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Articles 8821 through 8920 of 35809:
- Not Quite Model Malaysia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s critique (‘Malaysian straitjacket for India’, IE, June 17) of my article (‘Be affirmative’, June 16) mixes up the difference between an empirical and a normative argument.
- Pm Forced Out Secp Chief For Refusing To Delay Stock Market Reforms (Daily Times, Zulfiqar Ghuman, Jun 21, 2006)
Hassan told prime minister that financial adviser and state finance minister were interfering with market reform, phase-out of Badla system.
- Rs 59.7 Bn Balochistan Deficit Budget (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Tahir, Jun 21, 2006)
Syed Ehsan Shah, Provincial Finance Minister Tuesday presented deficit budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007, of Rs. 59.700 billion against the anticipated receipts of Rs 48 billion 730 million showing deficit of Rs 11 billion.
- Ag Questions Court Remit: Psm Privatisation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The government on Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to find a middle way between accepting and rejecting petitions challenging the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills for Rs21.68 billion.
- Refex Refrigerators Ties Up With Godrej And Boyce (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Refex Refrigerators has announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company.
- Sbi Launches Multi-City Cheque Facility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
State Bank of India has launched a facility to enable corporate customers issue cheques in various parts of the country payable at par locally. The multi-city cheques facility will be extended to all corporate customers of SBI, a bank official . . .
- In Strike’S Own Country, Left U-Turn: It, Tourism ‘Hartal-Free’ In Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 21, 2006)
Desperate for an image makeover but shying clearly off Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-model solutions, the Left Government in Kerala today declared that it would banish, but not ban, hartals from both the state’s sunrise sectors—IT and tourism.
- 11th Plan To Focus On Reforming Labour Laws (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Flexibility needed to tap export markets, says Planning Commission paper
Accelerated growth of manufacturing suggested
Dismantling of import quotas needed
Many jobs can be generated in construction industry
- Reality Dawns (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 21, 2006)
After gaining nearly 1,200 points from its low in three trading sessions till Monday, the markets saw some selling on Tuesday as the Sensex fell 175 points.
- Pakistan, Kuwait To Explore New Avenues Of Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait Tuesday while vowing to expand economic ties agreed to explore new avenues of cooperation with a focus on increasing investments and mutual trade flow.
- Bad Economics Zone? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 21, 2006)
With the 25,000-acre SEZ in Haryana taking shape, and with Maharashtra setting the pace with reforms to labour law in SEZs, India seems to be effectively moving forward on the agenda of creating Special Economic Zones.
- Unreal Estate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Why do politicians everywhere have an objection to the land aspects of industrial/infrastructure projects?
- Rot At The Top (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
Some of Srinagar’s powerful people were involved
- More Poverty Or Less? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 21, 2006)
Not surprisingly, the figures cited by the government for people living below the poverty line have come to be widely questioned.
- Iraq: Some Damning Statistics (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
Within a couple of days of George W. Bush’s return from his extraordinarily surreptitious foray into Baghdad’s green zone, his nation’s self-proclaimed newspaper of record, The New York Times, had a bit of bad news for the president.
- Education For The New Economy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 21, 2006)
When he flipped the switch on the assembly line in 1913, it’s unlikely Henry Ford set out to change the world; his goal was to build cars faster, cheaper.
- Rs.1,800-Crore Crop Loan Target For U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Target to disburse a total of Rs 1,800 crore crop loan in Uttar Pradesh has been fixed for the current financial year.
- Contempt Proceedings Against Former Mhaa President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Madras High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against former president of the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA), S. Prabakaran, for having taken out a rally inside the court premises.
- Tata Tele, Samsung Mobile With Anti-Theft Tracker (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jun 21, 2006)
SoS alert to 10 select numbers also possible
The two firms are jointly working on other mobile phone designs as well.
- Hidden 'Enemies' (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 21, 2006)
It is seldom that two events take place almost simultaneously pointing to hidden wars and enemies plaguing the social order at large.
- Upalokayukta Orders Probe Into Electrocution Of Woman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
She was electrocuted after she came in contact with a live wire
- A Damascus Diary (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- Mumbai The Rudest City, Ny The Most Courteous (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Mumbai is the rudest city in the world, where door-holding, paper-picking and thanking the retail customer is not part of the culture.
- Karzai Urges More ‘Human Concern’ From China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Beijing has been criticised for mistreating minorities and maintaining friendly relations with regimes in Sudan and Myanmar
- Mines Ministry For Ploughing Back Divestment Proceeds From Nalco (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Ministry committed to expanding mining activity throughout the country: Subbarami Reddy
Public offer of over Rs. 6.44-crore equity shares likely
Ministry to expand mining activity by procuring global technology
- Siliguri Gets New Luxury Address (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The north Bengal trade hub will get its second five-star hotel by 2007.
A collaboration of Fortune Park Hotels, an ITC-Welcomgroup subsidiary, and Lipika Enterprise, a Darjeeling real estate firm with hotels there and in Gangtok, was announced . . .
- Twin Bidders Run For Bengal Business (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
When Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee gets two business houses interested in one property, Bengal appears to have arrived somewhere on India’s industrial map.
