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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- China, Russia Support Indian Stand Against Sanctions On Myanmar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India on Wednesday opposed imposing sanctions on Myanmar and called for encouraging all stakeholders to advance political reforms and national reconciliation, a move jointly supported by China and Russia.
- Indian Govt Urges Mly To Be Open In Defence Deals (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India on Wednesday urged its military chiefs to ensure transparency in a swathe of multi-billion dollar deals due to be signed in coming years as the armed forces modernise.
- For Manmohan, N-Deal Was Not A Prestige Issue (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "doing his job" without being distracted by reports that the logjam over the Indo-US nuclear deal has left him 'sad, depressed, dejected or lonely', sources in the PMO said on Wednesday.
- Pak Police Detain 18 Over Bhutto Attack (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Pakistani police have rounded up more than a dozen people for questioning over last week's suicide bombings in the southern port city of Karachi, officials said on Wednesday.
- Japan Warns Us Over Terrorism Issue In North Korea (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A senior Japanese official has warned the United States that relations will suffer if Washington removes North Korea from a list of terrorist states, amid stepped up efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear drive.
- Dialogue Is The Key: India, China, Russia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India, China and Russia have opposed fresh western sanctions on Myanmar, but supported efforts by the UN for dialogue with the junta in troubled nation.
- India, China Making Progress In Border Negotiations: Mukherjee (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India and China have established a Working Group to prepare a framework for the settlement of their vexed boundary issue, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced here on Thursday.
- China Begins Moon Race Before India (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
China launched its first lunar probe today, the first step in an ambitious 10-year plan to send a rover to the moon and return it to earth.
- India Shuns Missile Defence System (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 25, 2007)
In a significant change from recent policy Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday ruled out being part of the controversial US-led missile defence system, opposed by countries like Russia and China.
- China, India, Russia Urge Burma To Talk To Un Envoy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India on Wednesday urged Burma's military junta to engage in dialogue with a United Nations special envoy, but said they opposed UN sanctions against the regime.
- Rumblings At Bretton Woods (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The World Bank and IMF annual meetings, just concluded over the weekend in Washington D.C., were held against the tense backdrop of leadership issues and ongoing reforms at the two Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs) that are meant to reflect . . . . .
- The Question Of Inequality (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 25, 2007)
Income and wealth inequalities are rising alarmingly in India but they barely figure in public discourse. Yet, they threaten to undermine social cohesion.
- Growing Russia, Iran Ties (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Oct 25, 2007)
MOST summit meetings these days are uneventful, because of the primacy given to protocol and publicity rather than to substance.
- Romance Of Sputnik (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 25, 2007)
A FULL house spontaneously applauded the film, which received the undivided attention of the audience for about an hour, at the International Astronautical Congress in Hyderabad on September 26.
- Sarabhai's Vision (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Governments lay down policies, but their implementation depends a lot on the personality and outlook of officials who, in turn, influence policymaking.
- Pranab Arrives In China For Third Trilateral Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived China early Wednesday for the third stand- alone meeting of the foreign ministers of India-Russia-China scheduled for this afternoon.
- Sonia To Visit China (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
India’s ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi will visit China for five days as the two Asian giants seek to improve ties, officials said on Tuesday.
- “India Committed To Gas Pipeline Project” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
India is committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said. He is here to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- Sonia’S Kow-Tow (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2007)
That Congress president Sonia Gandhi is heading to China later this week is good news.
- 'Indian Market Is Overridden With Greed’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2007)
Buy what others are discarding and sell what others are craving. Look for the hated, the unloved and the distressed business.
- Big Brother Is Watching... (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, Oct 24, 2007)
GLOUCESTER, UK – The closed-circuit television camera lurking just down the street from the fast-food restaurant bellows menacingly at the first sign of a cast-off cigarette butt or fast-food wrapper. “Pick it up,” commands a booming voice . . . .
