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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 12047:
- Leapfrogging Into Poverty (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 28, 2006)
High growth rates of India and China have become a problem for the Western countries. Till recently the developing countries were voluntarily selling their resources at low prices to them.
- "Russia Will Welcome Indian Labour Migration" (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 27, 2006)
Foreign employees to be granted three-year work permits
New legislation will ease registration process for foreigners
Under new rules foreigners will be allowed to stay for six months
- Left Cautions Upa Against Snap Poll (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The euphoria created over Ms Gandhi’s “Renunciation Part II” exercise would not go down well with the people, who are disillusioned with the UPA’s 20-month rule at the Centre, the Left leaders said.
- Dangerous Offer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
It has become as customary for India's political leaders to make grand gestures of goodwill towards Pakistan as it has for 'secular', English-speaking society in Delhi to patronise Sufi singers and musicians.
- Whither Speedy Justice? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was right in asking the superior courts to introduce corrective measures to dispense speedy justice but he fell short of suggesting viable solutions in this regard.
- Rs. 1,400 Cr. Sought For Rural Job Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Chief Minister reviews the programme with officials
Centre urged to allocate Rs. 700 crores as the first instalment
Issue of cards to be completed by March 29
Officials warned against violation of norms
- No Mfn Status To India, Pak Links It To Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Ahead of their crucial trade talks here tomorrow, Pakistan has stuck to its stance of linking the issues of Most Favoured Nation status for India and transit facilities for its goods with progress in resolution of political issues including Kashmir.
- Changing The Sbi Act (The Financial Express, ASHVIN PAREKH, Mar 27, 2006)
The Cabinet has cleared the amendment to the SBI (Subsidiary Banks) Act. This move will have mixed implications for the banking industry. Let us examine that.
- Should Government Stop Financing Higher Education? (Daily Excelsior, R.S. Mishra, Mar 27, 2006)
The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, has increased the outlay for education in the central plan by 17.6 per cent in 2006-07.
- Iraq, Afghanistan Decisive Battlegrounds - Blair (Reuters, James Grubel, Mar 27, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Iraq and Afghanistan were decisive battlegrounds for the values the West believes in and warned of the risk of a U.S. retreat into isolationism.
- Cpm's Deal With Vs May Derail Pro-Reforms Agenda In Bengal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Mar 27, 2006)
A deal for peace in Kerala may only open up new avenues of discomfort for both the CPI (M) Polit Bureau and its general secretary Prakash Karat. Insiders feel that the personal victory of VS Achuthanandan may soon take the shape of a deeper . . .
- Kashmiris In Fear In Goa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Ahead of their crucial trade talks here tomorrow, Pakistan has stuck to its stance of linking the issues of Most Favoured Nation status for India and transit facilities for its goods with progress in resolution of political issues including Kashmir.
- Nasa Plans Moon Base For Mars Trip (Telegraph, Guy Gugliotta, Mar 27, 2006)
For the first time since 1972, the US is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in . . .
- Law Against Domestic Violence Gets Delayed (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Mar 27, 2006)
Fifty million women are missing in South Asia. They are missing because of the increasing number of cases of foeticide, dowry deaths, honour killings and other acts of violence being inflicted on them.
- Plan For Delhi (Statesman, Gopal Bhargava, Mar 27, 2006)
In recent times, Delhi has witnessed a population explosion. At present, it has crossed the one crore mark.
- Pak Terror Infrastructure Alive And Kicking: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The ‘’Islamic Jihad’’ the civilised world is grappling with today, was born and nurtured in South Asia by the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Bangladesh triumverate, and what is being witnessed in West Asia, particularly after the US-led war in . . .
- Eclectic Culture (Hindu, ZERIN ANKLESARIA , Mar 26, 2006)
A comprehensive book on a little known region.
- Laboured Love (Hindu, Ajit Duara, Mar 26, 2006)
A book of enthusiastic gushing, some of it interesting, most of it predictable.
- Battle Plan For Best Effect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 25, 2006)
A recent paper of the Department of Administrative Reforms titled "Towards a Citizen-Friendly Government" is further proof that Government officials and public sector executives are still not ready to serve the way they should.
- Little Progress On Tb (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 25, 2006)
World Tuberculosis Day, Pakistan had little to show for its efforts to combat the infectious disease that afflicts 350,000 people in the country each year and kills about 60,000. Despite extending the DOTS (directly observed treatment, short . . .
- Is Godfather A Pill To Success? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Are you a member of the protected class, the select few who get plum assignments, get to go on junkets abroad, a core team that can generally get away even with murder?
- Are There Free Lunches For Central Banks? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Mar 25, 2006)
Economic stability won by a war on cost-push inflation may soon be lost to asset price bubbles.
- Invisible Forces In Kashmir (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 25, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir is once again caught in currents, cross-currents and under-currents of varied thinking processes on the future of the State.
- Karunakaran, Cong Sign Election Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Swallowing its pride and all the abuses it had hurled at Congress leaders in the past two years, the Democratic Indira Congress (K) of veteran leader K Karunakaran finally inked an electoral understanding with the Congress-led UDF
- The Game Plan On Iran Is Becoming Clearer (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards.
