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Articles 10721 through 10820 of 35809:
- The Froth, Storm And The Calm (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, May 24, 2006)
Many macroeconomic variables are somewhat in turmoil, and each sudden change in value adds to the systematic risk.
- The New Left In New Bengal (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, May 24, 2006)
Immediately after the Left Front recorded its seventh consecutive victory in the West Bengal assembly polls, a television journalist asked . . .
- Don't Panic (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
For those who were here to play short-term momentum, the game is pretty much over and done with.
- Cac Needs Policy Underpinning (Business Line, S. Goswami, May 24, 2006)
The experience of the Southern Cone countries in the late 1970s/early 1980s points to the dangers of moving rapidly towards opening the capital account without a supporting policy matrix.
- Stirring Up Hornests’ Nest (Hindu, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, May 24, 2006)
Instead of uprooting casteism, reservations should not become a bane for the society
- Why Big Fish Get Away (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 24, 2006)
Corruption at high places has regrettably become rather pronounced in the last few decades.
- Ceat To Commission New Tyre Plant In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Indian tyre major Ceat will commission a Rs. 350 million radial tyre plant at its Sri Lankan unit in July to cater to the local market. Situated alongside the existing Ceat plant in Kelaniya, the plant will initially focus on . . .
- Manmohan Hints At Oil Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Government not transparent, says Jaswant Singh
Manmohan Singh says UPA government's functioning has been transparent
`30 Bills with far reaching socio-economic importance were discussed'
Re-election of Rehman Khan as Deputy Chairman welcomed
- Separate Ways (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2006)
Tough and daunting challenges confront Montenegro
- Market Havoc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 24, 2006)
A variety of factors is said to have caused the stock market crash of May 22: the unguarded observations of the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram; the ambiguity in the definition of trader and investor in a recent circular of the Central Board . . .
- Fear And Repression In Myanmar (Hindu, John Aglionby , May 24, 2006)
16,000 forced from homes as generals try to annihilate resistance.
- Round Table, And The Road Home? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 24, 2006)
Two families of top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operatives hope that the second round table on Kashmir will help their loved ones return home.
- Never Bitten, Twice Shy (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, May 24, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh should streamline their division of responsibilities
- Spell Out Tariff Plans, Phone Companies Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
In a fresh missive to phone service providing companies, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked them to ensure transparency in their tariff plans and improve consumer interface by educating the retailers.
- Kfw, Germany Extends Loan To Il&fs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
KfW of Germany has extended a Euro 54 million line of credit facility to IL&FS with a specific mandate to finance private sector infrastructure projects.
- Disaster At Ctc (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 24, 2006)
The minister can’t shirk responsibility
Having made it to the ministry with the support of his mentor and still more important with portfolios intact, Subhas Chakraborty is said to have received the loudest applause as he walked . . .
- Stock Market Turmoil Spoils The Upa Party (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , May 24, 2006)
More than the external and extraneous factors, the role of the regulatory agencies assumes importance.
- Is There A `Foreign Angle'? (Business Line, K. Subramanian, May 24, 2006)
The Morgan Stanley Emerging Market Index has been declining since May 10, when the US Fed raised the interest rate and signalled further rise.
The current market crisis could be handled better if it is viewed against developments in global markets. . .
- Reserving All Hopes Of Progress (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2006)
A far better option than quotas will be to offer the needy scholarship so that they gain a competitive edge, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- War Or Peace? (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 24, 2006)
The dispute between Iran and the United States is progressing along a predicted course.
- Pm Arrives In Srinagar For Roundtable On Kashmir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew
in here this morning for a two-day visit to the Kashmir valley
amidst stringent security measures.
- Rupee Opens Extremely Weak Against Dollar (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
The Rupee today opened extremely weak against the US currency, largely due to stronger dollar in the global markets.
- Margin Is A Leverage That Cuts Both Ways (Business Line, D. Murali , May 24, 2006)
Henry David Thoreau writes, "A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book."
- The Seven-Year Itch (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 24, 2006)
IT may have been possible to attach slightly more credibility to the so-called charter of democracy signed in London last week by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif had the two of them attempted a degree of criticism.
- Pyrrhic Celebrations? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 24, 2006)
The UPA Government enters third year weighed down by worries over the stock market and reservations.
- The Sky Did Not Fall But, Caution, All (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, May 24, 2006)
It may just be the right time to get regulation in order and allow the market to dictate prices.
- Going Nowhere (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 24, 2006)
New educational data, released by the HRD Ministry, yet again points out that school education is in dire need of reform.
- U.S. Says World Could Handle Loss Of Iran Oil (Reuters, Tom Doggett, May 24, 2006)
Iran's dispute with the West over its nuclear program will probably not lead Tehran to cut off its oil exports, but if it did, the world could handle the lost supply, U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Tuesday.
