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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 35809:
- A Way Back Home (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 07, 2006)
Families of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists hope the round-table conference will help them return home.
- For The Sake Of Peace Aditi Bhaduri (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The news that the ‘Quartet’ is planning to send financial aid to Palestine has reached Gaza but few are rejoicing or hoping for better times.
- A Legitimation Challenge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
China’s success is also the source of its dilemmas
- It's Funny (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
Fools laugh at others, the wise laugh at themselves.
Osho
- Is There A Way Out? (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 07, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Biotechnology-Based Units Ideal For Hp, Says Phdcci (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has urged the Himachal Government to focus on research, economic practices and a comprehensive plan with an implementable roadmap for the hill state’s transition into a knowledge-based economy.
- Fuel The Fire (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The political reaction to Monday's cabinet decision raising the price of petroleum products seems to suggest the move was either unexpected, excessive, or both. The reality, of course, is that it is neither unexpected nor excessive.
- `Margin-Trading Did Not Cause The Crisis' (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Jun 07, 2006)
SANE voices are hard to hear in the cacophony of the markets.
- U.N. Risks Shutdown Over U.S. Budget Cap - Tharoor (Reuters, Paul Taylor, Jun 07, 2006)
The United Nations faces a potential shutdown in which the Security Council could not meet and peacekeepers around the world would be left adrift if the United States and Japan carry out a threat to withhold funds, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Heroic Warning (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
It may be inadequate to simply see it as a heroic death. Heroic it truly is, but what is more important about the death of Anil Kumar Singh is its poignant irony.
- Price Of Gas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The agonizing process through which the decision to raise petrol and diesel prices is arrived at and the predictable hostile noises made by political parties have both become as tedious as an anecdote repeated many times over.
- Sleaze-Bomb Is Ticking (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 07, 2006)
Unnoted by media, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Bill 2006 was introduced in Parliament the day before its short session concluded;
- Protect Cows To Protect Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
The age old system of keeping cows in households is perishing with advancement in technology and mechanisation in agriculture operations, and due to economic considerations.
- Iran’S China Syndrome (Tribune, Jackson Diehl, Jun 07, 2006)
IN the middle of a tirade about the pointlessness of talking with the United States’ Bush administration, a senior Iranian official I met in Tehran last month abruptly paused and asked if he could speak off the record.
- Economics Of Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, Jun 07, 2006)
Katra, the 1000 years old base camp of the holy cave of Mata Vaishno Devi, nestled in feet of the mighty Trikuta mountain, is all set to rise further in economic growth with the arrival of the train next year.
- Will Prodi Pull A Rabbit Out Of The Hat? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 07, 2006)
Analysts are worried that there will be too many conflicting pulls, pushes and heaves within the Italian Prime Minister's fragile coalition for him to be able to act decisively.
- Us Offers Deals On Trade To Entice Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States along with the four other veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council - Britain, France, Russia and China - drew up the package with Germany in a meeting in Vienna on Friday.
- Reliance Announces New Schemes In Pre-Paid Category (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Launches special on-net voucher and special local tariff voucher
- Stock Market Mayhem (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 07, 2006)
Foreign institutional investors, who have a stranglehold on the stock markets, trigger the utter volatility of May
- Quota Stirs Caste Cauldron (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jun 07, 2006)
The decision to introduce quotas for other backward classes in higher education has set the caste cauldron in Uttar Pradesh on the boil.
- Meow Scare For Bank (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
A cat is not entitled to register a website that is “confusingly similar” to the name of a well-known bank, an Internet arbitrator has ruled.
- Sez Land Wrangle Put To Rest (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The controversy over the minimum land required for special economic zones in infotech, gems and jewellery and biotech was resolved today with the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) retaining the commerce ministry’s original proposal of a minimum . . .
- Spices Export Income Surpasses Us Dollar 500 Million Mark (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Export of spices during the last fiscal has surpassed the USD 500 million mark in value terms for the first time in Indian spice trade, Spices Board said here.
- Mahajan's Key Aide Harish Sharma Arrested (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Harish Sharma, a key aide of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan was on Tuesday night arrested in the sensational Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case.
- Bomb-Making Goes Awry In Madrasa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Three people were killed and eight wounded on Tuesday when explosives being fixed to a motorcycle blew up in a madrasa in southeast Afghanistan, a senior provincial official said.
- Inevitable Hike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
The increase in prices of auto fuels was inevitable
- Koirala Comes Calling, Economic Package, Maoists’ Role Top Agenda (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
India's political establishment was keen to get its act right on Nepal as Prime Minister G P Koirala, accompanied by a 40-member delegation, arrived in Delhi today evening and PM Manmohan Singh set aside protocol to be at the airport.
- Rbi Staff Stage Dharna (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Government decides to hand over the functioning to "National Payments Corporation of India"
They are also against pension updation scheme of 2002
United Forum of Bank Unions, LIC and GIC extend support to agitators
- Increase In Defence Spending (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
Defence is to get Rs 250 billion for the financial year 2006-07, a raise of Rs 26.5 billion over the outgoing year. The allocation is, however, less than the demand of the defence forces that had proposed Rs 273 billion to maintain minimum level of . . .
