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- Lies Often Have Short Legs (Deccan Herald, THABO MBEKI, Jun 16, 2005)
South Africa has been placed fourth in global business confidence after India, Australia, and the US
- Spellbound And Speechless! (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 16, 2005)
MOST will agree that the greatest gift India got from the British Raj is the English language.
- Butchering Livelihoods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
A 130-year old slaughter house, the source of livelihood for hundreds living nearby, will be shifted 40 kms away from the original spot. Shaafat Ahmed explores the repercussions of the decision.
- Advani Retains His Job, But For How Long? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 16, 2005)
The unwritten understanding seems to be that Mr. Advani will soon quit as BJP chief.
- Make `Apples-To-Apples' Financial Comparisons Using Xbrl Tags (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 16, 2005)
I'VE NEVER turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side, said Saul Bellow. But this week's piece is about letting accounts turn a new leaf with different tags
- Redundant Enough To Be Withdrawn (Business Line, R. Anand, Jun 16, 2005)
R. Anand on the Irani Committee recommendations on public deposits
- Neighbourhood Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2005)
India cannot afford to be complacent about its relations with Sri Lanka
- War By Other Means (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jun 15, 2005)
India should be worried about China’s aggressive export drive, which would prove a long-term threat
- Tamil University Plans To Start Distance Education Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Plans to host website for benefit of overseas Tamils
- Building On Bands To Discover Price (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 15, 2005)
BUILDING on bands to discover price with runners in company,
Yes Bank is offering 7 crore equity shares through 100 per cent book building process.
- Adverse Remarks On Judiciary Dangerous’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Taking strong exception to the adverse remarks made by some senior lawyers on the quality of apex court judges, Justice N Santosh Hegde of the Supreme Court on Monday described such comments as “dangerous to the foundation of the judiciary”.
- Bidapa Detained In Dubai; Release Efforts On (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
The Indian Consulate in Dubai is reportedly under pressure from New Delhi and Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh to get Bidapa released from detention
- Oh Man, What A Woman! (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Jun 15, 2005)
Begar Shivakumar is femininity incarnate when he dons the roles of Mohini or Menake in a Yakshagana performance
- Tvs Logistics Forays Into Thailand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
CHENNAI: TVS Logistics Services Ltd. has spread its wings to Thailand by setting up a joint venture in that country in tandem with a couple of closely held local companies.
- Job Prospects Brighten, Says Employers' Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Highest demand envisaged in the services sector
- Elbaradei Gets Third Term As U.S. Drops Objection (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jun 15, 2005)
European diplomats are impressed by the IAEA chief's record
- To Ensure Safe Passage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2005)
Extracts from the WHO’s revised international health regulations, adopted at the World Health Assembly, May 16, 2005
- Remove The Blinkers (Telegraph, Jay Bhattacharjee, Jun 15, 2005)
The French referendum was more a vote on France’s present dispensation than one on the EU, argues Jay Bhattacharjee
- Welcome Lng Agreement (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 15, 2005)
THE AGREEEMENT BETWEEN India and Iran on LNG supply by the latter starting from 2009 has come not a day too soon in view of the huge demand-supply gap in the country.
- Weather Insurance: Taking On The Rain God (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 15, 2005)
Recently, a photo in a business daily featured Mr Suparas Bhandari, Chairman and Managing Director of the Agricultural Insurance Company (AIC),
- Crop Protection Products — Data-Holder Deserves A Better Deal (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jun 15, 2005)
The original registrant of a crop protection product demonstrates its safety and efficacy to the regulator,
- All-Encompassing Sme Umbrella — Ensure Proper Cover For The Tiny Sector (Business Line, DE. RAMAKRISHNAN , Jun 15, 2005)
THE continued neglect of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, in general, and the neglect of the Small Scale Industries SSIs and the tiny sector,
- There Is Always A New Peak To Be Scaled' — Mr V. S. Jain, Chairman, Sail (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 15, 2005)
SOMETIME back, the Steel Authority of India Limited had an outstanding debt of more than Rs 14,000 crore.
- Losing Neverland (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2005)
That it should all go back to Peter Pan is disconcerting. But is there not something already quite bizarre about refusing to grow up? The Michael Jackson mythology
- Search For Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 15, 2005)
The discovery of an earth-like planet is a revolutionary one
- M&m To Make Heavy Vehicles (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
U.S. partner for new venture
- Intel To Set Up New Chip Unit In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
According to Mr Maran Flextronics International Limited, Solectron Corporation, among others are also planning investments into India.
- Spanish Charter Opens New Market For Tourism In Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Spain’s Club de Vacaciones’ first charter to Goa, scheduled to touch down on August 3, has the tourism industry here excited about the prospects of new markets for charter tourism to India.
