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Articles 31721 through 31820 of 53943:
- Indian Minister Says Talks Should Continue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
Indian State Minister for Foreign Affairs E. Ahmed has said that Pakistan-India talk process must continue for the solution of Kashmir issue.
- The Aid Pledge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
PAKISTAN has received an encouraging pledge of $5.8 billion in assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of the survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake.
- `Political Row No Setback To Infosys Biz Plans' (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Nov 20, 2005)
"It is as good as somebody claiming that the sun rises in the West. If Mr Gowda claims that the crow is white, I cannot help it."
- India Warns Iran On Iaea Vote (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Nov 20, 2005)
India issued a couched warning to Iran on Saturday that Tehran must comply with the latest demands by the IAEA director-general to avoid getting New Delhi to vote against it on November 24.
- Pakistan, India Agree To Improve Joint Patrolling On Border (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed to improve joint patrolling at border areas.
- Kashmir Solution Could Be India’S Quake Donation, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday the resolution of the long-standing Kashmir dispute could be India’s “donation” to Pakistan’s efforts to recover from the devastating October 8 earthquake.
- Indira Gandhi Prize For Hamid Karzai (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005.
- Resolve J&k Issue Once For All, Musharraf Tells Pm (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
As India joined international donors in pledging 5.4 billion dollars for relief and reconstruction efforts for earthquake victims, President Pervez Musharraf
- Wall Comes Tumbling As 24 Cross Over To Pok (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 20, 2005)
When the Line of Control (LoC) was today opened for the divided families of quake-hit villages, 24 villagers — 16 men and 8 women — walked across the rope bridge built recently on Neelam river to connect the two parts of Kashmir. But there was no one to c
- Finally, Sonia Stepping Out Of Mrs G’S Shadow? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 20, 2005)
Delhi is India’s most sycophantic city and even bows, as the old Punjabi saying goes, to the rising sun.
- Not Missing At All (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 20, 2005)
The first item thrown up by a Google search for Dharmesh Doshi is an Interpol Red Corner notice issued (A-1025-10-2002) after he vanished from India in 2001.
- Kashmir: President Urges India To Grasp Fleeting Moment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 20, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf made an emphatic appeal to India to settle long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute in the wake of last month’s earthquake and subsequent goodwill existing between Kashmiris on both sides as well as between the people of
- If America Can Pardon Pakistan Over Selling Nukes Know How To Iran, Why Should India Take Any Side On This Issue? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 20, 2005)
You do not have to be rocket scientists to figure out where Iran got its nuke know how.
- Endangered Arts (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
India is a cultural superpower.” This assertion by current ICCR chairperson Pawan Varma may be disputed by many on grounds of comparative merits with other nations and societies.
- The Sword Is Mightier Than The Pen In Bangladesh (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Nov 20, 2005)
Tipu Sultan's hands are a patchwork of scars: thin tidy scars where surgeons have inserted metal pins to rebuild every bone in his hands and fingers. An ugly purple scar remains where half his forearm seems to have been butchered.
- Annan For Unprecedented Response To Quake (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan asked the international community on Saturday to mount an “unprecedented response” to provide relief to the quake-affected people.
- Faith And Conscience (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush has made three important promises on foreign aid. In 2002 he announced plans for a Millennium Challenge Account that would dispense aid to a short list of poor countries that had good policies.
- Kofi Announces 3-Pronged Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 20, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced a three-point programme for the rehabilitation of quake affected people. Addressing the donors’ conference here at Convention Centre Annan said the foremost priority was rehabilitation of victims, construction of
- The Perfect Storm (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 20, 2005)
As Parliament readies for its winter session, Santwana Bhattacharya reads the acrimony on the wall
- Race Hots Up For Rs Nomination (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Nov 20, 2005)
Cultural czarina Kapila Vatsayan, scientists M.S. Swaminathan and C.N.R. Rao and social activist Ela Bhatt are among those being considered for nomination to the Rajya Sabha, well-placed sources said today.
- For Whose Interest Is It Anyway? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
The demand for an FDI cap increase in insurance is driven by the market invasive interests of global insurance players
- Maoists To Lay Down Arms (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Maoist rebels in Nepal spearheading a decade-old insurgency have agreed to lay down arms under UN supervision and support the movement launched by an alliance of seven political parties to limit King Gyanendra’s role as a titular head, higly placed politi
- ‘Salem Still Close To Dawood’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 20, 2005)
A former member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang on Saturday claimed that mobster Abu Salem, who was extradited to India from Portugal after a prolonged legal battle, still shared ties with his mentor, the country’s most wanted criminal.
- Kashmir Can Be Resolved In Terror Free Atmosphere: India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Shortly after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf remarked that the earthquake offered a lifetime opportunity to settle the Kashmir issue, India today said it was willing to resolve all bilateral issues through dialogue in an "atmosphere free from terrori
- Apec Leaders Call For End To Trade Talks Impasse (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
PUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Pacific Rim leaders called on Saturday for the impasse in agricultural negotiations holding up a free trade agreement to be broken, but they referred only implicitly to the European Union's widely criticised stand.
