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Articles 29221 through 29320 of 53943:
- Farm Credit Package In The Offing? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 13, 2005)
Mr. Sukhjit Singh, who retired as Director, Agriculture, of the Punjab Government, is a leading agriculturist in the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur belt and is representative of a small but growing community of farmers who believe that the agricultural sector . . .
- Challenge Of Measuring Service Sector Growth (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 13, 2005)
On November 30, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for July-September (Q2) of 2005-06, both at constant (1993-94) and . . .
- Breaking The Impasse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
The rescue of the Montreal talks from disaster is bound to raise hopes that the Doha world trade talks will produce a similar rabbit out of a hat when ministers gather in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
- Rbi's Report On Currency And Finance 2004-05 — Banks Must Compete, Consolidate And Converge (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 13, 2005)
The RBI Report on Currency and Finance 2004-05 highlights the challenges facing the banking sector, which requires infusion of new technologies, better processes of credit and risk appraisal, product diversification, robust internal controls and . . .
- `The Us Is Not Losing Its Competitiveness' (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Dec 13, 2005)
On terrorism and new approach to manufacturing: "The FDA wants to know, ``what's in them?'', ``who made them (right down to the worker who was on the line at that point of time)?'' and ``where did they come from?"
- Averting Suicide Attacks In Afghanistan: Us-Led Forces Plan New Strategy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Coalition forces looking to terror tactics in Iraq to combat threat
* ISAF says NATO soldiers will not take over counter-terrorist operations
- India Should Be Flexibile: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
* No proposal to open visa offices in Lahore and Amritsar
* India and Pakistan will open consulates from January
* Pakistan agrees to buy goods from India
- Indian Military Asked To Speed Up Arms Buying (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
An Indian parliamentary watchdog on Monday asked the military not to drag its feet on arms purchases as delay meant equipment eventually bought often became obsolete.
- Exile As Therapy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 13, 2005)
Parliamentarians have put us all to shame. They continue to misuse this institution at the cost of the Indian people. They behave worse than street lumpens.
- More Blasts In Sri Lanka Amid Fresh Peace Moves (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful mine exploded just missing a police patrol on Monday after Japan offered to host talks between Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels to save their tottering truce, officials said. The explosion caused by a claymore mine targeted the patrol . . .
- ‘Made In India’ Label On Relief Goods Irks Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan has expressed "political sensitivity" towards certain relief items coming from India with the label of "Made in India" for use in the earthquake devastated areas.
- Kalabagh Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
There are two aspects of the Kalabagh dam issue — the technical and the political. The technical issues have been discussed, and continue to be discussed in the press and in other forums, by experts.
- A Bug Which Sickens Not Your Body But Soul (Greater Kashmir, Dr. R. L. Bhat, Dec 13, 2005)
Nothing but a strong moral foundation can save us from a disaster that has already engulfed the whole world. They stress on preventive measures, but the solution lies somewhere else. We need to revisit the forgotten world of morality and values if the ...
- A Toast For Ju (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 13, 2005)
Buttered on both sides
Jadavpur University has reason to rejoice, but seems to prefer a mishmash on its own terms.
- Now, Act On Labour Law Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2005)
That the prime minister should choose to bring up the touchy issue of labour reform at the Indian Labour Conference deserves to be welcomed.
- Curbing The Arms Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
ONCE again the interior ministry seems to have woken up to the dangers of the 18 million illegal arms in the country and is said to be working on a plan to regulate the weapons trade emanating chiefly from the tribal town of Darra Adamkhel.
- Cross-Holding In Ioc, Gail — Ongc Drops Buyback Plan, May Divest Stake In Market (Business Standard, Pratim Ranjan Bose, Dec 12, 2005)
The issue of unlocking of cross-holdings among three major oil PSUs — ONGC, GAIL and Indian Oil is fast reaching a new turn.
- Sherpao Denies Qaeda Activist’S Arrest (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao denied on Sunday reports by a private television channel of the arrest of an Al Qaeda activist in Rawalpindi.
- Cut The Cackle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 12, 2005)
The BJP are shouting themselves hoarse about wanting Sonia Gandhi to resign as the Chairperson of something called the “National Advisory Council”.
