|
Articles 33521 through 33620 of 53943:
- What Is In A Brand? Everything. Say Economists (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 01, 2005)
In Kashmir the concept of branding must gain roots to ensure a vibrant economy.
- Vedas And Tamil Classics (Hindu, C. L. Ramakrishnan , Nov 01, 2005)
VEDANGALAI ETRUP POTRUM TAMIZH ILAKKIYANGAL: K.C. Lakshminarayanan; LKM Publications, Old No. 15/4, New No. 33/4, Ramanathan Street, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017. Rs. 500.
- Wetland Birds (Hindu, Kumaran Sathasivam, Nov 01, 2005)
HANDBOOK ON INDIAN WETLAND BIRDS AND THEIR CONSERVATION: Arun Kumar,
- Core Incompetence? (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Nov 01, 2005)
A country's competitiveness depends on its `core competencies', which are decided by such factors as high productivity, labour availability (both in quantity and quality), efficient infrastructure, low transaction cost, business friendly regulatory . . .
- Education And Gats — What India Has To Offer (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 01, 2005)
India's offer to WTO members in the area of higher education refers to the position taken by it on the limitations on market access under four modes. The problem, however, is not with GATS, since it is India that decides what to offer or not in terms.....
- Sanary Sur Mer (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 01, 2005)
The port of Toulon nestles in a corner between Côte d’Azur and the peninsula of St Man-drier. It is not a very attractive city. But just across the peninsula to the west is a charming little port called Sanary sur Mer. Its promenade is like many . . .
- Arming The Hills (Telegraph, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 01, 2005)
Historically, communists have had more to fear from their comrades than from their enemies.
- Labour Laws, Unions And Bpos (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 01, 2005)
If the BPO sector is covered by the labour laws, it follows that disputes which arise in the sector should be settled under the relevant industrial disputes legislation.
- A Ministry Of National Security (Daily Excelsior, Maj Gen V K Madhok (Retired), Nov 01, 2005)
Three issues concerning India's secruity demand instant action. Threats which the country faces today (including natural disasters) or will face tomorrow?
- To Revive A Presidency (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 01, 2005)
Political commentary is addicted to bold trends: Leaders must be either up or down; sideways isn’t tolerated.
- Welcome Opening (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 01, 2005)
India has not allowed the Delhi bomb blasts to affect its relationship with Pakistan
- Sustaining Water Resources (Hindu, Bibhuti Mishra , Nov 01, 2005)
JAL: KAL, AAJ AUR KAL: Ram Avtar Sharma, Sushma Yadav; Aakar Books, 28 E, Prukat IV, Mayur Vihar, , Delhi-110091.
- Sri Lanka: Elections And The Tsunami (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 01, 2005)
Tsunami relief has not emerged as a major, island-wide issue with the potential to sway the electorate. It now jostles for space with other local issues.
- We Need To Start Caring About Fish (Deccan Herald, Max Hastings, Nov 01, 2005)
The world’s oceans are being plundered and nobody seems to be willing or able to stop the slaughter
- It’S Pay-Back Time (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Nov 01, 2005)
Old sins, Agatha Christie once wrote, have long shadows. And the sins of omission of every Pakistan government since our own independence in 1947 and the facsimile independence we have allowed Azad Kashmir since then are returning to haunt us.
- Saving The Survivors (Dawn, Naeem Sarfraz, Nov 01, 2005)
An immense amount of goodwill has surfaced for the victims of the earthquake in northern Pakistan. An entire nation has rallied. But there is a fatal flaw in the ongoing relief operations.
- All The Liberals Can Do Is Gloat (Hindu, Gary Younge, Nov 01, 2005)
LIBERALS CALLED it "Fitzmas." And it was a long time coming. But even though it took almost two years for special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to make it down the chimney, it was worth the wait.
- Need For Welfare State (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Nov 01, 2005)
The marketisation of social sectors like health is disastrous. We need a welfare state and a vibrant community
- China Plans To Continue Aid To N Korea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2005)
China, as a neighbour of North Korea, will continue to provide aid to the neighbouring country as part of Beijing’s policy of forging an “amicable” and “prosperous” neighbourhood, a senior Chinese Communist Party official has said.
