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Articles 10321 through 10420 of 35809:
- High Expectations And Doubts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2006)
Although the policy for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) was mooted way back in April 2000, it is only recently, at the implementation stage, that it is coming under close scrutiny.
- Fighting India's Low Intensity Civil War (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 31, 2006)
India has been involved, for sometime now, in what may appropriately be termed as a low intensity civil war. When we survey the scene from eastern India to north western India,
- Mallya, Mittal And Tata: All Bitten By Economic Patriotism (Pioneer, PTI, May 31, 2006)
What's common between Vijay Mallya, Ratan Tata and L N Mittal besides the fact that they are all India-born entrepreneurs looking to dominate global business? All three are victims of economic patriotism in foreign soil.
- Bundle Commission (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
When the Mandal Commission report was thrust upon an unsuspecting nation by the VP Singh Government in 1990, its critics pointed out that the database the Commission based its assessments on was inherently flawed.
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- Japan Rises In The East (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 31, 2006)
India and Japan already have numerous business joint ventures; they must now look to enhancing defence, and particularly maritime, cooperation
- Though Late, Offer To Talk To Iran Will Only Benefit U.S. (USA Today.com, Editorial, USA today.com, May 31, 2006)
Can Iran be persuaded to give up its race for nuclear weapons?
- Pakistan Politics Up For Rapid Changes (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, May 30, 2006)
Pakistan's political scene is in for rapid changes and India has per force to take a close look at the fast-moving developments to see what impact they could make on its domestic scene and on its overall security.
- Mahindra Q4 Net Below Forecast, Costs Rise (Reuters, Rina Chandran, May 30, 2006)
India's top tractor and utility vehicle maker, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., on Monday posted lower-than-expected quarterly earnings adjusted for one-time gains, as raw materials costs climbed.
- China, India Pledge To Deepen Military Exchanges (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
China and India pledged on Monday to deepen military exchanges during a visit by Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the latest sign of warming relations between the neighbours and one-time foes.
- Fdi In Proposed Pension Funds To Be Linked With Insurance Cos (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Foreign direct investment in proposed pension funds will be 26 per cent but it will automatically rise if FDI cap in insurance companies is hiked.
- Chautala Accuses Hooda Govt. Of Corruption (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Rajya Sabha member and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Secretary-General Ajay Singh Chautala on Monday asked Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to "come clean on the various scandalous deals amounting to thousands of crores of rupees that . . .
- An Ecological Patriot's Vision (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, May 30, 2006)
A tribute to the acute perspective that M. Krishnan brought to the study of nature
- Upa Is Writing Its Own Epitaph (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
No political party other than those led by OBCs gain from reservation yet mainstream players blunder into quota politics
- Corruption As Human Rights Violation (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, May 30, 2006)
The National Human Rights Commission should revamp its mandate in the light of massive institutionalised corruption that has left no institution in India untouched.
- The Bitter Truth Of Our Politics (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, May 30, 2006)
While the world moves on to pursue its socioeconomic and other loftier goals in the new millennium, the debate on the state of democracy continues in Pakistan.
- Get Professional (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 30, 2006)
The unseemly controversy over the denial of an extension of service to the former chairman of the State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Subir Raha, has once again brought the issue of corporate governance in public sector undertakings . . .
- Government Should Respond To Bugti (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Central Information Secretary and spokesman of the Jamhoori Watan Party Amanullah Kanrani has said that Nawab Akbar Bugti is ready for dialogue to sort out differences with the government and restore peace in Balochistan.
- Giving Blood (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 30, 2006)
Few things are as unambiguously good as giving blood to help other people.
- Buddha Bashing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
As if to iterate that the more Marxists change, the more they remain the same, the meeting of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau in Kolkata made all the necessary noises to emphasise orthodoxy and negate its campaign platform in the recent West Bengal election.
- Sifting Musharraf’S Good Points (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 30, 2006)
The pmln and the pppp got together with sundry other opposition parties in Lahore on Sunday to remember the day Pakistan tested its nuclear device in 1998.
- India’S Insecurity~ii (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 30, 2006)
If the state of India’s external security is a cause for serious concern, the country’s internal security situation is equally dismal.
- India Inc Can Sow A Paradigm Shift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 30, 2006)
Corporates can bring about a turnaround in the agriculture sector, bringing all-round benefits.
- Can Democracy Ensure Economic Discipline? (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, May 30, 2006)
Freedom is an important component of development. But if it can deliver economic advancement for a vast majority depends squarely on whether or not the policy environment is conducive, says BHANOJI RAO.
- Explaining The Stock Market Correction (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, May 30, 2006)
The second fortnight of May witnessed a much needed though still inadequate correction of the recent unprecedented rise of the Sensex. Yet, in the blame-game that followed, inadequate "reform" stemming from political opposition has been seen by . . .
- Devolve To Develop (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 30, 2006)
Vertical allocation of tax revenues and powers are a more efficient way of ensuring economic performance.
