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Articles 12121 through 12220 of 31829:
- Understanding India’S Economic Growth (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, May 18, 2006)
Policy needs to support the process of creative destruction and further open up industry, labour.
- Ajc Backs India, Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 18, 2006)
The American Jewish Committee has thrown its weight behind the India-United States nuclear cooperation agreement which is facing hurdles that the Bush administration did not anticipate when it attempted to ram it through the legislature.
- Us-India Nuke Deal Net Gain For Non-Proliferation: Boucher (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Admitting that the Indo-US nuclear deal was a "real-world agreement" that was not "perfect", a senior US State Department official has asserted that it would still be a "net gain for non-proliferation".
- Govt Double Negatives Mukherjee Report (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 18, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA Government has decided to let the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose endure for another day.
- Bsnl Cuts Call Rates To Fixed Pvt Networks By 75 Pc (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It has also reduced intra-circle charges for calls made from BSNL fixed phones to other WLL phones by 25 per cent, by reducing the rates from Rs 1.60 a minute to Rs 1.20.
- Indigenous People Clamour For Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 18, 2006)
Indigenous groups want to take part in decisions that affect them, and press for policy change
- Doctors Block Roads In India Caste Quota Protests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Doctors and medical students blocked roads and skipped work across large parts of India on Wednesday as protests spread against a controversial government move to reserve more college seats for lower castes.
- And Some Us Queries (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 18, 2006)
Americans would like to get a direct feedback from Dr A Q Khan
- Pakistan Important For South Asian Stability: Burns (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 18, 2006)
Denies Indo-US nuclear deal was designed to counter China
* Says deal with India ‘unique, not generic’ and cannot be extended to Pakistan
* Burns to meet Saran in London soon
- Olive Oil Goes East (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, May 18, 2006)
Four-letter words are being bandied about in an online expat forum here. What is raising tempers is not racist abuse, but comments for and against a new delicatessen opened in a small city in South China.
- U.S. To Propose Treaty On Nuclear Fuel Production (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 18, 2006)
The United States, trying to boost an imperiled nuclear deal with India, this week plans to introduce a draft international treaty to halt production of fissile material for nuclear weapons, administration officials said.
- Nepal Parliament Set To Curtail King's Powers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Nepal's parliament was set to pass a special resolution on Thursday that would curtail the king's powers and wrest control of the army from the monarch.
- Why Play Down India's Growth Rate? (Daily Excelsior, M.N. Minocha, May 18, 2006)
At current prices, the latest national accounts figures (provi-sional) we have, courtesy Central Statistical Organisation, are for Q1 (April-June) of 2006-07.
- Scramble To Salvage Nuclear Deal With Us (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 18, 2006)
Indian and American officials are engaged in a hectic effort to breathe new life into the Indo-US nuclear deal, which faces extinction on account of political exigencies on both sides.
- Balochis Attack Pak Nukes (OutLook, B. Raman , May 18, 2006)
Here's something to worry about for the doomsday prophets - Pakistani nukes are being eyed not just by the jihadis or the Americans but by the Balochis too - in qualitatively different ways, of course.
- India's Unsc Bid: Us To Be Very Careful (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, May 18, 2006)
Linking India's candidature to the United Nations Security Council to reforms in the world body, the United States has said it will consider the issue "very carefully".
- Science Completes Book Of Life I (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Scientists have reached a landmark point in one of the world’s most important scientific projects by sequencing the last chromosome in the Human Genome, the so-called “book of life”.
- What You Haven’T Seen In India Yet: The Code From Cannes (Telegraph, Amit Roy, May 18, 2006)
Having seen The Da Vinci Code last night in Cannes at its first public screening anywhere in the world, I can say that Indian Catholics are quite wrong in seeking to have this movie banned. Strictly between us, if they can crack my code, the secret . . .
- Bjp Stalls Proceedings In Rajya Sabha (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The Opposition BJP today stalled proceedings in the Rajya Sabha when its senior member Yaswant Sinha was disallowed to raise a privilege notice against the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, forcing a brief adjournment of the House.
