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- Prize And Paradox (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is a supreme irony that the world’s greatest prize for peace, founded by the inventor of dynamite and funded by his wealth, should finally go to an organisation dedicated to cap the proliferation of explosives.
- Deja Vu (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
A leopard might change its spots, but not the Congress party. Ever since it has come back to power at the head of the United Progressive Alliance, the government in its single-minded pursuit of handing over power to the Congress or its allies, has committ
- Politics Of Might (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2005)
The recent attack on BJP leader and former union information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is a worrying pointer of things to come in the Bihar elections.
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- Export Incentives (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to review and unify all export incentive schemes.
- Saving The Dying From Suffering (Deccan Herald, Jackie Ashley , Oct 11, 2005)
The Lords debate on assisted dying gives Britons a long-overdue opportunity to end unnecessary suffering
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Infosys Ups Revenue, Profit Forecasts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
India's number-two software exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd, posted on Tuesday a better-than-expected 36 per cent rise in quarterly net profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast as western clients ramp up technology outsourcing.
- Shot In The Arm (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2005)
The peace prize award to ElBaradei and the IAEA is well deserved
- Strengthening Multilateralism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director-General, Mohammed ElBaradei,
- Growth With Equity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2005)
THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE of equity and development is the central theme of the World Development Report 2006.
- India's Balance Of Payments In Transition (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 11, 2005)
Recent weeks have seen a weakening of the rupee, even as the BSE Sensex shows signs of buoyancy.
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- India's Water Economy — World Bank Prescription Does Not Hold Water (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2005)
Even while conceding that the World Bank's report is correct in stating that investments in large water infrastructure in India reflect a Build-Neglect-Rebuild philosophy, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the document has been prepared by an entity
- Tackling Adversity Together (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
Keeping humanitarian considerations above everything else, India has offered all kinds of help to Pakistan to cope with the devastation caused by the most severe earthquake in its history.
- Nobel Boost To Iaea Efforts (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 11, 2005)
The atom has again taken centre-stage in the world with consequences that remain to be determined.
- Unhealthy Diet, No Exercise Fuel Diabetes (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Oct 11, 2005)
The epidemics of obesity and Type II, or late-onset diabetes, are rising in parallel, driven by modern lifestyles. A diet of fast foods, high in fats and calories, eaten by people who take the car rather than walk is to blame.
- Jaswant To Be Bjp Chief? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
Jaswant Singh seems to be inching ahead comfortably as BJP President L.K. Advani’s successor. Come December, Advani will step down.
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Competing With India And China (US News & World Report, Richard J. Newman, Oct 10, 2005)
A former top executive with General Electric, Vivek Paul was CEO of Wipro, the Indian information technology firm. He recently became a partner with the venture-capital firm Texas Pacific Group, where he will spearhead new investments in information . . .
- Can Constitutionality Of Fbt Be Challenged? (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam , Oct 10, 2005)
Legislations passed by Parliament cannot be lightly impugned as violating the Constitution because there is a presumption in favour of constitutional validity.
- An Opportunity Not To Be Missed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2005)
The Centre's readiness to meet a set of representatives named by the United Liberation front of Asom to facilitate a peace process is a positive development for Assam.
- Willing To Strike But Afraid To Wound (Hindu, N. Ravi, Oct 10, 2005)
The Bihar decision represents a real time monitoring of executive actions by the Supreme Court and has put the Government on notice that the Court will ever be on the alert against any abuse of power.
- Reluctant Voters, Fragmented Votes (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 10, 2005)
Do the results of the Assembly elections held in February hold pointers to how Bihar will vote this time?
- Globalisation Can Bust The Boom (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Oct 10, 2005)
ROGER BOOTLE, one of Britain's best-known economists, is perched on a satin sofa in the lavishly furnished Drapers' Hall, in the City of London — the British capital's financial district — in an expansive mood.
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
- Market Upheaval (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Market regulator, Securities Exchange Board of India, has come a long way since the scam of nineties and none can deny the fact that it is in a better position to handle the upheavals in the market. Unfortunately market manipulators seem to be a step ahea
- "Bhel Alone Won't Impact Decision On Sonia Request" (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 10, 2005)
Left leaders have said that the Centre's reported change of mind on the disinvestment of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- A Tool In Support Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Today’s democracies of the world have tremendously been influenced by the phenomenon - "Information Explosion".
- Prudent Response To Quake Tragedy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 10, 2005)
NATION has responded with a sense of prudence to Saturday’s earthquake that is feared to have killed thousands of people across the country.
