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Articles 11621 through 11720 of 35809:
- Afghan Terms For Energy Corridor (Dawn, Khaleeq Kiani, May 09, 2006)
Afghanistan on Monday agreed to allow export of electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzystan to Pakistan on the condition that it was paid a transit fee and the transmission line went through Kabul and not through the Wakhan corridor.
- Exit Jaya, Enter Mk, Polls Predict (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
After weeks of suspense over the outcome of the assembly poll and the fortunes of the fierce political rivals in the state, the DMK-led alliance’s formidable arithmetic appeared to have prevailed over the AIADMK chemistry, notwithstanding a large turnout
- India’S Secret Weapon? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2006)
Its intellectual property rights protection regime
- On Sonia’S Fta Concern, Pm Said Nothing To Worry (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, May 09, 2006)
On April 10, just a day before Congress President Sonia Gandhi sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing reservations on the free trade agreement with ASEAN countries, Minister of State for Commerce and member of her National Advisory . .
- `Human Bomb' Loots Uti Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
A youth posing as a human bomb decamped with Rs. 40 lakh from the UTI Bank's Vikaspuri branch in West Delhi on Monday.
- From Shakti Maira's Book (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Hampi is spread across 10 square kilometres and is built on the banks of the Tungabhadra River... It was the capital of the Vijayanagar kingdom, the genesis of modern Karnataka.
- City Union Bank Hikes Fcnr Deposit Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
City Union Bank has revised upward the interest rates on NRE deposits to 6.35 per cent for maturity periods of one year, two years and three years.
- Uti Bank Robbed Of Rs. 40 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
"Human bomb" vanishes with bags containing the money
- Aiadmk Man Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Forty-year-old Manikandan, a party worker of the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, was hacked to death in front of the house of Education Minister C.Ve. Shanmugham here on Monday night.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has invited entries for its annual book awards in 18 categories from publishers and authors of books published in 2005. Each award comes with a purse of Rs. 5,000.
- Ensuring Justice In A Flat World (Hindu, T.K. Viswanathan, May 09, 2006)
The authority of law will shift from sovereignty of nation states to consensual submission to rules evolved contractually by the participants.
- Tackling The Bubbles Threat (Hindu, K. Subramanian, May 08, 2006)
What the RBI is trying to do is to erect fences to safeguard the real economy from shocks
Much of the debate on bubbles (asset price inflation) is in the context of the relationship between asset prices and inflation and strategies for inflation targeti
- Clarification On Tds Returns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
While replying to a query on May 1 regarding filing of quarterly return for the last quarter, you have stated that the department should come with a clarification.
- Privatising Privatisation (Jordan Times, Yusuf Mansur, May 08, 2006)
In the mid-1990s, Jordan boasted with its privatisation programme and with being the first in many aspects of reform in the region. Privatisation resulted in decreased numbers of people employed by the public sector and the trend, aided by an . . .
- New Breed Of Terror (Pioneer, Samuel Baid, May 08, 2006)
The Taliban are bent upon creating security problems for Indians who are engaged in reconstruction work in Afghanistan.
- Coaching Them To Think (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, May 08, 2006)
The media is the message," said Marshall Mcluhan exhorting people to "know the now". Indeed, media is the single most powerful force that determines how people think, feel, act and react to events and situations. Breaking news and banner headlines . . .
- Monday Blues (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
After days of non-news and tragic news, the political media must look forward to the week that starts today with unusual excitement. India is poised for one of its most newsy seven days in a long, long time.
- One Rate Tax For All Sectors (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, May 08, 2006)
One of the most important features of modern income tax laws, adopted by most economically developed countries, is the imposition of corporate tax across the board, in one rate, applicable indiscriminately to all sectors, so as the tax rate would . . .
- A Throwback To The 1970s (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 08, 2006)
No sooner had an anti-terrorist court accepted the bail bonds of PML(N) leaders Kh Saad Rafiq and Zaeem Qadri, and 10 party workers, arrested on charges of setting fire to the Punjab Assembly building and disturbing law and order during the Lahore . . .
