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Articles 27521 through 27620 of 53943:
- Hong Kong Ministerial — Another Show Of South Solidarity (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 29, 2005)
The result of the Hong Kong Ministerial is not as important as the message it sends for the developing countries. After having flexed their muscles in the multilateral trade arena, they need to develop an alternative to the markets of the North.
- Sense From Sensex — Removing Infrastructural Bottlenecks (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 29, 2005)
Regardless of the upswing in the market sentiment, the danger of infrastructural bottlenecks making a shambles of the economy is real. The stark fact is that the country does not simply have on the ground infrastructure capable of underwriting . . .
- India's Unsolicited Concern (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Foreign Office on Tuesday dismissed the comment by the spokesman of India's External Affairs Ministry on Balochistan the same day as "unwarranted and baseless."
- Export Subsidies (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 29, 2005)
Of late, there has been considerable discussion on the compatibility of the various export promotion schemes with the Agree-ment on Subsidies & Countervailing Measures (ASCM).
- Danger To The Dialogue? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 29, 2005)
"The Government of India has been watching with concern the spiralling violence in Balochistan and the heavy military action, including the use of helicopter gunships and jet fighters by the Government of Pakistan to quell it.
- Challenge From Alternative Therapy (Times of India, Harmala Gupta, Dec 29, 2005)
Every now and then we hear about a cure some practitioner of unconventional medicine has found for cancer. Interestingly, this is no longer confined to any one geographical region.
- Netaji's Death: Amartya Sen Goes By Anita Pfaff's View (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"The leader's political thoughts... were something to be felt with the heart''
``This visit brought me close to someone whom I have known about since childhood"
Meets Anita Pfaff and her husband Martin Pfaff
- Israel Strikes Palestinian Militant Base In Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Three Britons kidnapped in Gaza; guerillas occupy election offices
Israeli jets blasted a Palestinian militant group's base in Lebanon early on Wednesday, lightly wounding two guerrillas, hours after rockets hit a northern Israeli border town.
- Indian Fishermen Seek Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Indian fishermen have sought the help of the Embassy here in redressing their grievances, including non-payment of wages, demolition of their dwellings and cancellation of visas by sponsors without notice.
- Doctor Freed On $1-Lakh Bond (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A doctor of Indian origin, facing charges of using insecticides and unauthorised drugs to treat cancer patients, was released on a $1-lakh bond on Tuesday after he pleaded not guilty in a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The Swelling `Register Of Deaths' (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 29, 2005)
In Dorli village in Wardha, farmers simply put up signs announcing their whole village was for sale. It worked, with the local MP giving them Rs.10 lakh. Eslewhere, despair only deepens. Farm suicides have begun in rich Western Maharashtra, too.
- The Basic Freedom Of Expression Is On Trial (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Dec 29, 2005)
Not so long ago, there was jubilation that the free world and its values had prevailed in the Cold War. When the communist empire collapsed, some even announced that the victory of liberty and democracy implied the “end of history.”
- Shock, Awe And Hobbes Have Backfired On Neocons (Hindu, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The Tragid irony of the 21st century is that just as faith in technology collapsed on the world's stock markets in 2000, it came to power in the White House and the Pentagon.
- Govt Goes Tough With Balochistan Miscreants (News International, Tariq Butt, Dec 29, 2005)
The federal government has decided to go ahead with its plan to deal with troublemakers head on in Balochistan and is not apparently pushed to revive the dialogue process.
- Hrcp Calls For Talks To Settle Balochistan Issues (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has underlined the need to solve the issues of Balochistan through dialogue instead of using power.
- Indian Shares King Faisal International Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The award consists of 24 carat, 200-gram gold medal and a cash award of $200,000
- Bombay Nightmares (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2005)
The Mumbai convention was meant to give the BJP a respite from its year and a half of disasters.
- The Lingering Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Money, housing, relief material, tools of trade and some government assistance have all made their way to this tsunami-hit hamlet of the fishing community, about 38 km from Port Blair, for rehabilitation and starting life afresh.
- New Model Of Development? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 29, 2005)
The challenge before India today is to ensure quality education that can serve the global industry
- Terror Hits Bangalore, Target Is Iisc (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 29, 2005)
Terror struck an international conference at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on Wednesday night killing a retired Mathematics professor from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, M.C. Puri, and seriously injuring four others ...
