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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 35809:
- How The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 02, 2006)
With Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee pushing through the $8.5 billion FDI project promoted by Indonesia’s Salim Group, two things are clear. First, the Bengal CM won’t back down in face of political dissent.
- A Muslim's Shame And Outrage (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 02, 2006)
The angry helplessness keeps growing as one watches the murder of the Lebanese people by the criminal Israeli state, aided and abetted by the US.
- A Pointer To What? (News International, M.B. Naqvi, Aug 02, 2006)
Several former lieutenant generals, MPs, ministers and some academics have written a letter to the president with copies to the PPP and PML-N chiefs. What they say is common ground among democrats; the only remarkable thing about it is who said it.
- Bsnl Scheme Lacks Publicity (Hindu, Priscilla Jebaraj, Aug 02, 2006)
Few know of Excel Power plan's benefits
- Children Can't Be Hired In Eateries Or As Domestic Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Ban effective from October 10; violators liable to prosecution
- Running For Cover (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 02, 2006)
For years on end, India's political economy has been plagued by the profits our rulers make from office. In plain and simple terms, this means corruption. With exceptions, the processes of government have been corrupted by sleaze.
- Signals From G8 (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 02, 2006)
The G8 summit proves that the West needs Russia more than Russia, with its vast oil reserves and booming economy, needs the West.
- Bjp Blocks Traffic To Protest Price Rise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The BJP today blocked traffic for two hours at the Victory Tunnel here in protest against the failure of the government in controlling price rise.
- Bush Authorizes Graphite Export To China (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
President George W Bush authorized the export to China of 907,200 kg of bulk graphite for making plastics and said he did not believe it would prove detrimental to the US space launch industry.
- Vijaya Bank Hikes Interest Rates On Deposits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Offers higher return on funds invested for five years or more
- Being Open With Regional Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2006)
The approval by the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) Negotiating Committee on Rules of a new transparency mechanism for regional trade agreements (RTAs) is a development that is inevitable in the context of the proliferation of RTAs.
- Pak Rejects Indian Allegation Over Safta (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was not implementing SAFTA in letter and spirit.
- Stick To Core Business, Ongc Told (Deccan Herald, Aditya Raj Das, Aug 02, 2006)
State-owned oil and gas exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been directed by the Petroleum Ministry to stick to its core competence of oil and gas exploration rather than diverting focus on retailing of petroleum products.
- Bts India Private Equity Fund Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The fund will have a corpus of $80 m
- When Is Violence ‘Terror’ And When Is It Not? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2006)
There was nothing ‘natural’ about the slaughter of Sikhs in 1984, and nothing ‘natural’ about Gujarat 2002.
- On The Runway And Ready For Take-Off (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 02, 2006)
Given China's current airport infrastructure and its expansion plans, India's task of catching up becomes formidable.
- Rwanda Striving For A High-Tech Future (Hindu, Xan Rice, Aug 02, 2006)
If successful, the percentage of Rwanda's workforce involved in farming will drop from 90 per cent to 50 per cent in 15 years
- U.S.' Latest Plans On Cuba (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The latest U.S. scheme for Cuba has classified sections that are believed to contain plans of attack and assassination.
- Sensex Down By 79 Points On Profit-Taking » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, fell by nearly 79 points on Tuesday morning trading on profit-selling by funds and retail investors in bluechip stocks.
- Skewed Approach (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Aug 02, 2006)
The Planning Commission's blueprint for the Eleventh Plan reflects the reformer's mindset.
- To India And Pakistan (News International, Amanullah Khan, Aug 02, 2006)
For most of the time during their 60-year-long history as free nations, India and Pakistan have been fighting against each other at national and international levels and on political, diplomatic, economic, military and media fronts.
- New Vision (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2006)
By any measure, it is Bengal’s biggest leap forward into the future.
- Eu To Approach Wto To Cut Indian Duties On Wine (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The ongoing battle for access to India's vast whisky and wine market has entered a new phase with the European Union deciding to seek the removal of India's restrictive import duties under WTO's dispute settlement mechanism.
- A Critique Of The Private Sector In Pakistan (News International, Mosharraf Zaidi, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan's favourite past-time is dissecting and criticising the government.
- Of Old Strengths In A New Era (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 02, 2006)
Interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review.
- 5,000 Apply For Water Connections In Tirupur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Municipality extends deadline
SBI is issuing applications and receiving deposits
The local body plans to provide 15,000 connections
- Should India Move To Full Convertibility? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 02, 2006)
Eventually it boils down to whether it is the lack of convertibility or the absence of other reforms that is holding back the deluge of dollars.
