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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 35809:
- Upa Does Left Twist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
On the face of it, the only objection that can be raised about the proposed inclusion of Left MPs in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation to the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Cuba is that our comrades will be junketing in the garb of . . .
- Expand Dpco Coverage (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Chemicals Ram Vilas Paswan has suggested that the number of drugs covered under the Drug Pricing and Control Order (DPCO) may be increased from present 74 to 354. This is opposite to the direction being followed in the recent years.
- New Roadmap For Free Float (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 04, 2006)
The latest convertibility nostrums are more appropriate given the strong economy, the healthy forex reserves, and a well-geared financial system.
- Merchant Bankers Tag Safety Net To Ipos (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 04, 2006)
To lure retail investors back to the market
- Culture Of Percentage (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 04, 2006)
Bihar has proved that corruption leads to fragmentation of society and is the number one social evil, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Iraq Govt Rebukes Kurds Over Flags (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Iraq's prime minister issued a stern rebuke to ethnic Kurds today after the autonomous Kurdistan region ordered the national Iraqi flag be replaced by the Kurdish tricolour on government buildings in northern Iraq.
- Bangladesh Intransigence (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Sep 04, 2006)
India has been fighting Naga insurgency almost for five decades. It is the inborn patience of the Indians that have sometimes allowed the political cauldron to go on boiling for a longer periods. Infact, there has been addition to already existing . . .
- Implementation Of State Vat (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 04, 2006)
Introduction of State VAT (Value Added Tax) is the most significant tax reform measure at State level. The State VAT has replaced the earlier State Sales Tax system.
- Creamy Layer Matters (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Sep 04, 2006)
Though the Moily Oversight Committee on OBC reservations appears to be split on the issue of what to do with the “creamy layer”, or the well-to-do amongst the OBCs, the government is likely to stick to its decision to allow the . . .
- Indian Author Taps Outsourcing Boom To Weave A Tale (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
It’s a story basically saying that globalisation works in mysterious ways and in India it is causing a lot to change’
- Indian Farmer Suicides Rise Unabated (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
More than 100 cotton growers killed themselves in India’s richest state in August, marking the highest monthly number of suicides in five years by farmers whose mounting crop loans drive them to death, activists said.
- Thoughts On The Convertibility Report (Business Standard, Abheek Barua, Sep 04, 2006)
Certain policy inconsistencies in the Tarapore panel report can play havoc with markets and investments.
- From Here To Eternity (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 04, 2006)
The second committee on “fuller” capital account convertibility (CAC-2) was hurriedly set up by the Reserve Bank when the Prime Minister surprised everyone by bringing convertibility back on the front burner in March.
- Now In Reverse Gear (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 04, 2006)
It is an indication of how far the country has moved from a reform mindset that, in one sector after another, anti-reform measures get mooted and even accepted, with little or no protest.
- A Capital Idea (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 04, 2006)
For the second time in less than a decade, India has revisited the idea of making all Indians global citizens in the real sense of the term.
- Wto Shackles On National Policy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 04, 2006)
Ever since the WTO came into being in 1994, it has been bandied around, making a lot of sense especially to those who feel that the organisation is just another instrument through which the developed world is controlling the economic resources . . .
- Listing Her Support (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2006)
Lists, like opinion polls, should not be read at face value but for clues.
- Bus Falls Into Stream; 40 Rescued (Tribune, CP Bhambhri, Sep 04, 2006)
As many as 40 persons were rescued after a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a stream in Badgam district today.
- Quo Vadis West Bengal? (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Sep 04, 2006)
The simultaneous appearance of two news items in The Telegraph (August 19) symbolizes a debate that is baffling the state of West Bengal.
- Cash And Creed (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Sep 04, 2006)
The interference of religious leaders in softer and short-term issues like who should sing the Vande Mataram or which temple or mosque should be demolished to make way for development has been accepted by Indian society as a given.
