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Articles 24721 through 24820 of 31829:
- Communicate More, Commute Less (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Sep 09, 2005)
CRUDE oil prices have crossed $70 a barrel from $35 two years ago, and LNG (liquefied natural gas) at $10 per MMBTU is double that of last year
- Take The Option (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2005)
The approval, by the Central Advisory Board of Education, of the proposal to make the Class X board examinations optional should be commended.
- India, Uk To Fight Terror, Call For ‘Zero Tolerance’ (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 09, 2005)
India and Britain on Thursday resolved to combat the growing menace of terrorism in a bid to promote global peace and security even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for an international norm of zero tolerance for terrorism.
- An Indictment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2005)
While India can draw some comfort from the fact that its score on the Human Development Index has gone up from 0.595 to 0.602 and its ranking has not slipped since last year, the fact that its position remains at 127 of 177 countries is distressing.
- If America Couldn't Protect, Who Can? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Sep 09, 2005)
Hurricane Katrina has achieved the near-impossible in Indian politics: it has united America-lovers and America-baiters.
- Hope Runs Through It (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran separately visited Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan last week making it the most hectic week for regional diplomacy in recent years.
- Blowout Occurs In Ongc Exploratory Well, No Casualties (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 09, 2005)
A blowout occurred in an exploratory well of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Thursday morning at Thandavapalli village in the vicinity of Amalapuram in East Godavari district. However, the flames died down by the evening, but ONGC officials
- India: Neighbour’S Envy, Owner’S Pride (The Economic Times, Ratna Bhushan, Sep 08, 2005)
Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the $36-billion advertising giant WPP, is hungry for acquisitions in India.
- Eu Backs India’S Entry Into Select N-Fusion, Tech Club (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 08, 2005)
Chances of India joining the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project brightened today with the European Union (EU) backing India’s bid. It also opened the doors for Indian participation in the EU-led Galileo project, Europe’s own g
- India: A Mixed Record (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2005)
These are extracts from the United Nations Human Development Report 2005 released on September 7
- India Stuck As China Climbs Happiness Index (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 08, 2005)
Country still ranked 127th in human development.
- Eu-Chinese Bra Wars End (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2005)
THE bra wars are over. After days of negotiation, the European Union and China reached an agreement yesterday over the 80 million items of clothing allowed into European shops — although half will be counted against next year’s EU textile quotas. Both sid
- Underwhelming (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 08, 2005)
The government's decisions on petrol and diesel pricing suggest that the Prime Minister and his Cabinet are biting the bullet, even if only after long procrastination. That appearance is unfortunately quite deceptive.
- The Civil Service (Statesman, Ashok Kapur, Sep 08, 2005)
It has been argued that the Indian bureaucracy is drifting towards “negativism and mediocrity”.
- Amend Contract Labour Law: Let Temping Beat Jobless Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2005)
The idea that no job is better than a temporary job is doubtless absurd.
- Ongc To Get Crude Oil From Cairn Fields (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 08, 2005)
The petroleum ministry has nominated Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and its subsidiary, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), to get the crude oil from Rajasthan oil fields.
- Delimitation Can Wait (Statesman, News Service, Sep 08, 2005)
Considering the way illegal migrants have ‘advanced’ Bangladesh’s borders 10 to 15 kilometres inside India,
- The Opening Of China’S Banking (The Financial Express, DAVID HALE, Sep 08, 2005)
One of the greatest challenges China must confront before the WTO treaty it signed enters into force in 2007 is to prepare its banking system for privatisation and competition with foreign banks.
- Weathering All Sorts Of Storms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The mullahs, as usual, are missing the point. As a matter of principle, there isn’t necessarily any harm in Pakistan and Israel talking to each other, or even in establishing diplomatic relations, de facto or otherwise.
- Army Medics (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Sep 07, 2005)
Army medics are the unsung heroes of any battle, taking good care of thousands of servicemen.
- America Shamed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 07, 2005)
Katrina has exposed the black side of America
- Beyond His Ken (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
Aides working for the Conservative leadership contender Kenneth Clarke are said to be in despair because the former chancellor refuses to carry a mobile phone. Reports of this kind must be treated with caution.
- From Ideals To Social Clout (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
A dear friend, retired from the army, was dilating on faith and discipline as the uppermost concerns of the Pakistan’s armed forces.
- Why Spiralling Oil Prices? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Sep 07, 2005)
Last week the international oil price, which has been rising for some years now, touched a high of $70 a barrel.
- Lessons Of New Orleans (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Sep 07, 2005)
So much has appeared in the international press and in our own media that it would seem to be an exercise in redundancy to offer a perspective on the tragedy that befell the southern coastal states of the US.
- Face The New Reality (Telegraph, Barun De, Sep 07, 2005)
A commoner or a statesman, in today’s world both are vulnerable to the same fate — murder without any hope of justice,
- Sethu Project Being Implemented For Political Mileage: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Sep 07, 2005)
The proponents of the Sethusamuthram project were throwing environmental concerns to the winds, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said at Singara near here on Tuesday after commissioning the Rs. 383-crore Pykara Ultimate Stage Hydro Electric Project (PUSHEP).