- Alternative Architecture (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Nov 01, 2005)
A blend of the ancient with the modern to suit today's architecture
- Interest Rates Will Be Stable, Says Fm (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 01, 2005)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Monday, said he expected the interest rates to be stable in the medium term, but added that a meeting on chairmen and managing directors of the banks he had convened on November 18 would help him assess . . . .
- Poetess Who Was A Yogi (Hindu, R.GOPALAKRISHNAN, Nov 01, 2005)
THE YOGA OF SIDDHA AVVAI: S. N. Kandaswamy; Pub. by Babaji's Kriya Yoga and Publications Inc. Canada and distributed by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Trust, P.O.Box 5608, Malleswaram West, Bangalore-560055. Rs. 350.
- Gold In The Soul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 01, 2005)
Karnataka has advantages, but needs to retain its edge
- Objection Overruled (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 01, 2005)
Pakistan's objection to India's concern over the developing situation in Gilgit is entirely unjustified. The neighbouring country has reacted to New Delhi's advice to "act with the utmost restraint and observe international human rights standards"
- Death For Let Ultra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2005)
Ashfaq’s wife got a seven-year jail term for sheltering him and two other key plotters were awarded life sentence.
- Safta & The Dhaka Summit (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 01, 2005)
I am writing this article in New Delhi. The purpose of the column is to bring to the attention of the officials preparing for the Dhaka summit of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (Saarc) some of the apparent shortcomings in both . . .
- Coping With The Quake Calamity (Dawn, Dr Parvez Hasan, Nov 01, 2005)
The devastating earthquake that has caused horrendous loss of life, great human suffering,
- Sabotage In Balochistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 01, 2005)
Onceagain, vital installations have been targeted in Balochistan. On Saturday, high explosive devices blew up rail tracks near Quetta,
- India’S Interests In Iran (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Nov 01, 2005)
India's relations with Iran continue to be a subject of debate after New Delhi voted in favour of the resolution sponsored by the European Union-Three on the Iranian nuclear issue at the September 24 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting . . .
- "Let's Demilitarise Quake-Hit Zone" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 01, 2005)
Musharraf wants `softening' of LoC to be taken forward for resolution of Kashmir issue
- "India Is Free From Bird Flu" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Nov 01, 2005)
Random samples of poultry and migratory birds tested
Migratory birds in high-risk category
Farmers will be compensated in case of breakout
No need to import H5N1 vaccine
- Relax Norms To Facilitate Loc Crossing, Says Hurriyat (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 01, 2005)
Condemns Delhi blasts as "act of terror"; delegation to visit quake-hit PoK
- The Mullahs Want Iran To Be A Mental Hospital — So Let's Invite Them Over (Times Online (UK), DAVID AARONOVITCH, Nov 01, 2005)
Liberal democrat peers: you never know whether you’re going to find them bravely castigating Western governments for human rights failures, or seeking to have us understand why much worse abuses committed by exotic foreigners are somehow less . . . . .
- A Chance To Further The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 31, 2005)
THE LANDMARK pact between India and Pakistan on opening up the Line of Control (LoC) to enable people on both sides to take part in the relief work in the earthquake-affected areas, is perhaps the best news in the region since October 8 when disaster....
- Growing Cancer Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Oct 31, 2005)
*People in India paid a huge amount of Rs 21068 crores as bribe in a single year to 'get their work done'.
- Cheaper Diagnosis (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, Oct 31, 2005)
Since at least the time of Hippocrates, physicians have recognised that the smell of their patients’ breath can provide clues to what is ailing them. The rotting apple odour of acetone can signal diabetes.
- Fresh Start (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2005)
A small step, but good enough to break the ice. That perhaps is the best way to view the outcome of the talks between the home secretaries of India and Bangladesh.
- Shamrao Khatale Breaks His Appointment (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 31, 2005)
The National Commission on Farmers team, the public at large, and even sections of the media have signalled the crisis, its causes and its appalling human toll. Failure to intervene in Vidharbha now has no excuses at all.
- No Super Power's Stooge (Daily Excelsior, R K Bhatnagar, Oct 31, 2005)
Indira Gandhi, the two time Prime Minister of India and the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 19, eightyeight years ago in Allahabad in 1917.
