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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 35809:
- Training Swayamsevaks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
No membership rolls are kept by the RSS and insiders often complain of dwindling attendance at the “shakhas”.
- Central Asia - A Cockpit Of Conflict (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Jun 22, 2006)
The three day meeting of the heads of the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) beginning June 15 is significant as the member countries - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajiskistan and Uzbekistan - try to hammer out a . . .
- Manmohan To Launch Ongc Project Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The country's biggest oil producer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), will make its petrochemical foray this week when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lays the foundation stone for a Rs. 4,900-crore Aromatic Complex in Mangalore.
- Saddam's Main Lawyer Abducted, Shot Dead (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
One of Saddam Hussein's main lawyers was shot to death on Wednesday after he was abducted from his home by men wearing police uniforms in Baghdad, other members of the defense team said, the third such killing since the trial started some eight . . .
- Mittal Faces Pressure To Up Arcelor Bid (Pioneer, Reuters, Jun 22, 2006)
The world's biggest steelmaker Mittal faced further pressure to raise its 23-billion-euro ($29-billion) bid for rival Arcelor after Russian suitor Severstal improved its friendly merger offer.
- Correction Of Exuberance (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Jun 22, 2006)
The stock market gyration of the recent weeks has brought an interesting word “correction” to the fore.
- The Zarqawis Among Us (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
With accurate intelligence locating Abu Musab Al Zarqawi and some of his aides in a hut in Baquba, a US aircraft successfully targeted the most wanted terrorist in Iraq with two 225 lbs bombs.
- For Afghan Students, Du Is Where Dreams May Come True (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Number of admission seekers has gone up dramatically compared with last year
- Achuthanandan To Pursue Causes Raised Earlier (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Three-day debate on Motion of Thanks
- Will The General Retreat? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 22, 2006)
With Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif making common cause in opposing Pervez Musharraf, democracy is back in reckoning in Pakistan------- Will democracy return to Pakistan?
- Recounting Of Eamcet Answer Script Proves Bane For Ranker (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Of 4,662 candidates, hers was the only mistake found
City girl slips back by 841 ranks in engineering stream after one mark is deducted
She was awarded one extra mark due to computer operator's slip-up
Officials who check the OMR sheets manually . .
- Pay Homage To Catalonia (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jun 22, 2006)
The vote for devolution in Spain reveals a mature attitude to democracy.
- Border Trade And Beyond (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2006)
some 44 years after it was last used, the third and potentially most promising trading point on the Sino-Indian border will open for two-way traffic
- Marginal Stock Exchanges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2006)
A recent report by a SEBI-appointed committee on the future of the regional stock exchanges has taken an eminently practical view.
- In Defence Of Public Sector Enterprises (Hindu, Ashok Parthasarathi, Jun 22, 2006)
The Government should reiterate its commitment to a mixed economy like that in many European countries and see to it that public enterprises are given a level playing field to operate.
- Relevance Of Mahabharata (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 22, 2006)
A time of transition for a nation is a time of normlessness, which the French social philosopher Emile Durkheim called a time of anomie.
- Balochistan's Shaky Finances (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
Balochistan's budget indicates the province's precarious financial condition and shows just how harmful violence and conflict have been to economic activity.
- In China, A Problem Of Plenty (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 22, 2006)
Improving the quality of university education and generating enough jobs for the burgeoning number of graduates is a task of urgency.
- Insanity (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
The murder by a factory worker of his three young children on the grounds that he was too poor and hence unable to feed or clothe them properly is most tragic.
- Thank God For Arab Investment! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz inaugurated the Pak-Kuwait Investment Conference in Islamabad Tuesday and invited “all investors in the world to take full advantage of liberal economic and investment-friendly . . .
- Domestic It Firms Need Safe Harbour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 22, 2006)
The welcome finance ministry decision to increase the threshold limit for compulsory scrutiny of cross-border transactions to Rs 15 crore will simplify the complex transfer pricing (TP) rules.
- Solving The Tax Muddle Is Key (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 22, 2006)
The conventional wisdom was that the Chinese SEZ model could not be replicated in a democracy like India.
- Living Within Your Boundary (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Jun 22, 2006)
When you drop the idea of having more and more and start living in the present moment, you start living inside your boundary.
- Export Eventualities (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 22, 2006)
The data released by the ministry of commerce and industry indicate that India’s exports grew by almost 30 per cent during May 2006, touching $9.4 billion, as compared to $7.2 billion a year ago.
- Death Of A Soldier (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
Sir, ~ Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide reveals that even 60 years after independence, all is not well in the army ~ not even for women. Brigadier KK Chopra of the Northern Command is reported to have told a press conference that “she had . . .
- The Company, A Tragedy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 22, 2006)
How the East India Company shaped the modern multinational. That's the sub-title on the cover of Nick Robins' The Corporation that Changed the World, from Orient Longman. Sounds eulogistic, as much as the back cover, which begins by . . .
