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Articles 11721 through 11820 of 35809:
- Air Deccan To Raise Rs 400 Cr Thru Ipo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Budget carrier Air Deccan will enter the market on May 18 to raise Rs 400 crore through initial public offering (IPO) to fund its expansion plans and capital investment.
- Chernobyl Twenty Years Later (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Parthasarathy, May 07, 2006)
On April 26, 1986, nearly 20 years ago, the most serious nuclear accident irreparably damaged a nuclear power reactor of 1000 Megawatt capacity at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine.
- Ec Notice To Aiadmk, Dmk (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, May 07, 2006)
Violation in use of vehicles
80 vehicles used by Jayalalithaa
34 vehicles used during Maran's visit to Krishnagiri
- Call To Ban Commercialisation Of Education (Hindu, Anita Joshua, May 07, 2006)
Educationists say privatisation of education cannot be for profit-making purposes
Private sector not a solution to problems of quantity, quality
It could create imbalance among various streams of learning
Concern over access to the marginalized section
- Talk To Iran! But... (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 07, 2006)
Diplomacy, it seems, has so far failed to get Iran to back down from its nuclear stance and prove to the world that it isn’t doing anything against the various clauses and protocols of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Child And Mother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2006)
UNICEF's report card for India on child nutritional levels has, once again, highlighted the gulf that separates India's reality and aspiration.
- Yechuri, The Left’S Most Vocal Face (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 07, 2006)
The BJP might question the role of Sitaram Yechuri in Nepal but the part played by this young Marxist in brokering a deal between the outlawed Maoists and the seven-party alliance would remain a landmark in the history of the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Balancing Act (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 07, 2006)
It’s doubtful if the UN resolution on Iran, which the US and its European allies have tabled, would be of much help in ending Tehran’s nuclear defiance any time soon.
- Action Against Iran Inconceivable, Says British Envoy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 07, 2006)
When Sir Michael Arthur took over as the British High Commissioner to India in late 2003, he would not have dreamt of the fast developments in the region — the most important being the Indo-Pak detente.
- Peace In Nepal (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), May 07, 2006)
Neither the ten-year long Maoist war nor the 12 years of multiparty democracy nor even the one-year direct rule by the King could resolve the political crisis in Nepal.
- Modernise Shipyards: Pm (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, May 07, 2006)
Witnesses Western Fleet's prowess
Navy showcases several other combat operations
Government committed to providing Navy with capabilities that span the entire naval strategic spectrum
- "India's Gdp Can Double In Seven Years" (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , May 07, 2006)
ADB for greater role for private sector
- Deft Demagoguery In Iran (Washington Post, Jackson Diehl, May 07, 2006)
The world may be focused on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's declamations on the Holocaust and Iran's nuclear "rights," but as spring and its heat spread through this traffic-clogged city, the popular buzz is about the president's unlikely pronouncements on the . .
- The Right To Live Better (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 06, 2006)
It happens every time. I arrive in a beautiful European city and find myself wondering when we will have one Indian city that looks this good.
- India Calls For Pan-Asia Free Trade Zone (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
It was the same old story at the ADB meet as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday called for creating a Pan Asian Free Trade Area covering all the major Asian economies and possibly Australia and New Zealand.
- Credit Growth Anxieties (The Financial Express, Dipankar Choudhury, May 06, 2006)
Assessing the probability of a 30% credit growth in FY07 becomes tricky in the context of four key determinants of the same, all of which were not so relevant in FY06 —available liquidity, capital, interest rate elasticity of credit and the central . . .
- Evidence Of Lashkar Role In Massacres (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 06, 2006)
Survivors identify member of terror group that carried out the Doda and Udhampur killings
Survivors provide critical information to police on Lalon Galla massacre
Terrorists sighted in high-altitude forest near Basantgarh
Phone used by "Abu Talha" r
- Icici Bank Too Hikes Home Loan Rates (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
In keeping with the industry trend, India’s leading home loan player ICICI Bank announced its home loans will cost 0.5 per cent more from Monday.
