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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 35809:
- Sezs On Pause Mode: Now Relooks Entire Policy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
The government’s reported decision to put a cap on the number of special economic zones (SEZs) is welcome, given that the recently notified rules for SEZs have met with opposition from within the government. The pause would allow the government to . . .
- Ties With Russia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 09, 2006)
PAKISTAN’s relations with Russia have still not acquired the level of understanding and warmth they should have in the aftermath of the break-up of the Soviet Union. Evidently, memory still rankles, for throughout the Cold War years Pakistan and . . .
- Popular Not Populist: Rollback Demand Is Bad Politics (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
Manmohan Singh may have asked petroleum minister Murli Deora to stand firm, but the possibility of a rollback in the prices of petrol and diesel still remains. The ill-considered, reactive response of the Left parties, some junior partners in the . . .
- The Fallacy Of Price Control (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker, unless you can also sell what you create, said David M Ogilvy.
- Airports’ Modernisation To Be Expedited: Patel (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Despite opposition from the Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Governments on the proposed modernisation of the airports in the states, the Civil Aviation Ministry today said the process of consultation with the two states would continue to carry out the . . .
- Is 2f Saral Form More Complex? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
There are already as many as nine forms of returns of income prescribed under Rule 12. The tenth form, 2F – Naya Saral is now prescribed with effect from June 1, 2006, applicable to individuals and HUFs. It seeks more information to verify the . . .
- The Oil Weapon And Iran (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In an address to the Iranian nation last weekend, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to the security of energy supplies in the Persian Gulf region being affected in the event of "the slightest mistake over Iran" made by the United States.
- Flee Market (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 08, 2006)
On a day when IBM pledged to invest $6 billion in India over three years, the Sensex shed 256 points. Last Wednesday, when government announced that the economy grew 9.3 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2005-06, the Sensex plummeted 388 points.
- Lurking Threat (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 08, 2006)
A spate of incidents during the last 24 hours shows the multi-dimensional threat of terror lurking across the State.
- The Power Of Branding (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Jun 08, 2006)
It would be obvious to state that brands matter, and powerful brands usually deliver superior financial performance to businesses that own such brands.
- No-Frills Bank Accounts: Financial Inclusion Is Good Economics (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Jun 08, 2006)
Financial inclusion means extending the banking habit among the less privileged in urban and rural India. But the path of financial inclusion is daunting.
- '191million Aliens Worldwide' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Some 191 million people now live outside their country of birth and migration is a major feature of international life, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan reported on Tuesday.
- The Public-Private Divide (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 08, 2006)
The Economist, a magazine reputed for its special features on countries and global issues, among other things, recently published one on Indian business.
- When Crude Oil Runs Out ...... (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 08, 2006)
As the crude oil price, jumped above $70 a barrel and there is no sign of decline, a small group of geologists and planners are considering a more fundamental question:
- On The Right Track (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 08, 2006)
Having messed up the country’s food management system to the extent of necessitating imports, the food and agriculture minister, Sharad Pawar, is now talking about measures that can undo the damage.
- Quota Ii: Punjab Oks Free Power For Scs, Poor Or Rich It Doesn’T Matter (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s appeal to political parties not to announce free power schemes seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
- Babaji, The Incredible Yogi (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jun 08, 2006)
Readers of the celebrated spiritual classic by Swami Yogananda Paramahamsa called the Autobiography of a Yogi, 1946, will doubtless recall the legendary name of Babaji, the immortal child-saint whose retreat is located in the Himalayas.
- Traps In A System? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 08, 2006)
You will have to look into the lives of hundreds of such students in our country, incidents that occur at the same time, every year, to see a pattern is emerging in a disturbing fabric.
- The Freedom To Say No (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
General Musharraf and his loyalists have rejected the alliance between Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto. But shouldn’t that privilege lie with the people of Pakistan?
- Indian Captain Of Boat Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The Indian captain of a luxury boat that capsized in Bahrain on March 30 killing 58 people, including 22 from India, has pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter.
- You Have Made Me Feel Low Again, Mr Arjun Singh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
I am an OBC. I come from a place where discrimination on the basis of caste is common. I grew up hearing I was inferior because I was from a backward class. All through my childhood I regretted the fact that I belonged to a backward class.
- Nda Leaders To Court Arrest; Bjp Men Block Traffic (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Demanding an immediate rollback in the petroleum prices, the Opposition NDA today announced a protest programme, including satyagraha and courting arrest by its top leaders here on June 12.
- A New Line Of Thinking (Telegraph, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Jun 08, 2006)
The anti-reservations stir launched by members of the medical fraternity has brought back the ‘quota system’ into the limelight.
- How To Avoid Those Self-Goals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
In this season of great sport, just stay away from the television
- Rollback Of Petro Prices Ruled Out (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jun 08, 2006)
Ruling out any rollback of hike in petrol and diesel prices at least for the time-being, the UPA government, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seems to be heading towards a confrontation with the Congress itself besides the Left parties and . . .
- Vijaya Bank Revises Fcnr (B) Deposit Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Vijaya Bank has effected upward revision in interest on FCNR (B) deposits with effect from June 1.
