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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 35809:
- Centre Tilting Towards U.S.: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
'Not keeping to an independent foreign policy line as spelt out in the CMP'
- Bjp Mulls Privilege Motion Against Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The BJP today said it was considering bringing a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the "media leaks" of the Pathak authority report into Volcker's allegations on oil-for-food scam.
- Nod Here, No There (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 05, 2006)
First bridge the gap between two departments
It reflects poorly on the West Bengal government if the drive towards industrialisation is dogged by an appalling lack of inter-department coordination.
- Preconditions For The Xi Plan (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Aug 05, 2006)
Before Parliament meets for its winter session, the Approach Paper to the XI Five-Year Plan would have been endorsed by the National Development Council. Historically, Parliament has been a recipient, not a forum for discussing five-year Plans.
- President Stresses Incentives For Small Farm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Friday stressed the need for providing small farmers with incentives to increase agricultural and livestock production to help alleviate poverty at the grass roots level.
- Happiness Indices Must Be Discounted (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
A recent study that has received global attention seems to conclude that money can buy happiness and probably falls short of asking: “Does happiness buy money at all?”
- Board Nod `Must' For Psbs Raising Interest Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Directive follows a spate of interest rate hikes by banks
- Unsure On Urea (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 05, 2006)
The failure of the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) to decide on new urea pricing, referring the issues to a committee of secretaries (COS), is another instance of the dithering on policy issues.
- Intrinsic Worth Never Diminishes (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 05, 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 05, 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 . . .
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 05, 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) . . .
- Reform Needs Unreserved Support (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 05, 2006)
The Government must aim to raise the foundations, not bring down the ceiling through a quota regime.
- Leash On Lease Rent (Business Line, R. Anand, Aug 05, 2006)
Following the Amendment Act, all lessees will have to deduct 20 per cent tax on the entire rental, which will obviously stifle the cash flows of leasing companies.
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- What Goes Around (Business Standard, Kishore Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
Soon after we were married, and my sister-in-law was coming to visit along with her children, I found there were misgivings on both sides. My feelings of trepidation were based on my wife’s anxiety on how I would entertain a relative by law easily . . .
- Current Account Deficit Is Okay, Fdi Is The Issue (Business Standard, RAJIV KUMAR, Aug 05, 2006)
The share of debt and FII inflows in capital flows rose to 75% last year.
One of the major factors behind the transformation of India’s current account deficit (CAD), from a deficit of 3.1 per cent of GDP in 1990-91 to a surplus in 2001-02, . . .
- World Should Pay Heed To Oic Call (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
The Putrajaya OIC summit has condemned the relentless Israeli aggression and called for immediate and comprehensive cease-fire and deployment of UN peace force in Lebanon.
- Punjab’S Subsidy On Essential Items (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
The Punjab Cabinet, which met in Lahore on Thursday with Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi in the chair, has decided to give subsidy to the tune of Rs 2.33 billion on food items including atta, pulses and sugar to deserving people in the province.
- It’S Good Of Mqm (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
The mqm Federal and Provincial Ministers as well as Advisors were back on their desks on Friday after the weeklong political stalemate in the ruling coalition ended with Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad’s meeting and MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s telephonic . . .
- Us Allays Fears On N-Deal Deviation, Favours Nailing Dawood (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US on Friday allayed India's fears over possible changes in the civil nuclear deal and hoped the US lawmakers would adhere to the spirit of the agreement between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- India Not To Take Iran To Court On Lng (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 05, 2006)
India is unlikely to take Iran to court for walking out of the 22-billion dollar LNG deal but wants Tehran to take responsibility of not being able to execute the project, a top official said on Friday.
- Intelligence Warns More Terror Strikes (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
With intelligence agencies warning of fresh terrorist strikes in the country, especially in Maharashtra, the Centre has summoned Chief Secretary of Maharashtra D Shankaran, Director General of Police PS Pasricha and the chief of . . .
- Education For Few (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 05, 2006)
The new education bill proposed by the UPA will exclude disadvantaged groups from quality schooling and pass the burden to cash-strapped State governments.
- Tackling Terrorism (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
Nothing effective can be done to tackle terrorism unless people rise as one man to help law enforcement.
- A Disastrous Model (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow.
- 'Free-Market' Propaganda Through 'Planning'? (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Money For A Good Purpose (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Aug 05, 2006)
The government cannot claim that it has no money for poverty alleviation programmes when clearly it has failed to tax the rich adequately.
- West Asian Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 05, 2006)
The visual images of distraught Indians being evacuated from Beirut following Israeli air raids on suspected positions of militants groups Hizbullah and Hamas has once again brought to the fore India's political and economic stakes in West Asia.