- N-Deal Politics Reflect Divided Nationalism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Whether or not the Indo-US nuclear deal goes through, the bickering among the ruling Congress party, which wants to set the seal on the agreement, its coalition partner the CPM and the opposition BJP, unfortunately reveals sharp political . . . .
- Pranab Leaves For Trilateral Meet, Focus On Better Ties (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
EIGHT MONTHS after their last session in New Delhi, India, China and Russia are set to hold their third standalone Foreign Ministers meeting in this northeastern Chinese city on Wednesday.
- Us Missile Defense In Europe To Be Delayed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The USA might delay activating its proposed missile defence sites in Europe until it has “definitive proof” of a missile threat from Iran, defence secretary Mr Robert Gates said today.
- Japan Allays Russian Fear Of Missile Shield (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Japan’s foreign minister told Russia today that Tokyo would not back down on a missile shield it is building with the USA and assured him that Moscow was not the target.
- The Yasukuni 'Hero' (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 24, 2007)
In a Japan of resurgent nationalism, Radha Binod Pal’s dissenting judgment in the Tokyo war trials wins easy admirers.
- A Radical Legacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh and his comrades belong to those momentous decades in Indian history – the late 1920s and 30s – when options were more open, popular aspirations ran high and “revolution” and “national liberation” were current in the political . . . .
- Mukherjee Arrives In China For Third Trilateral Meet (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here early on Wednesday for the third stand- alone meeting of the foreign ministers of India-Russia-China scheduled for this afternoon.
- Mystique Of Moscow (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE structure of a megalopolis is clear, simple and immediately recognisable: airports, railway stations, public transport, supermarkets, cinemas, theatres and nightclubs.
- Korean Entente (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 24, 2007)
A formidable tunnel, lighted up as a history-tourism site, has served for a number of years as a symbol of the political ethos of a divided Korean peninsula.
- Defiant Postures Are No Good (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
WHILE a direct or sponsored attack by the US on Iran’s nuclear assets may not appear as likely as it did until recently, hawkish statements and actions by the governments of both countries continue to add to current tensions.
- Statement In Court (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
[Through this brilliant statement Bhagat Singh demolished the basis of the Sessions Court judgment and emphasised the importance of motive. The motive of action, he argued, should be the main consideration while judging the offence of an accused.]
- Bhagat Singh (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE revolutionary nationalist phase of the freedom struggle, of which Bhagat Singh was an iconic figure, was a brief, powerful and violent episode in a movement otherwise considered to be peaceful.
- India, Iran Move Beyond Pipeline Dream, Turn To Power (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
With the future of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline uncertain due to political and economic factors, India and Iran are exploring co-production and transmission of power through an underwater cable.
- Sri Lanka Air Force Jets Pound Ltte Airstrip (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 23, 2007)
An hour-and-a-half after the LTTE struck the Anuradhapura air base in the early hours of Monday, Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) supersonic fighter jets ‘pounded’ an LTTE airstrip located at Iranamadu area in the north.
- Sino-Indian Strategic Ties To Gain Strength Under Hu (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Sino-Indian strategic relations are expected to get further fillip during the second innings of Chinese Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, who is all set to offer a red carpet welcome to Congress President Sonia Gandhi here this week.
- N Korea To Act As Early As Next Week (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
North Korea could start disabling its nuclear facilities as early as next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported today, quoting an official it did not identify.
- A Russian Economic Miracle? (Business Standard, Deepak Lal, Oct 23, 2007)
My wife and I were in Moscow last month for the launch of the Russian edition of my book Unintended Consequences.
- Killing Kills The Purpose (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 23, 2007)
Ajmer Sharif on October 11 was one more episode of terrorism in a long Islamist series which is believed by many to have begun during the Munich Olympics on September 5, 1972 called Black Friday.
- No News Is Good News (Pioneer, Pyotr Goncharov, Oct 23, 2007)
Mr Vladimir Putin has said that he was pleased with his historic visit to Iran, the first by a Russian head of state since 1943.
