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- Mutiny’S Bounty (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 25, 2005)
Each time an Indian filmmaker attempts to recreate the past, the resident bore stands up and yelps, ‘‘But this is not history.’’
- Don’T Court Trouble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2005)
The Supreme Court’s function is to interpret the Constitution as it deems appropriate.
- Giveaway Governance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2005)
It must be a sobering thought for P. Chidambaram — indeed for India — that the previous time he was finance minister, in the United Front (UF) government of 1996-97,
- Rising Power (Statesman, SP Seth, Aug 25, 2005)
An important indication that the United States is worried about China’s incursions into the Asia-Pacific region is the inroads it has made into Australia.
- Uphill Climb For Asian Museums (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2005)
When some of its historical literary records got wet in a storm due to seepage,
- Attracting Fdi Flows (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
The very first month of the current financial year has closed on a highly encouraging note in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) sector, with FDI flows showing a 129 per cent increase over the same month last year.
- Trouble In Russia’S Backyard (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
Russia, which in the Cold War days ruled over a huge land mass, now finds its influence in the area that constituted the former Soviet Union considerably reduced.
- Plans To Expand Security Council Make No Headway (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 25, 2005)
Propasals to reform the United Nations Security Council are floundering in New York as contenders struggle to resolve their differences and at least two permanent members of the council threaten to block attempts at expansion.
- Surviving Expensive Oil (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 25, 2005)
The new World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz came on his first visit to Pakistan and has gone back after promising 1.5 billion dollars as development aid for each of the next three years.
- For An Effective Human Rights Commission (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Aug 25, 2005)
In May 2005, the federal government introduced in the National Assembly a bill to provide for the establishment of a ‘National Commission on Human Rights’.
- Where Are The Sisters? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
It should come as no surprise that four members of a family, including two sisters — Arifa and Saba Baloch — suspected of having been trained to carry out suicide attacks, have been missing since their arrest from Swat on June 4. Post 9/11,
- Managers Have To Resolve The Ethical Debate And Take Decisions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2005)
Tapping into the `the world's second largest collection of decision-oriented, field-based business cases' of Ivey Business School, here's David J. Sharp's Cases in Business Ethics, from Sage
- Enactment Of Ega (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 25, 2005)
The process of enactment of the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme' - UPA's pro-poor programme - entered its last lap with a debate in the Lok Sabha on August 18, kicking off a scramble among different players to claim credit for it.
- Cruise Missiles In Neighbourhood (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2005)
On July 18 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that India and the United States would “work together to provide global leadership in areas of mutual concern and interest.”
- A Legendary Teacher (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Aug 25, 2005)
A well-known Professor of history during my college days at Khalsa College, Amritsar, was, for over half a century ago, a sturdy, swarthy and Podgy Majha Jat who answered to the name of Prof. Waryam Singh.
- Divided We Stand (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 25, 2005)
When things go wrong, they can swing wildly to the left. Prime minister Manmohan Singh should know. Now, the left parties, are getting increasingly belligerent over policies initiated by him and his finance minister P. Chidambaram.
- Time To Act (Greater Kashmir, M Y TARIGAMI, Aug 25, 2005)
The unresolved Kashmir issue is an unfortunate legacy of history, which primarily concerns the people of Jammu and Kashmir,
- India And Iran: A Time For Reflection (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 25, 2005)
With vital energy, trade, manufacturing, and security interests involved, Iran and India have an overwhelming stake in resisting U.S. pressure that seeks to inhibit their relationship.
- Landmark Legislation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2005)
Women finally get equal rights on ancestral property
- Palace In Ruins (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
What is the most popular identification mark of the trans-Himalayan district headquarters of Leh which is an international destination?
- Need For Interfaith Harmony (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Aug 25, 2005)
No one who is true to the principles of any of the world’s major faiths, which are based on values of truth, justice, piety and decency, can ever be a religious intolerant and bigot.
- The Drama And Trauma Of Gaza (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2005)
A great media circus is being played out in Gaza as the Israeli army evicts Jewish settlers to return the strip of land to the Palestinians, who were dispossessed in 1967.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Vi (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
We are concluding the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Yuan Revaluation — No Big Advantage For India (Business Line, Prithwis De, Aug 25, 2005)
India may not really benefit from the yuan revaluation. This is because of its poor competitiveness in the international market, domestic policy constraints, and limited overlapping of export products with China.
- Musharraf Puts End To Controversy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf has ruled out the possibility of change in the form of government from parliamentary to presidential.
- Bittersweet Fruits Of Incorporation (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 25, 2005)
Corporatisation has mixed results, says S. Murlidharan
- An Onerous Job (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2005)
The recent changes notwithstanding, the law guaranteeing employment to the rural masses must still be viewed as falling short of expectations.