- Twin Evils (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
As often stated in these columns Naxalism and terrorism have emerged twin threats to the country. Our State has been a major victim of militant activities. It is only too well known that perpetrators of violence invariably come from the other side . . .
- Primacy Of Democracy In Pakistan (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Aug 05, 2006)
“man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What makes it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
- Bill To Set Up Finance Commission Passed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The Legislative Assembly today passed State Finance Commission bill providing for equitable development of all three regions of the State by equal distribution of resources available for development.
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 05, 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 foreign . .
- Boucher Dispels India's N-Deal Fears (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US on Friday allayed India's fears over the final shape of the nuclear deal between the two countries, maintaining that the pact would be on the lines of what was originally agreed upon by President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Natwar Admits He Wrote Letter To Help Son's Friend (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Former minister Natwar Singh on Friday night admitted that he wrote to Iraqi authorities to help Andaleeb Sehgal, a friend of his son Jagat, and insisted there was nothing wrong about it.
- Rivals Toy With ‘Plot’ Against Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The National Democratic Alliance is considering bringing a breach of privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the “leak” of the R.S. Pathak authority report to the media.
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- Psu Banks Asked To Seek Approval Before Rate Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Concerned over the increasing impact on rising interest rate on the middle class budget, the government today indicated to intervene by asking the public sector banks to take prior approval of their Boards of Directors before announcing any hike in . . .
- Tata Indicom Offer (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Tata Indicom today announced the launch of its money back offer on its prepaid wireless desktop phone Indicom 10.
- Ril’S Plea For Compensation Rejected (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The government today rejected Reliance Industries Ltd’s demand for compensation equal to public sector oil firms, to make up for the losses it suffered on petrol and diesel sales.
- Parmar: Proud Pahari And Able Leader (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Aug 05, 2006)
Fondly remembered as the architect of Himachal for his feat in earning Himachal full statehood on January 25, 1971, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar was a personality to reckon with.
- Bangladesh–New Hub For Terrorism (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Aug 05, 2006)
While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaida and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for terrorist operations . . .
- Greed And Growth (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Aug 05, 2006)
Forty years ago China was turned upside down because Mao Zedong felt that his Party was ignoring him, treating him like a “dead parent at a funeral.”
- Nato’S New Role In Afghanistan (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
On Monday, 31 July, NATO took up its first military combat role since its founding in 1949 – not in Europe, for the security of which it was established during the Cold War, but in Afghanistan.
- Justice Pathak Rejects Leakage From His Office (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Justice Pathak today scoffed off any idea about the leakage of the report of his findings on the Iraqi oil-for-food scam to media, saying the office of the inquiry authority under him had no role in leaking the report to any one.
- Oppn Won't Let Cong Off The Hook (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
After the BJP, it’s now the government’s turn to face the flak.
The leak of the Pathak Inquiry Authority report on the Volcker committee revelations triggered an uproar in Parliament, with the Opposition disrupting proceedings in the two Houses . . .
- Money Trail Does Not Lead To Us, Says Jagat Singh (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A day after the Justice Pathak committee presented its report to the prime minister, Jagat Singh, son of former external affairs minister Natwar Singh, claimed he and his father stood vindicated, and that the Volcker oil-for-food scam was being . . .
- Construction Of Drains, Roads No Longer On Ntc’S Plate (Indian Express, SUMANT BANERJI, Aug 04, 2006)
The change in stance comes as a shot in the arm for the PSU, which is banking on the sale of defunct mills
- Government Bans Child Labour In Restaurants And Homes (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Aug 04, 2006)
We see them all around us: Little children slaving their childhoods away in dhabas, homes and other establishments to help their poor parents augment the family income.
- Premium League Needs A Level Playing Field (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 04, 2006)
The underreported July 7, 2006 circular by The Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) on zero commissions for its Mediclaim policy for individuals over 55 is the result of a typical half-way reforms trap, a three-sided prism that takes the clean white . . .
- Mobilizing Youth For Rural Extension Work (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
Nearly 70 per cent of the rural population in India is beset with cumbersome problems like poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, resource-poor, liquor/drug addiction, superstitions, beliefs, etc.
- A Passage To Indo-Us Nuclear Pact (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 04, 2006)
The India/USA nuclear agreement in my opinion will be 'passed' as there are many Economic benefits on both sides and I think the Cold war arguments no longer hold good.
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Six Software Firms Join Itanium Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) and Intel on Thursday announced the addition of six Indian software companies as newly enlisted members of the Alliance in India, and Intel's continued support of the platform with five new products.
