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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 35809:
- Israel Will Not Capitulate (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Ben Caspit proposes the text of a speech by the Prime Minister that would explain to the world what exactly Tel Aviv is fighting for
- 'China, Pak Not Our Only Concern, Navy To Be Fully Balanced In 10 Yrs' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Indian Navy's modernisation and upgradation programme is on track and within the next 10 years the service will be fully balanced, Naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash said.
- When Frugal Germans Forced The Retail Gaint Wal-Mart Out (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
When Wal-Mart arrived in Germany eight years ago, it tried to introduce its new customers to an American custom...
- Ideology And Confusion (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Aug 08, 2006)
Hinduism and India’s cultural heritage now have to contend with two major adversaries, apart from its traditional enemies such as the Islamic warriors and Christian missionaries.
- Cup That Despairs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Irresponsible trade unionism in tea gardens
However much a well-meaning Chief Minister may try to treat it as a closed chapter, irresponsible trade unionism seems likely to plague West Bengal for some time yet despite the paradigm shift in Marxist . . .
- War On Drugs In Afghanistan Has Failed: Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The war against drugs in Afghanistan is a failure and the strategy needs to be changed, the top United Nations official in the world’s biggest heroin-producing country said on Monday.
- Expulsion Of Envoys Won’T Hurt Peace: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Pakistan and India will not affect the peace process between the two countries, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Woman And Child As Merchandise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
Biswajit Ghosh and Ananda Mohan Kar
The problem of trafficking against women and children in India is now an important social issue. It refers to the movement of men, women and children from one place to another through force, coercion or . . .
- Half A Million Homeless In India Floods, Mumbai Hit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country’s financial capital.
- Anil Ambani Questions Govt Decision On Ril-Rnrl Gas Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Terming as "premature and unfortunate" the rejection by government of the gas price agreement between RIL and his group company RNRL, Anil Ambani today said the Petroleum Ministry should have referred the issue to an expert committee for evaluation.
- A Blow To Banking Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
The government’s arm-twisting of public sector banks into reconsidering the recent interest rate hikes undermines the RBI’s monetary management authority and severely dents the UPA government’s reforms credentials.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Quality And Price — The Basic Factors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
An action plan to reduce the cost of doing business is stated to have been finalised by the ministry of industries and production, something urgently needed to make the economy globally competitive.
- Iran Rejects Un Nuclear Deadline (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today that Iran will expand uranium enrichment, in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution setting an 31 August deadline for the Islamic Republic to halt the activity or face the threat of political and economic . .
- Getting Health Premiums To Fall (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
While most have interpreted the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority’s (IRDA’s) proposal to allow the free pricing of non-life insurance premiums from January 1 next year as a sign that health insurance rates will rise, if the IRDA does its . . .
- 'The Elephants Have To Lead' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
'The package is at risk, failure of talks will hit the vulnerable countries the most'
- A Bit Of Galbraith And A Vision In 4-D (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The PM's press advisor advocates a marriage between economic and foreign policy, but is anyone listening?
- Nda Gives Privilege Notice Against Pm (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The National Democatic Alliance gave a privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the leakage of Pathak Commission report in the Lok Sabha, saying it would not allow Parliament to function till he apologises or quits over the leak of . . .
- India: Looking Back And Forward (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
I came to India four years ago at an exciting time in India’s recent history. Change was palpable and a new sense of confidence was in the air.
- Qin's English (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2006)
When the Chinese decide to put their minds to something, they usually end up doing a pretty good job of it. In a campaign that can only be termed as ‘Let Not A Thousand Englishes Bloom’, Beijing is on its way to eradicating ‘Chinglish’, the . . .
- Analysis - Passions Rise As Flagship India Dam Fills (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 07, 2006)
It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon.
- Unreliable Iran (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
India signed a deal with Iran two years ago for 5 million tonnes of LNG/year at a capped rate of $3.40/ mmbtu. Iran says the contract was never ratified, and wants to raise the price to $5.40/mmbtu.
- The Precedence Principle (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, Aug 07, 2006)
There is a law in economic policy-making. For every silly policy, there is a precedence somewhere in the world. Indians should be flattered that the Indian Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) of 1955 is being cited by the Philippines and Malaysia, in an . . .
- Change Is The Only Constant (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 07, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement, in my opinion, will be passed, as there are several economic benefits the two sides can expect from it. Moreover, the Cold War arguments are no longer relevant in today's world.
- Money Supply, Interest Rates And Growth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 07, 2006)
No policy on the impact of money supply on inflation is complete without analysing productivity growth.
- Justice’S New Phase (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
What The Sunday Express found out via a right to information application the government surely knew already—that extra quotas in higher education would be less problematic, both from the point of view of interest group conflicts and perhaps also . . .
