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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 35809:
- Changes To Rti Law May Not Be Moved In Current Session (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
In view of protests against a move to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the government today appeared to have backed out, saying the changes in the legislation may not be moved in the current session.
- `Our Business Model Is Superior` Yo, Indra (Business Line, Subir Roy, Aug 18, 2006)
Next week, Nandan M Nilekani takes over as the head of Infosys Technologies with N R Narayana Murthy becoming non-executive chairman. Business Standard asked the new leader to look back and forward. Excerpts:
- Crisis Of Development Economics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 18, 2006)
As the Planning Commission is busy in preparing the draft of the 12th five -year plan, it has to take into account the uneven growth in the states, region -wise, state-wise and area-wise even within districts.
- India Warns U.S. Against Changes In Nuclear Pact (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 18, 2006)
India warned the United States Congress on Thursday not to tinker with a controversial civilian nuclear cooperation deal and said it would not accept any significant changes to the agreement.
- Is It Safe To Dance With The Ulfa? (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Aug 18, 2006)
The suspension of army operations is a major step by the government of India in Assam. It conveys to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) that New Delhi is serious about the business of peaceful negotiations.
- Greater Choice In Mfs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2006)
The notification of guidelines for capital protection funds will undoubtedly provide risk-averse investors another investment option and give them an alternative to bank deposits and post office schemes.
- `Markets May See Dip In Fii Flows In 2006-07' (Business Line, ALOK MUKHERJEE, Aug 18, 2006)
PM's Advisory Council projects significant increase in FDI
- Salman Refutes Allegations Regarding Stock Market Crash (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Aug 18, 2006)
Dr. Salman Shah, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs and Statistics has said that the Ministry of Finance had absolutely no role in the creation or precipitation of the Stock Market crash in March 2005.
- Reliance Pitches For Kerala Port Upgrade (Business Line, P R Sanjai, Aug 18, 2006)
Reliance Industries has proposed to develop the Rs 4,500-crore Deepwater International Container Trans-shipment Terminal at Vizhinjam in Kerala.
- Wanted: A Shift System In Courts (Hindu, P.P. Rao, Aug 18, 2006)
The system, which is economical and easy to implement, should be introduced.
- Scientific Blackwash (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
The jury is still out there on whether blackholes exist.
- Reliance Life Launches Its First Insurance Product (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, Reliance Life Insurance on Thursday announced the launch of Reliance Connect 2 Life Plan, its first product since acquiring the life insurance business of AMP Sanmar in October last.
- Govt Plans Law To See Safety In Fdi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Centre, on Thursday said, it is planning a comprehensive law to streamline the process of assessing security threats arising from business transactions and enable its agencies to decide on cases of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in sensitive areas.
- Parliament Below Par (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Aug 18, 2006)
Due to irresponsible behaviour and selfish motives of parliamentarians, Parliament is losing its sanctity.
- A Slick Suggestion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 18, 2006)
Will it be $70 a barrel? Or $ 60? Or $ 100? It is time to stop speculating on global prices of crude.
- President Sees India As Super Power Even Before 2020 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Every citizen and every youth could contribute for national cause: Kalam
- The Magic Of 8% (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2006)
At a macro level, the projected 7.9% GDP growth for the current fiscal 2006-07 is indeed a remarkable achievement for the Indian economy by past standards. This is the first time the Indian economy would have averaged 8% growth over a four-year period.
- Oil Prices Fall In Asian Trade As Lebanon Ceasefire Holds (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Crude prices fell in Asian trading today on continued signs that a ceasefire between Israeli troops and Hezbollah guerrillas appeared to be holding, dealers said.
- Towards Sustainable Growth (Tribune, Mohan Dharia, Aug 18, 2006)
The Planning Commission has prepared an Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan. The document titled “Approach Document Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth” has been circulated for discussion.
- Pune To Panipat With Love (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Aug 18, 2006)
MY friend living in the U.K. asked me for a “small favour”. This entailed a hassle putting to trouble a horde of men and machines. The job involved arranging to have his daughter’s car brought from Pune, where she worked, to Panipat, where she was . . .
