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- Swaminathan: Father Of Green Revolution (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 14, 2005)
M. S. Swaminathan is one of India's and, for that matter, Asia's outstanding scientist.
- Builders Swallowing Mumbai’S Land (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 14, 2005)
Condemned by history to be shunted around as dowry to every ruler lording over India, Mumbai (or Bombay, if you please) suffers from the misfortune of being perpetually coveted, but seldom enjoyed. Mumbai’s present inheritors mining Mumbai’s mill-lands...
- One Too Many (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 14, 2005)
Without seeking to challenge the latest scientific pronouncement that men really find it difficult to hear what women are saying, it would be worth drawing attention to the plight of a lorry driver in Malaysia,
- Salute To Three Brave Women (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Aug 14, 2005)
Last fortnight I met with three national rainbows, read outstanding women of our country:
- All Action, No Rhetoric (Hindu, K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN , Aug 14, 2005)
Eugenia Cano Puga is an internationally known mime artist from Mexico. On a tour of Kerala for research and conducting workshops, she found time to talk about her art form.
- Tribals Seek Independence From A British Law (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
They will hold demonstrations on August 15
If the bill were not given go-ahead by October 2, they would intensify movement
More than 5000 forest villages have no legal recognition
- Basic Law And Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 14, 2005)
We celebrate today the 58th anniversary of our country’s independence. As we look back and take stock, much has happened of which we can be proud. The economy has surely diversified and expanded.
- Arguments For A Better World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 14, 2005)
Amartya Sen's new book, The Argumentative Indian, is an original journey into the history of ideas. He says India's traditions of democratic discussion and secularism stretch back longer than we care to think. Excerpts from an interview.
- Pronouncing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 14, 2005)
The English language is full of illogicality. Especially when it comes to pronunciation.
- Norway Flays Kadirgamar Killing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
The US and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan also deplored the killing of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.
- Jihadis In Mufti Raise Money In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
The police have launched a hunt to track down those behind the circulation of publicity material and Rs 25 denomination coupons to fund terror strikes in India
- Row Over Rifles: India Rebuts Nepal’S Charge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
An Indian embassy statement said the rifles have been used effectively in the most extreme conditions of weather and also in the Kargil conflict.
- Iran's Revolution Is In Its Infancy - But It May Have Just Found Its Stalin (Telegraph (UK), Niall Ferguson, Aug 14, 2005)
Never underestimate a revolutionary regime. In particular, never underestimate the durability of the revolutionaries' fervour to fight for their cause. The French revolution began in 1789, but it was only after two decades of war that the fight was . . .
- Wars Of The 21st Century (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Aug 13, 2005)
Writing in these columns on March 30, 2003 on the Iraq war, I had said: “It is a strange war.
- Impasse In N. Korean Talks (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Aug 13, 2005)
After a fortnight of intense and wearing negotiations in the Chinese capital, the North Korean nuclear talks were broken off on August 7 for a three-week recess, with no sight of progress over Pyongyang’s demand for peaceful nuclear capabilities.
- Use Existing Laws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2005)
The screw continues to turn. After Tony Blair’s draconian 12-point anti-terrorist plan, a 13th front has emerged: the use of centuries old treason laws against prominent Islamic clerics promoting terrorism.
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 13, 2005)
The PM’s apology to the Sikhs comes 21 years too late
- Justices Favour Woman In Makeup Spat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 13, 2005)
A former L’Oreal USA Inc. sales manager can sue the cosmetics company for allegedly retaliating against her when she refused to fire a counter saleswoman whom a manager thought was unattractive,
- N-Row: Us Says Iran Must Be Taken To Unsc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2005)
The US State Department said Iran is being ‘given an opportunity to make things right’ but its ‘behaviour’ is being viewed with serious concern.
- Plane Talk (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Aug 13, 2005)
Reading some time ago about the gift of C-130s to Pakistan, I was reminded of the futile trip to Agra to refuel these aircraft, the heartmoving scenes at Palam from where the squadron did a huge relief airlift operation and India’s refusal to accept . . .
- Sikh Forums Write To Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2005)
The All-India Riot Victim Relief Committee has sent a memorandum to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam urging him to ask the Government to give Rs.10-lakh compensation to the kith and kin of those killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots besides Rs. 5 lakhs to ....
- No Haven In The Making (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 13, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the new-look DTAA with Singapore
- The Difficult Road To Cafta (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 13, 2005)
On July 27, the US House of Representatives approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement with a wafer thin majority.
- Election Commission Does It Again (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 13, 2005)
When in doubt omit, could well be the new mantra of the Election Commission of India.
- Learning Curb (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 13, 2005)
Bill to regulate professional institutes is self-defeating
- ‘A Great National Shame, A Great National Tragedy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2005)
The Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha on August 11, about the Nanavati Commission Report on the 1984 Sikh massacres
- Sri Lanka Declares State Of Emergency (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2005)
The Sri Lankan government today described the assassination of the country's foreign minister as a "grave setback" to the island's fragile peace process and declared a state of emergency.
