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- Tampering With Texts (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 01, 2005)
The strange ideas of the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Mr Suraj Bhan, tend to confirm the view that Indians do not care much about history.
- Eu Textile Quota Crisis — China's Loss Can Be India's Gain (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Sep 01, 2005)
What is being described as "negotiating obduracy on both sides of the textile quota fence (the European Union and China)', has triggered a minor "supply revolution".
- A Push For Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2005)
The Home Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan have ended with good news for the civilians, including fishermen, languishing in jails on both sides of the border.
- In Shanghai Just Go With The Flow (Tribune, Denis Horgan, Sep 01, 2005)
For noise, for energy, for crowds, for bustle, for a 24-karat explosion of commerce and construction, Shanghai seems to be taking itself to a whole, unearthly new level of boomtown extravagance. The sense here — for native or visitor, packed together....
- Aiding The Growth Of A Nascent Industry (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Sep 01, 2005)
The Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology is trying to fuel the growth of the bio-industry through manpower, research and entrepreneurial initiatives.
- Army As Career (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2005)
Has the Army as a career lost its sheen? This is the question that has been bothering security experts for long. It is generally believed that with growing avenues of better monetary prospects young persons are turning away, to quote a senior official,
- Fragmented Thinking (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 01, 2005)
Quarterly reporting for bean counters in companies is becoming as grinding as year-end reporting.
- 843 Die In Stampede (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed.
- It's Risky Not To Measure Risk (Business Line, Kuntal Sur, Sep 01, 2005)
Kuntal Sur on risk-adjusted performance measurement in banks
- Know More About Wto (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Three letters that many desi chartered accountants fear are WTO, because the bogey of foreign invasion frightens these professionals to no end that they fail to see anything beyond the confines of their own interest.
- Business Solutions — Future Of It Outsourcing (Business Line, G. B. Prabhat, Sep 01, 2005)
Future competitive advantage in IT services will, in large measure, be defined by mastery over Business Solutions. For service providers, Indian or MNC, cost-competitive, within-budget deployment of technology will be passe.
- Imf-World Bank Annual Meet: Will It Be Exciting Or A Damp Squib? (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 01, 2005)
At the IMF/World Bank annual meetings about a month away, the Finance Minister will have to tread carefully when such key issues as the world economic outlook, the nature and scope of IMF's surveillance, aid to poor countries, and the `strategic direction
- The Case For Diversity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2005)
In theory, the composition of the bench does not matter. They are all judges.
- No Punishment Has Ever Had Enough Power To Deter A Repeat Of The Penalised Crime (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 01, 2005)
K FOR Klynveld, from the name of a firm founded in Amsterdam in 1917; P for Peat, from another firm dating back to 1870 in London; M for Marwick, from yet another accounting firm started in New York in 1897; and G is for Goerdeler.
- Constitutional Obligation (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto S J, Sep 01, 2005)
Colleges must be free to make admissions but they cannot say ‘no’ to the constitutional obligation of quotas
- Terror In Class Room (Deccan Herald, Amrutha G, Sep 01, 2005)
The teacher’s heart was hardened to such an extent that she ceased to have human feelings
- Educomp To Partner With Tn Education Department (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Educomp Solutions Ltd (ESL) is looking forward to partner with Tamil Nadu education department to implement its digital education solutions in government run schools of the state.
- Leagues Under The Sea (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Sep 01, 2005)
Notwithstanding what the Americans may have once thought of Indians — treacherous witches and bastards — they are not in the habit of capturing power through coups or other illegal means.
- Heed The Signs Of The Changing Times (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2005)
Most of the arguments against the Salim group’s investment plans are banal, and prevent the real issues of agricultural and industrial stagnation from coming to the fore, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Pm Invites Hurriyat For Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
In a renewed peace initiative, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited the moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq for talks on the protracted Kashmir issue here on September 5.
- Medical Bill Reimbursement Up To Rs 15,000 Attracts Fbt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Employers will now have to pay new Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on reimbursement upto Rs 15,000 for medical expenses incurred by their employees in unapproved hospitals.
- Excise Duty Cut, No Way: Finance Ministry To Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
According to the Finance Ministry while hike in prices would only result in revenue gain of Rs 690 crore, the net loss would, however, be around Rs 2,850 crore.
- Fighting Diseases Or Drug Makers? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 01, 2005)
American drug companies are promoting diseases to fit their drugs instead of promoting drugs to treat diseases
- Biotech Symposium Harps On Basics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The main theme of the symposium seemed to be on native thinking and a return to basic sciences from which to build on later.
- Significant Progress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The release of prisoners must be a continuous process
- Sarabjit Singh's Details Expected Tomorrow (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 01, 2005)
New Delhi can expect the photographs and other personal details of Sarabjit Singh from the Indian High Commission only on Friday.