- Montenegro Breaks Away (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2006)
With Montenegro proclaiming independence and separating from Serbia in the process, the disintegration of the former federation of Yugoslavia is almost complete.
- Fuel Price Hike: Political Brief Ignored (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The dissonance between government and the Congress over fuel prices is a result of the Union Cabinet having on Monday overshot the 'political brief' set out by the UPA leadership by hiking the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2.
- Complicating “Saral” (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2006)
THE new return form that Mr P. Chidambram’s income tax department is introducing is a great development — only for the tax sleuths
- India Offers Nepal Pm Aid To Rebuild Nation (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday offered Nepali counterpart Girija Prasad Koirala an aid package to help rebuild his strife-torn country, officials said.
- Kalam Nod To Gopalaswami As Next Cec (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam is understood to have given his nod to the choice of N Gopalaswami as the next Chief Election Commissioner succeeding B B Tandon, who is retiring on June 29.
- Inflationary Pressure Bad For Commonman (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jun 08, 2006)
The latest bulletin issued by the Reserve Bank of India on May 26 cautions the Government against the rising graph of inflation, which touched 4.75 per cent against 3.75 per cent in the previous month.
- Dangers Of Globalisation (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jun 08, 2006)
Just as post modernism was the concept of the 1980s, globalization may be the concept of the 1990s. We are now on the road to the formation of a global society, as the needs and interests of all human beings are universally similar.
- Bird Flu Exercise Tests (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group began a bird flu disaster exercise today to test how countries inform each other about the risks of a flu pandemic.
- Rel To Invest 60,000 Cr (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Reliance Energy, the flagship company of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, today said that it was pursuing generation projects aggregating to a total capacity of 16,000 MW with a projected investment of Rs 60,000 crore.
- Dhaka Hawks Want Ancient Dhakeswari Temple Shifted (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, Jun 08, 2006)
In a bid to appease fundamentalist Muslims in the run-up to the 2007 general election in Bangladesh, certain sections of the Begum Khaleda Zia Government are mounting pressure to shift the historic Dhakeswari Kali temple located in the heart of . . .
- Reliance Energy Plans $13 Bln Projects (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Reliance Energy Ltd. is pursuing power projects worth 600 billion rupees ($13 billion) and plans a foray into nuclear energy, Chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders on Wednesday.
- Pm Against Rollback (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Two days after the Manmohan Singh Cabinet effected a steep increase in petroleum product prices, the contentious issue continues to be gripped by uncertainty.
- Nda Leaders To Court Arrest In Protest Against Oil Price Hike (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 08, 2006)
They say they are foraam aadmibut make his life much harder"
- `Save Doda Campaign' Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
We want to apprise the country about the conditions in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP
- The Da Vinci Code Banned In Pondicherry (Hindu, Deepa H.Ramakrishnan, Jun 08, 2006)
Order passed on Wednesday
- Maoist Yoke Choking Nepal, Koirala Tells Pm (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 08, 2006)
Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is in New Delhi with the express aim of seeking India's help to curb growing Maoist intransigence back home as the rebels are threatening to abort their current dialogue with Nepal's Seven Party Alliance.
- The Sensex Reacts To Questionable Policies (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Jun 08, 2006)
While global markets did tug downwards, the UPA government did quite a bit to aid the market slide.
- India Offers Nepal Pm Aid To Rebuild Nation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Reaffirms commitment to rebuild Nepal’s infrastructure in accordance with Kathmandu’s prioritiesm
- Sinha Discusses Indian Budget-Making Process (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Yashwant Sinha, the former Indian finance and external minister, on Wednesday addressed parliamentarians about the budget-making process in India at a parliamentary development course.
- Rel Aims To Generate 16,000 Mw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Investment outlay set at Rs 60,000 crore; in-house team to focus on nuclear power
Power plans
To form two joint ventures with PGCIL
Land being acquired for Raigad project
Participating in rural electrification programme
- Where A Tragedy Occurs Everyday (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 08, 2006)
Iraq is in such chaos that no one is safe from murder and kidnapping even in a heavily guarded city like Baghdad, says Marianna Belenkaya.
- Big Blue Comes Calling (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 08, 2006)
Provide it the right infrastructure and skills set
- 'Maoists Must Abandon Violence' (OutLook, Navtej Sarna, Jun 08, 2006)
'We support the peace efforts of the Government of Nepal and the Maoists and we believe that Maoists must abandon violence and must accept the discipline of multiparty democracy to enter the mainstream of politics in Nepal'
- Transcending Borders (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too, and where all people live life in peace. What a dream, but that's the world John Lennon paints in `Imagine.' "Imagine all the people sharing all the world... and the world will live as one."
- 'I Am Not Trembling' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
In the second part of an exclusive interview with rediff.com Deputy Managing Editor Ramananda Sengupta and Nikhil Lakshman, the commander of America's Pacific Fleet Admiral Gary Roughead looks at the role of the Indian and American navies in . . .
- A Retrograde Move: Jan Morcha Should Shun Communalism (The Economic Times, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 08, 2006)
Marriages of convenience in Indian politics have often been misconceived experiments in bad blood and poor politics.