- Caring For Expectant Mothers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2005)
Friday's decision by the Parliamentarian Doctors Forum (PDF) to set up three mobile delivery centres to attend to expectant mothers in the earthquake-hit areas is welcome.
- Blind Item (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2005)
One of the most important things a gossip column must have is the “blind item.” When you use people’s names you can be sued, so blind items are safe — yet the reader is intrigued as to whom the item is all about.
- Hassles At The Airport (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 31, 2005)
In the prehistoric days of P-forms and foreign exchange restrictions, getting out of the country wasn’t loaded with so much political innuendo.
- Getting Worse For The White House (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2005)
What is it about American presidents during their second terms? Not since Dwight Eisenhower nearly half a century ago has a two-term occupant of the White House not been hit by some sort of criminal investigation during his second period of office.
- Tragedy In The Mountains (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Oct 31, 2005)
Watching the disaster in Pakistan, it is heartrending to see so many ordinary people, whose suffer distress and poverty in their everyday lives now crushed into a state of unimaginable misery by the cruel power of nature.
- Our Winter Of Discontent (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 31, 2005)
The cataclysmic earthquake of October 8 continues to bring images of unbearable human suffering even three weeks after it devastated a large swathe of Pakistan’s northern districts and Kashmir.
- The Changeover: Democracy At Work (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 31, 2005)
Ghulam Nabi Azad's accession to power could help end the historic devaluation of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Moving Finger (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 31, 2005)
The script follows its own inexorable grammar. The International Atomic Energy Agency has voted in September.
- Enigmatic Blasts In New Delhi (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2005)
At least 65 persons were killed and about 150 injured in a series of bomb blasts in crowded markets in New Delhi on Saturday. Official sources in the Indian capital said that it’s too early to speculate about those responsible for the explosions.
- India, Unhcr And Refugee Protection (Deccan Herald, Carol Batchelor, Oct 31, 2005)
October 30 was the 60th anniversary of India joining the UN. It has been an active member of the UNHCR
- Oh, Boys! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 31, 2005)
A recent report by the Refugees International, a Washington-based aid group, has expressed concern over the charges of sexual exploitation and abuse that have dogged the United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world.
- British Politicians Dodge Their Own Ban On Smoking (Statesman, Marie Woolf, Oct 31, 2005)
Politicians were accused of hypocrisy last night after it emerged that the British government’s new law banning smoking will not cover the House of Commons or the House of Lords.
- A British Gandhi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2005)
Non-violent defiance against Iraq war
- Now And Again: A Smoker’S Nightmare (Statesman, ARKAPRABHA DEB, Oct 31, 2005)
MGP of the Indian Civil Service once asked me in my salad days what I was fond of. My reply was, “Mathematics, cigars and music in that order”.
- Regional Rivalries Over Afghanistan (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 31, 2005)
As war-ravaged Afghanistan appears headed for economic recovery, there are signs of renewed interest, both by global and regional powers, in building ties with it.
- Perking Up Police (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 31, 2005)
IT IS good that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms Jayalalithaa, is paying close attention to measures to perk up the police in the State. She was the first to have thought of all-women police stations to take up cases of special concern to women, . . .
- Entangled Loyalties (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 31, 2005)
A detailed report in this newspaper that victorious People's Democratic Party candidate Nizamuddin Bhat in the Legislative Council elections in the Valley did not get his full quota of allotted votes of the members of local bodies belonging to the . . .
- Loc Crumbles (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 31, 2005)
Fifty-eight years of continuous efforts both by the locals as well as the International Community could not achieve what nature did in 50 seconds! In Holy Quran the creation by Almighty is described as “Be and it was!” The same thing almighty did in . . .
- Reflections On The Credit Policy — Prioritise Lending To Small Enterprises (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 31, 2005)
The markets have absorbed the benign signals that the RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy's Credit Policy sent out on October 25, 2005. There has been neither euphoria nor shock.
- Capital Crime (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2005)
The hideousness of a terror attack may perhaps only be assessed in terms of the uncountable:
- Is Shouting Back The Way To Tackle Religion? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 31, 2005)
The problem with debates on religion is that they turn into an "us-versus-them" affair with all secularists branded as unreconstructed atheists and enemies of the faith, and all believers as irrational and fanatical.