- Where Force Is Not A Solution (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, May 06, 2006)
With its huge territory, sparse population and proven reserves of oil, gas and minerals, managing Balochistan would require great skill and acumen, even in the best of times.
- Lottery Draw Without A Chance To Win Is Meaningless (Business Line, D. Murali , May 06, 2006)
Forget the lottery, bet on yourself! Thus urges Brian Koslow. And Brian May would agree, saying: "I despise the lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid."
- One Area Of Effective Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 06, 2006)
Indian companies have stepped up their research and development activity. Witness the surge in patent applications to almost 23,000 in 2005-06 (more than a fifth of them from Indian companies).
- Getting The Act Right (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, May 06, 2006)
Some prerequisites while drafting a new I-T code
The basic requirement for a successful tax law is to visualise what is expected of the tax system, say, in the next 5-10 years, and formulate a long-term fiscal policy.
- Icici Bank Home Loans Costlier (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
ICICI Bank has announced an increase in home loan interest rates by 0.5 percentage point.
- Rbi To Open Regional Office (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India will open its regional office in Uttaranchal within two months. Announcing this here after a meeting of the RBI Board, a senior official said that it had also been decided to extend banking facilities through post offices . . .
- Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Children were engaged at a construction site in Arra
`Child labourers used to work under sub-human conditions'
`Labour Department would initiate legal proceedings against the executing agency'
- Timely Guidance On Mat (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, May 06, 2006)
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) was introduced in India in the mid-1990s. Many companies with book profits were escaping the tax net by intelligent use of depreciation and other measures which MAT nipped in the bud by proposing a 7.5 per cent (proposed . . .
- Foremost Economist For Non-Economists (Business Line, D. Murali , May 06, 2006)
It would be an elephantine task to read up all that John Kenneth Galbraith ever penned. Instead, soak yourself this weekend with some glimpses into his genius, says D. MURALI.
- Reliance Petro Ipo Allotment Completed (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Share allotments for Reliance Petroleum Ltd's (RPL) IPO were completed today, bringing in 12.60 lakh new shareholders into the Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) family, market sources said.
- On The Road To The Fourth World (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, May 06, 2006)
Disquieting thoughts on India’s future arise, even as the Sensex creates an image of its ‘arrival’
- Politically Difficult, But Economically Enticing (The Financial Express, Prabhu Ghate, May 06, 2006)
Apart from greatly expanding trade, Tatas’ Bangladesh project promises to improve bilateral relations .
- Imf's New Role In The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, May 06, 2006)
The RBI Governor was dismayed that while the international community had been commending India's contribution to world growth and stability, there was a decline in India's share of the IMF quota.
The IMF's 184 member-countries endorsed the new . . .
- Child And Mother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 06, 2006)
Unicef's report card for India on child nutritional levels has, once again, highlighted the gulf that separates India's reality and aspiration.
- Price Discovery Is A Maya (The Economic Times, T R RAMASWAMI, May 06, 2006)
A scamster’s best friend is a set of weak, inefficient and outdated regulations.
- Mediterranean, The New Hotspot (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 06, 2006)
There are new haunts for the Indian tourist as he moves away from the conventional places to the blue Mediterranean.
- Solzhenitsyn’S Righteous Fury (Deccan Herald, William Pfaff, May 06, 2006)
Solzhenitsyn believes that the West has lost to secularism and materialism is threatening Russia.
- Girl’S Ordeals (Deccan Herald, Mrudula Madiraju, May 06, 2006)
Cruel customs are not all that foreign to sophisticated urbanites
- Hunger Strike As A Blackmail Tactic (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 06, 2006)
Medha Patkar went on an indefinite hunger strike for one side; Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, on a token fast for the other. Patkar was concerned with the fate of thousands of villagers, whose lands were being submerged because of the . . .
- Rocking The Foundation (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 06, 2006)
Removal of tax exemptions for ongoing projects is unfair
This long-standing exemption available to enterprises investing in power, housing, hospitals, and so on, has been withdrawn by the latest Finance Act.
