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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 17201:
- U.S. Excited By India Trade, Despite Wto Woes (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States expects economic ties with India to grow rapidly in the new few years, despite frustration that New Delhi has not been more helpful in world trade talks, a top U.S. trade official said on Monday.
- Germany Eyes Jvs With Indian Healthcare Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
An 11-member delegation from the state of Bavaria, Germany, is presently here exploring possiblities of strengthening trade and economic ties in the pharmaceutical, Medical & healthcare sector and looking for partners, dealers and importers for . . .
- India Inc., Liberalisation, And Social Responsibility (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Apr 25, 2006)
Domestic industry cannot divorce itself from the social environment within the country. However, it may be counter-productive for the Government to lay down the law in the sensitive area of human resource for the private sector.
- Lords Are Judges After All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2006)
Blame it on Henry II, if you must. It was England's first Plantagenet King who prepared the ground for the common law system that replaced the practice of justice being dispensed on the basis of disparate customs by feudal and county courts.
- The Ideological Debate In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 25, 2006)
Dismissed by many as irrelevant, it has proved to be potentially the key to deciding the shape of the country's future.
- Dp World Triggers A Trend (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Apr 25, 2006)
DP World being stymied by US Congress means that many deals involving American assets and bidders, say, from West Asia, South Asia and China may not go through.
- Not Wanted By The Pla (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 25, 2006)
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China now wants to free its officers of not just bourgeois traits like fashionable tattoos but also heavy snoring. And this is to be done at the induction stage itself, as per the latest recruitment . . .
- Testing Is New Wrinkle In U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States will stick to its insistence that India adhere to a moratorium on testing atomic weapons as part of a deal that would give India access to U.S. and foreign nuclear technology for the first time in three decades, senior officials . . .
- Rational Exuberance (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 25, 2006)
The results turned in by the first 116 companies thus far are a pointer that India Inc has delivered yet again, for the third time running.
- Decline Of American Power? (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Apr 25, 2006)
US economic strength rests not simply on its economic size, but on invisible ‘dark matter’ which generates a bottomless global appetite for dollars and ensures a higher return on its assets relative to the rest of the world.
- Seeing Dabhol (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 25, 2006)
For power-starved Maharashtra and power-hungry India, the on-going revival of the 2,184 MW Dabhol power plant is both great news and a great lesson.
- Manmohan Woos German Industry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought greater engagement from German companies and expressed happiness that ‘‘more than 80 per cent of the German companies are aware of the huge potential of the Indian market”.
- Forward Step (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 25, 2006)
The Forward Markets Commission’s (FMC) move to allow institutional players to trade only in bullion and crude may seem excessively cautious but in fact is not so.
- Myanmar — Gateway To S-E Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 25, 2006)
Rather than joining a Western chorus of condemnation of Myanmar, India would do well to cooperate with Asian powers to encourage Yangon to move towards a more representative government. With New Delhi engaging Yangon economically and . . .
- The Future Has Arrived, And It’S Yours To Read (Deccan Herald, Doreen Carvajal, Apr 25, 2006)
In the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Minority Report, a subway passenger scans an edition of USA Today that is a plastic video screen, thin, foldable and wireless, with constantly changing text.
- Blessed Are The Pure In Heart (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 25, 2006)
Some are born blind, others become blind, but the saddest are those who make themselves blind.
- No Wholesome Fare, This (Business Line, J. George, Apr 25, 2006)
The Food Safety Bill must undergo scrutiny of agricultural and animal scientists, health professionals, nutritionists and food technologist without any further delay.
- Learning And Doing (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Apr 25, 2006)
Asked to give a presentation to a venerable think tank in Delhi on national security, and batting at number 5, I talked on energy, water, employment, growth and our global destiny.
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- On Dissent And Democracy (Times of India, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Apr 25, 2006)
One of the great indicators of any society is the creativity of its radicals and the availability of its eccentrics. Equally critical is the tolerance and understanding that society shows its dissenters.
- India Heading For Poor Monsoon, Warns Met (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Brace up for below average rainfall this year, Indian Meteorological Department has said. Instead of the average 89 cm rainfall, the country may receive about 83 cm rains this year.
