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- 'Tsunami Relief Or Nation-Building, Ncc Is Upfront’ (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Nov 29, 2005)
The National Cadet Corps was formed on July 15, 1948. However, NCC Day is observed throughout the country on the last Sunday of November because it was on that day in 1949 that the units formed in Delhi held a formal function presided over . . .
- Bengal Is Hungry For Fdi In Food And Farms: Buddhadeb (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 29, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today invited “massive foreign direct investment (FDI)” in food processing and the agriculture sector at a conference attended by top executives of international companies dealing in food and food-process
- ‘Patent, Publish And Prosper’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2005)
This man rose from humble origins to be one of India’s leading scientists and science administrators. Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta ....
- Story Of Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 29, 2005)
India can shine, stall or slide. So, can we stop worrying about ‘poor’ Americans?
- The Grand Goodbye (Indian Express, P.K. KURUVILLA, Nov 29, 2005)
We heaved a collective sigh of relief when the year 1984 drew to a close. The worst of the Orwellian nightmares had not materialised. No Big Brother, no newspeak, no spying telescreens.
- Science For The People (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s good to see India finally decide on setting up an Earth Commission: a panel of meteorologists, geo-physicists, oceanographers, atmospheric and space scientists to study and understand the dynamics of the monsoon.
- Stuck In The Middle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 29, 2005)
E.T. The extraterrestrial, in Spielberg’s flick about a faecal-looking-but-cute alien stranded on Earth, regularly used its finger as a phallus symbol.
- Indian Planters Get Taste For Tea Tourism (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Nov 29, 2005)
Your tea break was never so exotic.
- Bulldozer Rolls On (Deccan Herald, Aluf Benn, Nov 29, 2005)
Sharon believes that losing the support of his party is a price worth paying for reshaping Israel’s borders.
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement.
- Suspected Taliban Shoots Dead Policeman In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Suspected Taliban shot dead a policeman and wounded another in volatile southeastern Afghanistan, a district governor said on Monday, in the latest in a string of attacks on the country’s fledgling police force.
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pledges to make the peace process more open and inclusive
- India, U.S. Can Contribute To Better Balance Of Power In The Asian Region: Shyam Saran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 29, 2005)
Realignment taking place with China emerging as a global economic power house
- India, Us Partners In Non-Proliferation: Saran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
India and the US on Monday repeated their resolve to be partners in global efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and agreed to join hands to promote a more stable Asia.
- All Proposals Backed By Kashmiris: Fo: Hr Violations By Israel, India Deplored (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday declared that all proposals and ideas floated by it for the final settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, including demilitarization and self-governance, have the backing of Kashmiri leadership on both sides of the Line of Control
- When The Sea Went Mad (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Nov 29, 2005)
An anthology of 16 short stories, written by best-selling children's authors based on children's experiences of surviving the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
- Uma Raises Banner Of Revolt Again (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
She had always claimed to be the undisputed leader of an overwhelming majority of the party MLAs but when a frustrated and dejected Uma Bharati staged a walk-out from the BJP legislature party meeting here on Monday evening, barely 10 percent . . .
- India Gets A Breather On Iran (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 29, 2005)
India will now come under pressure to join a US initiative
- ‘India Sought Pak’S Help To Rescue Kutty’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
India had sought Pakistan’s help in rescuing Border Roads’ Organisation (BRO) employee Maniappan Raman Kutty, who was abducted and killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan last week.
- Govt Invites Ltte For Talks (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Nov 29, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Mahinda Rajapakse on Monday reiterated his invitation to the LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, for the immediate commencement of peace talks, after welcoming the elusive rebel leader’s remarks in reference . . .
- Set Up Monitoring Panels For Relief Work: Vasan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Says proper data should be collected on the magnitude and nature of damage
- Us Bangla Mission Gets Qaeda Threat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A man claiming to be an al-Qaeda member faxed a messege threatening to blow up British, US and other Western missions in Bangladesh, prompting authorities to beef up security in the government secretariat and diplomatic areas, police said on Monday.
- Opening Of Trade For Poor Nations (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 29, 2005)
The Commonwealth Summit has called upon the European Union to make concessions on agriculture and improve prospects of global trade deal in WTO negotiations in Hong Kong next month. A statement issued at the end of the Summit held at Malta . . .
- Pre-Primary Schools To Be Leashed (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Nov 29, 2005)
The State government is planning to regulate admissions, fee structure and monitor quality in pre-primary schools such as nurseries, play homes and kindergartens from the next academic year.
- Private Health Care A Growing Sector For Financing By Ifc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Global trends point to a significant role for the private sector in health care
- Why America Must Stay (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
America should keep its troops in Iraq until Iraqis ask them to go
- The Lalu Phenomenon (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 29, 2005)
IT is easy to rubbish Lalu Prasad Yadav, now that he is down in the dumps. For 15 years, he has been a subject of ridicule for cartoonists, middle writers and humourists. In journalism, the maxim has been, “if you are short of subjects, . . .