- Sebi Takeover Code To Help M&as (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2006)
The amendments to the takeover regulations notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on May 26, 2006 will facilitate merger and acquisitions and help the companies to restructure themselves to achieve greater economies of scale . . .
- Power Struggles Stem Our Growth Impetus (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Even as global uncertainty is curbing India’s business confidence, policy signals are amiss
- Eventful Quarter (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 02, 2006)
The corporate sector prospects depend on how the Government manages the twin objectives of fiscal prudence and ending oil sector distortions.
- Fiscal Finances Unravel (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 02, 2006)
Surging expenditures disrupt fiscal correction
- Promises Not Kept (Business Standard, M J Antony, Aug 02, 2006)
State governments lure industries with incentives and then go back on their words.
- Waiting For Iran (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 02, 2006)
The endgame in the Iranian nuclear imbroglio may have begun, going by the UNSC resolution passed last Monday, giving Tehran a month to suspend its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.
- Wb Lends $225 Mn To Reduce Poverty In Orissa (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The World Bank has approved a $225 million loan and credit to support a reform programme designed to boost inclusive economic growth and achieve rapid poverty reduction in the Indian state of Orissa.
- It's A Legacy Of The Licence-Permit Raj (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2006)
The FM’s suggestion that states could impose controls with the Centre’s express permission to tackle prices is a step back for commodities market reform. Instead, the need is for speeding up reforms to allow the market to moderate prices.
- Q1 Fiscal Deficit Cross Estimates , Govt Assures (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
After fiscal deficit during the first quarter crossed 50 per cent of the budget estimates for the current fiscal, the government on Tuesday said it is working to meet the fiscal deficit target for 2006-07.
- How About A Taylor Rule For India? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Aug 02, 2006)
It was formulated by a Stanford don following an analysis of the US Fed’s monetary policy
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Lebanese Quagmire (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The way Israel positions itself in the world political order is not a prescription for peace in the region.
- Un Resolution On Iran (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
The timing couldn’t have been worse.
- Superpower Returns (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Aug 02, 2006)
The influence of the United States on Israeli politics is not as great as it is generally believed, says Niall Ferguson
- Jaswant Style: Tol-Mole Ke Bol (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
PM says nation can draw own conclusion ---- The mole controversy saw a verbal slugfest between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP leader Jaswant Singh during a three-hour enlivening discussion in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
- Tightened Monetary Policy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 01, 2006)
WHILE reiterating its dual responsibility to ensure price stability and promote economic growth, the State Bank of Pakistan has further tightened its monetary stance, initiated in early 2005, to contain inflationary pressures.
- Forget Loan Waivers, Bring In Positive Reforms (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Aug 01, 2006)
Rural reforms need more than just a human face with tears; needed are strong and compassionate people to head what seems to be a directionless government machinery.
- Qana Massacre Blowback Will Hurt Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 01, 2006)
The world is outraged by what Israel did on Sunday but helpless to do anything about it. Sixty people were killed, at least 37 of them children, in an Israeli air raid on the Lebanese village of Qana, the biggest incident of ruthless murder of . . .
- Bureaucratic Capture Of Market Regulation (Business Standard, M GOVINDA RAO, Aug 01, 2006)
A great thing about Indian bureaucrats is that they take any challenge as an opportunity.
- Fall In Eden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Despite what the numbers clearly demonstrate, there may not be any victors in the aftermath of the elections held in the Cricket Association of Bengal. Of course, there can be no doubt that Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya has scored a personal triumph . . .
- Reliance Comm Posts Rs 531 Cr Net Profit On User Growth (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Anil Ambani group company and India’s top CDMA-based mobile services provider Reliance Communications Ltd today announced a net profit of Rs 531 crore for the first quarter of the current fiscal on increasing subscriber figures and networks expansion.
- Pro-Incumbency Wave Eludes India (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
There is a pro-incumbency wave running across emerging markets.
- Nature Of Economic Change (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Aug 01, 2006)
Economic change is for the most part a deliberate process shaped by the perceptions of the actors .
- Nasdaq Trading From Infosys Campus (Hindu, Sharath S. Srivatsa , Aug 01, 2006)
First company in Asia to be bestowed the honour; Mysore gets remote belling opportunity
- Pnb Q1 Net Up 3% At Rs 367-Cr (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Punjab National Bank on Monday posted a 2.61 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 367.52 crore for the quarter ended June 30, as compared to Rs 358.16 crore for the same quarter in 2005-06.
- Gunmen Abduct 25 People From Baghdad (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Aug 01, 2006)
Gunmen wearing camouflaged uniforms of Iraqi security forces abducted 25 people from a company in central Baghdad on Monday, police sources said.
