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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 35809:
- Imf Wants Doha Talks To Be Revived (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
The International Monetary Fund's influential policy-guiding committee Sunday backed plans for an ad hoc increase in the voting rights of China, South Korea, Turkey and Mexico and said stalled global trade talks must be revived urgently.
- Pm Meets Cuban President Castro (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday met ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro, a towering figure in the Non-Aligned Movement, who spoke nostalgically about his friendship with the late Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
- Australia Taps Indian Migrants (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Indians are known to be motivated, speak good English and have the skills Australia needs desperately for its burgeoning economy.
- Disabled Women (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 18, 2006)
Women and disability. Both words represent two concepts, a product of not just biology but social attitudes as well. Women with disabilities are disadvantaged. The majority of them are living in poverty.
- Shocks To Come (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 18, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Bugti's killing could have consequences for the whole region.
- Iim-A To Gift Lalu A Project On His Success (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
They may have studied around 200 cases by now. But the one that 16 students of the postgraduate programme in management for executives (PGPX) at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad will present on Monday, will take the cake by its sheer . . .
- Fidel Castro Gets Nostalgic With Pm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Cuban president Fidel Castro late on Sunday night, among a handful of leaders here who met with the 80-year-old leftist icon.
- Whose Money Is It Anyway? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 18, 2006)
The message from hundreds of emails that hit my mailbox every month suggest that bank customers have two major grievances against modern day banking — there are too many confusing and unreasonable charges and that their systems and procedures are . . .
- Africa Cashes In On New `Silk' Routes With Asia (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Sep 18, 2006)
A rare opportunity for Sub-Saharan "to hasten its international integration and growth."
- Coffee Brand Replaces Sikh Image (Times of India, Yudhvir Rana, Sep 18, 2006)
Sikhs here are pleased after a Scottish coffee brand changed the label on its jars that showed a Sikh servant serving coffee to a Scottish soldier. Reports said the new label on ‘Camp’ now shows a Sikh drinking coffee along with a Scottish soldier.
- Musical India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 18, 2006)
Britain is a neat little country with very few people living in it. And in spite of multiculturalism, social mobility and politically correct class-guilt wreaking havoc with accents, charting the economics and sociology of British musical taste . . .
- Manmohan Meets Castro (Tribune, Tarun Basu , Sep 18, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with Cuban President Fidel Castro a little before midnight Sunday, among a handful of leaders here who met with the 80-year-old Leftist icon.
- Service Before Self (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 18, 2006)
In a cramped bed in a Calcutta hospital, a former revolutionary, past ninety, who played a significant role in the raid on the Chittagong armoury more than three-quarters of a century ago, spends his lonely hours. Both old age and persistent . . .
- Fidel Castro Nostalgic In His Meeting With Manmohan Singh (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 18, 2006)
Recalls conversations with Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi
- Reinvent The Wheel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 18, 2006)
Piled up, the number of reports, studies and task force-produced tomes on urban regeneration in India would easily make a roadblock.
- Energy Synergy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 18, 2006)
India, US, China, Japan and South Korea have decided to make common cause as the world's major buyers of oil. They make up half the oil consumption of 80 million barrels per day (BPD), while the US alone accounts for a fourth of world oil consumption.
- Some Questions On Values, Priorities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 18, 2006)
How blasé have we become about Independence Day? Is the newspaper also contributing to this indifference by the way it treats the day and connected activities? (We can expect it to be different next year, the 60th anniversary of Independence; as . . .
- World Leaders Face Un Overloaded With Crisis (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
What a difference a year makes. A gala summit in 2005 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations turned into a divisive debate over the organisation’s shortcomings and proposed reforms.
- Bjp To Launch Stir Against Real Estate "Scam" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Intensifying its agitation over the Ludhiana real estate "scam", the BJP on Sunday decided to gherao the construction site of the city centre on September 20.
- Voting On Imf Reforms Begins (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 18, 2006)
`Base quota formula on new principle linked to purchasing power'
Consensus on some of the measures: IMF MD
Says no alternative to the reform measures
India begins campaign to persuade IMF to revise formula.
