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Articles 28521 through 28620 of 53943:
- Russia Sees Energy As Key To Unlock Asian Doors (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 19, 2005)
Vladimir Putin is clearly positioning Russia for the role of main motor and coordinator of a new global strategy for energy security.
- France Will Bolster Nato Troops In Afghanistan (New York Times, Reuters, Dec 19, 2005)
France will send several hundred more troops to Afghanistan to reinforce security in Kabul, the capital, when NATO expands operations in the country next year, the French defense minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, said here on Sunday.
- Revamps And Plenary Sessions In The Congress (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Dec 19, 2005)
Will the party's Steering Committee be elected or nominated this time?
- Responding To A Public Health Challenge (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Dec 19, 2005)
There are nearly 70 million people with kidney disease of varying severity levels in India. Hypertension and diabetes, the main causative factors, need to be targeted.
- Raj Thackeray Quits Shiv Sena (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Dec 19, 2005)
Three weeks after he quit all posts in the Shiv Sena in protest against being sidelined, Raj Thackeray today formally walked out of the party.
- Unesco Report On Education Of Afghans: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) research report stated that no centralised mechanism existed to streamline and standardise education for Afghan refugee children and teachers in Pakistan.
- Warlords Dominate New Afghan Parliament (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Broad range of parliamentarians may allow Hamid Karzai to manipulate the legislating body and garner majority support for his policies
- India Opens Separate Visa Centre In Dhaka (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Sunday opened a separate Indian visa application centre here to cope with the increasing number of applicants.
- More Waves In The Dinesh Dalmia Story (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 19, 2005)
Sat upholds a Sebi order against the absconding financier, even as US companies file fresh charges.
- Plan For Crisis Management (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
While the city district government of Lahore has unveiled a plan to reorganize civil defence along modern lines, the Punjab government has decided to broaden its emergency ambulance and rescue services to cover the entire province.
- No Break-Through, But No Break-Down Either (The Financial Express, Veena Jha, Dec 19, 2005)
After six days of talks in Hong Kong, the draft Ministerial text which appears to be ready for adoption calls for developed countries to open their markets to 97 % of goods from the world's poorest economies by 2008 by abolishing import duties and quotas.
- Sam Walton Versus Gupta & Sons Serendipity (The Economic Times, Nidhi Nath Srinivas, Dec 19, 2005)
India is a nation of shopkeepers. After farming, retailing is the biggest employment generator in the country. And yet we now have supermarkets — the new kids on the block — beating us in the same game.
- Populism And Democracy (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a recent seminar on "Democracy, development and social inclusion" held in New Delhi on December 8, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provided an economist's perspective of governance. Democracy, he said, was based on the notion of a popular mandate, . . .
- Unesco Report On Education Of Afghans (Daily Times, Akhtar Amin, Dec 19, 2005)
A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) research report stated that no centralised mechanism existed to streamline and standardise education for Afghan refugee children and teachers in Pakistan.
- New Afghan Parliament Opens Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Afghanistan’s first parliament after nearly three decades of brutal occupation, war and harsh Taliban rule is due to convene today (Monday) in the final step of a transition to democracy launched four years ago.
- Moot Rejects ‘United States Of Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, Dec 19, 2005)
Participants of a conference held to discuss the “United States of Kashmir” proposal on Sunday called the formula ambiguous and a bid to divide the people of Kashmir. They also asked Kashmiris not to compromise on their right to self-determination.
- Kalam Calls For Second Green Revolution (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It was time India embarked upon a second green revolution, which would help increase productivity in the agricultural sector, President APJ Abdul Kalam said today.
- Wto Draft Sets 2013 To Eliminate Farm Subsidies (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Dec 19, 2005)
The sixth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong issued a draft declaration on Sunday that called for the elimination of agriculture subsidies by 2013.
- Sri Lanka Peace Hopes Dim After Row Over Venue’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Hopes for a revival of Sri Lanka’s peace process dimmed after Tamil Tiger rebels rejected a government offer to hold ice-breaking talks at an Asian venue hosted by Japan, diplomats said on Sunday.