- India Inc Marches On (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
The corporate earnings’ growth momentum has been sustained for the April-June 2006 quarter, with sales growth across sectors averaging 32% and bottomline growth higher at 60% on an average.
- The Importance Of Being Fiscally Responsible (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 01, 2006)
For, large fiscal deficits mean inflation, large interest payments, external indebtedness, etc
- Heading For Un-Isation Of The Wto? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Members need to focus on trade liberalisation, re-haul decision making and moderate expectations.
- Uma Trains Guns On Left, Congress (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Training her guns at the Left parties and the Congress and hinting that her party would have an ideological and political confrontation with both, firebrand leader Uma Bharti has equated the BJP with a dead body “devoid of any soul”.
- President’S Mind (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 01, 2006)
WHAT President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said during his address to the joint session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Friday highlighted the role of socio-economic development in bringing about . . .
- Prudence Over Pep (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 01, 2006)
Caution over exuberance seems to be the hallmark of the first quarter review of the Monetary Policy.
- Education Panacea Of All Evils: Dua (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 01, 2006)
The people of the country seem to have lost the will to assert themselves by consciously choosing to accept the ills plaguing our society. Instead of taking steps to contain corruption and increasing criminalisation in politics, the masses are . . .
- Sidhu Damdami Is Editor Of Punjabi Tribune (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The Tribune Trust has appointed Mr G.S. Sidhu Damdami Editor of Punjabi Tribune. He will take over the new charge tomorrow, Mr H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune group of newspapers, said here today.
- Model Crorepati (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
N R Narayana Murthy is a mentor in more ways than one. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Infosys Technologies, he announced the disbursement of Rs 126 crore to 55,000 employees, cementing his credentials as a wealth sharer.
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- From Mysore With Love: Infy Rings Nasdaq Bell (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Limited became the first company from the Asia Pacific to open Nasdaq stock market outside the US by remotely ringing the opening bell from its Mysore campus on Monday.
- A Joyful First Quarter (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Sustained improvement in corporate performance and the surge in first quarter profitability in important sectors, such as cement, telecom, fertilisers and metals, have been backed by buoyant demand in both domestic and external markets.
- Seeds Of Competition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 01, 2006)
Not only will growers have a choice, also monopoly pricing will give way to competitive pricing of seeds.
- Reliance Comm Q1 Net Up At Rs 513 Cr (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Reliance Communications Ltd announced a consolidated net profit of Rs 513 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, its first full quarter after it was listed on the exchanges.
- The Box That Changed The World (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Aug 01, 2006)
It Is 40 feet long, 8.5 or 9.5 feet high, and eight feet wide.
- Movement Of Labour Is Inevitable (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
Sandeep Gopalan, associate professor of law at the Arizona State University, was recently appointed to the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration. The only Indian on the commission, he tells Harsh Kabra that immigration reforms must . . .
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- Education For Women: Role Of Open Universities (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
The twentieth century will be known for the movements and consolidation of the agenda of human rights and democracy.
- Blast In Mumbai: An Acid Test (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Terrorists struck in a big way at the financial heart of India on 11th July, 2006, on Mumbai's lifeline, that is the local trains running in the City's western suburbs.
- Bush Pledges To Try To Revive Doha Trade Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
President George W. Bush pledged on Monday to try to jump-start the Doha round of global trade talks after they collapsed last week, saying that opening up foreign markets would boost the U.S. economy.
- Karthikeyan Nurtures Indian F1 Dreams (Reuters, N.Ananthanarayanan, Aug 01, 2006)
When Narain Karthikeyan was chasing his dream of joining Formula One's elite, many in India felt he was being over ambitious.
- Instruction By Example (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The truth of incarnation is that the Supreme Being, out of His infinite mercy, chooses to descend from His abode of permanent bliss in Vaikunta to the earth and live as one among the beings of this world (as a fish, tortoise, boar or human being . . .
- Rangasamy Presents Rs. 2, 686-Crore Tax Free Budget (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
Pondicherry to modernise police force, step up coastal security
- More Security For Railways (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Steps to be taken to prevent recurrence of blasts
Plan announced by Patil in Rajya Sabha
New laws may be introduced for better cooperation between forces protecting railways
Centre to raise 300 additional battalions of police
States asked . . .
- Balance Your Life With Commitment And Love (Times of India, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Aug 01, 2006)
Commitment is the language of the wise; complaint is that of fools. Commitment is a responsibility and it includes accountability. Our weaknesses result in disappointment.
- Reliance Comm Makes Rs 513 Cr Q1 Profit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Anil Ambani owned-Reliance Communications group on Monday reported a consolidated profit for the fiscal first quarter of Rs 513 crore as users surged and networks expanded in the world’s fastest growing wireless services market.
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
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