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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 12047:
- Lebanon: Changing The Script (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
At the end of the day, Hizbollah emerges as the symbol of resistance against the U.S.-Israeli unilateralism in West Asia.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Starving Childhoods In Sheopur (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Hunger-related deaths among children continue to afflict the tribal population of Sheopur.
- Murder, Murder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
In the years of yore, Ujjain was a seat of learning. Today the town is notorious for the virtual lynching of a professor by his own students for no other reason than that he had to postpone elections to the students union.
- On Naxalites, State Won’T Join The Dots (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 31, 2006)
The meeting between chief secretaries and director generals of police of 13 Naxalite-affected states on Wednesday places the Naxalite issue on the front burner. It must remain there.
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Jobless Growth? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Despite the rapid growth of the Indian economy since the 1990s reforms, the widespread impression is that of its limited employment potential. Reports of jobless growth surface often, with the analysis of statistics published by the . . .
- Working Beyond Borders (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Replace crumbling regulatory regimes
- Beginning Of The End (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 30, 2006)
Musharraf may have erred gravely in using brute force against Balochis who were not asking for freedom, but just a share from their resources
- Let's Face The Nasty Truth (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 30, 2006)
British Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has initiated a lively debate on whether excessive emphasis on multi-culturalism has contributed to Muslim separatism in the UK.
- Mylan Labs To Buy Majority Stake In India's Matrix Labs (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Mylan Laboratories Inc. Has agreed to buy a majority stake in the Indian company Matrix Laboratories Ltd., an acquisition that highlights a growing trend toward global expansion in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Thatcher Uk's Most Effective Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Post-war leader Clement Attlee and 1980s titan Margaret Thatcher were named Britain's most effective 20th-century prime ministers in a study of British premiers for BBC History Magazine.
- Textile Units Remain Non-Functional (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Looms in many textile units did not function when factory owners refused to attend a meeting called by the district labour officer to bring both parties on the negotiating table resolve labour disputes here today.
- Boost For Naxal-Affected States (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Army, in a major effort to help the state governments tackle the scourge of Naxalite violence, will train more than 14,000 personnel of Central and State police organisations and ex-servicemen next year.
- Govt Mulls Jt Audit Of Mncs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
India is contemplating to conduct joint audit for multinationals (MNCs) operating in India and Asean to monitor their annual statements, Advisor to Finance Minister Parthasarathi Shome indicated here on Tuesday.
- Guidelines For The Media (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 30, 2006)
These days everyone in the Capital is talking about the proxy war between the Congress party and the BJP, the two outfits focusing, respectively, on the December 1999 Kandahar episode — where terrorists were bartered for hijacked passengers of an . . .
- Karnataka Plans Economic Zones Boost (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Karnataka will encourage private firms to set up special economic zones by offering infrastructure support and rationalising labour laws, a state policy document said on Tuesday.
- Blind Men Of Hindustan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Last Wednesday an eminent American research scholar and author on South Asia, Mr Paul Brass, wrote an article in a national daily.
- Bismillah Khan (Frontline, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Aug 30, 2006)
Peerless shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan leaves behind a repertoire of sublime music.
- Tata Steel Eyes $600 Mn Share Sale (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Tata Steel Ltd., India's top private-sector steel maker, plans to raise up to $600 million through an overseas share sale as the country's stock markets rebound, according to sources familiar with the matter.
- Big League Bound (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 30, 2006)
India Inc acquisitions open new frontiers
- Employment In Asia (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Aug 30, 2006)
If the dramatic growth rates the region has enjoyed are to continue in a stable social framework, the benefits need to be felt by all through improvements to their lives and livelihoods _ in other words, decent work.
- Just Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2006)
In what sense does childhood end at eighteen? Or is the attaining of majority in age a purely legal matter without being laden with cultural and sentimental significance? Just a cursory glance at the laws that will be affected by bringing uniformity . . .
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- Arrangements For Vinayaka Chaturthi Rallies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The city police have made elaborate arrangements for the Vinayaka Chaturthi processions to be taken out on September 2 and 3, said Additional DGP (law and order) and Commissioner of Police (in-charge) K. V. S. Murthy here on Monday.
- The Other Questions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 30, 2006)
The parliamentary and public debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal has, predictably, focussed on two questions.
- Consensus Is The Way (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Aug 30, 2006)
No democracy can be run without providing plenty of space for dissent and debate on vital issues of the day.
- N-Plants: Chinese Help Sought (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party of China which met him on . . .
