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Articles 8221 through 8320 of 35809:
- "Policy Changes Required To Improve Productivity, Investment" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
It is possible to achieve 10 per cent growth in South Asia region, says World Bank economist
- Jayalalithaa Criticises Dmk's Stand On Nlc Divestment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
"DMK had a collective responsibility in the Centre's decision"
- The Bottom’S Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
Bihar reinforces reputation for excess
It ought now to be abundantly clear that certain things in Bihar have nothing to do with who is in power but are, instead, an intrinsic part of the social fabric of the state.
- Beware Of Competition, Bsnl Employees Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
BSNL should prove its mettle by providing quality and competitive service, says Vice-Chancellor
- The Bobby Buckles (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
The British police ~ typified by the London Bobby ~ had long been a universal role model. Seldom taking recourse to firearms so unlike the American “copper”, and generally getting the job done using reputation and authority rather than a truncheon . . .
- Has Indian Advertising Come Of Age? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 28, 2006)
“Let us prove to the world,” wrote William Bernbach in his 1949 manifesto for ‘creative revolution’, “that good taste, good art, good writing can be good selling.
- Bsnl Service For Post-Paid Customers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Those under Plan 325 and 525 can avail of south zone CUG
- Blinking On Iran (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 28, 2006)
No US Government since 1979 has had a serious political strategy regarding Tehran and the Bush Administration is no different, says Richard Perle.
- When Soya Knocks Meat Out (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Jun 28, 2006)
Development means, "progress". It means replacing the inferior with the superior.
- Taking The Lead In Clean Development (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Jun 28, 2006)
There are good commercial reasons to manage greenhouse emissions as envisaged at Kyoto
- Rail Freight Corridor (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 28, 2006)
PPP suggestion has merit
- Too White (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 28, 2006)
Kerala Opposition leader Oommen Chandy says new state finance minister . . .
- Reliance Says It's Ready For Retail (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Organised retailing
Outlets will sell food, groceries, apparel and footwear, lifestyle and home improvement products, electronic goods and farm implements and inputs.
To also offer products and services in energy, travel, health and entertainment.
- A Chance To Do Justice By Vidarbha's Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 28, 2006)
While farmers of the region are hoping for the best outcome from the Prime Minister's fact-finding visit to Maharashtra's Vidarbha district, it would be fitting and in the larger interests of the nation if agriculture is to occupy centrestage, at . . .
- Economy: Can The Dream Run Be Sustained? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jun 28, 2006)
There have been quite a few favourable developments over the past three years with the average GDP growth rate surging to over 8 per cent.
- Crude Affair (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Jun 28, 2006)
A higher subsidy burden has once again limited ONGC’s ability to leverage the buoyant trend in crude oil prices.
- Errant Sebs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 28, 2006)
Doubling per capita power availability by 2012 is a tall order, given the disconnect between policy and populism.
- Governor To Blame, Says Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court today admitted the Centre’s appeal against the Allahabad High Court order on the transfer of the legal adviser to Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar, which has turned into a “confrontation” between him and the High Court . . .
- Close To Civil War? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Militias may not be fighting each other but Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war, with an alarming rise in killings and kidnappings.
- Sensex Down 80pts; Hdfc Drops 3% (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 28, 2006)
The Sensex has recovered most of its lost ground and is now down 80 points at 10,071.
- Barrenness Of Our Envoys (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed for formulation of a pragmatic foreign policy based on the leverage of the success of nation’s economic, political and social policies keeping in mind the changes taking place at the regional and international . .
- The Twin Crises (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 28, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
The Musharraf regime is facing a serious crisis. It has to organise the two elections between October 2007 to February 2008: one national general election and another to the office of the pre
- Rs. 50,000-Cr. Investment Expected In State Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
All districts to be linked to Golden Quadrilateral Project
Plan drawn up to generate 4,000 mega watts of power in next two years
15,000 acres of land acquired in and around Bangalore for SSIs
Wipro, Infosys urged to expand their operations
- President, Pm Concerned Over Delay In Power (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister ShauKat Aziz have expressed concern over slow movement in setting up power projects in the country to meet growing domestic and industrial needs of Pakistan’s fast-expanding economy.
- Much More Than Personal Drama (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2006)
For Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian-born steel magnate, the deal Sunday to acquire rival Arcelor caps decades of effort to rise from obscurity to build a global steel conglomerate.
- Exploring Other Energy Sources (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 27, 2006)
IT was good to hear President Musharraf say that he wanted the country to make the best use of alternative sources of energy, for it shows that he realises the consequences of relying on expensive forms of power.
- ‘Bmic Work To Begin From Mysore End Next Week’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
NICE Managing Director Ashok Kheny on Monday forecast that investments will flow into the State once the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project is completed.
