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Articles 7221 through 7320 of 17201:
- Expectations High For U.S.-India Ties (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 25, 2006)
President George W. Bush heads to India with grand visions of partnership with the world's biggest democracy, but some experts say such high expectations could lead to disappointment or even a backlash.
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal May Prove Elusive - Hadley (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 25, 2006)
It may not be possible to reach a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the United States by the time President George W. Bush travels to New Delhi next week, a top Bush adviser said on Friday.
- Train To Reach Katra This Year (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today unveiled a populist budget, leaving second class passenger fares unchanged and effecting 18 per cent reduction in AC first class and 10 per cent in AC second class fares, while introducing 55 new trains and not hiking fr
- The Murder Of Jessica Lall (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Feb 25, 2006)
Who killed Jessica Lall? Not known. Why was she killed ? Not known. With what weapon was she murdered? Not known.
- Nuclear Deal May Prove Elusive, Says Us Official (Hindustan Times, Tabassum Zakaria, Feb 25, 2006)
It may not be possible to reach a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the United States by the time President George W Bush travels to New Delhi next week, a top Bush advisor said on Friday.
- India's Revival Means It Can Pick And Choose Its Friends (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Steele, Feb 24, 2006)
Delhi seems eager for America's embrace, but many nationalists are unhappy with US pressure on foreign policy
- The India Option (Daily Times, Charles Tannock, Feb 24, 2006)
The world is beginning to notice that India has nearly the same number of people as China, plus a more benign system of government. China hawks in both India and the West dream that “strategic partnership” will link the world’s great democracies.
- India, Us Hope For Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian and US negotiators struggled to bridge differences over a landmark nuclear deal in a first round of talks on Thursday but said they still hoped for agreement in time for President George W Bush’s visit next week.
- Birla, Tata Clash Over Idea Holding (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Birlas want Tatas to reduce stake in Idea Cellular.
India’s two top business houses appear headed for a showdown over their joint holding in Idea Cellular, with the AV Birla group urging the government to direct the Tatas to expeditiously reduce . . .
- Union Budget: How Fm Should Raise Resources (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, Feb 24, 2006)
Finance Minister P. Chidambram is presenting the Budget for 2006-07 at a time when the economy is booming and this fiscal’s projected GDP growth is about 8 per cent.
- We Will Be Interested In Nuclear Power: Tata (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 24, 2006)
Provided Government of India does permit private sector participation
Points to power shortage, dependence on fossil fuel
Clean safe sustainable nuclear programme welcome
Looking at pilot programme for bio fuel
- It Is Not Just Software (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 24, 2006)
Information technology is not just software. The recent surge in local IT manufacturing underlines the point. The existing tax regime that treats the hardware segment as a handmaiden of the software business must change.
- Telecom Sector Comes To The Rescue Of Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
He plans to earn over Rs. 5,000 crore from the segment this fiscal too
Subscribers pay 10.2 per cent to the exchequer on every phone call made or a SIM card purchased
- Beating About The Bush! (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Feb 24, 2006)
If forthrightness is the very antithesis of diplomacy, it needs to be said that both the Indian and the US establishments are diplomatic to a fault! Suddenly it has been made known to the nation that one more round of talks . . .
- In Launch Mode (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2006)
Big targets for Brahmos missile
The relative speed with which the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile Brahmos was developed was not matched by the speed of its induction into service.
- Bush And South Asia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 24, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s remarks on India-Pakistan relations and the United States’ equations with these countries are of significance. Made on Wednesday at the Asia Society in Washington, the American leader’s observations are important . . .
- Us May Amend Laws For Civilian N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The US Administration could introduce legislation in both Houses of the Congress on Monday to amend the country’s laws to give effect to the civilian nuclear deal with India, just days ahead of President George Bush’s visit to the sub-continent . . .
- The Journey Continues (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian Railways (IR) is in good financial health. Its earnings were up by 15 per cent between April 2005 and January 2006 over the same period in the previous year — from Rs 38,037 crore to Rs 43,799 crore.
- Bihar’S Loss Proves To Be Railways’ Gain (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Lalu Prasad shows how good a CEO he is with numbers
Bihar may have lost its Lalu Prasad but the railways have found him — some would say India is in a win-win situation.
- Of Gags And Licences (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 24, 2006)
On February 21, a court in Austria sentenced the British “historian”, David Irving, to three years’ imprisonment for denying the Nazi Holocaust against Jews in a speech made to a neo-Nazi meeting as far back as 1989.
