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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Challenge For Manufacturers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2007)
Domestic manufacturers, hit by a strong currency and cheap imports, need to sharpen competitive edges by cutting costs and upgrading technology.
- Pakistan Voices Concern Over India-Us Nuke Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Voicing concern over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Pakistan has said any endorsement of a selective approach will "fatefully damage" the existing consensus on disarmament and non-proliferation.
- Pak Warns N-Suppliers About Selective Approach (Rediff on the Net, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan on Tuesday warned the Nuclear Suppliers Group of States that any selective endorsement of a country can jeopardise the current international consensus on nuclear non-proliferation.
- Tajikistan Struggles For Power (Asia Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
It's difficult to run a country in the dark. Politicians who leave voters in the cold, unable to cook or keep warm, become unpopular with the flick of a switch.
- ‘Amazon Jungle Could Be Lost In 40 Years’ (Hindu, Ian Sample , Oct 03, 2007)
The Amazonian wilderness is at risk of unprecedented damage from an ambitious plan to improve transport, communications, and power generation in the region, conservationists warned on Monday.
- High Road To Prosperity (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 03, 2007)
The Northeast was last week inadvertently thrust onto the crossroads of international diplomacy.
- Global Doctors Urge Tokyo To Block U.S.-India Nuke Deal (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
An international organization of antinuclear physicians has urged the Japanese government to oppose recent moves by the United States and Australia that would allow or pave the way for exports of nuclear-related technology and materials to India.
- The Great Leveller (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A certain gentleman in Karachi dwelled often and bitterly on the abysmal state of Pakistan’s civic infrastructure.
- Defiant But Conciliatory (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 01, 2007)
IRAN’S complex constitution obliges the president of the republic to defer to the greater authority of the supreme leader and the Assembly of Experts. Thus Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Rafsanjani have a role that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cannot ignore.
- Centre Defends N-Deal Ahead Of Crucial Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Notwithstanding Lefts scathing criticism, the UPA has asserted that the outside supporters should be confident about governments ability to secure Indias national interests.
- Rel Board Clears Reliance Power Ipo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Energy Limited (REL), on Sunday, announced its subsidiary Reliance Power will soon go public, a move that is presumed to help it raise up to Rs 12,000 crore ($3 billion) through the IPO.
- Elders Deserve A Better Deal (Deccan Herald, D B N Murthy , Oct 01, 2007)
Like every year, October 1 will be observed as World Elders Day. One wonders whether there is anything to celebrate, given the apathy shown by the society and the government towards problems of the elderly.
- Reliance Power Public Issue Soon (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
30 Reliance Energy Ltd has approved the proposal of its subsidiary, Reliance Power, for going public.
- Blasts Pierce Assam Calm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A few weeks of relative calm in Assam and the army’s boast about Ulfa being a spent force were shattered this evening by back-to-back blasts at three places and five casualties.
- Isro Looks At N-Power To Take It Deep Into Universe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
As India’s space programme gets into its second phase, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking to harness nuclear energy to propel its future rockets which will explore distant planets and areas beyond the solar system.
- Iaea Safeguards Not Just For Us, Govt To Tell Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
With CPI(M) stalwarts like Jyoti Basu and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee speaking out in favour of nuclear power, but against the strategic partnership with the US, the Government is looking to convey to the Left . . . . .
- Incredibly Simple Solutions (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 01, 2007)
This week’s column is inspired by three things: the Clinton Global Initiative’s redefinition of the fight against poverty, the sight of cycle rickshaws in New York City and the dismal spectacle of corporate and bureaucratic India colluding to . . . .
- Centre Defends N-Deal Ahead Of Crucial Meeting (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
As the Left parties tightened the noose over the UPA on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the government strongly came out defending the accord ahead of the crucial meeting between the sides on the issue.
- Violence In Burma (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
After nearly two decades, Burma is again being rocked by pro-democracy protests which the Burmese military is trying to crush in the only way it knows: by using brutal force.
- Blame Pm For Mid-Term Polls: V.P. (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Former Prime Minister and Jan Morcha leader V.P. Singh on Sunday said it will be Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who will have to take the blame and not the Left if mid-term elections were forced on the country.