- Al-Qaeda In Iraq No 2 Arrested (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Iraqi and coalition forces have arrested the second-most senior figure in al-Qaeda in Iraq, Iraq’s national security adviser announced on Sunday, saying the group now suffered from a “serious leadership crisis”.
- Sez Approval Burst On State (Telegraph, S.P.S. PANNU, Sep 04, 2006)
In the middle of a raging controversy over the rush to set up special economic zones (SEZs), it has come to light that as many as 11 such projects in Bengal have already received formal central approval and six more have been cleared in principle.
- Re-Work Tax Treaty With Mauritius? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
First the facts. The Indo-Mauritius tax treaty (DTAT) was first signed in 1982. The main provision was that no resident of Mauritius would be taxed in India on capital gains arising out of sale of securities in India.
- Iraq Qaeda No 2 Held (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Iraq's national security adviser on Sunday announced the arrest of the second most senior figure in al-Qaida in Iraq.
- Quota As Affirmative Tool Has Failed: Report (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 04, 2006)
More than 13 years after the implementation of the Mandal Commission report, the Government's quota policy has turned out to be an abysmal failure. The latest Government statistics leads to the startling conclusion that quota as an affirmative . . .
- Israeli Jt Venture To Invest Usd 100 Mn In Indian Real Estate (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
India's real estate boom is now attracting foreign players with two major Israeli firms joining hands to invest USD 100 million in its market.
- Don’T Take Support For Granted: Karat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The CPI-M here today warned the UPA government it will have to pay a price if it deviated from the common minimum programme or did not meet the demands of the Left parties.
- Punjab Polls: Manmohan To Be Congress Trump Card (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 04, 2006)
With Chief Minister Amrinder Singh battling against five years of anti-incumbency, the Congress plans to project Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "pride of Punjab" to turn the electoral tide.
- The Last Control Raj (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2006)
THE Tarapore report on capital account convertibility (CAC) would have been considered daring in 1991. In 2006, it is a disappointing list of control measures.
- Anomie In Ujjain (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who remember bloody episodes of student politics across Indian universities during the 1970s and 1980s may be forgiven for thinking that the gruesome killing of Prof Sabharwal in Ujjain is not so much a marker of a new crisis of . . .
- Just Why Pns Attract Such Strong Views (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 04, 2006)
The S.S. Tarapore Committee has drawn a 5-year roadmap for capital account convertibility with wide ranging suggestions and recommendations. However, the issue of Participatory Notes (PNs) seems to have once again attracted strong views and two of . . .
- Promises Of Petrol Reforms Are Running On Empty (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
The oil marketing companies are sliding towards financial ruin, the pathway to petroleum deregulation cluttered with broken assurances
- It’S A Passion, Not A Job (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Instead of being havens of positive influence, schools have become breeding-grounds for violence and pessimism. Young minds should be nurtured.’
- Free Float? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Take safeguards before making rupee fully convertible.
- "Generational Change In Bjp" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
BJP, Left have structured set-up: Jaitley
- Iraq Arrests Al-Qaida Number Two (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Al-Qaida’s number two in Iraq, Hamed Jumaa al-Saedi, has been arrested, Iraq’s national security adviser said today.
- `Islam Does Not Preach Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Education, hard work can end poverty of Muslims
- Asian Development Bank Official To Review Tsunami Assistance Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
South Asia Department Director-General to arrive in Chennai today
- Morgan Stanley Ups India Gdp Forecast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Global investment banking & equity research major — Morgan Stanley has raised its forecast for India’s economic growth in the current fiscal following stronger than expected surge in first-quarter corporate revenues, industrial production and . . .
- Tirupur Industry Growing, At What Cost? (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Sep 04, 2006)
The growth of the Tirupur knitwear industry in leaps and bounds may augur well for the Government as it brings millions of dollars and makes exporters prosperous. But its rapid growth may hurt other sectors in the region.
