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Articles 221 through 320 of 488:
- Plans Drawn Up To Promote Medical Tourism (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Jul 27, 2006)
Kerala Tourism initiates process of granting accreditation to hospitals
- Saviour Ships (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 24, 2006)
India, unostentatiously, moved a few places up the international power-scale when deploying four naval ships to evacuate its nationals stranded in the Lebanon conflict.
- $ 18.6b Exports Target Fixed In Trade Policy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The government has fixed export target of 18.6 billion dollars and import estimate of 28 billion dollars for the current financial year. The government has failed to achieve the export target of 17 billion dollars and exports stood out . . .
- Economic Growth Best Antidote For Poverty (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 18, 2006)
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan have shown strong growth and sharp reduction in poverty levels
- Bush Calls Up Pm, Expresses Support (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and conveyed US support for India in the fight against terrorism and expressed sympathy for the victims of the Mumbai serial blasts.
- Pak Rakes Up Kashmir Issue At Saarc Meet (Tribune, K J M Varma, Jul 12, 2006)
Pakistan today raked up the Kashmir issue at the SAARC Finance Ministers' meeting here with India hitting back by voicing concerns on terrorism and stressing the need to remove "double standards" in mounting a collective challenge to "eliminate the . . .
- Pak's Major Policy Decision On J-K Map (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jul 08, 2006)
For me it has always been Kashmir, the valley that is. Give me half a chance I will be there. Yes, during the past 17 years of turbulence as well. I have always found a pretext to visit the State.
- Safta: An Instrument For Peace And Prosperity (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jul 05, 2006)
Many current studies point out that regional trade agreements that expand trade flows appear to have a dampening impact on conflict. Can SAFTA, whose implementation began on July 1, do this for India and Pakistan whose bilateral trade has been . . .
- Govt Cuts Duties On Safta Imports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
380 tariff lines covered under trade liberalisation programme
Level of duty ranges from five per cent to 117.5 per cent
Move expected to give boost to intra-SAARC trade
Many items remain in sensitive list to protect domestic industry/farmers
- Pak Not To Give Mfn Status To India (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Jul 01, 2006)
With the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement set to become operational from tomorrow, Pakistan has apparently decided not to accord the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India as well as tariff concessions due under the SAFTA.
- Come, Let’S Trade (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 01, 2006)
The first tariff reduction under the Trade Liberalisation Programme (TLP) of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) will be effected on 1 July 2006 by all South Asia Association of Regional Cooperation member-states save Nepal which will . . .
- Pakistan Announces Tariff Cuts Under Safta Today (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 30, 2006)
Pakistan is to announce (today) its first tariff reduction for promotion of trade under the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement.
- India Drug Trafficking Hub (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, Jun 26, 2006)
If the report of International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), is to be believed, India is turning out to be the hub of international drug trafficking.
- 'Earthquake Has Brought The Two Kashmirs Closer' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
John McDonald, a former ambas-sador, is chairman, Institute of Multi-track Diplomacy, and an active participant in peace building between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. A consultant on conflict resolution and negotiation, he stresses the . . .
- Earth At The Tipping Point (Hindu, Robin McKie, Jun 16, 2006)
Strange days have reached Ny-Alesund, Europe's northernmost research station.
- India Joins Rush To Help (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
India has joined the international community in offering relief and assistance to Indonesia in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Java.
- Defence Diplomacy Redefined (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 29, 2006)
It isn’t often that India’s defence ministers make a mark on global diplomacy. But that’s precisely what Pranab Mukherjee is doing these days.
- Agha Shahid Bugti Among 15 Booked For Gas Pipeline Blast (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP)’s secretary general, Senator Agha Shahid Bugti, his son Tabish Bugti and Central Secretary .
- Privatise Affirmative Action (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , May 26, 2006)
Our great government has decided that since they cannot improve primary and secondary education, they will have quotas in higher education both in elite government institutions (IITs, IIMs, etc) and in private institutions (except those run . . .
