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Articles 2721 through 2820 of 31829:
- Primitive Accumulation (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Oct 11, 2006)
SEZs pave the way for private capital to make huge profits at the expense of the small property owner and the state.
- Setback In New York (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 11, 2006)
New Delhi has no reason to be surprised by the U.S.' rejection of Shashi Tharoor's candidature for the top U.N. post.
- Traders' Protest (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Oct 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court allows commercial activities in Delhi's residential areas, but after police firing claims four lives in Seelampur.
- No To Island Cities (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 11, 2006)
What does one say when a country as underdeveloped and backward as Pakistan wishes to develop supposedly state-of-the-art cities in two uninhabited islands off its coastline and even hands them over to a foreign development firm?
- Infosys On A Roll, Up 51 % In Q2 (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
IT major Infosys Technologies Ltd on Wednesday posted a 51.35 per cent increase in net profit after tax and exceptional items at Rs 896 crore for the quarter ended September 30, as compared to Rs 592 crore for the corresponding quarter last year.
- A Language In Disguise? (Hindu, Murali N. Krishnaswamy, Oct 10, 2006)
An all-out war against bad English offering antidotes to archaic `Indlish'
- India Should Quit (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Oct 10, 2006)
The painful reassessment of the Non-Alignment Movement continues with no clear answer.
- N Korea: Everything To Gain, Nothing To Lose (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 10, 2006)
A leading US Congressman has called for the immediate and urgent deployment of a missile defence system in East Asia following North Korea's nuclear test on Monday...
- Philately Exhibition On Mahatma Gandhi Opens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
Being held at the GPO, it will be on till October 13
- Nkorea Walks N-Threat, Dares World To Act (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
North Korea faced united global condemnation and calls for harsh sanctions on Monday after it announced it had detonated an atomic weapon in an underground test that thrust the secretive communist state into the elite club of nuclear-armed nations.
- North Korea Conducts N-Test (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
North Korea boasted today it performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test, saying it detonated a successful underground blast in a “great leap forward” that defied international warnings against the communist regime.
- Dalit Icon Kanshi Ram No More (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Oct 10, 2006)
Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram died here early Monday morning after a protracted illness.
- Fission And No Fizz (OutLook, Kanti Bajpai, Oct 10, 2006)
N-power status put India back a notch on all counts. What saved us from the hole: the economy.
- Spectre Of N-Arms Race Looms Over Asia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
The spectre of an Asian nuclear arms race loomed over region on Monday after communist North Korea shocked the world by announcing it conducted its first-ever nuclear test.
- Lanka Govt Warns Ltte Of ‘Counter Measures’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s President warned today that “appropriate counter measures” would be taken to ensure security if Tamil Tiger attacks continue, as a Tamil political party warned of full-scale war if the military launches a major offensive.
- Finding Him In Malgudi (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2006)
He loved Gulmohur trees, crowded bazaars... It’s difficult to believe today is R K Narayan’s centenary.
- The 100th Birth Anniversary Of R K Narayan Falls Today (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2006)
The Guide was made in English and Hindi by Dev Anand. It was commercially a most successful venture, but Narayan was not happy with the screen adaptation of his novel. His novel Mr. Sampath was...
- ...Vindicates India's Stand On Pak, China And N Korea Nexus (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Oct 10, 2006)
The Asian strategic theatre got a little more complicated on Monday when North Korea announced to the world that it had gone nuclear.
- Pressure On Delhi Likely, Trouble For Us N-Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 10, 2006)
The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal is expected to get trapped in the shock waves sweeping across the world after the nuclear test conducted by North Korea, which is being widely perceived as a "failure" of the Bush administration’s foreign policy.
- Us Hold On Nobel Prize Continues (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 10, 2006)
For all the talk of American decline in the 21st century, the United States continues to retain a stranglehold on the Nobel Prize. An American don won the Nobel Prize for Economics on Monday, making it a clean sweep for the U.S this year with only . . .
