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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 12412:
- 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.
- 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.
- Truth On Netaji (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 28, 2005)
The myth and mystique around Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose overshadows that of every other contemporary Indian leader even 60 years after ...
- Choosing Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 28, 2005)
Could human ethics vary according to context? Crucial questions of right and wrong may be debated and legislated in different societies in different ways.
- 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.
- Make Way For Others (Telegraph, Gywnne Dyer, Mar 28, 2005)
Assume that the people who run defense and foreign policy in the Bush administration are as ferociously intelligent as they think they are. What would their grand strategy be?
- 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.
- It Shows Us Disregard For Indian Sensitivities (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 26, 2005)
The sale of F-16s to Pakistan could affect the growing Indo-US relations. It is sure to bring to the fore some of the old mistrusts.
- Why The Guv Isn't Walking Grimly Into The Fm's Room (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 26, 2005)
The International Monetary Fund's fortnightly IMF Survey dated March 21 leads with the Fund's Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato's plaudits for China and India.
- Reforming The United Nations (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 26, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has, in pursuance of the request in the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations, has released his report on reforming the UN, titled “In Larger Freedom” on March 21.
- Exports To China Up At $2.5 B (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2005)
India’s exports to China during the eight month period from April 2004 to November 2004 at $2.5 billion was 74 per cent higher than the exports to its neighbour during the same period last year.
- Consensus Is The Diplomatic Key (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 26, 2005)
India seems caught up in its own contradictions in foreign policy postures, with the result that it is unable to acquire its rightful position in the comity of nations.
- Democratic Evangelism (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 26, 2005)
Now that the bouts of indignation and suppressed jubilation over the US visa of the Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, are behind us, it is instructive to consider another possibility.
- It Shows Us Disregard For Indian Sensitivities (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 26, 2005)
The sale of F-16s to Pakistan could affect the growing Indo-US relations. It is sure to bring to the fore some of the old mistrusts.
- Expecting Relief Before Rains (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Mar 26, 2005)
A massive rehabilitation plan for the tsunami affected areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations.
- A Bbc And Cnn Of Our Own (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Mar 26, 2005)
A pronounced schizophrenia afflicts me when I involve myself with anything to do with the US these days. I am pleased with what Foreign Minister Natwar Singh has achieved during Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit.
- Reforming The United Nations (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 26, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has, in pursuance of the request in the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations, has released his report on reforming the UN, titled “In Larger Freedom” on March 21.
- Expecting Relief Before Rains (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Mar 26, 2005)
A massive rehabilitation plan for the tsunami affected areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations.
- India In An Emerging World Order (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Mar 25, 2005)
As the US, Russia and China redefine their equations with each other and with their neighbours, it is in India's interest to develop a common diplomatic approach with China and Russia on such issues ...
- Democratic Evangelism (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 25, 2005)
Now that the bouts of indignation and suppressed jubilation over the US visa of the Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, are behind us, it is instructive to consider another possibility.
- Making A Difficult Choice (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Mar 25, 2005)
When junior schools in China began new enrolments this week for the next academic year, some of them were in for a surprise: the number of foreign students wanting to join had gone up.
- Visa Denial: No Big Deal (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Mar 24, 2005)
There has been no reprieve in the issue of the grant of a US visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, despite the Indian government's demarche. On balance, it is no great deal!
- Global Threats And U.N. Reforms (Hindu, Satish Kumar, Mar 24, 2005)
The Secretary-General's high-level panel report ends up bowing more to the raw distribution of power than to international principles.
- Us Looks Differently At India (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Mar 24, 2005)
An influential American academic who was recently in Delhi very candidly spelt out US global priorities in the coming years. While acknowledging that the “War on terrorism” had acquired new dimensions that would take considerable time to ...
- Lets Join Hands In Energy Sector, India Tells China (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2005)
India and China need to collaborate over sources of energy for attaining energy security rather than competing against one another, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said here on Wednesday.
- Major Oil Spill Off Goa As Ship, Barge Collide (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 24, 2005)
The mile-long oil slick could cause major damage to Goa’s tourist coast and marine life if not contained in 40 hours.
- Blackwill Moots Indo-Us Co-Operation In Space Tech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2005)
Former American ambassador to India Robert Blackwill on Tuesday asked the US to enter into a long-term programme of space co-operation with India and lift restrictions on the assistance given to civilian nuclear industry and hi-tech trade.
- Will Kyrgyzstan's Protests Follow Ukraine's Lead? (Christian Science Monitor, Fred Weir , Mar 22, 2005)
Unlike in the 'Orange Revolution,' violence has marred rallies that erupted here to protest allegedly flawed elections earlier this month.