- Warily, India And China To Reopen Silk Route Trade (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 08, 2006)
As the rain sweeps across the high Himalayan pass, a Chinese soldier arrives at the three strands of barbed wire which separate his country's territory from that of long-time rival India.
- Kalam Goes Supersonic In Su-30 Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam will undertake a sortie in supersonic SU-30 MKI fighter jet in Pune on Thursday. The first ever sortie by an Indian president will last for about 30 minutes.
- Stand Firm Against Populism: Recklessness Will Destroy Oil Cos (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2006)
The Centre must stand firm and not give in to the gratuitous talk of rolling back the belated hike in petrol and diesel prices.
- Huge Potential In Power Sector’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2006)
After the early ’90s, the power sector seems to be staging a come back as a favourite sector of corporate India.
- Experience Your Inner Space (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Jun 08, 2006)
We are all the time running after material objects of the external world. Most of us are not even aware that such a thing as inner space exists.
- Me And Iran Will Affect Pakistan, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
President says terrorism threatens Pakistan’s economy
- Will The Budget Promises Be Realised? (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 08, 2006)
What we have for 2006-07 is a true election year budget. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have been making no bones about it in its preparation stage.
- Daily Incidence Of Blasts In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 08, 2006)
A Major gas pipeline of 18 inch diameter was blown up with explosives on Tuesday night in Sui Town disrupting gas supply to the down country areas.
- Time To End Human Trafficking (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 08, 2006)
The trafficking of men, women and children is a bane Pakistan must firmly curb.
- The Revered King (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2006)
Most monarchies lost their divine status centuries ago and are now little more than titular figureheads.
- State Inks Pact With Motorola (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
To establish facility to produce telecom equipment, mobile handsets and accessories
Plant to come up at SIPCOT industrial park, near Sriperumbudur
Project with Rs.135 cr. initial investment to offer direct employment to 7,250 persons
- Sunil Jain: $100 A Barrel? Sure, But ... (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Jun 08, 2006)
Oil firms may have to hike prices if the oil spiral continues, but analysts such as Deutsche Bank (DB) believe things may stabilise.
- India's Nuclear Conundrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
The actual long-term economic costs of civilian nuclear energy tend to be obscured in discussion of its supposed limitless possibilities
- Quota Solution: More Students, Fewer Teachers (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 07, 2006)
In a race against time to increase number of seats in medical colleges, the Health Ministry is proposing relaxation of Medical Council of India norms for medical education, like student-teacher ratio. Relaxed rules for teaching in . . .
- No Devil's Luck For Markets (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The pain continues at the Dalal Street as even devil couldn't salvage the markets from the deep red see that it has had been drowning under for past a few weeks.
- Maoists Target Koirala After King In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
In an unveiled threat to the Girija Prasad Koirala Government, Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that the rebels will resort to violence if political parties did not accept their demand to set up a republican state after holding Constituent . . .
- Pak Comes Closer To Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Pakistan and Asean have agreed to begin talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to boost Islamabad’s efforts towards achieving full dialogue partner status with the ten-member regional economic grouping.
- Bengal Reformation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 07, 2006)
Mr Bhattacharjee attempts too much, too late
- Mahajan's Key Aide Harish Sharma Arrested (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Harish Sharma, a key aide of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan was tonight arrested in the sensational Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case.
- Myopic On Economic Reforms (Business Line, A K Bhattacharya, Jun 07, 2006)
Economic reforms will certainly rank as among the most widely used—often misused and abused—expression in India today.
- Nepal Pm Seeks Indian Aid For Ravaged Economy (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala arrived in India on Tuesday seeking aid to support his new government's efforts to rebuild the economy, devastated by political instability and a long-running Maoist insurgency.
- Federal Budget 2006-07 (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 07, 2006)
According to the government, the federal budget for 2006-07 seeks to provide some relief, especially to government servants, and accelerate investment and growth, create employment opportunities, broaden the tax net, strengthen infrastructure and . . .
- Ex-General’S Piece Of Advice (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jun 07, 2006)
AN EX-ARMY colleague has some advice for Pervez Musharraf. General (retired) Jehangir Karamat, who is returning home from Washington after completing his two year term as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, does not appear to be one of those . . .
- Affirmative Action And Caste Dilemmas (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Indian businesses are taking a skewed view of `affirmative action' in the U.S. to sell a strategy that is big on promises and low on accountability.
- The Federal Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 07, 2006)
The budget for the next fiscal year, presented by the minister of state for finance, Omar Ayub Khan, in the National Assembly on Monday, carries a substantial package of relief for the common man.
- Sensex Up 68pts, Ongc Drops 3% (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Sensex touched a high of 10,052 - up 208 points from the day's low of 9844. The index is now up 68 points at 10,025.
- The Helmsman Takes A Buffeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 07, 2006)
Can the success of Indian business make India as a whole richer, asks the latest issue of The Economist. Sure it can, says RASHEEDA BHAGAT, but only if there is a strong, effective and efficient, as well as sincere and honest government in place . . .
- Half-Measures Still (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 07, 2006)
Why not free the industry completely and leave it to market forces to determine fuel prices?
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