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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 12047:
- India Shows Off Military Might On Republic Day (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 27, 2006)
India showcased its military hardware and heritage at a tightly-guarded Republic Day parade on Thursday, with a display featuring elite troops, weaponry and aircraft with folk dancers, camels and elephants.
- India Shows Its Military Muscle On Republic Day (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 27, 2006)
India showcased its military hardware and its heritage at a tightly guarded Republic Day parade on Thursday, with a display featuring elite troops, weaponry and aircraft along with folk dancers, camels and elephants
- Us-India Strategic Alliance (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jan 27, 2006)
History bears witness to the fact that the United States focused its efforts on building a close relationship with Pakistan only when it deemed it necessary to do so to achieve its limited aims in the region.
- India Rejects Linking Iran Vote To Nuclear Deal With U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
Mulford says his remarks were taken out of context
Mulford: Fallout will be devastating and deal will die
India: we will make independent judgment
- Unions And The Development Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2006)
It is an interesting co-incidence that the United Nations Environment Programme hosted the World Assembly on Labour and the Environment in Kenya at a time national attention in India is focussed on France's outrageous decision to send . . .
- Umbilical Connectivity And Societal Change (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 26, 2006)
What the more fortunate among us have to do is to provide the leadership to bring about a transformation in India's 600,000 villages.
- Scholars To Prepare Modern Tamil Grammar Through Computer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
Centre for Advanced Study in Linguistics organises workshop
There is a chasm between spoken and written Tamil, and both are not interchangeable, says Vice- Chancellor
- Capital Down Under (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Jan 26, 2006)
This is the Delhi Metro, we stick to deadlines. In fact, we beat all deadlines and finish ahead of schedule.’’ It’s a tribute to what Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has come to mean to the Capital this Republic Day that nobody sniggers when . . .
- Crushing The Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 26, 2006)
The Aravalis are still under attack
A casual disregard for the law and callousness towards the environment is again on display in the sensitive Aravali region of Mewat in Haryana.
- A Peep Into Framing Of Indian Constitution (Daily Excelsior, R L Bangotra, Jan 26, 2006)
On 26th Jan 1950, we become Independent in real sense when the Indian Constitution was adopted. On this auspicious day, let us have a peep into framing of Indian Constitution. On 16th March 1946, Three member delegation of British Government . . .
- The India Imperative At Wef (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 25, 2006)
The World Economic Forum is always at the cutting edge in its focus areas and the Annual Meeting at Davos has become an important platform for exchanging political, social and environmental opinions on developments in the global society.
- Fight For The Middle Ground In Britain (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 25, 2006)
The Tories and the Liberal Democrats are targeting British mainstream politics' centre ground currently held by Labour. What kind of choice does this leave the voters with?
- Bigger Nuclear Weapons Will Mean Less Security (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 25, 2006)
Without any public debate, one side's new missiles give others an excuse to flout the non-proliferation treaty.
The Orion programme will strengthen suspicion that the U.K. is building an entirely new class of weapons.
- Not Afraid To Do The Job (Deccan Herald, Antonia Potter, Jan 25, 2006)
Excluding women from the work of mediation is selling peace processes short
- Iaf To Shed Redundant Technology (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Fourteen nations and representatives of 21 international aviation organisation are participating in the two-day conference.
- Cong Economic Mantra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 25, 2006)
Why feel shy of aiming high?
It is difficult to dispute what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said about his government’s efforts to “transform the face of India and the lives of the ordinary people” in the course of his address to the plenary . . .
- Laughable Lament (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Mulayam Singh Yadav had only a half a leg to stand on as he staged a low-key limp-out from the extensive bungalow in Krishna Menon Marg (in the heart of Lutyens’ New Delhi for those unfamiliar with the Capital) that had been allotted to him when . . .
- Singh Receives Abdullah In New Delhi (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 25, 2006)
Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz arrived in India on Tuesday night from Beijing to a rousing welcome, with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh receiving him at the airport.
- Dearer Money (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 25, 2006)
For the layman, a higher growth prediction of 7.5-8 per cent for the current year may not gel with the idea of making money dearer, as elaborated by the RBI in its Third Quarter review of Annual Statement on Monetary Policy for 2005-06.
