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- After The Launch, It’S A Climb To The Crescendo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The new generations of the music gharanas are ready to take over the mantle. But while striving to live up to their respective father’s name, the Gen Y gurus face the daunting task of giving classical music it’s rightful space in the world of pop and remi
- Poor Overlooked In Tsunami Relief’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Reconstruction efforts to help those affected by the December 2004 tsunami have not always concentrated on the poorest, British charity Oxfam said on Saturday.
- Burns Finalises Agenda For Pm’S Us Visit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns continued his discussions with Indian leadership for the second day on Indo-US bilateral ties.
- Chidambaram Calls For Proper Regulation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Foreign Exchange Management Act, which replaces FERA, is aimed at facilitating external trade and payments and orderly development and maintenance of forex markets.
- Annan Asks G-8 To Help Tackle Poverty, Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Mr Annan has praised the G-8 nations for focusing their attention on the special needs of Africa and climate change.
- The Question Of Image (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jun 25, 2005)
The way the Pakistani government has handled the case of the gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai reflects the gulf between high-sounding aims and ground realities.
- Tanneries And Pollution (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2005)
A report from Sialkot indicating the high levels of pollution caused by the tanneries in the area should be cause for concern,
- Comrades Conspiring To Create Chaos? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 25, 2005)
The comrades claim to speak for the ‘people’ but they have never led an agitation demanding that the people get that most fundamental of human needs: water
- Primacy Of The Mother Tongue (Deccan Herald, Gautamaditya Sridhara and Mala Sridhara , Jun 25, 2005)
Psychologists are of the opinion that it is in the child’s interests that s/he be instructed in the mother tongue and not in an alien language
- Moments That Matter (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2005)
IN a memorable 1980 episode of Yes Minister, the wily mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby explains to hapless minister Jim Hacker that the purpose of British foreign policy for the past 500 years has been to create a disunited Europe.
- Where Hurriyat Tripped Up (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
There must have been a communication gap between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his minister of state Prithvi Raj Chouhan.
- Healing Wounds Through Farm Research (Dawn, William D. Dar, Jun 25, 2005)
The Healing Wounds initiative aims to help mitigate present-day human suffering caused by disasters. It also generates cutting edge information and knowledge to help reduce human suffering from future calamities.
- Deflating Egos (Dawn, APARNA MOHILE, Jun 25, 2005)
A simple folk story’s moral: Don’t mistake the bubbles around you for yourself
- Dabhol Re-Powered (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 25, 2005)
If There are no further hitches, the 740 MW Dabhol power plant on Maharashtra's Konkan coast should once again begin generating by the end of 2005, under new owners.
- Politics Of Budgeting (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Jun 25, 2005)
The budget is a political document. It determines how much money will be taken out of whose pockets and how much of that money will be put into whose pockets.
- Trade Deficit Manageable, Says Rbi Governor Reddy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Though India’s trade deficit has widened further, it is still manageable at this stage and is consistent with our growth aspirations, the RBI Governor said.
- Making Of National And Military Leaders (Dawn, Khushwant Singh, Jun 25, 2005)
There is only one leader; the rest are led by him. National leadership in times of peace requires one kind of skill; military leadership when a war breaks out requires quite a different kind.
- Glaring Omission In A Commission Case (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 25, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a Allahabad High Court ruling on the tax treatment of illegal payments in the course of business
- Amu Reservation, A Good Step (Indian Express, S.M. FAIZAN AHMED AND SANJAY SUMAN , Jun 25, 2005)
The issue of reservations for Muslims at Aligarh Muslim University worries many.
- Emergency’S Reality Czech (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 25, 2005)
A second trip to Prague provokes a second thought on Emergency: why do we forget the strangling of our economic freedom?
- Complying With Tax Notification Conditions Isn't An Empty Formality (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 25, 2005)
Flex Industries supplied structures, reservoir tanks and so forth on behalf of Triveny Engineering to Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) for use in a mini hydel project on a canal in the State.
- Better Off (Tribune, Iqbal Singh Ahuja, Jun 25, 2005)
What a pleasant surprise, Dr Subramaniam! Seeing you after ages. Please come in”, I said as I opened the door to an old colleague of mine. We hugged each other.
- Scars Of Emergency (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
Some scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through.
- Ready For Take-Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 25, 2005)
The process of commercial leasing of the Delhi and Mumbai airports has gathered momentum with the go-ahead from the Centre’s Group of Ministers (GoM) on Thursday.
- Some Headway (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 25, 2005)
The Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Bangladesh that concluded on Wednesday reflected some change in the attitude of Dhaka..
- Layers Of History (Japan Times, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jun 25, 2005)
The histories of Indian cities are contained in the names of their streets and squares.
- Price Of Cracking Confidence (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jun 25, 2005)
Two security breaches have highlighted international vulnerability,
- Emergency: Memories Of The Dark Midnight (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 25, 2005)
Indira Gandhi, on the night of June 25, 1975, took away, in one stroke, what her father had pledged his countrymen 28 years before at the dawn of Independence.