- ‘This Is A War About Global Values’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
In a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair stresses the need to “Think ahead.” And “Think China... Russia...India” because “all of these great emerging powers want a benign relationship . . .
- Agricultural Growth (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 04, 2006)
The Dutch disease is known to economists as a fall in agricultural profitability as a consequence of macro developments.
- Can “Carbon-Trading” Save The World? (Tribune, Philip Thornton, Aug 04, 2006)
What is carbon trading, and can it save the world from global warming? British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently joined with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, to announce a transatlantic market in carbon-dioxide emissions.
- Call The Bluff (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
Even Mr Manmohan Singh’s mildness and patience have their limits. The prime minister has, at long last, done some straight talking to the comrades.
- Why We Need To Be On Our Toes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
On an average the terrorists inflict two heart-rending tragedies in the country every month.
- Rajasthan To Showcase Economic Progress At Trade Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Focus would be on recent findings of huge oil reserves in Barmer: Industries Minister
- Reining In Distorting Subsidies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
The World Trade Report 2006 has as its principal focus government subsidies, which may have specific goals of correcting market distortions and . . .
- 21 Killed In Car Bomb Attack In Afghan Market (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up in a crowded town market in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 21 civilians, near where NATO troops were on patrol, officials said.
- Silent Partitions (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
The divisions caused by decades of communal strife are partly responsible for the terror in Mumbai.
- Finance Ministry Directed To Hold Meeting On Recovery Of Npas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Bench fixes August 10 for meeting in Solicitor-General's office
To meet RBI officials and suggest measures to recover NPAs from public sector banks, financial institutions
Petition filed by Common Cause
- 21 Killed In Afghan Car Bomb Attack (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up in a crowded town market in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 21 civilians, officials said.
- All Churned Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
Party’s union queers the pitch
Any euphoria over Monday’s perceived great leap forward with the Salim group must be tempered with the fact that another notable endeavour towards a Resurgent Bengal seems destined to run aground unless the government . .
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- Hope Always (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 04, 2006)
Why do you go to the forest in search of God? He lives in all and is yet ever distinct; He abides with you, too, As fragrance dwells in a flower, And reflection in a mirror; So does God dwell inside everything; Seek Him, therefore, in your heart.
- Ban Foreign Ceos For Indian Firms? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
Considering India’s history, it is natural that the government of India would tread cautiously whenever national security is at stake.
- Reveal Name Of Mole, Now Bjp Asks Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday turned the table on the Congress challenging it to "disclose the names of the moles" who revealed the country's preparations to go for the nuclear tests.
- Landslides, Flash Floods Leave 19 Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
At least 19 people were killed and 10 others wounded in landslides and flash floods caused by torrential rains in various areas of Mansehra and Batgram districts on Thursday.
- Military Muscle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
The defence establishment obviously got jittery when the nationwide outrage at the bombing of civilians in Lebanon saw the Left parties press for scrapping military purchases from Israel.
- A New Challenge For Nato (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
“The mission is simple - but the delivery of it is complex,” British defence secretary, Des Browne, told the Commons last month, a neat summary of Britain’s task in Afghanistan, but also a misleading one.
- Oic For Immediate Truce In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gen Zahid Nabbed: A Positive Signal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gas Exploration In Nwfp (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Nwfp Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that a massive search for oil and gas is in progress in the Karak, Kohat, Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts of the province. Talking to Nazims in Peshawar on Wednesday, he said that the discovery of oil . . .
- Rs10,000 For Doctor’S Service To ‘Beggar Maf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Unemployed? ‘Get your limbs amputated. Become a beggar’. If this was the latest from India’s national capital, where a thriving ‘arms for alms’ trade has left even the most corrupt and mendacious head hanging in shame, it is the shocking silence of . . .
- India's Spies For All Seasons (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 04, 2006)
My fear about the spy scare - not so much a real scare as exciting gossip that diminishes Mr Jaswant Singh's highly readable memoir A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India - is that it might reinforce what he calls American "reluctance to . . .
- Notional Security Adviser (Pioneer, MN Buch, Aug 04, 2006)
MK Narayanan had no business going candid on television and making a mockery of everything that Intelligence stands for, says MN Buch
- Dalal St Tested On Oil Prices, Ecb Rates (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Dalal Street on Thursday withstood the onslaughts of rising oil prices and impending interest rates hike from European Central Bank successfully as it finally ended with a gain of 46.97 points or 0.43 per cent at 10,923.16.
- A Monsoon Blessing (The Financial Express, VIVEK BHARATI, Aug 04, 2006)
The expected bumper harvest and firmer grain prices this year could stimulate demand for consumer goods, which would not be much affected by emerging capacity constraints.
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