- Most Attention For The Eldest (Hindu, Joanna Moorhead, Aug 25, 2005)
I have four children, and on my bookshelves sit the 12 photograph albums that chronicle our family life. What that should mean is an average of three albums' worth of pictures per child, but the reality is rather different.
- Challenge Of Israeli Unilateralism (Hindu, Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Aug 25, 2005)
Parallel unilateralism can build self-rule without concessions.
- Fenced In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Aug 25, 2005)
Suddenly we have discovered to our dismay that the fence that we are setting up to keep the Bangladeshis out could very well keep them in.
- Riddled With Contradictions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2005)
While the committee mandated to draw up Iraq's constitution submitted its draft minutes before the expiry of the August 22 deadline, the interim parliament decided to wait for another three days before voting on the measure.
- Concrete Measures (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2005)
The state has the dubious distinction of being the fourth-highest in AIDS cases
- Accounting's Key Role In Human History Is Of Creating Institutionalised Memory (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 25, 2005)
In Chapter XX, titled `Of the tradesman's keeping his books, and casting up his shop', of The Complete English Tradesman, Daniel Defoe writes about a tradesman who could not write, but could still manage `with so many ingenious knacks of his own'.
- The Road After Gaza (Dawn, Robert Malley and Aaron D. Miller, Aug 25, 2005)
ISRAEL’S disengagement from Gaza is a historic event, but for Palestinians and Israelis it will soon be history.
- World Watch: A Surging Demand For Education In India (US News & World Report, Divya Watal, Aug 24, 2005)
Before the golden goose of globalization laid its eggs in India, the poor thought twice about sending their kids to school. Sons needed to work to earn extra money for the household. And daughters, they figured, didn't need an education to cook, clean,
- No End To Corruption (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
As far as I can recall, it is the first time that a responsible government functionary has said something sensible and realistic about corruption. Some time ago, the Auditor-General of Pakistan stated in a gathering that, in his opinion, bribery and . . .
- Vanishing Equity In Higher Education (Hindu, M. Anandakrishnan, Aug 24, 2005)
If the Supreme Court judgment on abolition of quota in private unaided colleges comes into force next year, many deserving socially backward students will be deprived of access to higher education.
- Wireless Infidelity Can Fail In Wi-Fi Hotspots To Put You In A Spot (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 24, 2005)
Chennai has always been a political hotspot, it is said, providing lively entertainment to people, what with intense activity in party offices.
- The Ever-Elusive 8 Per Cent Growth Rate (Business Line, Rabi N. Mishra, Aug 24, 2005)
That higher growth is essential to improve the quality of life of the people is no more a topic for debate.
- Streamline Health Insurance (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Aug 24, 2005)
The health insurance sector in India has long been riddled with problems.
- On Death Row In Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2005)
As if the plight of hundreds of Indians languishing in Pakistani jails was not heart-rending enough, now comes the news that one of them, Sarabjit Singh, will be hanged after being branded a RAW agent and held guilty of masterminding a series of . . . .
- Does Economy Need The Bull Run? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 24, 2005)
The current global perception seems to be that the sustained bull-run is not due to any "irrational exuberance" but a vote of confidence in a resurgent India.
- Modernise Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2005)
President Musharraf has a tough task on his hands
- Kindness Gone Awry (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Aug 24, 2005)
For a very very long time people have followed the practice of placing on the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem letters addressed to God to seek divine help for their problems.
- Nepal: Dangerous Drift (Tribune, S.D. Muni, Aug 24, 2005)
A recent study published in an American journal places Nepal at the 37th place in a list of 60 prospective failing states all over the world.
- Walking To School (Hindu, Nicholas Bakalar, Aug 24, 2005)
Walkers have been found to be more active than those who come by car, bus or train.
- Gm Rice — Top Of The Crops (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
While we in the West are preoccupied with cloning sheep, pigs, dogs and, of course, ourselves,
- How The G8 Lied To The World On Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
World Leaders are now preparing for the millennium summit to be held in New York next month,
- Acquiring Missile Defence (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd.) Jatinder Singh, Aug 24, 2005)
Recent newspapers reports have suggested that during the Defence Minister’s visit, the US offered to provide India details of Patriot anti-missile system,
- Boosting Stock Market (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2005)
A new set of corrective measures meant to retrieve the slumping Karachi Stock Exchange and to revive its surging trends introduced following Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s intervention has made positive impact on the country’s stock market.
- Khan And Us Perfidy (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Aug 24, 2005)
We have it now on the authority of Ruud Lubbers, a long-serving former Prime Minister of Holland,
- India's Economic Opportunities And Perils (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Aug 24, 2005)
The prospects of traditional manufacturing sectors such as textiles have become bright.
- Lopsided Priorities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
A senate subcommittee has stressed the need for improving the quality of education by establishing high calibre universities.
- Reining In The Madressahs (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 24, 2005)
Last week the government issued an ordinance requiring all the madressahs in the country to get themselves registered with the authorities.