- In The Fitness Of Things (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2006)
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) has received a critical impetus by the appointment of renowned cardiologist Dr Srinath Reddy from AIIMS as president, and the induction of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia . . .
- The Art Of Relaxation (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Aug 07, 2006)
There are three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming and sleeping. In the waking state, we experience the world through the five senses.
- Centre Creating Problems For State Govt (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 07, 2006)
Instead of extending a helping hand to its own government in Punjab at this crucial stage when the Assembly poll is not too far, the Congress- led UPA Government at the Centre is creating one problem after another for the state government.
- Point Of Interest (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 07, 2006)
By asking banks not to hike interest rates, finance minister P Chidambaram has spoken out of turn. Central bank autonomy is key to the conduct of effective monetary policy, and most governments understand that.
- Are We Starving The Proverbial Goose? (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Aug 07, 2006)
Higher lending rates may curb the appetite for personal credit but we can offset the crunch on aggregate demand by investing in manufacturing capacity and infrastructure
- The India Story (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 07, 2006)
That we need better infrastructure to attract more investments and investors is known. This week brought another instance from our financial capital.
- Sense And Sensitivity (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 07, 2006)
India seems to have finally decided to bypass Bangladesh in the proposed natural gas pipeline from Myanmar.
- Party Time (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 07, 2006)
Delhi is back with a bang. The Page 3 regulars, designers, socialites and wannabes are back to partying big time.
- China Increases Pressure On Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Beijing – China’s Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s.
- Lands And Ways Of Life (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Aug 07, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Second, how far should the government indulge itself in the act of acquiring land, by force if necessary, from farmers and hand them over to profit-maximizing investors?
- Blasts From The Past (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Watching one’s heroes of yesteryear on television nowadays, in shows like “Cricket Classics”, makes one extremely nostalgic.
- Sustainable Growth (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 07, 2006)
Suicide deaths, growing indebtedness, wheat imports and stagnant food production coupled with declining crop productivity signal a farm crisis that can no longer be ignored.
- Not For Grab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
As the government is encouraging the setting up of special economic zones (SEZs) on the Chinese model, private companies are acquiring large chunks of land. There is a boom in the housing sector due to low interest rates, easy availability of finance . .
- Tax Frauds Cost Centre Rs 3,500 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Govt agencies serve show-cause notices on 1,311 exporters for misuse of schemes
- The Conflict Will Damage Lebanese Workers (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Aug 07, 2006)
The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is estimated to cost at least œ13 billion to repair.
- Rajasthan Government Preparing New Human Development Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
To facilitate planning for improving the standard of life of people
- Improving Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
The focus of the recently released, India-specific, World Bank's Development Policy Review, is seen in its title "Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: building on India's success."
- Pm, Sonia Woo Lalu & Paswan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are both banking heavily on railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan to dilute and fragment the 27 per cent reservation for the OBCs in educational institutions.
- "For The U.S., The Nuclear Issue Of Iran Is Just An Excuse" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
As Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council,Ali Larijaniis Iran's top nuclear negotiator. In an interview with The Hindu in Tehran on Saturday, he discussed Iran's nuclear programme, its relations with India and the escalating crisis . . .
- Economy Builds New Sinews (Hindu, P. A. SESHAN, Aug 07, 2006)
But for high oil prices and heavy subsidy burden, growth impulses remain active
Fiscal and monetary policies have to be designed to enable heavy outlays in close cooperation with Indian and foreign interests in the private sector.
- Reverse Mortgage For Senior Citizens - Whether It Will Help? (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Aug 07, 2006)
Can you explain whether reverse mortgage is a method of tax planning for senior citizens?
Reverse mortgage is not so much a matter of tax planning as one of finding liquidity for a senior citizen for his living expenses. In case, where a senior . . .
- De-Listing The Minority Shareholders (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 07, 2006)
Last week’s trading pattern with the steep and inexplicable rise and fall of stock prices suggests large-scale market manipulation. This is happening despite the big change in the trader profile due to increased transparency, stricter Know Your . . .
- The Train Over River Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Before the Chinese thought of building a rail line to connect Quinhai, province in the southwest of China, to Lhasa, the idea would have been fantasy.
- Impact On Growth (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 07, 2006)
The FM’s moves seem as if the government wants to regain control over banks. But his advice to banks is right.
- Drop Them A Quicker Lifeline (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Aug 07, 2006)
Government cannot wash its hands of the various child welfare schemes by merely framing a law against child labour, says Ahtesham Qureshy.
- Ipi Gas Deal (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India are united on something at last: on the fact that they both want a far lower price than what Iran is demanding.
- The Export Challenge Is Real (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 07, 2006)
Rains in Karachi have claimed several lives. Many people were hit hard by frequent and prolonged power breakdowns and some were electrocuted on the first day of the downpour.
- Questions For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
When extreme malleability threatens political morals we still tend to look at the CPM to see if someone cares for the straight and the narrow.
