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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 35809:
- Sez Protest By Jd(u) Spells Unease For Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
In a move to undermine the BJP’s role, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav here today announced his decision to team up with Indian National Lok Dal of Om Prakash Chautala, Shiromani Akali Dal of Parkash Singh Badal and Apna Dal of Sone Lal Patel to . . .
- Staying Positive (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
A person’s efforts, whether in the office or home, should be to open up the higher centres to receive the higher vibrations of life.
- Delhi's Disastrous Rise To Riches (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Sep 23, 2006)
The confrontation between angered citizens and the police in Delhi this week, in which four people died, is a perfect example of the kind of blind ignorance that seizes governments from time to time—myopia would perhaps be too kind a word.
- Back To The Blame Game (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 23, 2006)
Despite Mr Hamid Karzai’s repeated and desperate attempts to convey the impression that he is in charge of his country, the reality on the ground in Afghanistan is clear for all to see.
- India Must Try Anti-Terror Mechanism, Says Singh (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
India must try a joint mechanism with Pakistan to tackle terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
- The Havana Puzzle (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Sep 23, 2006)
Even if the general delivers, can we hope for any sort of continuity in the post-Musharraf era?
- 'There Is A True Global Talent Market' (The Economic Times, VIVEK SINHA, Sep 23, 2006)
Indian labour market has never been this red hot. There is a massive churn in the organised market for skilled people, a reflection of the level of economic activity in the country.
- Terror Cover Eludes Festivals (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The rising number of terrorist strikes has not dampened the festive spirit for Navratri in Mumbai, Durga Puja in Kolkata and Ramleela in New Delhi.
- Today's Hit Is Tomorrow's Niche (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
Hits are not quite the economic force they once were, declares Chris Anderson, in The Long Tail, explaining why the sales that go with Number Ones are not what they used to be.
- Matching Credit And Debit (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
The impressive growth in the first two instalments of advance tax paid by corporate assessees reflects overall buoyancy. Also reflected in collections of most other major taxes,
- Energy Security Remains An Elusive Goal (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
Few will quarrel with the thrust of the Kirit Parikh Report, but implementation needs more attention.
- Singapore Co To Invest $1bn Timil Nadu Sezs (The Economic Times, Amiti Sen, Sep 23, 2006)
Singapore-based property developer, Ascendas, has proposed to invest $1bn in two multi-product special economic zones (SEZs) in Tamil Nadu.
- Planning For Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 23, 2006)
The Finance Ministry and the Plan panel have diverging views on the pattern of growth and financing the Plan.
- Slash St On Petro-Goods (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 23, 2006)
Taxes and levies on petroleum products need to be rationalised and reduced, says a National Institute of Public Finance and Policy study. About time, too.
- Videocon Gets Nod To Set Up It, Biotech Sezs In Wb (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The Videocon group has finalised its proposed IT and bio-tech special economic zones (SEZs) with the West Bengal government. The consumer electronics and home appliances major is also keen to set up three more SEZs in the state.
- S.Korea, U.S. Working To Spur Nuclear Talks (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States and South Korea are working on an initiative to try to restart stalled six-country talks on the North's nuclear program, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.
- Sez Promoters Look At Funding Options (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Sep 23, 2006)
With the banking regulator Reserve Bank of India asking banks to treat loans to special economic zones as commercial real estate, promoters of SEZs are looking at all options including listing and raising cheap funds abroad.
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Chinese Checkers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 23, 2006)
Unfortunately for Mr Shashi Tharoor, the winning candidate has to be the one who gets the unqualified support of either the US or China, no matter what France, the UK or Russia may think.
- Karzai Should Better Mend His Own House (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that destruction of terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan and networks that recruit, train and arm terrorists can help bring peace to his country. In his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, he . . .
- Ramazan Package (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
Ramazan is just around the corner and like every year the whole nation is getting ready to face the financial crunch due to the price spiral that is inevitably going to affect all basic items and commodities.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2006)
Representation Of The Marginalised
- Trade Not Aid To Fight Poverty, Extremism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 23, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan needs its products’ access to the US markets to generate greater economic activity and more employment opportunities in the country.
- Panic In Bangkok (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 22, 2006)
It is obvious that deposed Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatara did not take adequate precautions before leaving for New York to address the UN General Assembly on September 18.
- Bad News From Tibet (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Sep 22, 2006)
The extension of Tibet Railway to Nepal's border will have serious strategic implications for India, says Claude Arpi
- Unresponsive To Minorities (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Sep 22, 2006)
Why did Delhi Government set up Minorities Commission when it has no power to safeguard the rights of the minorities, asks Ahtesham Qureshy.
- Indian Market Is Gathering Pace (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Sep 22, 2006)
To increase localisation in the City and the Civic, we need to get involved with Indian suppliers.