- Ltte A Ruthless Outfit: Rajapaksa (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 18, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said in Havana, "Terrorism and liberation differ from each other, as much as the sky differs from the earth. Liberation, unlike terrorism, is a creative and a humane force.
- Pm Meets Castro (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro, a towering figure in the non-aligned movement, who spoke nostalgically about his friendship with the late Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
- Competing With The Government (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Sep 18, 2006)
While much has been made of the lack of progress in disinvesting public sector units (indeed, the government appears to be keen on re-investing in some cases!) and the resulting fiscal strain, this is the least of the country's problems.
- Racing To The Bottom Of The Pyramid (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 18, 2006)
It is a veritable race to the bottom of the pyramid. Just a decade ago, banks on an aggressive growth path used to eliminate small & medium enterprises (SMEs) from their portfolio. Then, economic and corporate reform, falling interest rates and a . . .
- Twisted Stand On Academic Freedom (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Sep 18, 2006)
Hark the ringing prose about academic freedom by Rima Kapitan, the volunteer attorney in CAIR's Chicago office. "Another casualty in the war against civil liberties in this country since September 2001 is the right to academic freedom.
- Restating Numbers (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 18, 2006)
It is easy to be sympathetic to the arguments made by telecom firms which have stated that they cannot possibly be asked to physically verify the addresses of all their subscribers (the Tata telecom firm, however, is in a minority and is in . . .
- Promotion Of Indian Coffee (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 18, 2006)
In a liberalised economy, the Coffee Board has designed programmes for the domestic and external promotion of Indian coffee.
- On Malegaon And Fiscal Responsibility (Business Standard, Abheek Barua, Sep 18, 2006)
If the states continue to manage their finances the way they are doing, towns like Malegaon are in for a tough time.
- Make Knowledge Utilitarian (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 18, 2006)
For the poor, utility is what counts most. Insisting that the poor must have ten years of academic schooling, is like asking them to eat cake when they do not have bread.
- Can Nam Show Its Teeth? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 18, 2006)
It remains to be seen how the future will unfold for the Non-Aligned Movement which has lost its moorings but which is loathe to be cast into the limbo of history.
- Nam Condemns Israeli Attacks, Supports Iran: Havana Declaration (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Representatives of 118 Non-aligned Movement nations condemned Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and supported a peaceful resolution to the US-Iran nuclear dispute in the final declaration on Saturday of a summit that brought together some of . . .
- Joy Of Living (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 18, 2006)
What made Sankho Chaudhuri unique was his ability to create a special occasion out of nowhere.
- The Great Land Grab (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 18, 2006)
Huge swathes of land are being handed over to corporations in `sweetheart' deals and scams centred on Special Economic Zones.
- Diluted Commitment (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Sep 18, 2006)
The Bill meant to provide legal support to reservation gives rise to misgivings that the elite sections have snatched several concessions.
- Revisit Growth, Oil Prices And Inflation (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Sep 18, 2006)
That high oil prices did not dent growth is important, not because it proves past research wrong, but because it affirms how the world is growing with productivity gains from globalisation.
- Beyond Powerpoint (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 18, 2006)
Powerpoint presentations are a torture for most audiences. Some executives are aware of the monotony that these cause.
- Convertibility Ruse? (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 18, 2006)
The recommendation of the FCAC committee to push ahead with capital account convertibility seems as unwarranted today as it was in 1997.
- Iran President Cements Anti-Us Front With Venezuela (Reuters, Saul Hudson , Sep 18, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shored up opposition to a U.S. drive to curb Iran's nuclear program on a visit to Venezuela on Sunday that cemented an anti-American front with President Hugo Chavez.
- Cbi Arrests Two In Connection With Rai Murder Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
The CBI, which is probing the BJP legislator Krishnand Rai murder case, today arrested two persons from Lilapur village in the district in conection with the murder besides raiding a house in the Mohamdabad area in the neighbouring Ghazipur district.
- Gen Musharraf's Rule: How Long? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 18, 2006)
The October 1999 coup, in Pakistan which brought Gen. Musharraf in power, was shown as triggered by his legal dismissal by Nawaz Sharif when the former was not in the country.
