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Articles 421 through 488 of 488:
- Cartosat-1 Sends High Clarity Images (Hindu, T.S.Subramanian, May 19, 2005)
Some spectacular images of several countries have been beamed down by Cartosat-1 spacecraft of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and they include a riveting pilot's view of the Khed Brahma area bordering Gujarat and Rajasthan.
- Un Escap Survey — Reaffirms Resilience Of Regional Economies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 26, 2005)
While assessing the impact of the tsunami and the soaring oil prices on the economies of the Asia-Pacific region, the UN ESCAP Survey contends that the impressive economic performance under conditions of generally low inflation reaffirms the resilience...
- Delivered To Death (Tribune, Vichitra Sharma, Apr 11, 2005)
Today, as every day, one woman will die every five minutes in India from maternity-related causes. . . . .
- Mps’ Panels In Soup (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 05, 2005)
The Parliament recess is utilised by various standing committees to critically examine the budgetary grants/expenditure of the various ministries and departments.
- Hardliners Find A Place In Maldives (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 03, 2005)
There is a shift towards conservatism, the influence of hardliners is growing in the Maldives. The anti-Gayoom coalition is gathering strength.
- Rights Groups Flay Indian Policy On Maldives (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 30, 2005)
Even as Maldivian President Gayoom rubs shoulder with Indian leaders, political activists in the island nation demand an end to the human rights violations.
- Drug Abuse: Asia On A New High (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Mar 11, 2005)
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), a quasi-judicial body monitoring the implementation of the United Nations (UN) international drug control convention
- Lic To Get Rs 280 Cr For Hiking Capital (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Country’s largest insurer LIC will get about Rs 280 crore from the government for hiking its capital base and carrying out expansion.
- India Talks Down To Its Neighbors (Antiwar.com, editorials. antiwar.com, Feb 26, 2005)
Last week, India spelled out its emerging thinking and policy toward its neighbors in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Bus And Beyond (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 24, 2005)
During the last conversation that this columnist had with J.N. Dixit shortly before his death, the late national security adviser said he was working ...
- Nepal: An Indian Faux Pas? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Feb 21, 2005)
The Government of India has reacted in a knee-jerk fashion to the developments in Nepal. It has issued a strong statement condemning the action of the King in dismissing the Cabinet and imposing an emergency.
- The Politics Of Aid (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Feb 18, 2005)
The growing strain on the Earth’s environment caused by global warming or the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world pose a great threat to humanity. HIV alone in South Africa affects more than four million people, and 8,200 succumb to it daily around
- Larger Than All The Rest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 12, 2005)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation often seems to have no more to offer than poverty and politics. But the abrupt cancellation of last weekend’s summit — not directly India’s doing, but the inevitable outcome of Manmohan Singh’s refusal
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 10, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- India Should Review Its Policy On Saarc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 09, 2005)
THE Indian Prime Minister’s refusal to attend the scheduled SAARC summit in Dhaka on February 6 and 7 and its consequent postponement should not cause any undue disappointment in South Asian capitals such as New Delhi, Colombo, Male and Thimphu.
- New Realities For Ocean’S 10 (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 08, 2005)
Accelerated globalisation in adversity: this could well be one of the striking consequences of the tsunami. Altruism or its exact opposite on the part of donors and administrators of aid will be spotted by recipients in distress.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 05, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- A Message For Gayoom (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 28, 2005)
There is little that is democratic about parliamentary elections in the Maldives. Political parties are banned. Candidates can contest only as "independents" and cannot campaign.
- Tsunami: Poverty, The Epicentre Of Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 25, 2005)
THE Asian tsunami has with all its catastrophic consequences pushed poverty at the centre of global concerns in 2005, giving a thrust to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including halving of the world's poor by 2015, and progress on th
- Need For A Mangrove Wall (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jan 21, 2005)
Natural disasters are tragedies for the poor. But for the rich and influential, it is an opportunity — a god-sent opportunity to make more money. The killer tsunami waves that ravaged through the southern coastline open up one such great avenue.
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- India Takes Major Role In Sri Lanka Relief Effort (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Jan 20, 2005)
Earlier this month, the USS Bonhomme Richard, a Navy helicopter carrier, was steaming toward Sri Lanka to augment U.S. forces helping survivors of the Dec. 26 tsunami when it suddenly changed course for Indonesia.