- Explore Real History Of The Nation, Appeals Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Sunday exhorted the citizens to explore the real history of the nation to gain inspiration for enlightened action for the creation of a future of all-round prosperity.
- Bus Ride Across A Partition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2005)
In terms of symbolic value, a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore may appear less significant than some of the other cross-border travel arrangements that India and Pakistan have put in place.
- "A Rude Shock For The Rich Nations" (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 19, 2005)
Unlike in the previous ministerials, they were not able to dictate the draft here
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Abdul Waheed Faruqi, Dec 19, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- Balancing Foreign Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
In the first five months of the current financial year the import bill has outstripped export earnings by $4.55 billion, pushing up the trade deficit to a record 146 per cent over that of the same period last year.
- Emotional Support Vital For Cancer Cure: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
He says recovery of patients receiving social support better
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said on Sunday that cancer cure should be addressed both physiologically and psychologically.
- Chandigarh Fighting Losing Battle Against Aids (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Dec 19, 2005)
With the number of HIV+ cases doubling since last year, Chandigarh, it seems, is fighting a losing battle against AIDS. From 57.89 cases per 1,000, the number of HIV+ people in the city has shot up to 97.73 cases per 1,000. Out of the 9,506 persons . . .
- A Scientist On A Mission To Spot Young Talent In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
"Behind every significant scientific discovery there is someone who discovered the scientist in the first place." K. Satyamurty meets S.S. Iyengar, who is keen on helping young researchers realise their potential.
- Whither Trade Organisation? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Dec 19, 2005)
Despite frustrating outcomes of biennial meets, it is not wise to give up on the WTO process
- 4 Policemen, Three ‘Taliban’ Killed In Afghan Attacks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Four policemen and three suspected Taliban fighters were killed and an Afghan interpreter wounded in attacks in volatile southern Afghanistan, police and an official said on Sunday.
- Dr Atta’S Wake Up Call (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
DR Atta-ur-Rehman, Chairman, Higher Education Commission has said that not a single Pakistani university ranks amongst the 1000 best universities in the world. Speaking at the convocation of Riphah International University in Islamabad on Saturday, . . .
- Us Concerned Over Terrorist Involvement In Pok Quake Relief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The United States has expressed grave concern over the involvement of militant outfits in quake-relief operations in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK), even as a senior Pakistani official said there was no bar on their carrying out "humanitarian" activities, ...
- Kalam For Country To Embark Upon Second Green Revolution (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It was time India embarked upon the second green revolution, which would help in increasing productivity in the agricultural sector, President A P J Abdul Kalam said today.
- "India Should Tackle Stigma Attached To Aids" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 19, 2005)
Ann M. Veneman, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), who was in New Delhi recently, feels that if the Indian leadership is willing to discuss HIV/AIDS, it is an important step forward in addressing the issue.
- Forest Dept. To Launch Eco-Tourism In Kanyakumari Dt. (Hindu, P.S. Suresh Kumar, Dec 19, 2005)
MoU has been signed with a private tour operator in Thiruvananthapuram
- Explore Real History Of The Nation: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
`Nation's real strength lay in the values its people have nurtured'
- `Space Architects' On The Verge Of Reaching The `Orbit' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The 13-member students team will participate in the finals of Space Settlement Design competition in Chandigarh
- ‘Punjab, Sindh To Get More Water From New Dams’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The additional water that will be there in case the Kalabagh and Bhasha dams are built, will be distributed among Sindh and Punjab, says a senior official, adding that the NWFP and Balochistan are unlikely to get such benefit.
- Bhutan King To Step Down, Hold Polls In 2008 - Report (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Dec 19, 2005)
Bhutan's king is to hand power to his son and stage the tiny Himalayan kingdom's first democratic elections in 2008, the state-run Kuensel newspaper reported on Sunday.
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 19, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Bangladesh To Pass Law To Curb Terror Financing (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 19, 2005)
Bangladesh is set to pass a law clamping down on the financing of militants suspected of planning attacks, a senior bank official said today.