- Centre Must Change Tax Structure: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Criticises Government for importing 55 lakh tonnes of wheat
- Paisa Wise, Rupee Foolish (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 04, 2006)
Belying its attractive title and the optimistic media headlines it has generated, the report on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility largely endorses what the RBI is already doing.
- Pak Increases Military Activities Along Loc (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 04, 2006)
There is a certain degree of concern over Pakistan Army’s reported activities of construction of concrete bunkers and reinforcement of manpower along the Line of Control as Islamabad is upping its ante before the anticipated bilateral meeting between . .
- Engaging Equals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 04, 2006)
Bombay and London. Two constant loves. Both in the news ever so often recently. One bindaas. The other, a constant charmer.
- Towards Full Convertibility (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 04, 2006)
The report does not speak about the advantages of full convertibility but suggests streamlining of it.
- Power Centre Turns 'Mourning Centre' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The power of centre once, the Sadaquat Ashram has, of late, turned into a "mourning centre" for Congress leaders, who turn up merely to offer floral tributes to departed leaders from time to time.
- Safta Nations Must Persuade Pakistan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2006)
The reported anger in the ministry of external affairs over Pakistan’s refusal to abide by its market access commitments under Safta is understandable, but launching a trade war in retaliation may not be the answer.
- Convertibility In Stages (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2006)
The second Tarapore committee report lays out a five-year roadmap for ‘fuller’ capital account convertibility. At the end of the period, individuals, MFs and corporates would have substantially greater freedom to invest abroad, but that freedom . . .
- Infosys Eyes Buys In Germany & France (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
India's second-largest software services exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd, is looking at acquisitions in Germany and France to expand operations in Europe, its Chief Operating Officer said on Friday.
- Ah, Quite (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 04, 2006)
When it comes to instant repartee, Meleveetil Damodaran, chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), is in a delightful class.
- How Global Growth Surmounts New Challenges? (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Sep 04, 2006)
Important factors include expansion in emerging economies like China and India and the enabling role of technology in global integration
- These Teeth Aren’T For Biting (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 04, 2006)
M Damodaran, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), is known for using his public speeches effectively to warn market participants on specific regulatory issues.
- Naxals, Government Rethinking Strategies (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Sep 04, 2006)
The naxalites have launched a "socio-economic investigation" aimed at reworking their tactics. And the government has moved to ensure greater coordination in countering them.
- Redressing Balochistan’S Grievances (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Sep 04, 2006)
“I have spilt blood? I had to; I shall perhaps shed more, but without anger, and quite simply, because blood-letting is a component of (my) political medicine...I am not a man like other men and the laws of morality or custom cannot be applied to me.
- Opposition Politicizing Bugti’S Death: Durrani (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani Sunday said the opposition should rise above petty politics and stop politicizing the Kohlu incident for their personal gains.
- Qaida's No. 2 Man In Iraq Is Arrested (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Iraqi and coalition forces have arrested the second most senior figure in Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq's national security adviser announced on Sunday.
- Capital Idea (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 04, 2006)
For India to grow at 8 per cent or more on a sustainable basis, curbs on conversion of the rupee into foreign currencies for the purchase and sale of Indian and overseas assets should be kept to a minimum.
- Man Plants Bomb To Stall Girlfriend’S Marriage (Deccan Herald, R. Venkatesan, Sep 04, 2006)
Strange are the ways of love. A loverboy crosses all barriers, threatens the would-be husband of his girlfriend, and takes a leap further to stall their marriage by planting an IED (improvised explosive device) in front of the bridegroom’s house.
- Pollution, Aerosols, And The Climate (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 04, 2006)
Aerosols in the atmosphere are not invariably a bad thing. But those released by pollution may alter the climate adversely.
- Controlling Growth Of Disparity (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 04, 2006)
In an FAQ on curbing variance, rich-poor, urban-rural, P. V. INDIRESAN suggests certain rule-based controls instead of the current ad hoc solutions that are neither transparent nor have in-built checks and balances.