- Munde: Rahul Must Prove Innocence First (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan will have to fight the legal battle in his drug abuse case and prove his innocence before he is admitted to the Bharatiya Janata Party, his uncle and party leader Gopinath Munde has said.
- Energy: Kalam Sets A 25-Year Deadline (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Emphasising on a national target to achieve energy security within 25 years, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday called for an intense research on renewable energy, bio-diesel and nuclear power to realise the goal.
- Package For Ryots In Four States Soon (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 27, 2006)
For rehabilitation in suicide-hit regions
Manmohan to visit Vidharbha on Thursday
Proposed figure for this year is about Rs. 1,100 crore
- Cong Irked Over Not Being Invited For Pm’S Functions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Opposition Congress members staged a walkout in the Legislative Assembly on Monday alleging that the JD(S)-BJP government had violated protocol by not extending a formal invitation to leaders of the Opposition in both houses of the State legislature.
- Proving His Mettle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2006)
The developed world will now sit up and take note of Mittal.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 27, 2006)
Musharraf, unlike Zia-ul-Haque is not serious about religious nationalism
- A Day Of Disappointment At Delhi University (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jun 27, 2006)
"The competition for admission is very tough and for an average student with even 90 per cent it is not easy to find a place... ."
- A Terrible Trade In Small Arms (Deccan Herald, Amartya Sen, Jun 27, 2006)
It's time that the UN pushed for global control of these weapons
- S. Asia Can Reduce Poverty: Wb (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A World Bank report says South Asian countries can significantly reduce poverty in the next 10 years by increasing investment, improving labor quality and addressing gaps in income.
- Increased Funding From Adb Sought: Five Dams, Energy, Infrastructure (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank on Monday indicated to upscale its financing as Pakistan sought higher funding from it for five major dams, national highways, energy and trade corridor to meet its growing economic requirements and create regional connectivity.
- Waziristan: A Ceasefire Offer? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 27, 2006)
The news from turbulent Waziristan, if correct, will be widely welcomed. The militants who have kept the Pakistan Army embroiled in hostilities in the region have reportedly offered a ceasefire, though doubt has been cast on its credibility by the . . .
- Severstal To Present Improved Offer At Arcelor Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
They don't want to let us into the world market, says Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov
- Bhel Bags Bangladesh Contract (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a Rs. 55 crore contract for setting up a 230 kV sub-station in Bangladesh.
- Rahul Has To Prove His Innocence: Munde (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan will have to fight the legal battle in his drug abuse case and prove his innocence before he can be admitted to the BJP, his uncle and party leader Gopinath Munde has said.
- Education Is Not Just About Jobs (Indian Express, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Jun 27, 2006)
Discussing the purpose of education would be unnecessary in normal times, because it would be obvious to everyone.
- The Traditional Art Form Of Kerala (Hindu, S. A. K. DURGA, Jun 27, 2006)
This book is a detailed account of the performance of the shadow puppet theatre of Kerala.
- Kalam’S Prescription For Energy Independence By 2030 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Terming energy independence as India’s ‘‘highest priority’’, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today said power generation in the country needed to grow over three-fold by 2030, including 50,000 mw by way of nuclear energy.
- ‘I Am Not Here Just To Fill Potholes, I’M Going To Build A Knowledge Society’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Of your many roles, as chairman of the administrative reforms commission, permanent aide of the Congress Working Committee, in-charge of Tamil Nadu and . . .
- We’Re Buying, Can We Sell? (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jun 27, 2006)
Twelve years ago I passed by a tiny Belgian mountainside town called Huy to write about an Indian steel success story.
- The Sez We Really Need (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2006)
The unbelievably high cut-offs for admission to colleges in Delhi University and the lakhs of disappointed students who have failed to get into engineering or medical colleges indicate the acute shortage of quality education in the country.
- More Questions Than Answers (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 27, 2006)
The provisional findings of the fifth economic census paint a curious picture.
- Congress, Tdp Bogged Down By Rebel Trouble (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Ruling party facing problems in at least six ZPTC seats in Mahabubnagar district
Congress making all efforts to convince rebels to keep out
TDP decides to suspend rebel candidates from the party
2,755 candidates are in the race for 926 MPTC seats
- Animals, Agriculture, And City Planning (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 27, 2006)
Providing multipurpose farmland within urban areas could help alleviate poverty besides improving the aesthetics of our cities.
- Mittal And The Art Of Deal-Making (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2006)
The decision of the board of Arcelor to recommend to its shareholders a merger with Mittal Steel — creating Arcelor-Mittal, to be headquartered in Luxembourg — may bring to a close one of the most strenuously contested takeover attempts in recent . . .
- A Project To Raise Income Of The Poor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Bottom-up approach has been adopted
- Du Cut-Off Marks Likely To Come Down In Second List (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Considerable increase in number of applications for popular subjects
Teachers claim that the rise in percentages is natural.