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Bitter Truth (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In western Maharashtra, the crisis in sugarcane has hit small and medium farmers the most.
- Vines Of Debt (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Onion or grape, farmers of Nashik in north Maharashtra have very little to choose to escape debt, and now death.
- Konkan Paradox (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In resource-rich Konkan, successive governments have neglected agriculture, the region's mainstay.
- Musharraf For Cooperation With China On ‘Bro (Pakistan Observer, Mariana Baabar, Aug 30, 2006)
Brisk preparations are being made by both Pakistan and China ahead of the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan.
- Sankara Nethralaya's Research Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It will pioneer ophthalmic research in nano-technology and stem cell applications
- Cbi Arrests 2 For Posing As Gavit, His Aide (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CBI has arrested two persons for posing as Union minister Manikrao Gavit, after the CBI gave him and his personal assistant a clean chit for allegedly chatting with an underworld don, Surinder Bhati, who is lodged in a UP jail.
- The Two-Way Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
There is a group of European nationals who, in their hundreds of thousands, are leaving home to set up in other countries, pushing up property prices, using local services and failing miserably to learn their hosts' languages or to integrate . . .
- Abuse Of Domestic Child Labour Alarming: Study (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Aug 29, 2006)
A new study has revealed shockingly high levels of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among children working as domestic help in Indian homes.
- `Ship-On-Campus' Laboratory Launched In Madurai Institute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
To be used for imparting pre-sea training to students .
- In The Afterlight Of The Bugti Episode (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 29, 2006)
The widespread protests in Balochistan and elsewhere in the country over the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti should come as no surprise to anyone.
- Chidambaram Is Right And Wrong (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Aug 29, 2006)
The Finance Minister's letter asking banks to consider keeping any hike in PLR in abeyance may have created much consternation, but he did this in a transparent fashion, which deserves credit. But his utterances on bank mergers may be a different . . .
- Nepal King’S Indian Business Links (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 29, 2006)
It is now clear that the royal family of Nepal has business links with at least five well known Indian companies.
- Institutionalising Money-Lending? (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Aug 29, 2006)
Registering money-lenders to give cheaper loans to farmers is not going to solve farmers' problems. The solution has to be found from within the banking framework, by making it provide credit to landless labourers, marginal farmers and women . . .
- The Sikandar-Jinnah 'Understanding' (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
The year 1926-27 was a continuous period of communal strife between Hindus and Muslims. Towards the end of 1926 Muslim leaders of Punjab decided to unite on one platform and reconstitute the Punjab Provincial Muslim League, which was headed by . . .
- Hometruths (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The finance minister’s response (letter to Montek, FE August 28) to the Planning Commission’s draft approach paper to the 11th Plan is in sync with ground realities.
- Child Budgeting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 29, 2006)
India can be rightly proud of the tremendous progress it has achieved over the last decade, particularly in terms of its remarkable economic growth and increasing global political influence. Yet, it is wanting in an area closest to people's hearts . . .
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- Let Tempers Cool (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
It is time to let tempers cool. The one-man judicial commission consisting of Justice (retd) K.K. Gupta has given its verdict on alleged tempering of the Shiva Lingam in the Amarnath cave.
- World Turning A Wasteland! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
In the West, few, if any, basic needs are answered locally.
- Dhaka Concerned On 'Terrorist Acts From India' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Even as India and Bangladesh on Sunday agreed to explore the possibility of a joint working mechanism to combat terror, an eleventh-hour bid by the latter to get New Delhi to “acknowledge” its claims that Indian territory was being used for . . .
- Us Pharma Major Mylan Buys Matrix Labs (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
US generic drugs major Mylan Laboratories on Monday announced the largest-ever takeover in the Indian pharma industry by agreeing to buy Hyderabad-based Matix Laboratories for up to $736m in cash.
- S Korea Says North Can Conduct Tests Any Time (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 29, 2006)
North Korea has facilities on standby to test a nuclear explosion and could do so at any time, the chief of South Korea's main spy agency said on Monday, according to Yonhap news agency.
- Nris Get Lifer For Murder Of 8-Year-Old (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Two Dubai-based NRI brothers were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering the eight-year-old son of a city businessman in 1992.
- India And The Data Exclusivity Trap (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 29, 2006)
In a coda to the Patents Act, fresh attempts are under way to inhibit the growth of India's vibrant generic industry by altering the laws that govern drug registration. This could further consolidate power in the hands of the drug majors and result . . .
- His Cinema Was Idyllic And Idealistic (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 29, 2006)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's strength lay in the collegiality with which he managed his gifted colleagues.
