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Articles 9221 through 9320 of 35809:
- Pak Ready To Work Closely With Eco: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf Thursday underscored Pakistan’s strong credentials for securing full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and said the country is most suitably positioned to contribute to realizing the SCO objectives.
- 'Illegal Workforce Is Important In Us' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2006)
David Randolph is Border Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico Commission, an organisation attached to the government of Arizona. Arizona's population of illegal migrants, at six million,accounts for half the estimated population of undocumented . . .
- Congress Must Not Approve Indo-American Nuclear Deal . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"In its present form, deal endangers U.S. non-proliferation goals"
Such ad-hoc bilateral deals will undercut U.S. and world security
Growth of civilian nuke power increases amount of fissionable material
- Pakistan Seeks Russian Help For Sco Membership (Hindu, Vladimir Simonov, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to help his country gain full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- Beyond Gesture Diplomacy In Nepal (Indian Express, Virendra Gupta, Jun 16, 2006)
Indian government’s offer of liberal aid package of Rs 1000 crore must have pleased the visiting Nepalese premier.
- Getting Serious About Power (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
The Central Government has held forth enough on penalties and pulling up States for non-performance in the arena of power sector reforms. It is time for it to act.
- India-Kuwait Pacts On Taxation, Culture (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on Thursday signed three agreements with India besides stressing the need for greater cooperation on labour front.
- Politics And World Cup: An Unbridgeable Divide? (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 16, 2006)
I was in Europe the morning the newspapers headlined “US strike kills Zarqawi” and the general populace woke in eager anticipation of the commencement of the football World Cup.
- Why Do We Have Just One Aiims? (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 16, 2006)
We ignore the necessity of expanding and upgrading our institutional infrastructure at our own peril, says Rajeev Ranjan Roy
- L & T Wins Rs. 750 Crore Highway Contract (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Larsen and Toubro Limited (L & T) has received an order valued at Rs. 750 crore for the six-laning of NH-8 from Vadodara to Bharuch in Gujarat, according to a company release.
- Laloo Lays Tracks For Rail Privatisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav on Thursday announced the liberalising of policies to draw more private investment.
- Sensex Gains 616 Points (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index (Sensex) on Thursday notched its biggest single-session gain, 616 points, powered by aggressive purchases by foreign institutional investors (FIIs).
- Ernakulam Division Of Lic Ranks Third In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
`Stands first in premium income, new policies and sum assured in south zone'
52.36 per cent growth in new policies
First premium income is Rs. 377.89 crores
Target for the current year is 5.64 lakh policies
- Be Affirmative (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 16, 2006)
Study Sri Lanka and Malaysia to learn how quotas need not limit economic growth
- Rbi Cancels Licence Of Cooperative Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the banking licence of Shriram Sahakari Bank Ltd, Nashik, a cooperative bank, which has ceased to be solvent.
- Earth At The Tipping Point (Hindu, Robin McKie, Jun 16, 2006)
Strange days have reached Ny-Alesund, Europe's northernmost research station.
- India As A Rising Global Player (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 16, 2006)
Interest in India was evident at the recent Asia Security Conference in Singapore.
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- Wrath Of The Pro-Israel Lobby (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh has tried to move the conscience of the West through an article in the British press.
- Freedom On Screen (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jun 15, 2006)
People here are both surprised and dismayed at the ban on The Da Vinci Code.
- Why Washington Is Wary Of This Asian Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday for the summit of a regional security grouping, a visit that could indicate whether the forum will evolve into an anti-US bloc.
- From Violence To Non-Violence (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Jun 15, 2006)
We call twentieth century as the century of violence. We saw two world wars during that period and in each of them millions of people have died and many more injured.
- Food Safety Management System (Daily Excelsior, L.C. Ponnumon, Jun 15, 2006)
Food reaches consumers via supply chains that may link different types of organizations and that may stretch across multiple borders. One weak link can result in unsafe food that is dangerous to health.
- Love Or Revolt? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 15, 2006)
The youth rebellion is famous. So it seems is the youth love. In fact in our traditional society we will find that the love is considered almost a revolt --- a statement of anger against the caring but misunderstood parents and elderly relatives.
- Artificial Restraint (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Rate hike unlikely to tame price line
The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to hike key rates all of a sudden is tacit admission that inflation is set to surge following the fuel price rise.
- A Dissection Of A Flawed Society (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 15, 2006)
The huge sales of Frenchman Francois de Closets'Plus Encore!, a sequel to his 1981 bestseller, might serve as a call to revolt to the have-nots.
- Maoist Call Freezes Jharkhand, Neighbours (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Jharkhand has more or less been turned to a mini war zone overnight, with the call of a two-day long economic blockade along with a Chakka Jam protest programme in Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, by CPI (Maoist), which . . .
- Women Pay For Fall Of Socialism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Fall of state socialism in countries that were once Soviet Republics have adversely affected the economic condition and prospects of the women there, a UN study has found.
- Epic Battle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Mr Lakshmi Mittal’s takeover battle for the European steel giant, Arcelor, is fast assuming epic proportions.