- China Firm On One-Child Regulation (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
China’s male-dominated gender imbalance will not prompt the government to change its stringent family planning policy, state press reported on Sunday.
- Flowering China, Withering India (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Apr 25, 2006)
A paradigm shift is necessary if India is to find itself in the world agriculture roadmap. It can learn from China.
- The Hi-Tech Disc War That Bytes (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Apr 25, 2006)
There are differences in the compression technologies used in both the formats but the consumers may not experience significantly different viewing pleasure between the two.
- On India Inc Job Quotas, An Affirmative Lesson From South Africa (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
As facts lose out to rhetoric in the debate over quotas in the private sector, New Delhi and India Inc should perhaps take a look at the example of South Africa.
- Ipi Gasline Deal (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
The news that the deal on the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gasline project is about to be finalised between the three countries has rekindled hopes that Islamabad and New Delhi are determined to withstand pressure from Washington to back off from . . .
- Harmony In Religious Beliefs (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Apr 24, 2006)
The Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mr K.S. Sudarshan, has made the very interesting suggestion that Muslims should accept Lord Krishna “as one of the prophets” sent by Allah.
- Us Should Recognise Pakistan And Israel As N-Weapon States’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 24, 2006)
It was suggested here on Sunday that the United States, having implicitly recognised India as a nuclear weapons state, should now give Pakistan and Israel the same recognition by working with all three to map a scenario for progressive global . . .
- Three Heads Better Than One (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 24, 2006)
Decades ago, an innovative manufacturer started this concept of a three-in-one where kids could freak out on an ice-cream with three flavours instead of one. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has come out with a diktat which seems to . . .
- Lessons From The Nordic Nations (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Apr 24, 2006)
Fewer debates over economics would be needed if the world spent more time examining what actually works and what does not. Almost everywhere, debate has raged about how to combine market forces and social security. The left calls for an expansion of . . .
- Strengths And Weaknesses Of Indian Banking (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 24, 2006)
Indian banks have done quite well, especially in terms of efficiency and non-performing loans. But there is still a long way to go before they can catch up with their peers in the US, the UK, Germany or China. S. VENKITARAMANAN hopes the RBI . . .
- India, Germany To Co-Operate In N-Power, Space (Business Line, Man Mohan, Apr 24, 2006)
Major force
German companies keen on setting up manufacturing units in India
- Future Of Employee Communication (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Apr 24, 2006)
Five serious questions to answer
Mega corporations with 50,000-plus employees, the explosion of information sources, the emergence of the new breed of well-informed and networked employees, the cultural shift promoted by high employee mobility . . .
- American Empire-I (Statesman, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Apr 24, 2006)
Susan Sontag spoke for many Left-wing intellectuals when she excoriated American culture as “inorganic, dead, coercive, authoritarian” and insisted that what America “deserves” is to have its wealth “taken away” by the so-called Third World.
- Dust To Dust, Ashes To Diamonds (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Apr 24, 2006)
There is an old saying which, naturally enough, appeals a great deal to scientists — “Give science half a chance and it is likely to come up trumps”. And it doubtless has in regard to disposal of dead bodies.
- Meeting The Demand For Interactive Education (Hindu, B.S. Warrier, Apr 24, 2006)
Edusat is the first Indian satellite designed and developed exclusively for serving the educational sector in India.
- Nin-Developed `Atta' To Be Sold Through Pds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
`Atta' to be fortified with iron, vitamins
`Atta' to be fortified with iron, vitamins
It's being made available at Rs.12 per kg on experimental basis
NIN also takes up initiative in the area of osteoporosis
Effort aimed at addressing micronutrient
- Continue Struggle Against `Anti-People' Development" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
public meeting organised by Janhastakshep on "Displacement: Development or Destruction" unanimously resolved to extend full support to displaced communities and continue its struggle against "anti-people" developmental schemes.
- Less Apparent Amendments In Service Tax Provisions (Hindu, K. SIVARAJAN, Apr 24, 2006)
It is illogical to deny cenvat credit to a builder on his input services
All the four reasons originally stated by the department for exempting software maintenance are no more applicable.