- Ninth Convicted Over India Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
India convicted a fifth Muslim bomber Thursday over the country’s worst ever terrorist attack 13 years ago that killed 257 people and injured more than 700.
- Rbi Sticks To Inflation, Growth Estimates (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that it would stick by its projected estimates for inflation and economic growth for the current fiscal.
- Muscular Japan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
The election of Shinzo Abe as the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (and therefore as the next Prime Minister) was a foregone conclusion. Although he has held only one political office, of chief cabinet . . .
- Mirage At The Bottom Of The Pyramid (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
We need to view the poor primarily as producers, not as consumers, and emphasise buying from them, not selling to them.
- Quota In Higher Education — Must Not Be In Perpetuity (Business Line, Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Sep 22, 2006)
Equality of opportunities in education has been one of the most important policy objectives in civilised societies. Equity and diversity in education are noble ideals of any strong and vibrant education system and they need to be constantly nurtured.
- How Terror Corrodes The Economy (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Sep 22, 2006)
Sans the trouble of terror, India would have made far greater economic strides.
- Oil & Gas Sector — Reforms Still In The Pipeline (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Sep 22, 2006)
The need of the hour is to liberate both oil and gas from the clutches of price controls — as decided already several years back — and allow the market forces to take the lead.
- Let Markets Resurge With Psu Public Offers (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Sep 22, 2006)
All PSU raisings need to be through public offers, only for retail, using the fixed price route
- An Open Letter To American Senators (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 22, 2006)
The draft Senate Bill on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal of July 2005 has been worded as though dealing with a normal non-nuclear weapon state. Any additional obligations imposed on India are unacceptable.
- Dci Gets Further Work In Sethusamudram Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
International competitive bidding fails
- Rbi Directive Reiterates Known Position (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 22, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) directive asking banks to treat ‘loans for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) or for acquisition of units in SEZs that includes real estate as exposure to commercial real estate sector’ adds fuel to the . . .
- Coalition Dharma In Karnataka (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 22, 2006)
What is it that cements the alliance between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the BJP?
- Bush May Send Troops To Pak On Osama Hunt (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 22, 2006)
Less than 24 hours before he is due to meet Pervez Musharraf, U S President George Bush has declared he will send forces into Pakistan to capture or kill Al Qaeda leaders and Osama Bin Laden if solid information pinpoints their locations.
- Admission Strengthens Budapest's Hand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
The Gyurcsany Government's admission it has been lying to the people brought shocked Hungarians out on to the streets but are the politicians playing a much longer game?
- Sezs Who? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 22, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India has clarified in no uncertain terms that Special Economic Zones must be treated as commercial real estate rather than a priority sector proposition for bank lending.
- Labouring The Wrong End (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 22, 2006)
Make training integral to labour reform
- Come To Grips With Convergence, Fast (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 22, 2006)
The telecom regulator’s indication that cable operators will not be eligible for a share of the 3G radio spectrum has again raised the need for a unified licensing regime (ULR) that permits convergence.
- Food Imports Need Not Be Anathema (The Economic Times, Dhanmanjiri Sathe, Sep 22, 2006)
Import of foodgrains brings bad memories to most Indians.
- Us To Meet Pakistan’S Economic Needs (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The United States has assured Pakistan its complete support for its economic needs.
- Thailand In Transition (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 22, 2006)
On the night of September 19, the Thai television channel suddenly started playing the national anthem, and international channels disappeared from the screen. Military vehicles started to appear on the streets.
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- Karzai Should Better Mend His Own House (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 22, 2006)
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has said that destruction of terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan and networks that recruit, train and arm terrorists can help bring peace to his country.
- Help Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 22, 2006)
Of late there have been a spate of reports of nomadic Gujjars and Bakarwals moving down the high mountains along with their cattle. These reveal an exciting aspect of social and economic life of the State.
- Side Flicks (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 22, 2006)
Media strategists of listed telecom companies have hit upon a new forum to fight battles with rival companies. While earlier select briefings/leaks were employed, the latest is to inform stock exchanges on adversaries’ moves, as two major telecom . . .
- Trade Not Aid To Fight Poverty, Extremism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 22, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan needs its products’ access to the US markets to generate greater economic activity and more employment opportunities in the country.
- Turmoil In Thailand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 22, 2006)
There had been 17 military coups in Thailand since its absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932. Number 18 occurred on Tuesday, when soldiers circled the offices of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with tanks, seized TV stations and declared martial law.
- Pak Called ‘Client State For Sale To Highest Bidder’ (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 22, 2006)
True to the American sense of timing, as Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf prepares to meet US President George W. Bush tomorrow, a leading American daily has described Pakistan as a “client state for sale to the highest bidder”.