Most students tend to pay fees at any college they get into in the first cut-off list to secure a seat
- Sebi Unveils Norms For Real Estate Mfs (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jun 27, 2006)
Listing mandatory; NAVs on daily basis
Shot in the arm
Exemption for venture capital funds from IPO lock-in
`Tradability issues remain a concern'
Funds required to appoint custodian
- A Steely Catalyst (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 27, 2006)
The Mittal-Arcelor combine has the potential to trigger events that can change the course of the steel industry world-wide.
- Steel King (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The biggest buy-out in the history of the steel industry may have given a foretaste of what the new century holds.
- Money And Inflation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 27, 2006)
Mr Chidamabaram’s economists need a refresher course.Inflation is defined by the secular fall in the value of money, or the secular rise in the money-prices of all real goods and services. Obviously, the first difficulty with measuring inflation in . . .
- Despite Hefty Subsidy Burden, Ongc Posts Record Profit (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Subsidy payout more than doubles
- Sensex Dips 371 Points To End At 10,042 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Weakness gripped the Indian equity market on Monday as market players resorted to profit-booking after a sharp rebound in share prices in the past few days.
- Providing Social Security To Unorganised Workers (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 27, 2006)
The lack of provision of basic social security for the vast bulk of workers in India is one of the more depressing features of Indian society. This is sought to be corrected in the recent recommendations of the National Commission for Enterprises . . .
- Mk Opens South’S First Oil Pipeline (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday dedicated to the nation, the Indian Oil Corporation’s Rs 400-crore, 683-km oil pipeline from Chennai to Madurai via Tiruchi, the country’s longest in a single state and South India’s first, with a . . .
- President Kalam Sets Road Map To Achieve Energy Independence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
He calls for increasing power generation capacity to 400,000 MW by 2030
- Disinvestment Initiative (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Opposing arguments lack rationale
- Orissa Ban On Maoists (Frontline, PRAFULLA DAS, Jun 27, 2006)
The Orissa government finally outlawed the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and seven pro-Maoist organisations on June 9. Maoists are active in 14 of the 30 districts in the State and have been gaining strength by the day.
- Corporate India Goes Places (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 27, 2006)
But are our companies doing their homework before they embark on cross-border deals?
- Universities: Renaissance Or Decay? (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jun 27, 2006)
European universities, as also those in developing countries like India, need to loosen rigid structures.
- Economics Of Steel (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 27, 2006)
The top two steel companies in the world are merging to form a 135 mt capacity giant.
- Poverty Declines In Pakistan: Wb Report (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
The World Bank report on “Economic Growth in South Asia” says that with the resumption of high growth, poverty is again declining rapidly in Pakistan.
- Sbi Organises Home Loan Mela (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
State Bank of India has organised a home loan mela here for 10 days and hopes to provide on the spot sanction worth Rs. 100 crores during this period.
- Shaukat For Realistic, Pragmatic Approach In Foreign Policy (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that foreign policy is the extension of domestic policies and our diplomats should make concerted and sustained efforts to leverage the successes of our economic, political and social policies achieved during . . .
- Withering Centre, Flourishing Margins (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
With Congress weakening by the day and BJP in no position to fill the vacuum, the prospect of the Third Front seems bright, says A Prabaharan.
- Economic Task (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 27, 2006)
Both the prime minister and the president, of late, have spoken on the need to attract foreign investment into the country to sustain the current rate of economic growth. Foreign direct investment is said to have significantly increased during . . .
- Nalco Staff Abstain From Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Bandh call by Biju Janata Dal hits life in Damanjodi
- J&k Rly Project To Cost Rs 11,000 Cr (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
Jammu-Kashmir railway line, the most challenging railway project on this planet will cost a whopping Rs 11,000 crore. The brainchild of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the project was estimated at Rs 3,600 crore in 2002.
- Kalam Draws Energy Map (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today set out the roadmap for India’s energy independence, terming it the nation’s highest priority.
- India, Sa, Brazil Collaboration On Aids Vaccine (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Jun 27, 2006)
India, Brazil and South Africa are planning to collaborate in the development of a HIV/AIDS vaccine.
- Imposing Democracy By The West (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
President Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has questioned the rationale behind imposing democracy on the developing world especially in the Muslim countries of Asia, Middle East and North Africa by the West and said ‘we know what democracy is’.
- Maleeha Lodhi May Join Un Chief Race (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is likely to field former journalist Maleeha Lodhi, now Pakistan’s high commissioner to London, as his government’s candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.
- Heavy Mittal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
Sunday's announcement of the merger of Mittal Steel with . . .
- Sacrilege At Tirupati Hills (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 27, 2006)
The current initiative of Sri Swarupanandendra Swami of the Visakhapatnam-based Sri Sarada Peetham to mobilise Hindu seers to protect dharma in the face of rising depredations by evangelists has not come a day too soon.
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