- No Objection To India Sharing Evidence With Others, Says Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 10, 2006)
It will remain an allegation unless we see evidence for ourselves: Tasnim Aslam
- The End Of 'Non-Proliferation' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2006)
On October 9, 2006, North Korea became the eighth country on the planet to announce that it had conducted a nuclear explosive test and joined the ranks of nuclear weapon states.
- The Nets Of Caring Should Be Cast Wider (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 10, 2006)
What is it about animals that has a therapeutic effect on ill people? According to new findings delivered at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2005, researchers reported discovering that a 12-minute visit with a dog helped heart . . .
- Dirty Deals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2006)
India’s top ranking in the Bribe Payers Index compiled by Transparency International is a sad commentary of business practices in the country.
- Pressure Grows For A Lengthy Closure Of Everest (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2006)
Conservationists condemn the tourism turning the world's highest peak into a rubbish dump and are pressing for controls on climbing.
- Education Leadership Programme Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
The aim is to improve methods, processes used by schools
Programme based on courses conducted in U.S. universities
A Delhi-based organisation will conduct it.
- ‘Saddam’S Forces Buried Family Alive’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
Saddam Hussein’s forces buried a Kurdish family alive in a mass grave in northern Iraq in the 1980s, a witness told the genocide trial of the ousted Iraqi leader on Monday.
- Leadership Programme Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
The first phase of the Education Leadership programme, part of the Kuruvila Jacob Initiative for promoting excellence in School Education, was launched in Chennai at Vidya Mandir School, Mylapore on Monday.
- No Such Thing As A Good Coup (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Oct 10, 2006)
The bloodless coup in Thailand was hailed as a move to protect democracy.
- India Condemns North Korean Test (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 10, 2006)
"Don't compare us with Pyongyang"
Test violates international commitments
It jeopardises peace, stability, security in the region.
- Child Labour: Grand Plans, Little Action (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Oct 10, 2006)
There is a clear lack of political will in the State to eliminate this evil practice.
- India Signs Israeli Radar Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Oct 10, 2006)
India, Israel and Russia have signed an agreement to sell Israel's sophisticated Phalcon early-warning radar system to Delhi, Indian officials say.
- New Centre Of Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 10, 2006)
According to Indian Intelligence agencies the recent incidents of terrorist attacks and trafficking of drug and human being has a very close connection with the Bangladesh based terrorists.
- Civilizational Confluence In India (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Oct 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week rejected what he called ‘‘erroneous linkages’’ made by the Western world, of treating the actions of a few as typical of an entire community, thus tarring a single faith with the same brush.
- Beyond The Line Of Fire (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 10, 2006)
By telling lies about Kargil, Pervez Musharraf has sowed the seeds of distrust in the minds of his own people, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- N.Korea Can Now Blackmail Us (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 10, 2006)
The North Korean nuclear test was unique in its being announced before hand. In the case of China and Pakistan preparations for the tests were known to the world before hand.
- Signs Of The Times (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 10, 2006)
While some of us groan on about all that does not happen in India and the other daily horrors that afflict us because of gross malgovernance, the world has begun to look at this subcontinent differently. India is the buzzword abroad.
- Major Fallout (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2006)
The nuclear test reportedly conducted by North Korea could have very serious implications for Asian security, and will have an impact on international relations even beyond the continent.
- A Memoir Meant For Himself (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 10, 2006)
Surely, the most fascinating aspect of Gen Pervez Musharraf’s memoir is what he reveals about himself, rather than his justification about specific events.
- The Galileo Club (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2006)
The seventh India-European Summit in Helsinki next week is set to see India formally joining the Galileo satellite navigation project.
- North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 10, 2006)
China voices ``firm opposition to the test''; a crisis, says Japan
- Sane Choices (Times of India, NIRMALA SRINIVASAN, Oct 10, 2006)
Rena, a 22-year-old undergraduate diagnosed with schizophrenia, does not know that today is World Mental Health Day. She has been resisting medicines since the psychiatrist changed her prescription, saying that the new drug is not helping her.
