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Articles 21021 through 21120 of 35809:
- Defence, Energy To Dominate India-Russia Meet (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 03, 2005)
Agreements on intellectual property rights, technology safeguards to be signed.
- Bhpl Delisting Exit Price At Rs. 310 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Continuing with its process to delist shares of Balsara Home Products Ltd, Dabur India on Friday said it had fixed the exit price at Rs. 310 per share. The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the exit price was fixed after a reverse book build
- Protests To Mark Ap House Fete (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Dec 03, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly celebrates its 50 years of law-making with a series of programmes during its winter session that begins on Saturday.
- Package For Coop. Banks Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Central Government has prepared a financial package for the revamp of cooperative banks, which is to be announced after its approval by the Cabinet, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Friday.
- After The Deluge (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 03, 2005)
Encroachments clogged the irrigation and drainage networks in Tamil Nadu, adding to the destruction.
- Sebi Slaps Penalty On Ispat Industries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of Rs. 1 lakh on Ispat Industries for violating the Listing Agreements and Regulations. It had earlier alleged that Ispat communicated some price sensitive information . . .
- Ongc, Bgepil Join Hands (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) on Friday said it had reached an agreement with BG Exploration and Production India Ltd (BGEPIL) to jointly operate three offshore deepwater exploration blocks on the east coast.
- Hsbc Picks Up Stake In Eveready (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
FII holdings total 22 p.c. post-GDR offer
- India Unveils Naval Blueprint For Indian Ocean Dominance (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India announced on Friday ambitious acquisition plans for its navy and said the new military hardware would give it greater clout in the strategic energy corridors of the Indian Ocean.
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- Wto: The Steep Road To Hong Kong (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Dec 03, 2005)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations are moving at a snail’s pace with the developed countries extremely reluctant to concede much. They continue to hold rigid positions, especially on agricultural subsidies.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Time For Tax Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan's economy is once again being threatened by the menace of twin deficits — budget and trade.
- The Challenges Of Trade Facilitation (The Economic Times, ANIL K KANUNGO, Dec 03, 2005)
At the Hong Kong ministerial meeting (December 13-17), the issues that are likely to hold the centre stage are agriculture, NAMA, services and others. But one issue that is of great significance and yet may not be the cynosure of all eyes at Hong Kong....
- Clause 49 Is On Par With Global Best' (The Economic Times, SUMIT GULATI, Dec 03, 2005)
Alexander F Cohen, partner, Latham & Watkins was in India recently. Latham & Watkins is a global law and business advisory firm that has represented a number of Indian companies for securities offerings in the US.
- Let It Fly Aviation Needs More Support (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 03, 2005)
The flurry of activity in the aviation sector bodes well for the future. After a hesitant start, privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports is gathering momentum.
- Sebi Fines Ispat For Holding Back 'Information' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has imposed a Rs 1 lakh penalty on Ispat Industries for non-disclosure of price sensitive information to stock exchanges. The action has been taken against the company for a statement made . . .
- Rbi Told To Penalise Banks Fighting Shy Of Rural Lending (The Economic Times, Atmadip Ray, Dec 03, 2005)
The ministry of rural development now wants the RBI to come hard on banks, which have large number of branches with “zero lending” and are performing poorly in lending under the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) scheme.
- Intimations Of Mortality (Indian Express, PALLAVI AIYAR, Dec 03, 2005)
Intimations of mortality
Everyone’s talking about China. Well, not quite everyone. India, which should perhaps be obsessing about its northern neighbour, is not an avid China watcher. The proportion of public discussion and media space . . .
- When The House Nods (Indian Express, K.K. Khullar, Dec 03, 2005)
Dozing in the House is permissible, particularly when the proceedings in the House are dull and dreary, said the celebrated duke of Devonshire, a member of the House of Lords in the 19th century.
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- Why Delhi Must Rediscover Moscow (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 03, 2005)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to Moscow — he arrives on Sunday — for the annual summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, you don’t have to be a betting man to suggest that the outcome would be long on rhetoric but short on substance.
- Ongc To Pursue Exploration Of Oil More Aggressively: Official (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2005)
95 per cent of investment in this sector
- Thou Owest The Worm No Silk, The Beast No Hide, The Sheep No Wool, The Cat No Perfume (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 03, 2005)
"DOUBLE, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble," chant the three witches in Macbeth. Thereafter, the second among them offers her recipe thus: "Fillet of a fenny snake, in the cauldron boil and bake; eye of newt and toe of frog,
- Rbi Gets Tough On Money Laundering (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Banking regulator Reserve Bank of India has tightened the foreign exchange norms in an attempt to curb money laundering in the country. RBI has asked all foreign exchange dealers to verify the identity of a customer who encashed $500 or more or . . .
- Political Change In Israel (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2005)
Those who claim to be `centrists' in Israeli politics appear to have gained an edge over their rivals after Labour leader Shimon Peres ended his decades-long association with the party and announced his support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . . .
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Ongc Closes In On Nigerian Oilfield (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is likely to win the auction of a Nigerian offshore oilfield with an offer of between $1 billion and $2 billion, a person close to the development said on Friday.
- Renewing Our Cities (Pioneer, Om Prakash Mathur, Dec 03, 2005)
The Prime Minister will launch on Saturday, the long-awaited Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Billed as the single largest initiative of the Government of India in the urban sector, the Mission aims to rid cities of those . . .
