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Articles 3621 through 3720 of 12047:
- American Ally~ii (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, May 23, 2006)
Although the Indian ministry of foreign affairs is trying to play down the status of “the non-Nato ally” as a matter of symbolic importance for Pakistan, the future looks very bleak for India.
- Structural Changes In Chinese Economy (Daily Excelsior, Ranndil Sher Jitender Singh, May 23, 2006)
In understanding the faster industrial growth in China, one should take note of decline in the proportion of workforce dependent on agriculture.
- For Gladder Rags: Textiles Need Better Support (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 23, 2006)
It is welcome that the government has woken up to the need to equip the textile industry to take on the post-2008 competition when China will be freed from the trade restrictions it accepted while joining the WTO.
- Myanmar Junta Accused Of Custody Killing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 23, 2006)
At least 127 pro-democracy activists have died or disappeared in the custody of Myanmar’s ruling junta or shortly after being released, most after torture and ill-treatment in the country’s prisons and interrogation centres, a report by an . . .
- The Healing Touch (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 23, 2006)
The national agricultural research system should develop technology that helps promote medicinal plants.
- Lunch With Bs: Surinder Kapur (Business Standard, Bhupesh Bhandari, May 23, 2006)
Much like the Japanese quality mantra suggests, the life of this auto component maestro has been full of small but confident steps.
- India To Seek Enhanced Interaction With Chinese Armed Forces (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
India will seek larger interaction with the Chinese armed forces by proposing scaling-up the level of joint exercises and training programmes in a bid to enhance confidence building measures.
- Indo-Us Strategic Partnership (Daily Excelsior, Vinod & Rao, May 22, 2006)
The sound of the words "Indo-US Strategic Partnership" is being sought to be imparted a resonance as that in a cathedral but the fact that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice set the ball rolling on the basis of a decision to resume F-16 supplies . . .
- The A Q Khan Effect (Tribune, K SUBRAHMANYAM, May 22, 2006)
The fact that the United States continues to be soft on Pakistan even though its leaders are aware that Pakistan is the epicentre of Jehadi terrorism, is a great puzzle for the Indian government and strategic analysts in India.
- Pause And Poise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2006)
It took scarcely a week for the euphoria that propelled the sensitive index to new highs to be replaced by bleak despair.
- Indian Doctors Reject Pm’S Call To End Agitation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
Thousands of Indian doctors and medical students protesting against a government affirmative action programme for low-caste students continued their strike Sunday, despite the prime minister’s assurances that their interests will be protected.
- Brand Basu (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 22, 2006)
Buddhadeb mustn’t suffer further constraints
Jyoti Basu has formed Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s cabinet.
- Remedy Required (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 22, 2006)
The government’s keenness to remove the 10% voting limit in banks, push a higher FDI ceiling in airport revamp ventures and revisit foreign shareholding norms in telecom is welcome.
- In Greater Tibet, Dalai Lama's Light Burns Bright (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Lit by flickering, sallow yak butter candles sits a small picture of a man despised in Beijing as leader of a splittist independence movement but admired by millions for his pacifism - the Dalai Lama.
- On The Edge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 21, 2006)
Amsterdam draws you in with its temptations.
- Vested Interests (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 21, 2006)
Fundamentals of bad governance
What is there in common between the Government of India’s actions regarding (a) OBC quotas in higher education; (b) the US-India nuclear deal; (c) spending $12 billion ($1200 crore) on new aircraft for bankrupt Air . . .
- My Cook, My Life (Business Standard, Kishore Singh, May 21, 2006)
The statutory order binding on all residents of the apartment went out earlier this week: “Accept all invitations, no matter how abysmal,” said my wife.
- Why Pay More For Fairness? (Dawn, Peter Singer, May 21, 2006)
Marks & Spencer, a supermarket and clothing chain with 400 stores throughout Britain, recently announced that it is converting its entire range of coffee and tea, totalling 38 lines, to Fair-trade, a marketing symbol of “ethical production”.