- A Relief-Oriented Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
The Rs 1.5 trillion budget for the year 2006-07 announced by Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan on Monday envisages relief and subsidies besides providing for socio-economic development.
- Omar Pleads For Continuity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
In a spirited and forthright manner, Omar Ayub Khan pleaded for continuity of policies and leadership for the nation’s sustained economic growth.
- Bangla Tax For Extra Wives (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Men in Bangladesh wishing to take advantage of the outdated, but still legal, practice of taking more than one wife will have to pay a polygamy tax.
- Maoists Urge Koirala To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
:Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India, during his visit to the neighbouring country.
- Is All Well In India’S Agriculture? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
The just released figures on GDP growth gives the lie, as one might be incorrectly tempted to conclude, to the widely held view that all is unwell on the farm front.
- Begin At Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
Since the government’s decision to hike oil prices has come under political pressure — the oil minister meeting Sonia Gandhi; increasing hints about a partial rollback
- Uranium Stocks Can Meet N-Energy Demands For 85 Yrs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Global uranium resources are more than adequate to meet projected requirements for nuclear electricity generation, according to the latest edition of a United Nations-backed world reference guide.
- 'Excess' Land Grab To Benefit Netas? (Times of India, Sowmya Aji Mehu, Jun 07, 2006)
Why does the state government want to take over "excess" land in Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor? According to sources, certain bureaucrats and politically influential individuals are keen on a stake in the prized area.
- Nepal Without Strings (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 06, 2006)
End the paternalism that marks New Delhi’s ties with Kathmandu
- Pak Increases Defence Budget To Rs 250 Bn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Aiming to acquire high-tech equipment, Pakistan on Monday increased its defence budget from Rs 223.5 billion to Rs 250 billion even as the country's military spending last year shot up by nearly Rs 18 billion rupees.
- Reform: Despite Left, Pm Pushes Right Thing (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jun 06, 2006)
With Assembly elections over, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a clear signal to the Left by going ahead with the fuel price hike that he is not going to delay crucial and tough economic decisions.
- Us Dismisses Iran Warning On Oil Disruption (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed Iran’s supreme religious leader’s threat on Sunday that oil shipments from the Persian Gulf would be disrupted if the United States made a ‘‘wrong move’’ toward his country over its nuclear programme.
- Abbas Will Not Amend Proposal On Israel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intensified his faceoff with the Palestinians’ Hamas rulers on Monday by insisting he would accept no changes to a plan calling for a compromise with Israel.
- New Parliament House For Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
After Afghanistan, it may now be Nepal to receive India’s assistance to concretise the gains of democracy.
- Dissent Dogs Koirala’S India Visit (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal’s brief honeymoon with India seems to be over with the kingdom’s left parties, known for their deep distrust of New Delhi, expressing suspicions about the Indian government’s intentions on the eve of Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad . . .
- French Translation Of The Two Great Epics (Hindu, AUROGEETA DAS, Jun 06, 2006)
Attentive readers of Serge Demetrian's Le Ramayana and Le Mahabharata will find clues that reveal their oral source. Demetrian has translated the two great epics into French from oral narratives, particularly those recounted in Kancheepuram.
- New Plan Paper Projects 8% Gdp (Deccan Herald, Aditya Raj Das, Jun 06, 2006)
The first draft Approach Paper (AP) to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) has projected a growth rate of 8 to 10 per cent during the plan period for laying a 10 per cent growth rate in the 12th Plan (2012-17).
- ‘Anti-Quota Stir A Creamy Layer Stunt’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
“Reservation should be provided to those who are economically poor from upper castes as well,” said Rajya Sabha member and KPCC former President Janardhan Poojary.
- Human Rights Discourse (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Jun 06, 2006)
There has always been a tendency to view human rights as rather western with Asian societies having little to contribute to dialogue on this topic that is continually the focus of the contemporary world.
- Social Dimensions Of Security (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Jun 06, 2006)
Pleads for a very comprehensive definition of `security' that moves away from a state-centric approach
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
The reference to the 103rd constitutional amendment being unanimously passed ("Countering social discrimination", Editorial page, June 2, 2006) is incorrect. It should have been the 93rd amendment which relates to reservations in educational institutions.
- Victims Of Exploitation (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Jun 06, 2006)
ANANTAPUR DISTRICT of Rayalaseema is the worst famine-hit region in Andhra Pradesh. Added to this natural misery the exploitation of the downtrodden by landlords in the form of bonded-labour has further worsened the socio-economic condition of the . . .
- Time For A Global Conversation About Migrants (Hindu, Kofi A. Annan, Jun 06, 2006)
It is now a question of managing it better, with cooperation and understanding on all sides.
- The Pds And Eroding Food Security (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jun 06, 2006)
The proposal to further cut down on quotas and to hike the issue prices of foodgrains in the public distribution system will spell disaster.
