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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 31829:
- Selling Helmets The Smart Way (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Apr 26, 2006)
The people of Gujarat are known as much for their commitment to seeing the Narmada project through as for their business acumen in all their dealings.
- Futile Monsoon Forecast (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 26, 2006)
The Met department’s below normal forecast for 2006 southwest monsoon appears to have spooked the stock market. Such linking of agricultural prospects to forecast of countrywide rains for the entire monsoon season betrays poor understanding of . . .
- Us Has Not Changed "Goalposts" In N-Deal With India: Mulford (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The US has not changed its "goalposts" in the nuclear deal with India and did not see New Delhi's refusal to accept a provision barring further nuclear tests as an issue that could scuttle the landmark agreement.
- No Time To Despair (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
The continued impasse between key negotiators has made it clear that the April 30 deadline for World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks will not be met. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy has already admitted that it would be futile to hold a . . .
- Soz Rebuts Chauhan's Allegation (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 26, 2006)
On the receiving end of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's allegation that the group of ministers visit to the Valley to be stage-managed by Narmada Bachao Andolan,
- The Dark Holds No Terrors (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 26, 2006)
A mechanical engineer turned wildlife photographer, D.K. Bhaskar is the only Indian who's camera trapped the dark forests of the Amazon
- Will The Nawaz-Bb ‘London Plan’ Fly? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 26, 2006)
After a two-hour meeting in London, Pakistan’s two exiled former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, issued a statement calling for the ouster of President General Pervez . . .
- Factored Economics In Our Nepal Strategy? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Apr 26, 2006)
As Indo-Nepal trade is growing fastest within Saarc, the crisis there has special . . .
- Redlining And The Israeli Real Estate Industry (Jordan Times, Fred Schlomka, Apr 26, 2006)
The recent Israeli elections were followed by a number of pronouncements by US officials praising democracy in Israel.
- Why Globalisation Has Stalled (Tribune, Sebastian Mallaby, Apr 26, 2006)
A few years ago, anti-globalisation rioters were clogging the streets, disrupting the meetings of the world’s multilateral organizations. Today, something more serious is afoot.
- Why ‘Fade Away’? (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Vijay Oberoi (retd), Apr 26, 2006)
Gen Douglas Macarthur, a very famous General of the twentieth century, who served his country, the United States of America, with dedication and elan for over half a century, both in peace and war, had made a famous speech on April 19, 1951,
- Us Forces Launch Air Strike On Taliban (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
An air strike by U.S.-led forces killed three Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, while another five were killed in a militant attack on a police station, officials said on Tuesday.
- Cry For Republic And King’S Blood (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Apr 26, 2006)
The crowds celebrating the capitulation of King Gyanendra’s unfettered rule are in a retributive mood.
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Nepal Parties Want Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
SPA plumps for Koirala; people tell leaders to "beware"
- "Vote Dpa For State Government To Work Hand In Hand With Centre" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
We want to show how much will be done at State level, says Sonia Gandhi
Takes note of Cauvery tribunal ruling
Karunanidhi praises her spirit of sacrifice
- Beyond Calculation (AL-Ahram, Editorial, Al Ahram, Apr 26, 2006)
The Middle East is racing towards yet another precipice beyond which lies a gaping unknown, and we might reach the edge sooner than expected.
- Do Not Attack Iran (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Iran's announcement that it has enriched a minute amount of uranium has unleashed urgent calls for a preventive U.S. air strike by the same sources that earlier urged war on Iraq.
- Abbas Warns Hamas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview aired on Monday that he has the authority to remove the newly elected Hamas government from power, and warned the government that it had little choice but to negotiate with Israel.
- American Empire-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 25, 2006)
Anatol Lieven in an article titled “The Empire Strikes Back” in The Nation offers a clue to the difference between the American imperialism of Clinton and that of Bush, a difference that is real but — like the relationships between nationalism . . .
- N-Deal Okay, But India No Nuclear Weapon State: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Seeking to allay apprehensions that it was shifting goal posts on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the US on Monday said it understands that India will continue to maintain its strategic programme but believed that majority of future growth will be on . . .
