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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- A Nuclear Test And New Realities (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 11, 2007)
Washington is a wounded global power, whose preoccupations involving some West Asian countries have compelled it to play second fiddle to China as an advocate of non-proliferation in regard to the DPRK.
- Importance Of Politics (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 11, 2007)
The Indian economy," a voice boomed in the departure lounge of Goa airport, "can now move ahead on its own. It will continue to grow irrespective of what politicians do.
- First Malay Blasts Off Into Space (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Malaysia’s first astronaut, a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off to rendezvous with the International Space Station today.
- Europe’S Success As A ‘Workfare’ State (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2007)
IN the global economy, today’s winners can become tomorrow’s losers in a twinkling, and vice versa.
- The Mysterious Burmese Junta (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
These are supposed to be humbling times for foreign policy analysts – chaos in Iraq having made it harder to cast the United States as omnipotent, omniscient and self-actualising.
- Us Mulled Poisons For Assassinations (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
In one of the longest-held secrets of the Cold War, the US army explored the potential for using radioactive poisons to assassinate "important individuals" such as military or civilian leaders, according to newly declassified documents obtained.
- Us, Russia Clash At Un Over Kosovo Future (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The United States and Russia clashed anew over Kosovo on Tuesday, as Washington's UN envoy said Serb-Albanian talks needed to end in two months while Moscow's called for them to carry on until agreement.
- Is The Nuclear Power Option Safe For India? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The country is well equipped, both in terms of regulatory mechanisms and manpower, to exploit nuclear power safely and efficiently.
- Who Decides On Bio-Security? (Business Line, Kanchi Kohli , Oct 10, 2007)
When India enacted the Biological Diversity Act in 2002, it made it mandatory for all foreign entities (individual, corporate, organisation or individual) to seek the permission of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) before . . . .
- U.S: Myopia As Vision (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Oct 10, 2007)
Thanks to the Myanmarese protests, Bush returned to his robust message to go after the outposts of tyranny and liberate the world’s peoples.
- Distant Neighbours (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 10, 2007)
AUNG San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Laureate and a celebrated democracy campaigner, is by far the best known face of the spirit of Myanmar and its hapless people.
- America's Shocking Secret (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
During the Cold War, the US Army thought of using radioactive poisons to assassinate 'important individuals'. Approved at the highest levels, it pursued a 'new concept of warfare' using radioactive materials from atomic bomb-making.
- Whipping It Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
A Russian space official presented a traditional Kazakh whip to US astronaut Peggy Whitson today so she can “manage her crew” when she becomes the first woman to command the international space station.
- India Has A Responsible Nuclear Programme: France (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The two countries share “a high degree of trust,” said Jerome Bonnafont, French Ambassador to India, in his first exclusive interview since he arrived in India, and hope to enhance that relationship with a series of top-level political exchanges . . .
- Iaf Plans Three-Fighter Arsenal (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 09, 2007)
As per the IAF plans, the existing MiGs MiG 21, MiG 23, MiG 25, MiG 27 and MiG 29 along with Jaguars and Mirage will be phased out.
- Two-Day Meet In China To Promote ‘Trilateral’ Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Indian, Russian, Chinese Foreign Ministers to focus on transport, Information Technology and biotech
Setting will enable India to discuss reforms in the U.N.
China feels three could join hands in several fields
- Is The Nuclear Power Option Safe For India? (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 09, 2007)
The country is well equipped, both in terms of regulatory mechanisms and manpower, to exploit nuclear power safely and efficiently.
- Bigger, Better And Cheaper Tvs In The Global Market (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Oct 09, 2007)
A quiet but significant revolution led by Japanese electronics giants has begun to change the world of television.
- Spending On The Military (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 09, 2007)
At a time when the political role of the military has become a hotly debated subject, comes the news that in 2006, Pakistan spent more than any other developing country on acquiring new weaponry from abroad.
- Spectre Of Sovereign Wealth Funds (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Oct 09, 2007)
With apologies to Karl Marx, a spectre is haunting the capitalist West: that of sovereign wealth funds (SWF).
- Iaea Talks To Address Your Concern: Upa Will Tell Left, If It Listens (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 09, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear deal may have plunged the UPA government into a crisis but that is unlikely to come in the way of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussing India’s plans to expand cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector with IAEA . . . .
- Opportunism, Karnataka Style (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 09, 2007)
Haryana has had the distinction of giving the Indian political lexicon the terminology “Aya Ram Gaya Ram” to denote opportunistic floor crossings in order to acquire or retain power for personal profit.
- Japan Approves Extension Of Sanctions On North Korea (Times of India, CP Bhambhri, Oct 09, 2007)
Japan's Cabinet approved on Tuesday plans to extend the nation's economic sanctions on North Korea for six more months over Pyongyang's nuclear tests last year, the Foreign Ministry said.
- Educate The Masses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 09, 2007)
The outsourcing boom of the 21st century has transformed India. From a developing country, we are today an emerging economy and a superpower in the making.