- Maoists Storm Jail In Orissa, Free 40 Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Three officials taken hostage from police station
Morning raid by extremists, supporters lasts over two hours
Simultaneous attack on police camp, jail, treasury and tehsil office
Second major Maoist attack in southern Orissa in recent years
- U.S. Revokes Visa Of Pakistani Senator (Washington Post, SHANKAR VEDANTAM, Mar 25, 2006)
The Bush administration has withdrawn an invitation to a Pakistani lawmaker and a prominent critic of President Pervez Musharraf who was to arrive in the United States today as a guest of the State Department, setting off charges that the action came . .
- Indo-Pak Overtures: Many Re-Runs, Few Results (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Mar 25, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s offer for a “treaty of peace, security and friendship”, in the absence of any details of its possible contents, could be described with a well-known cliché, tweaked a little — old wine in a relatively new bottle.
- Pm To Flag Off Bus To Nankana Sahib Today (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Mar 24, 2006)
The unprecedented security umbrella on the eve of the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his hometown here tomorrow has converted the holy city into a police . . .
- Rs. 1.1 Cr. Sanctioned For Road Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Chikmagalur will be given preference while filling up vacancies of specialist doctors
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Indian Diplomat Recalled From Malaysia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The Government has recalled an Indian diplomat barely three months into his posting apparently because he misused his position.
- Apathy Is In The Air (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 24, 2006)
Israel’s voters are apathetic in spite of the fact that the next government is expected to set the final borders of the Jewish state, thereby defining its relations with Palestinians, Arabs and the international community.
- Signs Of Global Warming In Garden (Tribune, Peter Marren, Mar 24, 2006)
What event defines the spring for you? Maybe it’s the first primrose. Primroses traditionally appear around Mothering Sunday. But last year the countrywide average date for the first primrose was 28 February.
- Remittances By Domestic Migrants (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, Mar 24, 2006)
Internal labour migration has a long history in India, and is increasing rapidly as differences in the rate of growth between and within states, and between the urban and rural areas, increase.
- Hundred Years Of Kala Pani (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Mar 24, 2006)
Once infamous as Kala Pani , this historical monument at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, marked its centenary on 10th March this year.
- Afghan Faces Death For Rejecting Islam (International Herald Tribune, Abdul Waheed Wafa, Mar 24, 2006)
The judge presiding over the prosecution of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity said Thursday that international pressure would not affect his rulings in the case.
- Witness Protection (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Mar 24, 2006)
Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Desirable
- Cas On The Warpath (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 24, 2006)
Chartered accountants are an angry lot these days and their ire is directed at the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and his latest Budget. Mr Chidambaram has taxed certain services rendered by the CAs which were exempt from the service tax.
- Hindu Youths To ‘Shadow’ Uk Mps (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 24, 2006)
Seeking to encourage Hindus to become active in British politics, a unique programme has been launched in which 10 bright youths from the community will “shadow” one UK lawmaker each for six months.
- Precaution Needed (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 24, 2006)
As the enthusiasm for industrial development of the State grows there is need for stepping up safety measures for employees.
- Iran And Us: A Replay Of Iraq Unlikely (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Let me begin by saying that I belong to the group of people who reject the use of weapons of mass destruction.
- Bailable Warrants Against Manu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today admitted the police appeal in the Jessica Lall murder case.
- Indian Maths Genius’S Role In Digital Age To Be Filmed (Tribune, Leonard Doyle, Mar 23, 2006)
Srinavasa Ramanujan, whose ideas underpin the internet revolution, was a poor Indian college dropout who nearly starved to death before he ended up at Cambridge in the early 1900s.
- Afghan Fm Removed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Afghanistan’s foreign minister since the fall of the Taliban regime four years ago will be replaced and a new interior minister anointed in a cabinet reshuffle proposed by President Hamid Karzai, officials said on Wednesday.
- Unicef Launches `Hand Washing Campaign' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Diarrhoea causes the death of one child every 30 seconds globally. However the risk of diarrhoeal infection can be reduced by 47 per cent by the simple process of washing your hands with soap.
- Strategic Partnership (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 23, 2006)
After the Bush visit, there are new opportunities for commercial space cooperation with the US
- The Basha Dam Controversy (Daily Excelsior, Seema Shekhawat, Mar 23, 2006)
The proposed Basha dam to be built in the Northern Areas (which Pakistan calls Federally Administered Territories) has become a complicated problem.
- The Importance Of Cooperation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 23, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Relevance Of Tale (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 23, 2006)
Have we not heard the fabled tale of a queen zealous of the beauty of her step-daughter Snow White? Every day she will go to her magic mirror and often ask: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's is the fairest of them all?"
- Dealing With Bird Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 23, 2006)
Now that an EU laboratory in London has confirmed the H5N1 virus strain in poultry samples from two farms in the NWFP, livestock and health authorities in the country would be well advised to face up to a potential avian flu outbreak and take . . .
- Our Globe-Trotting Rulers (Dawn, Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Mar 23, 2006)
China, if not already there, is well on its way to becoming a superpower.
