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Articles 11821 through 11920 of 35809:
- Where Have All Leaders Gone? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
RC Acharya laments the near complete absence of leadership in governance, which is proving a serious hindrance before growth and progress
- Who's Afraid Of Convertibility? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 05, 2006)
Over the past month or so, I have been on a road show meeting clients around the country to talk about capital account convertibility, and, to my amazement, I have encountered a fair amount of concern about what could happen if we opened up our . . .
- ‘Peace Between India And Pakistan Must For A Prosperous South Asia’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India should resolve their disputes amicably including the Kashmir issue to develop South Asia (SA), said British High Commissioner Mark Loyal Grant.
- Government Denies Report On Fuel Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has clarified in response to some speculative reports that prices of petroleum products in the country have been hiked on Thursday, that no decision in this regard has yet been taken.
- King Faizal Prize For M.S. Narasimhan (Hindu, S. Ramanan, May 05, 2006)
The acclaimed mathematician's contributions are profoundly original
- A Week Of Tragedy (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 05, 2006)
Like their English-language counterparts, newspapers in regional languages had barely got over their coverage of Indian engineer K Suryanarayana’s killing in Afghanistan, when news came in of the death of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan in Mumbai.
- How To Tackle Hostage Crises Abroad? (The Economic Times, Sushant Sareen, May 05, 2006)
An aggressive and ‘forward’ foreign policy, like the one India has adopted in Afghanistan, inevitably extracts a heavy price in men and material.
- Lazy Regulation: Hurts Consumer Interest In Insurance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2006)
The insurance watchdog IRDA’s objection to ICICI Lombard’s Loan Shield Policy would appear to be a case of the consumer interest being sacrificed for regulatory convenience.
- The Widening Net Of Quota (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 05, 2006)
Will the supporters and detractors of quota for students fight pitched battles, or will the movement subside? Will we see another Mandal-like agitation, as was witnessed in 1990, with self-immolations over the Government's decision to introduce . . .
- Back Shujaat, Musharraf Tells Disgruntled Leaders (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, May 05, 2006)
Asks PML leaders to be prepared for general elections
Not conspiring against anyone: Chattha, Wattoo
Musharraf meets PML Sindh today
- High And Dry (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2006)
Temperatures are soaring in the capital, so pity New Zealand’s economic development minister, Trevor Mallard. Coming from cooler climes (it’s winter in his country), he had a rather harsh introduction to the Delhi summer.
- Tracing Disequilibrium In The Asset Markets (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, May 05, 2006)
The considerable lag between the flow of funds and the creation of assets is ensuring the imbalance.
- Take Sec’S Cue: Consider Negotiated Settlement (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2006)
Would a negotiated settlement between market regulator Sebi and the key accused entities in the so-called IPO scam have been a more effective way of dealing with the issues raised? One would think so.
- South Indian Red Herring (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, May 05, 2006)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
In his defence of further extending reservations to the other backward classes, P. Chidamabaram, a late and curious convert to the new reservation mania sweeping the government, predictably . . .
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 05, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Nba Seeks Rights Commission's Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
We also highlighted violation of socio-economic rights: Patkar
- Vote Dpa To Invest In Future, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 05, 2006)
Says Tamil Nadu deserves a secular, development-oriented, corruption-free government
DPA aim is to make the State top in prosperity, industrial growth
Manmohan commends performance of Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu
- Globalisation Of Saarc (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 05, 2006)
When India hosts the 14th SAARC Summit next year, it will see not only the entry of Afghanistan as a full member but also the participation of East Asian neighbours China and Japan, as observers.
- Government Confident Of 8 Pct Growth, Oil A Risk (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, May 05, 2006)
The government is confident of sustaining 8 percent growth for many years but the recent rise in global oil prices poses a major risk to Asia's third-largest economy, a top government official said on Thursday.
- Another Futile Cbm (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed on another Confidence Building Measure (CBM). This time it relates to launching of a truck service between Azad and Occupied Kashmir to promote trade between the two parts.
- Dco Wants Shops Set Up To Sell Meat From India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Mian Ijaz on Thursday directed district authorities to establish 12 shops for the sale of Indian meat in Lahore.
- Us Embassy Opens Visa Application Centre At Jalandhar ....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
To facilitate immigrant visa applicants, US embassy has signed an agreement with a private Indian company VFS to pen visa application centre in Jalandhar.
- Shooting Stars (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2006)
It would surprise most believers if god loved Pramod Mahajan, who died at the relatively early age of 57.
- Pramod Mahajan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
General secretary of the BJP he may have been, but Pramod Mahajan always set forth as if he was a general launching into battle. Regardless of his party designation, he was the organisation’s man for all seasons and reasons.