- Govt Keen To Clinch Pact With Iaea (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Undeterred by the Left’s stout opposition to the proposed Indo-US nuclear deal for civilian purposes and the prospects of a snap general election looming large, the Congress-led UPA government appears to have made up its mind in going ahead with . . . .
- Unsc To Decide Action On Burma (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Faced with mounting world outrage over violence in Burma, the UN Security Council was to meet on Monday, under pressure to quickly condemn the military regime for crushing pro-democracy protests.
- Israel To Support Division Of Jerusalem: Olmert Deputy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that his government would support a division of Jerusalem, which is reportedly a key component of an Israeli-Palestinian declaration to be made at a US-sponsored Mideast peace conference . . .
- Autumn In Washington (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2007)
With the approach of winter, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole . . . .
- Turkey, Iran Resolve To Deepen Energy Ties (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 08, 2007)
Looking eastward, Turkey has signalled that it would not allow financial difficulties to come in the way of strengthening energy ties with Iran.
- Let's Get This Straight (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Oct 08, 2007)
A lot of discussion takes place on the need to pursue an independent foreign policy.
- India's Silence And The Junta (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 08, 2007)
It seems economic and military ties score over the suppression of human rights in Myanmar.
- Towards A New Space Age (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
It was 50 years ago that the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite.
- Typhoon Forces Mass Evacuation In China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Typhoon Krosa weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall in east China on Sunday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of more than one million people in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian.
- Ruled By The Gun (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Empty monasteries, severed telecommunications, and a sullen, beaten silence that seems to envelop the whole country.
- In Craggy Country~i (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Television tickers nearer the date of 9/11 indicated Osama bin Laden’s possible change of address, to Chitral, in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
- Serious Or Joking? (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2007)
Last week, a large section of the popular Indian media was abuzz with the possibility of an asteroid, Apophis, hitting the Earth after William Ailor, director of the Centre for Orbital and Re-entry Studies, Aerospace Corporation . . . . .
- Burma Junta Detains 78 More Activists (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A relentless crackdown on Burma’s pro-democracy activists showed no sign of easing, with the junta announcing on Sunday that 78 more people have been detained in spite of global outrage and new sanctions.
- “Iaf Will Be Transformed In A Decade” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 06, 2007)
Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Fali H Major on Friday said that though depleting force levels was a matter of concern, the Air Force would turn the corner in another five to 10 years.
- Being In Charge Is A Nice Job (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
The trouble with all those pesky constitutions that forbid presidents to stand for a third term of office is that the incumbents don't want to go.
- Historic Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
The two Koreas have signed a landmark deal that holds out the promise of ushering in peace in the peninsula.
- Dealing With Plenty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2007)
From a lofty position of decisive inaction the Reserve Bank of India over the week engaged in some reluctant intervention in the foreign exchange market to mop up some of the capital inflows to prevent a further . . . .
- Informal Talks With Iaea On: Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government today said it was holding informal consultations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for an India specific safeguard agreement.
- Myanmar: India Must Suspend Military Support (Hindu, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 06, 2007)
The military cracks down on protesters and takes an increasingly prominent position on the streets of Yangon. Hundreds of arrests are made and there are worrying reports of a rising death toll.
- Upa, Left 'N The Elusive Fix (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The UPA leadership sought to convince the Left parties on going ahead with discussions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on India-related safeguards in the Indo-US nuclear deal as the joint committee held its third meeting here on Friday.
- Staying The Course In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 06, 2007)
The latest U.S. initiative on Afghanistan serves to legitimise NATO’s maritime activities in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea.
- Un Envoy Warns Of Serious Consequences Over Myanmar Crisis (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari warned on Friday that turmoil in Myanmar could have "serious international repercussions" and urged the military regime to release all political detainees.
- New Cars, Old Roads (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2007)
With car sales in Europe remaining stagnant and declining in the US and Japan, major manufacturers are turning to the emerging markets like India, China and Russia.
- Do's And Dont's Pack For Migrants (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The British government plans to give DOs and DON'Ts packs to migrants immediately after their arrival in the country.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2007)
The virus is spreading and from Bankura to Birbhum, rural Bengal appears to be falling apart. Whether it is land acquisition or a decrepit rationing system, pulling the trigger to quell protests has of late become the standard response of a . . . .
- World Spice Congress To Offer Intellectual, Business Forums (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The World Spice Congress, which has been organised jointly by the Spices Board of India and the All India Spices Exporters Forum since 1990, is going to take place for the ninth time in Goa from January 28-30, 2008.
- Putin's Gambit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 05, 2007)
He will remain in charge of Kremlin. . .
- Did Oil Fuel Iraq War? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2007)
Allegations that the US Bush administration was driven to invade Iraq by a lust for the country’s oil have been part of the anti-war movement’s narrative since even before the war’s first shots were fired.
- Señor C (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Oct 05, 2007)
The structure is polyphonic — a tribute to Bach, “the spiritual father”; the plot secretly reworks James and recalls Kawabata; and the implied master-allusion is to Nabokov.