- Eu: Clash Of Fundamentals (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 25, 2005)
The European Union is dead. Long live the European Union." To enthusiasts of the Union of Europe, nothing could be more welcome at this point of time than this slogan,
- No Easy Fix For Reapportionment Wrongs (Japan Times, BOB KEEFE, Jun 25, 2005)
Among the issues that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will take to a special referendum election next fall is that of reapportionment. Specifically,
- Helping Africa To Help Itself (Japan Times, KAZUO OGOURA, Jun 25, 2005)
Systemic risks are factors that threaten not only individual countries themselves but also the whole global system.
- Loan, Cash Credit: No Source, Will Tax (Business Line, H R RANINA, Jun 25, 2005)
Where adequate explanation is not provided for loans, cash credits and unsubstantiated investments, they are taxable and the court would also uphold such an assessment. This provision in the Income-Tax Act is an excellent tool against evasion, ....
- If The Wind Comes From An Empty Cave, It's Not Without A Reason" (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 25, 2005)
Three banks have received the RBI's (Reserve Bank of India) nod for crossing over the Great Wall, and now they are waiting in line for approval at the `Red' end. When Allahabad Bank,
- Lankan Govt, Ltte Clinch Deal Over Tsunami Aid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
The government and the LTTE consider the deal a positive measure but the Marxists are against any act which they think would legitimise the rebels.
- India Has Right To Unsc Seat: Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Stopping short of endorsing India’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council,
- Sustainable Peace In S Asia (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2005)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has once again reiterated Pakistan’s stand that sustainable peace in South Asia and good neighbourly relations with India are directly linked to resolution of the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Eu States Also Need To Deal With Israel (Japan Times, RAMZY BAROUD, Jun 24, 2005)
DOHA, Qatar -- Hamas' electoral success since the first round of local elections in Gaza in December has signaled a dramatic shift in the way the movement is perceived both nationally and internationally.
- Door Wide Open For Resolving Korean Nuclear Issue (Japan Times, JAMES A. KELLY, Jun 24, 2005)
There is no country in Asia, indeed in the world, that behaves like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- A Slice Of India In A Corner Of China (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 24, 2005)
The ease with which foreign companies manage to set up shop has encouraged some 50 Indian names to venture into eastern China.
- Life On Other Planets (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Jun 24, 2005)
Last Week, astronomers announced that they had made a giant breakthrough by finding something small.
- Flight From Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
IT is Europe’s bad luck that with the collapse of its new constitution it is also having to cope with a shock US decision to break off bilateral negotiations over the subsidies the Airbus receives.
- Scientists Take On Science Media (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 24, 2005)
Sensationalim and "headline-grabbing" are more the stuff of tabloids but now an internationally respected academic journal is facing allegations of "scare-mongering" and "desperate headline-seeking"
- Where Caste Oppression Mocks The Constitution (Hindu, D. Raja, Jun 24, 2005)
In several villages of Tamil Nadu, the dominant castes have continuously mocked the Constitution by refusing to allow Dalits to become panchayat presidents, and have got away with it.
- That Long Night Of Knives (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2005)
When India’s democratic structure was shaken to its roots
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- Crooked Road (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2005)
Peace initiatives rarely run along straight lines. The blast in Dispur shows once again how crooked the road to peace can be.
- With A Pinch Of Salt (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jun 24, 2005)
WHEN one is considering some of the age-old sayings of wisdom, it is advisable to have near at hand quite a lot of salt: a number of these sayings need to be taken with more than a pinch of salt.
- Aids Challenge To India (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jun 24, 2005)
When the rumour mill was at its peak about the disappearance from public life of Subroto Roy, the head of the Sahara Empire, because he was “seriously ill,” he was compelled to go public and deny that he had AIDS.
- Poor Quality Control (Telegraph, ASOKENDU SENGUPTA, Jun 24, 2005)
The All India Council for Technical Education recently made its presence felt when it cut 38,000
- Pitfalls Of Brand Marketing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 24, 2005)
THE DECISION OF India's largest sugar mill, Balrampur Chini, to retreat from marketing branded consumer packs is a valuable case-study in two different and significant ways.
- Mutual Gains (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2005)
The desirability of free trade agreements is often debated, theoretically as well as empirically.
- Tweaking The Line On Pakistan (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jun 24, 2005)
The UPA-NDA exchanges on the dialogue process with Pakistan are no sudden eruption.
- Devil’S Advocate: Go Get A Job (Times of India, Abheek Barman, Jun 24, 2005)
The world's largest and probably most exhaustive survey, India's census, says that 10% of working-age people don't have jobs. What's more, it shows that from 1991 to 2001,
- Jatoi-Mahar Settlement (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
AN 18-year-old dispute between the Jatoi and Mahar tribes in Sindh, which started as a row over a piece of agricultural land, was resolved on Sunday at a meeting presided over by the provincial chief minister in Sukkur.
- Confession Of A Communalist (Indian Express, Vikram Kumar, Jun 24, 2005)
I met Khan Sahib at a private gathering. Urdu poetry is a passion with him.
- A Word Called Freedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2005)
The Indian Express did not appear on June 26, the day India awoke to unfreedom and the Emergency.