- A Double Whammy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 10, 2006)
With its first nuclear test on Monday, North Korea has dealt a double blow to China. For years, it had been widely assumed that if any one had leverage with “dear leader” Kim Jong-il, it was Beijing.
- Dear Leader Has A Blast (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2006)
The nuclear test by North Korea appears to have taken the world by surprise. But to anyone who has been following the events in the Korean peninsula, it was only a matter of time before this happened.
- U.N. Vows Strong, Swift Response (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
Members of the U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's claim of a nuclear test Monday, demanding during an emergency meeting that the country return to six-party talks on its weapons programme, U.N. ambassadors said.
- Empowering Builder (Indian Express, Yogendra Yadav, Oct 10, 2006)
I remembered that election rally as I heard the news of Kanshi Ram’s passing away. It was ten years ago, somewhere in eastern UP, just before the assembly elections.
- American Phelps Wins Economics Nobel (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
American Edmund S. Phelps won the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences today for his analysis of short-run and long-run trade offs in macroeconomic policy.
- Mushrooming Choices (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test changes the global nuclear order and the regional balance in East Asia.
- Extracts From ‘My Days’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2006)
I enjoyed every moment of living in Mysore. Sometimes I loitered through the parks and the illuminated vicinities of the Maharaja's palace.
- N Korean Generals Want Early Nuclear Test:source (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea may bring the date of a planned nuclear test forward after a contentious remark by China's UN ambassador angered generals in the reclusive country, a source with close ties to Pyongyang said today.
- Young Women March To Reclaim Streets Of Fear (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Oct 09, 2006)
Late at night, a posse of young women walk down a dark city street wearing spaghetti-strap tops and body-hugging outfits, defying the stares of onlookers in a country where a woman is raped every 29 minutes.
- Nation Behind Victims Of Kashmir Quake: Patil (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Visiting the Kashmir valley on the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that flattened dozens of villages, Home Minister Shivraj Patil today assured the people of the State that the entire nation was backing the endeavour to help the . . .
- Will Musharraf Relent Now? (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Oct 09, 2006)
Of the 15 persons arrested in 7/11 Mumbai blasts case, 11 have been found to be Pakistanis, not just nationals but the ones who got training in Pakistan to cause blasts in Mumbai.
- India Could Have Won 1962 War If It Had Used Combat Jets’ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
India could have defeated China in the 1962 war had the combat power of its air force been used, a top serving officer has asserted, claiming that while the then political-bureaucratic combine had sought US Air Force’s help but had not even . . .
- Elephants Vs Donkeys (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 09, 2006)
A month from now, there will be a crucial set of elections in the US one that could arguably be as important as the last presidential polls. At stake in the November 7 mid-term polls is control of both Houses of Congress. All 435 seats in the House . . .
- Pakistan Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 09, 2006)
Only the naive will be surprised by Pakistan's move to rake up the Kashmir issue again in a United Nations Committee last weekend. Speaking at the UN Decolonisation Committee a Pakistani delegate has demanded "right of self-determination" for the. . .
- 'Castro Has Cancer, May Not Return To Power' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is believed to have terminal cancer and is unlikely to return to power, a magazine reported, citing US government officials.
- India's Mystifying Rise (Times of India, Gurcharan Das, Oct 09, 2006)
There were many smiling Indian faces last week. Our economy again beat forecasts and grew 8.9% in the April-June quarter. India's economic rise bewilders Indians. No one quite understands why this noisy and chaotic democracy of a billion people has . . .
- Another Uk Minister Plunges Into Veil Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Communities Minister Phil Woolas urged Muslims to show understanding for the views of non-Muslims who found the veil “frightening and intimidating”, in an article for the Sunday Mirror newspaper.
- Osama: A Cold War Pathogen? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 09, 2006)
The failure to track down Osama – dead or alive – makes his disappearance one of the most mysterious in the world.
- Crisis In Darfur (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 09, 2006)
As the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region deepens there are growing calls for sending in a UN peacekeeping force there whether or not Sudan’s government is in favour of this.