- A Government Struggles To Stay Afloat (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, May 08, 2006)
France appears to have a lame duck government, with a whole year to go before presidential and legislative elections are held. One of the ways out would be to dissolve parliament and hold elections as soon as possible.
- Doha Round: Hopes Even After Missing A Deadline? (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 08, 2006)
Progress depends principally on the U.S. and the EU
For developing countries multilateral trade as embodied by the WTO is the way forward. There is therefore plenty at stake in speeding up the Doha round.
- Under An Unkind Sun (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 08, 2006)
India should care for its citizens working abroad in difficult conditions
- The Right Kind Of Growth For Asia (Deccan Herald, Haruhiko Kuroda, May 08, 2006)
Good governance and protection of environment are the greatest challenges
- China Stoops To Conquer (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, May 08, 2006)
The China-Australia agreement on uranium supply was signed in April 2006, after the Indo-US joint statement of March 2, 2006. Therefore, the Chinese should have been aware of India contesting the perpetuity clause and getting satisfactory assurances . .
- Toxic Waste Death (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 08, 2006)
Given the low priority attached to environmental safety, it is unlikely that the FIR registered by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency against unidentified polluters in Karachi’s SITE area will yield positive results.
- India-Asean Fta Draws Sonia's Ire; Writes To Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The Government's move to go in for more Free Trade Agreements with Asian countries has run into difficulties with Congress President Sonia Gandhi asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "very carefully scrutinise" India-ASEAN FTA to safeguard . . .
- Interest Rate Hikes' Boost Bank Scrips (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Expectations of improved margins buoyed scrips of leading public and private sector banks by as much as seven per cent on the back of hike in interest rates in the first week of May.
- Go Rural Is Tourism's New Mantra (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
With a view to exploiting to the hilt India's cultural richness and varied excellence in the field of health and spirituality, the Government is planning to diversify tourism.
- Serious Crisis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 08, 2006)
India should tackle malnourishment immediately
- The 'True' Rate Of Inflation (Business Standard, Pooja Mirchandani, May 08, 2006)
The WPI, suitably adjusted for oil, reasonably depicts the inflationary situation in the economy.
- Dangerous Liaisons (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 08, 2006)
Truce without solution bodes ill for N-east
The Naga problem begs solution or else the ceasefire, the terms of which expire on 31 July, seems headed for collapse.
- No Cup Of Cheer~i (Statesman, Aditi Roy Ghatak , May 08, 2006)
August 2005. A posse of officers from the Tea Board of India, under executive director EA Nazimuddin, arrives at a Conoor warehouse near the auction centre, seizes teas and summarily destroys them.
- 'Overdrawal Of Power To Be Referred To Regulatory Body' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today warned that states which were "overdrawing" power from the northern grid would be referred to the regulatory commission and assured that there would no power shortage in Delhi.
- Work On Tadari Power Project To Begin By January Next (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Environmentalists' concern being addressed, says Shinde
Ultra mega' power projects to be launched in five States
Each of them is estimated to cost Rs. 16,000 crore
- Bush Admits Oil Poses Economic Risk, Favours Nuclear Energy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Stressing that oil has become an economic risk for the country, US President George W Bush has said that America will have to get rid of its dependence on oil from the Middle East, and one of the ways is to focus on alternative ways to drive automobiles.
- Eu-India Partnership (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
With economic growth of 8 percent in the last quarter, the importance of India to the global economy is set to increase in the coming years and hence it is important for the European Union and India to make greater efforts to solidify their strategic . ..
- Bush Says Wants Guantanamo Closed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The last American survivor of the Titanic wreck has died in the state of Massachusetts aged 99.
- On With Police Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 08, 2006)
The Punjab government has finally taken the initiative to implement a police reforms programme as envisaged under the amended Police Order of 2002, which replaced the outdated Police Act of 1861.
- Carry Trades And Exchange Rates (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
These were quite popular in India, but the change in currency values has changed things.
- On A Low Key ... And Some Gaps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 08, 2006)
The reverberations of Election 2006 have reached the Readers' Editor's office too. Grievances and complaints came in a steady stream.
