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Articles 9621 through 9720 of 35809:
- ‘Ethanol To Save 40 Cr Litre Petrol’ (The Economic Times, Pramod K. Chaudhari, Jun 10, 2006)
Ethanol is being seen not just as an environment-friendly fuel additive to reduce emissions, but in these days of rising fossil fuel prices, it is also being considered critical to the country’s energy security.
- Icici Bank Moves Up Lending Rates By 50 Bps (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
ICICI Bank today raised lending rates, including those for home loans, by 50 basis points to protect its margins.
- Hamas To Renew Its Attacks On Israel (International Herald Tribune, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jun 10, 2006)
Israeli shells hit a crowded beach in northern Gaza on Friday, killing at least seven Palestinians, including a family of five and two women, and wounding more than 30 others, according to Palestinian journalists and medical personnel.
- Rbi Applies Repo Brakes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 10, 2006)
Repo rate increases may not tame other price movements more threatening than that of crude oil.
- Food Fright (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 10, 2006)
Check distortions to improve grain supply
- The Future: Productivity And Sustainability (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jun 10, 2006)
There is a need to focus on improving factor productivity, R&D and environmental concerns
- Time To Redraw `The Wealth Maps' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 10, 2006)
There is a future for wealth, assure Alvin and Heidi Toffler in Revolutionary Wealth, promising countless opportunities for entrepreneurs. Riding on that wealth revolution is India, the subject of Aaron Chaze's An Investor's Guide to the Next . . .
- Don't Desert Drylands (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 10, 2006)
Drylands, cover more than 40% of the planet’s surface and affect more than 1 billion people.
- India Gives Rs 1,000 Cr Package To Nepal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Committing itself to economic progress and political stability of Nepal, India today announced a package of about Rs 1,000 crore for reconstruction and development of the cash-strapped country.
- India Kicking Around (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 10, 2006)
The world has been talking about India and China as the next economic powerhouses and we’re all sooo excited.
- Icici Bank Pushes Lending Rates Higher (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
India's second-largest lender, ICICI Bank, increased lending rates by 50 basis points on Friday, a company official said, double an increase in central bank rates as ICICI seeks to restore hard-pressed margins.
- How Us Found The Most-Wanted Man In Iraq (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
To Kill Abu Musab al Zarqawi, US forces first found his spiritual adviser. Then they had to wait.
- Japanese Voices (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 10, 2006)
Ernest Hemingway famously covered a conference by focusing on the girls who were doing the secretarial and translation work.
- Icici Bank Kicks Off Fresh Bout Of Rate Hikes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
A day after Reserve Bank raised key short term interest rates, ICICI Bank on Friday announced 0.5 per cent increase on all retail and corporate loans.
- Water Conservation In Country (Daily Excelsior, Rattan Saldi, Jun 10, 2006)
Water resources planning and their optimal and judicious utilization is an important factor in water conservation not only for meeting the needs of the ever-growing population but also to maintain a water stock for future generations.
- Maoists Sniff Conspiracy In Koirala Visit To India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
As Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala winded up his four-day “goodwill” visit to India today with New Delhi pledging $100 billion as a soft loan repayable in 20 years, direct budgetary support worth Rs 1 billion and substantial help . . .
- Nepal: Tricky Tasks (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Lasting peace and stability in Nepal is dependent upon a close engagement between the SPA and the Maoists on important issues.
- "Territorial" Rights To Nomadic Tribes Suggested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes has suggested giving "territorial" rights to those communities for their educational, economic and social development with a view to integrating them in the national mainstream.
- Azad Meets Omar To Discuss Working Groups (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Continuing his consultations with political parties in the State on formation of five Working Groups for resolving Kashmir issue, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today met opposition National Conference president Omar Abdullah here.
- Kalam For Comprehensive (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Stressing the need for a comprehensive national bio-diesel policy, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said efforts should be made, under public-private partnership, to achieve a target of 60 million tonnes of bio-diesel production per year by 2030 . . .
- Neighbourly Thoughts (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 10, 2006)
Both in style and substance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s four-day visit to New Delhi a memorable one.
- Fiji: Complex Equation (Frontline, Shubha Singh, Jun 10, 2006)
A new experiment in sharing power has brought together the main political parties in Fiji, the SDL and the FLP, in a multi-party Cabinet.
- East Timor: Troubled State (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 10, 2006)
The need to prevent the emergence of another failed state may have prompted Australia to help the government in Dili.
- Power For The Rural (Daily Excelsior, Madhusudan Verma, Jun 09, 2006)
Like food, shelter and clothing, electricity has also become the primary need of human life.
- It Industry To Oppose Reservation In Pvt Sector: Nasscom (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Nasscom President Kiran Karnik today said the IT industry body would oppose any move to introduce reservation in the private sector as it would affect the performance of the businesses.