- Nobel Prize For Iaea (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
THIS year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Egyptian director-general Mohammed El-Baradei will be viewed by the recipients as a vindication of their work leading up to the Iraq war, not to mention th
- The Water Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
PAKISTAN faces a serious water problem, the gravity and nature of which the government has apparently failed to understand. Islamabad’s inability — or unwillingness — to base its approach on authentic facts and figures on the ground and the propensity to
- An Improvement On The Past (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 10, 2005)
IN most civilized countries, the issuance of a passport to a citizen is regarded as a fundamental right.
- Ending Algeria’S Agony (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 10, 2005)
JUST as the travails of the Turkish people and their heroic war of independence under Mustafa Kemal aroused the passions of the Muslims of South Asia, the Algerian struggle for freedom burnt into the consciousness of the generation that grew up in 1950s.
- Forgotten Victims-I By Sankar Sen (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2005)
In our criminal justice system based upon Anglo-Saxon adversarial pattern, victims of crime are very often forgotten and neglected. During the last 100 years,
- Journey To Jails (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
It is less than a year that Gopalkrishna Gandhi has taken over as Governor but during this time he has done remarkably well in interacting with sections of society having unique problems.
- Disaster Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 10, 2005)
The Valley has been left to mourn the death of more than three hundred people who died in a massive earthquake, which struck the state Saturday morning.
- ‘We’Re Doing Away With Red Tape And Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Investors’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 10, 2005)
On October 7, 2005 Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi completed four years in office—an achievement in itself in a state where the average tenure of a CM has been two-and-a-half years.
- How Katrina Revealed Racism (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 10, 2005)
HURRICANE Katrina was a disaster of colossal proportions in more ways than one. It was primarily a disaster for the people of New Orleans causing massive devastation of life and property as it blew away roofs of houses and demolished the levees that prote
- J&k Quake: Ngos Go Missing, Locals Reach Out To Help (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
As Jammu and Kashmir faces death and destruction, no Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) from outside Kashmir has so far started relief operations, which have by and large been carried out by the Army and the local organisations.
- Face This Challenge (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week could not have ended on a worse note for our State and its vicinity. An earthquake the like of which has never been witnessed before turned our life upside down. From Lakhanpur to Uri the buildings were shaken to their foundation. Quite a few of
- Killer Quake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2005)
This is an opportunity for the neighbours to cooperate in this hour of crisis
- Gas By Diwali (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2005)
The petroleum minister has promised that the LPG shortage will be sorted out in time for the festival season.
- Governors As Lynch-Pins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment in Rameshwar Prasad vs Union of India, declaring the dissolution of the Bihar assembly to be unconstitutional, is a landmark.
- Deja Vu (Business Standard, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
A leopard might change its spots, but not the Congress party. Ever since it has come back to power at the head of the United Progressive Alliance
- War Of The Surveys (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Oct 10, 2005)
It’s not easy being a policy maker these days. In the earlier days of reforms, you were told the fiscal deficit was the main thing to watch for; fix this and everything else would fall into place
- Us' Cyber-Rattling (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2005)
WITH ITS BLOODY campaign against imagined or contrived threats to its moral superiority in the real world threatening to degenerate into a farce with tragic overtones, the United States is seeking to open another front — in cyberspace.
- World Development Report 2006 — Refreshing Emphasis On Equity For Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 10, 2005)
The emphasis that the World Development Report 2006 places on equality between and within countries shows that concern with equality has become an important part of the agenda of economic development.
- Fdi: Pointers For The Future (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 10, 2005)
Generally, the prospects for FDI appear to be brighter than in the past mainly because of the growth phase the international economy is currently in.
- Black Saturday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
IT is at best a conjecture how long it would take to measure the enormity of Saturday’s earthquake.
- In-House Review (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
The Chandigarh conclave of 15 Congress Chief Ministers was meant to be a detailed stock-taking exercise.
- Show Of Power At Gymkhana (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Oct 10, 2005)
The Gymkhana Club elections last week saw three powerful men contesting. It was a bitter and hard-contested battle. Dining and wining went on for weeks at the expense of businessmen and officers, who were happily making contacts with the powers that be. T
- Srinagar: A City Of Dumps And Bumps (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 10, 2005)
All of us contribute towards making a once beautiful city a big dumping ground of all dust, dirt and garbage. Srinagar will regain its glory the day reality dawns on us, laments Dr Bashir Ahmad
- Police As Mission (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
It is not the first time that responsible people in authority have talked about the need for the police force to behave like a true friend of the citizens at large.
