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Articles 25121 through 25220 of 31829:
- India's Power Reforms Stall As Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- China's Global Search For Oil Reserves (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
China is on a critical mission - to secure sources of energy from around the world to quench the country's seemingly unending thirst.
- Ongc Eyes Cuban Fields (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
ONGC is eyeing a stake in two oilfields in Cuba and a 30 per cent share in some exploration blocks in the communist country, where Repsol, a Spanish upstream oil firm, is currently carrying out oil exploration in those blocks.
- The Emerging Asian Triangle (Dawn, Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, Aug 28, 2005)
That the Pakistan-China friendship is time-tested, enduring and of a strategic rather than tactical or transitory nature cannot be doubted.
- India: A World Power? (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Aug 28, 2005)
Many of India’s spokesmen assert that it is, or that it is on the way to becoming, a major world power.
- Muslims Facing Social Boycott In India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2005)
A High level committee appointed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to study the economic, educational and social status of Indian Muslims has said that the Muslims are facing virtual social boycott in India. The Banks are declining loans to them and
- Phenomenal Export Target (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2005)
According to reports, the economic managers are confident to push exports of the country by more than 100 percent in the next five years to reach $30 billion target. They believe that the new target is within the reach if seen in the backdrop of 85%
- Scrap Them! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2005)
Awards of acrimony
- Indian Communists Finally Start To See Light In Economic Reforms In India – West Bengal Chief Minister Head Of Eastern States Wants Controlled Reform Like China (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
As reforms in eastern state of West Bengal make political waves in India, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee . . .
- Asia - Pacific To Reduce Green House Gases (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 28, 2005)
The dramatically changing face of Indo-US relations is restricted not just to the recent civilian nuclear cooperation deal clinched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with US President George W Bush but was also expanded to cover the crucial climate issue.
- Learning To Relearn (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
The politician shook his head and looked with pity at the young woman who had introduced herself as a student of political science (honours) in a prestigious institution. He said matter-of-factly: "I wish you all the best. I had also studied Aristotle, Pl
- Time To Be Artificially Intelligent.You Game? (Greater Kashmir, SHABIR AHMAD MIR, Aug 28, 2005)
In the Animal Kingdom everyone is good at something. This is how each species survives. The Grizzly Bear is very strong.
- Anatomy Of Power Crises (Daily Excelsior, Vikram Gour, Aug 28, 2005)
Only the other day early in the morning an unknown young face knocked at our gate to tell me that he is an Electrical Engineer graduate and wanted my advice in pursuing further studies in the engineering field.
- Afghanistan Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Indian Prime Minister – American Guards In Palace, Closed Air Space And Bulletproof Limos To Protect (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Aug 28, 2005)
The air space is closed – American guards in place – bullet proof limos roll
- Sunnis Defiant On Iraq Charter (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 28, 2005)
Differences yet to be resolved; U.S. frees 1,000 inmates from Abu Ghraib
- Could Partition Have Been Made Less Bloody? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 28, 2005)
It could be one of the most tantalising questions of modern Indian history.
- Reservations Just Have To Go (Deccan Herald, Tsvleen Singh, Aug 27, 2005)
As someone who despises political correctness let me begin by spitting out in unambiguous terms that I believe it is time for reservations for scheduled castes,
- Meeting India’S Energy Needs (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Aug 27, 2005)
After more than four decades of economic stagnation, India in recent times has been growing at a modest rate of about 7 per cent.
- Anesthesia Use To Detoxify Addicts Questioned (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 27, 2005)
Using general anesthesia to help detoxify heroin addicts is no more effective than other treatments and potentially much more dangerous, according to a study published last Wednesday by Columbia University researchers.
- The Grand Old Ripper (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Despite the derision hurled at her when she first aired her theories, the American crime writer Patricia Cornwell is back on the trail of Walter Sickert, the painter whom she believes was Jack the Ripper — the man who murdered five women in the East. . .