- Red Terror (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Sep 07, 2005)
The Naxalite uprising in 1971 failed primarily because it was divided and was not wholly prepared.
- And Still Bob Geldof Remains Silent (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 07, 2005)
By hailing the failure of the G8 summit as a success, he has betrayed the poor of Africa.
- America's Shame: The Aftermath Of Katrina (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2005)
A tale of systematic neglect, administrative incompetence, market-driven environmental destruction, and desperate poverty is unfolding in Louisiana.
- Trapped In Abusive Relationships (Tribune, Jan Schakowsky, Sep 07, 2005)
MY husband and his family gave me two choices: Abort the baby or return to India... I was already almost six months pregnant... My husband called me several days after my son was born and threatened that if I pursued child support, he would have me deport
- Living With Higher Oil Prices (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2005)
With international oil prices rising sharply in the last two weeks and continuing to rule high, there was a sense of inevitability about a rise in the domestic prices of petroleum products.
- 'Let India's It Men Roam Free' (The Financial Express, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Sep 07, 2005)
India's government urged the European Union to increase investment in the country and make it easier for Indians to work in Europe in a bid to boost trade.
- Morally Repugnant (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 07, 2005)
There is absolutely no justification for the United Progressive Alliance government’s puzzling decision to donate five million dollars of Indian public money for relief activity in America’s southern states, which have been hit by Hurricane Katrina.
- Don’T Adulterate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2005)
Even while consumers all over the world, including in the former communist world, face higher petroleum prices when world crude oil prices rise, in India this still does not happen as a matter of routine.
- Prevention Is Better Than Cure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August 2004
The Yokohama message emanating from the international decade for natural disaster reduction in May, 1994 underlined the need for an emp
- U.S. Admits Thousands Died In Storm (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Sep 06, 2005)
Washington appeals for food and medical supplies from Europe, Canada
- Dark Truths (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Hurricanes and floods are ‘natural’ calamities only up to a point. New Orleans has been devastated by both, working together as never before in the generally cursed Gulf Coast of the United States of America.
- 147 Killed As Plane Crashes In Indonesia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Flight started shaking violently before plunging into a crowded neighbourhood
- Winds Of Change (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
Winds of change are blowing for the better across the world. Only those who take notice of them will be able to keep pace with the times.
- Oppn Calls For Strike To Oust Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan’s beleaguered opposition parties have announced a nation-wide strike on September 9 demanding the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as President and Chief of Army and to hold free and fair elections.
- Not On The Label— Harmful Links In The Food Chain (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Sep 06, 2005)
Supermarkets have been a fertile source for eminently readable new books. Felicity Lawrence's Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate (Penguin, 2004) is one such. She is the Consumer Affairs correspondent of The Guardian
- Good Business From Bad Loans? (Business Line, Niranjan Krishnan, Sep 06, 2005)
With recent RBI regulations paving the way for the sale of bad loans, banks seem set to offload their heavy burden of NPAs, and make some hot cash in the process.
- The World Is One With The Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 06, 2005)
Blocs have disappeared and yesterdays ‘cornerstones of evil’ have buried animosities, as nations across the globe rush to the aid of Katrina ravaged US.
- India Has No Nuclear Strategy (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Sep 06, 2005)
Our nuclear doctrine and command structure were announced in January 2003. The first strategic force comman-der was also appointed at that time.
- New Water Connections In Tirupur From Saturday (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Sep 06, 2005)
Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence
- Pm Says Could Cut Troops In Kashmir (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Sep 06, 2005)
New peace talks between India and Kashmiri separatists on Monday ended with an assurance from New Delhi that it will cut troop levels in the region if insurgent violence and guerrilla incursions from Pakistan cease.
- There's A Much Larger House On Fire (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 06, 2005)
About the time 50 Dalit houses were set ablaze in Gohana, the country marked 50 years of a law giving effect to the Constitution's abolition of untouchability. As if to rub it in, 25 more Dalit homes were torched the same week in Akola, Maharashtra.
- Bangladesh, India Fail To Reach Agreement On Pipeline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India and Bangladesh on Monday failed to reach agreement on a proposed tri-nation natural gas pipeline to meet New Delhi's growing energy demands, Bangladeshi officials said.
- Indigenous Products For Indian Missiles (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 06, 2005)
Some years ago, when three young scientist-engineers left their jobs to strike out on their own, they had little idea that theirs would be a spectacular trajectory.
- For A Child-Inspired Education System (Hindu, Yash Pal, Sep 06, 2005)
Children's questions do not respect the insularity of disciplines normally taught in our schools and colleges. Creativity often resides at the boundaries of disciplines.
