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Articles 42221 through 42320 of 53943:
- Losing Kathmandu (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 30, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
The political crisis in Nepal continues unabated and it seems that there is little India can do to influence the course of events.
- Annan’S Make-Believe (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 30, 2005)
Given the UN’s subservience to the US, the UN Secretary General’s grandiose vision of change will stay a mirage
- When Poverty Doesn’T Count (Deccan Herald, ABRAHAM M GEORGE, Mar 30, 2005)
We need to offer realistic definitions of the poverty situation, if the issue is to be taken seriously by the Govt
- In The Name Of Honour (Telegraph, Beena Sarwar, Mar 30, 2005)
“The beating wasn’t as painful as the humiliation of being unclothed in front of the neighbours,” says 23-year-old Mariam (names have been changed). A few days ago, her husband Yaqub, a rickshaw driver, stripped her and beat her in the courtyard of their
- Done In By Dynasty (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2005)
Last year's Maharashtra polls had the NCP, the Congress's junior partner in the State, steal the show: Mr Sharad Pawar triumphed, not Ms Sonia Gandhi. This year, Bihar and Jharkhand have again put paid to the Congress's 'Sonia Shining' rhetoric.
- Budget Ignores Dalits (Tribune, Udit Raj, Mar 30, 2005)
On no occasion 119 Dalit MPs have ever debated the fund allocations made for Dalits in the Central Government Budget, and if it was done by someone, replies prepared by bureaucrats and the answer of the Finance Minister would have silenced him.
- Blessings For The Boards (Deccan Herald, Mala Kumar, Mar 30, 2005)
The maternal instincts of a teacher for her ‘children’ are a prime example of selfless love
- Bad Boys’ Ban (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 30, 2005)
It is impossible to look for the unmentionable in the woodpile when most of the woodpile threatens to be unmentionable
- Rights Groups Flay Indian Policy On Maldives (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 30, 2005)
Even as Maldivian President Gayoom rubs shoulder with Indian leaders, political activists in the island nation demand an end to the human rights violations.
- Rights Record To Influence Ties With Us, Says Rice (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 30, 2005)
The report claims that India’s human rights enforcement record has been bad and was in need of improvement, while Pakistan’s track record remained poor.
- The Us Comes Out Fighting With F-16s (Asia Times, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Mar 29, 2005)
Islamabad is elated, India is miffed: the decision by the United States to sell F-16 strike fighters to Pakistan involves much more than a simple sale of arms - important geostrategic undercurrents are at play involving not only the Indian sub-continent,
- The Us Comes Out Fighting With F-16s (Asian Age, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Mar 29, 2005)
Islamabad is elated, India is miffed: the decision by the United States to sell F-16 strike fighters to Pakistan involves much more than a simple sale of arms - important geostrategic undercurrents are at play involving not only the Indian sub-continent,
- Us Arms Industry Fishing In Troubled South Asian Waters (Antiwar.com, Ranjit Devraj, Mar 29, 2005)
By offering nuclear-capable F-16 Falcon fighters to Pakistan and the even more advanced F-18 Hornets to India, Washington has shown a cynical readiness to profit from the long-standing rivalry between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors, say analysts.
- Gats And Freedom Online (Agence-France Presse, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 29, 2005)
India must use the Internet to expand the reach of its online services and open a wider market for its professionals, who can offer their talent to overseas clients
- ‘No One Listens To Guardian’ (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2005)
LOK Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee does not mince words and is never found lacking in coming out with instant repartees to get across his message to the members of Parliament
- A Brand For `India Tourism' (Agence-France Presse, B.S. Rathor, Mar 29, 2005)
Tourism will arguably be one of the drivers of India's economy into the 21st Century.
- Anatomy Of A Revolution (Agence-France Presse, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Mar 29, 2005)
In Kyrgyzstan, there have been deviations from the revolutionary script choreographed in Washington and finessed in Georgia and Ukraine
- Arabs And Democracy (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2005)
THERE IS MUCH talk of a new democratic awakening in the Arab world after the elections in Iraq. Those who think in this vein assert that several recent developments prove the proposition that the desire for a liberal political order is spreading in West..