- Failed Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 21, 2006)
According to a study, in the year 2005 Pakistan made a spectacular progress, jumping from 34th position to 9th.
- Iran's Iraq Strategy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, May 21, 2006)
From the moment the first U.S. warheads detonate over an Iranian nuclear installation, the United States will be at war with the Islamic Republic.
- Cutting The Gordian Knot (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , May 20, 2006)
FIIs' earnings from share trading as business income
If the Government for some reason is Sensex fixated and does not want to subdue FII interest in Indian bourses, it may introduce a concomitant deeming provision
- Spires And Minarets (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
Tony Brett’s defeat in Oxford’s council election was one of many small details that passed unnoticed in the excitement over the gains that the white supremacist British Nationalist Party made in a London suburb.
- Centre Launches Energy Labelling Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
Makers of electrical appliances have to include labels on products
Labelling to be made mandatory after six months
Initially, to be done on frost-free refrigerators, fluorescent tube lights
Consumers can benefit from lower operating costs of . . .
- Labour To Join Qarase Cabinet (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 20, 2006)
The suspected "tensions" between the chief of Fiji's military forces and the Government to be headed by the re-elected Prime Minister in the south Pacific state may hold the key for political stability there in the evolving post-poll situation.
- After The Hype (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
There are unresolved questions on how the agreement with the new management of Dunlop was rushed through a few days prior to the assembly election, raising hopes that the factory which has been closed for several years throwing thousands out of work . . .
- `Drafted' Damage (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 20, 2006)
Did the I-T Department circulars on exemptions and stock trading send the market sliding?
- The Haitian Miracle? (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, May 20, 2006)
This spring’s presidential election in Haiti sadly re-enforced the country’s blighted reputation.
- Economic Growth Best Medicine For The Ill (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
If India is to improve the health of its people, policies promoting growth will have to take precedence
- A Brave New Left On The Horizon? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 19, 2006)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee riding the crest of a popular tsunami is raring to go, even if it means breaking loose from the stalwarts of the Left living in the past. The chances of a schism within the CPI(M) are very real with Mr Bhattacharjee . . .
- India's U.S.-Style Lobbyists (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, May 19, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Bush Requests $1.9b To Bolster Borders (US News & World Report, SUZANNE GAMBOA, May 19, 2006)
President Bush sent Congress a $1.9 billion request Thursday to increase border security as supporters of sweeping immigration legislation reasserted control in Senate debate.
- Mufti Calls For New Vision To Solve J&k's Problems (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 19, 2006)
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
- Demands A Re-Think Of Policy Calculus (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, May 19, 2006)
After the South-East Asian contagion, stability has been held to be sine qua non for growth, especially in developing countries. In the context of the debate on convertibility, perhaps India needs to re-work the policy calculus: Accumulate res erves, ....
- Waiting For The Son-Rise (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 19, 2006)
Last May, at the completion of his one year in office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave himself six marks on a scale of 10.
- State Reserve Police Deployed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Personnel of the State Reserve Police were deployed in Dabhoi town of this district today following recovery of bodies of two Muslim children from inside a car, police said.
- Assam Rifles Bill Will Give More Strength To Force (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The new law to govern the functioning of the Assam Rifles will enhance the ability of the country's oldest paramilitary force to guard the Indo-Myanmar border and to act against erring personnel, its Director General Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh has said.
- America's War On The Yuan (Business Line, K.Subramanian, May 19, 2006)
Hawks in the US were expecting the latest bi-annual `Report to Congress on International Economic and Foreign Exchange Rate Policies' released by the US Treasury to brand China as a "currency manipulator." K. SUBRAMANIAN looks at the circumstances . . .
- What We Need To Tell Iran (Washington Post, David Ignatius, May 19, 2006)
How do you answer a letter from an Iranian president that catalogues the perfidies of U.S. policy and then sweetly asks America to "return to the teachings of the prophets"?