- Indian Idol (Indian Express, SHOBHAA DE , Jun 24, 2005)
Sometimes, it takes a Hollywood blockbuster to underline a home truth. I fell fast asleep for one restful hour while watching Batman.
- Changing The Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
GUANTANAMO Bay is getting a lot of attention lately. Some of it isn’t necessarily good. The Bush administration is now in high gear trying to change the public perception of the prison
- First Egalitarian Creed (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Jun 24, 2005)
ISLAM, unlike some superstitious religions, introduced egalitarian creeds focussing on the uplift of society by ameliorating the lot of the slaves, the orphans and the poor as a first step to the ennoblement of human life.
- Today's Editorial: No Mere Quibble (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2005)
The debate on the extent of poverty in India has become too serious to be left to economists alone.
- The Scourge Of Africa (Hindu, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jun 24, 2005)
There is a pain in the belly of Africa that just will not go away. It is gnawing at our development goals and undermining our economies.
- Moving Towards Closer Integration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2005)
The sixth session of the Sri Lanka-India Joint Commission, held in Colombo recently, has taken the bilateral relationship to an enhanced level — well on the way to closer integration of the two countries and economies.
- Another Vietnam In The Making? (Dawn, Sidney Blumenthal, Jun 24, 2005)
ON June 21, network news reported that the Pentagon had claimed that 47 enemy operatives had been killed in Operation Spear in western Iraq.
- N-Weapons In Emerging World Order — Symbols Of Power And Privilege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jun 24, 2005)
The differences between the signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the absence of any consensus on nuclear disarmament have created a new situation in the global nuclear architecture for India.
- Capitalism"s Future On Trial (Deccan Herald, Jeremy Rifkin, Jun 24, 2005)
EU’s crisis has obscured the fact that it has come closest to balancing market dynamism and social protection
- Implications Of Aphc Leaders’ Visit (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Jun 24, 2005)
THE two-week long visit of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Delegation to Azad Kashmir and Pakistan
- Drug Trial Is A Three-Legged Stool (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 24, 2005)
When one news headline reads, `Cop accused of bribery by witness in drug trial', and another announces, `Fertility drug trial bears joyful fruit', it is obvious that the phrase `drug trial' is yet to settle down.
- The Leader Article: Failing To Harvest The Bounty (Times of India, Arun Firordia, Jun 24, 2005)
India is rich in water resources with an average annual rainfall of 1,000 mm. This translates into water availability of 10,000 litres per person per day.
- Ndc Meeting Ahead — Time For Treating Economic Ills (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 24, 2005)
The Mid-term Appraisal of the Tenth Plan is an important exercise as it lists the deficiencies in implementation of the Plan schemes as also the constraints plaguing the economy.
- Africa's Debt Deal: Not Out Of The Blue (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jun 24, 2005)
Africa is the flavour of 2005, described as a "make or break year" for the continent on which the UN, G-8 and international financial institutions are all focussed because it is where poverty is more intractable than in other parts of the developing world
- An Issue Of Legitimacy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2005)
Even had the European constitution scraped through in the French and Dutch referendums — the most that could have been hoped for after so many months of gloomy polls — the union would still have been in crisis.
- In The Name Of Security (Dawn, Tony Benn, Jun 23, 2005)
Since the attack on the twin towers, in which many innocent Americans were killed, we have been told that we are engaged in a war against terrorism that threatens our way of life and our liberties.
- No Getting Away From The Imf (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz says Pakistan is making fast progress and has achieved the target of economic self-sufficiency. The country is no longer in need of foreign co-operation in terms of foreign aid, he has stressed.
- The Law And The Golden Rule (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2005)
IMAGINE being arrested in a foreign country where you are unfamiliar with the language, the culture, the legal system or your rights, and never being allowed to contact a U.S. Consulate for help.
- A Lot Of Huffing And Puffing (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jun 23, 2005)
The ban on smoking in films is India’s misguided way of telling the world how serious it is about combating cancer, writes Sumanta Sen
- Camel Kids’ Plight (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2005)
While it is a relief to know that the first batch of 22 Pakistani camel kids arrived in Lahore on Tuesday, after last month’s Unicef-UAE accord on the return of young jockeys in the Gulf to their home countries,
- Expanding Security Council (Business Line, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jun 23, 2005)
THE US announcement of possible criteria for new permanent members and the simultaneous indication that it might support Japan and a developing country for permanent membership constitutes a master-stroke to get the initiative on expansion back to . . .
- The Politics Of Arson And Violence (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Jun 23, 2005)
The Sindh government has constituted a committee to inquire into the Karachi police’s failure to control the acts of arson (and riots) after last month’s bomb blast in Madinatul Ilm in Karachi.
- Reforming The Un (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
A High-Level plenary meeting, scheduled to be held in New York from September 14 to 16, 2005,
- India A Satellite Power? (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 23, 2005)
There is no need to kowtow to the US. India should assert itself as a world power in its own right
- Two Visions Of Rural Uplift (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jun 23, 2005)
The need of the hour is not a technological fix but a model linked to the basic needs of the villagers
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