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- Global Imbalances—a Tale Of Two Deficits (Financial Times, ANAND SINGH BHAL, Aug 20, 2005)
The news that China has revalued its currency, the renminbi, from 8.28 per US dollar to 8.11 per US dollar, has created some expectations about a faster resolution of global imbalances.
- Seeking A Mechanism To Rein In Oil Prices (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Aug 20, 2005)
A solution has to be found that will keep the public sector oil companies profitable and yet ensure that weaker sections have access to relatively cheap fuels.
- Pakistan Curbs On Madrassas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 20, 2005)
Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promulgated an ordinance making it mandatory for the deeni madrassas (religious seminaries) to register with the Government.
- Why Muslims Can Love America (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2005)
Picture this — eight angry Egyptian men in a Cairo focus group venting rage at all things American for an hour. Then a greying 60-year-old with a pencil moustache sighed, saying: “I wish it would get back to what it was.
- Addressing The Needs Of Rural India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 20, 2005)
The thrust of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Independence Day speech was not surprisingly on agriculture and the rural sector.
- Half Hearted And Incomplete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 20, 2005)
There is little to celebrate in the withdrawal of Israel from Gaza. True, this is the first time since the Sinai pullout of 1982 that Israel is vacating territory that it has forcibly occupied.
- Former Rebel Leader Elected President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
A former Hutu rebel leader was elected Burundi's President on Friday, culminating a three-year peace process after almost 12 years of ethnic war in the central African country.
- Not Forgetting The Gujarat Carnage (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 20, 2005)
A pakistan television network based in Dubai asked me whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would tender his apology to Indian Muslims as he had done in the case of Sikhs for the Delhi riots 21 years after the violence
- Britain Considers Deporting Dissident Saudi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Masaari has attracted the attention of security forces because of the extremist language attributed to him.
- Govt To Present Outcome Budget (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The proposed move, according to Finance Minister Chidambaram would help the projects to be completed on time and avoid leakages
- Natural Gas Pipeline May Energize Peace (Japan Times, B. GAUTAM, Aug 20, 2005)
It is being called the Peace Pipe. The natural gas pipeline running from Iran to India through Pakistan may be a reality in early 2006.
- Prices Of Five Essentials Under Lens: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Inflation rate falls to 3.35 p.c.; stable interest rates likely
- Et Is Here? Prove It! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Several TV shows tantalise viewers saying they are finally going to get to the bottom of the "UFO debate." They never do.
- No `Sensitivity Training' For Rafah (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 20, 2005)
There was no `sensitivity training' when bulldozers went into Rafah — the settlers' retreat was the theatre of the cynical.
- Party Time For The Family (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 20, 2005)
The first and last time I was in the same room as any member of the Nehru-Gandhi family was back in the year 1971.
- Is A Sino-Us Cold War In The Offing? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 20, 2005)
With the US enjoying overwhelming superiority in military strength, as well as technology, the neocons in the Bush administration are wary of any challenge to America’s pre-eminence.
- Ndia, China: Comrades In Oil (Asia Times, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 20, 2005)
Having gingerly circled around each other like two cautious pugilists for the past decades, India and China may be taking their first step in the creation of an Asian synergy that has much more to do with making real money than the rhetorical bombast. . .
- Higher And Higher (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
For those perplexed by the irresistible rise in the price of oil, the explanation is simple. The doubling in price in the past two years to $66 a barrel has been caused by a huge surge in demand from the US and Asia, especially China.
- India-China Bilateral Trade Growing At The Fastest Rate In The World – Asian Giants To Dominate World Trade By 2025 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
According to International think tanks, India and China is growing at the fastest rate.
- Tension On Indo-Bangla Border As Bsf, Bdr Exchange Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Heavy firing broke out between Indian and Bangladeshi border guards when the Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire to scare away hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers and soldiers near the Malda border, approximately 350 km from here, officials s
- L&t Bags Rs 450 Crore Order For Building Projects In Dubai (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Engineering giant Larsen & Toubro has bagged Rs 450 crore order for building residential property in Dubai.
- Taking The Bill To The People (Indian Express, Nira Ramachandran, Aug 20, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee is here to stay. The time for debate is over.
- Delhi'84, Gujarat'02, London'05 (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 20, 2005)
On May 27, 1964, when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died of natural causes, General Chaudhuri, then army chief, ordered an extra brigade of troops into the Capital.
- Sri Lanka Skeptical On Ltte After Assassination – Lanka On The Verge Of Next Round Of Civil War (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Sri Lanka is about to burst into flames of civil war. The recent assassination of Sri Lanka foreign minister has made the Sri Lanka Government skeptical.
- The Time Has Changed – Three Decades Ago India Used Look For Libyan Investments – Today Libya Look For Indian Investment – Indian Union Cabinet Approves (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Before Gaddafi was donor. Today India is the donor and Libya the receiver in spite of $66 oil.
