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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 35809:
- Pakistan's Problems Lie In Its Very Creation (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Aug 17, 2006)
Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, on the eve of independence of his country, talked about the "unfinished business" of partition. He, probably meant annexation the Muslim majority state of the Indian Union - Jammu and Kashmir.
- Krishh Is Supreme Bliss And Na Is Its Form (Times of India, B Dayita Madhava Maharaj, Aug 17, 2006)
We cannot know Krishna through arrogance because he is the unchallengeable Truth. He has no cause, and there is no one equal or greater than Him.
- Q&a: 'We Must Try And Be Climate-Sensitive' (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Aug 17, 2006)
Chief scientist of the ambitious climateprediction.net project, David Stainforth teaches atmospheric, oceanic and planetary physics at Oxford.
- Economic Antidote (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2006)
In an otherwise predictable Independence Day address, the prime minister got one thing right: The relative emphasis on terror and development.
- The Plight Of Farmers (Tribune, M. Rajivlochan, Aug 17, 2006)
This year the US has approved of giving $180 billion as direct subsidies to its farmers. When we add the subsidy offered by the European Union countries to this, the figure for direct subsidies comes to a whopping $300 billion per year.
- Global Meet Emphasises New Approaches To Hiv Prevention (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 17, 2006)
New approaches to HIV prevention, including microbicides and circumcision, have pushed the debates on anti-AIDS vaccines into the background.
- Andhra Bank, Icici Bank Lead In Npa Cut: Study (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Improved assets quality contributed to impressive bottom-line
- Common Farmer’S Front Needed (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Aug 17, 2006)
IN Punjab and much of north India the farming community is slowly but surely losing hope and direction in keeping agriculture alive as a means of livelihood and a respected way of life.
- Pm Fails To Inspire Confidence On Foreign Policy: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Universal perception is, under U.S. pressure, it had shifted its positions
Rajya Sabha scheduled to discuss nuclear deal on Thursday
Asks how the Government will raise funds for major schemes
- Maoists Vs Maoists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 17, 2006)
IT was easy for Karl Marx to observe that philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it.
- Upswing In Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 17, 2006)
For the first time since Independence, India is set to achieve 8 per cent growth for four consecutive years.
- Parliament Below Par (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Aug 17, 2006)
Independence Day is an occasion for nostalgia and rededication to the goals and values of freedom. Recallng Jawaharlal Nehru’s stirring words about a tryst with destiny brings a lump to many a throat.
- The Living Dead In Vrindavan (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Aug 17, 2006)
Thousands of Hindu widows lead miserable lives in the dharmashalas of Vrindavan on doles earned from bhajan singing.
- End Of 'Orange Revolution' (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 17, 2006)
Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" comes to an end with the pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich regaining the post of Prime Minister.
- Another Bush War (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 17, 2006)
The Israeli war on Lebanon is in line with the United States' "forward policy for freedom in the broader Middle East" .
- Bangalore's Fragile Infrastructure (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 17, 2006)
With the monsoon gaining strength, Bangalore's shaky infrastructure will once again be put to the test.
- A Bleak Rice Scenario (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 17, 2006)
Better technology, seeds needed for cultivation
- 'Obscene Calls' To Customer Puts Sbi In Dock (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The State Bank of India credit cards division has been ordered by a city consumer court to compensate its customer for making ‘obscene calls and sending false bills’ demanding payment even after she had finally settled all outstanding dues.
- Exports Drive India’S Growth Story (The Financial Express, AJAY KHANNA, Aug 17, 2006)
Indian exports are steadily underwriting the country’s growth story.
- Can Of Worms (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 17, 2006)
If the Government of India is proposing to reinstate the pre-1953 status of Jammu & Kashmir, it should realise the corollaries.
- National Awakening (OutLook, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Aug 17, 2006)
A person who is wedded, with the
virtue of determination to accomplish
a deed, would be able to execute the
same and earn glory and fame
- Kumar Mangalam Birla Resigns From Tata Steel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Tata Steel on Wednesday said Kumar Mangalam Birla has tendered his resignation as a director of the company.
- The Year Of Microfinance Bashing (The Economic Times, SANJAY SINGH, Aug 17, 2006)
Last year (2005) was the International Year of Microcredit. It was celebrated in India as it was across the world. But, one year later, in 2006, we hear Andhra chief minister Y Rajasekhara Reddy describing institutions that provide microfinance . . .
- On The Highway To Prosperity (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 17, 2006)
From not a single kilometre of highway in 1988, China now has a world-class network of some 41,000 km of highways, second only to the U.S. in size.
- Sbi Cards Told To Pay Damages For "Obscene Calls" To Customer (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The State Bank of India credit cards division has been ordered by a city consumer court to compensate its customer for making "obscene calls and sending false bills" demanding payment even after she had finally settled all outstanding dues.
- Olmert, Bush Lose (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 17, 2006)
Israel’s democracy speaks Israel, for all its faults, is a democracy, and a vigorous one at that which does not spare stupid governance.
