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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 12047:
- Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Upendra Sinha, Oct 04, 2005)
Global warming is shrinking glaciers the world over. In the Himalayas, which hold the largest ice reserves after the polar ice caps, the rate of melting is the fastest
- Chinese Textile Exports — Threat Versus Opportunity For Eu (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 04, 2005)
JANUARY 1, 2005 saw the dawn of a new era in the textile export sector, with the expiry of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the abolition of all quotas. It heralded unrestricted access to the European, American and Canadian markets for all World
- India Inc Sales To Outpace Profit In Q2 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
Corporate performance during the quarter ended September is likely to be mixed with sales turnover growing at a higher pace than net profit. The new profit growth is likely to slow down marginally compared with that of the quarter ended June this . . .
- Is Outsourcing The Cause Of Job Loss In The Us? (Business Line, Deepak K. Srivastava, Oct 04, 2005)
The fear that outsourcing to India will eat into wages and result in huge lay-offs in the US is unwarranted. Stopping outsourcing is not the solution for job losses in the US.
- Citu Set To Form India's First Union For It, Bpo Workers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
Left-affiliated central union CITU announced that it has taken the initiative to establish the country's first union in the IT and BPO sector to address the grievances of over five lakh workers, not governed by labour laws so far, . . .
- Is Science A New Religion? (Deccan Herald, B M Hegde, Oct 03, 2005)
In a thought provoking book, The New Paradigm, John Bockris, an internationally renowned chemist, writes that western science is a new religion trying to sell itself to the world.
- Intimidation As Currency (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 03, 2005)
The current war of words makes one nostalgic for some old-style quiet diplomacy, from the uncivilised show now.
- Enriching Is The Best Anti-Poverty Strategy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 03, 2005)
Such slogans as Garibi Hatao may win votes, but only Amiri Banao can bring prosperity to people — poverty alleviation produces a blinkered view as it concentrates attention on the poor to the exclusion of others.
- Whither The Japanese Way Of Business? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 03, 2005)
Sony's attempt to fix its problems by laying off workers goes against the grain of the Japanese management way. This is a culture that stresses the family approach to employees in the company and the mutual sense of responsibility between the company and
- World Economic Outlook, September 2005 — `The Days Of Easy Money Are Over' (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 03, 2005)
April and September are the months when Finance Ministers and central bank Governors gather in Washington or some other location to attend the semi-annual Fund-Bank meetings.
- Legal Process Outsourcing — The Argument For India (Business Line, Dorothy Thomas, Oct 03, 2005)
In Today's competitive world of business, gaining efficiency and staying profitable have become the corporate mantras. Most international law firms based in the US and Europe are taking the Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) route to be lucrative.
- Let's Bring Change In Agriculture: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has appealed to corporates to take interest in the agricultural sector and suggest a framework for its reform and growth.
- Ensuring India’S Competitiveness In Offshoring (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
To maintain its competitive edge in the outsourcing market, India needs to focus on issues like education, infrastructure development and higher value-added IT services, write Diana Farrell, Noshir Kaka and Sascha Sturze in The McKinsey Quarterly, . . .
- Will America See A Conservative Retreat? (Hindu, Will Hutton, Oct 03, 2005)
As a leading Republican faces corruption charges, the fallout will be felt far afield.
- Sebi's Bold Initiatives To Tackle Rigging (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Oct 03, 2005)
The cause of genuine investors will be served only if the proven manipulators are punished
Manipulation can happen any time but is easier when there is all round euphoria.
- Post-Poll Deadlock In Germany (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 03, 2005)
One invariably thinks of Germany as a country of clever, industrious people, great classical composers and manufacturers of the world’s finest motor cars.
- The Case For An Aeronautics Commission (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 03, 2005)
With the civil aviation sector growing rapidly, an aeronautics commission should be set up for an integrated approach to policy planning and implementation
- Why Indian Security Forces Failed To Provide Security For Remote Bastar Region Chhattisgarh Residents Against Maoists Rebels? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Oct 03, 2005)
There are approximately 9500 Maoist rebels that are causing havoc in remote rural areas of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
- China To Spread Growth Benefits (Tribune, Edward Cody, Oct 03, 2005)
The ruling Communist Party vowed on Friday to spread the benefits of economic growth more fairly among all levels of Chinese society, seeking particularly to close the yawning income gap between farmers and city dwellers.