- India Air Travel Sector Needs $50 Bln Over 10 Years (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
India's rapidly expanding air travel industry is likely to need $50 billion in investment in planes and infrastructure over the next decade to cope with rising demand, the civil aviation minister said on Friday.
- India Ready To Resolve All Issues: Ahamed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
Hours after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said that a resolution of the Kashmir issue could be India's `donation to Kashmir' in the context of the earthquake, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said here on Saturday that India was read
- Accountability In Relief And Rehabilitation (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Nov 20, 2005)
ADVERSITY, it is said, is a great teacher. The devastating earthquake of October 8, is the biggest natural disaster to strike Pakistan.
- Govt Steers Off Branded Generics (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
The coming pharmaceutical policy is likely to catalyse debranding of generics by laying down that no branded drug will be considered for the government’s bulk procurement programme.
- Exploitation, Deceit Plague Healthcare, Says Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Health servants prefer seeing patients privately for money: report
- Action Plan For Promoting Health Care In States (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Surprisingly, even after 58 years of planning, we have no separate health policies for the states. After the introduction of the National Population Policy 2000, some states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh did prepare state population policies
- Bsf, Pak Rangers To Conduct Joint Border Patrols (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Pushing forward the confidence building measures, India and Pakistan have agreed on a series of measures to stop trans-border crimes including narcotics trafficking by conducting joint patrolling and sharing intelligence.
- Mercedes Purchase Dogs Kofi Annan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
The United Nations has put a wall of secrecy around a luxury car bought in the name of secretary general Kofi Annan by his son Kojo on terms available only to his diplomat father at a savings of $20,600.
- Bankers Spare Firms Rate Hike This Fiscal (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Public sector bankers today assured Finance Minister P Chidambaram that there would not be any interest rate hike this fiscal for loans raised by firms for productive purposes.
- Dell’S Edge Is Getting Duller (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
When Dell Inc announced disappointing quarterly sales a few months ago, CEO Kevin B Rollins explained away the problems as an “execution issue.”
- Internet Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
The rhetoric centred on control of the Internet turned out to be just hot air, after a compromise was hammered out at the World Information Summit in Tunis.
- Cause And Consequence (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
When armed people capture a town, storm a jail and bail out the inmates, as they did in Jehanabad in Bihar on Sunday night, several questions will be asked.
- Getting Pragmatic (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
In legalistic terms, the government should have rejected Hindustan Coca Cola Holdings’ (HCCH) proposal to buy back the 49 per cent shares it had earlier divested in its bottling subsidiary, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB).
- India Welcomes Efforts By Iran To Address Nuclear Issues (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
IAEA appreciates access to sites of interest
- Misuse Of Religion And Laws (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 20, 2005)
MOST laws enacted after independence to prevent crime have, ironically, given rise to bigger crimes.
- Buying Time (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Nov 20, 2005)
Will members of Safta deliver what they are promising? The demands of globalisation may pull them back
ST Augustine had memorably said “O Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.”
- Annan Urges World To Give Generously (News International, Editorial, The News International, Nov 20, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday urged the world to give generously towards efforts to cope with last month's "unprecedented disaster" in Pakistan.
- Un: The Class Of 192 & Its Five Masters (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Nov 20, 2005)
One of the things the oil-for-food affair has brought to the surface is the UN’s identity problem. The fact is that it hasn’t got one.
- Eu To Dispatch Monitoring Mission To The Gaza Strip (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
EU foreign ministers Monday will order the urgent dispatch of a monitoring mission to the Gaza Strip within days to help the Palestinians run their key border crossing into Egypt.
- Moves On To Ban Use Of Lindane (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
It could be listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants under Stockholm Convention
- Difficult Decisions (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Nov 20, 2005)
AS a child Sue Elliot cherished her "chosen-ness" — the idea of being picked out by her adoptive parents from a roomful of angelic little babies.
- One Out Of 10 Children Sexually Abused, Says Who Study (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 20, 2005)
Awareness programme held, Police Commissioner meets children
- France Explodes (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 20, 2005)
The biggest blow in the wave of violence sweeping across France has been psychological, with the country's image taking a huge dent. Giving the lie to its much-vaunted egalitarian structure, it has been a singularly rude awakening.
- A Lifetime Opportunity For India And Pakistan, Says Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
'Let success and happiness emerge from the ruins of this earthquake'
- I Am Willing To Hold Direct Talks With Ltte, Says Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 20, 2005)
President to usher in a "new Sri Lanka"; seeks international help
- India Supportive Of Russian Initiative On Iran (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 20, 2005)
As the crucial November 24 full-board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear programme draws near, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has reached London to discuss with his British counterpart the international co
- Ophthalmic Centres Of Excellence In India Strike Common Cause (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 20, 2005)
They will set optimum standards of eye care services and help shape national policies
- Softening Line Of Control (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 20, 2005)
MUCH is being said, and made, of the moves to soften the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, and we are being asked to believe that they bear the promise of blissful consequences, social and political. Let us try to read between the lines and figure out the
- U.N. Team Slams U.S. On Guantanamo Bay Access (Hindu, Owen Bowcott and Bernard O Riordan, Nov 20, 2005)
Hundreds of detenus being held at the base without trial
- Singular Girl Child (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Nov 20, 2005)
Birthdays are important to Indians. They form the basis of drawing up the horoscope of an individual. But the importance of the birthday does not end there.
