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Articles 24521 through 24620 of 53943:
- Unpalatable, But Needed (The Financial Express, ANIL BHARDWAJ, Jan 28, 2006)
From the record of recent Union budgets, another bout of de-reservation is on the cards. It is interesting to see the evolution of this policy, whereby certain products have been earmarked for exclusive manufacture in small-scale industries (SSIs).
- Blue About Grey (Indian Express, NIVEDITA SEN , Jan 28, 2006)
I couldn't care less about how I look, I claim. But a strand of white hair, not premature, involves me in a cloak-and-dagger plot to camouflage it.
- Mittal Steel Guns For Arcelor (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Mittal Steel Co., the world’s biggest steelmaker, made an unsolicited cash bid to buy Arcelor SA for 18.6 billion euros ($22.7 billion) in a transaction that would transform the industry.
- Of Quotas And Foreign Varsities (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jan 28, 2006)
The proposed Bill to regulate the foreign universities in India appears to be a mixed bag.
- Mittal Steel Launches Bid For Arcelor — $ 22.7-B Offer Aimed At Creating `European Consolidation' (Business Line, Jayanta Mallick , Jan 28, 2006)
The Kolkata-born global steel baron Mr L.N. Mittal has launched a Euro 18.6-billion ($22.7 billion) takeover bid for Arcelor, the world's second largest steel producer.
- Is India `Emerging'? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 28, 2006)
The new year is always a time of stocktaking, and there is no reason why 2006 should be an exception. Is it in a `better' position in economic, social and political terms, is it in the same position, or has it slipped in any way?
- I Have Exceeded Expectations, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Chief Minister looks back at the five years of AIADMK regime with pride and happiness
- Mittal Steel Makes Daring Bid For Arcelor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
It will create the first 100 million tonne steel company
World's two largest steel groups would create a $40 billion company
Arcelor offered $ 22.7 billion for its shareholders
Its shareholders to get four Mittal Steel shares
- King Signs Accord, A First For Him (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 28, 2006)
Both countries developing a broad strategic vision: Delhi Declaration
Other countries might feel jealous about the agreement but India was very special, says king
Saudi Arabia had discovered a new India during king's visit: says Prince Bandar
- All In A Day’S Work (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 28, 2006)
Very few of us get the chance of living our lives the way that gives us a sense of fulfilment.
- "Go Back Bush" Campaign Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Left, SP resent David Mulford's "arrogant effort" to influence India on Iran
Samajwadi Party and the former Prime Minister V.P. Singh demand recall of Mr. Mulford
India should not support any resolution referring Iran to U.N. Security Council: Left
- R-Day Parade: Out Of Step? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 28, 2006)
I don't know if you have noticed but over the last four years or so, the run-up to the Republic Day parade is always marked by a certain amount of disgruntled muttering. This year has been no exception.
- Former Pm Bhutto Says Ready To Face Pakistan Charges (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Pakistan's exiled former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, has told a U.S. government radio network she is ready to return face what she said are "scurrilous" charges against her by her country's military-led government.
- Rice Waves Red Rag To India On Iran Vote (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 28, 2006)
Barely 48 hours after US Ambassador in India, Mr David C Mulford, linked up the fate of the Indo-US nuclear deal to how New Delhi votes at the IAEA’s resolution in Vienna on February 2-3, it was today the turn of none other than Secretary . . .
- Iran: India Backs Russian Initiative (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 28, 2006)
India has consulted all key members of IAEA board of governors and Iran
- Mid-Life Crisis (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2006)
Controversy and debate are the alpha and omega of democracy. But there are certain kinds of confrontations which do not augur well for the future of a republic.
- Kalam Accepts Buta’S Resignation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today accepted the resignation of Bihar Governor Buta Singh who had stepped down in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict indicting him for dissolution of the state Assembly last year.
- India, Saudi Arabia To Fight Terrorism Jointly (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 28, 2006)
India and Saudi Arabia today said their bilateral relations were developing a broad strategic vision, decided to jointly fight terrorism, drug trafficking and transnational crimes and agreed to develop a strategic energy partnership based . . .
- Us Washes Hands Of Mulford’S Fatwa (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
The state department has unequivocally distanced itself from US ambassador David Mulford’s fatwa to India to vote with the Americans for referring Iran to the UN Security Council or let the Indo-US nuclear deal of July 18, 2005 die on Capitol Hill.