- India In New Peace Moves Ahead Of Pakistan Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
India said on Friday it would make it easier for Pakistanis to get visas and proposed that the two countries swap prisoners faster, days ahead of peace talks between their foreign ministers.
- Niyogi Murder Case: Anomaly In Sc Ruling (Tribune, N.D. Sharma, Oct 02, 2005)
The Supreme Court recently disallowed the petition seeking a review of its earlier judgement in the Shankar Guha Niyogi murder case and thus left an anomaly. Niyogi’s wife, Asha,
- Globalisation: It Shows The Way (Tribune, Navraj Goyal, Oct 02, 2005)
The process of globalisation and the role played by the World Trade Organisation are widely misunderstood and misrepresented, says the much-awaited report, The Future of WTO,
- South Asia: Greater Scope For Regional Cooperation (Tribune, Parmjit Kaur Gill, Oct 02, 2005)
THE emergence of regionalism and regionalisation in Europe paved the way for regional cooperation in other parts of the world.
- India In New Peace Moves Ahead Of Pakistan Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
India said on Friday it would make it easier for Pakistanis to get visas and proposed that the two countries swap prisoners faster, days ahead of peace talks between their foreign ministers.
- Sharon’S Terms For Peace (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 02, 2005)
AS a result of its first war with the Arabs (1948-49), Israel came into possession of about 80 per cent of Palestine.
- Hinduism And Gandhi (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 02, 2005)
To follow a shallow and superficial secularism is one of the worst sins that the false prophets of contemporary India are committing
- Create Awareness About Dreadful Flu (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 02, 2005)
DR David Nabarro of the World Health Organisation has warned that a new influenza pandemic can come any time and claim millions of lives unless urgent steps are taken to address the threat. Nabarro told a Press conference in New York that the flu pandemic
- Rs. 10,000 Cr. For Irrigation Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
YSR asks entrepreneurs to invest in food processing sector
Expenditure likely to overshoot estimates in 2005-06
Huge cultivation of pongamia in Mahabubnagar
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University to set up a horticulture college
- Striking Work (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Isn't it strange that while the Left-ruled Bengal has woken up to the deleterious effect of bringing the state to a standstill through strikes, the Left leaders continue to swear by the discredited weapon on a national level!
- Convergence And Divergence Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 01, 2005)
ECONOMICS is hardly a thriller. But Elhanan Helpman's The Mystery of Economic Growth, from Academic Foundation
- Looking On Darkness Which The Blind Do See (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 01, 2005)
Cassio talks of chatting with certain Venetians on the sea-bank, in Othello, but the talk in the Aldec Corporation case was about inputs for Venetian blinds.
- India In New Peace Moves Ahead Of Pakistan Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
India said on Friday it would make it easier for Pakistanis to get visas and proposed that the two countries swap prisoners faster, days ahead of peace talks between their foreign ministers.
- Legends On Fire (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 01, 2005)
The news that the Pahalgam Club on the bank of the picturesque Liddar has been gutted in a mysterious fire is extremely disappointing.
- The United Kingdom's Phantom Party (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Oct 01, 2005)
This week's conference in Brighton has exposed Labour as a shell, deserted by members. It needs big ideas, not clever stratagems.
- Diplomacy At Gunpoint (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 01, 2005)
When interests come into conflict with policies, the latter suffer. Something like that happened to India at Vienna where it voted against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure the supply of civil nuclear reactors and their . . .
- Zimbabwe Brings Steam Engines Back (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Zimbabwe has announced it is moving back into the steam age by re-commissioning 10 coal-fired locomotives to cope with the economic crisis.
- Chinese Envoy Calls For Bilateral Investment Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Economic ties between India and China can grow manifold if the two Asian giants sign an investment protection pact,
- Islam Ensures A Life Of Honor And Dignity To Her (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Oct 01, 2005)
Here does she find a place which she deserves, Syed Ali Safvi writes about the status of women in the modern world
- City Partially Hit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Bangaloreans who woke up to a gloomy and wet weather on Thursday with a strike call threatening to disrupt life for rest of the day were in for a pleasant surprise.
- Battle To Lose The Next U.K. Election (Hindu, Max Hastings, Sep 30, 2005)
The betting is still on David Davis to be the next leader of the once-mighty British Conservative party.