- Raul Aims To Have Last Word At Finals (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Raul's usual goal celebration involves a brief kiss of his wedding ring but this time he careered off to the corner packed with Spanish fans, punched his chest and pointed to the crest on his red shirt.
- Saddam's Lawyer Abducted, Killed (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 22, 2006)
Defence team blames Interior Ministry
- Palestine In Crisis (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
Palestine is embroiled in a very serious and most dangerous crisis since its people rightly or wrongly elected the radical party Hamas ousting Fatah for the first time since the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) set foot on the Israeli . . .
- Pakistan Has Lowest Enrolment Rates (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan is ranked among the lowest in the world in terms of higher education enrolment rates, standing at merely 2.9 per cent, according to statistics revealed in an official report.
- Whither Financial Discipline? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Traditionally, the budget debate in Pakistan revolves around government's plans for the next year. Attacks on past performance mostly refer to major economic events during the past fiscal year, which are not directly related to the common . . .
- Pakistan Offers Level Playing Field For Business: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that Pakistan has an excellent infrastructure in IT sector and environment is conducive for investment and development in this sector.
- Japan To Withdraw Troops From Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 22, 2006)
Japan has ordered the withdrawal of its ground troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced in a televised address to the nation.
- Going Global With Outbound Fdi (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 22, 2006)
Policy-makers must ponder over an active outbound FDI framework as a strategy for export promotion and an attempt at globalisation.
- Saddam’S Lawyer Shot Dead: 80 Workers Kidnapped (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
One of Saddam Hussein’s main lawyers was shot dead on Wednesday after men in police uniform took him from his home, relatives said, the third defence attorney to be killed since the trial opened in October.
- Land To Be Used For No Other Purpose: Ag (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The government on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to consider investment plans of new buyers of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and, if not satisfied, set up an investigation commission instead of striking down the sale.
- Moderate Earthquake Hits Nicobar Islands (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
An earthquake of moderate intensity struck the Nicobar Islands at 6.05 pm on Wednesday evening.
- Nation & The States (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 22, 2006)
There is a serious mismatch between the potential of UP and aspirations of the people, and its level of economic development. In 1700, India’s share in world GDP was 24.4 per cent, 2 percentage points higher than China’s (OECD publication).
- The Puzzle Of India’S Growth Rate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2006)
The post-1991 economic reforms in India has been ridden with quite a few crises.
- Middle India Under Siege (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jun 21, 2006)
Middle India is under siege along a long-neglected, exploited, underserved, ill-governed, poorly connected poverty belt of forest and hill country covering contiguous areas in nine states “from Pashupati to Tirupati”.
- India Is The Un-China: Time (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A "breathtaking shift" in US policy towards India - declaring it a strategic partner and offering it a bilateral deal to share nuclear knowhow - can be explained, according to Time magazine, simply by one phrase: India is the un-China.
- Kashmir Solution Still A Long Way Off, Says Us Crisis Group (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Jun 21, 2006)
The Washington-based International Crisis Group (ICG) feels that a full and final solution to the decades-long dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan is a long way off, but suggests that small progress has been made with the introduction . . .
- Connecting Rural India – Through Co-Operatives (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2006)
There has been increasing interest from all quarters, including numerous corporates, in solving the problems of rural India using Information and Communication technologies (ICT).
- Rapacious Raj (Tribune, Johann Hari, Jun 21, 2006)
Britain is still a nation locked in denial. If you point out basic facts about the British Empire - that the British deliberately adopted policies that caused as many as 29 million Indians to starve to death in the late nineteenth century, say — you . .
- Journey Gone Wrong (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 21, 2006)
When Bangladesh was liberated with generous Indian help, it was a beacon of secularism; today, it's a hotbed of hate and intolerance
- 2nd Kashmir Bus Service Is Launched Across Loc (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday started a new trans-Kashmir bus service between Poonch, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Rawalkot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Price Of Reforms (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's consistent violation of the Common Minimum Programme attracts a stiff warning from the Left parties.
- Socialism Without Marx (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
In order to see why Blairite Labour has been such a hit, it is necessary to understand the attraction of socialism-without-Marx, says Janet Daley.
- Half Realisation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 21, 2006)
There appears to be dispassionate rethinking in Pakistan on many fronts. Not very long ago some of the neighbouring country's retired army and air force officers had made bold disclosures about myopic vision of their rulers.
- The China Poser (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 21, 2006)
The Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is all gung-ho after his six day China visit. Mr. Mukherjee signed an agreement for more joint military exercises with the PLA; and at a press conference rebutted the assertion . . .
- Citigroup Buys 6.3% Stake In Vsnl (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Citigroup, the world’s largest financial services company, and its affiliates have increased their stake in internet and telecommunications major Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) to 6.3% from 1.5%.