- Restoring A Historical Bond (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2005)
It was unfortunate that no Indian Prime Minister could visit Afghanistan for the past 29 years although the two countries share a close relationship extending over centuries. From the early 1980s to the mid-1990s the situation in and around Kabul was too
- Us Eases Technology Export Controls On India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 01, 2005)
With the move, the Bush administration prepares for a legislative battle to initiate a new nuclear relationship with India.
- Iran: George Bush Is The Real Threat (Hindu, Tony Benn, Sep 01, 2005)
Bombing Iran would allow President Bush to regain the political credibility lost in Iraq.
- The Latest Shakespeare Conspiracy (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Sep 01, 2005)
Conspiracies are profoundly satisfying. They solve every problem, explain everything difficult and give form and shape to things that are otherwise untidily complicated.
- Mystery Of India's Nuclear Exports (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 01, 2005)
In official figures put out by the U.S. Government, India has a high positive trade balance in the category of nuclear technology products. What could these exports be?
- A Test For India's Foreign Policy (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 01, 2005)
India needs to stay the course in building an enhanced energy partnership with Iran and taking an independent position on its civil nuclear energy programme.
- Who Is A "Moderate" Muslim And How? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 01, 2005)
Moderation has come to be defined in such narrow terms post- 9/11 that many of those now hailed as moderates, by Western governments desperately seeking Muslim allies, would have been judged differently in more normal circumstances.
- Much Ado About Nothing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Members of the Opposition must stop obstructing proceedings in the House
- Pm Invites Hurriyat For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The moderate Kashmir separatist group has accepted the gesture ‘in principle’; it will meet on Thursday to plan its dialogue strategy.
- Dialogue Process To Be Reviewed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 01, 2005)
India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary-level talks beginning today
Possible agenda for Manmohan-Musharraf meeting to be discussed
Plan to change the format of the composite dialogue
Ministerial Commission may be revived
- Cabinet Gives Clearance For Two Major Projects On Bot Basis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Vizhinjam terminal and Kochi metro rail projects set to take off soon
- Court Won't Stay Bihar Poll Process (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 01, 2005)
Matter to be listed before Constitution Bench
Poll schedule press release likely in 3 days
It cannot wait: Additional Solicitor-General
It's for EC to take decision keeping in mind pendency of case
- Centres Of Excellence In Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2005)
In a move to stem the rapid deterioration of research in Indian universities, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has accepted the report of a six-member committee set up in March this year and has also empowered the committee . . .
- Soaring Oil Prices (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
It seems that there is no end to the volatility in the oil prices in the international market. The prices surged to fresh historic peaks on Tuesday on supply concerns, amid uncertainty over the extent of damage to US production facilities caused by ....
- The Oil Price Hike Riddle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
On Tuesday, the World price of oil touched a new high of $71 a barrel, making it ever more difficult for official economic managers the world over to keep a grip on the economies of their respective countries.
- Good News For Prisoners (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
It is heartening to know that as they move towards a detente, India and Pakistan are adopting a more humane approach to issues that were previously treated only in their politico-legal context.
- Drop In Opium Cultivation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
There is finally some good news from Afghanistan. Opium production in the war-ravaged country has dropped — although by a negligible 2.4 per cent (from 4,200 to 4,100 tons)
- Contradictions In The Devolution Plan (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Sep 01, 2005)
Elections in transitional democracies are typically marred by systematic irregularities and fraud.
- Keeping Check On Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 01, 2005)
AS Shaukat Aziz completes his first year as prime minister he finds persistent inflation and large scale unemployment among his major problems.
- How To Stop Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of occupation. Whatever the parliamentarians in Iraq do to try to prevent total meltdown, their efforts are compromised by the fact that their power grows from the barrel of someone else’s gun.
- Post-Petrokaz, Cnpc & Ongc Turn Pals (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
China National Petroleum Corporation, China’s biggest oil company, is in talks with ONGC, the Indian government-controlled energy group, to co-operate on “a specific project” in an unnamed third country.
- Bmw Finds Chennai Site Best Bet For Assembly Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
German group awaits approval from Centre; MoU in the next couple of weeks
- Esops Out Of Fbt Net (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Spending on celebrity endorsement to attract levy
- The Ultimate Reality (Deccan Herald, S Radhakrishnan, Aug 31, 2005)
The Upanishads affirm the reality of a Supreme Brahman, one without a second, without attributes or determinations, who is identical with the deepest self of man.
- Malaysia For Asian Solidarity (Deccan Herald, O P Verma, Aug 31, 2005)
While Malaysia is trying to project itself as a modern and moderate face of world Islam, it is also taking steps to contain terrorism on its territory
- India, Pakistan Agree To Release Prisoners (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Home secretaries of India and Pakistan have agreed to release all fishermen and other civilians who have completed their prison terms and whose nationalities have been verified.