- It' Time To Accelerate Us-India High Technology Trade (The Economic Times, Shyam Saran, Sep 18, 2006)
The US and India are on the brink of an historic opportunity. After decades of unfulfilled promise, followed by years of hard work and productive negotiations, we are ready to accelerate US-India high technology trade to its full potential.
- Is The Commodity Boom Peaking? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 18, 2006)
The boom in commodities can never end as long as there is economic growth. Commodity prices will continue to rise with occasional deflation being the exception rather than the rule. And there are no limits to economic growth, only the pace will vary.
- An Emerging 'Interactions Economy' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 18, 2006)
Cisco believes strongly in India as a market and also as part of a key corporate resource.
- Record Number Of Bids For Oil Acreage (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 18, 2006)
The latest round of bidding for oil blocks pan-India has seen a veritable sea change in investor response. A record 165 bids have been received for the 55 oil blocks on offer for exploration and production (E&P) of crude and gas.
- An Offer He Couldn't Refuse (Times of India, Meenakshi Iyer, Sep 17, 2006)
Known as the Godfather of Hollywood, legendary director Francis Ford Coppola seems to have been bitten by the outsourcing bug.
- The Humble Amla (Deccan Herald, PREM PAUL NINAN, Sep 17, 2006)
The book is a treatise on the fruit and its medicinal qualities that have helped it move up the social ladder of fruits, from the secrecy of the forests out into the market.
- The Art Of True Lies (Deccan Herald, Tarun Cherian , Sep 17, 2006)
People want to believe. Want to believe in stories that say, the world will fall at their feet/ they’ll get rich overnight/find the knight in shining . . .
- Pm Meets Castro; Discusses Situation In Cuba, India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a rare privilege of meeting ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro, one of the towering personalities of the Non-aligned Movement, here and discussed the situation in both the countries in the context of the current . . .
- Naxal Attacks Cast Shadow On Investments (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Attacks by Maoist rebels on mining and other commercial activities in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa have cast an ominous shadow on investment plans by private players in these states.
- World Bank Ranking Slams India On Governance Norms (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 17, 2006)
While India may score high with the World Bank on growth, the story on governance is very different.
- Panel Banks On Consumers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
There’s reason to smile for harried bank customers hit by soaring service charges. A panel set up by the Reserve Bank of India has proposed that banks should levy transparent and lower services charges on customers.
- Does The State Know Its Limits? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 17, 2006)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has announced a scheme to encourage marriages between Scheduled and non-Scheduled Castes.
- Cpi To Discuss Upa's Performance At National Executive Meet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The CPI will discuss the UPA government's performance on the economic and political fronts and work out its strategy for the forthcoming assembly polls in four states at its two-day National Executive meet beginning here tomorrow.
- Border Row: Myanmar Agrees For Survey (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
India and Myanmar today agreed to conduct a joint survey to resolve the border dispute between the two countries, open yet another trade point and intensify patrolling and surviellence to check arms running and drug trafficking.
- India, Us, China Agree To Sign New Energy Pact (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 17, 2006)
For the first time, the world’s five major crude oil buyers, including India, United States and China, are likely to meet next month to sign a pact on “collective efforts” to check the recent price volatility in crude oil.
- Not So Close And No Cigar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 17, 2006)
For his supporters, he is an icon who defied the might of the US. His critics lambast him as a bloody-minded dictator living in the stone age. Perhaps no other head of government, other than George Bush, divides public opinion so squarely down the . . .
- War On Terror (Tribune, Vijai Singh Mankotia , Sep 17, 2006)
India, like most other secular democracies, is being targeted by terrorist organisations, primarily Islamic fundamentalists, who are generally sponsored by Pakistan’s ISI and Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda. Ironically, our neighbours like Pakistan,
- Nath Defends Sez Concept, Hopeful On Wto Talks (Tribune, K.R. Sudhaman, Sep 17, 2006)
India today ticked off IMF Chief Economist Raghuram Rajan for his attack on India’s Special Economic Zones, which, he said, was being set particularly in the IT sector to take advantage of tax concessions impacting the economy.
