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- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October,
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
Ever since Health Ministers' Conference in London in January 1988, December 1 has been observed as World AIDS Day. The global struggle against the killer virus turned 18 this year, almost universally recognised as the age of consent, when adolescents . .
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Lt Gen (r) Nasir Akhtar, president of India-Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI), Pakistan chapter - a group of retired Pakistani and Indian army officials - has ruled out third party involvement to resolve the Kashmir issue and . . .
- ‘Security Threat Has Changed In Afghanistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The security threat in Afghanistan has changed, notably with an increase in suicide attacks encouraged by the presence of foreign fighters, the head of the French army said during a visit to Kabul this week. “The threat has changed
- Dalit Girl Barred From Going To College (Tribune, Sarada Lahangir, Dec 02, 2005)
EDUCATION is my fundamental right. I won’t let anybody deprive me of my rights. Being born in a Dalit family is not a crime. I will fight for my rights,” says Mamta Nayak confidently.
- Anti-Terrorism Steps Must Protect Human Rights: Nhrc Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Labelling adversaries as terrorists has become a notorious technique to outdo political opponents, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson A.S. Anand observed today.
- Up Killings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
The brutal killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and six others at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh and subsequent violence in protest against the murder show the deteriorating law and order in the state.
- Violence In Bangladesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
That jihadi terrorism has grown stronger during the past few years in Bangladesh was proved beyond doubt when an extremist outfit, the Jamayet-ul-Mujahideen, successfully planned to unleash terrorist violence on August 17 in almost every district . . .
- Mind The Image (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Dec 02, 2005)
Images are fun but not so much when someone walks up to you and proves that they can seriously dent reputations and threaten races.
- Looking Beyond Hong Kong Meet Occasional Paper (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Dec 02, 2005)
By the third week of this month, the Hong Kong ministerial meeting of the WTO will be over. As Pascal Lamy has himself said, it is unlikely that a final draft is likely to emerge to bring to a close the process that started with the drafting . . .
- Germany: Angela Merkel Faces Tough Challenges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
After cumbersome negotiations over several weeks, Angela Merkel got elected on the November 22, 2005, as the first woman Chancellor in Germany’s history with the votes of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) as well as . . .
- Angry Sanyasin, Aged Tiger (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 02, 2005)
How typical it all is of this country’s dismal, distorted and depressing politics! After many a summer the people had got something to cheer and be happy about. Bihar, the state almost written off as an irremediably benighted land, . . .
- Paradox Of Life (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 02, 2005)
A news agency report of a pre-scheduled marriage being solemnised in the earthquake-affected Uri in grim surroundings on Monday shows how paradoxical human life is. This was the first wedding in the region after the killer tremor had struck on October 8.
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Bangladesh Bomber Bares Plot To Police (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The suicidal bomber of Chittagong, who narrowly escaped death, today gave important information about the ghastly blast he had carried out yesterday and activities of the banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
- Positioning Cultural Industries With Creative Intervention (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Dec 01, 2005)
A dynamic tradition never stops or slackens. The creative moves, nourishes, transforms, shapes, and furthers. Iqbal celebrates when he writes: "there is something that prevents our very being from being wiped out."
- If You Can't Shoot The Messenger, Lock Him Up (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 01, 2005)
President Bush's alleged threat to bombAl Jazeerashouldn't surprise us. Ever since the NATO attack on Yugoslavia, the U.S. has looked at the media it can't control as the "enemy."
- Freedom Unlimitted, Disaster Indescribable (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
We can call it a sexual Glasnost. A world where buggery, bestiality, adultery, incest and all such diabolic deeds of a human being have made even devil blush with himself.
- Coal Back On The Agenda (Hindu, David Adam, Dec 01, 2005)
As the reserves of other fossil fuels start to run out, it seems inevitable that the world will turn back to coal for its energy needs
- Heading For A Stalemate? (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 01, 2005)
Behind the LTTE's seemingly conciliatory gesture its stand is unchanged: nothing short of what it has already placed on the table.