- India To Keep N-Weapon Options Open: Manmohan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
With an impassioned defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday largely swung the Rajya Sabha in his favour on the issue that had, at one stage, threatened a combined Left-BJP campaign against the government.
- Nuclear Deal Will Widen Energy Options: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
It will reduce the country's dependence on convention energy sources such as oil and coal
Nuclear deal about widening human choices
Security concerns are uncertain, unpredictable .
- Supplement Government's Efforts, Karunanidhi Urges Ngos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Appeals to the rich to spend a portion of their wealth for welfare of poor
"There is no parallel to the act of showing compassion to the poor"
"It is difficult for the Government alone to alleviate people's sufferings" .
- An 'Honour Killing' In Italy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
The apparent 'honour killing' of a 20-year-old women of Pakistani origin near the Italian city of Brescia has understandably created quite a furore in that country, especially with reference to integration of ethnic minorities into the mainstream.
- India Not To Accept Us Changes In Nuclear Deal (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Indian government said it would not be cowed by the US into changing the terms of their civilian nuclear deal, amid concerns Washington was trying to cap India’s atomic weapons programme.
- Checking Inflation (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
According to official figures, inflation for the first month of the current financial year -- July -- was 7.63 per cent.
- Re-Forging Instruments To Meet Challenges (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
The polity will have to promote a new way of conducting its internal disputes in a manner that will not distract the Indian state from dealing with new globally-inspired instigations.
- A Transformed Manmohan (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
Controlled aggression, a game plan and application of technique At the outset he positioned himself in the Mahatma corner, quoting Gandhi's abiding injunction to wipe every tear from every eye, and declared himself a legatee of the Jawaharlal Nehru vision
- Pharma Park To Come Up In Nanguneri Sez (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Drugs worth over Rs.500 crore will be manufactured, says Health Minister
Dialysis machines to be provided in every district hospital
23 private drug factories set up in State in three months .
- Widening Investor Base (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
A HOUSE is usually built or purchased to last a lifetime. However, the idea of building a house to reside in it has been replaced by the motive of "investing" in property to serve a speculative urge.
- Modern Methods (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Builders have been adopting new construction techniques, materials and organisational practices.
- India Inc Gives Poor Rating To Upa Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The frown on the brows of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could get deeper.
- India On The Right Track (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 18, 2006)
Interview with Dr. Georges Vendryes, French nuclear scientist.
- Middle Stage Of Democracy (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 18, 2006)
Social mobilisation that began in the south has spread throughout the country with backward classes pushing aside historically dominant castes, giving rise to regional parties
- July 18 Or Bust, Assures Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asserted that India would not accept any conditionalities outside the July 18 statement and that the Government will draw the necessary conclusions in case of any deviation from the joint statement.
- Data For Leverage (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 18, 2006)
A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.
- Trickle-Down Or Leapfrog? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2006)
Robert Browning must, undoubtedly, be the permanently reigning muse in Yojana Bhavan. After all, if achievements have fallen short of targets in Plan after Plan, it must be because planners have been drawing inspiration from his lines: “Ah, but a . . .
- Institutional Autonomy In Peril (Pioneer, Kishore Gandhi, Aug 18, 2006)
Crass politicians are destroying the country's premier educational institutions for the sake of vote-bank politics, says Kishore Gandhi
- French Window (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 18, 2006)
The French Institute of Pondicherry is emerging as a major player in Indo-French cooperation.
- Base Realty Valuation On Carpet Area? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2006)
In the wake of the expansion of the housing sector in a steady manner, it is pertinent to ensure the development of a sound system to oversee the sector and protect consumers.
- Paying Proposition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 18, 2006)
Rural income increases have to come from efficiencies and productivity gains, rather than forcing consumers to pay more.
- New Export Target (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2006)
Encouraged perhaps by doubling of annual exports from $8.2 billion to $16.5 billion in seven years ending June 2006, the Planning Commission is now working on a strategy to boost exports to $40 billion per annum over the next five years.
