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- Political Meaning Of Indian Democracy (Daily Excelsior, K K Bakhshi, Nov 07, 2005)
The greatest asset that Indian can boastfully claim to have earned and groomed after the wonderful dawn of Independence is democracy.
- India, Russia Calibrate Stand On Iran (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 07, 2005)
India and Russia have reiterated their objection to referring the issue of Iran's nuclear programme to the U.N. Security Council ahead of a U.N. nuclear watchdog meeting.
- What Terrorists Thrive On (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 07, 2005)
Nations would do well to deny terrorists what Margaret Thatcher called ‘the oxygen of publicity’
- The Elusive Mass Transit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 07, 2005)
A mass transit system for Karachi has become an excruciating joke for two generations of the residents of the city.
- A Future Investigation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2005)
Its not yet clear whether senators will succeed in their effort to force the Bush administration to give up the use of “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment of foreign detainees, despite a 90-9 vote by the Senate.
- Bright Face Of Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
The nation commemorated Eid-ul-Fitr in a sombre atmosphere in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division leaving in its trail unprecedented death and destruction.
- India’S Delaying Tactics (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
Despite agreement on five points for relief across the Line of Control, India has conveyed to Pakistan its readiness to open only one point on Saturday in utter disregard for the urgency of the matter. It has opted to stagger the opening of the five point
- China Reports Bird Flu In Humans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
North Korea taking threat seriously
- Relief Goods To Be Allowed First: Pakistan Official (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 07, 2005)
Both sides not able to exchange lists of people
- The Little Terror (Statesman, BULA BOSE, Nov 07, 2005)
Small children scare me nowadays. No, really, I’m serious. They’re so confident, so aware, so probing and so specific that I often don’t know what to do when I’m at the receiving end.
- Perestroika Mastermind (Statesman, Vladimir Simonov, Nov 07, 2005)
Remembering Russia’s National Keeper Of Morals
- Street Show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2005)
Sit-ins and agitations have been some of the most potent weapons in the Left armour all along.
- Myth As Reality (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 07, 2005)
Neither of the two recent films, “Subhas Chandra Bose: A Forgotten Hero” and “Mangal Pandey:
- Youthful Indiscretions (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Nov 07, 2005)
There is no knowing the length to which a young man (or an old fool) will go to show his devotion to the object of his desire. In this case, the “length” was a distance of 30 km, along which a boy of 19 crawled on his hands and knees to the house of . . .
- No Smoke Without Fire (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Nov 07, 2005)
In 1996 the UN imposed trade sanctions on Iraq, which meant that no country could trade with it.
- Senate, Cheney Split Over Ban On Torture (Guardian (UK), DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Nov 07, 2005)
A leading Republican senator said Sunday that the Bush administration is making ``a terrible mistake'' in opposing a congressional ban on torture and other inhuman treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody.
- Strategy To Deal With Naxalites (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Nov 07, 2005)
The enormity of the challenge posed by various naxalite or Maoist groups in India has made the States affected by the ultras sit up.
- November 6 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
November 6 is an important date in the history of Jammu Kashmir.
- Indian Outsourcing Boom May End Abruptly As Stagflation Gets Hold . . . (India Daily, Naina Joshi, Nov 07, 2005)
If America and Western Europe go into a deep recession, Indian outsourcing sector will collapse like a falling ball from a plane.
- It Is Time To End Corruption In Un And Punish All Those Who Supported Oil Scam And . . . (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Nov 07, 2005)
Corruption didn''t arise out of thin air, it arose out of the culture of the place.
- India Watching Pakistan Military Closely In The Line Of Control Using . . . (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 07, 2005)
India's watchful intelligence and strategic air and land scanning mechanisms are monitoring Pakistanis carefully along the Line of Control.
- Prisoner Accounts Suggest Detention At Secret Facilities (Washington Post, Josh White, Nov 07, 2005)
Three Yemeni nationals who were arrested in late 2003 say they were transferred to U.S. custody and kept isolated in at least four secret detention facilities that Amnesty International officials believe could be part of a covert CIA prison system.
- B`lore To Host Airport Infrastructure Expo In Dec (Business Standard, Mahesh Kulkarni, Nov 07, 2005)
Bangalore, which hosts India’s biggest airshow — Aero India— once in two years, is now getting ready to host yet another international event in the aviation industry.
- Ray Of Hope For Vaccine Against Aids (Daily Excelsior, Ranjana Ghosh, Nov 07, 2005)
The isolation of a new and milder strain of the aids virus has raised hopes of producing a safe vaccine against the dreaded disease, even as more cases are being reported in India
- What The Crisis Demands (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2005)
Wednesday's announcement by the federal relief commissioner raising the death toll for the Oct. 8 earthquake from 57,597 to 73,276 will perhaps drive home the point that the country faces a rescue, relief and rehabilitation task of enormous magnitude. . .