- The Maoist Threat (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Aug 27, 2005)
Marx in the Communist Manifesto broadly spelt out the following major aspects for the Communist Revolution:
- Sethusamudram Project Dredging Cost Will Go Up, Says Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Re-survey of the depth and the nature of sediments is emphasised by Rajamanickam If the pre-tsunami dredgers approach this now, they would find a quite contrasting change in the nature of the present sediment.
- Natwar Singh’S Obsession (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 27, 2005)
An obsession, magnificent or otherwise, is an obsession. It is an impulse that a person cannot escape. Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is overpowered by the idea that India must be on the UN Security Council.
- Gaza Pullout — An Eyewash? (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Aug 27, 2005)
August 22 was an important day in the history of Israeli-Palestinian relationship.
- Who Will Say ‘No More’? (Dawn, Gary Hart, Aug 27, 2005)
Waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool said to push on,” warned an anti-Vietnam war song those many years ago.
- India's Power Reforms Stall, Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Reuters, Hiral Vora, Aug 27, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- Whistle-Blowing On Mdbs (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 27, 2005)
This is a story which for me began in the mid 80s when a friend of mino, working as an Economist with the Asian Development Bank in Manila asked me to visit him
- Explosive Recoveries (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 27, 2005)
All of them are volatile recoveries made in the State during the last 72 hours: 1400 kilograms of chemicals in Srinagar, six kilogram RDX along with other ammunition in Satwari, one kilogram RDX from Rajouri and quite a few grenades from the Valley includ
- Rising Consumption Of Oil (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 27, 2005)
Oil prices are touching new heights and the IMF has warned that the robust energy demand from Asia will help keep world oil prices high and this could result in slower economic growth in the region.
- The Guise Of Contingent Payments (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 27, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a curious case of tax planning which almost succeeded
- U.S. States Bypass Bush; Set To Sign Pact On Freezing Gas Emissions (Hindu, Julian Borger , Aug 27, 2005)
The region generates the same volume of pollutants as Germany
America's north-eastern States are on the brink of a declaration of environmental independence with the introduction of mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions of the kind rejected. .
- India Plans Massive Refining Capacity Addition (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
India plans to invest a massive Rs 35,000 crore in adding new refineries to become an oil product export hub, even as it looks at opportunities to build refineries in Africa and Latin America.
- Kabul Calling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
India is looking to regain its old equation
- Al-Qaeda To Attack Asia's Financial Hubs? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Al-Qaeda could be planning an attack on Asian financial centres to try to undermine investor confidence in the region, a senior French anti-terrorism judge said in an interview.
- Resistance Mounts In Iraq Over Constitution (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The prolonged attempts to adopt Iraq’s new constitution descended into chaos yesterday, while a fresh wave of violence was unleashed across the country as insurgents carried out a devastating assault on Baghdad
- "Storm Threat Has Doubled" (Hindu, Paul Brown, Aug 27, 2005)
New findings suggest the power of tropical storms has increased due to global warming.
- Brand Iit: The People Behind The Image (Hindu, Dinesh Mohan, Aug 27, 2005)
IITs have justly been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia. A little known fact is that more than 80 per cent of their products live and work in India. The next stage is to restructure and reinvent IITs so that they can become. . .
- Are Wild Birds Villains Or Victims? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 27, 2005)
Have migratory wild birds been responsible for carrying bird flu? Or are they merely victims of the virus and therefore unlikely to spread it?
- Government Sets Up Panel To Restructure (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Following the submission of Krishnamurthy Committee report, the government has set up another committee to suggest the implementation of Committee’s report on the restructuring of public sector oil companies.
- Water Harvesting To Become Mandatory In Mangalore Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Model rainwater harvesting unit inaugurated
Civic bodies directed to include rainwater harvesting clause in licence document
Recharging will help improve groundwater quality
- An Irrevocable Error (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 26, 2005)
Sixty years ago, the state of Georgia executed a woman named Lena Baker. Last week the state Board of Pardons and Paroles announced that it would posthumously pardon her.