- Tdp Urges Cbi To Expedite Probe (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
The Telugu Desam has urged the CBI to speed up investigation to establish truth and bring culprits involved in the murder of Paritala Ravi to book.
- Exim Bank To Assist Pharma Cos Launch Drugs Overseas (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
The Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) will give financial backing to Indian pharma companies that seek to launch generic drugs in the overseas market worth USD 80 billion, with a number of drugs going off patent by 2008.
- Donors Pledge $ 5.9 B For Quake Affected People (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam/Sharafat Kazmi , Nov 20, 2005)
The world community has so far made cumulative pledges of 5.827 billion dollars for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the quake hit areas and the amount is likely to rise further.
- ‘Sinister Design On Loc’-Kavita Suri. (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
For 27 years, Professor Zafar Khan has been mobilising support for the Kashmir issue at international fora.
- Iran: It's A.Q. Khan Network, Says Iaea (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 20, 2005)
As the countdown begins for the crucial meeting in Vienna next week, which will discuss Iran's nuclear programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a report that raises questions about Teheran's atomic programme.
- Donors Pledge $5.4 Billion In Aid To Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
50 countries to raise money for rehabilitation of the 3.3 million people affected by the earthquake 50 countries to raise money for rehabilitation of the 3.3 million people affected by the earthquake
- Spare Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Some times it is good to spare the political class. It is very easy to blame it for all the ills of society, be it corruption or lack of discipline in life.
- Stop The Bleeding (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Nov 20, 2005)
While India and Pakistan are trying to mend fences, and more and more confidence building measures are being evolved,
- An Introduction To Archives (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
If the average man on the street were asked why Governments establish archival institutions, he would probably ask, ''What are archives and what are archival institutions ?
- 20 Years Of Saarc's Failures (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 20, 2005)
Compared to the 12th summit meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- What Basically Child (Daily Excelsior, Vivek Raina, Nov 20, 2005)
All over world 20th November is celebrated as Child Rights Day. What basically Child Rights mean?
- Bsf, Pak Rangers Agree On Joint Border Patrolling (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Pushing forward the Confidence Building Measures, India and Pakistan have agreed on a series of measures to stop trans-border crimes including narcotics trafficking by conducting joint patrolling and sharing intelligence.
- Long March To A Narcostate-Jeremy Seabrook (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
In the 2005 UN Human Development Index, Afghanistan stands 175th out of 177 countries. Less than 30 per cent of the population is literate, and life expectancy is below 45 years.
- Will Mafia Don Be Hanged? (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Nov 20, 2005)
This can be considered first great success of independent India, especially Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Spice Of Life -Footprints (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
ONCE upon a time in old Punjab there thrived one of the oldest and most universal of human crimes:
- Communists In India Keeps Pressure Up - India Quietly Reshuffles Cabinet Ahead Of Crucial U.N. Iran Vote (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 20, 2005)
India is quietly changings its position on Iranian nuke issues.
- Word Prefect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2005)
No doubt guided criminals are as lethal as guided missiles. Although that is not the BBC’s reasoning in substituting ‘misguided criminals’ for ‘terrorists’, specifically those who carried out the July 7 explosions.
- You Can Call It Mainstream Politaxi (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
This is how that wise unlettered carpet-weaver could weave a word for the art of perfidy, doublespeak and expediency commonly called politics
- A New Kind Of Terrorist Arrives (Pioneer, BASHIR MANZAR, Nov 19, 2005)
Tariq Dar's arrest on suspicion of involvement in the Delhi blasts has confirmed that an intertional trend of educated youth being attracted to Islamic terror has arrived in India. BASHIR MANZAR fears this may be the dawn of a new era.
- Which Way India? (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
Disclosures about India in the Volcker Committee report have generated a political storm affecting Indian foreign policy as well as party politics at home.
- Iran Restarts Uranium Work (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
One step from U.N. Security Council referral, Iran confirmed it had resumed uranium conversion, and leading European powers were set to meet U.S., Chinese and Russian officials to discuss a response.
- In Quake-Hit Pok, Annan Praises Pak Army Relief Effort (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Seeking urgent international aid for the ‘‘gigantic task’’ of reconstruction in quake-hit Pakistan, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by President Pervez Musharraf, on Friday toured affected areas in PoK,
- Maoists Tie Up With Political Parties To Cut The King To Size (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Nov 19, 2005)
In a key push towards democracy in Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), spearheading a decade-long insurgency to turn Hindu Nepal into a Communist republic, has reached an understanding with an alliance of seven political parties.
- Tiger Poll Boycott Helps Lanka Pm To Presidency (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s hawkish prime minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, won the island’s presidency on Friday after a Tamil Tiger boycott torpedoed his main rival, and vowed to forge an “honourable peace” with the rebels.
- It’S Not Just About Skills (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Nov 19, 2005)
Skills and knowledge only form the base component of human capital
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