- Patchwork Quilt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2005)
Setback at the threshold for Iraq’s Constitution
- The Questions Demand Answers-I (Greater Kashmir, ATHAR IDREES, Aug 31, 2005)
Who are we? Where are we heading towards and why? I hope some Frankenstein will answer my questions,
- The Hidden Inflation (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 31, 2005)
The monster of hidden inflation has raised its ugly head once again, though the government statistics claim that the inflation is on the decline. It is eating up real wages and salaries,
- India A Perfect Fit (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Aug 31, 2005)
India sees an opportunity in the "bra wars" that have broken out between the European Union (EU) and China.
- Sbi May Finalise More Overseas Acquisition In 6-8 Weeks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
State Bank of India (SBI) is likely to finalise acquisition of two banks in Asia and Africa in 6-8 weeks, its chairman A K Purwar said on Monday.
- Oriya An Emotive Issue (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2005)
When the Jharkhand government chose to accord official status to Santhali and Bengali languages and not to Oriya, the people of Orissa had every reason to feel let down.
- Nail This Fraud (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Civilisation travels with roads is an old adage. It is also well known that it does so with all its good and bad effects.
- A Landscape That Need Be Loved And Taken Care Of -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 31, 2005)
We need to join hands and save our beautiful environs from getting spoiled, writes M G Hassan Mukhtar writes on the people, water and architecture of Kashmir
- Dm Campaign (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 31, 2005)
The Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DM) campaign against flesh trade has evoked widespread appreciation.
- Zonal Power (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2005)
Need For Economic Integration In Black Sea Region
- All Civilian Prisoners, Fishermen To Be Released (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed to completely eliminate terrorism, release on September 12 all civilian prisoners and fishermen who have completed their sentence and whose national status has been confirmed, and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
- Afghan Bank (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
It is ironic that the historical closeness between India and Afghanistan has been surpassed by the diplomatic distance between the two countries.
- Sbi Keen To Acquire Banks Abroad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today asked both the management and employees of public sector banks to prepare themselves for consolidation in the banking sector even as the State Bank of India (SBI)....
- Dealing With Terror In Sri Lanka (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Aug 31, 2005)
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga now has no option but to choose between the devil and the deep sea.
- No Plastic In My Backyard (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Aug 31, 2005)
The battle against plastic, at least the `carry-bag' variety, is well and truly joined in Mumbai.
- India, Pakistan Vow To Combat Terrorism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday concluded their two days of talks committing themselves to combating terrorism by taking effective steps for the complete elimination of the menace.
- Asia Feels Heat Of Oil Prices (Tribune, Evelyn Iritani, Aug 31, 2005)
The global economy has shown few ill effects from rising oil prices, but the latest surge is starting to exact a toll on Asian economies.
- Dawood Very Much In Our Sights: Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
As Pakistan insisted that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, whose deportation is sought by India, is not in its territory, the US on Tuesday said the fugitive is 'very much' in its sights and it would like to see individuals like him apprehended.
- Childhood Years (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Aug 31, 2005)
This is the third and last of the three notes I had wanted to share with you while speculating on what the framers of our Constitution had wanted to convey through (what was to become) Article 45.
- Privacy Of Celebrities (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 31, 2005)
Do celebrities have a private life? This important question has arisen again in the wake of high publicity that the bitter legal battle between actress Karishma Kapoor and her husband has attracted over the custody of their child.
- Put To Test (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2005)
For generations, students have been stoically resigned to the fact that degree examinations conducted by the University of Calcutta are a life-changing gamble.
- The Dog Ate It, Miss (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 31, 2005)
“Ahmed, where’s your homework?” “The dog ate it, Miss. I had it all done, honest, but then the dog...” “That’s all right, dear. Take another week and give it to me next Monday.”
- The Giant Push Backward (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Aug 31, 2005)
The pro-peasant stance of the RSP and Forward Bloc can be seen as an effort to placate their cadre and spoil the show of the Left Front’s largest constituent, writes Sumanta Sen
- Japan Awakening To New Realities (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Aug 31, 2005)
Recongising the country's archetypal resoluteness, creativity and vitality, John Nathan's Japan Unbound makes a convincing case that Japan, now a showpiece of nationalist pride "has a long history of discovery in the darkest days... a source of renewal".
- The Oil Scenario — Need For A Comprehensive Response (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 31, 2005)
From fully compensating the oil marketing companies by raising prices of petroleum products and reducing the subsidy element to exploring alternative renewable energy sources such as wind,
- Disservice Delivery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 31, 2005)
Reduced to its bare essentials, good governance, whether in the context of governments, or public and private sectors, is nothing but making services in an adequate measure,
- The Purana Tradition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
A prayer addressed to Adi Sankara describes him as an abode of compassion since he enabled mankind to follow the teachings of the Vedas, Smritis and the Puranas in day-to-day life
- How To Avoid Civil War In Iraq (Hindu, George Monbiot, Aug 31, 2005)
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of occupation. Whatever the parliamentarians in Iraq do to try to prevent total meltdown,
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