- In Search Of Balance And Fairness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2006)
The comment in a recent column that critics outnumber admirers in the messages I get has been revalidated by the experience since these words appeared in print.
- Lic Launches Bhima Gold-2 In Jubilee Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) completed 50 years on Friday. To commemorate the event, the corporation introduced a new product, Bhima Gold-2, which will be launched on September 4.
- Living With Floods And Drought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
Just a month or so there was a lot of debate in Pakistan on the issue of water conservation and storage. And now the situation has changed so much that there is now too much water. Torrential rains and heavy flooding have not stopped yet and some . . .
- Tackling Terrorism (Tribune, Prakash Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
Let those who want to hurt us by inflicting a thousand cuts remember - no one can break our will or unity. No one can make India kneel.”
- 80 Killed In Iran Plane Fire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
An Iranian airliner caught fire on landing in the northeastern city of Mashhad today, killing at least 80 passengers, state television reported.
- Military Option Against Iran Open, Says Usa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush Administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the USA could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- Us Defence Firms Grow Bullish On India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India’s growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend . . .
- Needed, A Policy For Human Capital (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Sep 02, 2006)
Prime Minster Manmohan Singh recently stressed the need to convert people into national assets while releasing a report on Person-to-Person Advocacy with parliamentarians on population issues.
- Empty Swagat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
We invite the world to visit us — to explore and experience Incredible India — without first ensuring adequate hospitality for those who take our invitation seriously.
- Not Allowed In The House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Parliaments all over the world have their own protocol. The most important of these are the ones that regulate the use of language. Unparliamentary language has become synonymous with abuse.
- Flights To Leh Being Increased To Promote Tourism: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Trying to put the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on the international tourism map, the State Government is taking slew of measures to develop the connectivity and infrastructure to the untapped scenic region of mountain passes.
- Crises All Around (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
There is hardly any country that at some time in its existence has not been entangled in a crisis of one kind or the other. Such a crisis could be political, economic or security-related in nature. The afflicted country either tries to resolve . . . .
- Tarapore Panel Member Slams Proposal To Ban Pn (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The Tarapore panel’s report on full rupee convertibility was slammed by economist Surjit Bhalla, one of its members, for proposing a ban on participatory notes (PN) used by foreign investors for investments in Indian markets.
- Timelessness (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
What sights have we seen that fail to catch the eye? What songs heard that the ear cannot catch? What unmeasured distances have we traversed? What sins gone through, not encountered in Eden?
- Military Option Is Open, Us Warns Iran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The United States has warned Iran that military option "is not off the table" as it mulls a multi-pronged strategy to prevent Tehran from going nuclear.
- Manmohan & Nam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Will the PM be able to define an Indian position?
The last job Dr Manmohan Singh held in his career as an Indian bureaucrat was to head the Geneva-headquartered “South-South” Commission conceived by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
- Nam Action Plan To Change World Order (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
The 14th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit of 116 nations to meet in Havana this month will defend an action plan to guide its determination to transform the present world order.
- Iran N-Plan: Eu Cautious, Russia 'No' To Sanctions, Us Seethes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The European Union said on Friday that it was too early to impose sanctions on Iran for its failure to halt uranium enrichment by a UN-imposed deadline even as Russia said such a move on Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work was a dead end.
- Petronet Lng Tie Up With Adani Group For Solid Cargo Port (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Petronet LNG Limited and Adani Group on Friday signed JV agreement for building Solid Cargo Port at Dahej in the state of Gujarat. The Solid Cargo Company has already been incorporated as "Adani Petronet (Dahej) Pvt. Ltd."
- Pranab Leaves For France, Germany Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will pay a six-day official visit to France and Germany starting Saturday and hold talks with his counterparts on a whole range of bilateral defence issues and international security scenario.
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