- India, Pakistan To Set Up Anti-Terror Mechanism (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 17, 2006)
Breakthrough at Manmohan Singh-Musharraf talks
Manmohan likely to ask Musharraf help reduce cross border terrorism
India, Pakistan should seize historic opportunity: Musharraf
- Simmering Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 17, 2006)
The much publicised ceasefire declared by Comrade Prachanda and his thugs in Nepal, which has been used by Comrade Sitaram Yechury and his unabashed admirers in the UPA Government to claim the mainstreaming of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), is . . .
- Road Face-Lift Cleared For Six Statessep (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The union minister of shipping, road transport and highways, TR Baalu has approved road improvement works in Gujarat, Chattisgarh, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra. More than Rs 1,780 has been sanctioned for the purpose.
- `Ageing Population May Affect Indian Economy' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Health issues affecting the 40-plus age group may have a direct bearing on the national economy and overall productivity, president of Indian Andropause Society D. Narayana Reddy said here on Saturday.
- Governor Sees Solution To Kashmir Issue Emerging (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 17, 2006)
Provides an insight in foreword of bookSolving Kashmirwritten by Lt. Gen. M. C. Bhandari.
- Insurance Industry Urged To Fulfil Aspirations Of The Middle Class (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Those earning income have many investment options: LIC chief
- Ongc To Bring Crude Oil From Russia To Mangalore In November (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited will bring in the first batch of crude cargo from Sakhalin in Russia to India, through Mangalore in the second week of this November for processing at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL),
- India Leads Campaign For Revision Of Imf Reform Plan (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 17, 2006)
The present reform plan may erode Fund's legitimacy'
- `Planters Should Move In New Direction' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Minister outlines a number of measures to solve their problems
Special Purpose Tea Fund scheme would be launched in November
Major replanting programme for pepper to be implemented
- Beyond The Urgent (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Sep 17, 2006)
Edward Luce, former South Asia bureau chief of Financial Times, talks about his book on India and on aspects of modern Indian political life.
- India Sees Nam's Role As One Of "Moderation, Harmony And Reason" (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 17, 2006)
For firm approach to issues shorn of rhetoric
Condemnation of "state terrorism" to be present in final NAM documents
India wanted language harshly condemning globalisation to be changed
Emphasis is on universal and complete nuclear disarmament
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- ‘Rural Policing, The Sole Solution For Naxal Issue’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
“Rural policing has received the lowest priority in the country when it should have been accorded the highest importance, particularly in Naxal-infested areas.”
- Protracted Dawn (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Sep 17, 2006)
While there is no end in sight to the war on terror, the living conditions of the Afghans have only worsened in the last five years.
- Is Management Affecting Technology? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 17, 2006)
Congratulations to the IIM graduates getting the gigantic start-up salary package! This attractive package and benefits have fascinated people so much in India that a management storm has started.
- Musharraf Says 'Very Good Talks', Pm To Visit Pak (Hindustan Times, MANOJ JOSHI, Sep 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan have once again agreed that dialogue is the better part of diplomacy. After a two-session, hour-long meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf, the two countries on Saturday agreed to resume . . .
- Box-Office Suicide (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Sep 17, 2006)
Often simple moments are the most revealing. In 1993, I made a film called Tales from Planet Kolkata and was invited to show it at the Oberhausen Film Festival in Germany.
- Can Atma Bring Real Extension Reforms? (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 17, 2006)
Worldwide, extension work has provided a needed respite to the farming community and always assisted them to avail the wholesome benefits of the innovative agricultural and other associated technologies at their doorsteps.
- Dena Bank To Raise (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Dena Bank today said it will raise Rs 250-300 crore through upper tier II capital in the next month.
- Indian Growth Prospects Favourable - Chidambaram (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
India looks set to sustain growth of more than 8 percent a year, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Sunday.
- Improvement Needed (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 17, 2006)
The new, improved Malegam Committee on disclosures and accounting standards constituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) merges two earlier ones headed by the well-known and respected accountant.
- Medicine Prices A Bitter Pill To Swallow (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Lack of control on prices of many drugs and loopholes in the regulations which govern the prices of those under control are adding to the woes of patients.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 17, 2006)
The problem is almost insurmountable. Governments will come and governments will go. Child labour will go on forever
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