- First Steps To Defence Deal With America (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 23, 2006)
Even as the Indo-US nuclear deal languishes in the US Congress, the military establishments of the two countries have gingerly initiated negotiations on a bilateral agreement which will set out the basis for future logistics support, supplies and . . .
- Pakistan’S Economy A Success Story: Us (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, May 19, 2006)
The United States is working through a three-pronged strategy to help the seven countries of South Asia — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — become more free, stable and prosperous, Assistant Secretary of . . .
- What’S The Big Deal? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 17, 2006)
The nuclear deal is not the symbol of successful Indo-US relations
- Saarc Police Chiefs Agree To Form Saarcpol Full Story (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
Police chiefs from member states of seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC agreed to form a police forum named ‘SAARCPOL’ for cooperation in police matters in the region.
- Fdi Can Step Up Growth (Tribune, C.L. Singla, May 03, 2006)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the Hannover Trade Fair in Germany on April 24 said that “India is in tune with new realities of the global economic order…and it is at the cusp of a historic transformation”. Having emphasised . . .
- India And Pakistan Once Came Close To Resolving Divisive Issues (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 30, 2006)
Former Indian foreign secretary Salman Haider has said that in the 1980s and 1990s, it appeared as if an agreement between India and Pakistan on “one or more of the divisive subjects might be within reach”.
- India, Pakistan Plan Hotline On Maritime Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Indian Coast Guard and the Maritime Security Agency of Pakistan will set up a hotline soon as part of increasing cooperation for surveillance at sea between the two neighbours.
- Pakistan’S Mfn Blindspot (Indian Express, Amiti Sen, Apr 26, 2006)
The political games played by India and Pakistan have now spilled into the economic court.
- Singapore Tourism Board Targets Coimbatore (Hindu, K. JESHI , Apr 26, 2006)
Coimbatore: Strengthening destination visibility, expanding focus beyond leisure and improving trade engagement will be the highlights of Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in 2006 to ensure sustained growth of Indians visiting Singapore.
- Maldivians Want Genuine Democracy: Ibrahim Hussain Zaki (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Apr 19, 2006)
India should play a more active role in ensuring that true democracy is ushered in Maldives, said Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, vice president, Maldivian Democratic Party. Rather than strengthening the hands of a `dictator', India had a duty to promote democracy,
- No Easy Options (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 17, 2006)
As the political crisis in Nepal deepens, Indians are being forced to re-examine their view of a country that they have taken for granted for 60 years, and which is now at a political crossroads.
- In The Groove (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 05, 2006)
The US recognizes south Asia as India’s sphere of influence
- Mitigating Natural Disasters (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Indian soldiers' peace-time contribution to society often goes unsung and unrewarded, says MM Lakhera
- Shunning India-Centric Policies (Dawn, Masood H.Kizilbash, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan has assiduously pursued the policy of confrontation and competition with India since 1947. The advice of president Musharraf in his press conference on March 5 to his countrymen was to shun India-centricity and, instead, concentrate on . . .
- A Needless Toll Of Natural Disasters (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, Mar 23, 2006)
When a mudslide in the southern Philippines wiped out the village of Guinsaugon and killed more than 1,000 people last month, it was the latest in a seeming spike in developing world natural disasters.
- India To Help Africa Fight Aids Epidemic (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
India today offered to set up a pharma unit to manufacture anti-HIV/AIDS drugs in a least developed country to deal with the spread of the deadly disease in Africa, as part of its efforts to promote south-south cooperation.
- Pakistan, India Agree To Set Up Saarcpol (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Crime fighters from arch rivals India and Pakistan began their first talks in 17 years on Tuesday to coordinate police work along their border and set up a South Asian police agency, along the lines of Europe’s Europol.
- Economic Interests And Foreign Policy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 21, 2006)
Foreign policy, like monetary or fiscal policy, should be seen as the means to ensure jobs for the millions.