- Rot In The System: What People Feel (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, May 18, 2006)
Every aspect of the electoral system needs drastic changes
- Breaking The Iran Nuclear Impasse (Hindu, Praful Bidwai, May 18, 2006)
After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landmark letter to George W. Bush, many in Teheran expect more overtures favouring a diplomatic solution. India must strongly back these moves, not passively tail Washington's hardline agendas.
- Mummy Mystery (International Herald Tribune, John Noble Wilford, May 18, 2006)
A mummy of mystery has come to light in Peru.
- ``Do Not Open The Door To Naxals'' (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 18, 2006)
Gandhian takes up cause of landless labour
Corporate houses to pay a nominal rent of Rs. 60 an acre per annum
Government failed to publicise original GR among farmers, says Vaidya
- Understanding India’S Economic Growth (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, May 18, 2006)
Policy needs to support the process of creative destruction and further open up industry, labour.
- ‘Self-Centred Middle Class Is India’S Tragedy’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , May 18, 2006)
The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has been in the spotlight over Chairman Sam Pitroda’s run-in with Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh over the reservation issue.
- Mark The Details (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, May 18, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature.
- Panel Says "Netaji" Dead, Mystery Alive (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It is one of the enduring mysteries of India's freedom struggle, but a long awaited report on the fate of charismatic leader Subhas Chandra Bose has failed to solve the riddle of his disappearance more than 60 years ago.
- Why Play Down India's Growth Rate? (Daily Excelsior, M.N. Minocha, May 18, 2006)
At current prices, the latest national accounts figures (provi-sional) we have, courtesy Central Statistical Organisation, are for Q1 (April-June) of 2006-07.
- The Doctor Needs A Shot In The Arm (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 18, 2006)
With the Government about to complete two years in office, the jubilation is missing.
- Left Front Ministry To Be Sworn In Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Seventeen new faces inducted
33 Ministers have Cabinet rank
More than 1/3rd of ministry comprises new faces
Self Help Group and Self Employment is new department
- Towards A Dialogue Of Religions (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 18, 2006)
Samuel Huntington in his classic "The Clash of Civilisations and the remarking of The World Order" relates with great clarity that . . .
- Mysore An Ideal Destination For Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Mysore started in 1963 is a full-fledged Arts, Science and Commerce college for women affiliated to the University of Mysore.
- Iron Man At The Helm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 17, 2006)
From leader of innumerable agitations to head of government. With the Polit Bureau, the State Secretariat, and the State Committee of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) endorsing him as the next Chief Minister of Kerala, V.S. Achuthanandan needs . . .
- Made In China — Indian Doctors (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 17, 2006)
Hundreds of students from India are now studying medicine in Chinese universities.
- Dodging Judgements (Business Standard, M J Antony, May 17, 2006)
The executive and legislature cannot pass laws to overcome inconvenient orders.
- No Future For Rejected Politicians, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
As exiled former premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif stepped up efforts to oust him, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has accused them of being “corrupt” and said they would not come to power again as there was no future for the “rejected” . . .
- 'What More Do The Upper Castes Want?' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Dr Udit Raj (formerly Ram Raj) is the chairman of the All-India Confederation of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Federations.
- Morales, The Poor, And Oil Firms (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 17, 2006)
The outery over Bolivia's renationalisation and the slience over Chad's betrays hypocrisy.
- Dial Drdo For Delay (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 17, 2006)
While the postponement of Agni-III missile’s test-firing may have to do with political expediency, it doesn’t justify the claims of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) that it had the missile ready for launch ‘since January’.
- Australian, Indonesian Ministers Meet To Mend Ties (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Foreign ministers from Indonesia and Australia have met to mend ties between the two neighbours which frayed after Canberra granted visas in March to 42 asylum seekers from Indonesia's Papua province.