- Hungry Children Waste Away In India's Economic Boom (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, May 24, 2006)
Four-year-old Kamini Tumda lies in a hospital bed writhing in agony as a nurse gently washes her, removing flakes of tender skin that hang from her body.
- A Beautiful Mind (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2006)
Whenever Sonali Mohan meets her young 'friend' from Mumbai, she is struck by the oodles of energy and restlessness the little one exudes
- Pm Lets Down Peers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2006)
They are neither politicians nor MPs and their resignations will not destabilise the UPA Government in any way. Yet, the departure of Mr Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Mr Andre Beteille from the National Knowledge Commission is a distressing signal for . . .
- It's Economy, Stupid (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2006)
A day after the second birthday party of the UPA Government, it is necessary to take a look at the bill.
- The Afghan Challenge (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, May 24, 2006)
Afghanistan may be a distant nightmare for most people, but right now it is engaged in a grim battle for survival as a development-oriented democratic entity in the face of the Taliban-type terrorism onslaught.
- Grain Of Graft (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
Scams over the government’s grain purchases have long been part of our political landscape.
- Lessons From The Hustings (Telegraph, Bidyut Chakrabarty, May 24, 2006)
Democracy, if not marginalized, is certainly a casualty in West Bengal after the recently concluded assembly elections.
- Prime Minister Lands In Srinagar For Roundtable (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew in Srinagar on Wednesday morning for a two-day visit to the Kashmir valley amidst stringent security measures.
- Focus Back On The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
The victory of the Left in West Bengal and Kerala, the endorsement given to the DMK election manifesto and the loss of a majority in Assam for the Congress should make the UPA government and the Congress leadership introspect and draw lessons.
- `Bank On Your Postman' Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Finance Minister K. Rosaiah is first recipient of cash withdrawn by a postman through the scheme
The scheme to be of great help to senior citizens
The scheme is available in all 101 head post offices, three Mukhya Dak Ghars and all sub post offices
- Govt. Offers Special Facilities To Industrialists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday said it would provide special facilities to entrepreneurs investing Rs. 100 crores or more in the State.
- Order Security To Vaiko: Aiadmk, Mdmk Urge Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Members of Parliament belonging to the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and pleaded for ordering police protection to MDMK general secretary . . .
- Agriculture Cannot Wait (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, May 24, 2006)
The Indian tragedy of extensive poverty and deprivation persisting under conditions of impressive progress in the industrial and services sectors will continue so long as we refuse to place faces before figures.
- Chidambaram Should Quit: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
"Stock market crashes have resulted in huge losses to retail investors"
- India A Major Investor In Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 24, 2006)
India has emerged as a major foreign investor in Russia, according to Rosstat State statistical committee.
- New Industrial Policy To Ensure Jobs To One Lakh Youth Next Month (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
It is aimed at bringing about a revolution in the industrial sector, says Katta Subramanya Naidu
- Passing Weapons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
Sometimes, when I find myself at another well-informed Delhi dinner party, I wonder who the audience for Westminster Gleanings in Calcutta can be.
- Chief Minister Vows To Get Krishna Water For Pulivendula (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Launches many schemes in the constituency during three-day tour
Top priority for development of backward areas
Supply of irrigation water for at least one crop all over
Welfare schemes to cover all eligible beneficiaries in State in next three years
- The Appalling State Of Indian Muslims (Hindu, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 24, 2006)
Muslims in India are falling behind in every conceivable growth indicator
- To Be Or Not (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
A second wedding anniversary is traditionally associated with paper. Mr Manmohan Singh might well want to link the second anniversary of his government with something even more fragile than paper.
- Bhopal's Legacy (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was the CEO of Union Carbide on December 3, 1984, when an explosion at the . . .
- In Iran's Ambition, Israel's Dark Cloud (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, May 24, 2006)
D avid Landau , editor in chief of the Israeli daily Haaretz, said Monday that Israel hoped to link its need for a stronger defense against the Iranian nuclear threat to its stated willingness to pull out of more occupied Palestinian land.
- Kabul Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 23, 2006)
The Union Social Justice Minister must realise that there won't be a society worth its name left in India after what she has set out to achieve.
- Ima Pune Chapter To Observe One-Day Strike On May 25 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Around 2,500 general practioners and consultants, registered with the Indian Medical Association (Pune Chapter), would observe a day's strike on May 25 to protest against the Centre's proposal for OBC quotas in institutes of higher learning.
- Women Power For Electrification (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, May 23, 2006)
Meet Geeta Maurya, 35-year old woman from Kotdwar in Uttranchal.
- Q&a: 'Competition Law Is Essential For A Free Market' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2006)
Richard Whish of King's College London is an expert on competition law, a critical aspect of economic reforms where India is lagging. He met Manoj Mitta when he was in New Delhi for a conference:
- Bear Hug (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2006)
Finance minister P Chidambaram must be more powerful than former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, famed for deftly managing the pulls and pressures of the US economy for nearly two decades.
