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Articles 29621 through 29720 of 53943:
- Cabinet Approves Signing Of Un Convention Against Corruption (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Projecting its objective of zero tolerance against the menace, the Union Cabinet tonight approved the signing of a United Nations Convention against Corruption as also initiating the process of enacting an enabling legislation by concerned Ministries.
- Singh, Norwegian Pm Discuss Ways To Enhance Bilateral Ties (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held talks with his Norwegian counterpart Jens Stoltenberg to explore ways of further enhancing bilateral relations, particularly in the field of trade and energy cooperation.
- Violence Simmers In Sri Lanka's Multi-Ethnic East (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 09, 2005)
Ethnic tension between Sri Lanka's minority Tamil and Muslim communities is rising in the island's east after a November grenade attack on a mosque killed seven and as observers fear the island's 2002 truce is falling apart.
- U.N. Talks Support Clean Energy In Poor Nations (Reuters, Alister Doyle, Dec 09, 2005)
Negotiators at U.N. talks agreed to speed investments in clean-energy projects in the Third World on Thursday but remained deadlocked on ways to enlist the United States in a long-term fight against global warming.
- `Three Firms Have Taken Up Hiv, Aids Scheme In Goa' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
In all, 18 companies have launched the programme in the country
Nine more are framing work place intervention policies
UB to publish HIV, AIDS message on its labels
- 'United States Of Kashmir’ (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Washington has reportedly urged India and Pakistan to find solution to the core issue of Kashmir within the parameters of APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s proposal for ‘the United States of Kashmir’.
- Hubris Of The Humanities (Indian Express, Nicholas D. Kristof, Dec 09, 2005)
The best argument against “intelligent design” has always been humanity itself. At a time when only 40 per cent of Americans believe in evolution, and only 13 per cent know what a molecule is, we’re an argument at best for “mediocre design”.
- Nato Plan To Operate In Southern Afghanistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) approved on Thursday a plan to expand the alliance’s peacekeeping force in Afghanistan into the volatile south of the country, after overcoming concerns about troop safety.
- Class Enemies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2005)
When trade union leaders bawl about the poor but bat for the rich
- Congress Was Aware Of Jagat's Trip To Iraq In Nov: Matherani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Former Indian Ambassador to Croatia and key witness in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam Aniel Matherani disclosed on Thursday that even before his explosive interview to a news magazine, the Congress leadership was aware of the inclusion of Natwar Singh's. . .
- Volcker Issue: Pm To Respond Next Thursday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would respond in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday next to clarifications on his statement on the Volcker issue.
- Hong Kong Ministerial: Much Ado About Something (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 09, 2005)
The Ministerial meeting of the 149 countries of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) will take place in Hong Kong (HK) a weekfrom now.
- Of Captors And Their Captives (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 09, 2005)
India must remain watchful of American designs in South Asia in the guise of friendship, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Islamists Losing Ground In Valley (Pioneer, PN Khera, Dec 09, 2005)
People of Jammu & Kashmir are showing an increasing inclination for peace than the loud anti-India rhetoric of terrorists, says PN Khera
- Anatomy Of A Botch-Up (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 09, 2005)
Kalyani Shankar says amidst the brouhaha surrounding Natwar Singh, the question remains: Where did the money go?
- World Can't Watch Dhaka Fall (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 09, 2005)
As the region's biggest power, "larger than all the rest combined" as Junius R Jayewardene reminded the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's inaugural conference in Dhaka 20 years ago, India might expect to enjoy the same . . .
- Democracy Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 09, 2005)
The latent desire for democracy that exists in mainland China and Hong Kong remains undiminished though daunting memories of the Tiananmen Square massacre are yet to fade from public memory.
- Hindus In Pakistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 09, 2005)
The recent abduction and conversion of three Hindu girls in Pakistan clearly shows that, despite the isolated example of a Danish Kaneria playing for the country's cricket team, Hindus there are a marginalised and persecuted lot stalked constantly . . .
- There Comes Another Good Man (Tribune, V.N. Kakar, Dec 09, 2005)
Anything?” my father’s eyes asked me wistfully, lovingly. “Nothing,” my eyes replied silently, dolefully. Partition of India was just about a month behind us. So was the wreckage of our house in Peshawar. We had landed in Lucknow.