- Tech Capital Figured On Terror Radar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The terrorist attract at IISc was waiting to happen. At least, that’s what investigative agencies were told as they interrogated several terrorists arrested recently.
- Indian Government And Reserve Bank Of India (Rbi) Rejoiced After Taming The Beast Called Inflation To Below 5 Per Cent (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Two rounds of domestic fuel price hike forced by unprecedented rise in global oil prices and a sudden spurt in onion prices brought tears in the eyes of the common man in 2005,
- Third Time Rebellious In Baluchistan (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 29, 2005)
This week India surprised by expressing concern over the crackdown in Pakistan’s largest province. C. Raja Mohan explains what is at stake.
- Mass Grave: Centre, Nhrc Seek Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Taking suo-motu notice of media reports about unearthing of a mass grave in Lunawada village of Panchmahal district of Gujarat, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday asked the state government and the CBI to file their comments . . .
- Building For Children (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2005)
This report* covers the first year of UNICEF India’s 2005 to 2007 action plan to support the Government of India and partners in building back better for children after the 26 December 2004 India Ocean tsunami. It reflects on what happened to children and
- Peace Process Wears No Clothes (Indian Express, S.D. Muni, Dec 29, 2005)
The demand for India’s active engagement with the Sri Lankan peace process has been building up for the past couple of years following the gradual erosion in the credibility of Norway as an impartial ‘facilitator’.
- Startling Take On Big Four (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 29, 2005)
This is not a story that Big Four accounting firms may like to read. Because it is about the gloomy report card they earned in the hands of the Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB).
- Inflation Drops, Prices Rise (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 29, 2005)
Inflation has come down below eight per cent, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. That is some relief from the 9.3 per cent inflation rate reached last year against the budgetary projection of five per cent.
- Myanmar’S Flight Of Capital (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2005)
Military trucks rumble up in front of Yangon’s ministries several times a week and workers lug ancient desks, chairs and filing cabinets to the waiting vehicles. The convoys depart at daybreak on a 12-hour journey along roads badly rutted and pocked,
- India Silently Traps Pakistan’S Isi Terror Network Established And Operated From Nepal – Pakistan Calls For Counter Measures (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 29, 2005)
The Foreign Office of Pakistan has warned the government that India and Nepal were in the process of finalizing a "secret extradition treaty" that might endanger safety of Pakistanis there as agreement would give full power to New Delhi . . .
- Tapping The Potential (Greater Kashmir, Vikram Gour, Dec 29, 2005)
Conserve energy and ensure progress and prosperity for yourself, your household and your society as well, suggests Vikram Gour
- Terror In Home Of Science (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A masked gunman opened fire from an AK-47 on a group of scientists here tonight, killing a professor from Delhi IIT and injuring four others.
- A Spent Force To Reckon With (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Dec 29, 2005)
It is unlikely that the ‘Bihar model’ or a mahajot can turn things around for the opposition parties in West Bengal, argues Sumanta Sen. People are yet to be convinced that they are an alternative to the CPI(M)
- Season’S Cheer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 29, 2005)
Christmas time again. The cliché is that it comes round quicker every year and so it seems as one gets older. As the New Year approaches too, I won’t be sorry to see the back of 2005 and will look forward to a much improved 2006.
- India Concerned Over Spiralling Violence In Balochistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India on Tuesday expressed concern over the spiraling violence in Balochistan and asked Pakistan to exercise restraint and address grievances through peaceful discussions.
- Balochistan: Pakistan Says India Remark Unwarranted (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Reacting sharply to India’s comments on the situation in Balochistan, Pakistan on Wednesday said they were tantamount to interference in its internal affairs and ‘‘contrary’’ to efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability in South Asia.
- Uttaranchal Police On A Queer Chase (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A lesbian couple from Kolkata has become a headache of sorts for the Uttaranchal police these days.
- Us Drops Indian Scientist’S Name From Nuke Blacklist (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 29, 2005)
Ahead of US President George W Bush’s visit, Washington has cleared the name of nuclear scientist C. Surendar from the entities blacklisted last September for allegedly transferring sensitive technology or equipment to Iran.