- Is The Sensex Reflecting Real Economy? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 21, 2006)
The way the sensex has been behaving over the last few months, it will be extremely difficult to argue that it is reflecting the real economy in any manner. This is not unexpected.
- Reclaiming The Public Imagination (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 21, 2006)
Disquieting impressions are gaining ground. If these are not corrected, Manmohan Singh might be inviting dangerous challenges, not just to himself but to the interests of the Indian state.
- Inld Demands Scrapping Of Reliance Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Indian National Lok Dal on Tuesday demanded scrapping of the "deal'' between the Haryana Government and the Reliance Industries Limited for establishment of a Special Economic Zone in the State.
- Xi Plan Scenario (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 21, 2006)
A more optimistic outlook is warranted
- Elementary, My Dear Watson (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Nokia’s move reflects our telecom success
- Protest Against "High-Level Corruption" In Rajasthan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Pradesh Congress Committee rally before CM's residence
Participants brunt effigies of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria
Demand for CBI inquiry into the land deal
- Singh Wants Local Kashmir Groups Heads (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 21, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh wants “local” instead of “outside” experts to head the five working groups he announced after a roundtable conference in Srinagar last month to study various issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir and recommend . . .
- Saying It With Flowers (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
A prelude to a forthcoming marriage has begun. The new political soap opera is preparing the stage for the curtain to rise before act 1, scene 1. Prakash Karat visited Mulayam Singh with a bunch of flowers.
- Urvi Piramal (Business Standard, Shobhana Subramanian, Jun 20, 2006)
Ashok Piramal group’s chairperson shares her passion for wildlife and plans for her company’s retail venture over sukuidofu and aona goma ae
- Trade Should Be Linked To Normalisation With India And Not Resolution . . . (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said in Karachi on Sunday that no progress had been made so far with the Indian government on the resolution of Siachen, let alone Kashmir and other vital issues, but he hoped . . .
- A Strong Market Structure (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2006)
The one conclusion that can be drawn from the various reports and mood surveys on the stock markets is that there is no replacement for strong, deep and participative markets.
- Killings In Sri Lanka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka appears to be heading for a fresh crisis with an alarming increase in violence for the past few days.
- The Iraqi Mess (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
US Senator Patrick Moynihan once described the United Nations as the theatre of the absurd.
- Japan Wins Whale Vote, Greens Worried (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The International Whaling Commission narrowly voted on Sunday that a 20-year ban on commercial whale hunting no longer was necessary because marine mammals have recovered from near extinction.
- Real Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
A functional relationship between the government and the opposition is a crucial sign of a mature democracy.
- Impending Dollar Crisis — Time For Bretton Woods Ii (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Jun 20, 2006)
The world is either to witness a global meltdown of the dollar or allow a controlled dollar devaluation. A calibrated multilateral exchange rate adjustment programme may offer a solution. The IMF may be best suited to put this through.
- How To End A Nightmare (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
The image of a resurgent Bengal is incompatible with the mindset of its political leadership and the functioning of its slothful administrative machinery, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- “Aaj Ka Mla” (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
Politicians are rightly called the government’s sons-in-law. They are fed, pampered and spoiled at state expense. The public gives money to the state exchequer; they empty it.
- Predicting The Oil Peak (Business Line, Satish Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
Analysing Hubbert's predictions of peak oil, which happens when 50 per cent of recoverable oil has been produced, SHANMUGANATHAN. N and SATISH KUMAR argue that rather than quibble about the actual peak oil date, the sooner the inevitability of . . .
- Trophy Wives (Deccan Herald, Mohinder Singh Jamwal, Jun 20, 2006)
Men prefer to marry career women & also want them to be less aggressive at home.....
- Air France To Introduce Flights To Paris (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Air France will introduce tri-weekly Paris-Chennai and Chennai-Paris flights from October 30 and 31.
- Delta Air To Start Non-Stop Mumbai-New York Flight (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Good news for people flying to US from Mumbai as global carrier Delta Air Lines will start direct nonstop service between Mumbai and New York from November 1.
- Sebi Moots Steps To Stop Pre-Listing Deals In Ipos (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jun 20, 2006)
Depositories to block securities in demat accounts till shares get listed on SEs
SEBI move
Pre-listing deals will be barred by making it compulsory on the part of "depositories to block or freeze the securities in demat accounts of the . . .
- Search For Efficiency — A War For Workable Workers, This! (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jun 20, 2006)
Adding new skills may not necessarily improve the lot of the job seekers.
In a dynamic economy, as new industries come up and old ones phase out, there will be retrenchment. But there is no cause for concern, as with a little bit of retraining . . .
- Farmer Suicides: Beyond The Obvious (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Jun 20, 2006)
Extension of highly regulated institutional banking services is not the sole means of realising economic efficiency and distributive justice as far as dealings in credit markets are concerned.
- Poor Quality Of Mbas (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 20, 2006)
The appalling standards of management education in hundreds of business schools throughout the country have been hotly debated, and a number of corrective measures have been suggested.