- Death Factories (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2005)
Fire mishap was waiting to happen
Twelve labourers perhaps would not have died in a fire mishap in a Delhi garment factory on Wednesday if only the government had honoured the Supreme Court deadline set last year that all such factories should be moved
- Promoting Poorer Nations’ Interests (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 09, 2005)
The WTO’s celebrated rule-based system can be used to promote labour standards in a manner that does not penalise developing countries that improve the lot of their workers, say Sanjay Reddy and Christian Barry .
- Chocolate Minister (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel has been adding quite a few feathers to his cap these days.
- Parliament On Hold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2005)
PARLIAMENT’S time is precious. It cannot be wasted on flimsy grounds. The Opposition had every right to raise the issue of the Volcker committee report that mentioned the former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and the Congress . . .
- For Women, A Court Of Last Appeal (Indian Express, SAUMYA UMA, Dec 09, 2005)
A hundred countries recently came together to participate in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Getting Out Of The Greenspan Groove — Winds Of Change At The Fed (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 09, 2005)
For a person who comes through, in his speeches and writings, as a person with a mind of his own, the new US Federal Reserve chief-designate, Dr Ben Bernanke, is unlikely to tamely toe the line of his illustrious predecessor, Mr Alan Greenspan.
- High Court: Looking Back (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 09, 2005)
The observance of the 50th year of shifting of the High Court from Shimla to Chandigarh brings back many nostalgic memories. I was then the General Secretary of the Punjab High Court Bar Association.
- Caring Hands Accepting Bribe? (Tribune, Kailashnath Sud, Dec 09, 2005)
A sting operation at the Medical Council of India’s Delhi office amply explained corruption in medicine. The caring hands were seen accepting bribes to set up medical colleges in the country as also registering student doctors with bribes of lakhs.
- Bitter Medicine Beneath The Sugar-Coated Diplomacy (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2005)
FRESH on the home-page of the WTO (www.wto.org) is the December 6 decision on changes to the WTO Agreement on TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). It informs that cheaper generic versions of patented medicines . . .
- Indian, Chinese Railways: On Parallel Tracks (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 09, 2005)
Though reform measures in China and India are not always comparable, there are many similarities and differences, especially when it comes to monolithic, government-run organisations.
- Despite Domestic Waves, Iran Will Keep Its President (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Dec 09, 2005)
Tehran and Iranian opposition websites in recent weeks are rife with rumors that the regime is about to replace ultraconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Bringing Back Boediono (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Indonesia's president chops away some dead wood, but not enough
- Can There Really Be Peace With Ariel Sharon? (Hindu, Gerald Kaufman, Dec 08, 2005)
The Gaza withdrawal has been a veil for continued persecution and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
- Inside The Lashkar-E-Taiba's Network (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 08, 2005)
Top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Shabbir Bukhari's story offers unprecedented insight into the organisation's working — and raises disturbing questions about the threat it holds out to the India-Pakistandétenteprocess.
- Afghans Give Britons, Indian Suspended Sentences (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 08, 2005)
An Afghan court gave two Britons and an Indian two-year suspended jail sentences on Wednesday after convicting them of illegally possessing firearms, but acquitted an American who stood trial with them.
- Trail Of Torture (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 08, 2005)
Washington’s controversial policy of turning a blind eye to the torture of captured terror suspects suggests that all is not well in the land of liberty.
- Bill Chants 4-Point Mantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Mr Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of the Microsoft Corporation, said here on Wednesday that he was happy to be back in India and, buoyed by the changes around, offered a four-point “mantra” to maximise the benefits on what the . . .
- U.S. Trade Chief Rejects "Watered-Down" Wto Deal (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 08, 2005)
Countries must agree to big market openings in agriculture, manufacturing and services if world trade talks are to benefit poor nations, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
- Iraq: Hostages Appeal For Pull Out (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 08, 2005)
Fears are mounting for the safety of the Canadian NRI and three other Western hostages held in Iraq following the release of a new video footage on the internet featuring two ...
- Rejuvenating Agriculture (Tribune, P.S. Rangi, Dec 08, 2005)
Agriculture continues to be the dominant sector of the economy. The population pressure on agriculture continues to remain almost the same. More than two-third of the population still depends on agriculture and about 60 per cent get direct employment . .