- Solving Kashmir-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
India, being a liberal democracy in its constitutional law, cannot do in Jammu & Kashmir what Czechoslovakia did to the “Sudeten Germans” after World War II. On June 18 1945 the new Czechoslovakia announced those Germans and Magyars within their borders..
- Transport Woes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
There is a sad though familiar ring to the Delhi Metro’s complaint that ridership, and consequently finances, have not attained optimum levels in the absence of adequate buses providing feeder services.
- A Liberating Change At The Helm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2005)
Union Agriculture Minister and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar's emphatic victory in the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) election has ushered in a liberating change.
- The Responsibilities Of A Free Press (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2005)
The press in the United Kingdom has been warned that it will face legal action under the Official Secrets Act if it publishes a document that apparently shows how the United States administration was considering an even more savage assault on the media.
- Incidence Of Hiv, Aids Increasing, Says Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Of the 6,128 persons who took the test in the three VCTCs in the district, 1,287 tested HIV positive
- Cpi(m) Polit Bureau To Decide On Entry Of Karunakaran Outfit Into Ldf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Stir planned to highlight `anti-people' policies of Kerala Government
- Cash, Not Land, On Offer For The Displaced (Hindu, Meena Menon, Dec 01, 2005)
Despite Supreme Court orders to the contrary, Madhya Pradesh is offering cash and not land to those displaced by the Narmada project.
- ‘Peace Process With India Stuck’ (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has said that despite the ongoing Indo-Pakistan peace process, no substantive progress had been made on any major contentious issues.
- Bjp Workers On Rampage Protesting Mla’S Killing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Angry BJP workers on Wednesday went on a rampage setting ablaze three railway stations, a power sub-station and several houses in eastern Uttar Pradesh protesting the killing of BJP legislator Krishnanand Rai.
- India Welcomes 100% Foreign Direct Investments In Developing Tourist Infrastructure In The Country (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The Tourism Ministry on Tuesday said it favoured allowing 100 per cent FDI in developing tourist infrastructure in the country to give a "major boost" to the sector, one of the fastest growing in the world.
- The Gifted Thanedar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
The “poor thanedar” was being “cop-martialled”. The charges inter alia included his having received gifts on Divali.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Sanyas For Sanyasin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
IF there is an element of surprise in the suspension of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti from the primary membership of the party, it is that the punishment is mild for a leader who claims she is the real BJP.
- Fdi In Retail Sector (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Dec 01, 2005)
The fear expressed by some people is that allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail trade and the entry of international retailers could lead to a diminution of kirana shops and retail stores.
- Aids Undermines Development (Tribune, Ishwar Chandra Dhyani, Dec 01, 2005)
AIDS reverses the gains of development, undermines the foundations for development and targets the most vulnerable.
- Of Many Cultures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2005)
It seems a long time since my last ‘Westminster Gleanings’ and since my conversation with Lord Gilmour about the Middle East. Ariel Sharon’s new grab for the central ground, if such a thing really exists, of the Israeli political spectrum,
- Stopping Aids (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) theme for 2005 to 2010, “Stop Aids: Keep the Promise,” is a trenchant reminder to all concerned – governments, institutions, international organisations, NGOs and, indeed, all men and women – that the world has not done . . .
- Steps To Fight Aids At Highway Dhabas (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The Health Ministry has approached the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the hotel sector to explore if they would cooperate in making condoms available at all highways ‘dhabas’ (roadside eateries) and men’s rest rooms.
- Walking A Year, In War With Aids (Telegraph, CP Bhambhri, Dec 01, 2005)
Ajay Panwar gave up a year of college in the hills of Mussoorie to walk the nation’s highways, past deserts, coastlines and forests.