- Bangladesh Says Trade Gap, Militant Charges Hurt India Ties (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Mar 23, 2006)
Bangladesh urged India on Wednesday to cut its huge trade surplus with Dhaka and stop making "misleading charges" about hosting Indian militants to help improve edgy ties between the traditional friends.
- It's Naïve To Think Tainted Money Becomes Clean When Donated (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 23, 2006)
There are times when Mammon encounters sobering morals. One such occasion happened last week, when The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston disengaged itself from a $2.3-million contribution, and volunteered to give the amount to a . . .
- The Knowledge Edge (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Mar 23, 2006)
Is the time ripe for industry-specific auditors?
In an experiment, teams of auditors were given specific instances and statements where a material misstatement was planted purposely.
- Betting On Growth, Not Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Mar 23, 2006)
One would have expected the Finance Minister to press ahead with bold reform measures against the backdrop of a booming economy and healthy growth in tax revenues. Instead, he seems to be betting merely on the higher growth trajectory for achieving . . .
- Call To Cull (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 22, 2006)
The West Bengal government has emerged as a bundle of contradictions in trying to wriggle out of an intricate situation following the discovery of 5,000 dead chickens in Birbhum district.
- Common Heritage (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 22, 2006)
Only token bilateral response was evoked by the earthquake that flattened villages on either side of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir last year, but now there is opportunity to salvage something from that missed opportunity.
- Legitimised As Jd(s)lp Leader (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 22, 2006)
Perhaps in an attempt to carve out his own identity independent of his dad Frank, Dom Moraes titled his autobiography My Son’s Father. Like his journalist-father, Dom was a writer with a feel for words, something which saw him becoming one of the . . .
- Centre Has Stepped Up Bharat Nirman Outlay For 2006-07: Min (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Centre has stepped up the outlay for its ambitious Bharat Nirman rural development project by 54 per cent this fiscal to Rs 18,696 crore from last year's Rs 12,160 crore, Union Minister of state for Planning M V Rajasekharan said today.
- Women In Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Mar 22, 2006)
When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the Nation moves’’,
- Help The Child (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 22, 2006)
Some time ago we had highlighted in these columns the need to end the curse of child labour.
- Twin Challenges (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 22, 2006)
There are many issues that confront society at large and continue to pose a challenge to it. The plight of women is one. Another is the condition of undertrials in jails.
- Haryana Needs Economic Council (Tribune, M.M.Goel, Mar 22, 2006)
The power shortage in Haryana calls for more attention of the state government for improving transmission and distribution efficiency in addition to Rs 2104.93 crore allocation for the power sector, including renewable energy, out of the total . . .
- India, Bangla Stand United Against Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
With Bangladesh today making the case that it is on the same page as India on terrorism, New Delhi made it clear that Dhaka should then cooperate in ensuring that its territory is not used by elements acting against New Delhi’s interests.
- India Helps Set Up Bio-Resource Institute In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 22, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has inaugurated a bio-resource institute in central Sri Lanka, started with Indian expertise.
- Cpi (Ml) To Contest Elections On Its Own (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Party says it will field candidates in four constituencies
- The End Of Farmers (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Mar 22, 2006)
The second Green Revolution will serve the interests of the American agribusiness corporations
- Airtel Unveils Retail Outlet Service For Ringtones (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The service is being offered in collaboration with South Korea Telecom’s affiliate company WiderThan Co Ltd, which is the solution provider for Airtel’s Hello Tunes service.
- Two British-Indians In Cash-For-Peerage Row (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 22, 2006)
Allegations that nominations were in return for loans or donations to the Labour Party.
- Talking To Daily Times: ‘Indian Consulates (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The Indian consulates located in Afghanistan are the main cause of the trouble in Balochistan.
- Bird Flu Confirmed (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 22, 2006)
That tests would confirm Pakistan's first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was only a matter of time, considering Iran, India, Afghanistan and China have already tested positive.
- Rural Tilt, Urban Edge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa seems to have got his basics right. The maiden budget of the Karnataka Development Front (KDF) Government presented by Mr Yediyurappa on Monday has a rural tilt with an urban edge.
- U.P. Mounts Efforts To Check Naxalites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday asserted that the State Government has mounted efforts to check the menace of naxalism in the State.
- Anniversary Waltz (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 21, 2006)
‘Swarmer’ just a ‘show’?
- Kumaraswamy Praises State Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Yediyurappa congratulated for presenting tax-free, surplus budget
- Let’S Not Take 8% Growth For Granted (The Economic Times, CHETAN AHYA, Mar 21, 2006)
There is a strong case to reverse the present trend of consumption-led growth by stepping up public spending on infrastructure..
- Notions Of Water Scarcity (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Mar 21, 2006)
Case study exposing the social and power relations which usually underlie water crises
- Unspent Funds (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 21, 2006)
The disturbingly slow pace of utilization of the federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) budget in the first six months of the current fiscal year as recorded in a recent analysis by the Planning Commission once again highlights the marked fail
- 15 Million New Jobs In State By Next Decade, Says Cii (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Survey stresses on initiatives to better employability of graduates
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