- Pakistan Damaged Kashmir Or Vice Versa? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 25, 2006)
Syed Salahuddin, the Islamabad-based leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, the Indian-held Kashmir-based freedom-fighting militia, has said that Pakistan has caused “irreparable damage” to the cause of Kashmiri fighters by pursuing peace with India without . . .
- Andipatti Voters Say Jaya Can Rest Easy (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 25, 2006)
For Krishnaveni Ammal (82), Andipatti’s first legislator when it was a reserved constituency and a die-hard Congress supporter until the other day, this election is an occasion to repay her debt of gratitude to Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.
- Oil At 75 Worries Fm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Monday high global oil prices were a matter of concern, and that the government would tackle the issue at an "appropriate time".
- Bush’S Thousand Days (Indian Express, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Apr 25, 2006)
The Hundred Days is indelibly associated with Franklin D Roosevelt and the Thousand Days with John F Kennedy.
- India’S Future N-Growth Will Be Civilian: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States embassy today issued a statement on India-US civil nuclear cooperation treaty, reiterating that it does not recognise India as a nuclear weapons state. It also understood that India will never join the nuclear non-proliferation . . .
- 22 Killed In Egypt Bomb Explosions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Three terrorist bombs hit the Egyptian resort of Dahab at the height of the tourist season Monday, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 150 in the third terror strike on a Sinai resort in less than two years.
- Gyanendra Yields, Restores Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra on Monday reinstated the lower house of Parliament and offered solace for those killed in weeks of pro-democracy protests, hoping to avoid a bloody showdown between his security forces and demonstrators.
- Origin And Traditions Of Classical Music (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Apr 25, 2006)
The 14 edifying essays that comprise this book written by stalwarts of music were first commissioned by the then chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Narayana Menon, in the mid-1980s when India was in the throes of international festivals.
- Financial Sector Developments (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Apr 25, 2006)
Empirical treatment of the Indian stock markets and some major developments
- Privatize Iims And Iits (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 25, 2006)
Professors of IIMs and IITs are opposing the extension of reservation from present 27% to 49% as proposed by HRD Minister Arjun Singh. The basic question is of accountability.
- Ministry Of External Affairs X-Rayed (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 25, 2006)
The blame game has started in the ministry of external affairs for the blotched policy formulation on Nepal and Indo-US nuclear deal. On both the fronts New Delhi is left with little option to manoeuvre out of the difficult situation as Kathmandu . . .
- U.S. Excited By India Trade, Despite Wto Woes (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States expects economic ties with India to grow rapidly in the new few years, despite frustration that New Delhi has not been more helpful in world trade talks, a top U.S. trade official said on Monday.
- Hu Reaffirms China's Ties With Developing Nations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Chinese President begins tour of African countries
- Germany Eyes Jvs With Indian Healthcare Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
An 11-member delegation from the state of Bavaria, Germany, is presently here exploring possiblities of strengthening trade and economic ties in the pharmaceutical, Medical & healthcare sector and looking for partners, dealers and importers for . . .
- Checkmated King Rolls Dice Again (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 25, 2006)
A 19-day “people’s war” by tens of thousands of unarmed Nepalis finally brought King Gyanendra on his heels, an achievement 10 years of an armed communist insurgency could not.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2006)
"Above all, a new and genuinely democratic and inconclusive Constitution will allow Nepal to transcend the violence and bloodshed that has marred the better part of the past decade," does not make sense, says a reader (Op-Ed, "In Nepal, the beginning . .
- Bush Pushes Immigration Proposal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
He plans to call that the United States cannot allow people to break the law, but also cannot send the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants back
- Lords Are Judges After All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2006)
Blame it on Henry II, if you must. It was England's first Plantagenet King who prepared the ground for the common law system that replaced the practice of justice being dispensed on the basis of disparate customs by feudal and county courts.
- Politicisation Of Violence (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Apr 25, 2006)
Story of the Godhra carnage which etched deep faults in Gujarat's social landscape
- Benazir, Nawaz Unite Against Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Rule out any deal with govt; demand free polls, release of political prisoners; ex-PMs may return together
- Dp World Triggers A Trend (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Apr 25, 2006)
DP World being stymied by US Congress means that many deals involving American assets and bidders, say, from West Asia, South Asia and China may not go through.