- Iran For Sober Discussion (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 06, 2006)
U.N. draft resolution provocative: Teheran
Draft says Iran is threat to peace, security
- Turning Point? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 06, 2006)
The new govt may not be able to check the slide in Iraq
- Vijaya Bank Posts Loss Of Rs 34.53 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Vijaya Bank has posted a net loss of Rs 34.53 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as compared to the net profit of Rs 155.92 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.
- High Oil Prices A Risk To Global Economic Growth (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , May 06, 2006)
Asia-Pacific nations clock 7.4 p.c. growth last year
- A Sick Mind Indeed (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 06, 2006)
In a most extraordinary statement, an Israeli member of the Knesset has called for the execution of fellow MPs if they were found to have a link with Hamas.
- India Spells Out Steps To Boost Growth Avenues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
India is working on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the Asean, Japan, China and South Korea to create a pan-Asian free trade area to boost growth avenues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced here on Friday.
- Tamilnadu Telecom Turns Around (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Tamilnadu Telecommunications, a joint venture promoted by TCIL and TIDCO, Central and State PSUs, has made a smart turnaround in 2005-06 after three consecutive years of loss with a net profit of Rs. 2.06 crore against the net loss of Rs. 5.60 crore . . .
- Wipro Acquires Switches Business Of North-West (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Wipro has said that its consumer care and lighting business division has acquired North-West Switches business from the Delhi-based North-West Switchgear in an all-cash deal with an upfront consideration of Rs. 102.20 crore. Wipro has also entered . . .
- The Agenda For New Towns (The Economic Times, Kala S. Sridhar, May 06, 2006)
This year’s budget sets aside a grant of Rs 4,595 crore for the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Note that existing urban areas of the country are expected to contribute about 65% of GDP by 2011.
- China — Reaching Out To The World (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 06, 2006)
There is a global fascination now for all things Chinese. On its part, Beijing gives due importance to cultivating soft power.
- Iran Firm On Nuke Way, Russia Wakes Up To Iaea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with its nuclear programme until it has achieved “industrial scale” production of atomic fuel, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today, according to the text of his speech at a regional summit in Azerbaijan.
- Religious Strife (Statesman, Marianna Belenkaya, May 06, 2006)
The conflict between the Iraqi Sunnis and Shias is gradually spreading to the broader Middle East, putting to test the system of national states created there in the past century.
- Icici Bank Hikes Home Loan Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
ICICI Bank on Friday hiked its home loan rates by 50 basis points with effect from May 8.
- India Seeks Trade Pacts With China, Japan, South Korea (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, May 06, 2006)
India is working on free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea as part of a concerted effort to strengthen its regional ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
- Marginalised Pandits (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, May 06, 2006)
The other day I was thumbing through the 260-odd page ‘‘Report on the impact of migration on the socio-economic conditions of Kashmiri displaced people’’ prepared by the Jammu-based Centre for Minority Studies, a well-researched effort which, needless to,
- Lagging Behind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
When the conversation around the dinner table turned to India, one of the most popular television anchormen in Guangzhou, the southern Chinese metropolis of more than 10 million people, said, "We Chinese regard Indians as our little brothers".
- Pm To Meet Mahajan's Family In Mumbai (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would meet bereaved family members of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan at the late leader's residence in Mumbai on Friday.
- Obc Hikes Interest Rate On Non-Resident Deposits (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Oriental bank of Commerce has hiked interest rates on Foreign Currency Non Resident (FCNR) deposits on all maturities terms.
- Fiscal Revamp Can Burnish Rating: S&p (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
The sovereign rating of Indian economy could further improve if India will pursue fiscal consolidation vigorously along with necessary policy initiatives to boost economic growth, a top official of Standard & Poor’s said here on Friday.
- What A Waste! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 06, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s stand on the ongoing conflict with the finance ministry on the minimum area norms for special economic zones (SEZs) ignores economic logic and ground realities.