- We Have Met With Foes That Strike Beside Us' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 30, 2005)
Strike means many things, apart from closed banks and cancelled flights, halted assembly lines and a frustrated common man. In today's context,
- The Ongc Stand-Off — Should Psus Remain Govt Departments Or Behave Like Corporates? (Business Line, Ashok Upadhyaya, Sep 30, 2005)
The ONGC imbroglio has provided the premise for a national debate on the relationship between owners and management of PSUs, a debate that had died a somewhat whimpering death when the focus shifted in the mid-1990s to the problems of divestment p er se.
- Meaningful Signal (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 30, 2005)
The once strident cry of the CPI(M-L), "China's chairman is our chairman, Chinese path is our path" is no longer heard, and not for reasons of patriotism only.
- Powering Reforms Through The Customer (Business Line, Amandeep Singh Syali, Sep 30, 2005)
The sorry state of the power sector can be judged by energy and peak shortages (9.1 per cent and 12.1 per cent respectively), the plant load factor (71.1 per cent),
- Imf: A Mandate Misplaced? (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Sep 30, 2005)
The IMF's recently-released Strategic Review of its activities hardly created a flutter, perhaps because of the limited relevance of the Fund, its lending and its prescriptions.
- A Nation, In Black And White (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 30, 2005)
As part of his weekly routine, Nathan Shamuyarira, former foreign minister and adviser to President Robert Mugabe, entered the bookstore at Meikles hotel,
- Tamil Nadu, South Australia To Ink Deal On Sister State Ties (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Sep 30, 2005)
South Australia will centre its activities out of Chennai, says Premier Rann To work together in water conservation, automobile industry and sports
- Straw’S Men Manhandle Elderly Jew (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 30, 2005)
All he did was say ‘nonsense’ when British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw defended the government’s refusal to withdraw troops from Iraq.
- Divine-Inspired Islamic Law (Dawn, Syed Imam-ud-Din Asad, Sep 30, 2005)
Islamic law comprises rules of conduct revealed by God to His Prophet (peace be upon him) whereby people are directed to lead their lives.
- A Warning To Upa Government: Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
The Left parties on Thursday congratulated the working class all over the country for the response to the general strike called by trade unions and said it was a warning to the United Progressive Alliance Government which should seriously consider ....
- Where The Old Faithful Are Unwelcome (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 30, 2005)
The eviction of an 82-year-old Labour veteran for heckling Foreign Secretary Jack Straw cast a shadow over the party's annual conference.
- Knight On A Shining Peacock! (Hindu, Mala Kumar, Sep 30, 2005)
The Purulia Chhau dancers from the region bordering West Bengal were out of this world
- Dr Reddy's Announces Deal For Diabetes Drug (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Thursday announced it had entered a co-development and commercialisation agreement with Denmark-based Rheoscience A/S for the joint development of a drug to treat diabetes.
- Aia Engg Plans Public Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
AIA Engineering Ltd, the Ahmedabad-based company that specialises in the manufacture of high chromium wear,
- Uas Scientists’ Research Ends Pest Menace (Deccan Herald, Chamraj Savadi, Sep 30, 2005)
Besides discovering a novel approach to control the pest menace, the scientists from UAS, Dharwad have also set an example in social activism.
- Farmers Urge Govt To Fulfil Demands (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Farmers’ organisations led by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha staged a road blockade in Shimoga city on Thursday demanding fulfillment of demands made by farmers and agriculture labourers.
- Aids Is Nature’S Curse Of The New Millennium (Greater Kashmir, Tanvir Sadiq, Sep 30, 2005)
Let our Public Men set a precedent by coming forward voluntarily and demanding an HIV Test Tanvir Sadiq suggests
- Dr Reddy’S Lab Inks A Unique Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories announced, on Thursday, that the company has entered into a co-development and commercialisation agreement with Denmark based Rheoscience A/S for the joint development and commercialisation of Balaglitazone (DRF 2593), ...
- Blair’S Testament (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2005)
Events and Gordon Brown will determine whether the prime minister’s Brighton speech n Tuesday was his farewell performance in front of a party he has led to three successive general election victories.
- Wide Ball (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2005)
Sourav Ganguly has been given more chances by the Board of Control for Cricket in India than the number of chances from his bat that have been dropped by fielders.
