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- A Troubled Pakistan In A Troubled Region (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 29, 2007)
Faced with Russian and Chinese opposition to Chapter Seven sanctions at the UN Security Council, the United States has moved unilaterally to impose them on Iran to deter it from making a nuclear bomb which the IAEA says could be eight years away.
- Romancing The Dragon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Those who see India's growing closeness to the US as an indication that New Delhi has mortgaged the independence of its foreign policy should feel reassured by Sonia Gandhi's visit to China, which followed close on the heels of . . . . .
- Sonia Meets Shanghai's New Communist Party Chief (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi has become the first foreign leader to meet with the new Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, China's gleaming commercial hub.
- Role And Risks Of Sovereign Wealth Funds (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 29, 2007)
The latest issue of Finance & Development, an official publication of the International Monetary Fund, has an authoritative article on the rise of sovereign wealth funds — funds owned by State Governments of countries.
- Stunting The Sme (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Currently, we are in the throes of self-doubt concerning the booming stock exchange and the soaring rupee caused by a flood of foreign investors.
- Other Voices - Indian Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
China has once again demonstrated its relentless surge in the high technology domain.
- India’S Road To Intelligent Urbanism (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 29, 2007)
With the recent spate of flyover constructions in Chennai, pedestrians and bicyclists have been swept out of the main thoroughfares as if they don’t even exist.
- Class Apart, Some Mps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
What does globalisation have to do with caste relations in India? How does secularism differ from country to country? Can game theory be used to negotiate stable political coalitions? Read on.
- Food Security Concerns (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
“The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race…levelling the population with the food of the world.”
- Carbon Blueprint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Having given up on the nuclear deal and with elections in the not-to-distant future, the Congress (in particular the prime minister) has turned its attention to economic reform and governance, which should have been priorities at the beginning of . . . .
- Congress Bets On Prakash (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The hopelessly outsmarted Congress on Sunday went on an overdrive, to not only stop the BJP and JD(S) from forming a coalition government but also explore its own chances of returning to the helm in the State.
- Sino-India Relations May Change Asia: Hu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The new Chinese leadership on Friday rolled out the red carpet for Congress President Sonia Gandhi, as Beijing voiced its readiness to take Sino-India relations to a strategic level that could change Asia and the world in a “profound way”.
- Hu's China - Iii (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
In a despatch on October 21, 2007, the state-owned Hsinhua news agency of China reported as follows:
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- Sonia Gandhi Meets Chinese Premier Wen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Sanctions Doomed To Fail: Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 27, 2007)
An expression of U.S. hostility towards us, says Tehran
- Rising Sensex Lifts Investor Wealth To $1.5 Trillion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Dalal Street is on steroids. On Friday, with a 473 points rise in the Sensex, markets reached yet another new peak. And in doing so, for the first time India's market capitalisation (investor wealth) crossed the $1.5 trillion mark.
- Dj Cult Alive — In China (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2007)
Whatever may be happening in Europe and the U.S. a new poll, released on Friday shows that the cult of the superstar disc jockey (DJ) is alive and well, it’s moved to China.
- Merkel For Closer Ties With Asia (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 27, 2007)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday called upon the West to acknowledge “different structures” for resolving conflicts and be “open-minded” about religions from Asia. Calling on the West to be “more than willing to learn from . . . .
- Chang’E-1 In Second Orbital Transfer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
China’s lunar probe Chang’e-1 completed its second orbital transfer on Friday, in its 3,80,000-km journey to the Moon.
- China Sees Complications (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
China said on Friday the sanctions can only make the Iranian nuclear issue complicated.
- No Adverse Impact Of Nuclear Deal Uncertainty: Us Trade Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The US trade organisation, Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC), has ruled out any adverse impact of the Indo-US nuclear deal not coming through on the relationship between the two countries.
- Sonia’S Visit Will Boost Ties: Hu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
First foreign political leader to be received by new leadership
Visit a milestone in Sino-India relations, says Sonia
Progress made by China outstanding
- ‘Whether You Are Democrat Or Dictator, On The Left Or Right, Exclusion Will Sooner Or Later Destabilise You’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
When in the year 2000, Hernando de Soto came up with his magnum opus The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, it was a fundamental shift in thinking about an economic system that has had as many . . . .
- Gandhi On Goodwill Visit To China (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The leader of India's governing Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, has met the Chinese president and prime minister in Beijing.
- S Korea, Usa Differ Over North Peace Talk Date (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
South Korea and the USA differed over when to launch talks with North Korea on a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War, with Seoul today apparently favouring an early start and Washington preferring a cautious approach.
- Dmk Attempts To Boost Cong Ties (Asian Age, R. Bhagwan Singh, Oct 27, 2007)
The ruling DMK, which is finding itself increasingly isolated even within the Democratic Progressive Alliance that it heads in Tamil Nadu, is attempting to strengthen ties with the Congress leadership.