- Nato Fights The Jihadis (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 09, 2006)
Most people would recall October 7 as the date on which US President George W Bush launched his "war on terror" by invading Afghanistan in 2001.
- All Play And No Work (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Oct 09, 2006)
The new academic year has barely started when it is holiday time again. Schooling for foreigners in China is fun in more ways than one, specially for Indian kids.
- The West And The Making Of Mkg (OutLook, SANDEEP PANDEY, Oct 09, 2006)
Allusions to Christ clinch it. This tribute to Gandhi shies from tracing the Indian source of his ideas.
- Conservationists' Sigh With Relief As Forum Bans Ivory Sale In Africa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Heeding to elephant conservationist, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its meeting held in Geneva last week decided not to allow sale of ivory stockpile in Africa.
- More American Ayes For Democrats (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
In a poll conducted in the US to judge the happiness quotient of the nation, people were given two choices: a 100,000-dollar gift that all their contemporaries got, or a $50,000 gift for them alone. Inexplicably, an overwhelming majority opted for . . .
- Dealing With It (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 09, 2006)
India and the US are now reconciling themselves to a delay in the Indo-US deal for civil nuclear cooperation. In the past month or so, as elections raised partisan temperatures in the US, it became apparent that the Senate version of the Bill to . . .
- Truth About Cats And Dogs (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 09, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
- Minister Marandi Relents (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Stephen Marandi was inducted into the Madhu Koda ministry today, paving the path for the Congress to claim the post of Speaker.
- Believe It Or Not, I Think Leander And I Are Both Open To The Idea Of Playing Together Again’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk, I am Shekhar Gupta and my guest today is the second Indian in the great Indian Express pair — Mahesh Bhupathi, welcome to Walk the Talk. And Mahesh, I say ‘the second’ only because Leander beat you to this show.
- N Korea Likely To Defer Nuke Test By Three Months (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea might defer its first nuclear test by three months, giving time to the United States to lift financial sanctions and return to the negotiation table, a media report said today.
- Asia’S Best City Award For Bangkok (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 09, 2006)
Bangkok has bagged the “Asia’s best city 2006” award and comes third in the list of world’s favourite cities for tourism following Italy’s Florence and Rome respectively.
- Pm Visits Aiims, One More Dies Of Dengue (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today visited All India Institute of Medical Sciences and took stock of the facilities in view of the dengue outbreak in the Capital as one of his grandsons, under treatment for the disease, was discharged while . .
- New Foreign Policy?~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 09, 2006)
Multiple Jallianwalla Massacres May Have Occurred In Iraq, Afghanistan
- Four Things Sebi Needs To Do To Save Small Investors (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 09, 2006)
At the inauguration of the new Sebi Bhavan last Friday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that the periodic scams and sharp volatility in the capital market scares a lot of ordinary people and makes them distrustful about investment.
- After The Sahibs (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 09, 2006)
It is strange how the tide has turned for Indian managers in the last seventy years. In the Thirties, British nationals preferred life in lively Britain to nationalistic India.
- N Korea Warns On Border Shots, No Word On N-Test (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea issued threats against its southern neighbour over a border incident but made no mention of a planned atomic test as China and Japan expressed joint concern on Sunday over Pyongyang's nuclear intentions.
- India, Eu Set To Sign Galileo Pact At Helsinki (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 09, 2006)
India and the European Union are set to sign the Galileo communication project agreement at the Seventh India-EU Summit in Helsinki (Finland) on October 13.
- Guardians Of Constitution (Tribune, Justice A.S. Anand (retd), Oct 09, 2006)
To appreciate judicial activism one shall have to consider the power of judicial review vested in the higher judiciary — the Supreme Court and the High Courts as also the general role of the judicial institutions.
- Combating Terrorism By Force Only (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2006)
President Musharraf has said that ground realities in Afghanistan must be taken into account to deal with the new environment in the war-torn country.
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