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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 35809:
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 10, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11.
- Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Adopted By U.N. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The U.N. General Assembly adopted on Friday a global strategy designed as a unique instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts to combat terrorism.
- Strengthen The Alternative World Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
NAM needs to be revitalised as a dynamic and effective mechanism to coordinate, aid, represent and defend the interests and priorities of its member-states that are mostly Third World countries
- Uncap The Banks (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
For bankers, the problem for investing in infrastructure is not funds but the restrictions on their deployment.
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - Ii (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
Globalisation has spurred inequality — both among citizens in the wealthiest countries as well as among developing nations. BRANCO MILANOVIC explores the growing resentment, as only a few poor countries adjust to globalisation.
- Naidu Tears Upa Claims On Pro-Aam Aadmi Policies (The Economic Times, DEVESH KUMAR, Sep 09, 2006)
On the second day of its national executive meeting, the BJP trained its guns on the Congress-led UPA government for messing up the country’s economy — as manifest by the spurt in the farmers’ suicides across the country and the back-breaking prices.
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
The UPA Government's move to impose caste-based reservation in higher education is not the right approach to solve the problem of socio-economic inequality in our society.
- Deora Asks Dgh To Take 'Utmost Care' In Nelp-Vi Bidding (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Petroleum Ministry has asked oil sector regulator DGH, to take 'utmost care' in ascertaining smooth bidding for oil and gas blocks under the round six, where the last date for submission of bids is September 15.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor mandir.
- Iran Arrests Seven Iraqi Soldiers For Release Of Held Intelligence Officials (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Iran has detained seven Iraqi soldiers at Iran-Iraq border in order to release its 23 intelligence officials held in Iraq, the reports said.
- Refix The Centre-State Federal Model (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
The state of the economy receives continuous review. As also the working of central ministries.
- New Income Tax Act Slated For Apr, 2008 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The government on Friday said the new simplified Income Tax Act is likely to come into force on April 1, 2008, replacing the existing Income Tax Act (1961).
- Emirates Set To Launch Eight Flights A Week From Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The UAE airline's service will start on October 29
Airline to have discounted fares as introductory offer
Company's Mumbai call centre to be expanded.
- Seeking Joint Responses To Global Challenges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Asia and Europe look to the future on ASEM's tenth anniversary.
- Ge India Sales Could Grow 73 Pct This Year (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
General Electric Co.'s Indian revenue could grow as much as 73 percent this year, a top executive for the media and industrial conglomerate said on Friday.
- Night Of Funerals In Malegaon Hit By Bombs (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 09, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead throughout the night and troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- 35 Killed, 150 Injured In Indian Mosque Blasts (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 35 people were killed and 150 injured after at least two blasts near a mosque in the west Indian town of Malegaon, officials said.
- Risky Lives (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 09, 2006)
Fifty-four miners losing their lives in the bowels of the earth — how should we respond? Feeling sorry about their safety conditions and then forgetting about them simply won't do.
- Farmer Politics On Centrestage (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Sep 09, 2006)
Farmers suicides in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and even in Punjab have brought into sharp focus the plight of farmers in various states at a time when the country has been boasting of a record growth rate and India is being . . .
- Nuke Deal: No Speed Dating For Us Senators (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal will have to wait a little longer. US senators considering the India-US nuclear agreement have been unable to agree on a date to bring the enabling legislation to the floor of the House for a debate and a vote.
- Discharge Duties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Puranas are replete with examples of sages who realised God by leading a family life thereby highlighting the truth that it is neither necessary nor possible for all to renounce the world to pursue the spiritual goal. For the majority it is . . .
- Reliance Comm To Raise Headcount (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
To make Chennai centre a hub for South
- India And The Quest For World Order (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 09, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government's foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative.
- Rural Finance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2006)
There are two rural financial sectors in India, one is the rural cooperative credit institution and the other is the regional rural bank. Professor A Vaidyanathan, chairman of the task force on the revival of rural credit institutions submitted . . .
- Proposal For Scholarship Scheme For Merit Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Cabinet sub-committee to study recommendations of Mohammed panel
- Us Trade Chief Heads To Brazil To Boost Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said she would try to breathe new life into the embattled WTO at a meeting of developing countries in Brazil this weekend.
- Ban Fiis, Not P-Notes (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Sep 09, 2006)
You want to get rid of P-Notes-get rid of FIIs. Na rahae ga bans, na baje gi bansuri.
The recent controversy around the banning of P-Notes is best understood by looking at the origins. It all began in the early nineties, when the . . .
- If Only Tax Disputes Had The Pace Of Turnkey Projects (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Godavari Fertilisers and Petrochemicals, Petronet LNG and Essar Oil.
- Us Watching Pakistan’S Deal With Militants: Bush (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
US president says he doesn’t know all details of agreement with Taliban
Hopes to see Musharraf ‘pretty soon’
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 09, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- Sensex Perks Up 65pts; Rel Comm Zooms 5% (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Sensex opened marginally higher at 11,859. After moving up in the morning session the index slipped into red in the noon deals to touch a low of 11,825.