- Chinks Appear In Bjp After Top Leaders Visit Rahul (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Call it a sign of a belated sympathy or sharp differences within, but the concern shown by BJP president Rajnath Singh when he visited Rahul Mahajan in hospital and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's defence of the young man seem to be gaining . . .
- Coffee Shop Buzz Draw Out India's Young (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
It is not the coffee that draws Neville d'Souza to a coffee shop in Mumbai. It's the chance to cuddle his girlfriend.
- Rbi Raises Reverse Repo Rate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday increased the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent with immediate effect.
- Inflation Fears Make Rbi Rush In, Raise Rates (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
RBI: Key interest rate up by 0.25%, more pressure on falling markets, loan rates set to rise
- Rbi Surprises With Rate Increase (Reuters, Anirban Nag and Surojit Gupta, Jun 09, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India raised interest rates on Thursday by 25 basis points to their highest in four years, in a rare move between scheduled reviews, as it battles accelerating inflation in a fast-growing economy.
- Wipro Acquires Finnish Infotech Firm Saraware (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Wipro Technologies, on Thursday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Finland-based Saraware Oy in an all-cash deal for Euro 25 million, which includes upfront cash payment and debt takeover.
- I The Indian (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 09, 2006)
A citizens’ cocktail along the border
The Centre would be loathe to admit as much, but the balance of population has been so profoundly affected that even an Indian by birth will now have to carry an identity card should he happen to be a resident . . .
- Kalam Makes History By Piloting Su-30 Jet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Seventy-five-year-old A P J Abdul Kalam today piloted a supersonic Sukhoi-30 jet flying at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft.
- Rbi Surprises With Rate Hike (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday increased the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent from 5.50 per cent with immediate effect.
- Breakthrough For Us As Zarqawi Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings, has been killed in an air strike, US and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
- Nepal Calling (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 09, 2006)
Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala’s visit to India seems to have gone off well. Observers hail the handsome aid package that India has offered Nepal as the ‘Himalayan Marshall Plan’, which reflects New Delhi’s wish to be one of Nepal’s key military . .
- Israel Keen On More Business With India: Consul General (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
"It has been developing strategic ties with countries including Turkey and India"
- Wildlife Board Clears Polavaram Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The National Board of Wildlife has cleared the wildlife aspect of Polavaram (Indira Sagar) project after considering various aspects of likely submergence of the Papikondalu Wildlife Sanctuary under the project.
- Health Ministry, Mci In A Standoff (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jun 09, 2006)
Diplomate of National Board degrees equated with MD/MS and DM/M.Ch for teaching jobs.
- Poor Response To Child Malnutrition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2006)
A recent report on malnutrition by the United Nations Children's Fund drew attention to the worsening crisis of malnutrition among Indian children.
- Thailand Must Clear The Mess (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2006)
Thailand is celebrating the diamond jubilee of the ascension to the throne of King Bhumibol Adulyatej, a monarch respected and loved by his people.
- ‘Do You Want To Help Those Within A Class Who Are Already Well-Off?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2006)
Sir, before I start on what I really wanted to say, I must say that I have been terribly pained with what I have heard just now from one of the members of the government, one of the ministers. It is extremely sad that the thinking in this government . . .
- Osama’S Iraq Face Is Killed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Like Osama bin Laden, Zarqawi, a Jordanian, led Arab fighters against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. After Soviets quit Afghanistan, he went back to Jordan
- India Abroad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2006)
The finding that the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is one among the leading “educators” of US Senators and Congressmen is cause more for reflection than self-congratulation; reflection on how much remains to be done by India to win friends . . .
- Govt. To Generate Its Own Resources: Cm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
"Provided we get our promised share in hydel power projects being set up in the State"
- Land And Man (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 09, 2006)
Indian statisticians do a thankless job. In the present, they can only go by what the sahibs tell them. Later when the facts come in they tuck them away in their reports and get the short end of the stick.
- Boom To Gloom (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 09, 2006)
The country's stock market indices are falling like nine pins. After a fall of 256 points on Wednesday, the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex has crashed again on Thursday by another 461 points.
- Media And Employment (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jun 09, 2006)
When people monitor public works closely, it checks corruption and is synonymous with a bottom-up approach.
- That Chavez Thing Is Over (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2006)
With his impassioned rants against globalisation, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is the new rock star of world politics. But as the elections in Peru and Colombia have shown, Latin American voters are not singing along
- 'India, France Ties Entering Best Phase' (Hindu, R. Chandrakanth, Jun 09, 2006)
We were the first to support India's bid for a U.N. seat: envoy
- No Rollback Of Oil Prices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Council against politicising issue
Inflationary impact will be less than one per cent
Call to push forward economic reforms
Manmohan expresses concern over slide in stock markets
- `Nanjundappa Panel Report Is Affecting Kodagu's Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The report has classified Kodagu as a developed district
Funds sought for improving the Virajpet-Perumbadi-Makutta-Kerala road
Rs. 2 lakh to be sanctioned for a community hall at Maggula village
Youth urged to work for development of rural areas
- Popular Leader (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 09, 2006)
In winning the hearts of the village folks, none could compete with Pandit Nehru
- New Entitlements For Ias Cadre And Danics Officers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
50 per cent reimbursement of their power and water bills
All eligible officers may avail of the aforesaid facilities with effect from May 23
The move is likely to go down poorly with lakhs of electricity and water consumers
- Chinese Checkers (Indian Express, Amitabh Acharya, Jun 09, 2006)
While attending an international conference in Seoul recently, I sat next to a young Korean university lecturer.