- Mittal To Present Further Details Of Acquisition Plan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Mittal Steel, owned by NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, hopes to reduce some of the tensions in France over its hostile 22.1 billion dollar bid to take over Luxembourg-based Arcelor through a meeting next week in Paris with the French Finance Minister.
- British Nuclear Scientists Say Waste Not A Problem (Reuters, Jeremy Lovell , Feb 24, 2006)
Nuclear waste, the spectre haunting the industry, will not pose a problem if Britain decides later this year to build a new generation of nuclear power plants, scientists said on Thursday.
- India, U.S. Hope For Compromise On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian and U.S. negotiators struggled to bridge differences over a landmark nuclear deal in a first round of talks on Thursday but said they still hoped for agreement in time for President George W. Bush's visit next week.
- A Hostile Law (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 24, 2006)
As the nation’s collective conscience accuses the police and the courts for not having done their job in the Jessica Lall murder case, the courts and police in turn point fingers at the witnesses who turned hostile.
- Us Scientists Close Ranks Behind Indians Over Visa (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Embarrassed over denial of visa to a top Indian scientist to travel to the US, the American scientific community has thrown its weight behind the applicant.
- With Him, For Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 24, 2006)
Bush has said why US, India must be close. Manmohan must do the same — in the House
- N-Deal Points At Rosy Future (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 24, 2006)
Contrary to what some in the South Block and Washington have been saying, this agreement, if implemented, provides the bedrock for the kind of strategic partnership that has eluded India and the US since 1947.
- Isro Making Satellite For Mobile Tv Services (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian space scientists are currently designing a new generation satellite with an unfurlable antenna for mobile television services, and the proposed spacecraft would have multimedia applications as well.
- Ex-Iisc Chief Gets Visa To Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 24, 2006)
The State Department’s change of heart came after concern was expressed in several quarters, both in the US and abroad, that distinguished foreign scientists are being needlessly excluded from attending legitimate conferences, seminars and . . .
- Bush Plan Demotes India (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 24, 2006)
Says `no' to nuclear reprocessing
India will have to hand over spent nuclear fuel to "supplier nations" for reprocessing
A bid to undermine the country's civilian programme, feel Indian scientists
- Strengthening Of Pak-China Defence Ties (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 24, 2006)
Pakistan and China have agreed to bolster their defence relations covering the defence industry and joint defence production and development. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Musharraf and Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangehuan . . .
- Lessons From Educational Loans (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Feb 23, 2006)
An education loan is an investment in the inter-generational sense and, hence, pointed policy formulations are urgently required in this sector, says R. Vaidyanathan, suggesting sustainable models for ensuring recoveries.
- Petrol From Coal (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Feb 23, 2006)
The continuously rising price of crude oil has become a matter of serious concern for India. It will cripple the economy and bring hardship to the common man.
- Introduce Values In Education (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Feb 23, 2006)
In ancient days, India followed the Gurukul system of education where students were placed under direct supervision of teacher. Indian sacred literature like the Vedas and Upanishads formed the core of teaching.
- India-U.S. Nuclear Talks Raise Hopes Of A Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 23, 2006)
A top U.S. official arrives in India on Wednesday for last minute talks over a thorny nuclear cooperation deal, raising hopes that a pact could be finalised before next week's visit by President George W. Bush.
- Railways Must Shed Baggage Of The Past (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Feb 23, 2006)
The Railways' recent achievements in freight haulage are highly creditable. While more traffic is being lifted by the Railways than ever before, despite the barely improved wagon availability, it still has a long way to go.
- Create A Ceo Dashboard For India (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Feb 23, 2006)
Information technology (IT) has created new markets, allowed firms to unbundle and outsource as never before, and, less visibly to the layperson, changed the way that firms manage internal information flows.
- Kalam For Big Push To Nanotechnology (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
India could follow Singapore's `Biopolis model'
Increase human resources in emerging fields
India lags behind in implementing research findings
- Wrong Way To Think About The Importance Of Oil (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Feb 23, 2006)
In his recent State of the Union address, President George W Bush declared, “America is addicted to oil.” He announced a programme of energy research to reduce American oil imports from the Middle East by 75% over the next two decades.
- Bush Urges India To Cooperate On Nuclear Plans (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 23, 2006)
President George W. Bush pressed India on Wednesday to separate its civilian and military nuclear programs so a controversial deal giving New Delhi access to U.S. and other foreign nuclear technology could go forward.