- Labour Needs A New Leader (Hindu, Neal Lawson, Sep 29, 2005)
The politics of safety first, on ground defined by the Right, means that inequality continues to grow.
- India, Pakistan Agreed On Need For Siachen Pullout (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
India and Pakistan are agreed on the need to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier but are stuck on verifying each other's positions before they pull back, the Indian defence minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday.
- Workers’ Interests (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 29, 2005)
Congress And CPI-M Should Work Out Consensus On Labour Reforms
- Exclusive - India, Pakistan Agreed On Need For Siachen Pullout (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Sep 29, 2005)
India and Pakistan are agreed on the need to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier but are stuck on verifying each other's positions before they pull back, the Indian defence minister said on Wednesday.
- Reducing Population (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 29, 2005)
If the high population growth rate of Pakistan has been adversely affecting its economic growth rate so far, will the current high economic growth rate cut down the population growth?
- More On Camel Kids (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2005)
What began as a commendable effort to repatriate and rehabilitate youngsters working as camel jockeys in the Gulf states appears to have slowed down, and more than 1,800 children still remain in the Gulf awaiting return.
- Fdi In Retail — A Question Of Jobs, Not Ownership (Business Line, Kamal Sharma, Sep 29, 2005)
The most important argument against modern retailing and supply chain integration is that it displaces labour in a labour-surplus society.
- Don't Spread Your Spreadsheet Too Thin, Too Wide (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 29, 2005)
Basda, the Business Application Software Developers Association, "represents more than 250 of the world's leading applications software developers and is the acknowledged voice of the software applications industry," as one learns from www.basda.org.
- Touting India As The Best Destination For Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi), Commerce Minister Kamal Nath Asked Us Businessmen To Invest In The Country (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
Touting India as the best destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), Commerce Minister Kamal Nath asked US businessmen to invest in the country.
- Manufacturing Growth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 29, 2005)
The national manufacturing Competitive Council has rightly emphasised the need for the manufacturing sector to enhance its contribution to the growth of the economy if India is to achieve a minimum 8 per cent growth rate in the near term.
- Mastering The Mistress (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 29, 2005)
Anita Nair says she donned in spirit the colours of a Kathakali artiste to write her novel, Mistress
- Start At The Very Beginning (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 29, 2005)
The recent Jharkhand high court ruling raises fundamental questions about constitutional guarantees for the weak, writes Uttam Sengupta
- Time For An Entrepreneurship Policy (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 29, 2005)
To generate jobs beyond the IT sector, entrepreneurial activity needs stimulation based on an integrated framework of culture, choice of occupation, as also resource and opportunity availability.
- Religion Has Not Done Justice To Women’ (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Sep 29, 2005)
Taslima Nasreen, the controversial Bangladeshi writer, received a boost after the Calcutta High Court lifted the ban on her book Dwikhandito (Split into two),
- Manmohan Concerned Over Report On Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
NCAER study points to shortage of motivated teachers at higher level
- India Betters Upon Its Competitiveness Rank (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 29, 2005)
According to the WEF report much of the current growth reflects the increased inflows of foreign direct investment in technology-intensive areas.
- Wildlife Diary Reveals Wild Secrets Worth Crores (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Sep 29, 2005)
Dubbed as Indian wildlife trade's "Deep Throat", this Rs.12 exercise book purportedly holds the best-kept secrets of the murky world of wildlife trade in this country.
- Taj Corridor Case And Unhealthy Polity (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Sep 29, 2005)
The Chief Vigilance Commissioner's report to the Supreme Court regarding prosecution of Ms Mayawati in Taj Corridor case has once again brought to sharp focus the issue of corruption in our public life.
- Why Urban Andhra Pradesh's Message Is Important (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 29, 2005)
The municipal polls verdict has a significance beyond Andhra Pradesh's borders. None of the excuses for the Telugu Desam's rout in the 2004 elections works this time. Voters are protesting the pro-rich, anti-poor measures that pass for `reforms' in. . . .
- Rehnuma Is No Prose In Praise As You Mean (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 29, 2005)
The book has a depth which you have not been able to fathom, Prof. Syed Habib, the author of Rehnuma, a biography of Prof. Agha Ashraf, reacts to the book review published in Greater Kashmir
In the name of the merciful Lord of mercy.
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