- So Long, Gentlemen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 09, 2006)
The disclaimer — this is an unabashed outpouring of emotion. I bit back my tears with several virtual kindred souls as Agassi took a gracious bow and blew his trademark kisses one last time at the four grandstands at Flushing Meadows.
- Three Is Company (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
The idea of developing countries working together at multilateral fora like the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with the objective of increasing their access to developed country markets has gained strength since the formation of the G-20 during . . .
- Balochistan After Bugti (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 09, 2006)
History and nature have one thing in common. They rarely teach lessons without bloodshed and trauma. Although we have never officially embraced it as a potentially preventable wound, one of the lessons etched like a deep scar on our body politic . . .
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Meeting Of Minds In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
Commonality of interests and a shared threat perception are reason enough for Islamabad and Kabul to bury the hatchet and start afresh.
- Battle Of The Budget (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 09, 2006)
Once upon a time, the country's budget used to be presented once a year and you know where you stood in relation to prices controlled by its contents. Now we have a supplementary budget every now and then (it's called a mini budget, though . . .
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
- China’S Foreign Policy (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 09, 2006)
I would appear that China’s former president and party general secretary, Jiang Zemin, is not quite ready yet to retire into political oblivion. He wanted a role like Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate arbiter of Chinese politics and policies even after . . .
- Forward To The Past (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Sep 09, 2006)
Nostalgia for childhood is often a lump in the throat, a longing for days when communication was simple and straightforward. When responses were swift and spontaneous with no shades of grey. When there were no lingering doubts which could later . . .
- Bjp Decides Gel Vande Mataram With Aam Aadmi Issues (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The BJP strategists met here on Friday at the party's national executive and decided to launch a nationwide agitation against spiralling prices. The party has also sought a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to study farmers' suicides and suggest . . .
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2006)
Dogmatism and ideological rigidity are often the biggest hurdles in the conduct of a nation's foreign policy. What may have been relevant four decades ago may not necessarily be relevant or even desirable today.
- In China, Living With Maoist Horror (Tribune, John Pomfret, Sep 09, 2006)
Forty years ago this past August, the first killings were carried out to launch the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. Two educators in Nanjing and a high school principal in Beijing were the first victims of the Red Guards, the shock . . .
- Q&a: 'Discipline Is Key To Consistency' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 09, 2006)
At 21, he has mastered the winning combination of skill and patience. For cue sports maestro Pankaj Advani, the last couple of years have been a roller-coaster ride, culminating in the Khel Ratna. He spoke to Manuja Veerappa of the importance of . . .
- 'Rs 40 Cr Paid For Rajkumar Release' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A ransom of Rs 40 crore was paid for the release of Kannada thespian Rajkumar who was abducted by sandalwood smuggler Veerappan on July 30, 2000, the narco-analysis of brigand aide Kanakraj has revealed.
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 09, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11. It has also lent him the distance, of time and space, to better explain his book, In . . .
- Losing Lives To Find Coal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
Over the last 48 hours, all 50 miners trapped in a BCCL coalmine in Jharia, Dhanbad have been found dead. There are many reasons that add up to make our mines death traps, but what stands out is that public sector monopoly in our coalmines slows down . .
- A Meeting With The Maharaja (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Sep 09, 2006)
Shaking hands with the king, concealing the empty pocket was quite embarrassing.
- The Path To Sanity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
The fictional Hossain Miya’s promise of an island without either masjid or mandir in Manik Bandopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi — which the theatre group, Pratikriti, staged with great verve last Sunday — should have a special resonance for his . . . .
- Two Cpi-Ml Men Killed In Bihar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Bodies of three of the two CPI (ML) sympathisers abducted from Bihar's Bhojpur district on Wednesday were recovered on Friday from the banks of the Sone river in the same district.
- How Pm Will Walk Nam Tightrope (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Havana summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on September 15-16 is expected to be a tightrope walk for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Loaded as the guest list for the summit is with leaders of well-known anti-US persuasion, India will hope . . .
- Fifth Gear (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 09, 2006)
New investment plans announced by auto majors, like the Rs 3,000 crore project by Maruti, a $1.5 billion Suzuki-Nissan plant, and that of Honda adds credibility to the new draft automotive mission plan (AMP) to raise the industry turnover from the . . .
- Catch A Glimpse Of Our True Nature (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 09, 2006)
When our view of our nature is clouded, we are blinded to our divine potential, says therapist Mark Chamberlain. When we do not value ourselves, we lose the motivation to better ourselves. But if we can learn to accept and love ourselves, power wells up.
- Why Did I Go To India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 09, 2006)
Sept 3: I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world…and is an incredibly diverse society... People are free to be Indian and Muslim, or Indian and Sikh, or Indian and Hindu, without any contradiction.