- No Contratualism Please (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
They appoint candidates with a pack of promises that ultimately turns out to be hollow, Ghulam Nabi Faroqi appeals to the new government to do away with contractualism as it means nothing but exploitation
Mufti led government,
- India Growth View Improved, Risks Seen - Rbi Governor (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
India's growth outlook has improved but global imbalances and high oil prices pose risks and any large interest or exchange rate adjustments could impact the economy indirectly, Reserve Bank of India chief said on Friday.
- India Announces Probe Into Volcker's Un Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
India announced a probe on Sunday that would look into whether foreign minister Natwar Singh or the ruling Congress party had received favours from Saddam Hussein as stated in an U.N. report released late last month.
- Most Irresponsible (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2005)
Akin to a ‘defence bandh’
- Pakistan Will Delay Buying F-16s, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Criticises West for earthquake aid shortfall
- Outsourcing Captures Europe's Imagination (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Nov 07, 2005)
Some will cringe at, though others may delight in, a dictionary that defines historic monuments as `fixed assets' and lemons as `defective capital goods'.
- Country In Quandary (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 07, 2005)
Ever since the references in the Volcker report to the Congress Party and the External Affairs Minister, Mr Natwar Singh, became public knowledge, the country has been in a quandary as to whom to believe, and whom to disbelieve.
- The D Factor — Making People Deserve What They Desire (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Nov 07, 2005)
Michelle Wie became a professional golfer, multi-millionaire and global brand between breakfast and the first bell at the nearby Punahou School where she studies, says a bbc.co.uk report, describing the latest golf sensation's announcement about going pro
- Doha Round On A Knife-Edge (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 07, 2005)
The Doha Round is delicately poised and it seems only a miracle at Hong Kong, the last checkpoint of progress, can push it forward. If the Hong Kong meeting has nothing important to tell the world about the ongoing negotiations the completion . . .
- Retail: Bonanza Or Trap? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 07, 2005)
The story is told by the late Mr Prakash Tandon, former Chairman of Hindustan Lever, in his memoirs of Unilever considering company-owned retail shops taking control of their retail distribution in India back in the 1950s.
- On Fire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2005)
The disproportion between cause and consequence is a good measure by which to assess the scale of what has gone wrong.
- A Whole New Game Gwynne Dyer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2005)
Liberia is a country where 85 per cent of the population is unemployed, and where there are virtually no functioning schools or hospitals any longer.
- By All Means A Revolution In Medical Science (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
This discovery could not be more important to any place other than our valley where diseases of stomach are highest in the World. Prof. (Dr.) M S Khuru concludes
- A Seismic Rumble Called Earthquake (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
How does earth shake so violently, Syed Shah Nawaz Bukhari explains the scientific dimension of a natural disaster called Earthquake
- Echoes Of E.M. Forster (Hindu, MAITREYEE SAHA GANAPATHY, Nov 06, 2005)
Like Howard's End, Smith's book too scrutinises personal relationships, conflicting values, behaviour and human imperfection.
- Uk Youth Escapes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
In a stunt reminiscent of Hollywood films, a teenage criminal, Gary O’Donnell (17), in Britain has escaped from jail after posing as his identical twin brother,
- Trade Ministers Including The U.S., Brazil, India, Japan And The Eu Meet In London And . . . (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Nov 06, 2005)
The countries look eye-to-eye trying to stop a trade storm that can devastate the whole world.
- It.In: When Appearances Are Deceptive (Deccan Herald, Gautam Sinha, Nov 06, 2005)
After the heavy deluge, that all of us have been subjected to in the last two weeks, got over the topic of conversation has shifted from the rains and the subsequent havoc they created to the relative “washed out” IT.in event.
- Champion Of The Woods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Sunderlal Bahuguna is 79 but he has the same fire and zing in him to protect the forests, its people and the environment as he had when he joined the Freedom movement at the age of 13. Born by the Ganga and inspired by the lofty Himalayas, . . .
- View From The Valley (Hindustan Times, Firdous Syed, Nov 06, 2005)
The Congress has taken charge of the government in Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of 30 years.
- Against Insularity In Literature And Criticism (Hindu, HIMANSU S. MOHAPATRA, Nov 06, 2005)
Boulton's writing makes up in clarity and vigour for what it lacks in sleekness.
- Why Natwar Must Go (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Immediate reshuffle and a confidence vote
- Promise Of Buddha (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 06, 2005)
November is a good month for the comrades. By a strange chronological coincidence, the fifth anniversary of Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s accession to the chief ministership and the 88th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution fall within a day of each....
- India-Us : On The Nuclear Track (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Nov 06, 2005)
If the vibes emanating from the first follow-up talks between India and the United States in New Delhi on October 21 on a roadmap to implement the landmark bilateral nuclear deal is anything to go by, the two countries appear determined to stay on course
- How Safe Are We? (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Nov 06, 2005)
The twin man-made disasters in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh are a sad commentary on the state of our national safety and security regimes.
- Up, Up And Away! (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Nov 06, 2005)
A friend of mine who lives in London, Kris Srinivasan, a former Foreign Secretary who went on to become Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth, . . .
- On Integrity In Art (Hindu, Aruna Chandaraju, Nov 06, 2005)
Anita Nair on her latest novel and the `sweat and blood' behind writing...