- Equanimity Of Approach (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The symbolic quest of the soul in search of the ultimate goal is the highlight of Andal's "Tiruppavai" through the overt plea to the maidens in Gokulam to get up and worship Krishna as part of the vow they have undertaken during the month of Marghazhi....
- Islamic Jihadists Behind The Bangalore Iisc Shootout? Is India’S Outsourcing Industry And High Tech Education Centers Under Terrorists Target Lists? (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 29, 2005)
The Islamic jihadidts and ISI of Pakistan is eyeing the Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Science and outsourcing hubs of India for a long time.
- Vitamin D: Miracle Pill Against Cancer (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Dec 29, 2005)
A growing body of evidence in recent years has shown that lack of vitamin D may have lethal effects. Heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis are among the conditions in which it is . . .
- Lanka Violence Cause Of Concern: India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India today voiced concern over escalation of violence in Sri Lanka and favoured early talks to strengthen the ceasefire but was non-committal on its direct involvement in the peace process.
- Lanka Wants India To Play Role In Peace Process (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The visiting Sri Lankan President, Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, today had a 40-minute-long one-to-one talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders chose not to have the usual interaction with the media — a sign that Mr Rajapakse’s visit is . . .
- Terror Strikes Iis Campus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists today barged into the premier Indian Institute of Science (IIS) here and fired indiscriminately, killing a retired Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and injuring three others.
- Curbs Against Indian Firms Not Justified, Says Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India today termed as unjustified the US decision to impose sanctions on its two firms for supplying some chemicals to Iran, asserting that the transfer did not violate Indian regulations or its international obligations.
- Enlightened Moderation? (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since it was established that the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington were engineered from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has constantly proclaimed his goal of making Pakistan a “moderate Islamic country” based on . . .
- India’S Extremely Provocative Outburst (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
Pakistan has rejected the Indian Foreign Office spokesman’s statement about Balochistan and termed it as ‘unwarranted and baseless’.
- Northeast As Partner In Modernisation (Tribune, J.N. Nanda, Dec 29, 2005)
India is making an all out effort to develop and modernize with better infrastructure, better skills and more education.
- Former Iit-Delhi Professor Killed In Bangalore Shoot-Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Two days after Delhi Police intercepted a group of terrorists who were planning attacks on key sites across the country including Bangalore, an armed assailant killed a retired IIT Delhi professor and injured four others in a daring assault . . .
- Moderate Quake Hits Indo-Pak Border In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on Richter Scale shook India-Pakistan border region in Kashmir on early Thursday, the Meteorological Department said.
- Gunmen Fire At Scientists, Kill Senior Iit Professor (Hindustan Times, BR Srikanth, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists barged into the prestigious Indian Institute of Science campus here on Wednesday evening and opened fire indiscriminately killing a retired professor of IIT Delhi and injuring four others.
- India Says U.S. Sanctions Against Two Indian Firms Accused Of Aiding Iran Is Unjustified (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India on Wednesday criticized U.S. sanctions imposed on two Indian companies accused of supplying chemical arms material to Iran, and said the action was "unjustified."
- Human Trafficking (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri has said that the Government was trying its level best to control human trafficking which is bringing bad name to the country and innumerable sufferings to those going abroad through clandestine means.
- India, Iran Discuss Pipeline (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India and Iran began a new round of talks on Wednesday to review progress on a tri-partite deal to build a gas pipeline project through Pakistan that the three nations aim to finalise by June, an Indian official said.
- India Refrains From Reacting To Pakistan’S Statement (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A day after expressing concern at Pakistan army’s alleged high-handedness in Balochistan, India on Wednesday declined to join issue with Pakistan which has reacted sharply to the comments.
- Unwise, Unwarranted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 29, 2005)
ISLAMABAD has done well to reject New Delhi’s charges concerning the situation in Balochistan and called Indian comments “unwarranted and baseless”.
- India’S Achievements In 2005 (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 29, 2005)
The well-known American scholar on South Asia, Professor Stephen Cohen, in his definitive study on India published in 1996, had described the country as an “emerging power”.
- Technology And Imperialism (Dawn, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The tragic irony of the 21st century is that just as faith in technology collapsed on the world’s stock markets in 2000, it came to power in the White House and Pentagon.