- Visa For Burton! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 29, 2005)
Why is MEA sleeping with the enemy?
- 134 Killed In Chinese Coal Mine Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The death toll in a massive coal mine explosion in northeast China rose to 134 late on Monday, with 15 miners still missing, the official Xinhua news agency said.
- As The Virus Threat Persists (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 29, 2005)
One week after the death of Dr Yusra Khalil in Karachi, reportedly from Congo virus contracted at Civil Hospital (CHK),
- Political Economy Of Reconstruction (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Nov 29, 2005)
Six weeks after the October 8 earthquake, the economic effects of the natural disaster are beginning to unfold. The immediate effects of the natural disaster on the economy may well be positive, largely as a result of the stimulus provided . . .
- Fundamentalism In America (Dawn, Naeem ul Haque, Nov 29, 2005)
Although Islamic fundamentalism is blamed by many in the West for being responsible for all the chaos prevailing in the world today, a close look at Christian fundamentalism in America leads one to conclude that this powerful movement has become . . .
- Local Leadership In Quake Relief (Dawn, Ahmed Sadik, Nov 29, 2005)
From what has been appearing in national newspapers since the October 8 earthquake devastated Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, there seems to be little or no coverage being given to the local leaderships of these very sensitive areas and territories.
- Temple Of Modern India (The Week, Ajay Uprety, Nov 29, 2005)
The Ganga is many things to many people. It is, in Jawaharlal Nehru’s words, the "symbol of India’s age-old civilisation". In the Hindu ethos, it is more than a river—a goddess. The river, brought down from heaven by King Bhagiratha, fell into Shiva’s ...
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse today invited the LTTE to enter peace talks, a day after the rebels issued a deadline to the new government to come up with a “reasonable” political settlement or risk establishment of a separate Tamil state.
- Terror Highway (The Week, Kavita Bajeli-Datt, Nov 29, 2005)
It was clear from the beginning that unlike the kidnappers of three Indian workers in Iraq last year, Maniappan Raman Kutty’s abductors didn’t want to negotiate. Despite India opening every channel to talk to them the kidnappers didn’t leave . . .
- Reforms Driving Indo-Us Ties: Saran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The Indo-US partnership is indispensable in the globalised environment, foreign secretary Shyam Saran pointed out today. Addressing a session on India and the US at the India Economic Summit, Saran was of the view that the end of the cold war coupled....
- Quake: Harsh Weather Sets In (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 29, 2005)
Rain and snow in quake-hit areas in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division on Sunday has marked the beginning of another ordeal for the survivors as relief work has been disrupted following suspension of helicopter operations due to the inclement weather.
- The Indian Feckless Service (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 29, 2005)
Ramakutty Maniyappan, a driver of the Border Roads Organisation who was killed by his abductors in Afghanistan, got all the state honours when his body arrived in the capital last week.
- It Is Not A Panacea For The Securitisation Market (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
The Cabinet has recently given its approval to amend the Securities and Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. This proposed amendment, which is to be placed before Parliament in the winter session, includes securitised debt under the definition of “securities
- Rbi Norms On Credit Card Operations (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 28, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines for credit card operations in the country.
- Table Volcker Documents: Advani (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Ahead of a possible NDA-sponsored adj e Volcker panel which had named Congress party and former external affairs minister Natwar Singh
- Nepal: Democracy In Thin Air (International Herald Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels and a coalition of opposition parties agreed on a program to try to end direct rule by King Gyanendra.
- Bring Back The Raj (Daily Times, Syed Mansoor Hussain, Nov 28, 2005)
Under the present quasi-military government it seems that we have the worst of both worlds.
- Changing Climate Change (Daily Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Nov 28, 2005)
Fossil fuels are plentiful, but harmful; renewable sources like wind are good for the climate but not plentiful. Solar power is plentiful but not cheap.
- Living In Terror (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Corruption does not kill anybody but rather speaking up against it certainly costs dear.
- A Matter Of Pride (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 28, 2005)
It is rare that one nation honours the ambassador of another country. For us in this State it is doubly a matter of pride that the memory of a son of the soil is being perpetuated in Mongolia.
- Air Deccan To Launch (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Low cost carrier Air Deccan has announced the launch of direct daily flights from Chennai to Pune and Chennai to Thiruvananthapuram from February 1 next year.
- Caste Panchayats (Daily Excelsior, Abha Chauhan, Nov 28, 2005)
It was reported in the media a few days back that the divorced parents of a little girl in a village of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) refused to accept the girl.
- Ladders And Snakes (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 28, 2005)
It took some 10,000 burnt cars to drive home one point to the French government:
- Bsnl Told To Provide Ild Call Monitoring (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Nov 28, 2005)
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed the telephony behemoth Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) to install lawful interception monitoring (LIM) equipment for its international long distance (ILD) operations within 15 days.
- Abheek Barua: Current Account Deficit - Any Worries? (Business Standard, Abheek Barua, Nov 28, 2005)
I see a number of reports these days that express concern about the sharp rise in India’s current account deficit (the summary of trade flows of goods and services including remittances from Indian migrant workers abroad).