- Divided We Stand (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2007)
Over the next three days, the CPM's highest decision-making bodies — the politburo and the central committee — will thrash out their stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Kolkata.
- Special Article (Statesman, MADAN BHATIA, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- Noida Set To Have Helipad Atop 7-Storey Parking (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Noida Administration is all set to construct a helipad over its proposed multi-layered parking lot in the posh Sector 18 market. The helipad is being developed to keep the city easily accessible to visiting dignitaries who presently have to face . . .
- National Security (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2007)
A two-party system, howsoever desirable, is not possible now in a sub-continental democracy like ours.
- No Compromise On National Interest (Tribune, Premvir Das, Sep 29, 2007)
It must be granted to Prakash Karat that finally, the bottom line behind the 123 Agreement issue has been identified. The agreement, according to him, is not about civilian nuclear energy at all but a camouflage for an unequal relationship that . . .
- Mayawati Govt Asks For N-Power Plant (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Sep 29, 2007)
While the Left continues its protests against the nuclear deal, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh is pushing the Centre to set up a nuclear power plant in the state.
- Us Economy In Real Trouble? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 29, 2007)
The problem arising from defaults in home loans in the US is assuming global proportions.
- Cold War's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 29, 2007)
AROUND the time of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in January 2007, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote an article on the causes of the Cold War.
- Beyond The Veil (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 28, 2007)
While ‘the Mechanism’ is seemingly at work, the prime minister has struck a lyrical note. He is in raptures over the nuclear renaissance that is a-coming; he would dearly love his countrymen to partake of its fruits.
- Price Rise Lit Crisis Spark (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
People in Myanmar were already living on the edge before the government doubled fuel prices, raising the cost of just about everything and shoving many over the precipice.
- Delhi Villagers' Existential Dilemma Continues (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Nearly 15,000 families in a Delhi locality are living in constant fear of being rendered homeless in a couple of years.
- 'Any Intelligent Nation Would Grab N-Deal' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Even as the US reminded India about the existing political timeline, finance minister P Chidambaram said that it would be a waste to let the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal go and that any intelligent country would grab the deal.
- Divided And Voiceless (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2007)
Prior to the establishment of the Palestinian national authority in 1994, I used to travel as a Palestinian using an Israeli travel document in which my citizenship was stated as “undefined.”
- Chidambaram: India Should Grab Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
It would be an epic waste if India let go of the opportunities, including the one to end to nuclear isolation, thrown open by the civil nuclear deal with the U.S., feels Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
- ‘If You Don’T Have Facts Or Law, Hammer On The Table. That’S What The Left Is Doing’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2007)
India always championed peaceful uses of nuclear energy right from the mid 1950s. After the first Pokharan test in 1974, it was the US that devised a network of sanctions that led to India’s isolation in the nuclear energy field from 1980 onwards.
- Naidu U-Turn On Free Power (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
TDP president Mr N Chandrababu Naidu today made a U-turn and promised free power to farmers if it came to power in the 2009 Assembly election.
- Nuclear Deal High On Agenda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Polit Bureau meet crucial: Basu
progress of talks in committee to be reviewed
Issue of price rise to be discussed
- Israeli Forces Pound Gaza, 11 Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
In northern Gaza, Israeli tanks and bulldozers briefly entered the town of Beit Hanoun on Wednesday, following rocket fire from the area...
- India Should Grab Nuke Deal: Chidambaram (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
It would be an epic waste if India lets go off the opportunities, including the end to nuclear isolation, thrown open by the civil nuclear deal with the US, feels Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
- Rot In The Head Is The Disease, Rest Symptoms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
Sir, ~ This is with reference to the article, “Canker at the core” (14 September) by YP Gupta. By the use of the word “core” if he meant the epicentre or the source wherefrom corruption permeates, he did not reach there.
- 8 Palestinians Killed In Israeli Attack (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians in an air strike and a ground operation on Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Gaza Strip since Israel declared it a "hostile territory," and four of the dead were identified as members of a . . . .
- India: Pipeline Will Be A Reality If Nations Agree On Fuel Price (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Despite skipping a crucial tri-nation talk, India has expressed the hope that the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline will become a reality if buyers and the seller agree on the fuel price.