- Blank Wall (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 15, 2005)
The Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, seems to have had no trace of self-doubt when he asserted in categorical terms at Kuala Lumpur,
- Identifying Alternatives To Petroleum (Hindu, N N SACHITANAND, Jun 15, 2005)
For the short and medium term, India should further exploit its coal deposits using clean technology, speed up Railway electrification, and popularise biodiesel.
- Engaging With Big Science Abroad (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 15, 2005)
The recent signing of the letter of intent by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN),
- The Heights Of Contention (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Jun 15, 2005)
The resumed India-Pakistan Siachen talks appear to have stalled on India’s insistence that its Actual Ground Position Line along the Saltoro Ridge that forms the western wall of the Galcier
- A Warm Welcome In A Cold Battlefield (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 15, 2005)
Manmohan Singh paid a long overdue tribute to the personnel of the Indian armed forces when he became the first Prime Minister to visit the Siachen Glacier. For 21 years,
- The Divine Name (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
CHENNAI: Chanting the Divine name has been recommended in the scriptures as a sure and easy means to realise God, which can be adopted by one and all in this Kali age.
- Power Equations In The Parivar (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 15, 2005)
The BJP-RSS arrangement ignores a basic democratic principle: a political party draws its strength from the people it represents.
- Talking To Insurgents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2005)
After the recent cease-fire pact signed with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB),
- An Elephantine Danger In The Offing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
After the hue and cry over the disappearance of tigers from Sariska sanctuary in Rajasthan, the focus is now on the threat faced by elephants which are said to be high on the target list of poachers, according to an environmentalist.
- Rumsfeld Approved Use Of Coercive Methods: Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Secret logs obtained by magazine reveal interrogation methods
- Mergers And Machismo — Are Takeover Chiefs Acting Rationally? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jun 14, 2005)
Why are some corporate heads so gung-ho about mergers and acquisitions (M&A) when the empirical evidence available strongly suggests that the value created by these exercises accrues almost completely to shareholders of the target company rather . . .
- Task Force Sights 15 Tigers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
An appraisal of field implementation made
NEW DELHI: The members of the tiger task force have spotted 15 tigers during their field visits to Pench and Kanha Tiger Reserves in Madhya Pradesh.
- The Temptation That Proved Costly (Hindu, M. Madan Mohan , Jun 14, 2005)
Karnatak University researcher claims that he has been wronged on his invention
- Commentary On Narayaneeyam (Hindu, C. L. Ramakrishnan , Jun 14, 2005)
SRIMANNARAYANEEYAM:
English version of "Bhaktaranjini", Malayalam commentary by K.G. Vancheswara Sastry and R. Viswanatha Sastry in three volumes: T. P. Sivasubramani, G. Sankaran, K.V . Gopalakrishna and Parvati Sankaran
- Shravanabelagola Being Spruced Up Fast By Asi (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Jun 14, 2005)
Preparations on for Mahamastakabhisheka in February
- Is The Us Economy Slowing? (Tribune, Tom Petruno , Jun 14, 2005)
Very little is ever obvious in commentary by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, and that’s by design: He likes to keep his options open.
- Openness For Efficiency (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 14, 2005)
Competition, whether between domestic firms or with foreign enterprises, helps promote technical efficiency,
- Ficci Slams U.S. Offer On Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Narrow definition of `speciality occupation'
NEW DELHI: Criticising the revised offers on services by the U.S. in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
- Foreign Forays (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 14, 2005)
The Announcement by the Tata group of plans to invest in a steel and mining project in Iran is but part of a broader trend of Indian enterprises aggressively acquiring old assets or creating new ones abroad,
- Economists May Have Some Answers... But Not All (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 14, 2005)
The papers provide a useful glimpse of what professional economists are thinking about these days on the 10 most serious challenges facing the world today
- Pota Review Is Final Word (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2005)
The Gujarat Government's decision not to move for withdrawal of terrorism charges against the accused in the Godhra train attack case. . .
- China-Japan Ties — A Complex Web (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 14, 2005)
How long can China and Japan keep their growing economic relationship separate from their strategic interests?
- No Pesticides, Higher Crop Yields (Hindu, Devinder Sharma , Jun 14, 2005)
Villagers have demonstrated that pesticides are not only harmful but also unnecessary.
- Briton Wanted By India Arrives In U.K. (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 14, 2005)
Charity worker accused of sexually abusing homeless children in Mumbai
- In A High Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 14, 2005)
Some actions acquire dimensions that go beyond the event. Especially when it is the prime minister undertaking that action.
- Two Makeover Artists (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jun 14, 2005)
Last month I described the transformation of General Musharraf from a no-holds-barred adversary of India to a jigarjaan dost.
- New System Makes The Grade — Assessing Ias Officers (Business Line, Ashok Vardhan Shetty , Jun 14, 2005)
The `Performance Appraisal Report', a new annual scheme for assessing IAS officers, will replace the Annual Confidential Reports in other public services too.
