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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 35809:
- The One Dish Issue Is Solved Ultimately (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2006)
Both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday unanimously adopted a legislation allowing service of one dish meal on the occasion of wedding ceremonies in the country.
- Globalisation: Seizing The Opportunities (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Aug 24, 2006)
Expedite work on trade facilitation reforms, innovative regional pacts and trade in services
- A Tribute To Pse Strength (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Expanding the navratna list of public sector enterprises (PSEs) is yet another positive step towards enabling more and more profit-making PSEs to realise their true strength.
- Sez Numbers Game (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The 46 new special economic zones (SEZ) cleared by the government takes the total to 150, the ceiling set by the empowered group of ministers. The government is still to decide on the many remaining proposals.
- Need For A Political Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2006)
The lull in acts of terror and subversion in Balochistan should not lead to a sense of complacency in the government.
- Curdling Social Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
So the Union Cabinet has cleared a draft Bill on reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions that will include members from the ‘creamy layer’ of the category.
- Beyond Asean (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
New Delhi has dramatically improved its offer in order to seal a free trade agreement (FTA) with Asean. Goods placed on the negative list were pruned from 1,400 to 854, then to around 560 currently.
- Move To Provide Road Connectivity To Villages (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The government is planning to cover all villages and hamlets in Jammu and Kashmir under a project of road connectivity under the Bharat Nirman Programme and other central and state road constructed projects to ensure equal development.
- Dfo Told To Provide Information Under Act (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The state Information Commission has directed DFO, Hoshiarpur-cum-public Information Officer Hoshiarpur RR Kakkar to supply the information sought by former wildlife warden Gunraj Singh Saini.
- Pm Stresses Need For Awareness On Human Sexuality (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday urged parliamentarians to help create more awareness on issues related to human sexuality considering the social and economic burdens imposed by diseases like HIV/AIDS on the young population.
- Asean Urges Wto To Resume Trade Talks Before 2006-End (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday urged the World Trade Organization (WTO) to resume trade negotiations before the end of 2006, saying breakthroughs must be forged in agriculture and market access.
- Reddy Bomb Turns A Dud (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Aug 24, 2006)
After producing “masked” evidence on Wednesday, which only brought jeers from the media, suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy unmasked himself later in the day.
- Why Grow Rice? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
Crop diversification in Punjab is generally wrongly understood. Any programme of substituting a few lakh acres of rice-wheat in general and rice in particular to more paying alternatives, is construed as if it is going to place the food security of . . .
- Consumer Culture (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
In the old days, when communist central planning suffocated China's economy, fixed-asset investment was the regime's measure of economic progress.
- Aam Pilot Has No Place In Indian (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 24, 2006)
The nation's longest serving domestic airlines, the Indian, is forcing its trainee pilots to pay as much as Rs 7.5 lakh for employment.
- Transform People Into Social And National Assets: Pm....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the essence of India’s population policy must be one of transforming people into social and national assets and asked Parliamentarians to play an active role in this direction.
- Right, Left Refuse To Swallow Pm's Energy Security Bait (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday once again tried to sell the Indo-US nuclear deal to Parliament by stressing how it was in India's interest to have good relations with all major powers, including the US.
- Iran’S No (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
The much-awaited Iranian response to the UN Security Council’s demand that Teheran should suspend its uranium enrichment programme by August 31 or face economic sanctions has created a tricky situation.
- Big Powers Studying Iran's Reply To Nuclear Offer (Pioneer, CM VASUDEV, Aug 24, 2006)
Six world powers were studying Iran's offer of more talks to resolve a nuclear dispute on Wednesday to determine if Tehran's response went far enough to avert the threat of UN sanctions.
- Happy Birthday, Calcutta (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Very few cities in the world were founded on a particular date or by a particular individual. Cities do not generally have dates of birth and/or a founder.
- Karnataka Cm Unfazed Despite Bribe Slur (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The suspended BJP MLC, Mr K Janardhana Reddy, today released a CD which he said conclusively supported the allegations of corruption that he has been levelling against chief minister Mr HD Kumaraswamy.
- Cabinet To Discuss Amendments To Sbi Act (Pioneer, Bhagyashree Pande, Aug 24, 2006)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) is going to discuss the amendment to the SBI Act 1955 on Thursday.
- Thorn In The Side (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
One of the most serious threats to India's security is from the proxy war unleashed against it on the eastern front, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Iran Wants Talks, France Says Stop Atomic Work First (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
World powers, which backed a package to defuse a dispute with Iran over its nuclear ambitions are ready to respond to Iran’s call for talks but only if it first suspends uranium enrichment, France said today.
- Q&a:'ban On Soft Drinks Prompted By Health Reasons' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
It was the ruling Left Democratic Front led by CPM that asked the Kerala government to ban the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi. However, the other Left-ruled states, West Bengal and Tripura, have not followed the Kerala example.
- India Free To Conduct N-Tests: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Allaying fears about the Indo-US nuclear agreement being detrimental to India’s long term strategic interests, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said India would abide by the “unilateral moratorium” on nuclear tests but would be free to . . .