- Crumbs For All (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 29, 2005)
Politicians have their ways of bending laws to help themselves. What Assam’s chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, has planned to reward a dozen former ministers with is nothing but a fraud on the law that deprived them of their ministerial posts.
- Silver “smuggler” (Agence-France Presse, P.M. Singh, Mar 29, 2005)
Information was scanty. A woman had crossed over from Tibet carrying a heavy load of silver.
- Euro Bungling (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 29, 2005)
The Uncertainty over migration to superior emission-control norms from April 1 has ended with the Cabinet last week approving the implementation schedule
- Historic Step (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 29, 2005)
The Bhutanese King’s role in ushering in a constitutional form of govt is commendable
- Making A Killing (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 29, 2005)
The quintessential American arms dealer, Basil Bazarov, in the Tintin comic book, Tintin and the Broken Ear (1937), sells armaments to two warring South American countries.
- Politicians Compete For Legitimacy In Kyrgyzstan (Agence-France Presse, Karl Vick , Mar 29, 2005)
Politicians competed for legitimacy on Sunday in the aftermath of the popular uprising in Kyrgyzstan that abruptly forced longtime President Askar Akayev out of office last week.
- Privacy Invaded (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2005)
ALL it took was just one cellphone diary to be put on the Net, and concerns about individuals' privacy came to the fore again.
- Punjab Budget: Privatise To Prosper (Agence-France Presse, Nirmal Sandhu, Mar 29, 2005)
STATE budgets are usually unremarkable and stingy, crafted by unenthusiastic bureaucrats who have limited cash to play with and few avenues are left for fund raising by electoral considerations. Rising salaries, pensions and debt repayments have wrecked..
- Shape Of Things To Come Hazy (Agence-France Presse, N C GUNDU RAO, Mar 29, 2005)
The political situation turns more messy and dicey than ever with the birth of a Third Front in Karnataka
- Done In By Dynasty (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 29, 2005)
Last year's Maharashtra polls had the NCP, the Congress's junior partner in the State, steal the show:
- N-Arms: India For No First Use Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
New Delhi may not be signatory to the NPT, but it is responsible N-power that has always exhibited utmost restraint, said Natwar.
- A Promising Alternative To Drip Irrigation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
SHREE PADRE recounts the success story of five farmers who adopted a new method of irrigation which got them ever-green grape orchards and better returns.
- Cauvery Camp Turns Sanctuary For Poachers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary running through Mandya, Chamarajnagar and Bangalore districts, has become a safe haven for plundering wildlife.
- Discussions With Pakistan In May: Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
The petroleum minister will discuss issues like the route and transit fee of the proposed pipeline.
- The Bjp’S Modi Problem (Agence-France Presse, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 29, 2005)
Irrespective of one’s views on the propriety of the US denial of a visa to Gujarat’s Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, he has become a symbol of the biggest dilemma to face the Bharatiya Janata Party in the era of its post-general election defeat
- India Must Wait & Watch To See Gift Horse Fly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
If the US really wants to make India a major global power, what stops it from giving New Delhi what it gave to France?
- Toy Town Changes With New Trends (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
AZMATHULLA SHARIFF discovers how Channapatna responded to new trends in the toy industry with the help of the state government and two NGOs.
- Us For Guarantees To Large Projects (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
US Ambassador to India David C Mulforld, on Monday, mooted the concept of a very large, highly capitalised financial entity to offer guarantee support for private investors in large-scale infrastructure projects requiring long term capital financing.
- In Bihar’S Badlands, Mafiosi Is On The Run (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
The crime rate may not have gone down. But there is psychological change. Police assert that soon they would put behind bars all absconding criminals.
- Waiting For Veto (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2005)
Among the proposals put forth recently by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan for reforming the world body is the expansion of the Security Council's permanent membership.
- Sweet Nothings (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 29, 2005)
Beware of Uncle Sam when he comes bearing gifts. This warning applies both to India and to Pakistan.