- City Civility: Mumbai Rudest In The World, Says Survey (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jun 21, 2006)
Mumbai manners may have struck bottom on the world league table of 'city civility', with India's financial capital now suddenly receiving the Raspberry Award for the 'rudest city' on the planet.
- 'Don't Blame Bihar For Delay In Gq Project' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has termed advertisements, blaming the state's poor law and order for the slow progress on the prestigious Golden Quadrilateral project, as misleading and wrong on facts.
- Thinking It Big (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2006)
Haryana is set to have the honour of having the country’s biggest special economic zone (SEZ) following the signing of an agreement with Reliance Venture Limited (RVL) on Monday.
- Looking East (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 21, 2006)
Baby steps are not always giant leaps for India, let alone for mankind. The reopening of the Nathu La pass, a key junction for trade between India and China over centuries, could have been a momentous event.
- Setting Prices Alight (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sharp increase in petroleum product prices is unnecessary and threatens to stoke inflation.
- Govt Allocates Rs 37 Cr For Itis In J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Union Labour Ministry has allocated Rs 37 crore during the Tenth Plan to set up new Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and upgrade the existing ones in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Nathu La Calling (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2006)
The India-China agreement, signed in Lhasa on Sunday, to resume trade through the historic Nathu La Pass from July 6 after a gap of 44 years is another major confidence-building measure between the two Asian giants.
- England On Top, So Are Germany (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Germany will face Sweden on Saturday in the second round, while England will take on Ecuador on Sunday.
- Naxal Tit For Islamic Tat: Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Marking the 40th anniversary of Shiv Sena, its chief Mr Bal Thackeray last night said he was ready to seek cooperation of Naxalites to fight Islamic terrorism in the country.
- Wheat Imports And Food Security (Frontline, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 21, 2006)
The need of the hour is a National Food Security Board.
- Needless Body (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
With the Union Cabinet clearing the proposal for setting up a national fisheries development board, decks have been cleared for the setting up of another body to claim credit for the success of a sector that has already been growing fast.
- Plain English Vs Mumbo Jumbo? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 21, 2006)
The task now is to enact monetary responsibility legislation, which shifts from the RBI Act of 1934 to the ideas of the Bank of England law of 1998.
- Not A People's Highway (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 21, 2006)
My wife and I just returned to Bangalore from a road-trip to Chennai. There are two main routes: One, via Hosur, Krishnagiri, Ranipet and Poonamallee; and the other through Kolar, Chittoor, Ranipet and Poonamallee.
- `Even 10 Pc Of World Auto-Component Business Is Lot For India' (Business Line, Shyam G. Menon, Jun 21, 2006)
"The auto-component business that is favourable for India totals to some $380 billion. What players like us from the developing world are trying to do is to get a part of that business. And that will never be more than 20 per cent. But that is . . .
- Ultra Mega Projects May Not Be A Powerful Idea (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 21, 2006)
Large power projects may be good politics but raise serious questions of viability — economic and ecology. Instead, a more realistic development model would be to build small power plants distributed evenly across the country so that . . .
- U.S. Activates Missile Defense Amid N.Korea Dispute (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
- A Promise And Pressures (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Public Distribution System (PDS) in Tamil Nadu has a long and chequered history.
- The Death Of Al- Zarqawi (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 21, 2006)
The June 7 killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, by the US forces brings to an end one of the most wanted ‘terrorists’ story during the ongoing war on terrorism.
- Seeds And Protests (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's decision to allow field trials in GM food crops may have human and economic costs.
- Spare A Thought For The Urban Poor (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 21, 2006)
The World Urban Forum that got underway in Vancouver on Monday comes at a time when the world is on the brink of historic demographic changes.
- The Inbuilt Volatility In Financial Markets... (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jun 21, 2006)
And why our own approach to risk and regulation aids the systemic distortions
- Creating The Future’S Rural Supermarket? (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Jun 21, 2006)
Bank branches in rural areas can be like convenience stores, selling products needed there
- Ril Sezs To Invest Rs 50,000cr (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A day after signing the deal for the biggest SEZ in the country in Haryana, the sources in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Tuesday said its two other proposed SEZs in Mumbai would contribute Rs 50,000 crores to the country’s exports once they . . .
- Targetting Migrant Workers (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 21, 2006)
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali origin are the latest victims of terror.
- Three-Handed Cut-Throat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
Congress, BJP And Left Hold Cards Close To Chests!
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
- Now That Balochistan Is Clear Of Terrorists (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 21, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that life is returning to normal in Dera Bugti and adjoining areas as miscreants have been wiped out from the Balochistan province.
- Pak-Kuwait Ties Further Deepened (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday under which the latter will set up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- Multiple Authorities Hindering Governance In Delhi: Sheila (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
`Unless people voice their demands, the system will not respond'
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