- Koirala Advocates Ceremonial Monarchy (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said the King should be given a ceremonial role.
- China Visit A Crucial Test For Deora (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 15, 2006)
SCO participation comes at a critical time
India looks forward to close ties with SCO to promote economic ties
India, China planning joint bids for Kazakh oilfields
- Response To Inflation Concerns (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 15, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India's recent decision to mark up the short-term interest rates, the repo rates, might appear sudden, but is entirely consistent with its recent monetary policy stance.
- Bridging The Infrastructure Gap Through Ppp (The Financial Express, AJAY KHANNA, Jun 15, 2006)
With the government’s resources being limited, these can help meet India’s infrastructure needs.
- Trade Unions Will Launch Countrywide Stir, Says Dasgupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Trade unions, irrespective of their political affiliations, have collectively decided to launch an "effective country-wide agitation" against the economic policies of the Centre, All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas . . .
- Redesign Federalism For Better Governance (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Jun 15, 2006)
One way to put India into perspective for those in the West is to point out that India’s states have populations comparable to European countries.
- Rs. 2 Lakh To Develop Kolli Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Focus on infrastructure; Seekuparai viewpoint to be spruced up
- Secularists On A Sabbatical (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Why doesn't Government speak out against the ongoing minority bashing in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Anuradha Dutt.
- Reasons To Be In China (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, Jun 15, 2006)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has a place for everyone who is accepted in the region, from Japan to India
- Two-Nation Theory (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
For CPI(M), Bengal is not India ---- It is typical of the CPI(M)'s schizophrenic existence that in a week when India's leading Communist party took to the streets to protest against the rise in petroleum prices and organised a "state-sponsored bandh" . .
- Do Carbon Trades Help? (The Financial Express, KALIPADA CHATTERJEE, Jun 15, 2006)
Under the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention, the developed countries (also called Annex-I countries) are committed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% below their 1990 level (base year). The US and Australia, however, have . . .
- Musharraf Wants Ipi Gas Line Extended To China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Says Sino-Pak agreement on free trade will be finalised this year
- 23 Cr People Still Below Poverty Line: Survey (Business Line, Ambarish Mukherjee, Jun 15, 2006)
Percentage of BPL population down to 22 pc in 2004-05
Stark reality
BPL population down by 8 crore every year
Findings nullify previous reduction rate of 1.66 pc
Detailed data to be made available next month
- Left Plans To Go On Offensive At Today's Upa Coordination Meet (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 15, 2006)
The Left-UPA coordination committee will meet on Thursday to discuss a range of issues, including oil price hike and internal security.
- Flawed Fundamentals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2006)
The free fall of the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index gives cause for concern. But what is more disturbing is the fact that reforms have hit a roadblock. On the first, it is clear that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) call the shots on the . .
- Q&a: 'Illegal Workforce Is Important In Us' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2006)
David Randolph is Border Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico Commission, an organisation attached to the government of Arizona. Arizona's population of illegal migrants, at six million,accounts for half the estimated population of undocumented . . .
- Scaling Up Microfinance In India (The Economic Times, VINOD KHOSLA & VIKRAM GANDHI, Jun 15, 2006)
The impressive recent growth of certain sectors of the Indian economy is a necessary but insufficient condition for the elimination of extreme poverty.
- Protest Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser on the fuel price hike has already made headlines. Entitled “Protest, but honestly” it slams the UPA government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices for the seventh time in two years.
- Sensex At Six-Month Low (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Sensex today touched a six-month low before ending 133 points down at 8,929.44 as foreign funds reduced their holdings over concerns about hike in interest rates in the U.S.
- $2 Trillion Worth Of Global Equity Wiped-Off In Past One Month (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Ever since the US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for 16th time in a row on May 10, and issued a hawkish statement saying it might need to do so again to fight inflation the stock markets world over are falling like nine pins.
- Plan For Human Development (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 15, 2006)
It is time the concept of public-private partnership is tried at primary and secondary education levels, with social empowerment and equality as the guiding principles.
- Palestinians Storm Parliament, Attack Hamas Lawmakers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Dozens of Palestinian civil servants stormed the parliament on Wednesday to demand long-overdue salaries, pelting Hamas lawmakers with water bottles and forcing the speaker to flee the building.
- Dmk Script Now Playing In Tn, 1 Cr Tvsets In 4 Yrs, At Rs 2,000 Cr (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jun 15, 2006)
Come September 15, when the DMK celebrates the Mupperum Vizha — three celebrations including the birth anniversary of Dravidar Kazhagam founder Periyar, the party would have made a token gesture of fulfilling its main poll promise by providing 25,000 . .
- Low Politics In Higher Education (Indian Express, Philip G. Altbach , Jun 15, 2006)
Increasing the retirement age of medical professors, as has been reportedly promised by the government, is yet another official response to the quota debate; the aim here is to make easier larger intake in elite institutions.
- Exit Tax Will Sink India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
NRIs set up R&D ventures and participate in welfare contribution back home
- Sebi Clears Mcx Ipo (Business Line, Rajesh Abraham, Jun 15, 2006)
Exchange going ahead with issue despite weak markets
- India Retains The Flavour, Still (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 15, 2006)
Healthy FDI flows and MNC success stories reiterate the foreign investor confidence in the country.