- Us Says Lanka Perilously Close To Civil War (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Warning that Sri Lanka was "perilously" close to a civil war, the United States has said the Government and the people of the island nations must get rid of the "pernicious" influence of the LTTE.
- Towards A Dialogue Of Religions (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 18, 2006)
Samuel Huntington in his classic "The Clash of Civilisations and the remarking of The World Order" relates with great clarity that . . .
- Friends With The Dragon (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 18, 2006)
Indian Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee is slated to visit China later this month in order to promote bilateral relations between the two countries; and explain to the Chinese leadership that India does not have any intention to promote any hostile . . .
- Anybody Listening In Pakistan? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 18, 2006)
On the face of it the "Charter of Democracy" signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London seems to be a hopeful sign for the neighbouring country.
- A Story Of Political And Ethnic Fragmentation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The formation of a coalition government is the logical culmination of a process that followed the Assam movement, says Yogendra Yadav
- A Missing Link In Quota Debate (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , May 18, 2006)
They are usually the loudest crusaders of student causes. And yet if there has been a missing link in the debate surrounding the burning issue of reservation over the past couple of weeks, it has been the near stoic silence of student outfits on . . .
- Office Of Profit: The Wages Of Neglect (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, May 17, 2006)
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, as countless petty litigants are reminded every day in courts across the country, and it is inexplicable that so many members of Parliament should have allowed themselves to be ambushed by a fundamental provision . . .
- Iron Man At The Helm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 17, 2006)
From leader of innumerable agitations to head of government. With the Polit Bureau, the State Secretariat, and the State Committee of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) endorsing him as the next Chief Minister of Kerala, V.S. Achuthanandan needs . . .
- Made In China — Indian Doctors (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 17, 2006)
Hundreds of students from India are now studying medicine in Chinese universities.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 17, 2006)
The information on 1971 batch IPS officer D. Mukherji is incorrect, say a few readers, in the reports "Chief Secretary, DGP shifted" (Tamil Nadu, May 14, 2006, page 5) and "Alexander hands over . . .
- The Last Chance In Darfur (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 17, 2006)
Major donor countries should help UN forces to ensure peace in Sudan
- Education Reform, A Better Bet Than Quotas (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, May 17, 2006)
It easier to simply mandate a quota and get populist approval than implementing root and branch education reforms in a country the size of India with its complexities.
- Losing The Wood For The Trees (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 17, 2006)
The ongoing Ratan Tata vs department of telecom (DoT) spat looks close to going off-track.
- Where Is The Outcry At The Palestinians' Treatment? (Hindu, Ghada Karmi, May 17, 2006)
Nearly 60 years after most Palestinians were first forced from their homes, the killings and blockades carry on with impunity.
- Beware The Volatility (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 17, 2006)
The structure of the market has undergone a change as to make volatility its essential ingredient.
- U.S.-Japan Security Overhaul Gives Tokyo Bigger Role (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
A plan to tighten U.S.-Japan military ties while streamlining American forces in Japan will embed Tokyo more firmly in Washington's global strategy and set the stage for Japan to play a bigger role in the alliance.
- Anti-Reservation Stir Intensifies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Pro-quota groups also take to the streets, court arrest
Delhi Government issued notices to junior doctors
MBBS students in Madhya Pradesh tonsured their heads
Those in Orissa pulled rickshaws to protest
- Morales, The Poor, And Oil Firms (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 17, 2006)
The outery over Bolivia's renationalisation and the slience over Chad's betrays hypocrisy.
- Indo-Us Nuke Deal; Burns To Meet With Saran Next Week (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, May 17, 2006)
Amidst efforts to get Congressional approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns spoke to Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and they decided to hold further discussions in London next week to go over all aspects . . .
- J&k On The Adventure Trail (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF) would be inviting over sixty world famous mountaineers of the world next year to promote adventure tourism in Kashmir.
- The Imf’S America Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 17, 2006)
The IMF’s meeting this spring was lauded as a breakthrough, with officials given a new mandate for “surveillance” of the trade imbalances that contribute significantly to global instability.