- Hydro Power To Get Private Boost Soon (The Financial Express, ANUPAMA AIRY, May 30, 2006)
Firms to be selected through tariff-based bidding
- Wholesale Recast (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2006)
Group on Recasting of the wholesale price index (WPI) to include 1,200 items in the revised WPI series is welcome.
- We Need More Engineers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2006)
It’s time India built more, many more, IITs. Seven IITs for an economy that intends to sustain its current annual growth rate of 8%, and even improve on it, is dismally meagre.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2006)
Manmohan Singh — if Third Eye’s reliable source Tweety is to believed — is on the horns of dilemma. And he’s torn between infrastructure development and national security.
- Have Income, Give Subsidies (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 30, 2006)
The fault lies not in providing subsidies to the poor and the needy but in not raising enough resources. The Government provides tax exemptions, which reduce legitimate tax revenues due to it, and the variety of subsidies and sops
- Tata Power Fy06 Net Up 11% At Rs 610cr (Business Standard, CORPORATE BUREAU, May 30, 2006)
Tata Power has posted a 11% increase in net profit at Rs 610.54 crore for the year ended March 31, 2006 when compared with Rs 551.36 crore in FY05.
- History And Mythology (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, May 30, 2006)
During colonial times, India was portrayed as serving a role in history that was subservient to the European agenda, or as just a passive entity activated primarily by the incursions of invading groups.
- Natural Rise (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 30, 2006)
Free gas pricing, ensure competitive markets
- When Global Capital Develops A Glad-Eye (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, May 30, 2006)
In a globalising economy with relatively open capital markets, large swings in portfolio flows are a given. The only way to contain the resultant volatility is to widen and deepen markets
- Jatropha Cultivation In India (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 30, 2006)
Hope you would be aware that in India more than one lac people commit suicide every year.
- Sindh Coalition Intact (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 30, 2006)
Now that the differences between the MQM and the PML have been settled — to quote the prime minister — “amicably”, one hopes that no new tension will develop between the two, and the coalition will stay intact and work as a team for Sindh’s . . .
- Bengal’S Flab Fizzle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 30, 2006)
The dichotomy in the CPI-M’s perception of disinvestment has effectively been cleared with the new government making it quite obvious that local conditions will guide the policies of the Bengal Left.
- Bad Show (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
Foresight leads to preemptive action.
- New Skills, Old Divides (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
There are two curious features about the agitation against reservations for other backward castes.
- India, China Can Resolve Complex Problems: Pranab (Tribune, Anil K. Joseph, May 30, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said “complex” problems that existed in Sino-Indian bilateral ties could be resolved through dialogues and mutual understanding.
- India Should Do A China In Africa (Tribune, NIMI KURIAN, May 30, 2006)
China has lately been rediscovering the African continent with a voyager’s zeal. Chinese President Hu Jintao’s recent visit to Africa forms part of a charm offensive to determinedly court the continent.
- Buddha's Stance Confusing (Deccan Herald, V.R. Krishna Iyer, May 30, 2006)
Marxists oppose this grave menace. of Globalisation,Liberalisation Privatisation and have they too been Yeltsinised? Never. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the brilliant West Bengal Chief Minister, why, the Left in India generally, has been blasphemed.
- Left To Die (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 30, 2006)
David Sharp of Britain was an experienced, popular and competent mountaineer. His luck ran out when he collapsed near the summit that dominates the dreams of every climber—Mount Everest.
- Dolphins In River, Assam Town Eyes Leap In Tourism (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 30, 2006)
After being a picnic spot for the locals, this sleepy little township of Kukurmara, 40 km west of Guwahati on way to Goalpara, has woken up to promising future — as an eco-tourism hotspot of Assam. Reason: the presence of 30 odd fresh water . . .
- Looking For Alternative (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 30, 2006)
Riding on their recent electoral successes, and notwithstanding their claims of having chosen “responsibility without power” in supporting the UPA government from the outside, the comrades are wielding their clout with glee.
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- Tourism Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
I submit that entire Nilgiri district should be converted as a tourism zone. The main five zonal centres comprising Udhagamandalam, Coonoor, Gudalur, Kotagiri and Kundah regions are scenic spots.
- India Yet To Rise To Potential (Tribune, B G Verghese, May 30, 2006)
India is beginning to attract international notice but has seldom acted in keeping with its potential and power.
- Pro-Obc Means Anti-Cong (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , May 30, 2006)
Not many people remember Charan Singh, the man who appointed B.P. Mandal to head a commission in the late ’70s to collect data on the Other Backward Classes (castes), belonged to the Congress Party till the mid-1960s.