- The Glitter Of Gold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 08, 2006)
Surely, this is not the promised ‘Golden Age’ where the price of the precious yellow metal has crossed Rs 10,000 per 10 gm. Instead of adding lustre to the lives of a billion people, bullion markets have soared to a historic peak.
- Hallmarks Of The New Age - Buoyant Taxes, Stable Revenues (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, May 08, 2006)
Buoyancy in tax collection, apart from the general performance of the economy, depends on the structure and stability of tax policies and improvement in tax administration.
Revenue is not to be measured against any one single factor. Apart from tax . .
- Time For A Reality Check (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
General Motors has no bad years, only good years and better years” — so said an exuberant Harlow Curtice who headed the company between the years 1953 and 1958.
- Should Fiis Be Allowed To Short-Sell? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
The main benefit to the economy from an active stock market is the ready availability of risk capital for investment in equities through the primary market. For that risk capital to be readily available investors need to have an easy exit route.
- Nepal Orders King's Ambassadors To Return Home (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Nepal's new multi-party cabinet has recalled ambassadors from 12 countries, including India and the United States, and cancelled appointments made by the king during his rule by royal decree.
- Improving Competition In The Petroleum Sector (The Financial Express, SHRAWAN NIGAM, May 08, 2006)
The state-dictated skewed pricing has led to misallocation of resources through the economy
- No Longer A `Functioning Chaos' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 08, 2006)
Thanks mainly to the economic reforms, which have unleashed the productive powers of the nation and its people, India does not figure in the list of `failed states'. Indeed it has come a long way from being so described, in the 1970s, and a . . .
- Global Imbalances: What Can The Imf Do? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 08, 2006)
While the IMF has been truly a reservoir of economic information and analysis, it has been dominated too long by the concerns of the West. And if the Fund cannot be reorganised to take account of Asia's legitimate rights, it is time to revive the . . .
- Assess Damage, Find Solutions (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 08, 2006)
The market still underestimates the seriousness of data integrity issues and deficient supervision
- Car Bomb Kills At Least 21 People In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
A powerful car bomb explosion in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on early Sunday killed at least 21 people and injured 52, said a police official.
- Food Safety Management System (Daily Excelsior, L.C. Ponnumon, May 08, 2006)
Food reaches consumers via supply chains that may link different types of organizations and that may stretch across multiple borders. One weak link can result in unsafe food that is dangerous to health.
- Haryana, Delhi And Gujarat Rocked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Several parts of Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat experienced tremors at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday. There are no reports of loss of life or damage to property.
- Debating A Bad Idea (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, May 08, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Only Social Change Can End Moditva (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
The partisan role played by the local administration and police of Vadodara to instigate and abet the recent communal violence in the city, which claimed five lives, is galling. It, however, does not surprise.
- Karnataka Assembly Secretary Suspended (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Karnataka Legislative Assembly secretary T Rajanna, charged with misappropriation of funds and dereliction of duty, has been suspended by the Legislature's Special Board.
- On Insecurity Scale, East Shivers More (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Half the people in the eastern region of the country feel insecure about the society in which they live and more than half are economically insecure. In the rest of the country, most people feel secure about their communities and social environs but . . .
- Reinvestment In Approved Bonds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Section 54EC requires that the avenues now available for reinvestment to avail relief under Sec. 54EC are not only limited to bonds issued by the National Highways Authority of India and the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, they are also . . .
- Hu’S Eight Commandments (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 08, 2006)
After Hu Jintao, the President of China and Chairman of the CPC, issued a set of eight do’s and eight don’ts to improve the moral standards of Chinese people, the party has gone into an overdrive.
- Truly Shocking (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2006)
Delhi, supposedly, is the capital of a country set to become an economic superpower. Its infrastructure, we are told, is being revamped to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and perhaps even the Olympics in 2016.
- Cable Operators Threatened In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Students of a madrassa staged a march here today to protest against the police’s alleged failure to act against those involved in a sex racket while a little-known militant group warned cable TV operators not to air programmes in the Kashmir Valley.