- Natwar Singh And The Oil Slick (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Nov 06, 2005)
There comes a time in the life of every government when the media decide that they are very bored.
- India Growth View Improved, Risks Seen - Rbi Governor (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
India's growth outlook has improved but global imbalances and high oil prices pose risks and any large interest or exchange rate adjustments could impact the economy indirectly, Reserve Bank of India chief said on Friday.
- Aspects Of Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dr Nater Singh Raina, Nov 06, 2005)
An earthquake is a motion of the ground surface ranging from a faint tremor to a wild motion capable of shaking buildings apart and causing gaping fissures to open up in the ground.
- Real World Scenarios (Hindu, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 06, 2005)
Levitt and Dubner staunchly refuse to take moral positions or prescribe solutions. They remain content using complex statistical tools on data compiled from diverse sources to draw unusual conclusions.
- `There Is Something Sacred About Art' (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Nov 06, 2005)
Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet, on what it means to be a woman, a poet and a socially conscious person
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 06, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- Pak Ready To Open All Agreed Five Points Along Loc On Nov 7 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Pakistan today said it has made all arrangements to open five points along the LoC from Monday to permit quake-hit Kashmiris from both sides to cross over in accordance with the recent agreement reached with India.
- Images Of The Soul (Deccan Herald, Suresh Jayaram, Nov 06, 2005)
The photographer was an avid traveller and the subjects he captured reflect his human regard for them.
- India-Lanka Bilateral Trade: A Role Model For International Business (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
PHDCCI is holding parleys with experts on SAARC to find ways and means for enhancing imports from these countries. The role model is the bilateral trade with Sri Lanka.
- Water In The Pipe (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2005)
Chennai gets Diwali gift but India faces crisis
- Plainly Untenable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Congress should conduct a credible inquiry
- No Trivial Gains, These (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 06, 2005)
The country’s strategic future is under debate, as it was in 1998 before the nuclear tests.
- A Case Of Too Much Of A Good Thing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The latest book in the detective series is fairly radical in its own right, but not much new happens here, just more of the same.
- Indian Tea Trade Faces Tough Times With New Eu Norms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The new Food Law Regime due for implementation in countries under the EU from January 1, 2006 calls for stringent measures with regard to the use of chemicals and pesticides in tea and, if India has to improve upon its 20 million kg deficit in this year’s
- Finally, Loc To Open On November 7 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Almost a week after deciding to soften the borders to enable quake-affected people to cross over to India, arrangements have been made to open the relief points from Monday.
- A Six For The Asking (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 06, 2005)
Around this Diwali and Id we have heard many a dhamaka (bang). Of course, the ones in Srinagar's VIP Nowgam bypass and the national capital's popular markets are still echoing in our ears.
- Stark Choices Stare Nations At The Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
World trade negotiators face stark choices next week with years of haggling over a hoped-for shake up in global rules to boost economies and give a better deal for poor states riding on the outcome.
- Countering Terrorism : A Chinese Variant (Daily Excelsior, Dr. K. Srikant, Nov 06, 2005)
Recent Chinese statements on terrorism are unprecedented and reflect a growing awareness of the phenomenon.
- Spice Of Life (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Knots aren't just a matter of tying bits of string together, though they do indeed have practical uses: none know this better than sailors and Boy Scouts
- Forum For Men Of Mind And Matter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The Silicon Valley of India is all set to add another colourful feather to its cap when President A P J Abdul Kalam formally inaugurates on November 21 the BIC ......
- No Sonia Hand In Oil Scam: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Congress denied that Sonia Gandhi was linked to Iraq’s oil-for-food scandal in which the party and its foreign minister have been named as beneficiaries.
- Walking With Alice (Hindu, BINA AGARWAL, Nov 06, 2005)
Alice Thorner passed away on August 24. Remembering her is BINA AGARWAL
- Bjp Holds Protest To Seek Natwar's Resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party's State unit on Saturday held a protest demonstration in the capital demanding the resignation of Union External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh.
- Iraq Sought ``Surcharge'' For Supplying Crude Oil: Ram Naik (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
But we refused to pay anything extra, says the former minister
Iraqi oil was sold at $1-2 a barrel lower than the international price
Iraqi officials wanted a part of the benefit accruing to the buyer to be paid in cash
- Loc Crossover Points Ready: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 06, 2005)
The same procedure as followed for the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service
- Obsessive Precision (Hindu, A.J. THOMAS, Nov 06, 2005)
This is a book that speaks of the self and the world in objective terms
Nahal's detailed accounts of his life as a scholar and a teacher make engrossing reading because of his sheer passion for life.
- Immigrants' Progress (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Nov 06, 2005)
Zadie Smith's oeuvre draws inspiration from an incredibly layered complexity of life. RENUKA RAJARATNAM
- The Art Of The Matter (Hindu, G.S. PAUL , Nov 06, 2005)
The Kerala Kalamandalam, which turns 75 on November 9, has played a major role in preserving and bringing classical arts to the masses.
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