- Qaida Link Figment Of Imagination: Cops (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Deputy chief minister R R Patil, who recently claimed the police were on the verge of cracking the train blasts case, was tightlipped on Thursday.
- Urban Plight (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The reprehensible violence during a traders'bandh in the capital on Wednesday symbolises a crisis of governance that is evident in most of our cities.
- Game Of Musical Chairs (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 22, 2006)
The game of political 'musical' chairs continues in Jharkhand as the NDA and Arjun Munda is thrown out and Madhu Kode a independent MLA becomes the Chief Minister as the game of 'numbers' in a coalition structure pushes the state from one disaster to . .
- A New Man In Tokyo (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 22, 2006)
It will not be easy for anyone to step into the shoes of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as he says sayonara.
- Spread The Butter, Not Non-Usable Nukes (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Sep 22, 2006)
If the aftermath of the Bush-Singh agreement on civil nuclear cooperation has been tortuous, with the US Senate set to vote on it today, it may be an apt moment to recall that the original principles behind the Non-Proliferation Treaty were . . .
- Hot Pursuit (Indian Express, GEORGE N. NETTO, Sep 22, 2006)
It's not merely rejuvenating. My solo strolls through Munnar’s tea gardens also enable me to pursue a pleasurable, though sometimes risky, pastime — tracking wildlife, quite literally.
- Us & Iran Needn’T Be Us & Them (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
The crucial distinction is in separating the Tehran regime from the people when drawing up the list of sanctions, says the noted dissident in this ‘Letter to America’
- King, Country And The Coup (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Sep 22, 2006)
Remarkably, almost all reports on Thailand’s coup have stressed that though 18th during the last seven decades, it is the first in the 15 years since the country opted for democracy.
- All Things Rotten (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 22, 2006)
It is a Delhi phenomenon, one that is in the news, but symptomatic of the appalling urban planning, norms and regulations across urban India.
- Reverse Action (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Something had been rotting away in Thailand for a while. So, weeks before the nation was to let its will be known for a second time in a year, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who heads the army, decided to set things right by seizing power in a . . .
- Congress Chief Ministers Conclave From Tomorrow (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 22, 2006)
To discuss crisis in agriculture sector and internal security
- Railways Ministry To Get Land For Salem-Yeshwantpur Bypass Line (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to transfer 1.38 lakh square feet of land at the Jalahalli Air Force Station here to the Railway Ministry for construction of a bypass line in the Salem-Yeshwantpur section.
- Brand Amul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2006)
The cooperative sector in Gujarat has been in turmoil ever since Verghese Kurien resigned as Chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF). The rumblings in GCMMF were an issue of concern for the cooperative milk . . .
- Riding Into The Dark With The Cowboys (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Douglas Giles] used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago….Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department…not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel….Students, being what they are, . . .
- Call To Corporates To Partner Panchayati Raj Institutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
This is needed to uplift rural masses, says Mani Shankar Aiyar
- Rural Policing: First Line Of Defence (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Sep 22, 2006)
Director General J K Sinha of the Central Reserve Police Force recently suggested that strong rural policing would suitably tackle the escalating Naxalite threat engulfing the country.
- Bsnl Revises Tariff For Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has revised the tariff for various intelligent network services (IN) offered by BSNL in landline telephones, a release from the BSNL said.
- Should Our Cities Be Private Or Public Spaces? (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Sep 21, 2006)
From Hong Kong to London, new towns have failed to contain the overcrowding of the parent city. And if private enclaves proliferate, we could end up with the dilution of the public nature of the city.
- Law And Justice In An Independent Nation (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Sep 21, 2006)
If the rule of law must run close to the rule of life, a transformation of the system is needed.
- Midnight Reversal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
The military coup in Thailand that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra was the result of a number of immediate and long-term reasons.
- For A Touch Reality (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 21, 2006)
Probably the only village in Andhra Pradesh to have gone completely organic — no chemical fertiliser or pesticides is used — Yenabavi has taken the route to sustainable living.
- 76 Yrs After March, Dandi To Find Place On Tourism Map (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Seventy six years ago, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers took 24 days to walk cross five districts to break the salt law on the Arabian sea, near Dandi in Gujarat, by making it themselves after boiling sea water.
- Trust The Lies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Is Hungary moving up or down the spiral of history?
- Ushering Free Trade (Daily Excelsior, Pallabh Bhattacharya, Sep 21, 2006)
India's trade diplomacy was in full play last month as it grappled hard negotiations on two key proposals for ushering free trade in South Asia and South East Asia, producing contrasting outcomes.
- Mediation In Kashmir Will Complicate Situation: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Asking third parties to refrain from interfering in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here today that peace in his State could be best ensured by talks between India and Pakistan and outside mediation would "complicate an . . .
- The Probability Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Around 1997, I got an interesting opportunity to work in an expert group appointed by the ministry of human resource development.
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