- Wipro To Set Up It Centres In Far East (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 28, 2005)
Anticipating competition from low-cost economies in bagging IT and BPO space, the country’s third largest software exporter Wipro is planning to open up integrated centres of software development as well as BPO in Far-East and Romania
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Making a marked shift in its engine procurement for the first time in 15 years, state-owned Indian Airlines (IA) has replaced its engine supplier International Aero Engines (IAE) with CFM International for the delivery of CFM56 engines for its new fleet o
- It’S India’S Turn Now. Really (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Marketing, to paraphrase Chairman Mao, is war by other means. And as such, the promos of a market leader tend to be tinged occasionally with overtones of aggression.
- Too Much Psephology (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 28, 2005)
It’s vote-counting day in Bihar and where’s Laloo Prasad Yadav?
- Nuke Fuel: Iran Seeks Europe’S Guarantee (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2005)
Iran today said a proposed meeting with European negotiators from December 6 should include guarantees that its nuclear fuel
- Insurgent Groups Have Responded To Talks’ Call: Talabani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Iraq President Jalal Talabani today said that insurgent groups have responded to his call for talks and have contacted his office.
- N-Deal With The Us (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
On July 18, 2005, India and the US signed a landmark strategic agreement having far reaching consequences.
- China Example, We Need More Fdi: Fm (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Nov 28, 2005)
Outlining a host of reform measures needed to sustain and even go beyond the 8 per cent growth rate, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today called for opening the banking and education sectors..
- Tackling Imbalances In Global Economy (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Nov 28, 2005)
Abrupt and sharp currency adjustments will affect emerging market economies
- A Trouble-Torn Land Goes To The Polls (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 28, 2005)
The election of Parliament, however flawed, is a big step forward in returning Chechnya to peaceful life.
- President Rajapakse's Quest For Peace (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 28, 2005)
The President's ability to deliver on a new peace process will largely depend on how he handles the two political extremes: the southern hardliners and the LTTE.
- The Taliban Turns Its Attention On India (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 28, 2005)
It is entirely possible that the Taliban has decided that India is once again taking sides in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
- Scale Up Response To Hiv (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
The AIDS epidemic update for 2005, published by UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, will bring guarded optimism to policy-makers.
- Sena Fight In Open As Raj Quits Posts, Slams Uddhav (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Nov 28, 2005)
Plunging the Shiv Sena into its worst crisis, Raj Thackeray today quit as Leader and chief of its students’ arm Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena but not the party and accused cousin Uddhav Thackeray, executive president and son of Bal Thackeray, of destroying the
- China Trying To Use Islam Against Buddhists In Tibet? (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Nov 28, 2005)
It can be shrewd move. None one for sure knows if the speculation by some international think tanks are right.
- A Tapestry Of Colours (Statesman, Vandana Kumari Jena, Nov 28, 2005)
As the mercury falls and the temperature dips it is time to welcome winter with blankets and quilts, sweaters and shawls.
- Sino-Indian Boundary Impasse (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 28, 2005)
The atmospherics between India and China have certainly improved. During the meetings of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the border or the Special Representative (SR) talks, the environment is relaxed. Even when there is no forward movement, the two side
- Money In Mushrooms (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Nov 28, 2005)
A revolution in the mushroom farming is brimming right in the backyard of Chandigarh in Lalru. Of the 25 per cent quota of mushroom exports from India 24 per cent is being grown at Lalru alone.
- In Quest Of Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2005)
Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon seems determined to provide the people of his country what they aspire for the most —- peace.
- Strengthening Bonds With Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to India has provided another opportunity to upgrade bilateral relations and strengthen what is a historic relationship.
- The Price Of Cowardice (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Nov 28, 2005)
An inspector who is honest signed his own death warrant by daring to expose the underbelly of the oil mafia
- One Down, Six More To Go (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Nov 28, 2005)
In the last six months, I have written consistently about the Third Front. My writings were based on the assumption that both the Congress and the BJP would weaken which would result in realignment of political forces.
- Anti-Muslim Racism? (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Nov 28, 2005)
My talks at university campuses sometimes occasion protests featuring Leftists and Islamists who call me names. A favourite of theirs is "racist."
- Only Connect (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 28, 2005)
A first-time visitor gets her first taste of India at the airport, and this is inevitably at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkata, none world-class.
- Bangalore Turns Against Itself (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Reactions to the Narayana Murthy-Deve Gowda spat have rarely gone beyond the not very difficult task of identifying the hero and the villain of the confrontation.
- The Virtue Of Vat (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
VAT is potentially the solution to the economy’s inability to significantly increase its tax-GDP ratio
- Changes Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 28, 2005)
The Nepalese government, which has been fighting a Maoist insurgency since 1996, is now at the political crossroads as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the mainstream political parties have come together owing to the authoritarian rule of King Gy
- Hopes Anew (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 28, 2005)
The High Court judgement on Arkavathi Layout has vindicated the BDA’s actions
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