- Crimes, Chew'd, Swallow'd And Digested, Appear Before Us (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 08, 2005)
KING Lear says, "Tremble, thou wretch, that hast within thee undivulged crimes." In Hamlet, one comes across, "Feats, so crimeful and so capital in nature." And in King Richard II, the Bard writes about "These accusations and these grievous crimes...
- Audit Routines, Gas Pipes, Chickens And Lawyers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2005)
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the King's wealth."
- India To Blame: Infy's Murthy (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
America is at war and Bill Gates, worth $39 billion in packaged software, wants it to merge with China and India.
- Can India Play The Great Game? (The Financial Express, RAJIV KUMAR, Dec 08, 2005)
There have been recent reports of Indian interest in joining the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) natural gas pipeline consortium that purports to bring Turkmen gas to the sub-continent. If India were to join, as it should, TAP will become . . .
- Hold Reliance To Account (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 08, 2005)
Reliance Industries Ltd wants to wriggle out of its obligation to supply $8 billion worth of natural gas to NTPC’s 2,600 ME Kawas and Gandhar power plants on its contracted terms
- Set Uniform Standards (The Financial Express, SV MONY, Dec 08, 2005)
It is not known what is the source of a report that the minimum capital for a stand-alone health insurer recommended by the Irda panel was Rs 25 crore. As I understood from the deliberations at a recent conference, the recommendation was in . . .
- Big Deal! The M&a Party’S Only Just Begun (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Dec 08, 2005)
These columns had, in early 2004, talked of how the Indian marketplace was once again readying for a season of mergers and acquisitions
- Oil Prices Climb After Al-Qaeda Threat (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Oil prices rose, holding above 60 dollars per barrel in New York after Al-Qaeda’s number two Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared to call for attacks on oil installations in the Middle East.
- Karnataka Support For Aerospace Technology Varsity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Karnataka has assured all cooperation and support, including allocation of land, to set up a university for Aerospace Technology, proposed by the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries, in Bangalore.
- Chain Reaction (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 08, 2005)
The outcome of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Russia is the best proof that the India-US nuclear agreement of July 18 is the key that will unlock the many bolts clamped on India’s civil and military nuclear programmes.
- Concern Over Child Labour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 08, 2005)
Two months after the earthquake, concern is being expressed about the future of children in the affected areas. Unicef is rightly worried that child labour is likely to increase in this scenario.
- Untenable Methods (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2005)
America’s means of fighting terrorism are suspect
- Pakistan’S Strategy For Wto Moot (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 08, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved Pakistan’s negotiations strategy for the WTO ministerial conference scheduled for December 13-18 in Hong Kong at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee held in Islamabad on Tuesday. Commerce Minister . .
- Norwegian Pm’S Call (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 08, 2005)
NORWAY’S Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has appealed to the international community to come forward with more aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of areas devasted by the October 8 earthquake. At a joint Press conference . . .
- Us Congress Threatens To Throw Out India N-Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The chairman of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee warned on Tuesday that Congress would throw out any ‘opaque’ plan by the Bush administration to forge unprecedented civilian nuclear cooperation with India.
- Microsoft To Invest $1.7 Billion In India (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Dec 08, 2005)
To accelerate its growing market presence in India, US-based global software giant Microsoft Corporation has announced a bouquet of sops here worth an investment of US$ 1.7 billion.
- Measles Outbreak (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 08, 2005)
The news of an outbreak of measles in a camp for survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake was only to be expected considering the inadequate preparations made to protect the homeless against the cold and diseases that inevitably arise from poor immunity and ....
- Galvanizing The Muslim Countries (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Dec 08, 2005)
An extraordinary summit of the 36-year-old Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is being held in Makkah at the invitation of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz to define the Ummah’s response to the multiple challenges it faces internally and externally.
- Why Support To R&d Is Crucial (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 08, 2005)
If India is to compete in the international markets for goods and services, it must give top priority to high quality advanced education in science and technology with a sharp focus on research and development.
- Patil Insists On Talks With Naxals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
He says they are our brothers and sisters
- Ltte Pushes The Envelope (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2005)
The two claymore mine blasts and other attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the first six days of December, which have taken the lives of 15 Sri Lankan soldiers, constitute the most serious violations thus far of the February 2002 . . .
- Improving Life In Urban India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2005)
Cities are supposed to be a leading engine of India's economic growth. But their chronic problems, including their crumbling infrastructure, deficient governance, and, most importantly, the appalling health and social indicators of the poor, . . .