- Kashmiris Must Make Yet Another Choice (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, May 17, 2006)
Talks of demilitarisation of Siachen ought to be directly linked to the end of terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir, says Ghazanfur Butt
- Refine And Reserve (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
In arguing that the time may have come to do away with caste-based quotas and instead deploy an economic criterion for reservations in education and in Government jobs, Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan obviously had his political constituency . . .
- Tough Days Ahead (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
The Congress, led by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has created history of sorts in Assam by coming back to power for the second successive term in the past three decades.
- Da Vinci Double Code (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
The clergy may condemn the book and proscribe the film, but their churches are raking it in
- Brinkmanship Won't Help Iran (Pioneer, Rai Singh, May 17, 2006)
While Iran's Ayatollahs and the rest of the clergy were busy making pronouncements on Iran's right to enrich uranium all over that country, the Iranian official delegation in Baku (Azerbaijan) was busy negotiating the "right" with Russians.
- By George, This Man Needs Help! (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 17, 2006)
IRAN’S president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his recent letter to George W. Bush, mildly (but at great length) berated his American counterpart for, among other things, straying from the true religious path.
- Cellular Companies’ Just Demand (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 17, 2006)
As the budget-making process is underway, country’s six mobile phone operators are reported to have submitted a signed proposal to the authorities concerned opposing any new tax on the IT and Telecom Sector and demanding abolition of the . . .
- Bono Turns Newspaper Editor For The Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Irish rock star and Third World campaigner Bono turned guest newspaper editor today with Britain's Independent daily agreeing to give half its revenues for the day to fight AIDS in Africa.
- The Old Refrain Of Corruption (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 17, 2006)
EVEN though he did not mention the ‘Charter of Democracy’ signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London on Sunday, President Pervez Musharraf had them at the back of his mind when he said that “corrupt politicians” had no future and . . .
- May And Matters Nuclear (Rediff on the Net, C UDAY BHASKAR, May 17, 2006)
The month of May is usually very, very hot in the plains of India and by a combination of complex causal factors that include design and coincidence, this is a month that is deeply associated with the country's nuclear narrative.
- We’Re All Part Of A Wondrous Whole (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, May 17, 2006)
The giant tortoise called ‘One and Only’ (Adwitiya) that died recently in the Alipore Zoo was said to be born 20 years before the American Declaration of Independence.
- India Says Poverty A Worse Problem Than Climate (Reuters, Alister Doyle, May 17, 2006)
India said on Tuesday that poor nations had to give priority to ending poverty rather than fighting global warming at 189-nation U.N. climate talks criticised by environmentalists as a rambling talk shop.
- Libya: Back In The Fold (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 17, 2006)
Although it has been some years since Libya shook off the tag of Washington’s bête noire, it is only now, after a lapse of almost 26 years, that the US has restored full diplomatic ties with the North African country.
- Pakistan Writes To Nsg Over Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Islamabad has sent a letter to all Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) members recently urging them not to make an exception for India.
- Huge Development Project On Indian Coast (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
An Indian-American couple, Prad and Kelly Sabharwal of St Louis, Missouri, is leading a $2 billion development at Vizag on India’s east coast, which will consist of tourist-resort hotels, business offices, conference centres, a medical . . .
- U.S., India Try To Rescue Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 17, 2006)
Senior U.S. and Indian officials plan to meet in London next week to try and rescue an imperiled agreement that would give India access to U.S. nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades.
- Bush Secures Border, Pushes Guest Worker Programme (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Coupled with measures to secure the US border with Mexico and stem the flow of illegal aliens, President Bush has pitched for a guest worker programme allowing legal migrants to be employed in jobs shunned by Americans.
- Wallpaper Animals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 17, 2006)
The disconnect between piety and reality just got wider.
- Saran, Burns To Meet In London To Rescue N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Senior Indian and US officials plan to meet in London next week to try and rescue the nuclear deal that would give India access to US nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades.
