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Articles 20821 through 20920 of 35809:
- Tn: Kanchi Seer Seeks Transfer Of Assault Case To Pondicherry (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi today filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking transfer of the 'Radhakrishnan assault case', in which he is the main accused, from a Sessions Court here to a Pondicherry court.
- Cisco Connectivity Project For Bhel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Communications network major, Cisco Systems, has been selected as the infrastructure provider for Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL's) campus-wide connectivity project in Tiruchirapalli. BHEL has invested nearly Rs. 5 crore in the project, . . .
- Sri Lankan Forces Better Equipped Now: Army Chief (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 06, 2005)
Remarks come amid escalation in violence in Jaffna peninsula
- The Information Pagdandi As Bridge Across Social, Economic Divides (Indian Express, KIRAN KARNIK, Dec 06, 2005)
Knowledge is now the currency of power. No longer does power flow out of the barrel of a gun; rather, it flows from the barrel of a picture tube (TV or computer screen) or the barrel of a pen. Since knowledge derives from information, . . .
- Indo-British Partnership Network Launched (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Dec 06, 2005)
Giving a further boost to the robust UK-India economic ties, the Indo-British Partnership Network was launched today to encourage and facilitate business between the two countries with a special focus on small and medium enterprises.
- Bsnl Chennai Unveils New 3-In-1 Package — Bid To Increase Utilisation Of Spare Capacities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
BSNL, Chennai Telephones, is offering a 3-in-1 package using which customers can avail themselves of a landline, a broadband and a mobile phone connection for a monthly rent of Rs 333. There is also a 2-in-1 offer — landline and cellular service — . . .
- Thought-Provoking Articles (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Dec 06, 2005)
Collection of articles on general issues relating to people and society at large
- Intel To Invest $1 B In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel, on Monday, announced investing $1 billion in India, the lions share of which – $800 million to be precise – would be pumped into Intel’s research and development activities in Bangalore
- India Is A Privileged Defence Partner, Says Sergei Ivanov (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 06, 2005)
"We share identical approaches in tackling terrorism and issues concerning security"
- ‘Indian Gdp Will Grow By 8 Pc’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
World Bank, on Monday, said it expects Indian economy to grow by 8 per cent this fiscal but asked the government to open up more sectors for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...
- ‘There’S A Cadre-Leader Disconnect’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 06, 2005)
K N Govindacharya, former BJP general secretary: “Advani says different things at different times.”
- Where The Rich Hide Their Cash (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Dec 06, 2005)
Five Trillion Dollars has been corruptly removed from the world's poorest countries and lodged permanently in the world's richest countries.
- When Silence Speaks Louder Than Words (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 06, 2005)
If you want to understand the big story, look for the small detail. When the action is being broadcast in the merciless way that television adopts, get out of the din and check the silence.
- Bharti Offloads Stake In Bharti Telesoft (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Bharti Group on Monday offloaded 10 per cent stake in Bharti Telesoft to a group of investors led by WestBridge Captial Partners for $13.5 million.
- India, Russia Cooperation Pact On Cards (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
India is exploring the possibility of a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement with Russia. This agreement could be similar to the one that India has with Singapore, senior officials said.
- It Takes Two To Hold Back (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 06, 2005)
This long essay — it has already appeared in three parts, this is the fourth — is about the latest incursion of the military in Pakistan’s political affairs. It started out with the assertion, which immediately drew disagreement from several readers,
- Kazakhstan Polls (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 06, 2005)
Voters in Kazakhstan have voted President Nursultan Nazarbayev into another seven-year stint of power in national elections held on Sunday. The Kazakh President has termed the elections as ‘more democratic than ever before’. Opposition has, however, ...
- India’S ‘Terror Watch’ Advice To Afghans (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
India has told Afghanistan to be wary of “terrorism” originating in Pakistan, an official Indian statement from Kabul said on Monday. It quoted Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed as telling a three-day . . . .
- Oic: Challenges Ahead (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 06, 2005)
could be a significant date in the political calendar of Islamic countries as 57 leaders of member-states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) would be converging on the holy city of Makkah to review the situation of the Muslim world, . . .
- The Legacy Blair Will Leave Behind (Dawn, Max Hastings, Dec 06, 2005)
Tony Blair is working overtime to reform education, commission nuclear power stations, bring stable government to Northern Ireland, impose a new vision on Europe, create stability in Iraq, all within the span of two or three years before he quits the . .