- India’S ‘Rising Profile’ In East Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 27, 2007)
Besides the nuclear deal, India’s identity in East Asia, widely believed to be the next big theatre in world politics, is traceable to economic diplomacy and some basic strategic thinking.
- 30 Years Of The Voyager Probes (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
IN an auditorium at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in California occupying pride of place is a full-size replica of the two Voyager spacecraft, launched 30 years ago.
- Against Nature (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 27, 2007)
Nobody expects the mayor of Calcutta to be more powerful than the combined forces of geography and the weather.
- Awaiting Inauguration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 27, 2007)
THE photograph in this newspaper of a new children’s complex at a hospital in Vehari that has yet to be opened because it is awaiting an electricity connection is a reminder of how little importance is given to healthcare in this country.
- We Need To Raise N-Power Share: Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
"We need to raise our share of nuclear power from the current level of three per cent to ten per cent -- Japan has something like 30 to 40 per cent of its electricity coming from nuclear power," Chidambaram said.
- The Cost Of Liberalisation (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Sep 27, 2007)
The bitter medicine of economic reforms has affected the developing countries badly.
- Climate Talks: Kyoto To Bali (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 27, 2007)
Against the background of the recent UN meet on climate change, N. R. KRISHNAN points out that it is time the developed world accepted the hard reality that developing countries, including China and India, may not be able to accept any cuts in . . .
- Political Economy Of Reforms In India (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Sep 27, 2007)
When reforms slow down, two explanations are commonly given: lack of consensus and vested interests. While these are powerful and plausible explanations, they also raise a curious puzzle: why do we observe periods of mega reform . . . . .
- Musharraf: A Diary Of Failures (Dawn, Naeem ul Haque, Sep 26, 2007)
NEVER in the history of this country has there been a period of such unabashed and shameful political narcissism.
- For Sustainable Energy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2007)
THE availability of energy in any country is closely linked to economic and social stability. The per capita energy consumption is an index used to measure the prosperity of a society.
- Nuke Wrangle Threatens Indian Government (Asia Times, Praful Bidwai, Sep 26, 2007)
As India's coalition government tries to complete the controversial nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, it finds itself caught between domestic opposition to the agreement from its left-wing allies and pressure from Washington to . . . .
- Leap Of Faith (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 26, 2007)
Slamming the BJP for its stand on the Sethusamudram project, the editorial in People’s Democracy says, “What is strange is the fact that under the BJP-led NDA government, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) was asked to ascertain certain facts.
- Energy Security: It Is All About Economics! (Deccan Herald, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 26, 2007)
Whether the nuclear deal will augment the flow of nuclear power, will depend on how expensive it is going to be.
- Nasa Official: Rovers Weathered Dust Storm (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 26, 2007)
“It is a real testimony of the engineering skill of NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] personnel that rovers Opportunity and Spirit, exploring the Martian soil, weathered a dust storm that buffeted them for about . . . .
- India Puts Rider For Safeguards Pact (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
India wants facility-specific safeguards and perpetual fuel supply assurances built into the safeguards agreement it works out with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Vienna before it agrees to place its civilian nuclear reactors . . .
- Fusion, At Last (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 26, 2007)
The latest agreement between India and the United States on civil nuclear cooperation comes after a long, tortuous process of reconciling the differing perceptions in the establishments of the two countries.
- Losing Ground On Water (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 25, 2007)
Before Tamil Nadu experienced the recent years of excessive rains, water harvesting was a pet theme in the State as groundwater depletion had reached its nadir, prompting authorities to swing into action to stem the crisis.
- ‘India Is Fast Becoming Two Entities’ (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 25, 2007)
Mid 1991: The Indian economy was “teetering on the edge of collapse, reflecting more than four decades of de facto central planning,” writes Alan Greenspan in The Age of Turbulence ( www.penguin.com ).
- In Ram’S Name (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2007)
THE emotive nature of the Ram Sethu issue is manifest in what has happened in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during the last few days.