- Targeting Food Subsidies Again (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Jan 14, 2005)
Ending open-ended procurement and making all PDS grain available at the APL price, with a subsidy to the poor through food coupons
- The Missing Story Of India’S Navy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 14, 2005)
Jangal mein mor nacha, kisi ne na dekha (The peacock danced gloriously in the forest, seen by nobody). Galle harbour in Sri Lanka was an unlikely place for the Indian naval officer to chant this popular film song.
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Envoy Defends India's Going It Alone (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, Jan 12, 2005)
India's ambassador to Washington, Ronen Sen, said yesterday that his country was able to handle its relief effort on its own following last month's tsunami in the Indian Ocean, which hit his country and 11 others, killing more than 150,000 people.
- The Silvery River Without Tsunami (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 09, 2005)
The swish of the diesel engine was feather-soft. From my chair high on the river bank I watched the two ‘ships’ pass. One had two cars on it. People were out on deck in their best clothes.
- `We Have An Obligation To Help Survivors' (Hindu, Hilary Benn, Jan 08, 2005)
The terrible images of the past week have brought home our vulnerability to the forces of nature. But they have also brought out in all of us a compassion for others with whom we share this small and fragile planet
- New Realities For Ocean’S 10 (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 07, 2005)
Accelerated globalisation in adversity: this could well be one of the striking consequences of the tsunami. Altruism or its exact opposite on the part of donors and administrators of aid will be spotted by recipients in distress.
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- Homeless And Alone (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jan 06, 2005)
It is more than a week since the killer tsunami struck many nations of Asia. Indonesia, the worst hit, Sri Lanka, India (including Andaman Islands) Thailand Myanmar Malaysia and even Kenya and Somalia were affected.
- Looking Back In Wonder (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Jan 05, 2005)
A tsunami-ravaged exotic Asia once again provides the backdrop to a Western adventure
- The U.N. Must Lead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 04, 2005)
The scale of the tsunami catastrophe in Indonesia and Sri Lanka has just emerged. Estimates of the death toll in Indonesia are fast approaching the 100,000 mark while Sri Lanka has confirmed at least 40,000 deaths.
- To Go Or Not To Go Is The Question (Hindu, Carl Wilkinson, Jan 04, 2005)
As the extent of the devastation wreaked by the tsunami unfolds, many are having to decide whether going ahead with planned holidays will help or hinder the local people.
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- In Relief (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 04, 2005)
Even the most reasonable of stances may have a striking effect. India’s refusal of aid for the tsunami disaster from other countries, such as the United States of America, China, or Australia, has been both polite and reasonable.
- How Nature Changes History (Indian Express, DONALD G MCNEIL JR, Jan 04, 2005)
Two earthquakes in 1999 brought ancient enemies Greek and Turkey together as they rushed to each other’s aid. Will the tsunami bring Lankan govt and rebels to peace table?
- Tsunami Relief Should Be Led By U.N. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 03, 2005)
Stung by criticism that its initial response to the tsunami disaster had been "stingy," the United States has moved swiftly to try and impose its "leadership" over the international relief effort underway.
- Seeking The Hand Of God In The Waters (Indian Express, JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, Jan 03, 2005)
Let's turn to history. The date: Nov. 1, 1755. The time: past 9 am on All Saints’ Day, a Catholic holiday. The scene: Lisbon, the devoutly Catholic capital of the devoutly Catholic Portuguese empire, shook — first a big earthquake
- The Spin That Helped Bush Into A Doosra Term (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2005)
The film Fahrenheit 9/11 depicts the US President, Mr George Bush, as doing nothing but watching kindergarten children several minutes after he was informed of the WTC attacks.
- The Tsunami Test — Are `Reserves' Really `Resources'? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 01, 2005)
It is shocking that the survivors of the recent tsunami are forced to loot from one another in their struggle to survive. Cannot the vast foreign exchange reserves of the Indian Ocean rim countries be used to blunt the impact of the catastrophic tsunami?
- Maritime Counter-Terrorism (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Jan 01, 2005)
COINCIDING with Navy Day, the Terrorism Watch Project of the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, organised an international workshop on Maritime Counter-Terrorism on November 29-30.
- The Tsunami Brings Us Together (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 31, 2004)
The Armed Forces have already embarked on one of the biggest rescue missions in their history
- National Space (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2004)
There is many a slip between the regional and the national. This difference in perception could give rise to a debate as to whether the crisis caused by the tsunami devastation is regional or national, that is, whether India is in the grip
- The Old Man And The Sea (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 30, 2004)
There are Japanese paintings of a huge menacing wave curling over a tiny lone hut on the edge of the shore that are absolutely terrifying in their scale and drama — as they are meant to be.