- A Look At The Roc And Its Role (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 10, 2005)
The Registrar of Companies (RoC) plays a pivotal role in facilitating and promoting business culture.
- Karishma, Tamanna, Madhu... (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
For a stretch of nearly four consecutive days last week, if an overseas traveller happened to be on a brief visit to India and switched on the television to update himself about what was going on in this country,
- Dekha Is Bemari-E-Dil Nay...- Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 09, 2005)
This tireless muscular pump which we call heart is an enigma of nature, Dr. Sajjad Reshi comments on heart and heart related diseases
Grill, steam or oven bake, rather than frying food all the time.
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Another Bloody Terrorist Attack (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
Unidentified assailants attacked Ahmedies’ place of worship in Mong in Mandi Bahauddin district early Friday morning killing eight persons and seriously injuring 18 others.
- Energy Accord With Russia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
The signing of a memorandum of understanding with a Russian energy firm should help broaden cooperation between Pakistan and Russia in the development of Pakistan’s gas and other fossil fuel resources.
- Creating Political History Through Computer Graphics (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 09, 2005)
What a ‘feat’ it is - getting Hari Singh’s signatures through computer, quips Abdul Majid Mattu
- Earthquake Tragedy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
With a death toll that could go into the thousands, yesterday’s massive earthquake which hit the northern half of the country as well as regions in Afghanistan and India has the makings of a tragedy of immense proportions.
- Turkey And Eu: Rough Road Ahead (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 09, 2005)
The opening on October 3 of Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union was supposed to be a solemn affair, a ceremony marked by dignified speeches and toasts to the beginning of a new era in relations between Ankara and the 25-nation bloc.
- China Draws Up Five-Year Road Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Focus on development, sustainable growth
- Foreign Aid Welcome, Says Shaukat Aziz (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2005)
Rs. 1 billion announced for relief
- Pak-Russia Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
In a welcome development, Pakistan and Russia have signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisaging closer cooperation in oil and gas sector to help Pakistan meet its long-term energy requirements. Under the document initialed by the ....
- Condoleezza Logic (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 09, 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s request ( some may like to term it as a suggestion, demand or command) that India should withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir to please Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s mullah constituency at home ....
- Knowledge Is At The Core Of Growth: Prof Nigavekar (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 09, 2005)
The remarkable increase in the number of universities, colleges and students in the last five decades are indicators of the growth of higher education in the country, emphasises Prof Arun Nigavekar.
- Making The Rti Act Effective (Tribune, Mandakini Devasher, Oct 09, 2005)
October 12 will be celebrated as Dusshera, the festival symbolising the triumph of good over evil.
- Self And Illusion (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Self-perception is not always the best perception. Neither are stereotypes always true.
- Lessons Which Can Be Learnt (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Oct 09, 2005)
This fortnight I was away on an academic engagement outside India. This also included a visit to my sister in London.
- It’S Not Enough (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 09, 2005)
The Citu threat hasn’t vanished
- Doomed Democracy (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 09, 2005)
The real purpose of Laisenia Qarase’s visit is to soothe India’s ruffled feelings about the patently anti-Indian administration he has been running for the last five years
- Strike: We Must Discipline The Indisciplined Lot (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Oct 09, 2005)
Workers strike work. Flights cancelled. Bank, bus and train services disrupted. Commerce and industry suffer. Passengers are stranded. Millions are affected. Billions are lost.
- Multiple Challenges Of Global Migration (Indian Express, N K Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
Four days ago, the report of the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) entitled ‘‘Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action’’ was presented to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
- A Stonebreaker’S Lesson On Finding Divinity In Work (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Oct 09, 2005)
One of the greatest lessons I learnt in development — it was also a profound experience that revitalised my Hindu roots after my communist background had nearly scythed them — was from an ordinary woman stone-breaker.
- End The Abuse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
The Senate has taken a major step toward stopping the most damaging and shameful American conduct during the war on terrorism. An amendment to the defence appropriations bill offered by Sen.
- Kafka’S Citi (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Oct 09, 2005)
When cards come a-calling and wastepaper baskets go waste
- `Congress Must Be An Interface Between Government And People' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
It should explain the Government's policies and alert it to its faults: Manmohan
It should educate the people about the limitations under which a Government functions
Government has implemented nearly three-fourths of the commitments made in the CMP
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