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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 35809:
- Assam: Acid Test For A New Party (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Apr 10, 2006)
Cries of Imam Sahib zindabad can be heard as the two men walk towards the podium.
- Sri Venkateswara University To Get Choice-Based Credit System Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Sri Venkateswara University is all set to implement choice-based credit system in its constituent and affiliated colleges from the next academic year.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 10, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- Tight Security For Final Ballot In Assam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Security personnel carrying automatic weapons guarded polling centres across Assam on Monday as voting began for the second and final phase of elections.
- Karzai Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India on Sunday to boost ties with New Delhi that have blossomed after the fall of the Taliban regime, in a trip a nervous Pakistan will be closely watching.
- 29 Women, Children Die In Karachi Stampede (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
At least 29 women and children have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a religious gathering in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police and hospital officials said.
- Living In A World Of Make-Believe (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a waning sense of reality in national politics as each day passes.
- Indo-Us Deal: Not Without Amendments (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 10, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security
- A Sustainable Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 10, 2006)
The Punjab government is pressing ahead with the completion of a model, modern industrial city being set up near Faisalabad.
- Supplementing The Goals (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 10, 2006)
The new SEZ Act may queer the pitch for exporters by creating islands of tax and other privileges.
- Liquidity Crunch: Can Bulging Forex Reserves Help? (The Financial Express, M. Sitarama Murthy, Apr 10, 2006)
Interest rates are moving northwards rapidly. Even loaning for cars and housing has slowed.
- Stock Behaviour This Week Was A Warning (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 10, 2006)
Sharp price volatility and the intraday zigzag are a signal that we are in dangerous territory
- India Inc Goes Shopping In Europe (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Apr 10, 2006)
The grim face of inhabitants of 2000-year-old German towns such as Augsburg, with fine broad streets, monumental fountains and distinctive public buildings, now wear a blissful smile. Why? Because, Indians are saving their jobs.
- Labour Need Haunts China (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 10, 2006)
There is much talk of a labour shortage in China. Some bemoan its impact on wages and profit margins.
- Abstract Insights For The Courageous Seeker (Times of India, ASHOK VOHRA, Apr 10, 2006)
As atheists, Jainas reject the concept of a Supreme creator-sustainer-destroyer. They question attributing the qualities of omnipotence, omniscience, eternity and perfection to a God whose very existence is doubtful.
- Sbi Strike Called Off After Fm Intervenes, Pension Revised (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The week-old strike at the State Bank of India (SBI) was finally called off today after day-long negotiations between senior Finance Ministry officials and SBI management and employees’ unions.
- Democracy By Choice (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 10, 2006)
The US gives little value to popular mandate and counts monarchs and dictators as its staunch supporters
- Better Disclosures And Greater Efficiency In Raising Capital (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Apr 10, 2006)
The amended SEBI guidelines shift onus to regulated entities themselves
The new guidelines enable companies with good governance to be more flexible in their task of resource mobilisation besides helping to lower associated costs.
- Expectations Over Oil Sector Regulator (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Apr 10, 2006)
Benefits foreseen include a level playing field for all players, larger investment in natural gas sector and greater competition
- French Lessons (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Apr 10, 2006)
Critical reforms should not get stalled by resistance that is based on either imperfect understanding or inadequate institutions.
- Ahead Of Polls, Former Tn Speaker Joins Dmk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Former Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Sedapatti R Muthiah joined the Opposition DMK on Sunday, saying he was now feeling sad that he and his supporters were ‘‘forced’’ to function for a few years ‘‘under a leadership known for its high handedness’’. H
- Fast Forward, Rewind (Indian Express, Aiman Mustafa, Apr 10, 2006)
Medha Patkar’s fast in New Delhi recalled a form of protest that had almost disappeared. A powerful tool in the hands of the Mahatma and his followers, its decline mirrored the fading away of Gandhian politics. Here are some famous fasts, post-1947
- Democracy And Poverty — Thailand And The Philippines (Jordan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Apr 10, 2006)
We should return to the rule of law after the election,” declared Thailand's national police chief, General Kowit Watana last Sunday, as the polls closed in a parliamentary election called three years early by embattled Prime Minister Thaksin . . .
- A City For The Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Ken Livingstone, Apr 10, 2006)
In meeting the challenge of the new economies, Britain has a trump card in multicultural London
- Capitalise On Brain Power (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Apr 10, 2006)
Concern has been expressed in some quarters over the trend of doctors leaving premier Government hospitals to join private ones.
- Price Controls Not The Answer (Jordan Times, Yusuf Mansur, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a flurry to control prices, to put out the looming flame of inflation in light of the rise of oil prices and to stop abuse by wholesalers and retailers. However, price control may spur further inflation and cause prices to rise even further.
- Politicising Environment Prematurely (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 10, 2006)
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the present Assemblies can also elect Gen Musharraf constitutionally as the President of the country for the next term.
- Un Systems (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
One has to agree with Mr Shaukat Aziz’s assertion that the high level UN panel on systemwide coherence might prove to be the ‘historic effort’ needed to promote the objective of a more advanced and peaceful world ‘through improving its efficiency . . .