- Job Growth Must Spur Development (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 15, 2006)
The fifth economic census has found that employment in the non-farm sector has, between 1998 and 2005, grown by 2.5%, even as workforce in that sector grew by 2%. That must be welcomed, albeit with great circumspection.
- Scientists Urge G8 Not To Ignore Global Warming (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
World leaders must not allow concern for energy security to distract them from taking promised action on global warming, top world scientists said today. Climate change solutions agreed at the G8 summit in Scotland a year ago risked being pushed . . .
- Hu Firm On Anti-Terror Efforts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
China to promote cooperation with Uzbekistan in economy, trade and energy
- Virtual Universities (Times of India, Arvind Verma, Jun 15, 2006)
If government keeps its promise of increasing student intake to offset the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, all the IITs, IIMs, medical and engineering colleges will have to find ways of accommodating hundreds if not thousands of extra students . . .
- Universities And Schools (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
The author is chairman, Indian Council for Social Science Research
In the course of the 20th century, universities throughout the world have become socially more and more inclusive.
- Ncp Relents, Maha Reduces Vat On Petrol, Diesel (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Notwithstanding the ruling Nationalist Congress Party's initial reservations about waiving incremental sales tax on petrol and diesel, the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front (DF) government on Wednesday formally decided to reduce the rate of Value . . .
- Ceca With Japan By December (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Will envisage doubling bilateral trade to $10 b in 3 years and expand trade basket
The foucs areas will be pharma and manufacturing sectors
Enough windows available for Japanese corporates
- Shots Fired At Mahesh Bhatt's Office (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
An unidentified gunman walked into the Juhu office of film-maker Mahesh Bhatt at 11.40 am on Wednesday and left after firing shots at the floor when he was told that Bhatt was not in. Bhatt was at home. The man fled on a motorcycle.
- Economic Patriotism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
One picture of relentless globalisation is that it creates a sort of level playing ground. It holds a lot of promise but, at the same time, strangely makes everybody unsure about the future.
- Iran Nuclear Jousting Overshadows Asian Meeting (Reuters, Chris Buckley, Jun 15, 2006)
A Central Asian summit on regional cooperation opened in China on Thursday, but the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his nuclear ambitions threatened to overshadow the meeting.
- Fm Invites European Investments In Infrastructure (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has invited European companies to invest in India,particularly in manufacturing and infrastructure areas, saying there were attractive opportunities coupled with a currency that was virtually convertible for foreign . . .
- Balochistan Hit Hard By Declining Gas Revenue: Reservations On Gds (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The government of Balochistan is facing serious financial difficulties because of sharp declines in its gas revenue, particularly the Gas Development Surcharge (GDS), over the years.
- Sco — Five Years On (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 15, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, as the Shanghai Six is formally termed, is holding its fifth summit on June 15.
- Palestinian Workers Storm Parliament (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
West Bank - Dozens of Palestinian civil servants stormed parliament Wednesday to demand long-overdue salaries, pelting Hamas lawmakers with water bottles and forcing the parliament speaker to flee the building.
- Massive Crackdown In Baghdad (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
More than 50,000 Iraqi and US troops patrolled the streets of Baghdad on Wednesday in a security clampdown while US President George W Bush urged world leaders to boost support for the fledgling government.
- A Bit Of A Joke (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The penalty imposed by the Monopoly Control Authority on errant sugar mills which failed to provide data about their production, sale and cost prices is a bit of a joke with the people of this country.
- Sale At Utility Stores (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 15, 2006)
Every year the government provides about Rs100 billion in subsidies to public sector corporations which can't make enough money to run their affairs without this helping hand.
- President Calls For Strong Un System (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for a strong UN system, resolution of existing conflicts like Palestine and Kashmir and sustained efforts against terrorism and extremism to ensure a peaceful and prosperous world.
- A Tale Of Two Polls (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Jun 15, 2006)
The gloom that has been hanging over the nation for the past five years is showing some signs of being dispelled.
- Bush’S Visit To Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 15, 2006)
President Bush delivered an important demonstration of American support for Iraq’s new democratic government in his visit to Baghdad on Tuesday.
- Pakistan’S Growing Importance In Sco (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 15, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has flown into Shanghai to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. A Chinese spokesman greeted President Musharraf’s participation in the summit as a major step to make the organization more . . .
- Towards Asian Common Market (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 15, 2006)
The joke doing the rounds in South Block now is that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ever so keen to visit Pakistan because he finds it easier to deal with General Musharraf than his Cabinet colleagues.
- Kabul Imposes New Tariff On Pak Imports (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 15, 2006)
The Afghan government has imposed a new customs tariff to help reduce smuggling from Afghanistan to Pakistan, an adviser to the Afghan Finance Ministry has said.
- Italcementi Plans Major Expansion In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Italian cement group, Italcementi, which tookover Zuari Cement recently, plans to implement a new 5500 tonne per day clinker line in its Yerraguntla plant, and a grinding centre and captive power plant in Chennai.
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