- Violence At The Quaid’S Mazaar (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2006)
That today’s society holds nothing sacred can be gauged from the violence that erupted at the Quaid’s mausoleum on August 14 in which a seemingly manageable incident led to no-holds-barred brawl, damaging whatever came its way.
- The Pay Chasm (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 18, 2006)
We’ve made the point earlier in these columns about the scarcity value of skilled talent in our workplaces. Two recent studies underline this aspect from opposite directions.
- Economic Outlook (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 18, 2006)
Sound analysis, difficult prescriptions
- Rbi Ok With India Ceo: Hsbc (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of HSBC's new Indian head, Naina Lal Kidwai, after she agreed to bow to the regulator's demands and quit the board of food maker Nestle, HSBC said.
- Message From Imphal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
The bomb explosion in Imphal, Manipur, on Janmashtami at the ISKCON temple, which killed four people and injured 40 others including the international director of the religious society Damodar Swami, was the first of its kind and, therefore, holds . . .
- India Can Be Super Power Before 2020: Kalam (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday said that sustained efforts of maintaining the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) coupled with active role by the youth could certainly make India an economic super power even before 2020.
- Forex Reserves Can Be Better Deployed (Business Line, A. Seshan, Aug 18, 2006)
A small portion of the country's forex reserves is now assigned to external asset managers with the objective of improving returns. But the reserve can be put to better use, such as to finance major investment projects, prepay commercial debt and . . .
- Changes To N-Deal With Us Unacceptable: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Indian government said on Thursday it would not be cowed by the US into changing the terms of their civilian nuclear deal, amid concerns Washington was trying to cap India’s atomic weapons programme.
- Speed And Content Of Economic Reforms (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 18, 2006)
The record of reforms is mixed and there is uncertainty about the process, is the consensus of economists who discussed the Indian economy recently. They are agreed that India can grow at a much higher rate, provided some sectors — farm and . . .
- Ranipet Bhel To Cross Rs.1,000-Crore Turnover (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Boiler unit shows tremendous growth
BAP despatched 1,05,904 MT to customers this year
Its project capacity is 57,000 MT per year
BAP became an independent unit on May 11, 2006
- 1,000 Volvo Buses For Bmtc, Fares To Be Cut By 30 Per Cent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Plans afoot to build a bus depot every 2 km on Peripheral Ring Road
- Bmp Launches Drive Against Unauthorised Posters, Banners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Bangalore: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) on Wednesday night undertook a drive to clear the city of all unauthorised posters and banners dotting the city.
- The Tourism Impact (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Aug 17, 2006)
The recent extended weekend that started on Friday evening for many and concluded on Wednesday for some gave yet another insight into the changes undergoing in India.
- To Sri Lanka, Once More With Caution (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
An enormous humanitarian tragedy is waiting to happen in South Asia. The ‘no war no peace’ syndrome in Sri Lanka is slowly escalating into a full-fledged undeclared war. For India the stakes are high; they lie at the intersection of India’s . . .
- One Planet, One People (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Aug 17, 2006)
People are not ready to believe that a merciful Creator will destroy planet earth, and lift off to a peaceful paradise with saintly souls, leaving sinners to perish in hell fire.
- Air Sahara Denies Accord With Jet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Air Sahara on Wednesday dismissed reports that it was engaged in discussions with leading carrier Jet Airways for out of court settlement on the failed acquisition bid as speculative.
- Not Really A Century (Deccan Herald, A S Venkatarangan , Aug 17, 2006)
These days, even birthdays are treated with cricketing analogies.
- Killer Wheels (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 17, 2006)
Negligent driving took the lives of two young men near Bangalore recently.
- Infrastructure Glitches Will Be Ironed Out: Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Confident of ‘deeper and broader’ political consensus on reforms, the Centre, on Tuesday, said it will smoothen out policy and regulatory shortcomings in infrastructure to sustain high growth.