- Ministers’ Panel To Discuss Proposal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The government today forwarded the proposal for the purchase of 43 aircrafts worth $2 billion by the Indian Airlines to an “empowered group of ministers (eGOM)” for the final round of negotiations with the Airbus Industries
- Tony Blair’S New Game (Dawn, Sayeed Hasan Khan and Kurt Jacobsen, Aug 26, 2005)
After the bloody London bomb attacks British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned, with an underlying touch of authoritarian glee, that “the rules of the game are changing.”
- The Price Tag Of Alliance With The Us (Dawn, Mustafa Malik, Aug 26, 2005)
In his Independence Day message President Pervez Musharraf reiterated his vow to defeat terrorists and extremists.
- Swiss Brace For More Floods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Floods across Romania have killed 67 so far this year and the government estimates the damage at 1.5 billion euros.
- Next Stage In Nuclear Reactors (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 26, 2005)
The stress on conserving fossil fuels and a scale-up in renewable energy technology seems to be narrowing the options for high energy consuming countries such as India.
- Western Banks' High Interest In Chinese Banking Sector (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Aug 26, 2005)
China has a fast growing economy but its banking sector under-developed, albeit with huge potential for expansion, modernisation and improvements in efficiency.
- Crude Oil Prices Reaches $68 A Barrel, A New Record (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Crude oil prices hit a record $68 a barrel on Thursday after the United States reported a decline in gasoline stocks and China said its crude imports spiked in July, as strong demand on the mainland shows no signs of easing.
- In The Land Of Hammurabi (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 26, 2005)
"We the people of Iraq, who in all our forms and groupings undertake to establish our union freely and by choice, to learn yesterday's lessons for tomorrow, and to write down this permanent constitution... "
- Chairman Hidayatullah And Humour (Tribune, Sudarshan Agarwal, Aug 26, 2005)
I have had the privilege to serve the Rajya Sabha as Secretary-General when Justice M. Hidayatullah adorned the office of Vice-President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- Improving Ties With Afghanistan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Afghanistan can be a turning point for better Indo-Afghan relations. Afghanistan is not just another neighbour, but a buffer to an ever turbulent South Asia where terrorism, religious animosity and civilisational c
- He Wants To Change Latin America's History (Hindu, Richard Gott, Aug 26, 2005)
He's a friend of Fidel Castro, a fierce critic of the war in Iraq, and wants to spread revolutionary fervour throughout South America. Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, has long been a thorn in the side of the U.S.
- What We Like To Believe (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 26, 2005)
Let me make an honest but terrible confession. My deep and abiding interest in history began through reading Combat comics.
- Indian, Us Commandos Hold Joint Training (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Commandos of special forces of India and the US carried out a three-week joint training exercise in the country August 4 to 19 to hone their combat skills in countering modern security challenges, including terrorist threats,
- Faith In Women Demands That You Trust Them Without Reservation (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2005)
These are days when almost half the news is reserved for reservation, be it about quota in private colleges, or of seats of power for women.
- Defaults Are High Among Uk, Us, German Importers: Ecgc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The corporation has pointed out that a large US gem and jewellery buyer had defaulted to the tune of Rs 400 crore by declaring insolvency.
- A Dalit Perspective On Reforms (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Aug 26, 2005)
The Constitutional obligations can be met by giving Dalits a voice in policy-making to help in their upliftment
- A Life Out Of Living (Deccan Herald, HEERA NAWAZ, Aug 26, 2005)
A true teacher is not assessed by the degrees she has. She has to be natural and innovative
- Musharraf’S Discloser On A.Q. Khan Raises Questions (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Aug 26, 2005)
General Musharraf has now disclosed for the first time that Dr A.Q. Khan, the Pakistani metallurgist who confessed to having proliferated to Iran and Libya also provided centrifuge technology to enrich uranium to North Korea.
