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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 35809:
- Stay Focused On Competitiveness (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2006)
If India’s exports have grown 25% last year, on top of a 26% spurt the year before, what can account for such growth if not our foreign trade policy? Commerce minister Kamal Nath posed this rhetorical question while releasing this year’s supplement . . .
- Icsa India Deal With Sudan Power Utility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
ICSA (India) Ltd, a Hyderabad-based embedded software solutions provider for power utilities, has signed an agreement with National Electricity Corporation of Sudan for execution of an export turnkey project for an aggregate value of $139.95 . . .
- Train Of Thought (Indian Express, Raksha Kumar, Apr 08, 2006)
When I had to make a 2,000 kilometre journey alone in a train, it raised many an eyebrow.
- Solution`s In The Mail (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Before I left Mumbai to reengineer my life in Santiniketan, I was naturally paranoid about finances.
- Afghan Drug Barons Flaunt Their Wealth (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Apr 08, 2006)
Afghan boys tend a poppy field while their father supervises the work on the outskirts of Lashkargah, Afghanistan, recently.
- Know Thyself (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 08, 2006)
Star performers inevitably catch this affliction.
- The Abc Of Obcs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 08, 2006)
The term ‘‘backward classes’’ first raised its head in Mysore state, where preferential recruitment of backward communities was introduced in 1921.
- Trai Penalises Telecom Firm For Offering Lifetime Validity Product (Times of India, AMIT SAXENA, Apr 08, 2006)
TRAI has done the right thing by rapping service providers for their lifetime offers. To expect consumers to take lifetime offers with a pinch of salt is to provide too much elbowroom to producers and advertisers.
- Market Justice (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Apr 08, 2006)
The gross miscarriage of justice in the Jessica Lal case is symptomatic of the fact that Indian socialists have an extremely warped notion of the role of the state.
- Eb Employee Robbed Of Rs. 3 Lakh Near Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Three motorcycle-borne youths intercepted him
- Juggernaut Chugs Along (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 08, 2006)
Yet, 1.5% of global export share a long way off
- Cpi(m) Protests Against Caste Discrimination In Society (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Dalits asked to stay united and resist attempts of social suppression
- Third Front? For Whom, And For What? (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Apr 08, 2006)
Mulayam Singh and Chandrababu Naidu’s proposed coalition promises all that India doesn’t need
- Sitting On Judgement (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 08, 2006)
Judicial reforms hinge crucially on the availability of more empirical data to iron out systemic flaws, says Upamanyu Hazarika
- Lack Of Will (Pioneer, Amit Jetley, Apr 08, 2006)
While the higher courts in India have worked admirably to expand the ambit of constitutional and civil rights, what is interesting when one surveys the history of independent India is that there has been so little attempt at judicial reforms.
- China Is Wagging A Theatrical Finger (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Apr 08, 2006)
Even as its leaders encourage US bashing, China’s real structural problems are growing silently
- Scrutiny Of Judicial Immunity Is Must (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Apr 08, 2006)
In the wake of the public outcry against the acquittal of the accused in the Jessica Lall and Irfan murder cases, the demand for judicial reforms has mounted.
- Karthik To Be `Removed' From Party President Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Meeting, headed by Ananthapadmanabhan, condemns general secretary Biswas
- In The Wake Of The Bush Visit (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Apr 08, 2006)
In the aftermath of President George Bush’s visit, too much importance is being attached to inanities, while among the important points only the nuclear deal with India has monopolised comments, giving an impression as if all that matters to . . .
- Hu’S Eight Commandments (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 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.
- Oily Skid Is Just Dangerously Around The Corner (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 08, 2006)
Chindia' will require increasingly high amounts of energy for its growth, points out Stephen Leeb in The Coming Economic Collapse. As alternative energy, biodiesel is well poised "to enter both the vocabulary and the fuel tanks," predicts Lyle . . .