- Do Stock Markets Love Bad News? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Aug 12, 2005)
The breast-beating over the senselessness of a stock market that soars in the wake of bad news does not take into account the converse question: why do markets go down when there is a flood of good news?
- Saga Of Official (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2005)
The behaviour of the ruling Congress party and its predecessor,
- Pascal Prepares (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 12, 2005)
Nations are equal in theory and fractious in practice; the politics of international institutions can be Byzantine and convoluted.
- Seeking Multilateral Regional Cooperation (Hindu, Alexander Yakovenko , Aug 12, 2005)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a new model of geopolitical integration.
- Tourism Falters In Drug Town (Hindu, Jo Tuckman, Aug 12, 2005)
Free Transport and red carpet treatment when you get there may sound like a tourist junket few could turn down.
- Doubts Over N-Deal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 12, 2005)
Fierce controversy over the Indo-US nuclear deal, signed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the US President, Mr George W. Bush, has had an invaluable outcome.
- Mahatma’S Spirit (Tribune, Shiela Gujral, Aug 12, 2005)
When the plane landed at Kampala, President Musaveni and his charming wife were waiting to receive us.
- Iran Under Scanner (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2005)
Despite the American threat to take the matter to the UN Security Council, Iran has reportedly resumed uranium enrichment operations at one of its nuclear energy plants near Isfahan.
- Big Oil Firms Make Big Money (Tribune, Steven Mufson, Aug 12, 2005)
When oil prices spiked — and oil profits soared — 26 years ago, virtually every newspaper intern in America (including me) was dispatched to gasoline stations to collect quotes from irate motorists.
- Worldwide Wonder (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
The 10th 10th birthday of the internet as a mass phenomenon is rightly being celebrated this week to mark a decade since the explosive stock market debut of Netscape,
- Israeli Disengagement Messy (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 12, 2005)
While an orderly pullout from Gaza Strip and northern West Bank is difficult, the Palestinian Authority is under siege from within.
- The Lessons From Kamchatka (Deccan Herald, R N Ganesh, Aug 12, 2005)
As accidents in Russia show, India has to acquire an effective submarine rescue capability
- West’S Miscalculation (Dawn, Martin Woollacott , Aug 11, 2005)
Nobody now disputes that misunderstanding has paved every step of the way in Iraq.
- Too Little Sugar (Indian Express, Thomas L Friedman, Aug 11, 2005)
Congress has finally agreed on an energy bill. Now maybe it will focus on solving our energy problem
- The Saudi-Pakistan Nexus (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Aug 11, 2005)
When Saudi Arabia’s ruler King Fahd died after a prolonged illness on August 1, his last rites were performed according to strict and austere Wahabi traditions.
- Iraq: Constitution Talks Resume (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Aug 11, 2005)
Final stage of marathon negotiations
- Rivals Join Hands To Kill G-4 Initiative (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 11, 2005)
While India is important, it is not really a determining factor in Washington’s strategic perspective
- The Next Big Risk May Hit From A Different Angle (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2005)
Antonio's first big mistake in The Merchant of Venice was to bet his whole fortune on a fleet of ships, and his second mistake was to borrow 3,000 ducats from a single source, states the intro of David Shirreff's Dealing with Financial Risk, from Viva
- Strategic Disinvestment — Unshackling Profit-Making Psus (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Aug 11, 2005)
To really unshackle the PSUs, the Government must sell a chunk of its shares to a "strategic" partner.
- Desalination Plants (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2005)
A recent presentation given by an American company to the Sindh governor on the installation of a desalination plant in Karachi draws attention to the scarcity of water in the city and the need to develop alternative sources for its supply.
- A Drive For More Energy (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 11, 2005)
With the world oil prices racing past the dreaded 60 dollar a barrel mark, and likely to stay high for quite some time, activities in the oil and gas sector in Pakistan are increasing rapidly.
- Americans For Withdrawal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 11, 2005)
According to a survey, most Americans are of the opinion that US troops should be withdrawn from Iraq.
- Iranian Reporter's Cry For Freedom (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2005)
Recent pictures of Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji circulating on Internet websites have shown him looking skeletal and unconscious.
- Tata Tea Looks At Global Acquisition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Eyeing units involved in ready-to-drink tea
- How Cia "Protected" A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 10, 2005)
He was caught stealing designs from a Dutch uranium plant. Former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers in a radio programme says the CIA saved Khan from going to prison.
- Patriotism Or Chavunism? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Aug 10, 2005)
Out of London bombings a national consensus has emerged: what we need in Britain is a renewed sense of patriotism.