- "Islam, A Religion Of Compassion" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury has demanded that United States Ambassador David Mulford be recalled for warning India against voting for Iran.
- Dilemmas And Decisions (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 28, 2006)
As Albert Einstein famously put it, “Politics is for the moment. An equation is for eternity.” So is peace.
- Who Remembers Ancient India's Scientific Wealth? (Daily Excelsior, Md. Vazeeruddin, Jan 28, 2006)
Sessions of Indian Science Congress are held with monotonous regularity at fixed periodicity. Eminent persons use them to think aloud on what breakthroughs India needs to achieve.
- Our Guest From Saudi Arabia (Daily Excelsior, B K Karkra, Jan 28, 2006)
For the first time we have the Saudi Arabian monarch as our chief guest on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. Are we in any way important to each other? ....
- Anger In The Air (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 28, 2006)
The expressway to Zhongshan city is one of those dream roads in China which provokes envy in Indians. Trees line it, and sometimes you get a glimpse of farmlands beyond. Small brick and tin houses can be seen off and on.
- No Guarantee (Indian Express, SANDEEP PANDEY, Jan 28, 2006)
After the passage of the Employment Guarantee Act last year a journalist went to the village Purwa Maan in Hardoi district of UP, one of the 200 districts covered under the Act, to ask how the villagers felt about the new law.
- ‘Afghans Poor But Still Optimistic’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Afghans are among the most optimistic in the world when it comes to their economic future, a BBC survey has found, but such confidence is not always easy to find on the streets of Kabul.
- New Dawn For Islamists, Say Arabs (Indian Express, HASSAN M FATTAH, Jan 28, 2006)
Hamas’s overwhelming victory in the Palestinian elections on Thursday was met with a mixture of jubilation and consternation in much of the Arab world.
- ‘India Favours Consensus On Iran’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
With the Left pressuring the government not to vote against Iran’s nuclear programme at the International Atomic Energy Agency, India today called for a consensus-based approach to resolve the crisis and rallied with other major powers . . .
- U.S. Close To Nuclear Deal With India, Official Says (Reuters, Sue Pleming, Jan 28, 2006)
The United States is close to reaching a nuclear cooperation deal with India and may clinch it before President George W. Bush visits there in March, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
- Whose Policy Is It Anyway? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jan 28, 2006)
The RBI recently raised the interest rate for short-term borrowing. When do central banks raise interest rates and why did RBI make this move?
- India, Saudi Join Hands On Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
In the first-ever joint declaration signed by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, India and Saudi Arabia today gave a strategic vision to the relationship and agreed to actively cooperate to fight terrorism and other transnational crimes.
- Keep N-Issue Within Iaea: Left To Pm (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Jan 28, 2006)
India will face serious repercussions if it votes to take the Iranian case to the UN Security Council, is the burden of the letter the Left is sending tomorrow to the Prime Minister, sources said.
- Today’S Question: A New Hamas? (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jan 28, 2006)
The spectacular and unprecedented victory for the Islamic militant group, Hamas, in the Palestinian national election has surprised many seasoned observers. While Hamas making a strong show was a foregone conclusion, none — including its most . . .
- Not A Peace Partner, Says Israel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 28, 2006)
Israel has responded harshly to the Hamas, which has secured a resounding victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections.
- Recovering Religion (Times of India, R PANIKKAR, Jan 28, 2006)
Although the etymology of the word religion is closer to the meaning of dharma than it sounds to modern westernised ears, ....
- Un Ambassador Discusses Iran Nuclear Options (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
UN ambassador John R Bolton said on Friday he expects Iran's disputed atomic program to ultimately go before the United Nations Security Council, but acknowledged that doing so wouldn't necessarily stop Iran from pursuing its nuclear ambitions.
- Atom & Jerry Show (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 28, 2006)
At first sight, there is nothing extraordinary about US Ambassador David Mulford’s comments that an Indian decision not to vote for the referral of Iran to the UN Security Council will have ‘devastating’ results.
- Hamas Takes All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 28, 2006)
The emphatic victory of Hamas, the extremist group that swears by militancy and the destruction of Israel, in the Palestinian parliamentary elections has shaken up the political landscape of the region.
- Carnatic Congress (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 28, 2006)
Even though it is only three weeks since the new year began, the season of politics is in full swing.