- Unesco Backs South Asia Foundation's Work On Regional Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Director General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, opened on Friday the annual meeting of the South Asia Foundation at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
- Defence Team Leaves For Oman (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Mar 04, 2006)
The second phase of the UPA government’s military-diplomatic outreach for energy security has begun. With the Navy bringing almost every Southeast Asian nation on board for partnerships in governing the sea-lanes—the most recent being Philippines ...
- Safta Needs A Patron (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 21, 2006)
I Need to revisit the subject of Safta. My last article on the subject appeared on January 24, less than a month ago.
- Does Safta Have A Future? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 20, 2006)
The signs are not at all propitious for the South Asia Free Trade Area agreement to deliver the goods. The key to successful implementation of SAFTA lies in the hands of Islamabad and, going by the hints dropped by the Musharraf regime, . . .
- Full Trade Ties Hinge On Kashmir (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 17, 2006)
Cabinet ratifies SAFTA, still import curbs will remain
No SAARC member can impose conditionalities
Pakistan will be hard put to defend itself if India raises dispute
- Pakistan Cabinet Ratifies Safta Agreement (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 16, 2006)
Pakistan cabinet today ratified the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement, a month-and-a-half after it was due to be implemented by all seven members of SAARC to begin the process of converting the South Asian region into a free trade area.
- Pakistan Ratifies Safta Unconditionally (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Feb 16, 2006)
Islamabad on Wednesday ratified the much-trumpeted South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta), but the trade between India and Pakistan will not be initiated under the regional agreement, instead it will continue under the existing import regime . . .
- Tackling Maritime Terrorism (Tribune, R.B. Suri (retd), Feb 08, 2006)
INDIA'S is inherently linked with the oceans. For instance, 90 per cent of India’s trade by volume and 77 per cent by value is sea-borne. India’s crude oil imports are almost completely transported by sea.
- In A Difficult Phase (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Feb 06, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- Mulling Over Mulfordspeak (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 02, 2006)
It is difficult to defend US Ambassador David Mulford, not because what he said was wrong but because the way he said it and its timing was wrong.
- ‘India Sends Out Wrong Signals’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 27, 2006)
Documentation Centre (SAHDRC) on Indian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia says that Noushad’s case is just the tip of the iceberg. in Saudi Arabia.
- 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
- Safta Has No Article Giving Mfn Status To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) has no article to give the Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status to India and Pakistan and is not going to grant any preferential tariffs to the former.
- Pakistan Defers Safta Ratification (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Pakistan Cabinet today deferred ratification of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement reportedly on the advise of the Commerce Ministry which reccomended to the government not to endorse it until visible progress was made on the Kashmir issue.
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Un Envoy Hails Safta Agreement As Boon For Ldcs (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 05, 2006)
The UN envoy for the world's vulnerable nations, Anwarul K Chowdhury, has hailed the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement as a boon for the region's four Least Developed Countries (LDCs)- Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal.
- Safta Comes Into Force (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Jan 05, 2006)
With the onset of new year, the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) was set into motion.
- A Place For India In `Asian' Century (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 05, 2006)
China revising its GDP growth rates and the launch of SAFTA mark the arrival of Asia on the world scene. Both have implications for India. The first demanding a re-visit to the national income statistics to factor in the contribution of the . . .
- Safta: India Should Lead By Example (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2006)
Trade is a two-way street. If India opened up to its neighbours, allowing them to enter the domestic market, they might be liberal in opening up their market place, and ultimately price and quality would settle the demand-supply equations.
- Safta Is On (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 03, 2006)
The successful launch of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) on New Year's Day is a feather of sorts in the cap of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation, especially as the schedule
- India Wants To Make Tsunami-Hit Andamans A Tourist Hotspot (Daily Times, Pratap Chakravarty, Jan 02, 2006)
About 90,000 tourists on average holiday annually on 10 Andamanese islands open to visitors - generating less than a fourth of tourist income of the Maldives, industry estimates show
- Safta’S Potential (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The Union Cabinet’s approval for the implementing the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement, in time for the January 1, 2006, deadline, is indicative of New Delhi’s commitment to freer trade in the region.