- Creditable Response (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 06, 2006)
Banks are wise to scale down credit targets
- Tv For Your Vote (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, May 06, 2006)
MR Muthuvel Karunanidhi, patriarch of ‘Dravidian’ politics, of course, does not bear the palest resemblance to Marie Antoinette. But he has come out with a message to the electorate that his critics can make sound remarkably like the reported . . .
- Pm Favours Increase In Number Of Seats In Itis, Iits (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Apparently keeping in mind the ongoing controversy over reservation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured increase in the number of seats at all levels of technical education from ITIs to IITs.
- Powerful Silence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
Before you speak, think: Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it kind? Will it hurt anyone? Will it improve on the silence? You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
- New Western Aid Plans Are Recycling Old Failures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
FOREIGN aid today perpetrates a cruel hoax on those who wish well for the world’s poor. There is the appearance of action – a doubling of foreign aid to Africa promised at the G-8 summit last July, grand United Nations and World Bank plans to cut . . .
- The Sweat On Their Brow (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 06, 2006)
India’s difficult task with its unskilled labourers abroad
- Sugar And Spice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 06, 2006)
Bihar is a long way from being an attractive investment destination despite the new sugar mills
- Manmohan For Steps To Tackle Global Economic Imbalances (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , May 06, 2006)
"International institutions must respond quickly to rectify the mismatch"
- Sonia Pleads For Repeat Massive Mandate For Dpa (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , May 06, 2006)
"Tamil Nadu needs a Government which cares for the people"
- Massive New Power Cuts For Capital's Citizens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Long hours of load-shedding daily for markets and industry; must weekly holiday for markets to save power
- What A Pain! (Indian Express, NIVEDITA SEN , May 06, 2006)
When I was much younger and not snowed under by chronic health-related problems, it made me laugh to hear of an elderly person afflicted with what he called a ‘frozen shoulder’,
- Yes, It's Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 06, 2006)
One may not agree with many things that the United States does. But one can't find fault with what its Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher says about Maoists in Nepal.
- On Wheat Imports, Time To Go Against The Grain (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, May 06, 2006)
India’s foodgrains policy needs to get out of the FCI-babu mindset and in line with the ways of the world if it is to benefit the farmer
- In-Charge Bank Manager Duped Of Rs. 12.5 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
The in-charge Manager of Uco Bank branch here was cheated of Rs. 12.5 lakhs by two unidentified persons on Wednesday. This incident came to light on Thursday after a complaint was lodged with the police.
- Bridge Manpower Gap, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Appeals to private sector to increase its participation, investment in higher education
- Development Works Taken Up In Naxal-Prone Areas (Hindu, Jaideep Shenoy, May 06, 2006)
Zilla panchayat will implement projects in Belthangady taluk
Eight gram panchayats identified under the programme
58 development works have been identified for execution in the gram panchayats
- Why Not Strike Bargain With Iran? (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, May 06, 2006)
The world is only marginally less polarized on Iran than it was on Iraq three years ago. But the big difference this time is that George W. Bush is doing his bullying more skilfully.
- Ji Opposes Fencing Of Border With Afghanistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The NWFP Senior Minister and Provincial Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Mr Sirajul Haq, has opposed the proposed fencing of the Pakistan-Afghan border, saying the MMA government will use every resource to foil what he called a mischievous plan.
- `India Will Be Developed Nation In Less Than 14 Yrs' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
More FDI will help globalisation of Indian cos
The Finance Minister said that the second and much bigger wave of manufacturing offshoring was yet to come.
- Turmoil In Balochistan (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, May 05, 2006)
THE Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a federation, with autonomous units in which fundamental human rights, equality of status and opportunity, social, economic and political justice would be guaranteed.
- A Swim In China's Polluted Pearl River? (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 05, 2006)
The mayor of China's top manufacturing city is hosting a "swimathon" this summer in the local Pearl River. Cleanup efforts to reverse years of industrial pollution have been so successful, claims mayor Guang Zhangming, that the Pearl is once again . . .
- Inundation Of Imported Cars (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
The import data for the first nine months of the current financial year shows that the country imported new and used cars worth about 13 billion rupees during the period as compared to only 4 billion rupees in the same period last year.
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