- Tsunami-Hit Families To Get Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy told A. Anbalagan (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) during question hour in the Assembly on Monday that each of the families affected by the tsunami in 2004 in the coastal pockets of Kalapet, Kanagachettikulam . . .
- Sbicaps Launches $100 M Vcf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
SBI Capital Markets Limited (SBICAP), the investment banking subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI), and Softbank Investment, the venture capital arm of Japan's SBI Holdings Inc, on Monday announced their plans to launch a new $100 million venture . . .
- Chotu Doesn’T Work Here Any More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
From October, employing children below the age of 14 as a domestic worker or as help in restaurants and eating places will be illegal.
- Mcd To Engage Private Firms For Demolitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
`Decision taken to speed up drive in a time-bound manner'
- Governor Not In Favour Of Self-Rule In J&k (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 28, 2006)
Asserting that democracy was thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor S.K. Sinha said here today that the idea of self rule would not be introduced though there was scope of improvement in different ways.
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee Is Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Eminent filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, whose depiction of the virtues and foibles of the middle class carved a new genre in Indian cinema and launched Amitabh Bachchan on path to superstardom, died in a hospital on Sunday of renal failure.
- Jansangh, Bjp Policies Made India N-Power: Vajpayee (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attributed the country's rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the Jansangh and the BJP.
- Jansangh, Bjp Policies Made India Nuke Power: Vajpayee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attributed the country’s rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the Jansangh and the BJP.
- J&k Enjoys Highest Degree Of Self-Rule: Governor (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Saying that the concept of autonomy of a State is in no way a threat to national unity, Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is enjoying highest degree of self rule in the country.
- Wto: Bumpy Road Ahead (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Aug 28, 2006)
There was some ray hope for revival of the collapsed WTO talks after the G-8 summit of industrialized nations at St Petersburg in Russia, but it seemed to have evaporated after the meeting of key trade ministers including India in Geneva in the last . . .
- Our Energy Interests~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
This is where the oddities arise and a disjoint becomes apparent between what the Government of India is saying and what American and Indian businessmen have been doing.
- Children Of Lesser God (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Aug 28, 2006)
Apart from poverty, inaccessibility to schools and lack of quality education are other causes of unchecked child labour, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Why Neil Simon? Why Not Badal Sircar? (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Theatre in India is a powerful, vibrant force.
- Jan Sangh, Bjp Efforts Got India Its N-Status: Vajpayee (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attributed the country’s rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the Jan Sangh and the BJP.
- Far Away, So Close (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
At one point in 2002, with the tension between Israel and Palestine at a peak, Palestinian émigré writer Samir El-youssef called up Israeli writer Etgar Keret to talk.
- ‘Nuke Rise Because Of Bjp’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday attributed the country’s rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jan Sangh and the BJP.
- Us And Our N-Plan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
On July 26, 2006, The Washington Post reported: “Pakistan is building a new powerful nuclear reactor for producing plutonium”.
- Sez Appeal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 28, 2006)
If one were to use response as the yardstick to judge the success of a policy initiative, then the government's move to adopt China's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) model as a growth catalyst has already hit gold. Less than six months after the . . .
- Violence In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
VIOLENCE and killings continues unabated in Iraq despite increase in the US forces.
- No Creamy Layer In Quota Bill (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Avoiding the contentious issue of “creamy layer”, the Centre on Friday tabled the Bill that provides for the implementation of 27% quota for other backward classes (OBC) in a “staggered manner” over a period of three years from the next academic . . .
- Atal: We Made India N-Power To Reckon With (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday said the six-year rule by the BJP-led NDA Government had not only successfully heralded the era of coalition politics in India but also made India a nuclear power.
- Textile Labour Law (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 28, 2006)
Where’s the political midwife?
- Regulator For Petroleum, Civil Aviation & Railways Under Consideration: Fm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Sunday said in Banagalore that the Government was considering to setting up regulatory authorities for petroleum, civil aviation and railways.
- Jd-U To Oppose Ban On Religious Conversions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Taking strong exception to the proposal of Jharkhand Government to impose a ban on religious conversion, coalition partner Janata Dal (United) on Sunday threatened to oppose the move and asked for withdrawal of ban from all parts of the country.
- Tony Blair Is Subservient To Bush: Carter (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former US President Jimmy Carter has put the blame for the ongoing crisis in Iraq on the shoulders of British Premier Tony Blair, accusing him of "lack of leadership and timid subservience" to US President George W Bush.
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