- Accused Must Be Booked For Trafficking Also (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, May 05, 2006)
The brutal murder of 14-year-old Tripta (name changed) from Jharkhand, in a non- descript village of Jind, hit the national headlines recently. Her “owner” beheaded her when she refused to bow before his lustful desires.
- Not Quite Mainstream (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
As a long-time reader and occasional contributor to Mainstream, I was dismayed at the personal attack launched on the eminent journalist B.G. Verghese by three writers, one of whom is this journal’s editor (Prashant Bhushan, Suhas Borker, Sumit . . .
- Vote Dpa To Power For A Better Tn: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to vote the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance to power so it could work in tandem with the Centre and make it a leading state in the country.
- Books For Money (Times of India, Oindrila Mukherjee, May 05, 2006)
First James Frey, and now Kaavya Viswanathan. How many readers out there were convinced, not so long ago, that agents and publishers would ensure against writers cheating us? Since books have been written, the myth of the writer has grown.
- ‘No Reliable Data On Number Of Seminaries In Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Top bosses of the Religious Affairs Ministry confessed before a National Assembly standing committee here on Tuesday that Pakistan was the only Muslim country where “no reliable data about exact numbers of deeni madaris (religious seminaries) is . . .
- Students Seek President's Intervention Over Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Petition signed by 1.7 lakh students opposing new reservation move by Government submitted to Kalam
- The Pauperisation Of Palestinians (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 05, 2006)
The Western campaign to starve the Palestinians into submission is a losing gambit.
- Bloated Babudom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
Parkinson would have loved Punjab
- Record Numbers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
A good show by India Inc, but some worry ahead
- Dialogue Of Religions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
In this strife-torn age, humankind is ultimately faced with two choices, dialogue or death
- Indian Security Presence In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, May 05, 2006)
The U.S. and Britain have hitherto been averse to any role for India — in deference to Pakistani sensitivities. Why, now, a change of heart?
- Battling The Ego (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, May 05, 2006)
What is the role of effort in enlightenment? Enlightenment is true freedom.
- Forgotten War (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, May 05, 2006)
It's a fact often forgotten in the din of recons-truction and obscured by the confetti of celebration.
- Snap Poll In Singapore (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 05, 2006)
The May 6 election is viewed as an exercise in the politics of stability.
- Reliance Industries Leads Rally As Sensex Ends At New Peak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The country’s key stock market index on Thursday moved up marginally to reach 12,347.63 points, a new closing high, even as Reliance Industries’ scrip gained handsomely in volatile trading.
- Improvement Needed In Safta: Menon (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 05, 2006)
Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Shivshankar Menon told the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Thursday that improvements in the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) to be operationalised from July 1, 2006, were called to embark . . .
- Pak-Afghan Meeting Held On Enhancing Border Patrol (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Pakistani and Afghan military officials met for two weeks in March for a US-sponsored seminar in Germany to discuss better ways to patrol Pak-Afghan complex border, a rugged tribal area that harbours terrorist fighters, said a statement by US . . .
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- The Curse Of Dual-Income Workaholic Consumerism (Hindu, Oliver James , May 04, 2006)
Long working hours and status consumption have the U.S. and Britain in their grip.
- Sebi’S Order Is Too Hasty (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 04, 2006)
On the controversy regarding Karvy Stock-broking Ltd, the major question is how far the purpose of dematerialisation has been served and what other ills have come to the surface.
- Man In A Hurry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 04, 2006)
For the fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party, New Year’s Day, 1985 was not the occasion to celebrate. As the general election results poured in, the anticipated victory of the Congress turned into an avalanche.
- Must Be Nipped In The Bud (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 04, 2006)
IMF's bid for `multilateral consultations'
The proposal to turn the IMF into a virtual Fiscal and Monetary Security Council will give it a more pervasive character, adding, significantly and disturbingly, to its considerable clout. It is a mystery . . .
- Teheran Gives Out Mixed Signals On Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 04, 2006)
Gulf nations mull plans to cope with radiation hazard
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- Pressure In The Pipeline (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 04, 2006)
The low price of gas is given as the reason for Iran not wanting to go through with the deal, but is there more to it?
- India, Pak To Start New Bus Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Sustaining the process of peace and confidence-building along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan on Wednesday decided to start a second cross-LoC bus service from June 19.
- Ipo Demat Scam And Retail Reservation (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, May 04, 2006)
The scam is not about malpractices by millions of investors but about the lack of due diligence
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Components Of A Miracle That Is Attainable (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, May 04, 2006)
Why we need high and sustained growth and what we need to do to make this happen
- We Need More Education (Pioneer, JS Rajput, May 04, 2006)
The primacy of the HRD Ministry in attracting media attention remains unchallenged. Moving ahead from 27.5 per cent reservation for OBCs, it has embarked upon 100 per cent teacher recruitment in the institutions of higher learning.