- Crippled Agri Growth: Blame It On New Policy Of Financial Sector (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
A new policy regime of financial sector reforms was mainly responsible for the slower growth in rural institutional finances to agriculture particularly during the decade of 1991-2000 and poor performance thereafter, a research paper says.
- Corruption And Development~i (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Apr 10, 2006)
Slowing Down The Wheels Of Administration
- Africa's Bitter Harvest (Jordan Times, G. Pascal Zachary, Apr 10, 2006)
Souley Madi is one of the most productive cotton growers in the Badjengo, Cameroon, an area where the lush forests of central Africa give way to the semi-arid Sahel.
- Cyprus Welcomes Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 10, 2006)
Supports efforts to promote civilian nuclear supply for economic development
- Great Rip-Off In Name Of Development (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 10, 2006)
Why do we Indians find it so difficult to believe that foreigners are waiting to pour billions of dollars into India and are unable to digest the claim that a Sensex of 11,900 is based purely on fundamentals?
- China's Roadmap (Jordan Times, Joseph Stiglitz, Apr 10, 2006)
China is about to adopt its 11th five-year plan, setting the stage for the continuation of probably the most remarkable economic transformation in history, while improving the well-being of almost a quarter of the world's population.
- State's Share In Funding Higher Education (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Apr 10, 2006)
Two academicians speak out on quality in the context of increasing privatisation of advanced studies
- Pakistan's Economic Miracle (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, Apr 10, 2006)
The prime minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, is well-known in Amman. Two decades ago, was manager of Citibank in Jordan for two years, during which he built many friendships in the Jordanian business and political communities.
- In The Shadow Of Growth (Times of India, Pulin B Nayak, Apr 10, 2006)
There is little doubt that the recent performance of India's economy has been robust by usual yardsticks. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.1 per cent during 2005-06.
- It's Not Just The Corruption (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Apr 10, 2006)
While the World Bank held back around a billion dollars worth of health sector loans to the country on grounds of corruption, this is the least of the problems.
- Don't Just Stick To Old Guns On Doha (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 10, 2006)
Mr Pascal Lamy’s endorsement of the demand that countries like India should negotiate in terms of applied tariffs for industrial products, rather than the bound rates, is the clearest indication yet that the Doha round of WTO negotiations has . . .
- Linking Growth To Market Returns (The Economic Times, U. R. Bhat, Apr 10, 2006)
Identifying sector leaders whose performance would guide overall economic growth and discarding the present disdain for dividend payouts are key factors in getting the best results from investing in stocks.
- Onus On India? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 10, 2006)
India may need to concede ground on industrial tariffs if it is to attain its objective of getting tariff barriers lowered on both the farm and industrial fronts in the US and the EU.
- A Pil(l) For Headache (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Apr 10, 2006)
Despite doing well on social and environmental fronts, issues addressed through PILs are often quite technical, says Shailaja Chandra
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear - George Orwell
- Sensex And Sensibility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 10, 2006)
Caution, better market surveillance hold the key
- Caving In (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 10, 2006)
The government’s decision to readjust the pension formula for the State Bank of India (SBI) can hardly be a good sign for the banking industry.
- Managing The Knowledge Workers (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Apr 10, 2006)
The breed that will make a difference in a service economy is clearly the expert or knowledge worker, although the Internet, by making knowledge more open, will cut the ground beneath the expert's feet. Mere possession of rare facts and figures . . .
- Arjun Invokes Vp To Pay Back His Sizing Up (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Apr 10, 2006)
The Human Resource Development Ministry passed the buck on the exaggerated media reports explaining the Election Commission on Sunday about his announcement of extending 49.5 quota in the IIMs and IITs.
- From Home Of Kashmir’S Head Priest, A ‘Feminist’ Magazine (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Apr 09, 2006)
She is edited and founded by Sheeba Masoodi, also known as wife of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; piece on dating creates heat at launch.
- India, China Agree To Share Experiences And . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
See risks to global expansion and scope for growing economic imbalances
Both countries to play key role in shaping future global growth
Both sides reiterate commitment to achieving Millennium Development Goals
- Gaiety Marks Celestial Wedding In Bhadrachalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Endowments Minister presents `Pattuvastrams'
- Ed Likely To Issue Show Cause Notice To Natwar Singh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The Enforcement Directorate is likely to soon issue a show cause notice to former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh in connection with the probe in the oil-for-food scam in Iraq.
- Of Maternal Benefit Schemes (Daily Excelsior, Dr Kasturi Lal, Apr 08, 2006)
Recent introduction of Janani Suraksha Yogna an improved version of maternity benefit scheme, incorporate the benefit of cash payment to pregnant women below poverty line who volunteer to have her delivery in institution.
- The Rise Of The Childfree (Deccan Herald, Kathryn Westcott, Apr 08, 2006)
Nowadays, a growing number of women are insisting on the term childfree — with its emphasis on liberation.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 08, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- Even-Handed Approach On N-Deal Needed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the initiative of the US-India civilian nuclear deal should be enveloped in a nuclear restraint regime, allowing production of fissile material for all of South Asia. In an interview in New York, he said . . .
