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- Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
Panic cannot address the bird flu threat. Preparedness can
- The ‘Muslim-Muslim’ Tag (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 29, 2005)
The other day, a senior colleague of mine — one I respect — approached me somewhat furtively. “There is much Muslim, Muslim in your writing these days.”
- India The Most Critical Strategic Partner : Putin (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Ahead of his summit meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that relations between Russia and India are . . .
- Chennai Battered, Army Alerted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
It was a day when the skies opened up over Chennai, pounding it with 21 cm of rain in just five hours between 3.30 am and 8.30 am, . . .
- Pension Plan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
This is the right juncture for pension reform
- Indian Company In Us Sparks Reverse Outsourcing Trend (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
SlashSupport, an India-based tech support company, which has opened a small outsourcing hub in California, is spearheading a new trend of reverse outsourcing.
- New Capital For India (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Oct 29, 2005)
With passage of time, New Delhi has become too chaotic and unmanageable to be the Capital of India. It is necessary to establish a spanking new Capital city, away from the Delhi madness. The focus has to be on proper housing for all, not just today . . .
- Conflict Resolution, India’S Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
The enormous loss of life caused by the October 8 earthquake in PoK together with the damage it inflicted also on the Indian side of the LoC, has evoked an equally large human response across the territorial divide.
- Reversing History In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2005)
`Historic' is a word devalued by its indiscriminate use in the context of Jammu and Kashmir.
- U.N. Appeals For More Quake Aid (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 29, 2005)
The United Nations on Friday made an urgent appeal for immediate international financial assistance to help provide make-shift shelter and medicines for an estimated 3.3 million survivors of the October 8 earthquake in Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) . . . .
- U.N. Iraq Report Reveals $1.8-Billion Oil Fraud (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Companies and individuals from 66 countries involved
- Vodafone Returns To India With $1.5 Bln Bharti Deal (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Oct 29, 2005)
UK-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc returned to India on Friday with a $1.5 billion deal to buy 10 percent of the country's top mobile phone company Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.
- India's Foreign Policy Compromised: Experts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
New Delhi will be a "big loser" if steps are not taken to repair ties with Teheran, says former envoy Bhadrakumar
Manmohan Singh Government should be made to return to NCMP which promises an independent foreign policy: N. Ram
- B’Lore Projects To Be Ready In 2-3 Years (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
The Centre has taken up projects like Bangalore International Airport, Bangalore Metro, Hi-tech city, Hardware Technology Park, elevated four-lane expressway connecting the Electronics City and Peripheral Ring Road and Cauvery Stage IV Phase II work . . .
- Make Mehbooba Deputy Cm, Say Legislators (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 29, 2005)
She convenes a meeting of legislators for Monday
Hectic consultations begin
"Mufti cannot say `no' to rank and file"
Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet PDP leaders
- Swamy Opposes Peace Talks With Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
The Janata Party president, Subramanian Swamy, on Friday opposed the current peace talks with Pakistan saying a plan to withdraw from Siachen, and thereafter from Sir Creek, was in the offing in the name of "confidence building" measures.
- Inflation Inches Up To 4.71% (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
The annual rate of inflation increased to 4.71 per cent for the week ended October 15 compared to 4.62 per cent for the previous week due to a rise in food, manufactured products and mineral prices.
- Russia, U.S. To Revise Norms For Nuclear Tech Transfers To India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 29, 2005)
Moscow mindful of India's track record on non-proliferation, says Sergei Lavrov
Cooperation in the field of civilian nuclear energy could be expanded
Natwar "more than satisfied" with his visit
- The Difference Between India And Pakistan (Rediff on the Net, VIJAY DANDAPANI, Oct 29, 2005)
If India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry. But we will get one of our own.' declared Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the late prime minister of Pakistan, the man responsible for not only enlisting A Q Khan in a successful bid to . . .
- Very Wrong And Very Foolish (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
There is no real reason to suppose that Iranian policy toward Israel, which in recent years has been marked by occasional verbal extremism and by support for Palestinian radical groups but also by a recognition that Israel is a permanent fact of . . .
- Israel Asks U.N. To Expel Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Hitting back at Iran, Israel on Thursday asked the United Nations to remove it from the membership of the world body amid an international outcry over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks that the Zionist nation be ``wiped off the map.''
- Sign Of India Aviation Booming - Us Civil Aviation Regulator Faa Decides To . . . (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Recognising India's stature in the burgeoning aviation market, the US civil aviation regulator has decided to open its first overseas office in India.
- World Wide Web Consortium Launches Rapidly Growing . . . (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announces the launch of its Indian Office on 10 November 2005. Based at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC Noida) in Noida, India, it is the first W3C Office launched since the introduction . . .
- Do Not Blame India In Affording Relief To Pakistani Earthquake Victims From Across The Ceasefire ... (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India was not to blame for the delay in affording relief to Pakistani earthquake victims from across the ceasefire line in earthquake-devastated Kashmir.