- Doctor’S Orders (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Airport modernisation is attracting too much flak. Time for PM to step in
- Article In Pakistani Daily Shakes Indian Bureaucracy (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 19, 2005)
In an unusual development in the Volcker report where at least the former Indian external minister Natwar Singh has been compelled to say goodbye to politics, a story published by Jang on January 24, 2004 has shaken the Indian bureaucracy.
- Free Entertainment (Deccan Herald, Malathy N Menon, Dec 19, 2005)
The railway platform is a cauldron of excitement just ahead of the train’s arrival.
- Baillie’S Menu (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Finally, the drama over who will head India’s largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company has ended. For HLL, the appointment of Douglas Baillie as CEO comes at a time when the company is set to bring the curtains down on an eventful year,
- Dastardly Act (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2005)
THE rape and murder of a 24-year-old woman employee of a multinational call centre in Bangalore is a dastardly act.
- Complicating Petro-Pricing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 19, 2005)
Initial reports about the thinking of the C Rangarajan panel on the pricing of petroleum products contain both good news and bad.
- First Step To Effectiveness (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Dec 19, 2005)
Any technique in personality development, which advocates shutting out thoughts to obtain concentration, ignores the basic fact that thoughts and diversion are natural to any mortal.
- Development Hardly Visible At Hong Kong Ministerial (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Dec 19, 2005)
The Doha Round, launched in 2001, was meant to address the concerns of developing countries who were feeling short-changed in the Uruguay Round. Negotiations over the past four years have, however, confirmed that all talk of ‘development’ was just . . .
- Doha And `Development Focus' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 19, 2005)
The weak, weaker and the weakest nations must get some special treatment so as to be able to catch up with the rest of the world. This is the basis of the approach of the multilateral trade negotiations where the developed economies are expected . . .
- Christmas In Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 19, 2005)
On Christmas eve of 1988 this writer was in Islamabad waiting to meet Ms.Benazir Bhutto who had just taken over as the first woman-Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
- Fine Print Of The Ministerial Text (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Trade leaders from 149 countries hob-knobbed with each other in Hong Kong for six days, trying to move the Doha round of trade talks forward.And finally managed to produce a rag-tag ministerial declaration that is just enough to give the talks a . . .
- A Costly Intervention By Martin Woollacott (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
When the US stumbled out of Vietnam 30 years ago, a void seemed to open up for a world which, for good or ill, had become used to a controlling American hand.
- ‘Ensure Genuine Voters Make It To Wb Booths’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Reacting to Election Commission observer Afzal Amanullah’s report on how the Left Front rigs polls in West Bengal—excerpts of which were published by The Sunday Express today—the Congress and BJP have asked the poll panel to ensure that each eligible
- Kalam For Another Green Revolution (Indian Express, CORPORATE BUREAU, Dec 19, 2005)
It was time India embarked upon the second green revolution, which would help in increasing productivity in the agricultural sector, President A P J Abdul Kalam said today.
- Indian Economy On A Roll (Daily Excelsior, SUMEDHA SUDHAMAN, Dec 19, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said if you aim at the sky, you will reach the tree top. It is a very appropriate remark in the Indian situation.
- Volcker Action At Un (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 19, 2005)
The Volcker Committee report which brought down Natwar Singh may no longer be making daily headlines in India, but here at the UN, it is turning from a tropical storm into a cyclone.
- Quizzed (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 19, 2005)
Wizened old Uncle Sam suffers from many strange hangups and one of them is his touching belief that he has a divine right to lord it over the rest of the world. As a result, a greenhorn Senator or a Congressman belonging to some obscure sub-committee.....
- Indian President Emphasizes Need To Boost Maritime Security (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Stressing the need for increased maritime security, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Sunday [18 December] said that control of India depended on control of the seas.
- Looking For Leadership (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Dec 19, 2005)
When will India have a leader like David Cameron?” That was how Ashok greeted me on my return to office after a brief trip to London. But it wasn’t a rhetorical question. He meant it.
- Irish Head For India To Shop Talent (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Three-and-a-half centuries after the British came here looking for business, their neighbours just a hop away, the Irish, are discovering India only now.