- Licence To Kill (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 31, 2005)
Last Sunday in Brazil, a country with the second-highest rate of gun deaths on the planet, almost two-thirds of Brazilians voted against a total ban on the sale of firearms. Explain that.
- Stay The Course On Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 31, 2005)
These are testing times for Indian policy towards Nepal.
- That Little Bug Which Changed The Course Of Modern Medicine (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 31, 2005)
A breakthrough medical scientists were looking for has come at last. A great discovery beneficial for the whole world in general and Kashmir in particular.
- Anti-Israel Threat Is No Iranian Joke (San Francisco Chronicle, Edotorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 31, 2005)
Nearly universal dismay aroused by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand for Israel to be "wiped off the map" points to diplomatic naivete on the part of the recently elected leader in Tehran.
- The Message From The Delhi Blasts (Rediff on the Net, Editorial, rediff.com, Oct 30, 2005)
Only the Sikh terrorists, Al Qaeda and the International Islamic Front, of which Al Qaeda, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad are amongst the members, have the capability for organising the kind of three well co-ordinated blasts which . . .
- Iran: ``India Should Make Amends'' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 30, 2005)
New Delhi should abstain from voting at the IAEA, says Prakash Karat
- Another Round Of Musical Chairs? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Oct 30, 2005)
It’s that time of the year, when talk of a Cabinet reshuffle is in the air again. Of course, the speculation is far more muted this time around than it was some months ago when talk of an impending reshuffle dominated page one.
- Experiment In Organic Farming To Be Extended (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Good results from trial on 100 hectares in each district
Three-day trade fair on organic farming from November 4
Goal is to develop an assured market for farmers
World market for organic produce estimated at $35 billion
- The Capital Story (Hindustan Times, Suhel Seth, Oct 30, 2005)
If Calcutta had remained the capital, what would Delhi be all about today?
- Pakistan, India Agree To Open Quake-Hit Border (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Oct 30, 2005)
Rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Sunday to open the border dividing earthquake-hit Kashmir to allow survivors and relief supplies to cross.
- Iran Softens Stand On Israel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 30, 2005)
Within days of issuing its controversial call for having Israel "wiped off the map," Iran has softened its stance, saying that it had no intention to attack its long-time adversary.
- Individual Beneficiaries Were Influential And Espoused Pro-Iraq Views, Says Report (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Oct 30, 2005)
An international investigation into the United Nations-administered Oil-For-Food Programme reveals that several Indian entities, among them Union Minister for External Affairs K. Natwar Singh, were allotted oil quotas by the former Iraqi regime headed by
- Mauritius Invites Indian Investment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Plenty of scope in both manufacturing and services, says Deputy Prime Minister
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2005)
Politburo adds to fears in IT industry
- Talks Between India, Pakistan On Opening Up Loc Continue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 30, 2005)
Talks between India and Pakistan here on Saturday, to firm up the agreement for "opening" of the Line of Control (LoC) to enable Kashmiris on both sides of the divide to cross over to help the earthquake victims, continued late in the night.
- State’S 10 Green Projects Suitable For Attracting Foreign Investment (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 30, 2005)
The projects, cleared by the Union Cabinet, are among those 97 which were identified by the national clean development mechanism authority.
- Indian Identity With A Global Mindset (Tribune, Randeep Wadehra, Oct 30, 2005)
INDIA'S ongoing economic restructuring is aimed at integrating it with the emerging international economic order. Driven by its success in the IT industry, our economy’s traditional primary, secondary and tertiary sectors are perking up too.
- Give Us Power, What Would Separatists Say (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 30, 2005)
How naïve and self deceiving is to draw an imaginary link between the aspirations of people and the demands of politicians, Hilal Ahmad reacts to an article by Sadiq Ali published in Greater Kashmir
- Relatively A Greater Experience (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 30, 2005)
There is a reason he preferred philosophy to politics, Jameel Qadiri describes a genius called Einstein and sums up a lecture series delivered by Prof. Naresh Dadich on physics at the University of Kashmir
- Lone, All Alone (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 30, 2005)
‘Life is a story narrated by a fool and heard by a mad-man’ both defunct in reason. Just on Sunday morning October the 16-10-2005.
Previous 100 Foreign Affairs Articles | Next 100 Foreign Affairs Articles
Home
Page
|