- Still Vulnerable To Disease And Death (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2005)
Extracts from the Human Development Report 2005
- Sparring Partner (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Dec 01, 2005)
It was an irresponsible coalition ally that made matters worse for the RJD. Will it be the same for Nitish Kumar? asks Sumanta Sen
- Not The Real Thing (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 01, 2005)
As for day-to-day living, those who don’t need to go into the interior find China’s cities very liveable indeed, specially the newly created ones in the South. Transport, sanitation, power, water supply: there’s little really to complain about,
- Pm: Guru Granth Sahib’S Teachings Still Relevant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
I am delighted to be amongst you to inaugurate this international seminar on “Guru Granth Sahib and its context” to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation of the Adi Granth at Harmandar Sahib.
- A Story Of Three Peaks (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 01, 2005)
In a first-ever, prices of three major asset classes are all perched at, or very close to, their all-time highs. The most high-profile of them, of course, is the Sensex, which while negotiating the 9,000-mark, has risen by 45 per cent over the past 12 mon
- Wb Steps Up Global Anti-Aids Programme (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Money is available, treatment is better and much of the mystery is gone from prevention, treatment and care of AIDS.
- 'Iran-Eu Nuclear Talks To Start Within Two Weeks' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Preliminary talks between Iran and the European Union over Tehran's nuclear programme will begin by mid-December, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Ankara on Wednesday.
- India Raises Murder Of Kutty At Un (Hindustan Times, DHARAM SHOURIE, Dec 01, 2005)
India has raised the the killing of Border Roads Organisation's (BRO) driver MR Kutty by Taliban militia in Afghanistan at the UN, saying the "inhuman and barbaric" incident highlights the need to fight terrorists on the ground and attack their financing,
- Unrecognized Schools (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
At last the government has risen to the occasion. By ordering closure of unrecognized private schools, the government has done a favour to the gullible parents whose purse is strained day in and day out in the name of education by these money making machi
- It’S Only The First Round (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 01, 2005)
No matter which way the numbers are stacked, there is only one clear winner in the long-drawn Bihar Sudoku: a Sikh gentleman generally resident in Delhi who barely intervened in the turmoil of India’s most turbulent state except to give . . . .
- Wto Hong Kong Ministerial — Will A Consensus Emerge On Crucial Issues? (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Dec 01, 2005)
WTO's so-called bad construct, political intransigence and little headway on crucial issues could see the Doha Round stymied in Hong Kong, says M. R. Venkatesh.
- Turning Disaster Into Opportunity (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Dec 01, 2005)
It appears that everyone wants Pakistan to mobilize the much-needed resources for relief and rehabilitation of the millions devastated by the deadly earthquake of Oct 8.
- Chief Shows Fractious Ecb Who’S In Control (The Financial Express, MELVYN KRAUSS, Dec 01, 2005)
The announcement by the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, that interest rates would be raised at the next meeting of the banks governing council scheduled to meet today (December 1), could be a defining moment in his presidency.
- The Substitution Effect On Access Deficit Charge (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Dec 01, 2005)
What are the implications of the ADC from a public finance point of view? First is the substitution effect. The ADC is analogous to a commodity-specific tax, being the charge on a specific telecom service (international long distance).
- Rs. 20,000 Cr. To Be Invested In Infrastructure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka is set for a leap in industrial growth, says Sindhia
Exports from State touched Rs. 62,000 crores last year
Bangalore international airport to become operational by December 2007
Karnataka produces over 60 per cent of construction equipment
- House Informed Of Anti-Naxal Force (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka has informed the Centre that a force has been constituted to deal with the Naxal problem in the State, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
- Aids Fight To Shift Focus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
NACP-III to target rural areas
Intensive planning for third phase of NACP
Ministries to be asked to earmark funds
Coverage under Anti-Retroviral Therapy to be increased
- Societal Support For Aids Patients Crucial, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has called for generating awareness to prevent the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in her message to the State on the occasion of World AIDS Day on December 1.
- Separate Civil, Nuclear Facilities, Says Burton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
"U.S. Congress can make any changes in domestic law only after this is done"
- Bosnia’S Slow Progress (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
Before the war in Iraq,Bush administration policymakers used to deride the elaborate nation-building regime the Clinton administration and the European allies created in Bosnia.