- When Tissue Was The Issue (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 20, 2005)
The issue before the apex court in a recently decided excise case was tissue, and the company in focus was S. R. Tissues P Ltd.
- India’S Biggest Gold Mine – Boost In Trade With African Countries (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Africa is going to grow - that is the next zone of growth after Asia, And India is well positioned to take advantage of the same.
- No Hollow Shell (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 20, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi takes stock of the India-Singapore DTAA
- Naxal Emissary (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Two days after re-imposing ban on Maoist groups, Andhra Pradesh police today arrested former naxalite emissary and noted revolutionary writer Varavara Rao from his residence in the city amidst high drama.
- A Matter Of Credibility (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 20, 2005)
On Thursday, the US Ambassador, Mr David Mulford, told an audience in Kolkata that "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee should serve as a role model for other Left leaders on how to attract investments."
- More Of Musharraf (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
There is more to the interview that Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf has given to London's Daily Telegraph than just his highly-publicised assertion that a quicker movement on the Kashmir front was necessary.
- Pumping It Up (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Returns of the Sensex thus far this year stand at 17.8 per cent, higher than the 13.1 per cent it had delivered in 2004. Similarly, the Nifty has given returns of 14.6 per cent thus far this year against 10.7 per cent in 2004.
- Exploit It! (Financial Times, Editorial, Financial Times, Aug 20, 2005)
July trade figures confirm the healthy trend in exports, with these growing by 21.4% for the April-July period, to touch $28.1 billion. With non-oil imports up 38% and the oil import bill growing by 32%,
- Ltte Ready For High-Level Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
In a significant development, Tamil Tiger rebels today agreed to hold high-level talks with the Sri Lankan Government to review their troubled ceasefire, ending a 30-month impasse in the peace process, which received a setback after the killing of Foreign
- The Peace Tree (Tribune, Shivalli M. Chouhan, Aug 20, 2005)
It stands there firmly rooted in its own ground of convictions, unaffected by the outcomes of the Shimla agreement,
- Et Tu, Bangladesh! … (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Aug 20, 2005)
As a country Bangladesh is non-contiguous with the Muslim crescent in ways more than one.
- Rumble In The West (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 20, 2005)
Parliament's enthusiastic approval of the Bill on dual citizenship, the arrest of another London bombings suspect and the Irish Republican Army’s promise to lay down arms all bore out Eric Hobsbawm’s definition of the 21st century as the age of .....
- Revolutions, Geopolitics And Pipelines (Asia Times, F William Engdahl, Aug 20, 2005)
After a short-term fall in price below the $50 a barrel level, oil has broken through the $60 level and is likely to go far higher.
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Aug 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Wanton As Youthful Goats, Wild As Young Bulls (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2005)
Counters are ticking rapidly and profits pouring in fast, in tune with a relentlessly upward marching Sensex, precariously though on the horns of an unfathomable bull running riot in the market.
- India Bypasses The Wires To Bring Wi-Fi To Its Remote Residents (Christian Science Monitor, Jacob Leibenluft, Aug 19, 2005)
Three years ago, paying the electric bill in the south Indian village of Palakkode was a day-long task.
- Question Of Equity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2005)
The recent Supreme Court judgment on private unaided institutions is threatening to become a major controversy.
- Colombo For Review Of Truce With Ltte (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Angered by the killing of the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected LTTE sniper gunmen,
- A Premier Institute Comes Up With A Premium Tea Tech (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
IIT Kharagpur (KGP) has made the morning cup of tea even more convenient for lovers of the brew.
- We Have Lost The Political Plot' — Mr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Centre For Policy Alternatives, Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 19, 2005)
IN SRI LANKA, there is no alternative for any government but to engage with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the peace process and work towards a final settlement.
- Sc Notice On Obscene Material In Newspapers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2005)
The Supreme Court today took cognizance of a petition expressing concern over the publication of “obscene” pictures and “pornographic” material in serious newspapers having the potential of corrupting minds of children,
- Rising Oil Import Bill Will Gobble Up Increase In Export Revenues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Rationalisation of taxes should be attempted, says chamber
- Private Equity Players — Movers And Shakers Of Capital Market (Business Line, Raghuvir Mukherji, Aug 19, 2005)
In a purely capitalist society, capital flows to where it is most efficiently used.
- Emergency Extended (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Aug 19, 2005)
The Sri Lankan Parliament on Thursday extended the state of emergency in force since the assassination of its Foreign Minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar
- Mungaaru Habba To Whet Appetite For Saving Water (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Come and feel the rain this weekend. At the Monsoon Festival which will have its audience drown in the richness of a rain-soaked earth and mingle like a raindrop on parched earth.
- Sensible Screening (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2005)
Common sense seems to be creeping back into procedures for screening airline passengers, and it’s most welcome.
- Manthan Systems’ Software Products (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Manthan Systems, a specialised software solution provider focusing on the retail and consumer packaged goods industry, on Thursday, announced the launch of two new analytical products aimed at addressing the information-challenge faced by global Retail...