- India Offers Rs. 112 Cr. To Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Largest-ever monetary aid
It can be used for rebuilding houses, rehabilitating people
Technology for prefabricated quake resistant shelters
- India Offers $25 Million Aid (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 28, 2005)
India offers $25 million aid
* India offers $25 million aid
* Iraq offers to send army to help in relief effort
* China triples quake aid
* Queen Rania to tour Muzaffarabad
- Relief Delayed Is Relief Denied (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 28, 2005)
In a nutshell, here’s Pervez Musharraf’s philosophy: earthquakes may be great levellers, but when it comes to India-Pakistan relations, they don’t make much of a difference.
- Striking Difference (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 28, 2005)
Dialectics, as far as the old term goes, points to the existence or action of opposing social forces and concepts.
- Solve Iran Crisis Within Iaea: India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Expressing its commitment to promoting energy ties with Iran, India has called for resolving the Iranian nuclear issue within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to avert Tehran's referral to the UN Security . . . .
- How Can Anyone Be Forced To Stop Relief Work? (Daily Times, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
In an interview to a UK-based newspaper, General Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged that some hard-line religious groups have stepped into an administrative vacuum and are providing relief and humanitarian assistance in the quake-hit areas of Pakistan.
- Flight Of Migrant Workers (Daily Excelsior, M. N. Minocha, Oct 28, 2005)
The plight of migrant workers once again figured at the recent 98th session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in Geneva.
- Bjp: Cheer And Despondency (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Oct 28, 2005)
The string of 'successes' tasted by the Bharatiya Janata Party in some recent municipal elections in different parts of the country has brought much cheer to the party.
- India To Encourage And Form An Asia Oil Union (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 28, 2005)
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Panchayatiraj Mani Shankar Aiyar wants to form a international union of nations to forge ahead Asian interests in oil and gas.
- The Heart Of India Inc (Indian Express, Anu Aga, Oct 28, 2005)
First we need to understand just what we mean by corporate social responsibility.
- Indo-Us Nuke Deal: Us Urges For ‘Transparency’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
US lawmakers have urged the administration to share information on the deal while experts have claimed that the deal poses risk to American security interests.
- Left Returns To Coordination Committee Meeting With Upa (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 28, 2005)
Do not repeat mistake on Iran, says note to Government
- Don't Repeat Mistake On Iran, Left Tells Government (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 28, 2005)
Left returns to coordination committee meeting, opposes FDI in retail sector
- Finance Minister's Warning To Tax Evaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
"File Income Tax returns by October 31 or else... "
Data on all nature of transactions with I-T Department
Intense awareness campaign soon
- India Hopes Its Non-Proliferation Record Will Be Appreciated (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Making a strong case for resumption of nuclear supplies to it, India today hoped that the international community would show a "better appreciation" of its non-proliferation record and open the door for nuclear energy cooperation.
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai Gets Respite From Heavy Rains (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
After being battered by heavy rains yesterday, Chennai city had some respite from the rains today, following bright sunshine this morning.
- Boss, You’Re A Health Risk! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 28, 2005)
A mean boss, states a study, can make a worker more vulnerable to heart problems.
- Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 28, 2005)
Panic cannot address the bird flu threat. Preparedness can
- Do Politicians Have All The Answers? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Oct 28, 2005)
After all is said and speculated on the whys and wherefores of the Deve Gowda-Narayana Murthy spat, the row between the former Prime Minister and the infotech chieftain points to a growing turf war between career politicians and career professionals.
- Waiting To Happen (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2005)
There is a need for a safe flying environment at the HAL airport
- Chennai's Turn To Face Rain Fury (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Normal life in the city and suburbs was virtually paralysed following incessant rains and gusty winds.
- India Recognised Israel Decades Ago' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Reference to Iranian Presidents recent remarks on Israel
JWG working out modalities of implementing nuclear agreement with the U.S.
Separating civilian and military nuclear facilities a "precondition"
A period of intensive consultations expected
- Conflict Resolution, India’S Way (Indian Express, D.C. Pathak, Oct 28, 2005)
The enormous loss of life caused by the October 8 earthquake in PoK together with the damage it inflicted also on the Indian side of the LoC, has evoked an equally large human response across the territorial divide.
- Expel Iran From Un, Demands Israel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
The international community has condemned Iranian President’s call to wipe off Israel from the map.
- Chennai Battered, Army Alerted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 28, 2005)
It was a day when the skies opened up over Chennai, pounding it with 21 cm of rain in just five hours between 3.30 am and 8.30 am, paralysing normal life, leaving more than half the cityunder water, uprooting about 100 trees and claiming at least . . .
- India `Set To Become Powerhouse' In Auto Sector (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Oct 28, 2005)
The growth of the industry, at 15 to 20 per cent a year, is impressive, says international expert
The health of industry, educational system and India's willingness to invest and focus on the job cited
India is one of the largest markets for two-wheel
- The ‘Muslim-Muslim’ Tag (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 28, 2005)
The other day, a senior colleague of mine — one I respect — approached me somewhat furtively. “There is much Muslim, Muslim in your writing these days.”
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Comes Under Sharp Criticism In Congress (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Oct 28, 2005)
A taste of what awaits the Indo-US nuclear agreement on Capitol Hill was provided on Wednesday when expert after expert appearing before the House International Relations Committee expressed serious concern about its implications and impact.