- Epf Interest Rate Reduced To 8.5 P.C. (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 08, 2005)
Unions to take up matter with Manmohan
- Centre Clears 850-Cr. Health Sector Project Under Dfid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Funds likely to be released over a period of five years
- Wto: Kamal Nath's Warning (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The Government on Wednesday assured Parliament that it would not compromise the interests of Indian farmers and open the door to subsidised goods even if it meant the collapse of the World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial round.
- "Polio, People And Peace Our Focus" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Rotary International chief makes a case for increasing membership
- Saran To Take Up Democracy, Arms With Nepal (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 08, 2005)
In the midst of hectic political activity in Nepal where pressure is building on King Gyanendra after political parties reached an understanding with the Maoists, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran is planning a three-day visit to the country when . . .
- Dmk Mps Accuse Amma Of Being ‘Partial’ In Disbursing Flood Relief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Like a sudden cloudburst, the politics of rain-battered Tamil Nadu showered briefly over the Lok Sabha today—but agitated DMK members were left high and dry by central ministers who batted for the Jayalalitha government in the name of upholding ‘‘federal’
- Home Minister Patil Says Naxal Threat Not Alarming (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 08, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today said in Rajya Sabha that Left extremism had grown but was ‘‘not as serious as is often made out.’’
- Ahead Of Foreign Secy Visit, Us Senate Panel Chief Seeks Credible India Plan On N-Separation (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Dec 08, 2005)
As India prepares to discuss its plans to separate civilian and military nuclear facilities with the Bush Administration later this month, an influential Senator has urged New Delhi to put as many reactors as possible in the non-military category.
- Afghan Court Gives Indian Suspended Sentence For Illegal Arms (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 08, 2005)
An Afghan court gave an Indian and two Britons two-year suspended jail sentences on Wednesday after convicting them of illegally possessing firearms, but acquitted an American who stood trial with them.
- Us In Policy Change To Ban Cruelty To Detainees Abroad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The United States, seeking to defuse European criticism over reports of abuse of prisoners, said on Wednesday that it had changed its policy on interrogating detainees, even as US President George W. Bush denied that his his administration was . . .
- Fatwa Against Freedom (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 08, 2005)
It will take Islamists in Bangladesh more than terror tactics to stamp out the free spirit of a brave people, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- A Strange Turn In Cold War – Russia Defeating America In Geopolitics – America May Have Made Mistakes In Iraq, India And China (India Daily, Sunil Razdhan, Dec 08, 2005)
Russia is slowly turning the geopolitical chess board on America.
- Geopolitical Chessboard Warms Up - India Joins Russia In Jointly Operating Air Force Out Of Tajik Air Base - Pakistan Slowly Getting Encircled By Indian Air Force And Navy (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Dec 08, 2005)
It is a long term strategy for India to check Pakistan from any more adventurous moves like Kargil. India plans to encircle Pakistan in a way that Pakistan will think hundred times before venturing into India ever.
- India Becomes Partner In Multinational Nuclear Fusion Reactor Project (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
India will become a partner in a multinational project to build an experimental nuclear-fusion reactor, the Indian government said Wednesday.
- The Queen’S English (Tribune, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 08, 2005)
BBC News online has a story about an author Adam Jacot de Boinod who after pouring over 280 dictionaries and 140 websites has prepared an impressive collection of words and phrases from around the world.
- Eton: School That Connects Rulers (Tribune, Terry Kirby, Dec 08, 2005)
The 19 former prime ministers produced by Eton include Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder, Gladstone, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Sir Alex Douglas-Home, not to mention countless ministers, top civil servants and diplomats.
- Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2005)
FINALLY, Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh had to bow out of office. Even those with a cursory knowledge of the dynamics of politics knew that he had no other option but to quit. It is surprising that a veteran diplomat-turned-politician like ..
- Deplorable! (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 08, 2005)
Yet another blasphemous act and yet again the Muslims across the globe feel psychologically shattered. It seems the unscrupulous elements target the towering personality of the perfect and the best creation of all times with a purpose.
- Privatisation Plans (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
Don’t Disinvest, Reinvest
In his interview to The McKinsey Quarterly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed helplessness at not being able to proceed with disinvestment of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and other public sector undertakings (PSUs) . .
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