Concept For Retail Fdi Spelt Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Products should be branded during manufacturing
Applications should be specific regarding product/product categories
They should be processed by the DIPP
Food and grocery segment may not face competition
- Cabinet To Be Expanded On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Kumaraswamy refutes reports raising doubts over expansion
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