- A Good Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 23, 2006)
No compromise on strategic nuclear interests
What India’s Ambassador in Washington Ronen Sen told the international media on Tuesday should be enough to quieten the sceptics of the Indo-US nuclear deal. Mr Sen declared that the much . . .
- Huntington’S Forebodings (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 23, 2006)
Followers of the great Semitic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam share a common belief in the Old Testament.
- Fossil Find Could Change History Of Mammals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 23, 2006)
A new fossil find of a mammal that lived 120 million years ago with upright forelegs as that of a dog and stretched out hind legs like a lizard’s could upturn accepted history of mammalian evolution, researchers said.
- Towards ‘Gene Revolution’ (Tribune, C.D. Mayee, Feb 23, 2006)
IN India cotton is about the most important cash crop. It is grown throughout the year, in all climates and on all soil types. Over 30 lakh small farmers grow this crop.
- Bush Wants Civilian N-Plans Under Iaea Norms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Days ahead of his visit to India, US President George W Bush today said India has to separate its civilian and military nuclear programmes and bring the civilian ones under IAEA safeguards which he admitted was not an easy decision to make.
- Harvard Chief Quits After Turbulent 5-Year Reign (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Feb 23, 2006)
The turbulent five-year reign of Larry Summers at Harvard was brought to a close on Tuesday when the university announced that the former US treasury secretary will step down in three months, at the end of the current academic year.
- Towards Nuclear Self-Reliance (Times of India, PALLAVA BAGLA, Feb 23, 2006)
The July 2005 deal between India and US has created a needless controversy over India's nuclear policies and programme.
- N-Deal Can’T Be Forced On Us: C N R Rao (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Ahead of the Indo-US talks on the nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Scientific Adviser C N R Rao on Wednesday asserted that the country’s fast breeder reactors (FBRs) could not be put in the civilian side and said New Delhi could opt out of th
- Casting The Net Wider (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Feb 23, 2006)
The world’s agog at what’s happening to the internet in China. But within the country, there are few obvious signs of the upheavals going on, at least to the foreign eye.
- Not An Easy Decision For India: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Days ahead of his visit to India, United States President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that India had to separate its civilian and military nuclear programmes and bring them under IAEA safeguards. He admitted that this was not an easy decision.
- Foodgrains Output Estimated To Be Higher This Year (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 23, 2006)
Wheat production likely to fall short of the original target of 75 million tonnes `Rise in temperature in the last three weeks is likely to impact the standing crop in the wheat-sowing States... ."
- India Will Sign Two Unesco Conventions On Culture, Heritage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
India will be a signatory to UNESCO conventions on promotion of cultural diversity and intangible heritage, Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Neena Ranjan, said in Mysore on Wednesday.
- Breakthrough See-Through Research (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 23, 2006)
For those who thought that only Superman could see through concrete walls, think again. Researchers at the Imperial College London and the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, have come up with a technique to see through rubble at earthquake sites
- Justice After Jessica Lall (Indian Express, V. N. KHARE, Feb 23, 2006)
After the Gujarat riot cases, especially the Best Bakery case in which I ordered a re-trial as the victim Zaheera Sheikh changed her statements and witnesses turned hostile,
- Now, For Some Track Ii Reform (Indian Express, R.N. AGA, Feb 23, 2006)
Just a little reform has already bettered the Railways’s performance, says R.N. AGA. Next, in tomorrow’s Budget, the passenger fares must be set right
- Will India Play Hardball? (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 23, 2006)
During Operation Para-kram, Indian Air Force confronted a peculiar problem. The Pakistani air space was well defended and, if the balloon were to go up, IAF would have problems in hitting Pakistani targets in depth.
- Necessity Is The Mother Of Innovation (Indian Express, Deepak Shourie, Feb 23, 2006)
In terms of spirit, creativity and the innate ability to devise effective solutions for day-to-day problems, India’s rural and small-town innovators are second to none.
- A Shot In The Arm (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 23, 2006)
Indian industry has a lot to look forward to, thanks to new defence procurement policy
- Future Of Us-Pakistan Relations (Dawn, Touqir Hussain, Feb 23, 2006)
As President Bush heads for South Asia, a look at the strategic direction of US relations with India and Pakistan will be timely. In Pakistan, our self-image and worldview has been anchored in a belief that the rest of the world should look at India
- Bush Shares Musharraf’S Vision For Democracy (News International, Kamran Khan, Feb 23, 2006)
US president says Kashmir solution must be acceptable to Pakistan, India and Kashmiris; mourns loss of lives in Bajaur
- Meeting The Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 23, 2006)
Some observations made by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at the inaugural ceremony of Comstech’s General Assembly are most appropriate and deserve to be taken note of. It also makes sense that these remarks were made at a forum which brings together . . .