- Burma’S Saviour (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 25, 2007)
While India largely ignores the unfolding political drama in Burma, where Buddhist monks and nuns have given a new boost to the pro-democracy movement in recent weeks, China seems to be rapidly repositioning itself.
- India-Specific Safeguard Mechanism Unlikely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
All future Indian nuclear plants under the civilian domain could be placed under the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) safeguards mechanism that could be on a par with that for the five declared nuclear powers.
- Special Article (Statesman, ARINDAM GHOSH-DASTIDAR, Sep 25, 2007)
I am Chief Minister of West Bengal and not India.
~ Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the CII national council meeting in Kolkata on 17 September 2007.
- Filthy, Crowded And Dangerous (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2007)
The once efficient railways have deteriorated to the point that derailments and brake failures are regular occurrences.
- Iaea Meeting Successful, Says Kakodkar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
India received recognition as the most advanced nation in nuclear fuel cycle technology at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meet and there was greater awareness of the “larger role” of nuclear power in meeting global energy . . . . . .
- N-Meet Successful, Says Kakodkar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
India received recognition as the most advanced nation in nuclear fuel cycle technology at the IAEA meet and there was greater awareness of the "larger role" of nuclear power in meeting global energy needs, Atomic Energy Commission . . . . .
- Bjp Office Ransacked In Chennai (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Sep 24, 2007)
A day after Tamil Nadu electricity minister and DMK leader Arcot N. Veeraswamy asked party workers to give a fitting reply to Ram Vilas Vedanti’s “fatwa” against Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, the BJP office here was ransacked and its workers . . .
- Power Plant In Green Belt (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy, Sep 24, 2007)
The plant can cause incalculable long term damage to the local environment.
- 'Iaea Convinced Of India’S Energy Needs' (The Economic Times, Lalitha Vaidyanathan, Sep 24, 2007)
India received recognition as the most advanced nation in nuclear fuel cycle technology at the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) meet and there was greater awareness of the “larger role” of nuclear power in meeting global . . . .
- Don't 'Deal' With Bush, Cpm Tells Upa Govt (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
The CPM on Sunday said the Manmohan Singh government should not operationalise the nuclear deal during President George Bush’s tenure.
- A Comparative Failure (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
HUA HIN, Thailand - There's a tongue-in-cheek rule of headline writing on the Asia Times Online newsdesk that if an article is deathly dull, an editor shouldn't try to sex it up by writing a headline that's more interesting than the article, thereby
- Kakodkar Silent On Talks About Safeguards (Asian Age, Lalitha Vaidyanathan, Sep 24, 2007)
India received recognition as the most advanced nation in nuclear fuel cycle technology at the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency here, and there was greater awareness of the "larger role" of nuclear power in meeting global . . . . .
- Chennai Bjp Office Attacked (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Sep 24, 2007)
A 300-strong DMK mob attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party's State headquarters here on Sunday morning, leaving eight persons injured. The police stood by and watched as unruly DMK men pelted stones, broke into the party office and beat up BJP . . .
- Bjp Hq Attacked In Chennai (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
The ruling DMK's protest against former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti's alleged ‘fatwa’ declaring a golden reward for Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's head and tongue in the backdrop of the latter's controversial remarks on Lord Ram turned violent in . . . .
- Basu Differs With Party On N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2007)
Basu's comment came amid media speculation that Communists in Bengal were not endorsing party general secretary Prakash Karat's strident postures against the UPA government over the nuke deal.
- Too Late To Roll Back (Deccan Herald, S.L. Rao, Sep 22, 2007)
Closeness to the US, our largest economic partner, does not make India an American lapdog.
- Israel Declares Gaza ‘Enemy Entity’ Ahead Of Olmert-Rice Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Top Israeli Cabinet ministers declared the Gaza Strip an “enemy entity” on Wednesday, a move likely to cloud Condoleezza Rice’s visit to the region on a peacemaking mission because it paved the way to cutting off vital supplies of electricity . . . . .
- China And India Leading Asian Missile Buildup (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Two decades after developed nations agreed to halt the proliferation of strategic missile technology, China and India are leading the most significant modernization of nuclear-capable ballistic missile and cruise missile forces in Asia since the . . . .
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