- Digital Pavilion To Be Star Of Mega It Event (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
The four-llane Bangalore-Mysore expressway will be operational from the first week of October to coincide with the event.
- Another Court (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2005)
How reasonable is “reasonable”? Left parties have turned to the prime minister with an appeal for social justice, which appears to politicians to be threatened now by the Supreme Court’s ruling that private unaided colleges need not reserve seats . . .
- Rural Job Bill Moved In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Ms Gandhi observed that as the nation’s economy was growing at seven per cent the implementation of the job scheme would not pose any problem.
- Rising Oil Import Bill Gobbles Up Export Income (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
The FICCI feels has asked the government to formulate a policy to effectively distribute the burden of rising international oil prices.
- Cial Plans Rs.3,500-Crore Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Feasibility study report on budget airline within two weeks
- From Dindigul To The World (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Aug 19, 2005)
Rags to riches with a frugal lifestyle and a Midas touch
- Tackling Religious Extremism (Dawn, Sohail Mahmood, Aug 19, 2005)
Undoubtedly, Pakistan has suffered tremendously because of the sectarian and Islamic extremist phenomenon. A number of extremist organizations grew out of the earlier jihad in Afghanistan during the 1980s. At the time, the war was strongly supported
- The Second Age Of Globalisation (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Aug 19, 2005)
Welcome to the second age of globalisation, and the labour practices of Victorian mill owners.
- The Moral Code Of Indian Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2005)
THE BJP and the NDA will have every right to taunt the fulsome apology by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for 1984 once they have familiarized themselves with the letter “A”.
- From London To Trehgam-Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 19, 2005)
In modern game of browbeating, belligerence and transgression on the part of some arrogant states (with military hardware and economic power) and the atmosphere of cold war terror and terrorism is becoming a common affair and can be seen effecting mankind
- Exnora Founder Gets Hamsadhwani Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
`Home beautifier' programme for poor women announced
- Hoodwinking Delhi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 19, 2005)
Khaleda’s self-destructive game
- Bangalore Art Festival To Be A Bigger Show This Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
With a few more weeks to go, Bangalore Art Festival 2005, is getting ready to be a bigger show with a wider audience. Mantram Art Foundation in association with like-minded organisations is out to provide a bigger cultural experience.
- Parents Of Child Jockeys Held (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The Federal Investigation Agency took on Tuesday 24 persons in custody on charges of transporting children to the United Arab Emirates for camel race.
- Humour In Self-Stabbing (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Aug 18, 2005)
When Mahatma Gandhi observed: “Here go my people. I must follow them. I am their leader,” he was showing two things — his sense of humour and his ability to poke fun at his own self. This is a rare quality
- Amendments To Jobs Bill Criticised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
This does not guarantee statutory minimum wages to workers
Drop time-bound extension to whole of rural India'
'There is a new clause enabling Government to order stoppage of funds
Discontinuing founds will result in labourers becoming victims . . .
- Doctor To The World (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
From the unsung Indian nurses in hospitals abroad to doctors treating overseas patients at facilities in India, the country has been marking its place on the global healthcare map.
- Scotland Yard In Dock Over London Tube Shooting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Leaked documents obtained show a series of errors on the part of the investigating officers in the London blasts.
- Economics Of Mini Hydro Power Projects In J&k (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 18, 2005)
Chief Minister has recently announced that Rs 1400 crores were being invested in power sector for construction of hydro power plants with an aggregate capacity of 90 MW (at places it was said to be only 80 MW).
- Build Confidence In Book-Building (Telegraph, S. Murlidharan , Aug 18, 2005)
Too much faith is being placed on price discovery, says S. Murlidharan
- The Truth About Integration (Dawn, Michael Howard, Aug 18, 2005)
For years it has been taboo to question our society’s record of integrating people of different colours, creeds and backgrounds.
- Emptying Guantanamo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2005)
The agreement announced last week to repatriate 110 Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is a breakthrough of sorts in the thorny problem of managing captives in the war on terrorism.
- Efforts On For Action Against Ltte (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Aug 18, 2005)
Sri Lanka has stepped up efforts for "international concerted action" against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), prime suspect in the assassination of Foreign Affairs Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.
- Unkind Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 18, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s road to peace has long been littered with the bodies of slain statesmen and commoners.
- Oil Ministry Seeks Petrol, Diesel Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The new proposal may find favour with the Left parties
- Jesuit Mission-Ii (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The Jesuits started the first printing press in India in 1556. Antonio de Monserratte (1556-1600) was the first person, after Ptolemy, to make a map of India.
- Silence, Race Hatred And Spiel (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Aug 18, 2005)
How could 62,040,606 Americans get it so wrong? So wailed a tee-shirt slogan last November.
- Scotland Yard's 'Catastrophic Errors' Behind Innocent Brazilian's Killing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Secret documents from the investigation, into the shooting down of an innocent Brazilian man by British police in the wake of the 21/7 bombings,
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