- Tehran's Response (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 24, 2006)
Keeping to the deadline it had named for its response, Iran gave its formal reply on Tuesday regarding the package of nuclear "incentives" the west had offered it. Predictably, it ignored the demand by the UN Security Council that it freeze its . . .
- China Struggles With Cultural Revolution (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Li Qingyou vividly recalls the day 40 years ago when Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution that killed millions of people and ravaged China’s body, mind and soul.
- Not Fair (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 24, 2006)
When the Congress was in power in the Centre last, in the early Nineties, it was seized with a mission to liberalize the economy, to place the interest of the consumer above that of the government employee, to replace government monopolies by . . .
- Asean Asks Wto Members To Revive Doha Negotiations (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Asean today called on WTO members, especially its major players, to try and revive the Doha Development Round negotiations before the end of 2006.
- Japan Proposes Creation Of 16-Nation Pan-Asian Fta (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Japan today proposed the creation of a 16-nation Pan-Asian Free Trade Area, including India, with economic activity worth USD nine trillion but Asean which has approved the idea asked Tokyo to conclude the Asean-Japan trade pact first.
- Find Your Books (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Now you don't need to trawl through endless shelves to find buy your books. Oxford Bookstore has launched an interactive SMS service to update booklovers on new releases and bestsellers on their mobile phones.
- Tatas Plan S. Africa As Hub For Minerals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Tata Steel KZN will be commissioned in October 2007
Chrome ore and concentrate will be sourced from India
End-product to be exported to Asia, Europe and U.S.
- Students Threaten Anti-Quota Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
"Government cannot introduce the Bill when the matter is still sub judice"
- Democracy Wrestles With Clerical Authority (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2006)
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits.
- Eads Plans Two Bln Euro Investment In India - Paper (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
European aerospace and defense group EADS will invest 2 billion euros ($2.57 billion) over the next 15 years in India in production as well as research and development facilities, Financial Times Deutschland reported.
- Pro-Quota Doctors Slam Govt For Diluting Reservation Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Pro-quota medicos today attacked the government for "diluting" the provisions of the proposal for reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions by excluding the creamy layer from the ambit of the policy.
- Beneath The Surface (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
The mind from the beginning is of a pure nature, but since there is the finite aspect of it which is sullied by finite views, there is the sullied aspect of it. Although there is this defilement, yet the original pure nature is eternally unchanged.
- Fixing Leaks Can Avert World Water Woes: Expert (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Fixing leaky pipes in conurbations from Mexico City to New Delhi is a better way to avert water shortages as the world population grows than costly schemes such as dams, a leading expert said.
- New Tractor For Small, Marginal Farmers Launched In Jaipur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
It has been priced at Rs.1.49 lakhs with its machinery produced in China
Small farmers would be able to create an alternative stream of income from the tractor
As many as 135 modifications have been made in the Chinese model to suit the needs . . .
- Upswing In Europe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
The 12 countries that share a common currency, the euro, in the European Union (comprising 25 states) are in the midst of an economic upswing, and the 0.9 per cent GDP growth for the second quarter ended June — the strongest output in . . .
- Spentex Allots 75 Lakh Equity Shares To Qibs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Spentex Industries Limited, said on Monday that it has allotted 75 lakh equity shares to QIBs (Qualified Institutional Buyers) under the provisions SEBI DIP Guidelines.
- Rbi Fines Idbi Rs 5 Lakh For Violation Of Kyc Norms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed fine of Rs 5 lakh on IDBI Ltd. for violation of the guidelines on opening of accounts, including joint accounts, Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and also for violation of extant guidelines relating to IPO financing.
- Reliance And Disney Tie Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Reliance Communications has announced a tie-up with Disney, the globally known family entertainment brand, to offer on Reliance Mobile World 3D animation in the mobile phone sets.
- Stalin's Unique Connection To Rajiv Gandhi (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Aug 23, 2006)
The function organised by the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi on Sunday last turned out a memorable meet for a variety of reasons.
- Job Plan For 5,000 Youth In Naxal-Affected Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Second batch of 20 youth sent for training .
- Reorienting India’S Development Strategy (The Financial Express, Sumati Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
The test of progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
- Lessons From The Lebanese War (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 23, 2006)
While the ongoing Palestinians-versus-Israelis struggle cannot be ignored or downgraded, the Lebanese situation stands by itself. Hizbollah successfully challenged the much vaunted Israeli defence forces.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Gender Bias In Schools (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In the research on gender bias in schools of Pakistan, I found limited, but relevant information about Pakistan. A point to note here is that I could not find as much literature on Pakistan, as I had envisioned.
- Three Inches Of Incompetence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
The rains Karachi received on Thursday last week measured a total of 91 mm at the highest point which roughly translates into 3.5 inches.