- The Cat Who Missed The Cream (OutLook, HARI MENON, Jun 09, 2006)
Wish she had brought her claws out. Instead the lady's intellectual baggage weighs her book down.
- Kalam Makes History By Piloting Su-30mk1 (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Seventy-five-year-old A P J Abdul Kalam today piloted a supersonic Sukhoi-30 jet flying at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft.
- Iraqi Al-Qaeda Chief Al-Zarqawi Killed In Air Strike (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings, has been killed in an air strike, US and Iraqi officials said today.
- An Opposition Without A Cause (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of the blunders made by the UPA regime, the BJP remains too effete to derive any political advantage, says Anuradha Dutt
- Primary Capital Market Sets (The Economic Times, M Y KHAN, Jun 09, 2006)
The primary market can contribute tremendously to capital formation and growth of the economy if foreign participation in equity is further liberalised across all sectors.
- Rural China's Crisis (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
This scenic capital of China's southern Yunnan Province has earned itself a more unsavory sobriquet - China's AIDS capital.
- Fuelling Inflation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2006)
The fuel price hike raises the spectre of inflation and the Government may face brickbats all round.
- Interview:s.K.Jain, Chairman, Npcil (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 09, 2006)
When the third reactor at Tarapur went critical, you announced that India's target was to generate 40,000 MWe of nuclear power by 2030.
- Rbi, Markets Take Global Cue (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In April, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor YV Reddy surprised the market by not hiking interest rates while announcing the central bank’s annual monetary policy. Today, he did an encore by hiking rates.
- Rbi Raises Reverse Repo, Repo Rates (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Aimed at containing inflationary pressures
RBI's prescription
Reverse repo rate raised 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent
Repo rate raised 25 basis points to 6.75 per cent
Spread maintained at one percentage point
The RBI had opted to leave . . .
- Remarkable Dissonance (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Whatever be your take on the anti-reservation issue, there is no escaping the fact that the matter has triggered an unprecedented upheaval among young people.
- The Politics And Economics Of Oil (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
One corollary of the high price of oil is the way the Middle Eastern countries have accumulated external assets of a trillion dollars.
- Standing His Ground (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
The Prime Minister deserves to be complimented for standing firm on the issue of oil product prices, despite the spectacle of his own Congress party joining the chorus of protest from the Opposition.
- No Follow-Up (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2006)
Some years ago, voluntary organisations working for clean politics, good governance and voter awareness came together under the banner of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) to launch a powerful and tenacious campaign, and forced the . . .
- End Of The Good Times? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
The change of mood is dramatic.
- Mining Frenzy In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The terrible consequences of uncontrolled iron ore mining in Bellary district prompt a demand for its curtailment.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jun 09, 2006)
Interview with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Ipos—a Regulated No-Brainer Creation (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2006)
Successive regulations have converted IPOs into a lottery, with retail investors like wildebeests.
- Challenges To Political Stability (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jun 09, 2006)
Since the Platonic period, philosophers have sought to determine the nature and meaning of a ‘good society’ and a ‘good state’, often giving their own interpretations of what ideal societies and states ought to be.
- Politics Of Bad Economics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 09, 2006)
It seems a calculated Congress strategy to hail Sonia Gandhi as the saviour and castigate Manmohan Singh as the spoiler
- Azad Initiates Exercise To Set Up Working Groups (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today initiated an exercise to set up five working groups on Jammu and Kashmir as announced by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the end of two days Round Table Conference in Srinagar on May 25.
- Kalam Makes History By Piloting Su-30 Jet (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Seventy-five-year-old A P J Abdul Kalam today piloted a supersonic Sukhoi-30 Jet flying at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft.
- Sensex Down By 461 Points (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The bear hammering of Sensex continued today with the benchmark index falling by a whopping 461 points to close at 9,296. In the broader markets, Nifty shed 4.8 per cent or 136 points to close at 2,724.
- Tragedy Of Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2006)
The Central government’s efficient statisticians gleefully announced a few days ago that India’s economy had crossed the 8-per cent growth barrier. At the same time, the word is being spread that the much-awaited Agni III — the intercontinental . . .
- A Dream Come True For President Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
He flies in a Sukhoi-30 fighter plane, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft
Flies at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour
Takes the controls for three minutes
"It was a beautiful experience"
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