- Cost Of The Reverse (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 23, 2007)
The prime minister’s abandonment of his campaign to take India into the nuclear club has been a sensation. Since he had himself initiated and steered the manoeuvre, the media have taken its abrupt termination to be a personal defeat for him.
- Another Ltte Air Raid On Govt Forces, (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Monday’s early morning raid on a strategic air base in northern Sri Lanka via both air and land by Tamil Tigers has once again proven that the LTTE is far from being a spent force despite recent military set backs the group has suffered in the . . . .
- Understanding China (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The most important factors explaining China’s progress since the deaths of Mao Zedhong and Zhou Enlai have been the spread and quick absorption of modern Western technology under conditions of relative peace and tranquillity.
- Saran Visits Nsg Nations (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Oct 22, 2007)
Certain member-states of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) may have become lukewarm towards the Indo-US nuclear deal, but New Delhi remains hopeful of enlisting their support.
- North And South Korea Set To Discuss Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
North and South Korean officials were to meet on Monday to help prepare for upcoming multilateral talks on energy aid to the communist North under a February deal calling for the country to abandon its nuclear ambitions, an official said.
- Larijani To Attend Talks With E.U. (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 22, 2007)
Iran’s outgoing chief negotiator on the nuclear issue, Ali Larijani and his successor, Saeed Jalili, will travel together for crucial talks with the European Union (E.U.) in Rome on Tuesday.
- Look At Falling 'Stars'! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 22, 2007)
The Earth crossed the Draconid meteor shower. The encounter repeats every year in October's first 10 days, with intensity varying on a seven-year cycle, which is now at its peak.
- Sting In The Stink (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A World Health Organisation official has claimed that the current chikungunya outbreak in northern Italy is the result of climate change. Paul Reiter finds this widely reported statement absurd, saying it's used tyres, not global warming . . . ..
- False Eloquence Does Pm In (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 22, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered himself for direct election only once: In 1999, when he was the Congress candidate for South Delhi.
- No Abating Of Terrorism (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 22, 2007)
The gruesome attack on the convoy of Ms Benazir Bhutto at Karachi makes one wonder why terrorism is showing no signs of abating and, on the contrary, is able to perpetrate such horrors at will and at the time and places of its choosing.
- 4 Die In Helicopter Crash In Russia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A privately owned helicopter crashed on Sunday in Siberia, killing all 4 people on board, emergency officials said.
- Always The Bridesmaid (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 22, 2007)
Our political practices are proving what has been a weak witticism to be a hard truth: we specialise in snatching defeat from the grasp of victory.
- Status Unclear (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The joint committee of the UPA and the Left is expected to meet today on the civilian nuclear energy agreement. CPI leader A.B. Bardhan has said that he expects the government to make it clear whether it has dropped the deal . . . . .
- The Politicians’ Dilemma (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Oct 22, 2007)
THE gruesome terrorist attacks on Benazir Bhutto’s convoy in Karachi is likely to strain the mutual understanding between the PPP and General Musharraf, given the suspected involvement of state officials.
- Item Number (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 22, 2007)
Trust a Calcuttan to come up with the perfect political metaphor. We were chatting about the political mood of Muslims over tea and savouries on Id, and the conversation turned inevitably to the fate of Rizwan ur Rehman, the young man whose . . . . .
- Pranab Was Not Frisked: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Chairperson of the Congress media department M Veerappa Moily, who was also in Moscow earlier this month, on Thursday dismissed the 'frisking" reports in the media. According to reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee underwent a . . . .
- Is It Pause, Halt Or End? (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 19, 2007)
A look at the possible scenarios in the event that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal is put on the back burner.
- Poland, Ahead Of A Snap General Election (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2007)
They speak together on the phone at least 10 times a day. They complete each other’s sentences. Both are silver-haired, rotund and 5ft 5in tall.
- Come Clean On Nuclear Deal: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday charged the United Progressive Alliance government with creating “confusion and chaos” on the India-United States nuclear deal by suggesting one day that the deal was put on hold and another day that it was . . . .