- War In Waziristan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 06, 2005)
THE Pakistan Army’s war on terror in the tribal agency of Waziristan is nowhere near an end. Every few weeks the military authorities claim ‘major successes’
- Is This Democracy? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 06, 2005)
Yet another dictator has been elected by a 91 per cent vote. On Sunday, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been ruling Kazakhstan since before the break-up of the Soviet Union, won another seven years for himself after an election that . . .
- Sanyasin Or Out? (The Week, Deepak Tiwari, Dec 06, 2005)
Emerging from the BJP office in Bhopal on November 27 to start her Ram-Roti march, Uma Bharti was at her symbolic best when she stood on top of an Ambassador car with her foot on its red beacon (symbol of power) to address the people.
- Bharti Offloads 10% Stake In Bharti Telesoft (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
US-based Westbridge Capital, Sequois Capital and Cisco jointly buy it for $13.5 million.
- Cisco, Funds Buy 10 Pc Stake In Bharti Telesoft (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Bharti Group on Monday offloaded over a 10 per cent stake of its software company Bharti Telesoft to WestBridge Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital and Cisco Systems for $13.5 million.
- Mutual Funds To The Fore (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 06, 2005)
MFs must remember a rising tide lifts all boats
- Compromise Solution (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 06, 2005)
Lahiri panel not fully alive to danger of PNs
- The Great Mf Buy-In (The Financial Express, Dhirendra Kumar, Dec 06, 2005)
Like everything else that has anything to do with the stock markets, the business of running equity mutual funds (MFs) is on a roll. From January till October this year, equity MFs collected an amazing Rs 22,048 crore.
- Energy Security Is Not About Gas And Oil Only (The Financial Express, BIKASH C BORA, Dec 06, 2005)
The current levels of self-sufficiency in energy, coupled with the projected growth in the economy, have understandably created serious concerns in the minds of everyone on the important issue of energy security.
- Can The Eas Realise The Asian Dream? (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Dec 06, 2005)
The East Asia Summit (EAS) scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur later this month, and attended by leaders of Asean10, Japan, China, South Korea and India, and of Australia and New Zealand, is a landmark event in the history Asia’s regional economic ....
- Rbi Wants To Ban Funds Inflow Via Pns: Report (The Economic Times, PRABHAKAR SINHA, Dec 06, 2005)
An expert group appointed by the PM Manmohan Singh under the chief economic adviser Ashok Lahiri in a report on FIIs investments in the country, revealed RBI wants to ban foreign investments via participatory notes (PNs).
- Bajaj Auto To Ride Into Merchandising (The Economic Times, Byas Anand, Dec 06, 2005)
Hamara Bajaj is turning a new corner. India’s largest two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto Ltd is finetuning plans to ride into the merchandising business with branded bike and rider accessories.
- What On Earth Are We Doing Here Anyway? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 06, 2005)
The general understanding of the bodhisattva vow is that one wants to stick around long enough to liberate all sentient beings from this world to help them get out of here. This is because a bodhisattva is an enlightened one who, out of compassion, . . .
- Fountainhead Of Deception (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 06, 2005)
The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered that no hotel, restaurant, club, cinema, and so on has any right to charge more than the maximum retail price printed on packaged goods.
- Icici Bank Ads Subscribed 6 Times (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
ICICI Bank’s $500 million American depository shares (ADS) issue has been subscribed six times the issue size.
- An Urban Mission (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 06, 2005)
On saturday The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), a gigantic scheme for urban development
- Message To Hm (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 06, 2005)
One hopes that at least the European Union's decision to impose ban persuades Hizbul Mujahideen to mend its ways. The powerful EU has added the HM to its list of terrorist organisations.
- Satyam To Set Up It Park In Nagpur (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 06, 2005)
Satyam Computers next major IT park is tipped to come up in a proposed special economic zone (SEZ,) which is an integral part of the Centre’s ambitious Multi Modal International Hub at Nagpur.
- 'Economic Engine Resides In Schools' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 06, 2005)
The Interactive White Board, a touchscreen white board with a projector and a computer, created by Smart Technologies Inc, Canada, is an effective alternative to the passive blackboard in classrooms. It is now used as a learning aid in countries . . .