- Give Private Credit Institutions A Chance (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 25, 2006)
I EXPECTED sharp reactions to my article "Moneylender surfaces again" (Business Line, January 11). I expected objections from a handful of co-operative barons because it was the Co-operative Credit Network that which was my principal ...
- Poetic Justice In Santiago (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 25, 2006)
For some Chileans the Pinochet era finally came to an end not when the wily old general left the presidency in 1990, after losing a referendum that had been designed to lend legitimacy to his dastardly regime as well as to extend its tenure, . . .
- Micro-Financing: Key To Poverty Alleviation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 25, 2006)
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Salman Shah has said that the Government is committed to promote micro-finance sector for alleviation of poverty in the country.
- No More Brazening It Out (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 25, 2006)
The public perception of partisanship and unfairness of Bihar Governor Buta Singh in recommending the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly has only been confirmed by the Supreme Court's elaboration of the reasons why it earlier held the act unconstitutional.
- Street Saga (Hindu, PAROMITA PAIN, Jan 24, 2006)
Rucha Humnabadkar's Dance of the Fireflies is dedicated to the street children of India
- Nepal King Shows True Colours (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 24, 2006)
By arresting prominent politicians from democratic parties and bringing in other restrictions on political activity through a sudden countrywide emergency, King Gyanendra of Nepal has acted true to type.
- Left Plus Right Needn’T Mean Stalemate (The Financial Express, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Jan 24, 2006)
The UPA government’s economic policy has been in suspended animation for much of their time in power. Suspended by inaction, animated by a war of words. The Left and the Congress seem happy marching along while standing still, . . .
- Pipeline To Be Built In Segments (Dawn, Khaleeq Kiani, Jan 24, 2006)
Pakistan, Iran and India are likely to adopt a segmented approach on the construction of over $7 billion trans-Pakistan gas pipeline to ward off effects of possible US sanctions against Iran over nuclear issue, sources say.
- Why Flee To Singapore? (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Jan 24, 2006)
The IIMs should provide education in socially relevant areas to poor and capable students who need it badly
- Threat To Quit Safta (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 24, 2006)
There are some troubling indications that Islamabad may be contemplating pulling out of the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta). That would be very unfortunate from Pakistan’s perspective. It would do little damage to India, but it would be a
- Bush’S White House: Trapped In A Cocoon (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Jan 24, 2006)
'Desperate' is not a word found in the White House vocabulary even though one may be forgiven for detecting that George W. Bush and his handlers have acted ever more desperately through the last dismaying year.
- Helpline To Boost Campaign Against Child Labour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Toll-free line to come under purview of district administration
Round-the-clock service of helpline (1098) with more staff being planned
Special enforcement teams to be available for immediate crackdown
- Bangladesh To Cooperate With Us In Anti-Terror War (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Bangladesh is ready to cooperate with the United States on counter-terrorism measures following a series of deadly blasts linked to a banned religious group, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan said on Sunday.
- Congress Renews Pledge To Help Poor (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 24, 2006)
The ruling Congress party on Monday renewed a vow to bring prosperity to millions of desperately poor in the world's largest democracy but did not reveal how it would fund its ambitious pledge.
- An Axis Of Allied Forces (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
For almost three-quarters of our nearly 60-year-old political history, the Congress has led the Union government without any associate parties.
- Development Of Doda (Daily Excelsior, Prof P R Khajuria, Jan 24, 2006)
The sprawling Doda sub-region with its peculiar geophysical characteristics and unique socio-cultural scenario; with its centuries old known history that almost runs parallel to the history of Kashmir valley,
- Knights And Warriors Of Growth (Daily Excelsior, Anupam Dasgupta, Jan 24, 2006)
Worldwide, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are being viewed as an engine of equitable economic growth and poverty alleviation.
- A Racket Returns (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 24, 2006)
A month ago I got a phone-call from a stranger deep in Gujarat. He went on about the Yes Bank public issue, and about its manager, Karvy Consultants. Sensing a story, I passed on the telephone number to a junior colleague, who assigned it to his . . .