- Perils Of Fighting Insurgents (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), Oct 28, 2005)
Consequent on the incident of killing of Manorma Devi in Imphal by Assam Rifles personnel and the agitation for the abrogation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that followed, the government set up the Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission . . .
- Northern Trouble (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
The October 8 Kashmir earthquake may have spared the Northern Areas (NA) comprising Gilgit and Baltistan in the northernmost parts of J&K, but sectarian violence since January this year has claimed hundreds of lives.
- Why Is The Junta Afraid Of Suu Kyi? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2005)
One step forward, two steps back. That sums up the Myanmar ruling military junta's approach to the peace process, which is expected to restore democracy in the country at some point in the future.
- India Submits To The Bush Doctrine? (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 28, 2005)
The Government's `bold' new line on non-proliferation is full of sound and fury but signifies nothing other than the loss of our official capacity to analyse the world rationally and independently.
- Soaring Oil Prices Fixed In International Market, Says Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
The need of the hour is to create a union of Asian countries to combat the fixations of oil prices in the international market
- Agriculture, Development, And Freedom From Want (Hindu, Daniel Gustafson, Oct 28, 2005)
THE IDEA of freedom from want ... expresses an aspiration as old as mankind ... But in this generation freedom from want has been taken out of the realm of utopian ideas.
- Panel To Vet Big Ppp Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
CCEA approves doubling of Vizag Steel capacity
- Russia Offers Help To Lift Nuclear Curbs On India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 28, 2005)
President Vladimir Putin pledged Russia's support for India to get international restrictions on civilian nuclear technology transfers lifted.
- The World Should Have Known Better (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
It could turn out to be one of the costliest mistakes the global community has ever made — and it happened despite repeated warning, indeed pleading, from scientists and public health experts.
- Bush Nominee For Supreme Court Post Withdraws From Race (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Miers concerned confirmation process burdening White House
- Death And Profits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
World faces shortage of bird flu drug
- Gogoi At Sea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
Dispur clutching at shadows
- Tutankhamun’S Tipple Uncovered By Scientists (Statesman, Anthony Rose, Oct 28, 2005)
Of all the great vintages, Year 5 has not generally been considered a classic.
- Rain Cripples Chennai (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Unprecedented rain lashed Chennai today bringing life to a standstill. The state government sought Army’s help to cope with the situation even as a deep depression threatened to pound the state, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
- Alarm Bells Should Be Rung With Caution (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 28, 2005)
Thanks in no small part to the media, the only thing spreading like wildfire right now is not so much the potential likelihood of an avian flu pandemic but the totally irrational and counterproductive panic associated with it.
- The West Has Lost Its Vision Of Utopia (Hindu, Dylan Evans, Oct 28, 2005)
Ever since Plato, western thinkers have dreamed of ideal societies, utopias that could perhaps never be fully realised, but which at least gave us something to aspire to
- Indian Workers Seek Blair's Intervention (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 28, 2005)
Request for restoration of rights
- Kashmir Earthquake: History Repeats Itself (Hindu, R.N. Iyengar, Oct 28, 2005)
Seismic microzonation of cities provides a way to compute future risk so that building owners, legislators, and other stakeholders can draw up prudent action plans.
- Will It Doom The War? (Dawn, John Mueller, Oct 28, 2005)
Media attention today is focused on the death of the 2,000th American soldier in Iraq. But that grim event alone probably won’t prove a tipping point in public opposition to the war.
- India Clears The Air With Iran (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 28, 2005)
Deal with Iran's programme within IAEA framework
- Tragedy Of 1943-Ii (Statesman, AK SEN SARMA, Oct 28, 2005)
Using A Cyclone To Wreak Vengeance On Rebellious Subjects
- End Food Adulteration (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 28, 2005)
Adulteration of food is a way of life for many — be they manufacturers or traders
- Rupee: Will It Defy Global Dollar Upswing? (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Oct 28, 2005)
Defying many predictions of a disruptive breakdown, the dollar is up noticeably against all major currencies. A burgeoning trade deficit, narrowing interest rate differentials between the US and India, and a deceleration in capital flows form the .....
- Peaks Are For Scaling (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 28, 2005)
We have been here before, any number of times. If the major political parties in the country continue to behave in the manner they have been doing, we will assuredly be here for any number of times in the future too.
- Indian Anxiety Over Nuclear Deal Apparent (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
India’s nervousness about the successful passage through Congress of its July 18 nuclear deal with the US became apparent this week with the appointment of yet another lobbying firm to sell the controversial deal on Capitol Hill.
- Travel In A New Age (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 28, 2005)
In India, a new entrepreneurial generation has begun to comprehend the importance of being eco-friendly. Evidence of this is seen across the many properties that have mushroomed across Rajasthan, run by local, established families who have given. . . .
- A Religion Called Khaki And A Follower Called Policeman-Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
If you are in police, you know nothing but the duty you are assigned to do.
- The Other Side Of The Earthquake (Greater Kashmir, GHULAM NABI HAGROO, Oct 28, 2005)
The disaster broke all walls, rendered all lines useless and raised the question of a forced separation once again, comments
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