- Left Parties Will Not Allow India To Be Junior Partner Of U.S., Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here on Thursday that the Left parties were firmly against the India-U.S. nuclear deal and would not allow India to be a junior partner of the United States.
- Russia Plans New N-Arms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
"We will develop missile technology including completely new strategic (nuclear) complexes," President Vladimir Putin said in an annual televised question-and-answer session with Russian citizens. He added, "Work is progressing successfully."
- Putin Announces New Nuclear Weapon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday chastised the United States over its policy in Iraq and Iran, and announced "grandiose" military plans, including development of a new nuclear weapon.
- Arrival Of The 'Asian' Century (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
The ultimate strategic effect of the Iraq war has been to hasten the arrival of the Asian Century.
- N-Deal Apart, Left Has Some Other Peeves (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
While showing no signs of budging from its opposition to the nuclear deal, the Left is expanding its areas of discord with the government. On Thursday, it demanded that the logistics support agreement with the US should not be signed and also . . . .
- A Passing Urge (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 18, 2007)
Martin Amis’s remarks about Muslims, made in the course of an interview with The Times more than a year ago, have turned up in the headlines again.
- Antony Talks Tough To Old Friends (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Defence minister A.K. Antony’s mission here to assuage old friends has not made him mince words on the Indian armed forces’ very real concerns on Russian supplies.
- Increased Military Spending Keeps South Asia On The Boil (Deccan Herald, Gobind Thukral, Oct 18, 2007)
Rising defence spending will not only aggravate South Asias internal and external disputes, but also exacerbate human security.
- Evolution Of Words (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 18, 2007)
Languages evolve just as species do, and just as with organisms, the rate of evolution is hardly uniform...
- India For Expanding Defence Ties With Russia: Antony (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 18, 2007)
India is committed to further upgrading and expanding defence ties with Russia, but is concerned over delays in Russian supplies and problems in product support, according to Defence Minister A.K. Antony.
- 'Prevent Iran From Going Nuclear' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
US President George Bush said on Wednesday that he had warned world leaders they must prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons "if you're interested in avoiding World War III".
- Iaf To Get First Batch Of Hawk Jets In Nov (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The IAF will get the first batch of British manufactured Hawk advanced jet trainers(AJT) in November and the fighter pilots will start training on these jets within the next few days at the Air Force academy in Bidar, Karnataka.
- The Unravelling Indo-Us Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2007)
Regardless of the real motives behind New Delhi’s suspension of its civilian nuclear accord with Washington, the move is bound to elicit comparisons between the foreign policy stances of India and Pakistan.
- Putin Warns Against Attack On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Russia backs Tehran’s right to nuclear energy
- Kims Last Card On Nuclear Issue (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
North Korea has reprocessed 50 kilos of weapons-grade plutonium.
- We Are Not Poles Apart (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 17, 2007)
Poland has gainfully used its past to build a promising new future. Poland was ravaged by conquests for centuries and yet rose remarkably from the ashes.
- India Second Best Destination For Fdi In 2007: Unctad (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
India has emerged as the second most attractive location after China, but ahead of the US and Russia, for global foreign direct investment in 2007, the World Investment Report of the UNCTAD has said.
- Putin In Iran Despite Assassination Threats (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran today for a historic visit to hold talks on Iran’s nuclear programme and attend a Caspian Sea summit.
- Building Confidence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The 15th anniversary of the CICA process, a milestone in the evolution of CICA, is being celebrated on October 17.
- Don’T Kill The N-Deal (Tribune, O.P. Sabherwal, Oct 17, 2007)
THE coming conclave(s) between the UPA government and the Left on October 22 and thereafter will to a large extent decide the fate of the Indo-US civilian nuclear accord.
- India 'To Overtake Uk' (British Broadcasting Corporation, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
India could overtake Britain and have the world's fifth largest economy within a decade as the country's growth accelerates, a new report says.
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