- Reliance Raises Diesel Price (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Even as the Government mulls raising fuel prices to combat the effect of surging global oil prices, Reliance Industries on Monday raised diesel price by Rs. 2 a litre as part of efforts to cut down its losses.
- Poll Announcement Hailed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
CPI(M) calls for steps to ensure free and fair polls
- Beyond Sound And Fury (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2006)
In recent polemics, reservation has been projected primarily as an issue of caste conflict.
- And Now Govt Faces Pro-Quota Ultimatum (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Having failed to quell the anti-reservation movement with their assurance of fair play, the government now faces an additional predicament, a three-month deadline by the pro-reservationists to implement the 27 per cent quota for OBCs.
- Upa’S Birthday Gift: Petrol, Diesel Price Hike Soon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Strongly indicating an increase in the price of petrol and diesel as “we cannot continue to subsidise energy consumption on this scale” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh categorically said here tonight that his UPA government had significantly . . .
- Tax Scare Leaves Sensex Swinging (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, May 23, 2006)
Media reports about the Income Tax Department out to levy maximum taxes on the broking community sent the bourses on a wild swing today resulting trading to be suspended by an hour at noon.
- Manmohan Singh Hints At Fuel Hike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Marking the second anniversary of UPA regime at the Centre, PM Manmohan Singh on Monday gave two indications that had profound implications for the near future. The first was a clear signal that a fuel price hike was imminent and the . . .
- Nepal Maoist, Spa Leaders Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Support for peace road map, constituent assembly reiterated
"Nepal should be made a republic"
India and Nepal are twins: Yechury
Main task of Parliament is to hold elections
- Biggest Crash In Stock Market (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , May 23, 2006)
Black Monday repeats as Sensex falls by 1111.70 points; partial recovery later
- Pondicherry Civic Polls In Three Phases (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, May 23, 2006)
Model code of conduct comes into force with immediate effect
Local bodies elections to be held after gap of 38 years
Last date for filing nominations fixed for three phases
Counting of votes to take place on July 3
- Award For Haryana Girl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Nazuk Kumar, a Class X student of Carmel Convent School here, was awarded the National Bal Shree Award for creative scientific innovations for the year 2005 by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi this past week.
- Singapore Team Hopes For Better State-Centre Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
"Information about Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement is low"
- Pondicherry Citizens End Their Long Wait For Civic Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The elections were last held in 1968
- A.P. To Regulate Micro-Finance Interest Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
In a bid to prevent micro-finance institutions from charging usurious interest rates, the State Government is contemplating a proposal to regulate the rates, and constituted a committee to work out the modalities.
- Quota: 2 Quit Knowledge Commission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Favour affirmative action as opposed to numerical quotas
Not doing enough to genuinely empower marginalised groups
All measures under discussion are to defuse the agitation: Beteille
- Karat For Consensus On Reservation Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Proposed quota should benefit the poor among SCs, STs and OBCs
Pranab briefs Karat on GoM proposals
Government may increase number of seats
"Exclude the affluent and those with access to jobs and higher education"
- Environment Denial Syndrome (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 23, 2006)
Builds a terracotta movement that focusses on changing incentives to manage the environment
- Majority Votes For Independence In Montenegro Referendum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
55.4 per cent say "yes" to secession, 44. 6 per cent vote "no"
- Iraq: U.S. For Talks With Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 23, 2006)
New regime in Baghdad presents opportunity for dialogue
- The Wages Of Hate: Islamist Terror In India (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 23, 2006)
Two Lashkar cells targeting Gujarat are discovered, preventing major terror strikes. Their stories underline the disastrous fallout of the anti-Muslim pogrom of 2002.
- Reservation — An Alternative Proposal (Hindu, Satish Deshpande, May 23, 2006)
In this second and concluding part of their series, the authors offer a method to ensure both merit and social justice are taken into account.
- Turkey Key To New Accord With Islam (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, May 23, 2006)
The EU should stop worrying about questions of identity and open up the club's doors.
- Fair Polls Not Possible Under Mulayam Regime: Apna Dal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Assembly elections should be held under Presidents' Rule'
Previous experience has shown that whenever polls were held under Mr Yadav's regime, they were never free and fair'
`Our party is in favour of reservation to backwards in premier . . .
- Exploiting The Vulnerable (Hindu, Geeta Ramaseshan , May 23, 2006)
A monumental report on an issue that involves serious human rights violations
- Mystique Of The Garhwal (Hindu, B.R.P. BHASKAR, May 23, 2006)
In this book the author, M. K. Ramachandran, who claims to have visited all the major temples of India and most places along the Himalayas, provides a fascinating account of his travels in the Garhwal region.
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