- Growth With A Flaccid Underbelly (The Economic Times, JAIDEEP MISHRA, Dec 12, 2005)
Vision, it is said, is the art of seeing things invisible. Already, there is much talk of 10% growth of GDP, the total output of goods and services. It seems pertinent to ask, what is the quality of the growth momentum now upon us? . . .
- Old And New Europe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
One can understand the reason why American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is so fond of “new Europe”. As more details come to light about the CIA’s secret detention centres worldwide, East European countries seem only too willing to offer . . .
- Iran Offers Us Share In Nuke Power Plants (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran opened the door Sunday for US help in building a nuclear power plant — a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons.
- Kuala Lumpur Becomes A Fairy Land (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 12, 2005)
The Malaysian capital is all decked up as the city hosts a series of international meetings and summits from Monday. Top floors of skyscrapers are lit up. Electronic trees have been put up at pathways, not different from fancy decorations in India . . . .
- Trial Run Of Amritsar-Lahore Bus Launched (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Dec 12, 2005)
Bhangra and Pakistani band greeted the golden Amritsar-Lahore bus, “Punj-Ab” (meaning five rivers), with flags of both nations painted on it at the zero line during its trial run here today. Both countries have launched the trial run of the bus . . .
- 43 Hurt In Blasts At Uk Oil Depot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
At least 43 persons were injured, two of them seriously, when a series of huge blasts ripped through an oil depot near Luton airport, northwest of London today, filling the sky with orange flames and thick black smoke and damaging nearby houses.
- Thank You, Mr Volcker! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
It’s not only Natwar Singh and Congress politicians who were happy to see Aneil Matherani go. Rajiv Misra, India’s deputy permanent representative to the WTO at Geneva is another.
- Fiscal Position Could Be Better (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 12, 2005)
Going by the second quarterly (and half-yearly) review of the Indian economy, the fiscal condition leaves much to be desired, so much so that, under the FRBM Act, is has become incumbent on the Government to take steps to remedy the situation.
- People Power In A Free Market Democracy (The Financial Express, Arun Maira, Dec 12, 2005)
India is a young country, with a huge pool of people of working age growing within it. The size of this pool, the largest in the world, is even larger than China’s and is a prime factor in economists’ estimates that India will be one of the three . . .
- Nurm Must Be A Pura Mission (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 12, 2005)
The Government's ambitious National Urban Renewal Mission hopes to tackle all blight — sanitation, roads, transport, power, water, and governance. But NURM will succeed only when it stimulates out-migration of people from cities even as it makes living...
- Reluctance To Recognise Clear Warning Signals (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 12, 2005)
Sometimes, an academic approach to issues can suppress warning signals of systemic weaknesses by dismissing these as one-off aberrations.
- Voice Of Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- Just Be (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 12, 2005)
There is a certain nobility, a dignity, a self-sacrificing aristocracy in being a religious person.
- No One To Weep For Mumbai (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 12, 2005)
First came the flood, then pestilence. And now, that ultimate biblical folly: betrayal. Mumbai is slowly dying, ravaged by civic cancer, crucified by callous officials, and forsaken by 12 million citizens who feed like maggots off its malingering corpse.
- Nepal Leader Urges India Not To Back Government Headed By King (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Dec 12, 2005)
External support will make it more repressive: Communist Party of Nepal (UM-L).
Several smaller political parties of Nepal are joining the pro-democracy movement
Maoists are slowly veering towards the idea of a peaceful political transformation
- Volcker: Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Rolls, Crosses Via Wagah Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus crossed over to Pakistan on a trial run through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- Keep An Eye On All Invisibles (Indian Express, Veena Jha, Dec 12, 2005)
India has everything to play for this week at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial, says Veena Jha
- Charity Begins As A Brainwave (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Dec 12, 2005)
Unsung Good Samaritans continue to be innovative about getting in the moolah
- 43 Hurt In Massive Blasts In Oil Depot Northwest Of London (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Dec 12, 2005)
At least 43 people were injured, two of them seriously, when a series of huge blasts ripped through an oil depot near Luton airport, northwest of London today, filling the sky with orange flames and thick black smoke and damaging nearby houses.