- Budget: Overcoming Roadblocks To Growth (Business Line, Padmalatha Suresh , Mar 22, 2005)
India has a very large network of poor quality roads. The stretch of national highways that carries 45 per cent of total traffic is mostly two-lanes with heavy traffic, low service and slow speeds. Road maintenance is grossly under-funded, with only one-t
- Nuke Secrets In Pak Black Market (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2005)
Nuclear investigators from the United States and other nations now believe that the black market network run by the Pakistani scientist A Q Khan was selling not only technology for enriching nuclear fuel and blueprints for nuclear weapons
- Under Eastern Eyes (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 22, 2005)
Condi Rice. She was in Delhi last week telling India, in true condescending style, that this country could possibly play an international role along with other developed countries, in the near future, that we have been “accepted” as a nation that can deli
- Tight Oil Position Ahead? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 21, 2005)
An increase in domestic oil prices would severely affect economic operations, as higher running costs would translate into higher road freight rates, which will be passed on to the consumer. Even if the Government were to oblige the oil companies by raisi
- To Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2005)
Given its predilections, the Western media can no longer be relied on for a truthful version of global events , writes N.J. Nanporia
- Forced In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2005)
Ambiguity is essential to the existence of Taiwan and its 23 million people
- Only Policies Matter (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Mar 21, 2005)
Condi spreads sunshine, but interest will assert
- U.S. Misled Allies About Nuclear Export (Washington Post, Dafna Linzer, Mar 20, 2005)
In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the Bush administration told its Asian allies in briefings earlier this year that Pyongyang had exported nuclear material to Libya. That was a significant new charge, . . .
- The Making Of A Hero (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Mar 19, 2005)
There is only one leader; the rest are led by him. National leadership in times of peace requires one kind of skill; military leadership
- Search For Substitutes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 19, 2005)
THE rapid rise in the global prices of oil, which touched a record $57 a barrel on Thursday, has led the International Energy Agency to ask the developed world to cut demand
- Rice To Juggle Many Diplomatic Balls In Asia (Tribune, MARK MAGNIER, Mar 19, 2005)
With her arrival in Tokyo on Friday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice finds herself in a region with dangerous flashpoints, hoping that none of them spin out of control.
- Nurture Commerce In Commodities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 19, 2005)
Global commodity markets are once again facing boom times, with prices across commodity categories — energy products, precious metals, base metals and farm produce
- Around The World On A T-Shirt Trail (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 19, 2005)
Year 1999. Georgetown University, US. A young woman seizes the microphone and asks the crowd of WTO-protesters: "Who made your T-shirt?"
- Bush Stokes Anti-Us Embers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 19, 2005)
A truly terrifying appointment. You can't have a situation where rich countries lecture developing countries about democracy and then aren't prepared to exercise democracy in this kind of appointment.
- Rice Is Nice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2005)
THE interactions US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had with Indian leaders during her brief visit to New Delhi suggest that there has been a significant change in the US perception of India.
- Gas Realities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 18, 2005)
In February, the US Ambassador in New Delhi, Mr David Mulford, had met the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, to convey Washington's reservations on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline deal.
- No Such Thing As Free Lunch (Business Line, S. Srinath, Mar 18, 2005)
All items covered by FBT will be affected either by VAT or service tax, which cannot be treated as input tax.
- Self-Inflicted Wounds (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 18, 2005)
The capitulation in the late hours of March 11 does not change the context. The Indian polity is suddenly in a deep mess, mostly on account of the misdoings of the scraggy outfit still passing as the Congress.
- Shaking Hands With Us (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 18, 2005)
THE US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, during her first visit to India indicated two likely changes in the US policy towards India.
- Draft Condi, Draft Hillary! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 18, 2005)
This column wishes even-handedly to press both the Republicans and the Democrats of the US to launch pronto a campaign to draft Dr Condoleeza Rice, the first black female Secretary of State
- Sustaining Export Growth (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Mar 18, 2005)
The sustained growth in exports is a vindication of the liberalisation measures and the progressive policies followed by the government in recent years and, more important
- Fdi As Catalyst For Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Majumder , Mar 17, 2005)
Within six months of its coming to power, the UPA Government ushered in a slew of measures to attract foreign investors.
- Home, New Home (Telegraph, Bishnupada Sethi, Mar 17, 2005)
With some more hard work, the Upper Krishna Project’s success with resettlement could be replicated in other states
- Rice’S Agenda: To Scuttle Pipeline? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 17, 2005)
If America succeeds in putting the pipeline on hold, it will strengthen its influence in South Asia
- Stand Firm On The Iran Pipeline (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2005)
The statements of "concern" made by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the proposed gas pipeline from Iran to India represent the first time the United States has gone public with its opposition to the energy project.
- Taken By Surprise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2005)
After India stopped its arms assistance to Nepal, Pakistan has offered to help the Himalayan kingdom to combat the Maoist upsurge there. Did Indian foreign policy planners anticipate this development or were they taken by surprise?
- Pricing Issue Threatens To Stall Iran-India Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
The petroleum minister said that domestic users in the country cannot pay the price for natural gas as demanded by Iran.
- Chinese New Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2005)
With China’s National People’s Congress passing a Taiwan-specific law on Monday, the communist giant has sent out two clear messages to the world.