- Battling The Hiv Scourge (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 23, 2006)
A recent World Bank study estimates that about 60 per cent of the 5.5-6 million people in South Asia infected with HIV/AIDS live in India. With its concerns on the potential huge economic cost in terms of economic growth, the review provides a basis . . .
- A Desperate Act (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2006)
The incident of a father abandoning his four daughters — aged 11 years to nine months — at Data Darbar in Lahore is a grim reminder of the economic helplessness afflicting so many people in the country.
- Tackling The Power Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2006)
The government has only itself to blame. On Monday, while outlining plans to install new thermal power plants in Punjab, the Wapda chairman failed to mention one simple home truth: the current energy crisis could have been averted had the . . .
- Do Reality Tv Shows Dehumanise? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
The past 30 of the hardly 60 years history of broadcast television has been distinguished by a more fundamental question: “Does TV itself dehumanise?”
- Joyless Growth (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Debates on chasing equitable growth notwithstanding, populist politics continues to block our government in unshackling the economy from its astounding regulatory webs.
- Rbi Workers Defer Strike Planned For Aug 23 (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A strike planned for August 23 by central bank employees' associations has been deferred, a union official said on Tuesday.
- Sense On Sez: Revisit The Sop Story (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
The finance ministry’s concern that special economic zone (SEZ) approvals could be challenged in court for want of clear guidelines is justified. The solution, however, is not a set of guidelines for selecting SEZ developers.
- India Plans Intact: Coke, Pepsi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a day of swift developments on the cola controversy on Tuesday, the Union government gave a clean chit to the cola manufacturers over pesticide residues in their products, even as The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo India Holdings re-iterated their . .
- Retail Prices Belie Inflation Control Claims (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The recent statements by government officials that the rise in food prices has been checked may provide cold comfort for consumers, especially in rural areas.
- Asean For Single Market By ’15 To Block Fdi Loss To China, India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s enthusiasm for increasing the cap for the number of SEZs has made the revenue department jittery about the revenue loss from the scheme.
- Inequality Or Interest-Group Politics? (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Aug 23, 2006)
Professor Pranab Bardhan of the University of California at Berkeley has recently resurrected inequality as the key explanation for the impasse on the reforms (Financial Times, August 8, 2006).
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Punjab Farmers Protest In Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Farmers from Punjab gathered in the Capital today to protest against “anti-farmer” policies of the Centre.
- Who Should Tax Farm Incomes? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2006)
The issue needs to be looked at not as one of jurisdiction but one of sincere enforcement.
- A `Lip-Package' For Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 23, 2006)
Farmers all over the country, particularly those from Vidarbha and other regions with high incidence of suicides, were hoping that the Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech, would try and explain what had gone wrong with his package and . . .
- Tiwari Anoints Jairam Chidambaram's Successor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh was taken by surprise on Tuesday when Uttaranchal Chief Minister ND Tiwari complimented him saying he is being tipped to become the next Finance Minister in place of P Chidambaram.
- Seats Of Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
Nowhere do the pitfalls of ‘social justice’ make themselves as sharply felt in India as in the case of quotas in higher education. Yet this is also the sphere where the most definitive thinking and action are almost entirely politically or . . .
- Double Shift System Has Yielded Good Results: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the double shift system introduced for working of the engineers and other staff to execute developmental works in the State has started yielding good results.
- Muslims Question Pm ‘Inaction’ (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Aug 23, 2006)
Muslim leaders who heard Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech yesterday are asking why he has been unable to act on his “good intentions”.
- Caring For The Fields Of Gold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
The government’s zeal for industrialization must not be allowed to push agriculture and rural life into oblivion, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
Touch of indifference
No one who has known him for long would think of Sadhan Pande as the Communist . .
- Fluid Faith (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
There were the same signs at roughly the same time. In September 1995, it was Ganesh alone who had been kind enough to drink out of the hands of mortals.
- Dop Launches 'One India One Rate' Scheme (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Department of Posts today launched a 'One India one rate scheme' for sending Speed Posts across the country at a uniform rate.
- Malaysia Pushes To Speed Up Asean Single Market (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Southeast Asia nations should speed up plans to create a single market by 2015 -- five years ahead of target -- or risk losing its appeal to foreign investors, Malaysia's prime minister said on Tuesday.
- Sense Of The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
It's a good sign that Parliament rose to the occasion and focussed attention on the nuclear deal instead of fighting on trivial issues, says CP Bhambhri.
- Us N-Deal Equates India With Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite the Bush administration claiming the nuclear deal symbolises a special relationship with New Delhi, a last-minute amendment inserted in the recently passed bill by the US House of Representatives equates India with Pakistan and directs . . .
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
- Second Generation Legal Reforms Vital, Says Mukesh Ambani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Huge opportunities for India as legal services would be outsourced
- The Best Always Retire (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 22, 2006)
One of my long-time colleagues never watches business channels, is unconcerned about which companies create wealth, is least interested in business personalities — they’re so boring, he says.
- A Gold Mine Waiting To Be Tapped (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 22, 2006)
There is a large market for Hindi films in China that can be exploited.
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