- The Holy Quota (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 12, 2005)
The decision to introduce a constitutional amendment to enable states to re-impose reservations in unaided private colleges is deeply disappointing.
- Nepal: 97 Arrested On Human Rights Day, Released (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Nepal government has released 97 people, including human rights activists and journalists, who were arrested yesterday when they staged a protest rally in a restricted area here to mark the International Human Rights Day, demanding restoration of democrac
- The Growing Lure Of Gold (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 12, 2005)
Gold prices in India closed at an all-time high on Friday at Rs 7,900 per ten gram, in tune with a global Bull Run in the coveted yellow metal. Spiralling gold prices had given the jitters to lakhs of Indian households as wedding budgets went . . .
- New Indo-Pak Bus On Trial (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A 45-seater luxury Volvo coach with four officials and five crew members Sunday commenced its 30-km trial run from Amritsar city to Lahore in Pakistan.
- Even If You Hate George Bush, Must You Be A Saddam Groupie? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2005)
Even if you hate George Bush, must you be a Saddam groupie?
Anti-war activists are so confused, says Christopher Hitchens
- A New Role For India (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 12, 2005)
From about October to March, the leadership of Corporate India is busy with visiting dignitaries from their counterparts from the big corporations of the advanced economies.
- Iran Offers Us Share In Building Nuclear Plants (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday offered the United States a share in building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb US opposition to its controversial atomic programme.
- Whistle-Blowing Or Ratting? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 12, 2005)
World over, encomium is showered on any employee who blows the whistle on misdeeds perpetrated to his knowledge in an organisation or government.
- China's Central Bank Governor — Mover And Shaker In China's Financial System (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 12, 2005)
Turning to central bankers, in general, the world has come to regard Mr Alan Greenspan, America's central banker, as an economic statesman of global significance. His every move, every gesture was watched by markets with bated breath to infer . . .
- The Red Herrings Of Infrastructure And Democracy (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 12, 2005)
The Edsa is a main artery that runs through Metro Manila. But the six-lane highway, at several points along its path, and at several times during the day, may well resemble a parking lot.
- The Best Place To Learn English (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2005)
A leek is Welsh for a vegetable of the genus onion. Taking a leek in Wales could have a different connotation from taking a leak in England!
- Saarc Moot To Revive Tourism In Quake-Hit Areas’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The Tourism Ministry will hold a South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) tourism ministers’ conference to revive the tourism industry in earthquake-hit areas, said Dr Ghazi Ghulab Jamal, the tourism minister, on Sunday.
- India, China Urged To Enhance Cooperation At Wto (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and China, 'heavyweight' members of the G-33, must step up their cooperation at next week's WTO Ministerial to safeguard their interests, Member of Planning Commission, Anwarul Hoda has said.
- Pak Overtures Bring Israel Blip Back On India Radar (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 12, 2005)
Caught on the backfoot by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s tactical overtures towards Tel Aviv, New Delhi has hurriedly brought back Israel on its radar with the Joint Working Group (JWG)
- It’S Called Be Or Bankruptcy Of Education (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The striking thing about the professional education scenario in Andhra Pradesh is that is is messy.
- Possible Options On Kashmir: Pakistan More Flexible Than India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 12, 2005)
Kuldeep Nayar; a leading journalist, peace activist and former member of the Rajya Sabha proposed maximum autonomy for the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir except for foreign, defence and communication affairs.
- Saran Holds Talks With Nepal Army (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Foreign secretary Mr Shyam Saran today met top army officials of King Gyanendra’s government as also former Prime Minister Mr Surya Bahadur Thapa and discussed the current political situation in Nepal during a visit in which he is expected . . .
- Can The East Asia Summit Be Independent? (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 12, 2005)
Prospects of proposed `East Asian Community' being assessed
ASEAN remains in the `driving seat'
Draft EAS formula evolved
- Reinventing The Oic (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 12, 2005)
In the year-long run-up to its extraordinary summit in Makkah on December 7-8, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), which had emerged in 1969 as a collective response to an arson attack on Masjid-i-Aqsa, has had a bad press.
- An Instrument Of Oppression (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 12, 2005)
Last Tuesday all progressive and enlightened elements in this country, even those who preach enlightened moderation, should have flown their flags at half mast, after the National Assembly demonstrated once again that when it comes to repression and . . .