- Towards A Partnership (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 08, 2006)
Does the US want to control Indian foreign and economic policy in the long run? And does it to want to attain this objective by following the `strategic partnership' route, one of the vital aspects of which is the nuclear deal?
- The Pascal Pressure (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 08, 2006)
The US/EU want developing nations halve their bound rates on industrial import tariffs as a quid pro quo for farm-related concessions.
- Damn Good Dam (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Apr 08, 2006)
On 15 March the Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a Bill to nullify the 27 February Supreme Court order authorising the raising of water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 feet to 142 feet and permitting further strengthening of the . . .
- Work On Dam Must Continue'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that work on the Sardar Sarovar Dam should not stop, as it was the lifeline of the drought prone region of Saurashtra, Gujarat.
- Mulayam, Chandrababu Naidu Form "Anti-Congress, Anti-Bjp" Front (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 07, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced the formation of an "anti-Congress, anti-BJP" front.
- In The Shadow Of Growth (Times of India, Pulin B Nayak, Apr 07, 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.
- Sbi Employees Reject Fm’S Call To End Strike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Lakhs of SBI customers across the country including pensioners, government employees and traders had to celebrate Ram Navami today without much money in their pockets, as over 9000 branches of the bank remained closed for the fourth day.
- Karunanidhi Launches Campaign (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Launching the election campaign here, Dravida Munntera Kazhagam (DMK) President M. Karunanidhi reiterated his poll pledge of providing colour television sets to each family which did not have one, rice at Rs 2 a kg and giving two acres to landless . . .
- The Yatra Man (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 07, 2006)
Advani cannot give up old habits
- Inflation Below 4 Pc, Gloats Fm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today announced that the rate of inflation has gone down below 4 per cent and that the UPA government was taking steps to maintain price stability to keep it at this level.
- Withered State (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 07, 2006)
All opponents of the Left Front in West Bengal attack its political bankruptcy, quite overlooking the fact that under 29 years of left rule, the state is economically bankrupt.
- Seeking A New Direction (Telegraph, Suhrita Saha, Apr 07, 2006)
The movement for women’s liberation, writes Brenner, has passed through various phases that have been characterized by extraordinary gains as well as irreversible set backs.
- Sonia Sword On Agp, Salve On Minorities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
From Nagaon to Dhubri to Mangaldoi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today chanted the minority mantra everywhere in a final attempt to retain the party’s hold on a community whose votes could ultimately decide who will hold the reins at Dispur.
- Tremors Shake Parts Of Gujarat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Two tremors of moderate intensity on Thursday struck several parts of Gujarat and Mumbai within a gap of nearly six years. People rushed out their homes in panic, official sources said.
- "Aicte Will Not Issue Any Directions To Deemed Universities" (Hindu, V.Jayanth and A.Subramani, Apr 07, 2006)
Ministry of Human Resource Development issues notification
- Why Peace? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 07, 2006)
Why should violence not be encouraged in any society? Those who don't understand this can turn their eyes to volatile situation in Pakistan's tribal areas.
- India-Iran Relations Cause For Concern In Congress (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged that the United States had concerns over India's relationship with Iran but will not ask New Delhi to sever its links with Tehran in exchange for civilian nuclear technology.
- Yatras Roll To Ram And Rajya Beat (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Apr 07, 2006)
On Thursday, Leader of Opposition LK Advani embarked on his sixth Rath Yatra invoking Lord Ram and appealing to Muslims to abandon their claim over the disputed site in Ayodhya so as to facilitate the construction of the temple on Ram's janambhoomi.
- Nepal Groups Plan Big Protests Despite Tight Vigil (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 07, 2006)
Opponents of Nepal King Gyanendra vowed to come out in vast numbers on Friday to pressure him to give up absolute power as riot police gathered to thwart them on the second day of a four-day nationwide general strike.
- India Bars More Foreign Buying In Icici Bank Shares (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
India's central bank has barred further purchases of ICICI Bank shares by overseas investors since their holding has reached the permitted 74 percent limit.