- Postal Department All Set To Launch `Delivery Of Cash At . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
All 92 head post offices across State will offer it; beat postman to be the key link
It will benefit senior citizens, working persons
60 lakh postal SB account holders in State
It will benefit senior citizens, working persons
60 lakh postal . . .
- A Welfare System At Work (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jun 06, 2006)
Foregrounds the theme of care and analyses it from a gender perspective
- Naidu Ready For Probe Into Imax Theatre Affair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Says benefits of IT revolution he ushered in must reach the poor
YSR fails to counter Maharashtra on Babli project
TDP will launch an agitation if the Centre fails to act
Congress flayed for singling out TDP chief for attack
- Sensex Sheds 238 Points (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index failed to sustain Friday's rally and plunged by 238 points on Monday to 10213.48 on across-the-board selling pressure amid indications of a slowdown in foreign institutional investment inflows.
- Don’T Equate Booty With Brilliance (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jun 06, 2006)
Wealth is based on insights. A nation’s growth turns on one key factor, which is, its openness to new ideas and its ability to mobilise and harness the creative energies of its people. Regardless of industry or profession, our future value will . . .
- M&as Spur New Indian Mncs (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 06, 2006)
India’s record $16 billion of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the first five months of 2006 signals both a growing number of fast-track companies and a sustained acceleration of FDI flows.
- Solana In Tehran With Carrot N' Stick Package (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Iranian officials have agreed to meet on Tuesday with a senior EU representative carrying a six-nation package of rewards and penalties meant to stop Tehran's uranium enrichment program, diplomats said.
- Reforms Need A Competition Policy Framework (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jun 06, 2006)
It is time the Government adopted a National Competition Policy as the mantra for implementing economic reforms
- Numbers Game (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 06, 2006)
The latest numbers on assets under management (AUM) of mutual funds put out by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) show the days of one mutual fund behemoth dominating the entire industry are clearly over.
- Pakistan’S Likely Shape In 2020 (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 06, 2006)
The hallmark of great nations is that they learn from their past experience to become wiser in conducting their current and future affairs.
- Cotton's Tragedy (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Jun 06, 2006)
The agriculture minister told Parliament last week that 100,000 farmers had committed suicide from 1998 to 2003, a period for which his government had data. Cotton farmers are worst hit.
- The Dry Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 06, 2006)
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) could not have chosen a more fitting theme than desertification for this year’s World Environment Day.
- Nepal Maoists Urge Pm To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India during his visit to the giant neighbour beginning on Tuesday.
- Govt Lifts Fuel Prices, Higher Interest Rates Seen (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Jun 06, 2006)
The government raised petrol and diesel prices on Monday, easing a little of the pressure on refineries saddled with losses from rising crude prices and reinforcing expectations that interest rates will rise next month.
- 'I Am Not Trembling' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 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 . . .
- Politics And The High Life (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The Rahul Mahajan ‘story’ is symptomatic of the all-consuming illness that has afflicted the political class.
- Left To Protest Hike In Oil Price (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
As irony would have it, within a week Left parties announced its opposition to oil price hike, the Congress-led UPA Government once again snubbed them by going for a steep hike in prices of petroleum products from Monday night.
- Our Strange Dichotomy (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Jun 06, 2006)
We are unwilling to pay anything but shamefully low wages for domestic labour and also do not want to see the eyesores we call slums around us
- Buy And Make (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 06, 2006)
As Indo-US defence cooperation takes shape American defence manufacturers are now trying to lobby with the Indian government to ease the critical offsets clause in defence contracts as spelt out in the defence procurement procedures 2005 document.
- France’S 35-Hour Work Week Criticised (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 06, 2006)
France’s 35-hour work week has a mixed legacy, the top Socialist contender for next year’s presidential race said today, criticising one of the biggest Socialist reforms of the past decade.
- Neglected Environment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 06, 2006)
Like other parts of the globe, the World Environment Day was observed in Pakistan as well on June 5. The day is commemorated as an instrument to stimulate awareness worldwide about environmental issues and the need to tackle them seriously.
- Land Rites (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 06, 2006)
In economic terms, farming is hardly the best use of land. Even farmers who depend on land for their livelihood are compelled to do so because they know no better use of land.
- The Hike Is Here (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Centre today decided to hike the price of petrol by Rs 4 a litre and that of diesel, by Rs 2 a litre but left unaltered the retail selling prices of liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene in the public distribution system.
- Economic Survey: Decline In Farm Growth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the national economy is moving forward satisfactorily despite oil prices crunch and October 8 massive earthquake.
- State Of The Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 06, 2006)
Released on Sunday, the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2005-06 tends to present a very rosy and positive picture.
- Profile Of The Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 06, 2006)
The Economic Survey released by the finance ministry on Sunday indicates the challenges that an economy on a high growth trajectory encounters and which, if unaddressed, may precipitate a downturn.
- Conflicting Ways Of Looking At The Economy (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 06, 2006)
The Economic Survey 2005-06 made public on Sunday inspires hope, but as usual the general comment on it challenges the figures and predicts doom in the coming months.
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