- A Future Without Oil (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jun 14, 2005)
Increasing the fuel efficiency of vehicles and boosting the use of alternative fuels are some of the options in the effort to reduce dependence on oil.
- Govt. Reconstitutes Advisory Committee On Krishna Dispute (Hindu, Ravi Sharma , Jun 14, 2005)
Four-fold hike in remuneration for members of committee
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- Strategic Triangle (Hindu, E.R.Gopinath, Jun 14, 2005)
Examines the triangular relationship of China, India and Pakistan through the prism of nuclear deterrence
- Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, N.J. Nanporia, Jun 14, 2005)
China and Japan have to be more pragmatic in reading their common history, both past and more recent, argues N.J. Nanporia
- $18-Billion Gas Deal Signed With Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 14, 2005)
Three-way Asian energy tie-up cemented
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One North Pars gas field block for India
Stake in onshore oilfield envisaged
Rights to develop Jufeir oilfield ...
- ``Vast Potential For More Trade With U.S.'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Economic issues key to international relations, says Manmohan
- Advani's Political Doosra Gets Called (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 14, 2005)
L.K. Advani's troubles are not all about Jinnah. Nor are they over with his return as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Tn Students Move Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
The cancellation of CET caught students on the wrong foot who had already sought admissions on the basis of marks obtained in the entrance exam.
- Pipeline Hinges On Pak Interest’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday asserted that a decision on the proposed India-Iran gas pipeline passing through its territory would be taken to suit its national interest, despite the reported US warning of sanctions.
- Kashmir Problem Could Be Resolved In 2 Weeks: Gen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
During Musharraf’s visit a pact on cooperation to counter terrorism will be signed by Australia and Pakistan.
- Quest For Nuclear Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jun 14, 2005)
In the current scenario, the only way out would be for nations to adopt a “no first use treaty of nuclear weapons”
- China-Sri Lanka Ties And India (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jun 14, 2005)
India’s inadequate diplomatic efforts towards its neighbours attract extra-regional involvement in its neighbourhood
- Trouble In The Agp (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 14, 2005)
THE ASOM Gana Parishad (AGP) could be heading for a split. The cracks have widened after the party's steering committee served
- Down South, Only Ap Gets Tiger Aid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
The special directives for monsoon include deployment of staff at sensitive points as there is always a possibility of rise in poaching activities.
- Naxals Blow Up Tenali Mp’S House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Maoists blasted the ancestral house of Congress MP from Tenali Lok Sabha constituency, Balashoury, and looted cash and gold ornaments worth Rs two lakhs, police said.
- Us, Eu Battle Over Civil Aviation Sops (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
United States, on Monday, called for the establishment of a dispute settlement panel, to arbitrate over US$3.7 billion launch aid that the world’s largest civil Airbus allegedly received
- Japan’S Team Studies Metro Rail Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
The mono rail lobby, which seems to have lost the race to metro rail group in the first phase, now wants to get its share in the second and third phases.
- What's Judicial Accountability?' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Santosh Hegde says the only flaw is delay in disposal of cases
- Paedophilia Accused Sneaks Into Uk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
A British charity worker wanted for alleged sex offences in a Mumbai charity and fighting extradition to India has managed to enter Britain after being deported from Tanzania.
- ‘India Lags Behind In Art Preservation’ (Deccan Herald, S Radha Prathi, Jun 14, 2005)
Mr S Subbaraman, director of Intach, Chitrakala Parishat Art Conservation Centre (Ickpac), Bangalore, has spent almost half a century striving to conserve the vestiges of art and architecture of ancient India for posterity.
- Apotheosis Of Jinnah? (Tribune, G S Bhargava, Jun 13, 2005)
Has Lal Krishna Advani set the cat among the pigeons? Or more aptly, considering that Pravin Togadia, Ashok Singhal and their likes have got his scalp, hawks in pigeons’ plumes?
- Inequity Reigns At The Un (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 13, 2005)
At one level, the putting off of the insistence on being given full veto powers may appear to an act of sacrifice in the interests of reforming the present shape of the UN Security Council.
- Think Before You Leap (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 13, 2005)
Some of the early reactions to the French and Dutch “No” votes on the new European constitution were quite hysterical
- A Bully In The China Shop (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 13, 2005)
Hegemonic powers have been known to invade territories and take away treasure. But this latest variation on the exercise of hegemonic power is that the hegemon and the `conquered' — in this case China — are bound by hoops of inter-dependence.
- At Long Last (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 13, 2005)
Welcome news from Shimla! The Conference of State Law Ministers has set the ball rolling for establishing a National Judicial Council. On all accounts, this is a landmark event in the country's history which may be a trend-setter even for other polities..
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