- "Veer-Zarra"? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 17, 2006)
Internet has converted the globe into a village.
- By George, This Man Needs Help! (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 17, 2006)
IRAN’S president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his recent letter to George W. Bush, mildly (but at great length) berated his American counterpart for, among other things, straying from the true religious path.
- Adrift On A Tide Of Panic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 17, 2006)
Few things in the record of the Blair government are shabbier or more destructive than its increasing tendency
- A New Approach In Fata (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 17, 2006)
Mercifully, the Pakistan government is now exploring new approaches to ease the crisis in North Waziristan.
- Social Security For All: Shining Path, Tread Carefully (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 17, 2006)
Social security for vulnerable, informal sector workers is a noble goal, not only in itself but also for its add-on benefit of facilitating the introduction of flexible labour laws.
- Social Security For Unorganised Sector Likely (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The government is likely to introduce a scheme estimated to cost around Rs 25,000 crore to provide social security cover to over 30 crore workers in the unorganised sector soon, with the Arjun Sengupta Commission today submitting a new draft of . . .
- Snarls In Safety Net (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 17, 2006)
The UPA’s focus on safety nets are welcome in a country where, until now, governments have failed to carry the poor with them. So far most labour-related schemes of the government have focussed on the organised sector workers.
- The Allusionists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 17, 2006)
It is no wonder observers are so keen to cast a feuding Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on the Shakespearean stage. The play is, after all, the thing
- Public Relations: Old Order Yielding Way To New (The Financial Express, PREMA SAGAR, May 16, 2006)
The public relations industry in India is rethinking strategy and messaging in diverse ways.
- Choice And Reason (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 16, 2006)
Towards a new team in Bengal
The rough edges on the path towards a new ministry will have to be sorted out before Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony.
- Caution: Left Hand Drive (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, May 16, 2006)
The truly remarkable aspect of verdict 2006 is that it has strengthened the hands of both the Congress as well as its allies, says . . .
- Record Opium Harvest In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 16, 2006)
Two hours drive from the Afghan city of Kandahar, in Helmand province, a combination of factors have conspired to produce what is probably Helmand’s biggest ever opium harvest.
- Defiant Saddam Rejects Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The chief judge formally charged Saddam Hussein today with crimes against humanity, including torture of women and children, murder and the illegal arrest of 399 people in a crackdown against Shi’ites in the 1980s.
- Globalisation’S Grave Challenges (Deccan Herald, Robert A. Levine, May 16, 2006)
America’s growth and Europe’s comfort are not sustainable
- Names Of The Divine Mother (Hindu, V.N. GOPALA DESIKACHARIAR, May 16, 2006)
LAKSHMI ASHTOTHRA SATANAMA NIRUKTHI STHUTHI — Volume 1: V. S. Karunakaran; Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Satsangam, C-8519, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070. Price not stated.
- Mysore An Ideal Destination For Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Mahila Maha Vidyalaya
- Ending Child Labour (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 16, 2006)
The International Labour Organisation's finding of a global decline in child labour between 2000 and 2004 suggests that the multiple strategies adopted over the past two decades to remove children from work are proving effective. But the report . . .
- Kashmir's Pride (Hindu, ZERIN ANKLESARIA , May 16, 2006)
Story of this legendary craft tradition retold from a South Asian perspective
- Pak, Greece To Boost Trade, Defence Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Pakistan and Greece Monday agreed on enhanced cooperation in combating terrorism and increasing trade and investment.
- Fluid Job Market (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 16, 2006)
Information technology majors Infosys, Wipro, TCS and Satyam together added nearly 60,000 employees in 2005-06, pushing up their combined wage bill by over 50%. In contrast, wage expenses rose sedately for the non-IT majors.
- A Nuclear Test For Diplomacy (Washington Post, Henry A. Kissinger, May 16, 2006)
The recent letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush needs to be considered on several levels.
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