- Contradictory Goals? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jan 23, 2006)
Contrary to a commonly held view, the World Bank holds that greater equality will lead to greater growth
- On Pm-Saudi King Agenda: Terrorism, Defence, Energy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 23, 2006)
All the pomp surrounding the first visit by a Saudi King to India in half a century—planeloads of royalty accompanying the monarch and the pageantry of the Republic’s birthda...
- Pc Shipments In Asia-Pacific Up 19 Pc: Idc India, Taiwan Perform Below Expectations (Business Line, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jan 23, 2006)
IDC said that notebooks were particularly solid as all the countries in the region recorded double-digit year-on-year growth rates in shipments in 2005.
- Social Concerns, Fiscal Prudence To Guide Budget: Chidambaram (Business Line, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jan 23, 2006)
SOUNDING upbeat on the economic growth rates achieved and the boom in investments, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram,
- Trade With India Sans Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
PRESIDENT of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Chaudhry Mohammad Saeed has said that political relations are hindering progress in the economic collaboration between Pakistan and India.
- Nuclear Brinkmanship: Iran Vs West (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jan 23, 2006)
Of late, tension between Iran and the West, has assumed alarming proportions, over the nuclear issue. War of wits between the contending parties in fast escalating and Iran’s adversaries are..
- Don’T Cross Your Limits, Cong Warns Left, Upa Partners (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jan 23, 2006)
AICC Will aggressively confront and fight the Left in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura, says party
- India And The Global Market For Education (Hindu, John Makinson, Jan 23, 2006)
There has been an educational explosion in various countries, including India.
- Indo-Lankan Economic Ties (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Jan 23, 2006)
Prolonged media preoccupation- on either side of the Palk Straits with the Tamil problem has created an erroneous impression that a solution to the ethnic issue is central to the growth of Indo-Sri Lanka ties.
- Big Trouble For The Little Ones (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Congress Rejects Deadline On Telangana Issue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 23, 2006)
The Congress today firmly rejected the two-month deadline set by its alliance partner the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on the Telangana issue.
- Embodiment Of Bravery, Patriotism (Daily Excelsior, R K Bhatnagar, Jan 23, 2006)
Born on January 23, 1897, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose would have been 109 years of age now.
- Congress Seeks To Return To Power At The Centre On Its Own (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 23, 2006)
Persistent demands for a "greater organisational role" for Rahul Gandhi
- No Major Changes In Economic Policy (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 23, 2006)
Hemmed in by the Left parties and its own commitment to the “garib and aam admi”, the Congress party’s economic resolution today...
- The Dalai Lama To Visit Israel In February (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
The Dalai Lama will visit Israel in February to participate in the celebrations marking the birth centenary of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, the organisers said.
- Not Another Pay Commission, Please! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 23, 2006)
THE Central and State Governments' finances were utterly ravaged by the implementation of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission (1997), and the country is yet to recover from the consequences.
- Pfc, Another Navratna On The Block: Fm (Business Standard, D K Singh, Jan 23, 2006)
Labour reforms and foreign direct investment in retailing are under consideration.
- Coming Out With The Real Outcome (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 23, 2006)
What exactly is `outcome' and how to measure it? Raising this question vis-à-vis the Outcome Budget, P. V. Indiresan suggests that, assuming cost-benefit can be measured, there are three ways the `outcome' can be deemed better than before.
- Bangalore Cops In Kashmir On Iisc Terror Trail (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
A special Bangalore police team investigating the December 28 attack on the Indian Institute of Science has arrived in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K Director-General of Police Gopal Sharma, however, said that no links in the state had been established so far.
- Cuba Solidarity Day On July 26 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
"Hands off Cuba'' will be an important slogan when Bush visits India: Karat
- Ensure Human Welfare, Scientists Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Pondicherry University to use EDUSAT
Kota Harinarayana, Raja Ramanna Fellow in the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, has said educationists, scientists and technocrats have the responsibility to ensure human safety and welfare.
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- Indian Congress To Set Party Agenda At Upcoming Meet (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Congress party-led coalition which has ruled India now for nearly two years should be named DNA for Do Nothing Alliance, one recent newspaper cartoon suggested.