- Outsourcing The Torture (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 12, 2005)
"Metternich comes close to being a statesman; he lies very well,” Napoleon once said of the Austrian aristocrat who dominated European diplomacy for a generation. By that demanding standard, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice does not come close . . .
- The Great Default (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
It's been three months since hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast, and it’s probably safe to guess that most Americans, preoccupied with Iraq or Christmas shopping, didn’t mark the anniversary.
- Iran Allows Us To Bid For Building Its N-Plant (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran on Sunday opened the door for US help in building a nuclear power plant, a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons.
- Amritsar-Lahore Trial Bus Arrives (News International, Ghulam Haider, Dec 12, 2005)
The Amritsar-Lahore trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of India’s Punjab arrived here on Sunday.
- Disappearance Of A Journalist (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The mysterious disappearance of Hayatullah Khan, a journalist working out of North Waziristan, raises quite a few questions.
- `Educated People Should Protect Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Educated people in the country should volunteer to protect and promote human rights, speakers at the State- level seminar on Human Rights and Civil Society organised by the Department of Political Science, Thiruvalluvar, Government Arts College here . . .
- Now Bus To Lahore From Amritsar (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Dec 12, 2005)
Trial run begins; the first bus from Lahore will arrive on December 23
- Dog And The Learning Curve (Deccan Herald, Sheila Kumar, Dec 12, 2005)
A pet can be an entertainer and sometimes it can also teach us life’s valuable lessons
- Living Up To The Legacy Of Nuremberg (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 12, 2005)
With 100 countries on board, the International Criminal Court is slowly negotiating the hurdle of universality. But with countries like the United States (and India) outside its purview, how effective will it be in dealing with war crimes, aggression, ...
- Education, Innovation Key To Competitiveness (Hindu, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Dec 12, 2005)
Intel chief wants India to build on existing strengths in software and analytical skills
While the cost of computers will continue to fall, preoccupation with computing costs is a waste of time.
- Getting Ready For Hong Kong Summit (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Dec 12, 2005)
Meet will decide progress of Doha development round
It is unlikely that any trade minister will admit to outright failure of the negotiations.
- Depleting Ozone Layer: B’Lore Feeling The Heat? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Bangalore may be at risk from depleting ozone layer. A burgeoning auto-rickshaw, vehicle and factory population coupled with the presence of Nagarhole and Bandipur forests, 220 km and 190 km away respectively, may be increasing the risk for Bangalore,....
- Pm To Lure Investments From Asean (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
With its ‘Look East’ policy bearing fruit, India will strive to take economic cooperation with ASEAN to a new high as South East Asian countries were emerging as new magnets and new pole of growth and stability in the world.
- Iraq’S Bleak Future (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Dec 12, 2005)
The latest poll in the United States shows that 59 per cent of the Americans want US troops withdrawal from Iraq as soon as possible even if conditions there are not completely stable.
- Hk Rallies Denounce Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Around 3,000 protesters waving signs reading “Junk the WTO” and “Life is not for sale” marched in a carnival atmosphere in one of world’s main financial centres.
- Not Enough (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 12, 2005)
Interest on PF should have been reduced further to ease the burden on the exchequer
- Some Glaring Contrasts (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
The Pakistan High Commission is out to dampen the spirit of people-to-people ties by denying visas
- Quick Diagnosis Kit For Filariasis To Go Commercial (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Dec 12, 2005)
Developed by Anna University's Centre for Biotechnology
A rapid action kit that helps in quick diagnosis of filariasis, developed by Anna University's Centre for Biotechnology and ready after years of trial, will be commercially launched by . . .
- Uma Prescribes Dna Tests For Bjp Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Giving a new twist to her attack on senior BJP leaders, expelled party leader Uma Bharti on Sunday suggested that they undergo “DNA tests” to reveal the quantum of party ideology and principles present in them.
- Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya on Sunday issued a legal notice to former Governor Romesh Bhandari for accusing a "very close" associate of the senior BJP leader of involvement in Iraqi oil scam and . . .
- Iran Offers Us Share In Nuclear Power Plants (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran opened the door on Sunday for US help in building a nuclear power plant a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons.
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