- Town & Country Prosper Together (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 06, 2005)
The government has launched an ambitious urban renewal mission with on outlay of Rs 100,000 crore (around 3% of GDP) that seeks to build urban infrastructure, enhance the quality of urban services and improve governance in 86 large towns, to start with.
- Unfair Trade Threatens Small Peasants (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Dec 06, 2005)
In most developing countries the overwhelming majority is small farmers. For example, the data on Indian agriculture and farmers contained in the Tenth Plan document reveals the extent to which India’s farming community is dominated by small peasants.
- Congress, Bjp In A Bind (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 06, 2005)
In one of his more perceptive comments, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani had declared some time ago that he would be concerned if the Congress party were to disintegrate. In a similar vein, he had urged voters in the lead-up to an . . .
- ‘India Is Important To Show You Can Reach 8 Pc Economic Growth, Because You Are A Democracy’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 06, 2005)
For thirty years Klaus Schwab has been gathering heads of government and industry in Davos for the World Economic Forum. As they commingle with thinkers and economists each year, key issues of globalisation and interdependence are thrashed out and . . .
- Ireland To Liberalise Visa Regime For Indian Professionals (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Ireland, called the ''Celtic Tiger'' for its booming globalised economy, is now in the process of putting in place a legislation to liberalise its visa regime to facilitate the entry of Indian professionals and students as the country's
- Southern Discomfort (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The north-west monsoon that has crippled Chennai is unprecedented. Overflowing reservoirs have pushed up water levels in rivers, flooding the metropolis and its suburbs and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to be evacuated.
- Intel To Invest $1 Bln In India R&d, Venture Fund (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, plans to invest more than $1 billion in India to strengthen its research and development and invest in telecoms and technology start-ups, its chairman said on Monday.
- Thai Corruption Worsens, India Improves - Survey (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Multinationals perceive corruption is getting worse in the Philippines and Thailand but is declining elsewhere in Asia, a report released on Monday shows.
- Wb Approves Over $27m For Ajk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The World Bank (WB) has approved a $27.153 million project to assist Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to restore vital economic and social infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the October-8 earthquake. The AJK-Community Infrastructure and . . .
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 06, 2005)
Economic policy should liberate not just business but also people from bureaucracy, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- Democracy As Ambedkar Wanted It (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Dec 06, 2005)
Abraham Lincoln says; “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” Various philosophers, political scientists and writers have given numerous definitions of democracy.
- World Bank Expects India's Economy To Grow By 8 Pc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
World Bank today said it expects Indian economy to grow by 8 per cent this fiscal but asked the government to open up more sectors for Foreign Direct Investment, encourage private sector participation and improve infrastructure.
- Targeting Inflation (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 06, 2005)
The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has always been the diligent watchdog of the economy. Its decision to clamp down on the emerging inflation is proof enough. India's experience with inflation has been a bitter one.
- Indian Ethos In Management (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Dec 06, 2005)
The ability to do the right thing and, what is more important, doing it every time is the noblesse oblige in the managerial milieu. It must become the done thing, the insignia and talisman of a professional manager.
- India Opens Arms To Russian N-Aid (Hindustan Times, Yashwant Raj, Dec 06, 2005)
India has expressed its willingness to allow Russia to build additional reactors for the Kudankulam nuclear facility.
- Budget Strategy For 2006-07 — Consolidate, Optimise, Deliver (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 06, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, would do well to devote the 2006-07 Budget to the improvement and consolidation of the outcome of the initiatives and schemes already taken up and the restoration of the fiscal health, . . .
- Govt. Defers Airport Modernisation Plan Decision (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The government has deferred a decision to award contracts for modernising state-run airports in Delhi and Mumbai, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Monday.
- Uma’S Life, No Longer A Party (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 06, 2005)
In her reply to the showcause notice served to her, Uma Bharati stated that the “BJP experiment” had failed. She must have known what was in store for her when she set those words down. Decode, also, her statements, “I am the real BJP”,
- B. R. Ambedkar, The Economist (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 06, 2005)
As the nation observers his 49th death anniversary today (December 6), it may surprise many to know that Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, celebrated as the "Father of Indian Constitution," found economics closest to his heart and got his doctorate for a thesis . . .
- Reality Of Coal Security (The Economic Times, T L SANKAR, Dec 05, 2005)
A recent article in these columns (“The myth of coal security”, ET, November 16) ends with the sane conclusion that “it would be prudent to have a balanced mix of both imported coal and gas in India’s energy economy to enhance overall energy security”.