- Right Not Happy With Bush Migrant Plan (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
President George W. Bush yesterday declared that the US-Mexico border was broken and he would deploy up to 6,000 National Guard troops there, but he said millions of illegal immigrants should be given a chance to become citizens.
- What’S The Big Deal? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 17, 2006)
The nuclear deal is not the symbol of successful Indo-US relations
- ‘India Needs Engaged, Self-Aware Writing’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 17, 2006)
The book is based on my travels over the last six years.
- The Dark Corner (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, May 17, 2006)
Sunday morning is the time for cleaning at the Osho Meditation resort. Here we do all kinds of jobs without attaching any value to it. This being an international centre, it is not unusual.....
- Pentagon Hands Over List Of Guantanamo Detainees (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The Pentagon handed to The Associated Press on Monday the first list of everyone who has been held at Guantanamo Bay, more than four years after it opened the detention center in Cuba.
- Benazir, Sharif Cry: Pervez Hatao (Telegraph, Amit Roy, May 16, 2006)
Just as the Opposition in India once united around an “Indira Hatao” campaign, so also implacable Pakistani foes of yesteryear, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, met in London last night, signed an eight-page “Charter for Democracy” consisting of . . .
- India On Nsg Card, France Wants It Leak-Proof (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, May 16, 2006)
When the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) sits for its plenary meeting in Rio de Janeiro on May 29, top of the agenda will be the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy deal.
- Pupil In Us, Math Sir In Kochi (Hindustan Times, S. Rajagopalan, May 16, 2006)
After customer support, medical transcription, reading x-rays and preparing tax returns, Indian hands are proving to be exceedingly popular in another cross-continental online avocation: helping American children with math and science.
- Port Of Doubt (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 16, 2006)
The United States has always been the leader of global trends, mainly of the conspicuous consumption kind.
- Rights Record~ii (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, May 16, 2006)
Need To Strengthen Movements In Developing Countries
- American Jewish Committee Backs Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Throwing its weight behind the Indo-US civil nuclear energy agreement, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has urged the US Congress to approve enabling legislation currently pending on Capitol Hill.
- Options Should Be Explored To Resolve Quota Issue: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The CPM on Monday condemned the ‘‘brutal’’ lathicharge on medicos protesting reservation in higher education in different parts of the country and said talks should be held and various options, including increasing the number of seats, . . .
- Love Affair With Nazis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 16, 2006)
Chomsky's pilgrimage to Hezbollah's mecca confirms that 'Death to America' is his life dream as well, say David Horowitz and Jacob Laskin.
- Pak's Taliban Hand (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 16, 2006)
In asking the Government in Islamabad to clarify the alleged role of the ISI in the murder . . .
- Saddam’S Immunity Plea Dismissed (Tribune, Alastair Macdonald, May 16, 2006)
Saddam Hussein angrily refused to enter a plea today after hearing a full, formal list of charges of crimes against humanity read to him in court.
- Record Opium Harvest In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 16, 2006)
Two hours drive from the Afghan city of Kandahar, in Helmand province, a combination of factors have conspired to produce what is probably Helmand’s biggest ever opium harvest.
- 10,000 Us Troops To Tackle 'Aliens': Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
President Bush is sending thousands of National Guard troops to bolster patrols along the Mexican border, a move designed to win support for immigration reform from get-tough conservatives in his party.
- Buying Wheat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 16, 2006)
Fear is often a constructive emotion. But much of it may be set off by unfortunate memories.
- Us Asks Pak To Abandon Gas Project With Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The US has asked Pakistan to abandon the seven billion dollar gas pipeline planned to Pakistan and India ahead of next week's visit by a high-level Iranian delegation, a newspaper reported on Monday.
- Globalisation’S Grave Challenges (Deccan Herald, Robert A. Levine, May 16, 2006)
America’s growth and Europe’s comfort are not sustainable
- Us Asks Pakistan To Abandon Gas Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The US has asked Pakistan to abandon the seven-billion-dollar gas pipeline planned to Pakistan and India ahead of next week's visit by a high-level Iranian delegation, a newspaper reported Monday.
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