- Grooming Budhia (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
Five-year-old Budhia Singh had already become a celebrity before Tuesday when he qualified for an entry in the Limca Book of Records by running 65 kilometres in seven hours and two minutes.
- Tax Agricultural Income (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 04, 2006)
There was a time when it did not make much sense to tax income from agriculture. That was before India’s economic reforms.
- Obituary: Pramod Mahajan (Statesman, Pramod Mahajan, May 04, 2006)
A strategist & an expert organiser
An iconoclast till his last day, Pramod represented that new breed of hyperactive “Gen next” eager to make an impact at the centre-stage of the national politics.
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 04, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Canara Bank Increases Plr & Home Loan Rates (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Canara Bank, a public sector major, has revised its Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) and also the interest rates for
- Brute Force (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2006)
Even a minor incident involving violence in Gujarat rings alarm bells. This is related to the track record of Mr Narendra Modi’s government in quelling violence through effective administrative action.
- China Oil Potential Unexplored (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As much as 78 per cent of China's petroleum reserves and 93 per cent of natural gas reserves still wait to be verified, said sources with the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR). Despite good mineralisation conditions, China has to improve its . . .
- Petrol, Diesel And Cooking Gas Prices Likely To Go Up Soon (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , May 04, 2006)
Fall-out of sharp increases in global crude oil prices and under-recoveries by public sector oil companies
Kerosene may be spared price hike
Extent of increase likely to be a political decision
- Adb To Double Credit To India By 2008 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank will double its lending to India to $2.65 billion by 2008, the bank's President Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday.
- Mahajan Passes Away (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Mr Pramod Mahajan, BJP General Secretary and former Union Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained on April 22. The 56-year-old `Generation Next' leader of the . . .
- Tryst With A Man Of Destiny (Tribune, Ashok Kundra, May 04, 2006)
His visits to the city have sent me down the memory lane. I recall so vividly an encounter I had with him way back in 1964.
- Nepal Announces Indefinite Ceasefire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Nepal’s new government announced today an indefinite truce to match a ceasefire declared by Maoist insurgents and said it would seek the withdrawal of Interpol arrest warrants against rebel leaders.
- Accelerating Investment (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Board of Investment (BOI) will be restructured and transformed into a vibrant organisation providing one-window operation for expeditious finalisation of local and foreign investment projects.
- Ban On Wedding Meals (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
THAT the ruling party and opposition members of the National Assembly can come together on issues “of general public interest” was proved on Tuesday when a bill aimed at allowing the serving of one dish at weddings was supported by all.
- Indo-Thai Economic Ties To Get A Boost (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 04, 2006)
The economic and political ties between India and Thailand is likely to gain strength as the political uncertainty in Thailand is receding after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s resignation early last month.
- Job Placement For Students (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
The idea of setting up career placement centres at 25 universities for talented IT students is an excellent one.
- Kathmandu Spring (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
For a while during the past three weeks of turmoil in Nepal, observers would have been forgiven for thinking that the crisis had more to do with Indian domestic politics than with events in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Pipeline Uncertainty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
Iran is upset, but India badly needs Iran’s gas
- Affirmative Action As Strategy (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, May 04, 2006)
Pardon me for covering old ground, but I can’t help thinking that if private corporations did not run quite so scared, there might actually find a durable, strategic solution to this affirmative action controversy.
- Centre-Hurriyat To Evolve Dialogue Mechanism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Meeting of minds augurs well for the future of Jammu and Kashmir, the people of India and the region: Manmohan
- Banks To Miss Basel Deadline, Says Reddy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday, indicated that all commercial banks may not be able to meet the March 31, 2007 deadline for implementing Basel II norms – a new set of rules to regulate banks’ capital and manage risks.
- Heavy Metal (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, May 04, 2006)
With zooming non-ferrous metal prices, it’s not surprising that companies from the sector have beaten analysts’ expectations.
- A Wish List For India`s Dream Team (Business Standard, Shyam Ponappa, May 04, 2006)
What do you wish the dream team would do now.
As the unshackling of the economy and external factors combine to generate economic momentum, India is set to grow strongly despite constraints, including outdated legislation and regulations.
- Quotas And Social Justice (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, May 04, 2006)
The justification for quotas should be economic backwardness and not any subjective criterion
- Corporation Bank Revises Interest Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Corporation Bank has increased the rate of interest on domestic term deposits by 25-50 basis points with effect from May 1. For deposits of less than Rs.
- Market Tracks Global Trend, Ends At A New Peak (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Tracking the strong trend in global markets, the benchmark indices made a further headway and closed 91.94 points up at a fresh closing peak of 12,310.72 on Wednesday.
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