- Ba Says No Plans To Sue Uk Over Airport Chaos (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
British Airways said Wednesday it did not plan to take legal action against the UK government for losses after stepped-up security checks forced it to cancel hundreds of flights.
- All Work, No Play For India's Army Of Toiling Children (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Aug 17, 2006)
Subhankar Baidya can't bring himself to discuss his ordeal as an abused domestic servant. Instead, the five-year-old boy draws pictures to show the beatings and humiliations he endured until his rescue.
- Km Birla Resigns From Tata Steel, Maruti (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Steel major Tata Steel Ltd on Wednesday said Kumar Mangalam Birla has tendered his resignation as a director of the company.
- 36 Million Foreign-Born People In Us: Census Report (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Immigrants in the United States are dispersing to areas beyond their traditional destinations, US Census Report says.
- Extinct Creatures May Make A Comeback (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 17, 2006)
The woolly mammoth and other creatures long extinct may be set to make a comeback on earth and not just in Hollywood films like Jurassic Park. Research has indicated that sperm recovered from mice frozen for 15 years is still capable of producing babies.
- Oil Prices Have To Rise, Hints Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Standing on the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday addressed the nation on the 60th Independence Day after unfurling the tricolour.
- Pm Uninspiring On Foreign Policy: Left (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Left parties today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day address had failed to inspire confidence that India would continue to pursue an independent foreign policy in view of the developments relating to the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Serial Blasts Kill 57 In Baghdad (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Iraq’s embattled unity government faced the fallout of another bombing blitz after insurgents slaughtered at least 57 people in a coordinated series of attacks in Baghdad.
- Clear As Crystal: Challenge Is On (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 16, 2006)
It is not for nothing that concerned citizens sit glued to their radio and television sets across the country on every Independence Day.
- Ode To Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 16, 2006)
There is some irony in celebrating Independence Day with the capital of the country under virtual siege.
- Ties To Enhance Security: Putin (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 16, 2006)
Admires India's achievements in science
Notes the increasing prestige of the country in world affairs
India-Russia relations are marked by a high level of cooperation and trust.
- Ominous Signs On The Oil Horizon (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Aug 16, 2006)
Speculation over when oil is expected to peak has hovered around a wide band, but even the most optimistic peak oil theorist believes it would not be later than 2030.
- `Indian Support For Nepalese Quest Unwavering' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
India said on Tuesday it stood firmly behind the Nepalese people in their quest for peace.
- Veerappan’S Cook Has No Money To Pay Fine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
They sent me to jail saying I cooked food for Veerappan. I have been released now, but how do I pay up the fine imposed by the court?”
- Tackling Aids In India Needs New Focus: Wb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
To prevent the spread of HIV in India, most NGOs have focussed on migrant male workers rather than sex workers - the most vulnerable group for HIV transmission.
- Take Concrete Steps To Stop Terror: Pm To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
In a blunt message to those responsible for acts of terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that "no one can make India kneel" and told Pakistan that the success of the peace initiatives depended on the concrete steps it took to stop . . .
- Pm Asks Pak To Take Concrete Steps To End Cross Border Terrorism (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday asked Pakistan to take concrete steps to end cross-border terrorism to enable the peace initiatives to succeed.
- Terror Bred Of Terror (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 16, 2006)
Having averted a possible disaster of unimaginable proportions, Britain and America continue to be threatened by ‘terrorism’.
- In Exchange (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 16, 2006)
Goodwill gestures make sense only if they are reciprocated.
- Nepal Maoists Kidnap Two Indians (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Maoist rebels in Nepal on Wednesday kidnapped two Indian citizens from Mahendranagar, 800 km from here, police said.
- Attack On Pakistani Diplomat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 16, 2006)
Monday's explosion in Colombo, ostensibly targeting Pakistan’s high commissioner in Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohmand, is yet another sign that the Tamil Tigers are prepared to take their battle to new fronts.
- Who Won And Who Lost In The Me? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 16, 2006)
In Lebanon, the truce under UN Resolution 1701 is holding while the region waits for a 5,400-strong UN force to come and send around 30,000 Israeli troops back to Israel.
- Totally Powerless (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 16, 2006)
If India on its 60th Independence Day didn’t have most of its people suffering under conditions much worse than power failures in its capital, one would have had to invent these worse conditions.
- Pm Tells Pak To Take Steps To Prevent Terror (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a rare departure from unwritten protocol.
- I-Day Celebrated By Indians Abroad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Indians living in several parts of the world today celebrated their homeland’s 60th Independence Day with the hoisting of the Tricolour by respective Ambassadors amid mirth, enthusiasm and renewed pledge to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and . . .
- I-Day: Kalam Hosts Reception At Home (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday hosted a reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of Independence Day.
- Freedom Fighters To Get Da On Pension (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced here dearness allowance for the freedom fighters of the state on the the central government’s pattern in accordance with the existing price index.
- Customary Complaints (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 16, 2006)
The news that some of the best companies in the world are apparently clueless about what customers want should make us feel one with the world.