- Bush Vows To Fight On In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
With public support for the Iraq campaign falling, Bush is under great pressure to come good on his promise that the war will be fought and won.
- Economics And Not Just Spending Is The Key To Development (Greater Kashmir, ER IMTIYAZ, Aug 26, 2005)
Running costs are negligible in hydro power projects and they are affordable for the State. Centre with its vast resources base can afford it, not our improvised State, comments
- Venezuela: A Country On The Edge (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 26, 2005)
Venezuela is living in the shadow of the other 11 September. In 1972, on a day synonymous with death, Salvador Allende
- Side-Effects Of Verdict On Painkillers (Tribune, Katherine Griffiths, Aug 25, 2005)
The desision to award $253m to a widow whose husband died after taking Vioxx might be good news for the thousands of people in the US, UK and elsewhere who suffered after using the blockbuster drug, but there remains a nasty after-effect for the drugs ind
- In Defence Of The Speculator (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 25, 2005)
Governments, regulators and the financially illiterate across the world, suspect, fear and abhor speculators.
- Mutiny’S Bounty (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 25, 2005)
Each time an Indian filmmaker attempts to recreate the past, the resident bore stands up and yelps, ‘‘But this is not history.’’
- Cancelling Out O’Reilly (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
When the Vietnam war was going on, a man stood in front of then secretary of defence Robert McNamara’s window at the Pentagon and set himself on fire to protest against the war.
- Rising Power (Statesman, SP Seth, Aug 25, 2005)
An important indication that the United States is worried about China’s incursions into the Asia-Pacific region is the inroads it has made into Australia.
- Bandh Karo Bandh Ko (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
is obviously because of our common past that we in the Indian sub-continent have certain identical traits --- positive as well as negative --- whether we are in this country or in Pakistan or Bangladesh on our two sides.
- President’S Contact With Jews (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2005)
According to reports, at the invitation of the Jewish council, President Pervez Musharraf would address members of Jewish community during his forthcoming visit to the United States in connection with the UN General Assembly session.
- Trouble In Russia’S Backyard (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
Russia, which in the Cold War days ruled over a huge land mass, now finds its influence in the area that constituted the former Soviet Union considerably reduced.
- Plans To Expand Security Council Make No Headway (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 25, 2005)
Propasals to reform the United Nations Security Council are floundering in New York as contenders struggle to resolve their differences and at least two permanent members of the council threaten to block attempts at expansion.
- Cruise Missiles In Neighbourhood (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2005)
On July 18 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that India and the United States would “work together to provide global leadership in areas of mutual concern and interest.”
- Draw Parallels (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
The Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip and four of the 120 settlements in the West Bank has been widely welcomed.
- India And Iran: A Time For Reflection (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 25, 2005)
With vital energy, trade, manufacturing, and security interests involved, Iran and India have an overwhelming stake in resisting U.S. pressure that seeks to inhibit their relationship.
- Road To Hell (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
Better roads mean better life, but what can be said of a road that takes life of human beings who make the mistake of plying over it, Khursheed Ahmad Trali narrates
- Palace In Ruins (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
What is the most popular identification mark of the trans-Himalayan district headquarters of Leh which is an international destination?
- The Drama And Trauma Of Gaza (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2005)
A great media circus is being played out in Gaza as the Israeli army evicts Jewish settlers to return the strip of land to the Palestinians, who were dispossessed in 1967.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Vi (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
We are concluding the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Yuan Revaluation — No Big Advantage For India (Business Line, Prithwis De, Aug 25, 2005)
India may not really benefit from the yuan revaluation. This is because of its poor competitiveness in the international market, domestic policy constraints, and limited overlapping of export products with China.
- The Jack Bauer Syndrome (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Aug 25, 2005)
Think Of it as the dilemma of 24. In the TV thriller, hero Jack Bauer has 24 hours to avert a catastrophe
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