- Rising India (Deccan Herald, Anand Giridharadas, Aug 24, 2005)
World War II thrust an acute test on India: Should Indians, then under British rule, join what Japan billed as a pan-Asian struggle to expel Western imperialism from Asia?
- A Mother’S Quest For Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
A couple of years ago, during a rare interlude of optimism occasioned by evidence of a massive international movement aimed at pre-empting the war against Iraq,
- No Room For Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
The regularity with which the India-Bangladesh boundary erupts in clashes between the two border security forces is alarming.
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- Let's Increase Poverty (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
The 55th Round of the National Sample Survey (1999-2000) led to a lot of debate on poverty levels, mostly centred on the method of collecting data compared to earlier rounds. Poverty has many dimensions and income poverty is only one indicator.
- Change Of Tempo? (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
The Indian economy has been cruising for so many months now that even normally optimistic people are beginning to ask how long the party can last.
- Pak Weaponisation Programme (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 24, 2005)
Three days before Pakistan celebrated its 58th Independence Day on August 14, 2005, it successfully test-fired the Babur Cruise Missile obviously in an attempt to reassure the countrymen that with the military at the helm of affairs their country was. . .
- Asylum And Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 24, 2005)
There is a small but important piece of information coming from London, the latest battlefield of terrorists.
- The Endangered River (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 24, 2005)
Much has been said about recent demolitions along the banks of Jehlum in the city.
- Keep Lexus Subsidy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2005)
Brilliant plan: don’t raise oil prices, let PSUs make losses, then, as per CMP, disinvest
- India's Wadia Plans Low-Cost Airline; In Talks With Boeing, Airbus For 50 Jets (National Post, S. Srinivasan, Aug 24, 2005)
India (AP) - Indian industrial conglomerate Wadia group, best known for its textile brand Bombay Dyeing, will launch a low-cost airline in October and is in talks with Airbus and Boeing Co. to buy 50 new jets over the next five to seven years, . . .
- Lollipops Are No Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 24, 2005)
The rising oil prices and the post-9/11 environment, coupled with the success of the industrial revolution now unfolding in major parts of Asia, have been pushing increasingly large investment flows towards Asian markets
- The Price Of Complacency (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 23, 2005)
While most exporting countries prepared for the post-quota world, India remained deaf to warnings.
- Saddam Changes Lawyers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
The news from Baghdad is that Saddam Hussein has fired all his defence lawyers and wants new ones.
- Shiv Sena Hold Weakens (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 23, 2005)
Long before the McDonalds and Pizza Huts touched base in India, the Shiv Sena in Mumbai came up with the idea of franchising its brand of terror and instant justice.
- King Fahd’S Many Legacies (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 23, 2005)
Following his assassination by a royal prince, King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was succeeded by Khaled, the deceased king’s half brother.
- Posco Venture: Capital Investment Or Exodus? (Hindu, Aditi Roy Ghatak , Aug 23, 2005)
The Orissa Government's memorandum of understanding with the Korean steel major, Posco, means that, among other things, India is set to alienate a billion tonnes of iron ore in favour of a global competitor
- Un Resolutions Obsolete For Solving K-Issue (Daily Excelsior, L C Kaul, Aug 23, 2005)
Addressing a public meeting organised by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, on the first anniversary of the party, at Hyderpura,
- Egypt’S Electoral Politics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
President Hosni Mubarak’s election as president for a fifth term is almost certain, but it is the post-election scenario that will be full of possibilities.
- Globalization Of Education (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Aug 23, 2005)
More will mean worse.” It was the British novelist Kingsley Amis who prophesied that expanding universities would lower standards.
- The New Face Of Mccarthyism (Dawn, MADELEINE BUNTING, Aug 23, 2005)
A campaign is being orchestrated through the media to destroy the credibility of many of the most important Muslim institutions in Britain, including the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
- Skin Cells Converted To Stem Cells (Tribune, Rick Weiss, Aug 23, 2005)
Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells —without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has always been required in the past, a Harvard research team ....
- Talent On Contract (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 23, 2005)
An interview-based study in this newspaper last Sunday on contract jobs in the State Government has brought out varied responses although not entirely on unexpected lines.
- Sustaining Our Shared Way Of Life (Hindu, Tony Blair, Aug 23, 2005)
The measures I am proposing are directed against extremism and extremism only — whatever form it takes, and whichever faith it claims to represent. They are not aimed at decent law-abiding British Muslims — or Britons of any other faith
- Toothless Tiger (Statesman, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 23, 2005)
The state human rights commission, which was created in 1997 to hoodwink regional and international opinion about Kashmir,
- India-Bd Border Clashes (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 23, 2005)
Though as per statement of the Indian spokesman the latest dispute between New Delhi and Dhaka over river bank construction is over but reports emanating from Bangladesh speak of widespread apprehensions about Indian designs.
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