- Pakistan Claims No Information On Laden (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Pakistan has no information on where Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden could be hiding, a cabinet minister said today.
- Bottom Dollar (Jordan Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Apr 25, 2006)
As more time passes with neither the value of the dollar declining sharply nor market forces beginning to shrink America's current-account deficit — which may well reach $1 trillion this year — two diametrically opposed reactions are emerging.
- 'The Shame Of Katrina Is Still With Us' (Jordan Times, James J. Zogby, Apr 25, 2006)
Eight months after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, New Orleans remains a devastated city. Having just returned from a short visit, I was shocked by what I saw.
- America’S Changed Stance (Dawn, Athar Osama, Apr 25, 2006)
President George Bush’s trip to South Asia last month has been the subject of the Pakistani, Indian, and American news media and security analysts for a while now.
- Testing Is New Wrinkle In U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States will stick to its insistence that India adhere to a moratorium on testing atomic weapons as part of a deal that would give India access to U.S. and foreign nuclear technology for the first time in three decades, senior officials . . .
- Decline Of American Power? (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Apr 25, 2006)
US economic strength rests not simply on its economic size, but on invisible ‘dark matter’ which generates a bottomless global appetite for dollars and ensures a higher return on its assets relative to the rest of the world.
- Endangered Monarchy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
As Nepal undergoes its gravest convulsions in recent times, two trends stand out. The time for King Gyanendra is running out as is India’s traditional two-pillar policy for the kingdom: a constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy.
- A Slice Of American Pie (Indian Express, NIRANJAN RAMAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
A character in a recent episode of Boston Legal said: “When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out not to be true, I expected the American people to rise up .
- Fettered Freedom (Indian Express, JYOTSNA DIWAN MEHTA, Apr 25, 2006)
It was on a holiday last year that I visited Bastar — the densely forested ecological haven which is slowly inching its way on to the tourist map. The verdant greenery, the breath-taking waterfalls, the feeling of somehow being transported back into time,
- Remember Kathmandu (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Apr 25, 2006)
In a week when crowds surged to the barricades at the Buckingham and Narayanhiti palaces, comparing the curiosities that are the British and Nepalese royal families would be the obvious thing to do.
- The Climate Is In Crisis (Deccan Herald, Robert Macfarlane, Apr 25, 2006)
Oil was the substance that defined the century just ended; ice will define the one just begun.
- The Future Has Arrived, And It’S Yours To Read (Deccan Herald, Doreen Carvajal, Apr 25, 2006)
In the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Minority Report, a subway passenger scans an edition of USA Today that is a plastic video screen, thin, foldable and wireless, with constantly changing text.
- Constructive Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 25, 2006)
Cordial Sino-US relations are needed for world peace
- Lessons From France (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Apr 25, 2006)
Unemployment benefits scheme for laid-off workers must form part of the labour market reforms package
- Are We Buying Happiness Or Misery? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Apr 25, 2006)
In is the American Dream Killing You? How “The Market” Rules Our Lives, author Paul Stiles says that what’s needed is a global shift in consciousness — away from conspicuous consumption and towards a more meaningful, balanced way of life.
- When Bush Was In Pak, His Plane Was In Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The US Secret Service was so scared of terror attacks during President George W. Bush’s visit to Pakistan last month that it declined to park the President’s standby aircraft, a second Jumbo 747, in Islamabad.
- The Scourge Of Human Trafficking (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Apr 25, 2006)
Almost every country in the world is affected by the scourge of modern slavery. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which has compiled the first such study from open sources in an attempt to define the extent of the problem . . .
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- Joke Morcha Charge Of The Lost Brigade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 25, 2006)
O! what a fall was there, my countrymen!" A former Prime Minister of India, who had also held the Defence and Finance portfolios at the Centre, and had been Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has now set up an organisation which, though called Jan . . .