- Earth And Sea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2004)
Few disasters in living memory have achieved in scale of intensity and spread the devastation in seven countries caused by the rubbing of the Indian Ocean and Eurasian tectonic plates off the Sumatran coast.
- Nature's Pogrom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 28, 2004)
It will take some time before the sheer scale of Sunday's tragedy sinks in. Southern Asia felt the battering impact of an earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra, but the mourning for the dead cannot but have global dimensions.
- Islands In The Sun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 24, 2004)
The Maldives President, Abdul Gayoom, seems to regard Indian policies towards his regime as a protective political insurance. The time may have come to clear this misconception.
- Joint Operations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement, in an address to the combined commanders’ conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, about India’s readiness for joint operations with neighbours to combat insurgency, suggests a pro-active national security and foreign
- Saarc Writers Conference (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Oct 14, 2004)
The focus of this literary meet was on that irregular triangle that forms the central peninsula of Southern Asia. Here nestle the seven sibling countries in close togetherness yet with a distinct cultural identity.
- Democracy In The Maldives (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Oct 02, 2004)
There is a growing demand for political reform in the Maldives where power is concentrated in a strong executive.
- In A Disturbed Neighbourhood (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 24, 2004)
While New Delhi can draw satisfaction from the dialogue process with Pakistan, it cannot turn a blind eye to the troubling developments in a volatile neighbourhood.
- A Troubled Neighbourhood (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Sep 23, 2004)
While there has been some optimism generated by the commencement of the composite dialogue process with Pakistan, we would be deluding ourselves if we believe that there is cause for satisfaction at what is happening in our immediate neighbourhood.
- This Is Paradise? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2004)
For all his talk of political reform, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has once again demonstrated a reluctance to loosen his absolute grip over the Maldives.
- An Indian Non-Debate (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, Aug 28, 2004)
Indians need to understand that there is no yardstick to judge the ethics of American unilateralism in Iraq
- Ending The Regional Drift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
India might have no option but to develop a pro-active policy to encourage internal political change within the subcontinent.
- Big Mistake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 18, 2004)
The Maldives govt cannot hope to silence demands for democracy forever
- Neighbourhood Hopes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2004)
SAARC holds out hope for regional cooperation in many fields, mainly trade
- Strong On Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THOUGH THE RAPPROCHEMENT between India and Pakistan all but eclipsed the 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Islamabad, it may be crucial as it could smoothen the functioning of the association, which has
- Haunted By Colonial Ghosts (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
Well-choreographed bilateral meetings between Indian and Pakistani leaders on the sidelines of the 12th multilateral summit of South Asian heads of government have led to dramatic developments.
- Saarc Says No To Terror (Indian Express, V.S.CHANDRASEKAR, Jan 07, 2004)
: In A significant accord on tackling terrorism in South Asia, leaders of seven SAARC countries, including from India and Pakistan, today pledged to eliminate the menace in all forms and manifestations in the region and to deal effectively with financing
- Welcome To Free Trade Zone (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Jan 07, 2004)
The seven SAARC countries on Tuesday signed a treaty that would lead to free trade and movement of goods paving the way for South Asian economic Union along the lines of EU in future. The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) framework treaty signed by ...
- No Choice But Limited Mobility (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
In a small survey conducted among medical personnel in Sri Lanka in 1994, Bloom et al found that 75 per cent of hospital staff agreed with the statement that “AIDS patients are very infectious and should, therefore, be isolated in separate wards to reduce
- Saarc Initiative On Free Trade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2004)
In its essence, a free trade area means trading in a tariff-free environment, which should normally lead to a sharp increase in trade volume and value with the most efficient manufacturers of select products in the "area" raking in the maximum profits.
- India, Pakistan Leaders Meet (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
The leaders of India and Pakistan have met formally for the first time since the two nuclear powers came close to war over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
- Securing South Asia (Hindu, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Dec 29, 2003)
Given its preponderance and centrality within South Asia, India may justifiably regard any alien presence or influence in the region, without its consent, as a potential threat to its security.
- Vajpayee's Utopian Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
AT A TIME when the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is struggling to finalise a South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (SAPTA), leading to a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), Prime Minister Vajpayee has spoken of a ...
- Naval Gazing Into The Future (Indian Express, KAILASH KOHLI , Dec 13, 2003)
Why Gorshkov? Is our navy not strong enough to thrash Pakistan’s? Why do we now need to spend $650 million to acquire this Russian aircraft carrier? The answers lie in the strategic vision enunciated by Prime Minister Vajpayee when be addressed the ...
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