- Us Obsession With Iran (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 05, 2007)
Until the incredibly rude and crude treatment meted out to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during his three-day stay in New York, primarily to address the UN General Assembly, one didn’t have an adequate idea of the depth of America’s. . .
- Autumn Leaves In Washington (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2007)
With India moving into election mode, the focus is naturally on coalition compulsions and deflecting attention from the messy handling of the Ram Sethu issue.
- Two Koreas Agree To Resolve Reunification (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 05, 2007)
Meet sets tone and pace for a new order of peace.
- India Seeks Release Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 05, 2007)
For the first time in many years, India has joined the West in seeking release of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi but insisted that the tone of a resolution on Myanmar by a United Nations body should have been less minatory.
- Victory For Diplomacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2007)
The conclusion of a six-nation agreement under which the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea is to disclose all details of its nuclear programme and dismantle three major facilities in Yongbyon by the end of the year comes as a welcome. . .
- Why India Should Opt For Nuclear Power (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 05, 2007)
France, which has 80 per cent nuclear electricity, has the lowest cost of electricity in Europe and the lowest per capita carbon emission; Korea and Japan prefer imported nuclear energy to other forms of energy; and China is investing. . .
- Us Foreign Policy Worries (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 04, 2007)
With winter approaching fast, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun, before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole . . . .. .
- Special Article (Statesman, Salman Haidar , Oct 04, 2007)
As the issue of climate change becomes an ever greater source of anxiety throughout the world, advocacy groups have pushed hard for the UN to step up its efforts to halt the rush towards environmental disaster.
- N Korea Agrees To Declare N-Plans (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
North Korea agreed to provide a "complete and correct declaration" of its nuclear programs and will disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by Dec. 31 under an agreement reached by North Korea and five other countries released on Wednesday.
- Onion Tears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
While the government may draw comfort from inflation being at a low of 3.23 per cent, the prices of certain commodities of daily use rule uncomfortably high for the common citizen.
- Close Communion (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 04, 2007)
Last week’s piece on blogging was unfair to the genre because it overlooked blogging’s most important function, which is neither fact-checking nor editorializing, but the often dangerous business of testifying to our times.
- Autumn In Washington (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 04, 2007)
With the approach of winter, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole, "the autumn . . . .
- Selective Atheism (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 04, 2007)
BR. haran’s article, ‘Selective atheism of Karunanidhi’ is an Hindutva critique of Dravidian politics.
- Nuclear Energy Cooperation With Russia On Cards (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
India has a busy diplomatic calendar for the rest of the year, which will see a sharp focus on Russia - a country with which civilian nuclear energy cooperation, on the lines of the Indo-US nuke deal, is on the anvil.
- North Korea Agrees To Disable Main Reactor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
North Korea pledged Wednesday to disable its main nuclear weapons facilities by the end of the year, while its leader Kim Jong Il huddled with his South Korean counterpart at the two Koreas' first summit in seven years to talk about a greater peace . . .
- N Korea To Disable N-Facilities By Dec (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
North korea has endorsed an agreement to dismantle all of its nuclear facilities by year-end, according to a joint six-nation statement released by China in Beijing on Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
- N-Deal Has Miles To Go (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 04, 2007)
With India and US having arrived at an 'agreed text' of the nuclear agreement and domestic opposition slowly melting, it just might seem that the end is near. This could well be a mirage.
- A Launch And A Bombshell Effect In 1957 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 04, 2007)
The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union 50 years ago recast the strategic equations. For the first time, the U.S. felt defenceless to an enemy attack.
- The New French Revolution (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Oct 04, 2007)
Sarkozy has taken the untrodden path in the French presidency by deviating away from the French tradition.
- Morality Matters (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 04, 2007)
An argument one frequently hears in defence of the Government's failure to condemn the savage violence Burma's ruling junta has unleashed on the country's completely peaceful movement for democracy, is that concern for morality must yield to . . . .
- Putin Plans To Stay In Command (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
If Mr Vladimir Putin becomes Russia's Prime Minister, as he indicated he might, it would allow him to square the circle -- letting him keep his promise of stepping down as President without relinquishing power.
- Will The Generals Step Aside? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 03, 2007)
DESPITE indications of popular unease since mid-August, recent events in Myanmar (Burma) took the world by surprise.
- China Keeps Arms Spend Under Wraps (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Centuries ago, Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu proclaimed, "all warfare is based on deception". To this day, China actively pursues this strategy, keeping its defence expenditure, arms imports, capabilities and strategic intentions . . . .
- Unshaken It Stands (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Panasonic Bets Big On India, Emerging Mkts (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
India will get a very big share of the 40 billion-yen (about Rs 1,374 crore), the Japanese consumer durables giant Panasonic plans to invest in five countries in emerging markets, its managing executive officer Hitoshi Otsuki said on Tuesday.
- Al Qaeda In The Ascendant (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Moon And Beyond (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
It’s official. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan I lifts off for the Moon from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on April 9, 2008 - give or take a day or two depending on the weather.
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