- Expedient Solutions To Market Problems (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 05, 2005)
As a junior reporter covering open outcry trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in the mid-1980s, I frequently heard a litany of complaints about share transfers and settlements
- Power Of Attorney Or Of Folly? (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
The National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) went public last week with its realisation that many broker-owned depository participants (DPs) are forcing investors to sign a power of attorney (POA), allowing them to freely operate their demat accounts and
- Trend And Progress Of Banking In India 2005-05 — Towards Greater Stability And Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 05, 2005)
The RBI's latest Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India describes, with greater clarity than its previous editions, the achievements and weaknesses in the banking system.
- Allow Fdi In Retail With Vigilance In Detail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Should FDI in retail be allowed? This at present is the hottest economic subject on which the government and its allies are debating persistently. Aditya Raj Das takes a close look at the contentious issues and weighs the arguments in favour and against.
- Raising The Stakes (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Dec 05, 2005)
Foreign secretary Shyam Saran, speaking before a World Economic Forum summit in New Delhi, made a departure from the usual muted idiom of Indian diplomacy when he suggested that the US and India could get together to create a greater balance in Asia.
- India's Growth To Speed Up (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 05, 2005)
India's economy is likely to grow more than analysts had previously thought this fiscal year after a stronger-than-expected performance for July-September.
- Who's Afraid Of The Dollar? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
A sensible response to the weakening rupee would be for the central bank to liberalise foreign institutional investment in corporate debt.
- Up Needs A Makeover (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s bluster of fast tracking industrial and social development in his ‘Uttam Pradesh’ has been silenced — by political killings no less than by Japanese encephalitis. The murder of BJP MLA Krishnand Rai of Ghazipur is merely . . .
- Focus On Youth And Rural Areas (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2005)
Sujata Rao, the new head of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), was engaged in a flurry of activity to mark the World AIDS Day soon after she took over.
- Vote For Reform (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 05, 2005)
The results of the NSSO survey on household assets and liabilities in India should conclusively end the fierce academic debate on the impact of economic reforms.
- Part Of A Game Plan: Bhim Singh (Hindu, Luv Puri , Dec 05, 2005)
Foreign forces out to destabilise United Progressive Alliance Government
- Left Goes Soft On Poll Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
With Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon maintaining his no-nonsense tone, the CPM-led Left Front in Bengal has toned down his anti-Election Commission rhetoric.
- Suspected Rebels Kill Six Sri Lanka Soldiers With Mine (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 05, 2005)
Six soldiers were killed in a fragmentation mine attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's war-torn north on Sunday, the military said -- the deadliest in a spate of attacks since a 2002 ceasefire.
- Rbi May Intervene (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) might come into action through the public sector banks or directly to halt the further slide of the rupee against ....
- Development, Market And Government (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 05, 2005)
Experience suggests that rather than there being a conflict between governance and institutional accountability, the two should be complementary.
- Gentle Persuaders (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 05, 2005)
THE Indian Liberal Group, headed with great dedication by Mr S. V. Raju, deserves a big salute for holding aloft the values (freedom, fair play, tolerance, intellectual honesty, ....
- Can Global Warming Be Controlled? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
The scientific evidence on human induced climate change is now overwhelming and generally accepted across the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a credible body with objective processes, has so far brought . . .
- A Tale Of Evolving Wto Drafts (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 05, 2005)
A comparison between the two drafts prior to the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting at Hong Kong helps to throw light on the pressures being exerted on the ministerial conference, thus yielding an important clue to the state of play of the conflicting . . .
- Right Direction (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 05, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has done well to repromulgate an ordinance to regulate the functioning of "madrasas" (religious seminaries) in his country's Capital city of Islamabad.
- Lg, Samsung Eye Growth In India Home Appliances (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Dec 05, 2005)
Neena Bansal, a 36-year-old Indian housewife, surveys row upon row of gleaming refrigerators and washing machines in a swanky showroom owned by South Korea's LG in New Delhi.
- Decision On Bifurcating Gail's Marketing, Transmission Biz Soon (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Dec 05, 2005)
A Final decision on bifurcating the gas marketing and transportation business of GAIL (India) Ltd seems to be near with the Government hoping to get Parliamentary approval for setting up the proposed Petroleum Regulatory and Natural Gas Board (PRNGB).
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