- Nobel Peace Prize Down The Ages (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Feb 23, 2006)
Since the Nobel prizes were first instituted in 1901, they have acquired a dignity of purpose and a purity of intent that makes one forget, as do flawless white lotus blossoms growing out of a muddy lake, the murkiness from which they originate.
- Sbi To Bring Atms Under Bs7799 Certification (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
The State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to extend the BS7799 certification that it received for its data centre in Mumbai and disaster recovery centre in Chennai to its ATMs.
- U.S. Nuclear Deal Would Not Expand Indian Arsenal - Envoy (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 22, 2006)
India's ambassador to Washington on Tuesday dismissed fears that a controversial civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States would help New Delhi expand its atomic weapons production.
- Terror Killings Down In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Infiltration from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir has declined by 54 per cent and terrorist killings by 22 per cent in the past one year, Home Minister Shivraj Patil informed Lok Sabha today.
- Wipro Picks Cmango For $20 Million (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Bangalore-based IT major Wipro Ltd on Monday said it has acquired 100 per cent stake in US technology infrastructure consulting company cMango Inc for $20 million in an all cash deal.
- It Industry To Demand Raising H1b Visa Cap During Bush Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
India's IT industry will seek an increase in the number of H1-B (non-immigrant) visas and a mechanism to refund social security taxes paid by Indian professionals in the US, when President George W Bush visits India early next month.
- French Connection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Scientists were coopted to draft India’s deal with France
French President Jaques Chirac’s unequivocal statement that India, as a “responsible” nuclear power, should have access to international nuclear technology and materials to meet its . . .
- Innovate To Rule (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 22, 2006)
NASSCOM sees the future of India in the IT industry’s ability to innovate
- Nuclear Reactors Today, What Next? (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Feb 22, 2006)
I once headed ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. So, India’s launch vehicles is a subject of my interest. Which causes me to ask: after America sorts out the nuclear deal with India, what next? Launch vehicles?
- Beware Not Tyranny But Electronic Tags (Hindu, George Monbiot, Feb 22, 2006)
The creeping extension of technology that can be implanted in our bodies will eventually break down all the barriers between us and the state.
- Is Breeder Needed For Strategic Purposes? (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Feb 22, 2006)
In effect, a breeder reactor functions as a "laundry" for dirty plutonium. This assumes importance in the effort for parity with Pakistan vis-à-vis a minimum credible deterrent.
- Musharraf Rakes Up Kashmir Issue In China (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Feb 22, 2006)
Raking up the Kashmir issue in China, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf today said not much progress has been made on "conflict resolution" with India although Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) were going ahead.
- Bird Flu-Hit India Probes 16,000 New Poultry Deaths (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Indian authorities reported 16,000 new chicken deaths on Tuesday and although early indications did not point to bird flu, officials were running more tests to conclusively rule out the H5N1 avian influenza.
- Karna: Bird Sanctuaries Placed Under Surveillance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Karnataka has taken preventive measures in its bird sanctuaries and tanks frequented by migratory birds in view of the outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra, a top official of the Forest department said today.
- Health Advice Confuses Women (Tribune, Rob Stein, Feb 22, 2006)
For women confused by the latest flurry of health advice about low-fat diets, calcium, Vitamin D and hormones, there is a good reason: The findings illustrate how unexpected pitfalls during a major scientific study can yield valuable data . . .
- Iits' Branch Out Plans Pruned (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Government has not given permission to open a branch of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Singapore, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
- 12 Integrated Townships To Come Up In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Chief Minister discusses McKinsey report with NASSCOM chief
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday held discussions with Kiran Karnik, president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), . . .
- Isro Director Elected To U.N. Panel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Director of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre B.N. Suresh has been elected Chairman of the Science and Technology Sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on "Peaceful Uses of Outer Spac
- Manu, 8 Others Acquitted In Jessica Murder Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A city sessions court today acquitted prime accused Sidharth Vashist, alias Manu Sharma, son of Haryana Minister Vinod Sharma, in the sensational murder of ramp model Jessica Lal at a South Delhi bar seven years ago.
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