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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 17201:
- A Wrong Time To Tax Domestic Bpos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 14, 2006)
The Finance Bill 2006 has withdrawn, effective March 1, 2006, the exemption from service tax enjoyed by call centres catering to the domestic market.
- Core Banking Solution Shortly In All City Union Bank Branches (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
It promises faster service with greater security It promises faster service with greater security to customers
- The Ptcl Signing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 14, 2006)
Finally, the signing ceremony of the PTCL privatisation deal has taken place, effectively giving the Etisalat Group of UAE 26 per cent shares and management rights. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is justified in his optimism that the unprecedented . . .
- Visiting China Again (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 14, 2006)
President Hu Jintao has sent a formal letter to President Pervez Musharraf inviting him to attend the sixth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Pakistan enjoys observer’s status with the organization that seeks to . . .
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Bush Administration Launches Campaign For Us-India N-Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 14, 2006)
The first high-profile administration attempt to ease the passage of the India-US nuclear agreement through Congress was in evidence on Monday, with the publication of a signed article by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the . . .
- N-Export Rules Tightened As Un Faults India’S Record (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 14, 2006)
The Indian government tightened rules on the export of nuclear equipment and technology on Monday, a day after the former UN weapons inspector David Albright faulted India’s non-proliferation record.
- The 400 Barrier (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 14, 2006)
In some ways it is a pity that the record-breaking series-decider at the Wanderers did not end in a tie.
- Bush In South Asia — Raising A Political Storm (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 14, 2006)
As the US President moved from Afghanistan to India and then Pakistan, he raised political storm clouds. If India was obsessed with the nuclear deal, Pakistan wanted similar treatment and Afghanistan worried about the . . .
- Sceptics Are Turning Into Believers (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 14, 2006)
Follow the elementary rules of investment, choose good companies, be consistent, patient and methodical, and you won't lose money. You lose money only when you are rash, greedy and in a hurry.
- Seeds Of E-Agriculture (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 14, 2006)
The country's inherent IT strengths should be leveraged to address the problems of the agriculture sector.
- History Moves Kalam No Less Than Science (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
History moves President APJ Abdul Kalam no less than science.
- Co-Ed Rules (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 14, 2006)
That girls and boys are attracted to very different aspects of science is almost as distressing a finding as the observation, common among progressive parents, that their boys play with cars, while their girls prefer to busy themselves with dolls.
- Imperialism Redux (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 14, 2006)
Business, Energy, Weapons And Foreign Policy
- N-Energy Clean, Says Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
India today emphasised that nuclear energy should be considered under the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change as it was one of the “cleanest sources of energy”.
- Our Opportunity With India (Washington Post, Condoleezza Rice, Mar 13, 2006)
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia.
- Job-Eating Potential (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 13, 2006)
The Congress won the last election on the platform of the common man. Finance Minister P Chidambaram wants to deliver on the promise.
- U.S. Ties With India, Pakistan On Divergent Paths (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- New Rti Act Seeks To Cover Hr Violations, Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 13, 2006)
A bill seeking to repeal Right To Information (RTI) Act, 2004 and enaction of a new comprehensive law in Jammu and Kashmir is scheduled for introduction in the Legislative Assembly on March 29.
- No Uranium Sales To India: Australia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Australia will maintain its ban on uranium exports to India and other countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Sunday.
- Exit The Printer’S Devil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 13, 2006)
Ever wondered why a reference to a north Mylapore lodge in Chennai has gone into print as China? Or why a company with a two-word name ending in Telecom should have its surname changed to Talcum even if the telco has no intentions . . .
- Hizb, Let Leaders On Hunger-Strike (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
18 militant commanders stage protest in POK
Eighteen top jihadi commanders are staging a hunger strike in Muzaffarabad against "the betrayal of the jihad in Jammu and Kashmir by President Pervez Musharraf," a Hizbul- Mujahideen spokesperson told . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Benefits For India (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 13, 2006)
The US-India deal will lead to more efficient import of nuclear technology and equipment, translating into higher nuclear power generation, which, in these pollution-conscious times, ought not to be written off hastily on grounds of higher . . .
- Huge Afghan Response To Indian Scholarships (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s announcement of 500 special scholarships for Afghan students during his visit to Kabul in July last has elicited huge response from across Afghanistan.
- The Road Less Travelled (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US agreement should see a turning point not only in India’s position in the world but also in its perception of itself.
- All Those Who Will Make The Difference (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Given the highly politicized election personnel in Bengal, fair play will depend on the neutral role of senior supervisors, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- India Hopeful Of Resolving Border Row With China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Indian and Chinese officials report progress in talks
- Cas Is Back (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 13, 2006)
The conditional access system is all about letting viewers choose the channels they want to pay for.
- Search For Truth (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of all the accused in the sensational seven year old Jessica Lall murder case has rudely shocked the conscience of the nation and shattered its faith in the working of the criminal justice system.