- Safta Comes Into Effect; Pak Yet To Ratify (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), paving way for free trade of goods among countries of the region, came into being today but Pakistan was yet to complete the formality of ratifying it.
"The ratification process is underway.
- Safta Takes Effect (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The long-awaited South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), paving way for free trade of goods among countries of the region, came into being today but Pakistan was yet to complete the formality of ratifying it.
- Time For Hope (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 02, 2006)
The New Year has come with renewed hopes of peace and harmony in the troubled South Asian region that we live in. As of January 1, the agreement on a South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) comes into force. Hope is, of course, the theme of every new year.
- South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) Becomes Operational (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), which paves the way for free trade in goods among the SAARC member countries comes into effect tommorow.
- Safta Comes Into Effect, Pak Yet To Ratify (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The long-awaited South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), paving way for free trade of goods among countries of the region, came into being on Sunday but Pakistan was yet to complete the formality of ratifying it.
- Saarc All Set For Free Trade (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), which paves the way for free trade in goods among the SAARC member countries comes into effect tommorow.
- South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) Becomes Operational (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), which paves the way for free trade in goods among the SAARC member countries comes into effect tommorow.
- Nato Norms: Inability To Adopt Hits Defence Exports (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 31, 2005)
Even after 16 years of organised defence export, the Indian arms and ammunition market outside the country has not picked up because of the Ordnance Factory Board’s (OFB) inability to implement the NATO technical specifications, . . .
- Cabinet Paves Path For Safta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Taking major step towards formation of South Asian single market, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the implementation of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) with effect from January 1, 2006.
- Cabinet Clears Safta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The agreement is a historic milestone, says Kamal Nath The agreement on SAFTA provides for compensation of revenue loss to LDCs
- Dhaka Expects Rise In Regional Exports (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Dec 28, 2005)
Cabinet ratifies South Asian Free Trade Area modalities on Monday
- India Meets Many Of Criteria For Disaster Preparedness: Who (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 28, 2005)
"Need to strengthen early warning and surveillance systems"
Disaster preparedness is still at the inception stage in Bhutan and the Maldives
India's response to October 8, 2005 earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir comes in for appreciation
- Wave Of Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2005)
One year ago, amidst churning oceans, India’s diplomacy tacked its sail differently
- Tsunami: Lessons To Learn (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 28, 2005)
This week the world marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that devastated large areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.
- Socio-Economic Survey (Hindu, Jayan Jose Thomas, Dec 27, 2005)
Discusses the key developments, macroeconomic performance, issues and policies of the ESCAP member countries
- North By North-West (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2005)
Shyam Saran’s ‘frank’ talk with the Nepal’s King Gyanendra may constitute a turning point in Indo-Nepal relations, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Investing In Strength (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 27, 2005)
Jagmohan Dalmia played a characteristically clever game to retain power, but Sharad Pawar proved cleverer. Pawar certainly brought in a new broom; he swept out almost everyone who was a part of the Dalmia regime, and took the headquarters away . . .
- Where We Stand One Year After The Tsunami (Deccan Herald, William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 26, 2005)
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery feels that the effort of rehabilitation will take years and the world must see it through
- Pm To Visit Tsunami-Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
He will review the rehabilitation work done over the year
- Reconstruction Of Tsunami-Hit Areas A Major Challenge: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
History of sorts was made by Parliament when the Rajya Sabha expelled one and the Lok Sabha 10 members who were caught on camera accepting money for asking questions in the Houses. Elected representatives accepting bribes is not new — ...
- Reconstruction Of Tsunami-Hit Areas A Major Challenge: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The United Nations has said that reconstruction of tsunami-hit areas will be a major challenge the affected countries would face in the coming year and that its special envoy, former American President Bill Clinton, would focus on ensuring . . .
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