- Of Lalu, Sidhu And Gm (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Jun 20, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu are the clowns of Indian politics. But with a difference. Sidhu led the protest for the BJP against the fuel price hike by riding an elephant.
- Kuwait To Set Up Refinery At Port Qasim: Musharraf, Sabah Hold Talks (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait on Monday signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding to enhance economic relations, including an MoU for setting up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- Policy Poverty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 20, 2006)
The geographical concentration of poverty is a result of the skew in investments and job opportunities.
- Student Held For Militant Links (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
A 12th class student was today arrested by police from Gursai in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district for his alleged links with militants.
- The Importance Of Regional Parties (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 20, 2006)
The emergence of regional parties has raised many eyebrows, some in anxiety and some in eager expectation.
- 'We'll Not Back A Party Exclusively For Muslims' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
The scent of electoral success pervades Badruddin Ajmal , president of Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a party he founded a few months before the assembly polls in the state. AUDF won 10 seats, and in the process stalled the Congress from . . .
- Something Special (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
The government's focus on manufacturing as a whole marks a welcome change of attitude from a sector-specific, export-focused approach to industrial growth.
- India, China To Re-Open Trade Via Nathu La Pass (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
India and China have signed a historic agreement to resume border trade through the strategic Nathu La Pass from July six after 44 years of closure, a move that could also signal Beijing’s implicit recognition of Sikkim as part of India.
- Popular Culture-Ii (Statesman, Biswajit Ghosh, Jun 20, 2006)
Indians have always celebrated their food diversities and never before has fast or junk food found so much popularity.
- Reliance Inks Pact With Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Overruling objections by Opposition parties and even a ruling party MP, the Reliance Industries and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) today signed a joint venture agreement for setting up a Rs 25,000- . . .
- Mexico And Its Sensible Choice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Something unusual is going on in Mexico — a normal presidential election. Mexico’s relatively new democratic institutions are not being strained, and are not at risk.
- Musharraf Says Pak Wants To Be Treated At Par With India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Although the Indo-US nuclear deal was a bilateral arrangement, Pakistan would not like anyone to ‘‘treat it differently’’ from India as it ‘‘has the same status,’’ President Pervez Musharraf has said.
- Coalition Course (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has abandoned his obduracy on the Bangalore-Mysore expressway, and all credit must go to his coalition partner, the BJP.
- J&k Police Gun Down Top Hizb Militant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army on Monday claimed to have gunned down a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant, believed to be involved in the killing of several political workers and civilians, in a joint operation near Pampore .
- 'Brand Lalu' Sells Like Hot Cake (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Introduce any product and make it 'Brand Lalu', it will ensure immediate attention. Be it a toy, toffee, sattu "pashu aahar", a film, a TV serial or even a website, Union railway minister Lalu Prasad's tag guarantees instant recognition.
- Fire In The Western Ghats (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 20, 2006)
How long will our politicians hardsell 'development' projects at the cost of the ecology and human subsistence, wonders Sudhirendar Sharma
- Indo-China Ties On A New High (Times of India, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Jun 20, 2006)
It's been 44 years since last of the carts laden with Tibetan goods had rumbled down the Nathu La pass.
- Safety Commission: Another Stunt (News International, Dr Farzana Bari, Jun 20, 2006)
The long-due constitution of the National Safety Commission (NPSC), as envisaged in the Police Order of 2002, has finally been announced by the interior minister.
- Focus On Afghanistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
One can count on the Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid to write forthrightly for Western publications about the reality of the situation in Afghanistan.
- Shifting Sands Of Shanghai (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Jun 20, 2006)
SCO meeting is another indication of China's aspiration to be a major regional player....
- Indian Sentenced To Death In Kuwait (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
An Indian in Kuwait has been sentenced to death by a criminal court for killing his lover and later trying to commit suicide.
- Towards An East Asian Economic Unit (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
The coming East Asia Summit should start by coalescing various ongoing FTAs
- Uma Bharti's Party To Have Reservation For Women, Dalits And Obcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Bharatiya Janashakti president Uma Bharti said here on Monday that she had formed the party to provide "alternative politics" since the main parties like the Congress, the BJP and the Left had not only failed to solve people's problems but . . .
- Pull Wool Over Our Eyes (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 20, 2006)
Administrative Reforms Commission Chairperson Veerappa Moily had our approval last week for suggesting that subjects concerning the country’s security be put under the purview of the National Security Act, and that the colonial-era Official Secrets . . .
- Us Soldier’S Mother Fears For His Safety In (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
In his calls and notes from Iraq, Army Pfc Kristian Menchaca told relatives about his dangerous assignment at military checkpoints. His family is now hoping for the 23-year-old Houston soldier’s safe return after learning he was one of two . . .
- Unrealistic & Absurd (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
Going by the frequency with which statements demanding a new constitution are made in Pakistan, it would appear as if making or unmaking the basic law is child’s play.
- Imprisoned In Chaos (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
Nearly five years into a war between the United States and Islamic extremists, US policies and practices for arresting, holding, interrogating and trying enemy militants are in a state of disarray, unprecedented in modern American history.
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