- Man-Made Floods (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 17, 2006)
Floods are normally deemed to be natural disasters caused by excessive downpour, but this does not seem to be the story when it comes to the recent inundation of vast tracts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka . . .
- Sensex Buoys, As Mkts Gain Momentum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The upbeat mood gathered momentum on the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, which on Wednesday registered a sharp rise of over 135 points to end at a near three-month high of 11,448.31 points, driven higher by sustained FII inflows and buoyant . ..
- Nuke Numbers: Deal Adds Up (Indian Express, Amitav Mallik, Aug 17, 2006)
The Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal has led to much debate in both countries. While the US is primarily concerned about the dilution of its non-proliferation agenda, India is apprehensive about aspects like the cost and implications of . . .
- Sensex Zooms 135 Points On Funds Buying (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The upbeat mood gathered momentum on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the benchmark Sensex registered a sharp rise of over 135 points on Wednesday to close at a near three-month high of 11448.31, driven by sustained foreign institutional investment . . .
- A Good Quarter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Asian Age, Aug 17, 2006)
Good Q1 performance by India Inc but future is uncertain.
- Leadership For Change (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Aug 17, 2006)
The PM must leverage the respect he has earned to persuade voters to embrace change.
- Warding Off Evil Designs (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Israel, and essentially the western powers' half-hearted response to the tragedy that unfolded in Lebanon has uncovered the plan to take over the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon -- a stretch of 200 kilometres.
- Pnb: Sitting Pretty (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 17, 2006)
PNB reaps benefit of credit growth, rising yields on advances and higher proportion of low cost deposits.
- Storm Brewing In Icwai's Tea-Cup (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Aug 17, 2006)
The job assigned to the ICWAI is not a post-mortem examination of income and expenditure of tea companies but essentially some kind of a live-auditing.
- Paying Proposition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 17, 2006)
Rural income increases have to come from efficiencies and productivity gains, rather than forcing consumers to pay more.
- Terrorists Not To Be Allowed To Use Pak Land (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that defence of the country is the foremost responsibility of the Armed Forces which are fully prepared, equipped and motivated to defend the frontiers of the motherland and will not let any one . . .
- The Workforce Scorecard (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 17, 2006)
Managers are paid to differentiate. In the case of workforce strategy, this takes the form of disproportionate investments in high-return positions and high-return individuals. The challenge is to think of these investments as strategic . . .
- Female Child Killing (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
A private nursing home in Punjab - a state with a relatively high per capita income but low sex ratio - has been found to be conducting illegal sex-selection tests, aborting the female foetuses, and then disposing them of in wells situated . . .
- Speed And Content Of Economic Reforms (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 17, 2006)
The record of reforms is mixed and there is uncertainty about the process, is the consensus of economists who discussed the Indian economy recently. They are agreed that India can grow at a much higher rate, provided some sectors — farm and . . .
- Jet, Sahara Merger Talks Are Mere Speculation: Sahara (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Reacting to reports of revival of merger talks with Jet Airways and also a possible out of court settlement with Jet, Sahara Group today termed these reports as ‘‘mere speculation’’.
- A Page From The Past: Nooyispeak On America (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
Indra Nooyi is in the news for being named CEO of PepsiCo. That was three days ago. Nooyi has had her place in the news before, for reasons very different.
- The Us-Pak Weapons Deal: No Bang For The Bucks (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Aug 17, 2006)
America’s decision to sell F-16 Falcon fighter jets to Pakistan stands to profit no one. And doesn’t benefit long-term relations between the countries either
- Going On Sixty (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Aug 17, 2006)
The transition from colony to republic was bridged by the generations of Indians born before independence who managed the professions, the economy and its institutions, the schools and colleges and the great engines of State for the first 50 years.
- Welcome To The Bihar Of China (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, Aug 17, 2006)
"Welcome to the Bihar of China," says a Chinese official as the Airbus touches down at Lanzhou airport. Visions of Patna airport race through the mind. Betel stains, a rickety bus to the terminal and baggage being thrown wildly on the conveyor belt.
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