- Eu Plans A ‘Blue Card’ (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 27, 2007)
FORGET hopes of a new era of European harmony and unity following the agreement in Lisbon last week on a new reform treaty to whip unwieldy European Union institutions into shape: the bloc faces years of anxiety on whether the new institutional . . . .
- Merkel Spells Out Asia Plan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
On the eve of her first visit to India, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday outlined her government’s vision for Asia, urging her Asian partners including India to take on greater responsibility for conflict resolution within the region.
- India Threatened By 'Failed States': Nsa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Intelligence inputs available with the Government indicate the possibility of imminent jihadi attacks on country's "economic and iconic targets".
- China Hails Sonia's 'Milestone' Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
China on Friday hailed the visit of India's ruling coalition chief Sonia Gandhi as a "milestone" in the history of Sino-Indian relations, with President Hu Jintao saying his country attached great importance to developing friendly ties with New Delhi.
- Looming Crisis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 27, 2007)
Confrontation between the US and Iran over the nuclear issue has intensified with Washington having unilaterally imposed harsh, fresh sanctions on Tehran last Thursday, amid speculation that these were designed to pave the way for a . . .
- Burns: Bring N-Deal To Us Congress By January (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 27, 2007)
The Left, notably the CPI(M), may be furious over the United States setting an informal year-end deadline for the civil nuclear deal, but Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has once again stressed the timeline, saying it would be . . . .
- Sino-India Border: Beijing Favours Mutual Concessions, Adjustments (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
China on Thursday for the first time publicly said “mutual concessions and adjustments” were a must to reach an early deal on the vexed boundary issue with India for which the two governments have set up a Working Group to prepare a framework agreement.
- Energy On His Mind, Deal On Pause, Pm Frees Coal Blocks (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Oct 26, 2007)
Pushed back on the nuclear deal under pressure from his Left allies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cleared the decks for freeing up 18 coal blocks that would have the potential to set up around 68,000 MW of coal-based power stations.
- Economics Has To Take Lead In Solving Kashmir: Rangarajan (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Oct 26, 2007)
C Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minster, said here on Thursday that though the Kashmir issue has its political and social aspects, economic intervention has to take a lead for the imbroglio to be solved.
- Lunar Eclipse (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2007)
China has once again demonstrated its relentless surge in the high technology domain. Barely four years after becoming the third nation to put a man into space, and a few months after it successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon, China has shot off its
- Foreign Oil Workers Abducted In Darfur (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Darfur rebels on Thursday gave a foreign oil consortium involving India's ONGC a week to pull out or face further attacks after they kidnapped five oil workers including foreigners, during a raid on a Sudanese oilfield.
- Basics And Brajesh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2007)
You have to read a lot between the lines of Brajesh Mishra’s answers on nuclear deal questions — this paper carried a story on Thursday based on his ‘Walk the Talk’ appearance. You have to read the lines themselves carefully.
- Sonia’S Visit To China Shocking, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has described Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s China visit as “shocking.”
- Beml Bags Rs.1,144-Cr. Order From Dmrc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Rail and Metro Business Group of BEML Limited has bagged a Rs.1,144-crore global tender for manufacture and supply of 156 state-of-the-art standard gauge stainless steel metro cars, from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
- A Rising Bachelor Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
Once loath to reveal breakdowns in social stability, China's State Population and Family Commission admitted last winter that "the increasing difficulties men face finding wives may lead to social instability".
- India Tells Un Envoy It Wants A Stable Myanmar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
As UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari wraps up a visit to India and China, the two Asian giants have delivered the same message on Myanmar - maintain stability in the troubled nation and not throw it into political chaos.
- Industry Innovations Are Need Of The Hour: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Union Minister of State for Planning M V Rajashekeran on Thursday asked business and industrial houses to adopt innovations as they alone could help the country to achieve human growth and development.
- India, China Making Progress In Border Negotiations: Mukherjee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 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 on Thursday.
- Bird Flu: India To Host Summit In Dec (Hindu, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 26, 2007)
India wants to ensure that there is better benefit-sharing framework in the development of a vaccine for the threat posed by Avian influenza, say senior government officials.
- “In The World Economy, There Must Be Freedom For People And Ideas To Move” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 26, 2007)
It was at the end of the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) summit in Tshwane (Pretoria) that one met Roberto Mangabeira Unger, a don at Harvard University, author of numerous articles, and Brazil’s Minister for Long-Term Strategic . . . .
- Direct Flight To China From Kolkata (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
With China Eastern Airlines introducing direct flights between Kolkata and Kunming from October 29, the city is set to get its first direct link with China.
- David Mulford Meets Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
U.S. Ambassador to India David Mulford met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani at his residence here on Wednesday evening.
- India, China Making Progress On Border Talks: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
India and China have established a Working Group to prepare a framework for the settlement of the boundary issue.