- Stop Wheat Imports (Tribune, Davinder Kumar Madaan, May 08, 2006)
The Indian government is planning to import 30 lakh tonnes of wheat, which is in addition to 5 lakh tonnes wheat tendered through State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. (STC) on February 10, 2006. On 1st March 2006, the wheat tender order was given . . .
- Jayalalithaa Promises Gold To Poor Brides-To-Be (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2006)
During an election tour of Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jaya-lalithaa promised her constituents that she would provide four grammes of gold to girls belonging to families living below the poverty line.
- Sops For Jobs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 08, 2006)
Incentives for creating employment in backward areas are a better bet than quotas that may not succeed at all.
- Woman's Worth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2006)
Marriage is a big deal — for men, that is. Women partners — whether they stay at home or go to work in an office — end up doing most household chores.
- Fly Like A Free Bird (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, May 08, 2006)
Once two close friends were sitting under a tree and watching the sunset in their village. After sitting quietly for some time, one asked the other, "What are you thinking? "I am planning to buy five acres of land, a garden," said the friend.
- Former Taliban Leader Shot Dead In Quetta (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle killed a former regional Taliban leader on Saturday, police said.
- Aphc To Re-Open Delhi Office (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 07, 2006)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is scheduled to re-open its New Delhi office next month to maintain regular contact with the Indian government, sources have confirmed.
- Knowledge Panel Meets Today To Cut Through Quota Fog (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, May 07, 2006)
The high-profile National Knowledge Commission (NKC) is expected to witness fireworks when it meets for a three-day meeting in Bangalore from tomorrow to discuss the hot-button “affirmative action’’ in the Education sector.
- India Inc Will Fight Quota: Cii (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Indian industry would fight reservation if imposed through a legislation, but weaker sections of society should be taken on board development, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Vice President Sunil Mittal has said.
- Japan May Back Indo-Us Nuclear Deal In Nsg (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Ahead of the Nuclear Suppliers Group's meeting in Brazil next month, a key politician from Japan's ruling party has indicated that Tokyo will consider supporting the India-US nuclear deal...
- New Breed Of Taliban (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, May 07, 2006)
New Delhi’s reaction to the murder of Indian engineer K.Suryanarayana by Taliban in Afghanistan’s province of Zabeel on April 30 was on expected lines.
- India To Take Cautious Stance On Inking Ftas (Deccan Herald, Aditya Raj Das, May 07, 2006)
India will adopt a “cautious and calibrated” approach while finalising Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Japan, China and other fast growing economies, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said here on Saturday.
- On Wheat Imports, Time To Go Against The Grain (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, May 07, 2006)
The debate on wheat imports is strange. You cannot grow at the rate India is growing, integrate with the world economy the way it is, reap all the benefits high exports give and then wring your hands and tear your hair on imports.
- Sugar And Spice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 07, 2006)
News of two integrated sugar complexes coming to Bihar is just the kind of sweetening the laggard state needed.
- Access Is The Key, We Have To Hike Seats, From Itis To Iits: Pm (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, May 07, 2006)
Calling for an increased role of the private sector in higher-education, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the Government has to increase the number of seats at “all levels of technical education, from ITIs to IITs, ...
- Nepal Seeks $1.2 Bln For Reconstruction (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, May 07, 2006)
Nepal is seeking $1.2 billion for reconstruction and rehabilitation and has appealed to the international community for help, a senior finance ministry official said on Saturday.
- Eviscerating A Holy Cow (Hindu, Nisheeth Srivastava, May 07, 2006)
LET US NOT DELUDE OURSELVES. IIT IS A VERY EFFICIENT AND CONSISTENT BREEDING GROUND FOR PRODUCTIVE MEDIOCRITY
- Towards Effective Rural Healthcare (Hindu, Kavery Nambisan, May 07, 2006)
Will the National Rural Health Mission succeed?
It is now up to the Government to make use of the creative faculties available in people and in groups.
- Singapore's Ruling Party Secures Tenth Straight Victory (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
People's Action Party wins 82 out of 84 seats; gets 37 before the election
- First Glimpse Of A New Dawn In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 07, 2006)
The oldest nation-state in South Asia will soon have the subcontinent's newest constitution. Whether peace and prosperity follow depends on how inclusive it is.
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