- Interim Farm Deal Saves World Trade Talks (Reuters, John Chalmers, Dec 19, 2005)
Ministers from 149 states saved long-running global trade talks from collapse on Sunday with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 and open rich country markets a bit wider to the poorest nations.
- Ipo Shock To The System (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 19, 2005)
It probably started with the Income Tax department’s (I-T) discovery that one Purshottam Dudlani owned a whopping 5,000 demat accounts.
- Re-Peddling The Fear Of The Foreign Hand (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 19, 2005)
Despite 15 years of liberalisation, despite high growth in every sector in which FDI came and despite no Indian industry being wiped out as a consequence of foreign entry, we are unable to get away from the fear of the foreigner.
- Indo-China Trade Up 521 Pc To Usd 11.35 Bn In 5 Yrs: Assocham (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Indo-China trade has increased by a massive 521 per cent in the last five years to 11.35 billion dollars in 2005 from 1.8 billion dollars in 1999-2000, according to a study by industry body Assocham.
- The Global Indian Manager (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-five years after Mr Stephen Turner handed over to Mr P. L. Tandon as the first Indian Chairman of Hindustan Lever Limited, the top job in India in the Anglo-Dutch multinational has gone to a non-Indian, Mr Douglas Bailee.
- Should You Do That Survey? (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Dec 19, 2005)
YOUR opinion counts," cries the announcement about the next version of the employee survey launched by the organisation. The employee reads it and smiles. In his mind, he sees it as yet another "tick in the box" activity, yet another wasted effort.
- Mid-Year Review Of Economy — Important Emphasis On Infrastructure (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 19, 2005)
The Mid-Year Review mandated by the FRBM Act serves a useful purpose in alerting the Government of the fiscal and economic performance so far.
- India's Security Equations In The Gulf (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Dec 19, 2005)
With Saudi king, His Excellency King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz going to be the chief guest for the 57 anniversary of Indian Republic, a number of issues come to the fore front concerning work force working in that country.
- Unsafe Passage (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It has to be the courts again. This time it is the Calcutta high court which has questioned the state government’s efforts to reduce the rate of accidents on city streets.
- Let Them Have Cars (Indian Express, VEERESH MALIK, Dec 19, 2005)
The rape and murder of a female HP call centre employee in Bangalore brings the 24x7 segment of the infotech industry, the BPO sector, in the spotlight again, in the context of women working night shifts. One view would be that this goes with . . .
- State Of Human Rights (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 19, 2005)
The Karachi chapter of the English Speaking Union of Pakistan was inaugurated over 40 years ago, presumably to further the spread of English. But for some inexplicable reason it ended up as the outdoor relief department of the foreign diplomatic corps.
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- No Let-Up In Friendship With China (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 19, 2005)
One cannot but be concerned over the impression, now being voiced by an increasing number of citizens, that our all-weather friendship with China has undergone a decline.
- Safety First (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 19, 2005)
The brutal rape and murder of a young call centre employee in the City has drawn attention to the inadequate security that is provided to women working the night shift in the BPO industry.
- No Sign Of Doha Deal Completion (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 19, 2005)
Despite ending on a positive note, the Hong Kong ministerial meeting does not ensure that faltering Doha trade negotiations will be completed by the end of next year, trade ministers....
- Meeting Point (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It was heartening to see Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan stressing the need for continuing the "people-to-people" dialogue between the two countries.
- There’S Good In Pakistan’S Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Power, Dec 19, 2005)
Madrasas, as traditional bodies of learning, are relevant under the socio-economic conditions.
- Kerala's Rubber Revolution (Business Line, Tharian George K, Dec 19, 2005)
The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), which is celebrating its golden jubilee this year, has a number of achievements to its credit.
- Trade Warriors Wave White Flag (Telegraph, S.P.S. PANNU, Dec 19, 2005)
After a week of bitter wrangling, trade ministers of the 149-nation WTO finally reached an agreement today on the final draft ministerial declaration which will pave the way for concluding a global trade treaty by the end of next year.
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 19, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi, ...
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