- Work To Live Or Live To Work (Deccan Herald, Calvin D’Souza, Aug 16, 2006)
Asked what he thought was wrong with the French economic model, US President George Bush recently stated it was because the French did not have a word for entrepreneur.
- Moneyback Offer From Tata Indicom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Tata Indicom has launched a money back offer on the prepaid wireless desktop phone Indicom 10.
- Empty Rhetoric (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 16, 2006)
PM's speech fails to inspire ---- There was a time, many decades ago, when the people of India looked forward to the Prime Minister's address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
- Tackling Child Labour Problem (Daily Excelsior, Ravi Sharma , Aug 16, 2006)
The Govt has banned the employment of children below the age of 14 years as domestic help or in restaurant, road side dabhas, tea stalls and other shops etc.
- Men At Work (Times of India, Janaki Nair, Aug 16, 2006)
Newspapers can perhaps be forgiven for headlining the murder of Tanya Banerjee, a BPO employee in Bangalore, but their interpretation of the event was disturbing.
- Pm Asks Pak To Go Tough On Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
With the dark shadow of terror looming large both in the national and global arena, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has asked Pakistan to take concrete steps in curbing cross border terrorism before going ahead smoothly with bilateral . . .
- Pm Hints At Hike In Price Of Kerosene (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Though the UPA Government has been able to resist economic pressures to hike the prices of kerosene and LPG due to stiff opposition from the Left and the main Opposition BJP, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has hinted at an imminent price rise . . .
- Independence Day Balancing Acts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 16, 2006)
The grand theme of India's place in the sun is much discussed at home and abroad and, unsurprisingly, there are divergent and even conflicting visions of where the country is and where it seems to be headed.
- Distribution Of Assistance Marks Independence Day Celebrations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
37 freedom fighters honoured; Rs. 60.37-lakh assistance disbursed to 302 beneficiaries
- Kumaraswamy Promises Huge Housing Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Rs. 1000-crore `Suvarna Gramodaya' to improve the life of people in rural areas
- Shun Divisiveness: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Calls for new kind of politics in his I-Day address to the nation from the Red Fort
- Message Of Peace (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 16, 2006)
An interview that General Pervez Musharraf gave Frontline on August 1 at the President's office in Rawalpindi.
- Two Ceos & A Nation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 16, 2006)
Unmentionable number one in ceremonial speeches is private enterprise. Is it because we still have ‘socialist’ in our official self-description that entrepreneurship carries such an unpleasant odour?
- The House We Live In (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Aug 16, 2006)
When Parliament meets again tomorrow what are the odds our MPs will plunge into work, their resolve renewed and refreshed by the spirit of Independence Day?
- Should Private Oilcos Be Subsidised? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 16, 2006)
Subsidy in its technical sense means much more than making good losses.
- Enigma Of Arrival (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Aug 16, 2006)
Into the 60th year of its Independence, the country is still struggling to provide basic amenities to large sections, says Jagmohan
- Consensus On National Issues Must: Manmohan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the political class in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort here on Tuesday to "shun the politics of divisiveness" and adopt the politics of "change and progress".
- Build A New India (OutLook, Manmohan Singh , Aug 16, 2006)
...shun the politics of divisiveness and adopt the politics of change and progress ... recognize and reward individual merit and hard work while working for an inclusive society
- Bankers And Boards (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 16, 2006)
Blinkered pen-pushing clips out the big picture
- Tatas In Talks For Nashik Sez (Business Standard, Kausik Datta, Aug 16, 2006)
The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is in talks with the Tata group for setting up a 2,500-acre (1,012.14 hectare) special economic zone (SEZ) at Sinnar near Nashik.
- Pm Hints At Hike In Kerosene, Lpg And Commodity Prices (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday hinted at raising the prices of kerosene and cooking gas in the face of surging global oil prices and made a case for better returns to farmers even at the cost of higher food commodity prices.
- Laughing It Off! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 16, 2006)
The dictionary tells us that a column is “a long round body used in support or adornment or a body of troops with a narrow front”.
- Relevance Of Quarterly Reporting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2006)
Any dilution of corporate disclosure standards could reinforce the permissiveness already manifesting in some areas of corporate governance.
- Uniform Norms For Acquiring Land (The Economic Times, RAGHAV CHANDRA, Aug 16, 2006)
One problem that impedes infrastructure development is the difficulty in acquiring land. Apart from issues of displacement, valuation, compensation, and even propriety, in India, zameen is perceived as a source of dispute, rarely as a tradable . . .
- Pm Hints At Freedom From Subsidies (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday once again attempted to drive home the need for pruning the large subsidy bill. Mr Singh, who said that there were limits to what the government could do to protect people from the effects of high oil . . .
- Of Tar Sands And Sand Castles (Business Line, N. Shanmuganathan, Aug 16, 2006)
The International Energy Agency claims that 37 million barrels per day of non-conventional oil will be produced by 2030.
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