- Experts For Restructuring Plant Breeding Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
People would require 325 million tons of foodgrains by 2025'
With the present plant breeding programme, it may be difficult for India to meet its food grains requirement, which is expected to grow to 325 million tonnes by 2025.
- Persuading Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Bush makes a good start
AS promised under the Indo-US nuclear deal, the George W. Bush administration has initiated the process for its implementation.
- A Spoof Hits China's Web, A Star Is Born (Christian Science Monitor, Robert Marquand, Mar 13, 2006)
An underground video sweeping Chinese cyberspace has half the country cracking up.
- China Renews An Old Ideological Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
BEIJING For the first time in perhaps a decade, the National People's Congress, the Communist Party-run legislature now convened in its annual two-week session, is consumed with an ideological debate over socialism and capitalism that many assumed . . .
- No, Your Honour (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 13, 2006)
Why are we being forced, by order of a judge, to a system that 95 of every 100 people, when given a choice, have declined? For, that is exactly what the Delhi high court order to implement within four weeks in Delhi, Mumbai . . .
- The Exploitation Of Blue Collar Temp Workers (The Financial Express, MANISH SABHARWAL, Mar 13, 2006)
Small tweaks to the Contract Labour Act could end the criminal and political nexus that exploits blue collar temp workers. Government statistics put temporary and contract jobs at 21% of India’s labour force, an astounding 80 million people.
- Mind-Boggling Mars Explorer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 13, 2006)
A us spacecraft with potential of revolutionizing the understanding of Mars has moved into a ‘perfect’ orbit around the Red Planet, NASA announced on Saturday.
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Why Penalise The Viewer? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 13, 2006)
What TV viewers in Chennai have been suffering for the last few years will now be visited on their counterparts elsewhere—thanks to a court order that asks the government to introduce the conditional access system (or CAS) in four weeks.
- Metro Bus System Introduced On All 25 Grid Routes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Encouraging response from commuters; 250 more buses in three months: BMTC
Metro Bus System was conceived in 2002 to provide uninterrupted public transport facility
First service announced on June 3, 2002
Survey conducted to record time taken for jou
- Revamp Criminal Justice System (Times of India, Asif Jalal, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of the accused in the Jessica Lal case again underscores what is wrong with our criminal justice system. During the trial, all key witnesses produced by the prosecution turned hostile.
- Corruption Can Survive E-Governance (Deccan Herald, Narayana A, Mar 13, 2006)
The Revenue department in Karnataka needs reforms. A minister receiving complaints on his mobile will not end corruption
- Bush Visit: Not Just A Stopover (Dawn, Iqbal Akhund, Mar 13, 2006)
Invidious comparison is virtually built into an American president’s visit to the subcontinent. So it has been again, as President Bush has come and gone. As a foreign journalist put it, India got a hug, Pakistan a pat on the back.
- Pakistan’S Energy Needs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 13, 2006)
Us energy secretary Samuel Bodman is to visit Pakistan in the near future to discuss the country’s energy needs.
- A Footstool In The World (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has exposed inconsistencies in India’s position
- Exalting The Myth Of Suffering (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Mar 13, 2006)
To the last, a solitary death on Saturday in a UN cell near an international court he derided, Slobodan Milosevic clung to the notion that all the Balkan destruction he ignited and presided over was no more than a response to aggression . . .
- Can Our Way Of Living Save The Planet? (Deccan Herald, Lucy Siegle, Mar 13, 2006)
People are happy to talk about ethical awareness but when it comes to consumer patterns the talk is not reflected.....
- Final Baglihar Project Hearing Deferred (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Mar 12, 2006)
India has succeeded in obtaining from the World Bank neutral expert another deferment of the final hearing on the contentious power project that India is building at Baglihar on the Chenab River near Jammu in southern part of occupied Kashmir in . . .
- The Bomb Is Ticking... (Deccan Herald, Robin McKie, Mar 12, 2006)
We ignore James Lovelock's apocalyptic vision of the future at our own peril.
- Kalam Predicts Fusion Of Bio-Tech And Traditional Medicines (Press Trust of India, Subhashis Mittra, Mar 11, 2006)
Predicting fusion of bio-technology with traditional system of medicine, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said that both India and Myanmar could exchange knowledge in the field and use it on a commerical basis.
- ‘Long’ Risk Is Becoming A Riskier Business (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Mar 11, 2006)
The Federal Reserve Board of the US released the minutes of its Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on January 31.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Carry Cas In 4 Weeks: Hc (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre to implement the conditional access system (CAS) in four weeks in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. It is already up and running in Chennai.
- Farm Extension, Key To Second Green Revolution (Business Line, S. Kumarasamy, Mar 11, 2006)
With increasing population and declining per capita land available for agriculture, the future looks bleak. Unless the second Green Revolution is ushered in soon, it will be difficult to sustain the burgeoning . . .
- Bush Sends India Nuclear Request To Congress - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change U.S. law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Kalam To Students: Send E-Mails As Often As You Wish (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 11, 2006)
Political correctness never mattered to the President "Have the courage to invent, have the courage to combat problems and also have the courage to discover the impossible."