- Cross Connections (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 28, 2006)
Sometimes when I pick up the phone to ring up someone, I hear two people talking to each other. Instead of putting down the receiver, I listen to their conversation.
- Iran Mixed On Russian Nuke Offer (Indian Express, DAVID SANGER, Jan 28, 2006)
US President Bush and the Chinese government both declared their full support on Thursday for a Russian proposal to allow Iran to operate civilian nuclear facilities as long as Russia and international nuclear inspectors are in full control of the fuel.
- Hamas Not Necessarily A Hamstring (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 28, 2006)
If the Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah aka Hamas hadn’t won such an overwhelming majority at this week’s Palestinian parliamentary elections,
- Mittal Bids $22.8 Bn For Rival Arcelor (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Mittal Steel, the world's largest steel maker, announced an euro 18.6 billion ($22.8 billion) offer on Friday for its nearest rival Arcelor SA.
- India Gate Heroes On C’Wealth List (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
The 75,000 Commonwealth soldiers whose names are engraved on the walls of India Gate are finally on the record.
- U.S. Tells India To Back Off Syria Oil Deal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 28, 2006)
Aide memoirehanded over to Ministry
A strategically significant venture for India
"Today, it is Iran and Syria, tomorrow it may be Sudan or Myanmar or Venezuela."
- Saudi Monarch Committed To India's Energy Security (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Jan 28, 2006)
A pledge of complete energy security and wide-ranging collaboration to combat terrorism form the core of the new strategic partnership India and Saudi Arabia agreed to forge through a "landmark" declaration, signed on Friday by Saudi monarch . . .
- Hamas May Evolve As Peace Champion: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Friday said the world must give Hamas a chance to show if it can transform itself like Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon into a force for peace.
- Hamas In Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 28, 2006)
HAMAS’s victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election seems set to alter the relationship not only among Palestinian groups and factions but also between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
- Declaration Backs India’S Talks With Pakistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah ended a landmark visit to India on Friday with a Delhi Declaration he signed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which among other agreements stressed the importance of talks between his hosts and Pakistan.
- Forest Aid Post Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
To create awareness among public on conserving natural resources
- International Partners To Renew Support For Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
* Kabul and its donors will pledge next week to work together to build a ‘prosperous and stable’ Afghanistan
- Us Must Respect Palestinian Verdict (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 28, 2006)
Palestinians have defied all predictions. Contrary to exit polls that forecast a lead for the ruling Fatah as well as expectations of the West, Hamas, considered to be extremist rather terrorist group by the United States, . . .
- Beware, There’S No Morality In Midnight Haste (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Jan 28, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court judgment pronouncing dissolution of the Bihar legislative assembly to be unconstitutional has enunciated far-reaching constitutional principles.
- A Nuclear Iran? It’S Bush’S Call (Indian Express, Max Boot, Jan 28, 2006)
Iran’s decision to remove the UN seals on its nuclear research facilities has made obvious the failure of European attempts to cajole the mullahs into giving up their atomic dreams. The only thing the Europeans did was buy time for the Iranians to better
- Pm Seeks Pak-Russian Cooperation In N-Energy (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Noting that the potential of Pak-Russian cooperation remained under-utilised, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday stressed the need for taking steps to enhance the level of cooperation between the two countries particularly in the fields of education,
- Coming To Terms With Nuclear Regime Change (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 28, 2006)
Reviled by some in India as the "ayatollahs of non-proliferation,"Michael Kreponof the Stimson Center andLeonard Spectorof the Centre for Nonproliferation Studies are leading the charge against the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement in Washington.
- India Changes Tune, Defends Iran (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 28, 2006)
India on Friday distanced itself from US-led calls to isolate Iran at next week’s meeting of the IAEA after controversial remarks on the issue by Washington’s envoy to Delhi enraged the nation as seldom seen before.
- Palestinians' Democratic Choice Must Be Respected (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jan 28, 2006)
The excuses given for refusing to deal with Hamas will not wash. This is a chance for Europe to have an independent role.
- Recipe For Success (International Herald Tribune, Dan Bilefsky, Jan 28, 2006)
When Dinesh Paliwal, now head of global markets at the engineering company ABB, first arrived in Beijing in the mid-1990s to open one of its first offices there, he would spend several nights a week at banquets with local business executives, . . .