- Five Lashkar Men Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The police said on Sunday it had unearthed a Lashkar-e-Taiba module with the arrest of five militants of the outfit involved in a series of grenade attacks.
- 'Absolute Act Of Indiscipline' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Congress’ patience with former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh’s is finally beginning to wear thin. The party, talking informally of adopting a ‘wait and watch’ approach towards him on Saturday, was by Sunday dubbing his privilege motion . .
- Rbi Intervention Sought (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary on Saturday sought the intervention of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) into the episode of Chief Minister’s family members purchasing a property in Whitefield to look into the alleged violation of lending . . .
- Upa Accused Of Dumping Proposal For 6 New Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today accused the Congress-led UPA of putting to cold storage the proposal of the previous NDA government for opening six new AIIMS and upgradation of six existing hospitals to the level of AIIMS.
- Too Much Detail! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The author writes in colloquial ‘gangster rap’ which takes the focus away from the story and leaves the reader word weary.
- Pak Must Destroy Terror Infrastructure: Doval (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 06, 2006)
A quintessential “operations” man and the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian intelligence brass, Ajit Kumar Doval (IPS 1968 batch, Kerala cadre), is viewed as a national asset.
- Mountain In The Molehill (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 06, 2006)
Did you notice that in the entire commotion over the Jaswant Singh mole revelation nobody talked about the one aspect which, if any at all, should have mattered today? And it is not so much as to who the mole was, but whether or not a leakage did . . .
- Infosys Chief To Develop It (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
To the majority across India, Assam and the Seven Sisters represent a vast reservoir of wasted, troubled talent.
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 06, 2006)
There are some good reasons why a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal is a bad idea. Unlike practical legislation, resolutions reflect emotion and sentiment, things that ought to be kept in check when dealing with a country’s . . .
- Natwar, Do It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
The former external affairs minister must accept the Pathak panel findings and make a graceful exit
- Bjp Demands Multi-Party Probe Into Media Leaks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today demanded setting up of a committee comprising leaders from both the Opposition and ruling UPA to inquire into the media leaks of the Justice Pathak Authority Report on the oil-for-food scam.
- Typhoon Kills 31 In China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
At least 31 people were confirmed dead and 14 missing in south China in floods triggered by typhoon Prapiroon.
- Potpourri Of Thoughts (New Indian Express, V Geetha, Aug 06, 2006)
The Blindness of Insight is an elegantly argued book. It offers a provocative thesis: that communal violence, especially in northern India, represents a unique resolution of the caste question.
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- Natwar's Exit Won't Affect Congress: Jaiswal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Union Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal on Sunday said several leaders had quit Congress in the past and if Natwar Singh decided to leave the party, it would "not affect" the organisation.
- One More ‘Dazzler’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
All the three main foreign trade targets — export, import and trade deficit — announced for the current year on Monday appear to be largely unrealistic.
- Look At The Spread (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
Banks’ autonomy can’t only be about the unrestricted right to talk up interest rates
- Moderate Quake Shakes Northern India (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 06, 2006)
A moderate earthquake shook northern India and neighbouring Nepal on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of damage, the India Meteorological Department said.
- Whirr Of Wheels (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 06, 2006)
I didn't know I’d be a candidate for this hedonic adaptation. The car stereo or the i-Pod, which extreme commuters play to beguile the hours spent commuting to work, is something I am yet to get hooked on.
- Choice Was Clear, Historic Change Is On The Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
giving its nod to the N-deal, the US House of Representatives has taken Indo-American ties to a broader, deeper level
- We Just Pulled Up Our Diapers On Child Rights (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 06, 2006)
It would be funny, if it weren’t so grim. While India jostles politely for membership to the elite G-8, we have just been awarded membership to another, well, exclusive club.
- Intrinsic Worth Never Diminishes (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2006)
A speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rs 500 note. He asked the participants, “who would like to have this Rs 500 note?”. Hands started going up. He then proceeded to crumple the note and asked,”who still wants it?” More hands went up.
- Building Sustainable Energy Security (The Economic Times, Vandana Shiva, Aug 06, 2006)
The recent hike in oil prices had led to protests by the Left, the BJP and even the Congress. One of the reasons why an increase in the price of petroleum products leads to nation-wide protests is that any hike in oil prices translates into higher . . .
- Fall-Out Of Oil Price Hike (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 06, 2006)
International oil prices that had almost settled around $75/76 a barrel are once again volatile. These have crossed $78 and there are apprehensions that they may reach $80 a barrel within days.
- From Sky, See How China Builds Model Of Indian Border 2400 Km Away (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Aug 06, 2006)
Satellite images show Aksai Chin terrain replicated, with peaks, for possible troop exercises
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2006)
The intention behind the government’s decision to ban employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants, and as helpers in the unorganised part of the hospitality industry, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) . . .
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