- Getting Freer (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 09, 2006)
This newspaper has been a consistent advocate for pushing the frontiers of economic freedom. The anchors of which are personal choice, the ambit of voluntary exchange, the freedom to compete and security of privately owned property.
- Leaders Must Know When To Step Down (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2006)
Tony Blair’s stony silence on the precise date when he will step down as prime minister does little to enhance his considerably sullied reputation.
- The Rules Of Reconstruction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2006)
Lebanon’s reconstruction, so painstakingly carried out in the 1990s, is now at risk of being undone.
- Punch Dialogues Available On Reliance Mobile (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Reliance Mobile has introduced a potpourri of punch dialogues selected from Kollywood hit movies. The dialogues have been made available on Reliance mobile phones.
- Focus On Signposts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 08, 2006)
The Tarapore Committee's road map for an increased convertibility of the rupee in a phased manner over the next five years seems well thought out. While current account transfers have been substantially liberalised in India, there are still some controls
- Racism New And Old (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
When Iraqi Sunni terrorists killed 11 Pakistani and three Indian Shia pilgrims on the same bus to Karbala the other day, they did not check passports or wait to hear discourses from their victims about the validity of Jinnah's Two-Nations . . .
- What The Heart Does Not Feel, The Eye Cannot See (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 08, 2006)
After 15 years of a battering from hostile policies and governments, the world of the peasant has turned highly fragile. But the onus of changing is on the farmer. Not on those driving a cruel process and system.
- Why Discriminate Against Exchanges? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 08, 2006)
One of the most important vehicles of growth in any economy, emerging or developed, has been vibrant and sophisticated exchange marketplaces.
- Foreign Aid Or Economic Freedom? (The Financial Express, Parth J Shah, Sep 08, 2006)
FDI and remittances have the potential to offset aid as important engines of growth in South Asia
- Clash Within Civilisation (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 08, 2006)
In two recent incidents, Muslim lives have been lost in violence.
- Brisk Business Is Risk Business (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Apropos the editorial, "Special for whom?" (September 6), there is a debate going on whether Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are means of creating world-class exporting areas or they are mere tools to grab the land from poor farmers to help big . . .
- Bridge The Digital Divide (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Development agencies, the United Nations, poor countries and now the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are clamouring for the wonders of information and communication technology (ICT) to cure the ills of the developing world: Rich people have . . .
- Nato Calls For Reinforcements In Afghanistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
NATO's top commander on Thursday urged allied nations to send reinforcements to war ravaged southern Afghanistan, where resurgent Taliban militants are inflicting heavy casualties on foreign forces and captured a remote town from police for the . . .
- Life After Fidel (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 08, 2006)
Fidel castro's succession may be easier to agree than Tony Blair’s, but there is plenty of chatter in Havana and beyond about what will happen when the iconic Cuban leader is no longer in charge.
- We Don’T Mean Business (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 08, 2006)
India still comforts the laggards
- Infosys On Track To Meet Guidance: Nilekani (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
India's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies said it is well on track to achieve the revenue forecast for the second quarter and the whole year.
- Foreign Aid Or Economic Freedom? (Business Standard, Parth J Shah, Sep 08, 2006)
Aid leads to larger government while economic freedom eventually results in higher FDI and growth.
- 54 Dead In Indian Mine Blast (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
At least 54 miners died in eastern India after the roof of a state-owned coalmine collapsed following an explosion, a mine official said on Thursday.
- Employment Scheme (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 08, 2006)
The president's 'rozgar' or employment scheme is an ambitious project which if properly implemented could generate sustainable income opportunities for unemployed youth, women and underprivileged people from backward areas.
- What Pathak Didn’T Say: How Natwar Got Ambassador To Grease Wheels For Son’S Friend (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 08, 2006)
That Justice R S Pathak downplayed several crucial issues linked to his Volcker inquiry —despite his access to key evidence and depositions — is evident from the 102-page complaint sent by the Enforcement Directorate to nine individuals and . . .
- Rbi Sounds Farm Warning (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2006)
Halting and indecisive steps have meant little progress on the farm front.
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - I (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2006)
The dominant world powers historically pushed for globalisation as a means of increasing wealth and influence. Yet those nations fret as the emerging powers of India and China embrace the same strategy.
- Clean Bill Of Health To Economy (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 08, 2006)
RBI Annual Report
- We Want To Push Energy Conservation And Efficiency Strongly' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 08, 2006)
The Government is serious and you can see reform in the coal and power sectors and in many areas of non-conventional energy in the next few years. — DR KIRIT S. PARIKH, MEMBER, PLANNING . . .
- Govt May Lower Political Temperature (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 08, 2006)
The only BNP member in the National Assembly, Mr Abdul Rauf Mengal has resigned from the House in protest against kill ing of Nawab Akbar Bugti and his last speech was full of all sorts of grievances and accusations.
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