- Nuclear Climate In South Asia (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
Nuclear weapons are not any more dangerous in South Asia than it is anywhere else
- Lessons In Chemistry (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2005)
Talk of Europe and you get a big yawn in Delhi. India’s annual summitry with Europe is always a cold dish amidst the warmth of India’s exciting engagement with the United States and China. When British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives here tonight on
- Case For Imperialism (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
This book by a distinguished scholar dares to question the accepted shibboleths of our times. It is highly provocative and will incense many. It is the first well-argued neo-conservative (Bush) case for empires and for the U.S. acting as a truly imperial
- Competition Need Of The Hour (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 06, 2005)
Privatisation of power supply in Delhi shows that a private monopoly is worse than a public monopoly
- Essence Of What Genius Is (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Sep 06, 2005)
Are we any closer to discovering what genius actually is? Is it inborn or accomplished through sweat, blood and tears? Does our publicity-crazy generation need an ad campaign even to recognise the faces of great people? Or does our culture shape our . . .
- World Should Help Katrina Victims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 06, 2005)
New Orleans is still under water after a week since the killer Hurricane Katrina hit the US coastline that left behind a trail of death and destruction.
- Death Of 23 Indian Soldiers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 06, 2005)
AS many as 23 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in a landmine blast allegedly triggered by suspected Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Chattisgarh on Sunday.
- Fringe Benefit Tax (Statesman, RK DUGGAR, Sep 06, 2005)
The Fringe Benefit Tax is the most draconian piece of legislation to have found place on our tax statute books in the recent past.
- For A Generation That Reads (Deccan Herald, Rohini Nilekani, Sep 06, 2005)
If we want all our children to be literate in the next few years, we need to engage their minds by drowning them in good books
- In Black & White (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2005)
America copes with a catastrophe
- Rank Anomalies (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Sep 05, 2005)
The author is director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
- Is India Ready For The Aviation Boom? (Hindu, A. Ranganathan, Sep 05, 2005)
Complete lack of commitment to safety is evident in most international airfields in India. Professionalism and accountability are urgently required.
- Strict Npa Norms Will Hit Small Units (Hindu, DE. RAMAKRISHNAN , Sep 05, 2005)
Basel guidelines are only meant as broad standards
The perceived notion of a drop in the NPA of public sector banks actually conceals more than it reveals
- The Elusive Quota For Women (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2005)
The unending saga of the Women's Reservation Bill can be viewed in two ways.
- Is Bt Cotton Unsuitable? (Hindu, K.R. Kranthi, Sep 05, 2005)
Bt cotton is the most potent and best available option for bollworm management in the country.
- National Curriculum Framework & The Social Sciences (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Sep 05, 2005)
Textbooks should certainly be child-friendly but it is equally necessary that the schoolteacher should be made child-friendly. Teachers need a more intensive exposure to social science concepts, changes in data and methods in history, and critical enquiry
- Tsunami Posed The Greatest Challenge: Relief Commissioner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
"Situation was better handled than Mumbai floods and hurricane in U.S."
- Obesity Epidemic Threatens Britain (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
The number of Britons resorting to drastic weight-loss surgery will double in the next 12 months, say medical researchers, in a further sign of the growing obesity epidemic.
- Of Signatures And Security (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Sep 05, 2005)
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will come up for review by the end of this month. Since its inception in 1965, superpowers have converted ploughshares into spanners in their desperation to build up to that mythical level which would guarantee..
- Maoists Kill 24 As Mine Rips Vehicle Apart In Chhattisgarh (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Maoists rebels set off a landmine under a security vehicle, blowing it high into the air and killing at least 23 policemen and a civilian in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.
- India Offers Usd 5 Mn To Hurricane-Hit United States (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Rushing to the aid of the United States, India has offered five million dollars and medicines to provide relief the people of the regions devastated by hurricane Katrina on the US Gulf coast.
- Story Of Blunders By Delhi And Islamabad In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
It’s been a real tragedy of errors which has made Kashmir suffer.
- The Ceasefire Option (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2005)
That it is the Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who is asking India to reduce the presence of its security forces in Kashmir’s urban centres should be the last reason for rejecting the proposal. Any Indian citizen who travels to Srinagar knows . . .
- Powerful Handshake Stirs Muslim World (Deccan Herald, Salman Masood, Sep 05, 2005)
The handshake between Pakistan and Israel is the beginning of a new era in Jewish-Muslim relations
- Peace Prospects After Gaza (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 05, 2005)
The Israeli withdrawal of 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza strip has been given high publicity in the western media,
- Snide And Biased Sideswipes (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 05, 2005)
This column conveys its deep sense of shock and sorrow at the unimaginable magnitude and scale of the horrendous devastation caused by hurricane Katrina in its destructive passage across the States of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
- Pakistan’S Musharraf Defends Talks With Israel (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf defended today his Government’s talks with Israel, saying this was in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
- Regs: How To Make It Really Work (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 05, 2005)
The Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, though laudable, is an idea that is beset with problems
- Why Rupee May Not Fall Further (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Sep 05, 2005)
A Little LITTLE more than a month after China revalued the yuan, the Indian rupee is again in the news.
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