- Pakistan, Spain To Strengthen Trade, Security Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Shaukat calls for even-handed approach on civilian nuclear technology
- End Strike, Sbi Chairman Tells Employees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
State Bank of India chairman A. K. Purwar on Friday appealed again to the striking employees to resume work. The Government was ``closely examining'' their demands and could soon take a ``review.''
- Pack Journalism Can Be Lethal (Japan Times, GREGORY CLARK, Apr 08, 2006)
Some call it pack journalism. It is also lazy journalism.
- Stifling Competition In Europe (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
How do we Europeans become more innovative and competitive? According to a recent European Commission study, we are already 20 years behind the U.S. information technology industry, and we are spending a paltry 1.9 percent of our combined gross . . .
- Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 71 At Shiite Mosque (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Three suicide bombers, including at least one who appeared to be a woman, exploded in a sea of Friday worshipers at the main mosque of the most powerful Shiite political party in Iraq, killing at least 71 people and wounding at least 140.
- Senior Us Lawmakers To Visit India For Nuke Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Republican House leader Dennis Hastert and other US lawmakers have announced plans to visit India next week to discuss a controversial bilateral nuclear deal made in March.
- Mass Leadership And Backroom Politics (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 08, 2006)
The Congress will do well to look at the BJP, which has begun to experience the consequences of ignoring its mass leaders.
- Taiwan And Who: Case For Membership (Deccan Herald, Andrew T H Cheng, Apr 08, 2006)
Taiwan has been sidelined even as nation states commemorate World Health Day
- South Asia Should Unite Behind One Of Its Own (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Apr 08, 2006)
Why doesn't India support the candidature of Jayantha Dhanapala for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations?
- Right Thrust (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 08, 2006)
The foreign trade policy will make Indian exports grow
- Advani Raises Spectre Of Another Partition (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani on Friday expressed fears that the country faced the prospect of another partition owing to large-scale infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and charged the Congress-led UPA government with providing “legal protection” to the . . .
- Mla Calls For Transparency In Selecting Beneficiaries Of Housing Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
C.T. Ravi, MLA, has stressed the need for transparency while ensuring that the benefits of Government schemes reach the beneficiaries.
- Among Sufi Mystics (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 08, 2006)
Professor Coleman Barks who teaches poetry in the University of Georgia (US) is today regarded as an authority on the poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi (1201-1273).
- Spy In Sky Counts Days To Last Flight (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Photographs of militant training camps across the Line of Control, images of Pakistani army and armoured corps movements, mapping of new roads built by adversaries in sensitive border regions — ever wondered how India gets hold of these pictures?
- Civilizing Mission (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Apr 08, 2006)
The US still mistakes national resistance for terrorism
- The Knight Versus The Professor (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Apr 08, 2006)
The choice for the Italian electorate on Sunday is between the incumbent Prime Minister's flamboyance and the challenger's dignified approach.
- Useful Despite Limitations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 08, 2006)
The annual supplement to the five-year Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09), unveiled on Friday, like its predecessor, was not expected to break new ground in policy initiatives.
- A Beacon For The Oppressed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 08, 2006)
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has taken on the world's major oil companies by increasing the government's stakes in the country's petroleum assets.
- Hooda's Policies Win Praise From Prime Minister (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Apr 08, 2006)
Bid to transform Haryana into No. 1 State gets a shot in arm by bonanza announced by Manmohan Singh
- What Vajpayee Told Manmohan (Indian Express, R.V. Pandit, Apr 08, 2006)
How does one assess an assertion made by L.K. Advani at a press conference this week?
- Mitigating The Impact Of Natural Disasters (Business Standard, RAGHAV GAIHA, Apr 08, 2006)
A 5 percentage point reduction in the proportion of poor countries would reduce disaster-related deaths by roughly a similar amount.
- The Low-Down On India-Us Nuclear Dea (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 08, 2006)
Pakistan seems to have woken up to the United States-India nuclear deal the two countries signed during President George Bush’s visit to South Asia last month.
- Fight, But Talk (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 08, 2006)
A government minus BJP or Congress? The prospect should make the two more mutually civil
- Not Just Iit And Iim, Arjun Quota Regime To Cover All (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Apr 08, 2006)
Not just IIMs, IITs and Central universities. Top academic institutes, cutting across various fields, from medicine to law, film to fashion, hotel management to mass communication, are set to come under HRD Minister Arjun Singh’s plan to impose . . .
- India To Exercise Caution In Forging Free-Trade Deals (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
India must exercise “great caution” in negotiating free-trade agreements (FTAs) with more developed neighbours, finance minister P Chidambaram said in remarks published here Friday.
- Treat India, Pakistan Equally, Aziz Asks Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
PM says AQ Khan chapter closed
Calls for diplomatic efforts to resolve Iran nuclear crisis
Says no militant training camps in Pakistan
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