- Insufferable Subhas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 07, 2006)
Sections of the party and government have long been disgusted with this particular minister.
- Tragedy To Farce (Statesman, Sushila Ramaswamy, Apr 07, 2006)
Ever since the French Revolution of 1789, France has attracted worldwide attention for political upheavals, in striking contrast to a relatively more tranquil England.
- Mp To Reap Bounty Of Hunting In Us (Pioneer, Rahul Noronha/ Bhopal, Apr 07, 2006)
In what can be described as a windfall for the forest department in Madhya Pradesh, the US Government has asked the State Government to work out the modalities for receiving a part of the royalty collected by way of sport hunting of certain species . . .
- Reliance Communications To Increase Broadband Penetration (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications plans to expand its broadband network to 200 cities in the country from present 40 in a short period.
- The Right Mphasis (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 07, 2006)
EDS tests waters with conditional takeover
- Post Office As Multi-Product Corporation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 07, 2006)
The government is reportedly considering a proposal to transform the small saving schemes operated through post offices by converting the post office itself into a bank.
- Is `Capital Flight' A Whopper? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Apr 07, 2006)
Though full convertibility and full float are independent policy issues, many economists have urged policymakers to keep away from both. Capital flight, in their view, will be the inevitable result. Through four scenarios, G. RAMACHANDRAN demonstrates . .
- India-Iran Relation Worries Us Congress (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged that the United States had concerns over India's relationship with Iran but will not ask New Delhi to sever its links with Tehran in exchange for civilian nuclear technology.
- Hindu Groups Plan Protest (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Hindu groups are planning silent protests at the venue of the Saraswati Samman awards ceremony where, on Friday, Bengali poet-author Sunil Gangopadhyay is to be given the literary prize named for the goddess of learning.
- An Ideal Opportunity To Act Decisively (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 07, 2006)
The failure of prosecution in several cases has re-focused public attention on our justice . . .
- Full Bipartisan Review Called For (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 07, 2006)
India has legitimate energy requirements that the US needs to take a firm stand on, says Chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Richard . . .
- 'Past Non-Proliferation Policies Did Not Achieve Their Goals' (Pioneer, Condoleezza Rice, Apr 07, 2006)
We don't want India to expand its civil nuclear energy production without our help, says Condoleezza Rice
- Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Chief Minister Sheila Dixit left for Melbourne in the fourth week of March to receive the Commonwealth flame at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in that city on March 26. Before her departure, she spoke of the steps being taken . . .
- Freedom To Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 07, 2006)
Even in the days of repressed managerial remuneration, the fees charged by these B-schools over two years were at least equal to about six months salary of the average fresh graduate.
- More Than What The Us Asked For (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 07, 2006)
Several nations expressed their ire over security related trade measures of the US
- The Sabotage Bank (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 07, 2006)
There is an arresting piquancy to the thought that the State Bank of India employees' strike has commenced in the same week in which the Government has formally signed contracts for private management of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
- Step Up Your Investments: Adb To India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Indian economy is likely to slow down a little to 7.6 per cent in the fiscal year 2006 and 7.8 per cent in 2007 as consumption and investment may get affected due to higher inflation, Asian Development Bank said on Thursday.
- Commitment & Not Speed, Is Key: India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Speaking at a seminar after WTO Director General Pascal Lamy called for stepping up pace of negotiations to meet the year-end deadline for completion of Doha round
- Courting Justice For 50 Years (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Apr 07, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court began in the second half of the 19th century with just three judges and 925 cases. One-and-a-half century since then, today it has 36 judges, including the Chief Justice and nearly one lakh cases in its files.
- Share Of Customs In Government Revenue Will Decline: Fm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Role of customs in future will be enforcement, trade facilitation
- Buddhadeb On Different Track Post Ec Action (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 07, 2006)
Close on the heels of the Election Commission’s stern action in the form of an FIR against Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty and a raid by the police on the CPM office in Midnapore, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has decided . . .