- New Blood (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 11, 2006)
I’m not surprised that India should be throwing up more candidates than before, for Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest. But more important than that factoid is the rise of new entrepreneurs in the Indian system.
- Kalam: India, Myanmar Should Standardise Traditional Medicines (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 11, 2006)
"Most herbs used in Myanmar were common with those found in northeastern States"
First-ever visit by Indian head of state to Mandalay
"Harness biotechnology to improve efficacy of traditional medicines"
President pays homage at pagodas
- Bush Sends India’S N-Request To Congress (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Legislators want guarantees on India’s nuclear status
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change US law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Report Faults India's Nonproliferation Record (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 11, 2006)
India circumvents other countries' export controls and leaks sensitive technology in procuring materials for its nuclear programs, according to a report by former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright.
- Balancing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 11, 2006)
By exposing the limits of nuclear muscle-flexing, the Varanasi explosions should have pricked the balloon of euphoria generated by George W. Bush’s visit.
- Us Govt Submits Draft Proposal To Congress On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has submitted a draft proposal to Congress that envisages changes in US atomic energy laws to help pass the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
- Just 1,200 Tigers Left? (Tribune, Brig (retd) Ranjit Talwar, Mar 11, 2006)
Is the tiger crisis for real? It certainly is! And what makes it worse and more threatening is the fact that the government continues to not only ignore, but to outrightly reject this stark reality by calling it a mere hype created by some NGOs . . .
- Bush For Change In Us Law On N-Sale (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Wants exemption for India
In a significant step that is expected to pave the way for the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the White House today sent a proposal to the US Congress to change non-proliferation laws even as the opponents . . .
- Around The World In 180 Days (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 11, 2006)
Did the Maharashtra government overlook a bird flu warning around three months ago? So it seems. On November 14 last year, Dr Swati Piramal, chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry’s national committee on biotechnology, cautioned that . . .
- U.K. Helped Israel Get Nuclear Bomb (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 11, 2006)
Records obtained under Information Act
- N-Deal Journey Begins, Up The Washington Hill (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 11, 2006)
Setting into motion what promises to be a tough climb, the Bush Administration formally submitted a draft proposal before the US Congress seeking its approval for the civilian nuclear agreement with India signed in July 2005.
- George Bush As Dr Strangedeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2006)
Ten years from now, will George Bush’s determination to rewrite nuclear rules for preventing the bomb’s spread be judged to have been courageously right or dangerously wrong? In striking his deal with India, allowing it to import nuclear . . .
- Telecom & It Expo 2006 Opens In City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Karnataka Telecom Dealers’ Association (KTDA), along with Disha Events and Fairs on Friday launched the three-day Telecom & IT Expo 2006 at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium.
- Evergreen Magic Of The Steam Engine (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Mar 11, 2006)
The train was once a revolutionary force, bringing romance and power to the world.
- Neighbours Building An It Highway (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 11, 2006)
Real Sino-Indian collaboration in software is beginning to materialise, giving China a valuable chance to enhance its own capabilities. What has, however, failed to take off is any collaboration in hardware, where the Indians could learn from the Chinese.
- Kalam’S Wit, Knowledge Charm Scholars (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Amid a hectic schedule in Yangon that kept him busy in the hurly-burly world of politics, India's scientist-President APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday found solace in the company of teachers, scholars and Buddhist monks when . . .
- Npt In The Doldrums (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which has at no time been on very solid grounds since it was launched in 1970, is now in danger of meeting its end.
- Us Submits Nuclear Proposal To Congress (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has already submitted a proposal to the US Congress, seeking to amend the laws for enabling India to acquire nuclear technology from the United States while a senior State Department official said he was . . .
- Pac Recommends Cbi Inquiry Into Smart Card Scam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Scathing indictment of the Delhi Government
`The entire tender process is illegal'
`The antecedents of the vendor are suspect'
`No justification for adopting untested technology'
'Any middle men need to be identified and punished'
- Us-India Nuclear Deal To Spur $100 Billion In Energy Ventures (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A landmark US deal extending civilian nuclear technology to India could open up 100 billion dollars in energy business ventures for Americans, a top US business group said.
- Us-India N-Deal To Spur $100b In Energy Ventures (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A landmark US deal extending civilian nuclear technology to India could open up $100 billion in business ventures for Americans in the Indian energy sector, a top US business lobby group said on Friday.
- Us Policy Gurus Drum Up Support For Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 11, 2006)
An open letter urging support for the Indo-US nuclear deal has been sent to members of the US Congress by 25 Washington-based policy analysts.
- Nuclear Deal Sent To U.S. Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
An issue for entire nation: Boucher
Nuclear Suppliers Group also must alter regulations so foreign countries can supply India
Presidential determinations gave U.S. virtually no leverage: Arms Control Association
- Science And Society (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 11, 2006)
Developmental activity should not degrade the environment but has to sustain the earth
- Defence And Development (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The government deserves credit for coordinating all strategic commissions under the National Command Authority.
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