- Why Modi Piped Down (Agence-France Presse, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 29, 2005)
Narendra Modi’s tantrums would have been of little account if private hankering for the United States of America were not now also an essential — and, perhaps, necessary — part of public diplomacy. Sign of changing times, while a defiant Hiren Mukherjee..
- Volte Face On Federalism (Agence-France Presse, A. Surya Prakash, Mar 29, 2005)
Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi's partisan conduct after the recent Assembly elections in the State resulted in a constitutional crisis a fortnight ago
- Vat — On Slippery Track Still (Agence-France Presse, V. K. Srinivasan, Mar 29, 2005)
The States are poised to undertake the most important tax reform attempted in the country. But the VAT regime will succeed only if they legislate to get the necessary administrative machinery moving
- The Gains From Industry-Academia Interaction (Agence-France Presse, P. K. Doraiswamy, Mar 29, 2005)
Teaching, research and extension are known as the trinity of higher education.
- The Day I Dyed (Agence-France Presse, D V GURUPRASAD, Mar 29, 2005)
My attempts to hide my greying hairs proved disastrous, forcing me to take corrective measures
- The Rise Of Religion In Africa (Agence-France Presse, MADELEINE BUNTING, Mar 29, 2005)
The answers to Africa's problems increasingly lie with religion rather than politics.
- Not In Heaven (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
Rescue fantasies are undesirable, especially when they are attributed to the judiciary
- Sting Where It Hurts (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Mar 28, 2005)
Corruption is like garbage that collects. Unless removed daily, it makes our habitat unliveable. We are seeing garbage pile up in India, acting as the single-largest obstacle to development.
- Please Remember To Take The Kashmiris Along (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Mar 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deserves credit for three initiatives that will go a long way in bringing down the temperature in India-Pakistan ...
- It Is The Beginning, Not The End (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Mar 28, 2005)
Neither financial market conditions nor the strength in the real US economy gives any room to conclude that the Federal Reserve would pause in its tightening campaign and allow the bond market to recover.
- Moving Quietly Towards Eet (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Mar 28, 2005)
WHILE the salaried middle-class is understandably elated over the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's largesse in direct taxes, many tax payers seem to have missed his real message — the country is moving towards an Exempt, Exempt, Tax (EET) mode.
- India, Mauritius To Sign Fta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
India and Mauritius will sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a four-day tour to the Island nation beginning March 30.
- City Hospitals To Tap Stem Cell Potential (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
Bangalore is on the verge of a stem cell therapy boom, Shuba Narayanan reports for Deccan Herald.
- Mushy Talk? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 28, 2005)
Before President Pervez Musharraf's speechwriters in Islamabad get down to the business of spinning all the wise words on Kashmiris' rights to self determination he might suddenly rain on his Indian hosts three weeks from now, their minds ought to dwell..
- Mr Wolfowitz For World Bank: Scepticism Overdone? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 28, 2005)
NO NOMINATION for the Presidency of the World Bank has excited so much controversy as President Bush's naming Paul Mr Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defence, for the post.
- More Than A Tossed Salad (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Mar 28, 2005)
After over two years of trial, the Canadian high security court has acquitted the two accused Sikh fundamentalists of the Kanishka murders
- New Hiv Strain Keeps Medical World On Toes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
Bangalore researchers have discovered the emergence of a recombinant HIV strain in southern India.
- More With Less (Tribune, M.K. Agarwal , Mar 28, 2005)
TO get more, one must be content with less” is an old saying. That is why man is advised to rein in his desires.
- Dubious Moves (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struck the right note in expressing his "great disappointment" at the decision by the United States to resume the sale of the F-16 combat aircraft to Pakistan.
- Focus On Agriculture In Wto (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 28, 2005)
While the G-20 has made its stand clear on the importance of agriculture, crucial is the nature of the response by the US and the EU.
- Generating Portable Alpha Through Arb Funds (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Mar 28, 2005)
JM Equity and Derivatives Fund is an arbitrage (arb) fund that generates profits from mispricing of assets in the spot and the futures market.