- India Protests Possible Sale Of Fighter Jets To Pakistan (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 17, 2005)
Indian officials objected Wednesday to the possible U.S. resumption of F-16 fighter jet sales to Pakistan,
- Strategic Paradigm Shift (The Economic Times, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Mar 16, 2005)
In the 1960s, India was compelled to start purchasing Soviet defence equipment, for a combination of strategic reasons and non-availability of western alternatives.
- Tackling Medium-Term Challenges — Key To Fiscal Stability (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Mar 16, 2005)
No doubt, the Twelfth Finance Commission, with its multi-dimensional restructuring of government finance, has burdened the Centre's finances.
- Nepal’S Prospective Allies And Dilemma (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Mar 16, 2005)
At home it is engaged in battling the Maoist insurgents and opposition parties, both of whom have announced fresh protests. And now, Nepal is also slugging it out at the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva,
- America Warns China On Taiwan (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Mar 16, 2005)
China’S new “anti-secession” law authorising the use of force against Taiwan has sent ripples of alarm throughout the region and beyond, drawing a stern reaction from the US, and casting new uncertainty on European plans to resume arms sales to Beijing.
- Choked Pipeline (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 16, 2005)
The proposed pipeline from Iran through Pakistan to India appears to have run into some trouble with the US government expressing concern over the deal India is negotiating with Iran.
- In Asia, Rice Says North Korea More Isolated From Neighbors (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 16, 2005)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asserted Tuesday that North Korea's "isolation from its neighbors has deepened" as it has bolstered its nuclear stockpile in the past year,
- Wen To Visit India To Solve Border Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has announced that he will visit India soon with a three-point agenda, which includes enhancing bilateral ties to strategic levels and seeking a “fair” resolution to the vexed boundary issue on the basis of “mutual accommodation
- Time For Us And India To Go Steady (Deccan Herald, STANLEY A WEISS, Mar 15, 2005)
Washington can no longer take India for granted, as there are other suitiors waiting on the sidelines
- Centre Ready For Debate On Nepal Crisis (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
Opposition members said Pakistan’s decision to supply Nepal with arms could have serious repercussions for India.
- Crude Equations (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 15, 2005)
The prospect of the price of crude oil breaching the $55 a barrel mark has set alarm bells ringing. As the Economic Survey for 2004-2005 has indicated, the crude and petroleum product import bill for India this
- 'Iran-India Pipeline Has Enough Safeguards’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
There is immense gain for India by way of transit fee if the gas pipeline is extended up to China, the petroleum minister said.
- Rewind The Tape, Please (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Mar 14, 2005)
Taxing foreign money, as was suggested by the RBI Governor, may, after all, be a good idea. India may not really be able to prevent such hot monies coming and leaving at short notice.
- A Double-Edged Sword (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 14, 2005)
If the Chinese flood of textiles exports continues to grow, there’s no guarantee India will remain unscathed
- Wto Completes A Decade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 14, 2005)
There is little doubt that, if one excludes the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation is perhaps the most important international body with a multilateral membership that has been set up after the Second World War.
- China’S Foreign Minister Plans To Visit Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2005)
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zaoxing will be in Kathmandu on an official visit during the first week of April, making it the first visit of its kind by a foreign government representative since King Gyanendra sacked the Sher Bahadur Deuba government and us
- New Deal For Rural India, Powered By Panchayats (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 12, 2005)
Lost in the din on withdrawal tax, and pushed to fringes by the FBT protests, is the `Bharat Nirman' that Chidambaram spoke of as a business plan
- Lost Horizon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 12, 2005)
The Dalai Lama, in a statement issued on Thursday in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, has reiterated his commitment to seek autonomy for Tibet within China.
- ‘An Open Society And Open Economy Are The Pillars... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 12, 2005)
The test of the vibrancy and resilience of a democracy is not just the ability to conduct elections and convene legislatures.
- Bureaucrat Likely To Be Next Chief Executive Of Hong Kong (Tribune, Philip P. Pan, Mar 12, 2005)
Hong Kong’s unpopular chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, submitted his resignation to the Chinese government on Thursday, ending his difficult tenure as the territory’s first post-colonial leader and leaving China with the delicate task of picking a
- Economy On The Upswing (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Mar 12, 2005)
Indian economy, for the second consecutive year, has performed well. GDP growth for the year 2004-05 has now been projected at 6.9 per cent after a record growth of 8.5 per cent in the previous year.
- Ftas — Adding To `Spaghetti Bowl Of Tariffs' (Business Line, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Mar 12, 2005)
It is difficult to say whether or not FTAs promote global trade, but surely there are important issues that need to be sorted out in the quest for free trade.
- One More Oil Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 11, 2005)
On the heels of the project to build a gas pipeline from Myanmar to India via Bangladesh, comes a deal with Venezuela by which India will operate an oilfield in the South American country and import the output.
- The Next `New' Thing Is `Things' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 11, 2005)
Cotton, coffee, sugar, oil, wheat, rice... This is not a grocery list for you to pick up on your way home, but a pick from some of the common commodities that figure in business pages along with precious metals and
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