- Nuclear Accord With Us (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Aug 10, 2005)
Following the Indo-US joint statement of July 18, 2005, not only were there accusations in India that Dr Manmohan Singh sold off India to the Americans,
- Left Parties Corner Govt On Nanavati Panel Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
While the CPM said the ATR was in all respects unsatisfactory, the CPI observed the report failed to assure justice to the victims.
- Iran Ignores Us Warnings (Tribune, Dafna Linzer, Aug 10, 2005)
IRAN resumed uranium work at a key nuclear facility on Monday, ignoring warnings from Washington and European capitals that such a move could land the issue of Tehran’s nuclear efforts in the UN Security Council, which has the authority to impose economic
- Journalist In Jail, But For What Cause? (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Aug 10, 2005)
Writing about the recent jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller, Tribune’s (July 9) editorial makes a strong point, “Journalism is all about the public’s right to know and to have access to information.
- Indo-Us Security Ties On A New High (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 10, 2005)
AT the face of it, the Manmohan Singh-Bush agreement augurs well for the country. For the first time Americans rightly understanding our peaceful nuclear track record.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Agreement (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Aug 10, 2005)
Much has already been written and said on the nuclear agreement reached between the United States and India in the Pakistani, Indian and international media.
- Global Terrorism — The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Nexus (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2005)
There is no dearth of evidence that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are partners in global terrorism. Mosques and jehadi-oriented madrassas in both countries spout anti-Western venom.
- Blowing Hot And Cold (Times of India, SURESH PRABHU, Aug 10, 2005)
India should not scuttle Kyoto Protocol
- Unlocking Forex Reserves To Fund Infrastructure (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Aug 10, 2005)
A model that involves the participation of intermediaries such as the World Bank/IMF,
- Memories Of 1945 Mass Destruction (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2005)
Sixty years ago yesterday, a single plutonium bomb killed 80,000 people in Nagasaki.
- My Summer Vacation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2005)
I know what I did on my summer vacation. I discussed real estate. Everyone on Martha’s Vineyard discussed houses. It was the main topic of conversation at dinner parties. It topped politics, sex scandals and food.
- The Stain That Will Not Go Away (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2005)
Try as it might, the Congress party cannot erase from public memory the terrible crimes that were committed on its watch against Indians of the Sikh faith in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination 21 years ago.
- Turbulent Times Ahead For European Union (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 10, 2005)
Uncertainty and a certain paralysis mark the European Union, with doubts being cast over plans to welcome new members and strengthen existing internal political ties and institutions.
- Employment Guarantee — Mps Lead The Way (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Aug 10, 2005)
The parliamentary standing committee favours a universal, self-targeting employment guarantee.
- Late Report (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2005)
Justice delayed is justice denied. The report of the Nanavati commission on the 1984 Sikh riots in Delhi that was tabled in parliament on Monday has lost its relevance and its poignancy because of the time which has elapsed between the report and the
- A Unipolar To Tripolar World (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Aug 10, 2005)
How India can help make this happen with some strategic planning
- Plunder Of Forests (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2005)
From Peshawar comes the news that something is being done at last to prevent the plunder of forests in the Frontier province being carried out by the timber mafia led by corrupt politicians.
- Iran’S N-Conversion Under Iaea (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2005)
Iran has resumed uranium conversion at its facilities near Isfahan under the IAEA supervision, Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation told newsmen on Monday.
- Pakistanis Under Surveillance In France Also (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2005)
The Pakistani community in France and elsewhere in Europe is now, more than ever, being watched by intelligence services concerned about its role as a breeding ground for Islamic extremism that could give rise to attacks like those in London last month.
- Private Sector To Fuel India-U.S Relationship (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2005)
Attempt to bring back American infrastructure companies
- Private Play In Nuclear Energy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2005)
The Chairman of Tata Power, Mr Ratan Tata, ignited an interesting debate last week on private sector participation in the nuclear energy programme when he said that his company was ready to foray into this area if and when the government allowed it.
- An Anniversary To Forget (Deccan Herald, Joichi Ito, Aug 09, 2005)
Sixty years after Hiroshima, the Japanese are more keen on looking to the future than dwelling on the past
- Judicial Cliches On Terrorism (Dawn, Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule, Aug 09, 2005)
Last week US District Judge John C. Coughenour sentenced a defendant to prison for plotting to bomb the Los Angeles airport. In the course of the sentencing,
- Regional Blocs And Multilateral Trade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2005)
The passing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) by the United States' House of Representatives by a wafer-thin margin of two votes is an indication of the increasing concern among American politicians about job losses on the one side. . .
- Kashmir: Sub-Regional Trade (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 09, 2005)
With this article, I conclude the series on Kashmir that I began several weeks ago.
- Agreements On Cbms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 09, 2005)
Reports from New Delhi are encouraging, for Pakistan and India have agreed on a number of confidence- building measures in both conventional and non-conventional fields.
- Born Of Discrimination (Indian Express, Babu Joseph, Aug 09, 2005)
The law must be amended to give the Christians in India equal opportunity to adopt children
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