- Us Delegation Satisfied With Indo-Pak Dialogue On Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting US Congressional delegation said on Wednesday that it was satisfied that Pakistan and India were seriously addressing the Kashmir issue.
- Iran Says Eu Nuclear Talks To Start Within 2 Weeks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday his country would start preliminary talks within a fortnight with EU countries over its nuclear programme.
- Afghanistan’S Saarc Entry An Indian Success’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
India on Wednesday took credit for Afghanistan’s entry into the South Asian Alliance for Regional Cooperation during its 13th summit recently held in Dhaka.
- The ‘Autonomy’ Option On Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan and India are supposed to be talking about demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir (both sides) without going public on the details. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has also added “self-rule” to demilitarisation, and reports from India say a visiting..
- Germany Urges Iran To Comply With Iaea (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Angela Merkel condemns Iran’s statements on Israel
- Musharraf, Mirwaiz To Meet In Makkah (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their talks with India as well as with a high-level delegation of US Congressmen. . . .
- On How Balance-Sheets Weather Global Financial Storms (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 01, 2005)
The Bank for International Settlements "fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability," informs www.bis.org.
- Doing Business In India: A Report Card (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Dec 01, 2005)
In September, the International Finance Corporation published the third round of its annual rankings of countries, based on an index of ease of doing business.
- Different `Reserves' And Deepwater Economics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 01, 2005)
Till March 2003, there was no accounting literature on the oil and gas industry, notes Ernst & Young (E&Y) in a chapter included in Oil & Gas Exploration and Production in India: A Reference Book, from Infraline (www.infraline.com), . . .
- Not Standard Fare (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 01, 2005)
IAS 39 is probably the most complex and resource-consuming standard for large companies to apply, says Mohan R. Lavi
- Olive And Oic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
The other day, Dawn carried on its front page the picture of a Palestinian woman clinging to her olive tree, while Israeli soldiers who had chopped it off watched.
- Foreign Office Keeps Quiet On Mirwaiz’S Plea To Nato (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 01, 2005)
Foreign Office on Wednesday remained tight-lipped on All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s call for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to ‘supervise demilitarization in Kashmir.
- Head Full Of Facts, But Where’S The Thinking? (Deccan Herald, Sheelu Rao, Dec 01, 2005)
The school curriculum needs a relook in many areas: work habits, independent learning, decision-making, critical thinking and social skills.
- Un Launches ‘Donate A Dessert’ Campaign (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Donate a dessert in Europe and save a life in Africa is the message of a new campaign the UN is launching to bring home the point that more than 850 million people go hungry as the rich fight the growing of obesity.
- The Missing Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
Once again, there are reports that the government may soon take a decision in favour of building a big dam on the Indus.
- Oic Meet: Mirwaiz, Musharraf To Talk Self-Rule Plan For Kashmir (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 01, 2005)
Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said he will discuss the self-rule solution to Kashmir with President Pervez Musharraf when they meet at the Organisation of Islamic Countries Summit next week in Saudi Arabia.
- Why Is The Media So Indifferent? (Deccan Herald, Mario Lubetkin, Dec 01, 2005)
Without adequate coverage, the MDGs cannot be carried out
- Maniyappan: Taliban Still A Threat, Un Told (Indian Express, LALIT K. JHA, Dec 01, 2005)
India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Nirupam Sen, has told the world body that Al Qaeda and Taliban continue to pose a serious threat to Afghanistan’s security and stability.
- What Bihar’S Done Today... (Indian Express, RAMESH VENKATARAMAN, Dec 01, 2005)
Is Indian politics becoming ‘middle class’? Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory in Bihar suggests that even in the darkest reaches of India’s heartland a profound political re-alignment may be afoot.
- Govt Tells Home To Set Up Special Anti-Naxal Cell (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, Dec 01, 2005)
Worried over the growing Naxal violence, the government has directed the Union Home Ministry to set up a special cell to deal with the ultra-Left extremism. Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi had recently passed the direction to Home Secretary V K Duggal,..
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