- Improving Access To Justice (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Dec 29, 2005)
Our obsession with beggary has taught us the skills needed to put forward compelling reasons, dressed in nebulous grammar, in order to procure a few hundred million dollars from international institutions.
- Thy Neighbours (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 29, 2005)
Assertion here, tinkering there
South Asian area studies are becoming more and more complex. On the eve of the third round of the composite dialogue in the new year, it is just as well that India has put Pakistan on notice over the terrorist camps.
- Stinging Sleaze (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2005)
BJP has only itself to blame
IT is a time of embarrassment for the BJP. The silver jubilee session of the party in Mumbai will be remembered more for the resignation of its general secretary, Mr Sanjay Joshi.
- Exit Kerry Packer (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 29, 2005)
The well-known American scholar on South Asia, Professor Stephen Cohen, in his definitive study on India published in 1996, had described the country as an “emerging power”.
- 100 Tonnes Of Explosives Missing From Indian Ship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India’s defence and interior ministries were investigating how 100 tonnes of explosives went missing from a merchant navy ship bound for Iran, officials said on Wednesday.
- Global Malaise In 2006? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 29, 2005)
The New Year will be marked by mounting uncertainty about prospects for global economic growth. It is likely to be another year in which the gap between the haves and the have-nots will widen.
- Adrift In Its Roots (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 29, 2005)
L K Advani’s praise for Narendra Modi as the ideal chief minister on the day newspapers reported the unearthing of yet another mass grave of pogrom victims near Godhra said it all.
- Lahiri Committee Report On Capital Flows — Debate On P-Flows And P-Notes (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 28, 2005)
The relationship between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Government is more like that between couples.
- Atrocities Of The British Empire (Hindu, George Monbiot, Dec 28, 2005)
In Reading reports of the trial of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, you are struck by two things. The first, of course, is the anachronistic brutality of the country's laws.
- India And Sri Lanka: So Near, Yet So Far (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 28, 2005)
While New Delhi seems clear about what it cannot do in relation to Sri Lanka's search for peace, there is no clarity on what it should do.
- The Bjp's Next Man In (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
With the question "after Advani who?" reportedly settled in favour of Rajnath Singh, it is time to ask: "Why and how Rajnath?"
- Dhaka Expects Rise In Regional Exports (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Dec 28, 2005)
Cabinet ratifies South Asian Free Trade Area modalities on Monday
- Rajapakse To Seek India’S Help (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse arrived in the capital early Tuesday afternoon on his first visit abroad since assuming office last month, with an agenda of seeking active Indian involvement in Colombo’s efforts to find a negotiated settlement ....
- India Announces Mathrani's Successor In Croatia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Government today named senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Rajiva Misra as the next Ambassador to Croatia to succeed controversial Aneil Mathrani
- Sunni Protesters Allege Election Fraud, Stage Rally In Baghdad (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 28, 2005)
Shia groups working to form an alliance with Kurds
- Pak Bans Export Of N-Material (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan today announced banning export of technologies, material and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems.
- Changing Times (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 28, 2005)
What distinguishes true statesmanship from the run- of-the-mill foreign policy practitioners is the ability to recognise critical changes at international level and exploit them to the advantage of one’s own country.
- One Year After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2005)
Learning lessons from tsunami
The December 26, 2004, earthquake and the tsunami waves it unleashed killed 2,30,000 people in a dozen countries in the Indian Ocean region,
- On With Demolitions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2005)
That’s the only language lawbreakers understand
As if the blatant construction of unauthorised buildings in Delhi by the thousands was not bad enough, the lawbreakers are now ganging up to browbeat the administration to stop the court-ordered demolition
- "I Do Whatever The Music Demands" (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Dec 28, 2005)
Zubin Mehta on musical interpretation, the future of western classical music, and his tour of India.
- Advani To Quit On December 31 (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Dec 28, 2005)
BJP president L.K. Advani will formally quit his post on December 31 at a customary media briefing following the party’s convention, according to BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu.
- Indian Airlines Profit Up 48 P.C. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Public sector carrier Indian, formerly Indian Airlines, has recorded a net profit of Rs. 65.61 crore for 2004-05 against Rs. 44.17 crore in the previous year, up 48 per cent. The annual accounts of the company were approved by the board . . .
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