- Unlocking Creativity In Young Minds (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Apr 24, 2006)
Agastya attempts to raise the skill and creative potential of the poor. lt is committed to the Indian dream.
- Blair Pledges £17 Million For Uk-India Collaboration In Higher Education (Times of India, SUKANYA SUKUMAR, Apr 24, 2006)
Britain has launched a £17 million drive to link centres of academic excellence in India and the UK through research projects that will unfold over the next five years.
- Bionic Bull (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Apr 24, 2006)
The resident bull of the Indian bourses must be a very tired creature. He started in the low valley of the 5,000 mark and has since galloped up to the 12,000 Everest.
- German Firms Commit Big Investments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
CEOs tell Prime Minister they want to participate in ultra mega power projects
BMW commits Rs. 900 crore for facility near Chennai
Siemens to invest 600 million Euros
"Germany important country in E.U.'
- Germany Lowers Reservation On Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Satish Misra, Apr 24, 2006)
Germany today lowered its reservation on the issue of supply of civilian nuclear technology to India saying that developments on this issue were on “the positive path”.
- Warring Against Science (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 24, 2006)
Once, it actually worked. About 30 years ago, science pointed its solvent-stained finger at something that humans were doing wrong, something that would kill us if we kept it up.
- Holes In It (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 24, 2006)
Big names in the information technology sector have continued to be on the ascendant in terms of sales and profits.
- Iran Raises Pitch Before Key Session (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Iran’s decision to enrich uranium is irreversible, its foreign ministry said today in defiance of international demands it halt all nuclear work.
- Manmohan, Merkel Open Hanover Fair (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday on jointly inaugurated the Hanover Fair, where the rising Asian economy that is emerging as a magnet for global investment is the partner country after 22 years.
- More German Nuclear Help For India Possible - Merkel (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Germany may offer India more help with its civilian nuclear programme subject to the ratification of a U.S. deal to provide New Delhi with nuclear technology, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.
- The Indo-German Confluence At Hannover (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Apr 24, 2006)
India at Hannover is not just about business and investment. It will glass-case a kaleidoscope of culture, cuisine, music and dance. The blossoming economic and business relationships between India's rapidly emerging market and Germany's massive . . .
- Taliban ‘Decree’ Death For Three Men (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Local radicals known here as Taliban on Sunday decreed the killing of three tribesmen of the South Waziristan Agency for disobeying and manhandling their parents.
- Nepal Developments "In The Right Direction": Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ram , Apr 23, 2006)
"The important thing is restoration of multi-party democracy and a government in place to exercise all executive powers"
- Squaring The Circle (Hindu, GEETA DOCTOR, Apr 23, 2006)
The Ramanujan-Hardy story finds a new equation with a film on their relationship.
- The Universe Isn’T About Us (Deccan Herald, Joel Achenbach, Apr 22, 2006)
‘In our obscurity, there is no hint that there is anyone who will come and save us from ourselves.’
- Usa Has To Wait Longer For Mangoes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Among eminent US fans of the succulent Indian mango is assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Mr Richard Boucher, but he, along with other Americans may have to wait until next season for the arrival of the fruit in the country.
- Pm Wants Managers, Not Mandarins` (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today made the pitch for effecting appropriate “reorientation” of the civil services to inject more efficiency in governance, asking the civil servants to blend their administrator’s duty with the role of a manager.
- Time For Reorientation Of Civil Services: Manmohan Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Asserting that the civil services has to reorient itself and be trained to deliver better services to the people, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today put several posers before the country’s civil servants, including whether the present method of . . .
- Little Lamb In Shadow Of Nawaz (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 22, 2006)
When Gen Pervez Musharraf made that oblique reference to the presence of a foreign hand, refusing to identify the suspect in Balochistan I knew it was coming.
- Delhi Air Sickens (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2006)
If you thought the problem of air pollution in the national Capital stands solved following the introduction of CNG-run buses, you have to think again.
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 22, 2006)
Historically speaking, the bikini is a bad joke. Sixty years after its invention, political correctness and the end of the Cold War have made that sort of humour all but impossible to carry off. In 1946, when Louis Réard, a French engineer, strayed . . .