- Red Notices Are Red Rags To Pppp (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 28, 2006)
Palestinians have defied all predictions. Contrary to exit polls that forecast a lead for the ruling Fatah as well as expectations of the West, Hamas, considered to be extremist rather terrorist group by the United States, . . .
- Call For Un Curbs On Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Western powers want the UN Security Council to call on Iran to suspend sensitive nuclear fuel activity, according to a UN draft resolution read to AFP.
- Uncalled For (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2006)
India’s n-deal with the US cannot be linked to IAEA vote
- A Rush On Lobbying Reform (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 28, 2006)
As US Congress hurtles toward enacting new rules on lobbying and lobbyists, two contradictory risks should be kept in mind. One is that lawmakers won’t do enough to rein in the excesses of the current system.
- The Tragedy Of Buta Singh (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 28, 2006)
Buta Singh will go down on record as a sample of politicising of our times: unprincipled, opportunist with no commitment to any political or moral principles. He changed constituencies (reserved) to ensure success in elections. He changed styles . . .
- Congress Clings On, Bangalore Ball Back In Raj Bhavan (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 28, 2006)
Aware that he didn’t have the numbers, aware that his ally H D Deve Gowda had even quit his position as JD(S) leader after his rebel son H D Kumaraswamy didn’t yield an inch, Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh still clung to his chair today . . .
- Who Is Afraid Of Hamas? (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 28, 2006)
Hamas’s victory in the election threatens to touch off a million pessimisms in the western media.
- Aicc Blames Deve Gowda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
As the Dharam Singh Government on Friday night moved towards doom, the Congress Central leadership refused to take any blame for it and trained its guns on JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, blaming him and his party for precipitating the situation.
- India Backs Russian Efforts On Iran Nuclear Tangle (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
India said on Friday it backed Russia's proposal to resolve Iran's standoff with Western governments which suspect Tehran of secretly planning to build a nuclear bomb.
- Indo-Russia New Pact In The Offing: Nath (Press Trust of India, Raj Kumar Ray, Jan 28, 2006)
India and Russia will be working for new economic agreements that would include higher investment of Russian firms in the country's lagging infrastructure.
- A Persistent Malpractice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 28, 2006)
The detection and the prompt follow-up action by the SEBI of large-scale malpractices in two recent public offers — those of the Yes Bank and IDFC — are laudable.
- Hamas, Fatah Gunmen Battle Over Election Results (Reuters, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jan 28, 2006)
Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire on Friday in political turmoil as the long-dominant Fatah faction was threatened with a violent backlash from within to its crushing election defeat by the Islamic militant group.
- Musharraf Says Pakistan Needs Gas From Iran (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Jan 28, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf insisted on Thursday his country needed a natural gas pipeline from Iran, despite pressure from the United States to go elsewhere for the fuel.
- India Has Hard Choices On U.S. Nuclear Deal - Rice (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
India has "difficult choices" to make on a controversial civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States before the deal can be completed, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
- India, Saudi Arabia Agree On Strategic Energy Pact (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jan 28, 2006)
India and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to develop a strategic energy partnership to boost ties between Asia's third-largest consumer and the world's top oil exporter.
- Remember Bangalore (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 28, 2006)
Development has been on sine die in Karnataka’s capital. Will that change if the regime does?
- Lakshmi Mittal, Multibillionaire Steel Magnate (Reuters, Dan Lalor, Jan 28, 2006)
Lakshmi Mittal, the world's third-richest person and head of the world's biggest steel company, unveiled his most audacious bid on Friday -- a $23 billion takeover of his largest rival.
- Elbaradei Asks Us To Provide Iran With Nuclear Reactors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Says resolution of Korean, Mideast, Kashmir issues to do away with 90pc
of proliferation threat
UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday called on the United States to provide Iran with nuclear reactors and urged Tehran to declare . . .
- Why Bring In The Interpol? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 28, 2006)
By approaching Interpol to issue “red notices” to Ms Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, the government has not displayed the wisdom expected of it.
- Reshaping The Muslim World’S Destiny (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jan 28, 2006)
Much has appeared in these columns, including some very thought-provoking pieces, on the outcome of the OIC’s extraordinary summit at Makkah last December.
- Where The Us Went Wrong (Dawn, Touqir Hussain, Jan 28, 2006)
The Bush foreign policy has provoked intense debate both at home and abroad. Within the US, one is stunned by the inconclusiveness of the debate; it is strained and confused.
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