- India Must Concentrate On Pure Research: Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Universities have to create a situation to nourish researchers
To take up issue of collaboration with India with Fermilab director
Joint research activities on de-zero experiment on
MIPP experiment being done with participation of two Indians
- Fdi And The Future Of Farmers (Hindu, N. Bala Ganesan, Jan 22, 2006)
The farm sector, taken as a whole, has no sustainable, long-term prospect of increasing its revenue
- Ensuring Equitable Development Through Reforms (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Jan 21, 2006)
There is a lot of talk on growth and equity but there is no operational plan. What we need is an immediate plan for achieving equitable development.
- China And India: Bidding Partners, At Least On Paper (International Herald Tribune, Saritha Rai, Jan 21, 2006)
Bangalore, India China and India, the world's two fastest growing major economies and most populous countries, have become colossal competitors, battling from Latin America to West Africa and Central Asia in recent years for the oil they need to . . .
- Pact On Biotechnology Signed With Irish Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Irish Bio-Industry Association (IBIA) and the India-based Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) signed a memorandum of understanding when Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern visited Bangalore early this week.
- With An Enemy Like This (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
Formally handing over charge in Mumbai this New Year’s eve, outgoing BJP president Lal Krishna Advani had said he was confident that Rajnath Singh “will preside over the party’s growth to newer heights” and the “bad patch” faced by the BJP in 2005 would..
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins With Song And Dance (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Transcending various apprehensions, the first Lahore-Amritsar bus service began on Friday when a Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation bus carrying 26 passengers from Lahore crossed the zero line at the Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post along . . .
- India Must Engage, Not Sermonise (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jan 21, 2006)
Having slept through Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last August, India was rather quick to recognise the unfolding drama in that country following the hospitalisation of Ariel Sharon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s quick message ....
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Termed "twin cities" before Partition, they are finally connected after five decades
- 54 Colleges To Be Connected With Edusat (Daily Excelsior, Mohinder Verma , Jan 21, 2006)
To provide quality education and meeting the teaching needs of the rural and backward areas of the State, 54 colleges of the State will be connected with EDUSAT—a satellite devoted exclusively to long distance learning—by next academic session.
- Punjab Units Turn Into Marriage Palaces (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
The small-scale industry in Punjab is all set to hit a rough patch because of government apathy on the one hand and stiff competition on the other.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 21, 2006)
The inflexibility of Indian labour laws is a dampener. If you can hire, you can fire too. But here, the cost of compensation is too high. — Mr Goh Chok Tong, former Prime Minister of Singapore, at the CII Partnership Summit in Kolkata.
- Centre Can Consider Corporatising The Iims (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jan 21, 2006)
If the previous government’s move against the hike in fee was lambasted as being hawkish, intrusive and much more, the stand of the current government on IIM Bangalore’s move for an offshore facility has met a similar fate.
- Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 21, 2006)
WHAT is the future for an economic system that is not an efficient producer of goods and services in the globalized economy?
- ‘The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar To Paisley’: A Many Splendoured Thing (Daily Times, Mariam Mushtaq, Jan 21, 2006)
Sherry Rehman, politician cum author, holds Lahoris spellbound
Friday evening was one of those rare occasions in Lahore when the intelligentsia and the glitterati of the city came together under one roof.
- Jews Have Wailing Wall, We Need Ram Temple: Bjp Chief (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
In a two-hour speech marked by ringing confidence, elaborate articulation of the party’s philosophy and a hard-nosed realpolitik, BJP president Rajnath Singh sent a clear message that he was very much his own man—and under him the BJP . . .
- Ongc-Shell Tie Up In Oil And Gas Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
MoU covers joint development of coal bed methane gas
- Brinda Karat Warns Against Postponing West Bengal Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Left will not keep quiet if the Government tried to go against the CMP
- Behind Every Memsahib Is A Bai (Indian Express, FARAH WARIA, Jan 20, 2006)
When it comes to the rights of domestic help, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Unless, of course, we prefer to serve it ourselves
- The Dam Controversy (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, Jan 20, 2006)
In any mature society, national issues are discussed in a rational manner, keeping in view the supreme interests of the country as a whole. Unfortunately, in our country, the building of a dam has been converted into an emotionally charged issue, ...
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