- Greenpeace Founder For Going Nuclear (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2006)
In the early 1970s when I helped found Greenpeace, I believed that nuclear energy was synonymous with nuclear holocaust, as did most of my compatriots. That’s the conviction that inspired Greenpeace’s first voyage up the spectacular rocky . . .
- A Decisive Verdict For Continuity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court's clear verdict on the Bangalore-Mysore corridor project has come as a vindication of the argument that a mere change of government should not lead to a review or cancellation of projects cleared by the predecessor regime.
- Three Players Of Trade Game In New Economic Geography (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 22, 2006)
"Europe is changing and reinventing itself," writes Jean-Joseph Boillot in his book Europe after Enlargement. And exploring what happens when there is `geoeconomic realignment of globalising markets' are Jagdish N. Sheth and Rajendra S. Sisodia in . . .
- Education, The Great Leveller (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Apr 22, 2006)
Today, the country's top educational institutions can be compared to the best in the world. Institutions such as the IIMs are being wooed to go global, with none other than the Prime Minister of Singapore championing the cause.
- Indian Army Communication Network System Launched (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
DZAN network to give India technological edge over adversaries
* Scientists unveil anti-nuclear, biological and chemical equipment
- Going Ganga (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
Varanasi is easily among the most frequented places in the country by world-weary travellers. Artists, writers, backpackers and hipsters - from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg to pop diva Tina Turner, popular filmmakers to classical singers, thousands of . . .
- It Is Pmk Versus Aiadmk In Saidapet (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Apr 22, 2006)
No project to clear encroachments
DMK and PMK were in opposite camps in 2001
Except two occasions, DMK always won the seat
- Nuclear Numbers (Times of India, Gurmeet Kanwal, Apr 22, 2006)
One of the contentious issues that had threatened to derail the historic nuclear agreement signed by India and the US is the number of nuclear warheads that India needs for credible minimum deter-rence.
- Efficacy Trial For Aids Vaccine Likely In Two Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India's first AIDS vaccine is expected to take another two years to enter into the second phase of the trial to establish its efficacy. Researchers at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Pune have finished injecting the vaccine in . . .
- Manmohan For Reorienting Civil Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
"Bureaucracy an important instrument for initiating and managing change"
Civil services provide both power and responsibility
An opportunity to guide political leadership
Poses queries on the challenges facing the civil services
- Nepal: India Exults At The Kingly Move (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India which had mounted immense pressure over the last one year on Nepal’s King Gyanendra to restore democracy in the Himalayan kingdom, welcomed the king’s Friday vow to transfer power to a government constituted by the Opposition Seven Party Alliance.
- Road To Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 21, 2006)
H.D. Deve Gowda should be happy — he’s saved five lakh rupees. That’s the amount the Supreme Court has asked the Karnataka government to pay as the price for unnecessarily litigating over the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure . . .
- The Lost Reformer (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s mettle as prime minister is being severely tested. Recent events have considerably dented his image.
- Bushehr No Threat To Proliferation: Russia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow’s top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Russian-Built N-Power Plant In Iran 'No Threat' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow's top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Manmohan Points To Unilateral Moratorium (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Says India needs the strategic programme as China, Pakistan had nuke weapons
Feels accord holds tremendous potential for both countries
Asserts that ties with U.S. not at the cost of ties with China
On Iran, he says India does not want another nuke
- Cpm Lights Bush-Fire For Muslim Votes In Kerala (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 21, 2006)
In Muslim-dominated areas across Kerala, especially those where the Indian Union Muslim League till now has been the undisputed political force and its shimmering green festoons the only political colour, young and old voters stare in amazement . . .
- Indian Pm Hopes Germany Will Back U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
India hopes it can persuade Berlin to back its civil nuclear energy deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was quoted as saying on Thursday ahead of his visit to Germany.
- ‘Dmk Not Averse To Coalition Govt’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam would not be averse to a coalition government, if it became inevitable after the May 8 Assembly elections, party President M Karunanidhi announced on Thursday.
- B’Lore Techies Moot Remote Voting Concept (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Apr 21, 2006)
As governments across the country explore the potential of e-governance, the concept of remote voting is also gaining ground beyond theory.....
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