- The Outsider And His City (Hindu, DEEPA GANESH, Apr 07, 2006)
Winner of Lankesh debut director award Suman Mukhopadhyay's Bengali film, Herbert is at once the tragic story of an individual alienated by history as well as the collapse of Kolkata in the last century
- Modern Urban Preoccupations (Hindu, Jayant Kaikini, Apr 07, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
- Sonia's Third Resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
After her resignation from the National Advisory Council (NAC) and from the Lok Sabha in the aftermath of the office-of profit controversy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has resigned as chairperson of the prestigious Jallianwala Bagh National . . .
- Murthy, Premji Join Kumaraswamy To Promote Brand Bangalore (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Sharing a platform for the first time with Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayan Murthy, Wipro chairman Azim Premji and finance minister
- Can Any ‘Reform’ Be So Perverse And Irrational? (The Financial Express, SEBASTIAN MORRIS, Apr 07, 2006)
The government has proposed an amendment to the Postal Act that would bar the private sector from carrying articles below 500 gm.
- Where Rags To Riches Stories Are No Longer Rare (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 07, 2006)
The Chinese city of Wenzhou owes its success to the development of a cluster model whereby hundreds of small enterprises work together producing complementary goods based on efficient division of labour, saysThe Hindu's Beijing Correspondent.
- The Evolution Of The Model Code (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 07, 2006)
With its origins in 1951, the code emerged out of a political consensus. So long as it remained on paper, there was hardly any protest. The situation changed when the focus shifted to enforcement.
- Destruction Of Amazon Forest Linked To Fast Food (Hindu, John Vidal, Apr 07, 2006)
Export chain ends in big fast food outlets in Europe as farmers illegally seize virgin land in the Amazon forest for soya crops.
Scale of deforestation unprecedented, says Greenpeace
Much of the damage caused by soya farmers
Xingu basin in the heart
- Reliance Communications Plans To Expand Broadband Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Will initiate talks with companies for content
- 20 Killed In North Waziristan Fighting (News International, CP Bhambhri, Apr 06, 2006)
Four soldiers and 16 militants were reportedly killed in fresh incidents of violence in the Shawal valley and Dattakhel area of North Waziristan tribal agency on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
- ‘Pakistan, India Remain Engaged In Peaceful Dialogue’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The report ‘Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The US Record 2005-2006’ released on Wednesday said Pakistan and India "remained engaged in peaceful dialogue on a range of issues" and "worked together" to assist victims in the aftermath of the . . .
- Taliban Kill Afghan Official (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Taliban guerrillas shot dead an Afghan intelligence official on Wednesday, the second senior security officer to be killed in 24 hours.
- Lamy Urges Us, Eu To Cut Industrial Tariffs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The United States and Europe must agree to cut industrial tariffs and farm subsidies for a successful accord by April to pave the way for a global trade pact, World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy said on Wednesday.
- State Bank Of India Strike Enters Third Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Serious inconvenience caused to customers
- Assam’S Widow From Gujarat Is Agp Candidate (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Apr 06, 2006)
When Alaka Desai first came to Assam 23 years ago, arriving in Guwahati from Gujarat to work on a doctoral thesis on the Northeast, little did she imagine that she would one day contest an election here as the candidate of a regional party.
- Gujarat Plan Pegged At Rs. 12,503 Crores (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Outlay includes additional Central assistance of Rs 80 crores
`15.5 % growth in last four years'
`Social indicators not comparable to economic growth trend'
- U.S. Sees Threat From European Islamic Militants (Reuters, Caroline Drees, Apr 06, 2006)
Islamic militants in Europe pose a direct threat to U.S. national security, more than 4-1/2 years after Europe-based plotters planned much of the Sept. 11 attacks, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
- Salaries Delayed Owing To Sbi Staff Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Over 3,000 government employees have accounts in the bank
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