- Risk In A Turban (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, May 30, 2006)
Security chiefs often become suspicious of harmless objects while checking guests
- The Pakistan Connection (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, May 30, 2006)
India has to be prepared for attacks on its personnel working on Afghan-Pak border from the Taliban
- More Complete (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 30, 2006)
Welcome move to make price index more representative
- Metaljunction, Ncdex Jv For Spot & Futures Market (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Metaljunction Services Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between SAIL and Tata Steel, announced on Monday the signing of an agreement with NCDEX, for jointly developing spot and futures markets in coal, iron & steel, non-ferrous metals and petroleum products.
- Some Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 30, 2006)
How can you support the extension of reservations to the OBCs while mopping up the resentment among the upper castes?
- ‘Ganjing’ In Lucknow (Indian Express, Yashsdeep Srivastava, May 30, 2006)
I returned to India after two and a half years. It was a two-week restricted stay in Lucknow for a wedding, an event traditionally marked by conspicuous consumption.
- Schooled In Inequality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2006)
School education is functioning as a transparent alibi for a refusal to contemplate equality.
- Modern Classic (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 30, 2006)
Two plantains for 15 paise. Eight annas for getting a proxy bus ticket. Thus starts the novel, Kuruthippunal, placing the events in an exact time frame with additional inputs about the first non-Congress government that had come to power in the . . .
- Against Empires Old And New (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, May 30, 2006)
Demolishes the justification trotted out by apologists for the U.S. invasion of Iraq
- A Quick Step Forward In Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 30, 2006)
As China and India grow in economic and strategic importance, what is needed is a genuine attempt towards mutual accommodation that would take into account shifting geopolitical power plays.
- Eseva To Accept Telephone Bills After Pay-By-Date (Hindu, G. Ravikiran, May 30, 2006)
To issue RTC reservation tickets at all the 19 eSeva counters soon
eSeva enters into agreement with BSNL Vijayawada
eSevas do 14,000 transactions on an averaged
- Stringent Action Against Bank Loan Defaulters Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
``The proposed Payment Corporation of India will render employees surplus''
- Bjp Backs Quota But Wants Benefit For Poor Among Forward Castes (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 30, 2006)
Reiterates support for socially backward sections at national executive
Seen as an effort to ensure party does not lose forward castes support in U.P.
For common civil code, ban on forced religions conversions, review of Article 370
- Housing Project For Hosiery Workers On (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, May 29, 2006)
Three dozen construction workers are busy piling up red clay blocks sourced from Kannur in Kerala at Kovilvazhi on the outskirts of Tirupur.
- Indexing Change (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 29, 2006)
The decision of the Working Group on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) to expand the number of items in the WPI almost three times and shift the base year from 1993-94 to 2000-01 is most welcome.
- Faulty Bsnl Lines (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Officials of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will have to take steps to attend to the grievances of consumers without much delay.
- India To Corner Pak On Terror At Secy-Level Talks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
With Jammu &Kashmir witnessing a spurt in terrorist violence led by Pakistan-based outfits, India will ask the neighbouring country on what steps the latter has taken to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil during the home secretary-level . . .
- Quakes Rock Two More Nations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Two powerful earthquakes struck about a half hour apart near the South Pacfic nations of Papua New Guinea and Tonga on Sunday, the U.S. Gological survey said. There were no reports of serious injuries or damage.
- Celebrate The Kipunji Monkey (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
The discovery of a new primate in the high altitude forests of Tanzania is yet another compelling piece of evidence that science has a lot more to explore in the natural world.
- India’S Insecurity~i (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 29, 2006)
External defence being the classic concern of international law, the traditional notion of national security has been wholly militaristic.
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- Four Tourists Killed In Blast In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At least four tourists were killed in an explosion inside a wildlife sanctuary in northwestern Sri Lanka, police said. A search is on for four other missing persons.
- New Scheme For Stock Borrowing, Lending’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Referring to the meltdown in the stock market, Mr Damodaran said an expert committee headed by a renowned professor from Hyderabad had been set up with representatives from various financial institutions as members to suggest the best international . . .
- In Pakistan, An Unusual Court Ruling (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 29, 2006)
The case of Neelam Ludhani sends out hope to women.
- Inside Ukraine (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 29, 2006)
In contrast to American activism in Ukraine, Russia has so far adopted a low-key stand.
- Time For Stock Markets To Turn Sober (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 29, 2006)
Political stability and economic performance should decide sentiment
Over the last week, the stock market swings defied all understanding and seem to have left many investors and policy makers confused.
- Fuel Price Increase: Cpm To Launch Stir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The CPM general secretary appealed to agitating students to withdraw stir as the formula proposed by the UPA and the Left parties will provide “an equitable and balanced solution keeping in mind the interests of all sections.”
- Motivation, The Key To Better Quality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
Call it a quirk, an accident or a coincidence — on the day my column on why errors occur in newspapers appeared (May 15), The Hindu "goofed up," as one reader put it:
- Govt’S Mixed Record (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 29, 2006)
The govt has missed the boat and not done so many things it could have
- Of Love And Money (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, May 29, 2006)
The emergence of low skilled workers in India and China will push down wages
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