- A Pm For Iraq (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2006)
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani asking the Shia bloc’s new nominee, Mr Jawad al-Maliki, to form a government in the violence-torn country ends the impasse that has been continuing since the parliamentary election results were announced in December 2005.
- Us Plane Crashes In Afghanistan; 4 Killed (Pioneer, Noor Khan, Apr 25, 2006)
A transport plane carrying anti-narcotics officials crashed in Afghanistan on Monday, killing two people on board and two young girls on the ground and injuring at least 14 others, some of them Americans, officials and victims said.
- Diplomats Work To Cut Deal, Avoid Showdown In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Desperate to avoid a bloody showdown between Nepal's king and protesters calling for his ouster, foreign diplomats struggled on Monday to cut a deal to end weeks of protests that have left this Himalayan nation on the verge of chaos.
- China Firm On One-Child Regulation (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
China’s male-dominated gender imbalance will not prompt the government to change its stringent family planning policy, state press reported on Sunday.
- Iran May Pull Out From Nsg (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted today that Iran would consider withdrawing from the UN nuclear agency if membership produced no benefit.
- Flowering China, Withering India (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Apr 25, 2006)
A paradigm shift is necessary if India is to find itself in the world agriculture roadmap. It can learn from China.
- Connecting The 3 Cs (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Apr 25, 2006)
The emerging equation is the rising commodity prices, mainly due to China on a buying spree as it invests in urban development and infrastructure, and the impact of all this on currency; in the current Indian context convertibility.
- Crowing To Erase Long-Held Myth (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Apr 25, 2006)
I love crows. They are attractive, clever, amusing, witty, ingenious, protective, caring, adventurous and full of energy. They have close knit families, and they love their children passionately - not just their own, but all the young in the group.
- 5 Maoists, Soldier Killed In Nepal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Defying the curfew imposed for the sixth consecutive day by the Royal Government, tens of thousands held rallies in the Nepalese Capital today as security forces clashed with protesters injuring over 30.
- 'Caste System Has Become Subtle And Sophisticated' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 25, 2006)
Former principal advisor and chief economist with the RBI and author of Untouchables, Narendra Jadhav, now senior advisor to the governor, Da Afgha-nistan Bank, discusses reservations with Jyoti Punwani:
- Collision Course (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 25, 2006)
Washington and Tehran appear to be on a collision course, with Pentagon plans for bombing Iran selectively leaked to the media, and the warlike rhetoric emanating from both capitals pushing oil prices to record levels.
- The Ultra Menace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 24, 2006)
The moral victory the Left Front can claim over Maoists following the impressive turnout in Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore should not blind them to the reality that the extremists in these three districts will continue to be a major headache . . .
- Radiating Peace All Around Us (Pioneer, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Apr 24, 2006)
Whether a culture or a religion is used to divide people, it is not good. We need to unite the world, the hearts and the minds! Where is it that we can all unite?
- Ipi Gasline Deal (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
The news that the deal on the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gasline project is about to be finalised between the three countries has rekindled hopes that Islamabad and New Delhi are determined to withstand pressure from Washington to back off from . . .
- Harmony In Religious Beliefs (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Apr 24, 2006)
The Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mr K.S. Sudarshan, has made the very interesting suggestion that Muslims should accept Lord Krishna “as one of the prophets” sent by Allah.
- Protecting Minority Rights (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 24, 2006)
AT a minority rights conference held in Islamabad, various religious leaders once again made an impassioned appeal for the repeal of discriminatory laws like the one relating to blasphemy as these are often used to persecute minorities.
- Bush Urges New Iraqi Govt To Unite Country (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
President George W Bush said on Sunday he had told Iraq’s new leaders they had a responsibility to unite the country and that the new government was an important milestone for the United States.
- Chessboard Moves On Iranian Pipeline (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has talked to President Ahmadinejad of Iran on the phone and the two are reported to have “agreed to speed up work on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline”.
- Us Should Recognise Pakistan And Israel As N-Weapon States’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 24, 2006)
It was suggested here on Sunday that the United States, having implicitly recognised India as a nuclear weapons state, should now give Pakistan and Israel the same recognition by working with all three to map a scenario for progressive global . . .
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