- Germany: Caught In An Economic Gridlock (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Mar 28, 2005)
Last week my flight to Moscow was delayed by three hours and as I walked into the Lufthansa Senator Lounge of Germany's Frankfurt International Airport, the news anchor on German ZDF TV announced with studied alarm that the German Institute of Economy...
- Gm Crops: Threat To Wildlife? (Tribune, Steve Connor, Mar 28, 2005)
Yet another nail was hammered into the coffin of the GM food industry in Britain recently when the final trial of a four-year series of experiments found, once more, that genetically modified crops can be harmful to wildlife
- India Critic Eyes Top Us Post (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 28, 2005)
Congressman Dan Burton, an inveterate critic of India and a strong supporter of the dwindling Khalistani movement, is lobbying hard to become the next Chairman of the influential House International Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
- Iran: Stirring The Pot? (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Mar 28, 2005)
America and Iran are both confronted with difficult choices: adjust and co-opt the adversary or seek to prevail with all the imponderables of a confrontation.
- ‘Exclusive’ F-16s Offered To India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
The F-16s being used currently by Pakistan is an outmoded variety. It is now eyeing a variant being used by US and European air forces.
- Vat: Time Running Out (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 28, 2005)
Given the April 1 deadline for switching over to VAT, the longer some States stay out the more they lose out.
- Welcome Release (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 28, 2005)
NO President, certainly not Gen Pervez Musharraf, releases hundreds of prisoners of a neighbouring country with whom he is fighting a proxy war on the spur of the moment or on the prodding of a visiting Chief Minister (Capt Amarinder Singh in this case).
- Miss This Bus (Pioneer, D.S. KAMTEKAR, Mar 28, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus link (SMBL) agreement has been described by government officials as well as sections in the media as a historic breakthrough.
- Litmus Test On Patents Act (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 28, 2005)
The Indian Govt should now be able to prove to the world that it can stand up for its public health goals
- Labour Reforms Hanging Fire (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 28, 2005)
Despite comprising JNU trained economists, the Left has not learned anything from data of over 15 years
- Keeping Vultures Alive (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2005)
AS A BIRD that is synonymous with death in the popular imagination, the vulture is an improbable candidate for a widely supported conservation campaign.
- Indian Media Must Go Global (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Mar 28, 2005)
While launching a business channel in Hindi recently, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, wondered why Indian media was not going globally and why “very few of our media organisations are yet willing to invest in foreign correspondents in important...
- India May As Well Annoy Bush To Buy Iranian Gas: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 27, 2005)
The Bush administration is facing a diplomatic dilemma.
- To Be Ever More Itself (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Mar 27, 2005)
South Asia is a coming term. There are histories of South Asia, there are journalists’ associations that style themselves South Asian, there’s SAARC and every time a test match between India and Pakistan goes well, we’re all (temporarily) South Asian
- Where Mind Is Fearless (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 27, 2005)
A master in Eton used to ask his students, “Do you want me to cram you for a first or do you want me to open up your minds?” The present hue and cry about examinations creating too much pressure on students is rooted in the polarity that the old...
- America Blind To The Differences Between India And Pak (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 27, 2005)
After thinking long and hard about how to begin this piece I decided that the only way was to declare in black and white that I think Narendra Modi is the most despicable politician in India.
- Another Revolt In Former Soviet Republic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2005)
Protests have been growing in Kyrgyzstan since runoff parliamentary elections this month
- Being Hindu Means Royalty (Deccan Herald, TARA KASHYAP , Mar 27, 2005)
Hinduism and Buddhism became entwined with Indian culture, separated by thousands of miles of land. TARA KASHYAP says that these religions offered an elitist sense of superiority for its rulers in Cambodia.
- Remembering The Shock (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 27, 2005)
Protests marked the second anniversary of the US ‘Shock and Awe’ campaign in Iraq.
- Troubled Times? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 27, 2005)
One of the most animated whispers on the corporate grapevine is about tensions at a large, shadowy conglomerate, whose businesses are all as public as its finances are private
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