- Every Us Govt Since ’70s Secretly Helped Pak Become Nuke Power (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Every successive American government, from President Jimmy Carter to incumbent President George W. Bush, has turned a blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear programme and allowed Islamabad to build nuclear facilities at . . .
- Get Tough With Myanmar, Hillary Tells Manmohan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 26, 2007)
The US Senate's 16 women members have sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to press the Myanmar’s military junta to end its crackdown on Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists in the country.
- Leave It To The People (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 26, 2007)
The insults that are being heaped upon one of the most correct and dignified prime ministers of the country are completely unwarranted.
- Suu Kyi Steps Out To Meet Junta Emissary (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with a representative of the ruling junta for more than an hour today, state television said.
- Kashmir Integral To The India Story (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
Today the relationship between India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir completes sixty years. It was on this day, October 26, 1947, that the ruler of the state, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the government of . . . .
- Sonia Arrives In China On A Five-Day Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
China on Thursday said it attached “great importance” to the visit of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who arrived here on a five-day trip, and hoped it would promote bilateral relations.
- Still Reigns Despite The Fall (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The US dollar’s persistent weakness in relation to other major currencies has been in the spotlight recently.
- Indexing Inhumanity, Indian Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 26, 2007)
It took minutes for the top guns to swing into action when the Sensex fell by several hundred points. But no Minister came forward to calm the nation when India hit the 94th rank in the Global Hunger Index.
- Bjp To Upa: Stop Chinese Incursions (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The BJP on Thursday mounted a blistering attack against the Congress-led UPA government for the 140 Chinese incursions into India in the recent past.
- Not Quite Global (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 26, 2007)
Former US president Jimmy Carter once said, "Globalisation, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing.
- Pawns In Pakistan (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Oct 26, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto's return was stage-managed by the US. Nawaz Sharif didn't succeed as he lacked American backing
- 'Centre Overlooking Chinese Intrusions' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Expressing concern over Center's "lackadaisical and indifferent" attitude towards growing intrusion by the Chinese troops into Indian territory, the BJP on Thursday described it 'shocking' that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was on a five-day tour . . . .
- Words Are Cheap In Buddha’S Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The very chief minister who promised Rizwanur Rehman’s bereaved mother justice has yet to serve justice to the kin of seven civilians killed and six others who were critically injured in police firing that a judicial inquiry . . . . .
- India, China, Russia Say Trilateral Meet Not Targeted At Any Country (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India, China and Russia on Wednesday sought “democratisation” of international relations and a “just and rational” world order but said their ambitious trilateral cooperation was not targeted against any other country or organisation.
- Chinese Soldiers Seal Off Tibet Monastery (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A major Tibetan monastery has been sealed off by armed troops following an increase in security after celebrations last week over a US award for the region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, an activist group said on Wednesday.
- Congress Defends Pm On Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday came out in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the BJP’s campaign that he is a "weak Prime Minister". It attacked BJP stalwarts Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani and described Dr Singh as . . . .
- Everything Is Proceeding As Planned, Says China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday, the first step in its ambitious three-stage moon mission, marking a new milestone in the country’s space exploration history.
- Food Inflation On The Rise (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 25, 2007)
THE holy month of Ramazan was conspicuous for accelerating the rate of inflation, particularly food inflation in the country. In fact, the inflation rate was the highest in this month during the last five years.
- Economy Of India Now $4 Trillion: Chidambaram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India's economy, which swelled close to a trillion dollars last year, is actually worth four trillion dollars when measured in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) and accounts for 6.3 per cent of the global economy, Finance Minister . . . .
- Sonia Leaves For First Visit To China As Congress Chief (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi accompanied by her son and AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday left for China on a five-day visit.
- Cong Defends Pm, Blasts Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Acting on the directions of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the party came out in strong defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today while lashing out at the BJP for mounting a personal attack against him.
- 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.
- Convince Me N-Weapons Plan Safe, I’Ll Say Go Ahead With Deal: Brajesh Mishra (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
At a time when political parties in the Opposition are rallying around the Left against the UPA on the Indo-US nuclear deal, National Security Advisor in the BJP-led NDA government Brajesh Mishra has said that he would let the deal go ahead if he . . . .
- 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.
- Let Sensex Soar Higher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
In American writer JW De Forest's long ago novel, Honest John Vane, written in 1875 and first serialised in The Atlantic, Darius Dorman, a broker, advises Honest John, erstwhile ice-box manufacturer-turned-Republican Congressman:
- China’S First Lunar Probe Launched (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
China launched its first moon orbiter on Wednesday amid a blaze of live-to-air patriotic propaganda celebrating the country’s space ambitions and technological prowess.
- 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.
- Australia Sanctions On Junta Family (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Australia slapped financial sanctions on Myanmar’s generals and their families today as supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 12 years in captivity with protests in 12 cities across the world.
- 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.
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