- Footsie With Terror (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 03, 2005)
After 15 years of Lalu-Rabri caste-based misrule and non-governance, Bihar is once again at a crossroads. Will Mr Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP combine be able to give Bihar a new direction and usher in an era of clean governance and faster development, . . .
- Dispur Dithering (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
And tribals keep pot boiling
Reports of renewed arson and attempted murder in Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills suggest Dispur is yet to restore administrative order in the two districts where recent ethnic clashes left 90 dead and . . .
- Right To Education Bill Is Like A Voucher Scheme (Daily Excelsior, Prabhu Nath Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
The right to education bill (REB) has been delayed because its financial implications, which are being worked out. But this delay should be used to discuss the bill thoroughly, because it is crucial for India’s future in more ways than one.
- Bjp Undoes Itself. Again! (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Dec 03, 2005)
By now, undoing itself when everything is going perfectly right for the party has become a peculiarity of the party with a difference.
- Custodians Of The Trust You Repose, They Uphold - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 03, 2005)
Without robbing Peter, paying Paul, here they mean justice at any cost, progress on all counts, accountability on every front.
- Passing Clouds Over Ftaa? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2005)
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), promoted by the U.S. and Canada and intended to cover as many as 34 democracies in Latin America and the Caribbean, has been pronounced "dead" by its opponent, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, but this could
- Wipro Opens Global Command Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited, unveiled its Next Generation ‘Global Command Centre’ (GCC), the remote managed services hub at Bangalore on Thursday.
- Ongc Asked To Pay Interim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
No advice from Govt. for stock split
- Siemens Sees In Indian Arm A Key Contributor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
To invest Rs. 300 cr. to upgrade facilities
- Terrorist Violence Rising Again (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 02, 2005)
The spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country, including Delhi, must be a matter of worry for a Government that is already under heavy fire from the Opposition on a host of issues.
- Hero Honda Cumulative Sales Up 14 P.C. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Hero Honda has recorded a sales volume of 2.51 lakh motorcycles during November against 2.36 lakh motorcycles in the same month last year. According to a release, the cumulative sales for the period April-November 2005 also jumped by 14.7 per cent to 19.5
- Primordial Calls Vs Politics Of Individuation (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Dec 02, 2005)
The scope and nature of the Bihar verdict are stunning. Once again, the illiterate, long-suffering people rose above caste and religion in search of a better future and proved the psephologists and pundits wrong.
- Free Condoms, Campaign To Boost Asia Vigil (Indian Express, Rahul Sharma, Dec 02, 2005)
Asia marked World AIDS Day on Thursday with free condoms, mobile phone games and flag-festooned rallies aimed at promoting awareness of a disease that kills millions in rich and poor countries each year.
- No Rollback In Oil Prices: Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The government does not propose to bring down the rates of petrol and diesel despite the decline in crude prices in the global market, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shankar Aiyar informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
- House Panel Okays Bill To Amend Rbi Act (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Decks have been cleared for furthering banking reforms with the Parliamentary Panel today approving a Bill that will give Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the flexibility to cut cash reserve ratio below 3 per cent and come up with new instruments for covering
- Fall In Line (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Now that the Supreme Court has spoken for chiru the State Government should drop what evidently is hesitation to faithfully implement the ban on production of "shahtoosh" shawls. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ruma Pal, . . .
- Why Mncs Need To Create Products For India, In India (Business Line, Prashant Sarin , Dec 02, 2005)
The operation of subsidiaries based in emerging markets and conducting research targeted at domestic consumers offer MNCs radically new big-win opportunities, as they will be defining a new segment, and growing it in the absence of competitors.
- `India Needs To Take Gcfi As Seriously As Gdp' — Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures Pvt Ltd. (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 02, 2005)
The country needs to invest at least 7 per cent of its GDP in infrastructure, which at current levels works out to Rs 200,000 crore a year. It is clearly not investing enough in infrastructure but, sadder still, says Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, . . .
- Talk About Sex, Says Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Singh rings AIDS alarm, asks indians to shed inhibitions to fight disease
- Killing Taxpayers Softly (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 02, 2005)
The philosophy underlying the recommendations of the expert panel on the proposed exempt-exempt-tax (EET) regime, that income from tax- exempt savings would be taxed at withdrawal, is unexceptionable.
- Left To Protest (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 02, 2005)
Biman’s objection to Bihar-like poll
Biman Bose, the Left Front chairman, had disgraced himself during the last parliamentary election by encouraging cadres to drive out Election Commission officials if they dared to come in the way at polling booths.
- Pm Calls For War Against Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the nation’s health delivery system would be restructured in the next two years to provide a comprehensive package of services to the community and to HIV infected persons.
- State Of Real Growth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 02, 2005)
When the prime minister says he wants to generate at least 10 per cent growth in India, we all not only wish it but long for it. However, what urgently needs doing is a radical correction of colonial laws that rule us in this new and highly . . .
- Not Into The Sunset (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 02, 2005)
After a few pleasantries and a quick round-up of Madhya Pradesh politics, I bluntly asked Uma why she was hell-bent on tormenting Patwa. Surely she should realize that you couldn’t get anywhere in the state by alienating a powerful group in the BJP . . .
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said in a widely published article titled "Open democracy and open economy" that objective of his Government is to empower the people of the country. Public investment in health and education will be increased . . .
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Ongc To Invest Rs 13,580 Cr In Exploration (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
95% of investments in domestic sector, won't pay special dividend: Raha
- Wipro Opens Hub For Remote Services In Bangalore (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
WiproTechnologies opened a Global Command Centre (GCC), a hub for its remote infrastructure management services (IMS), in Bangalore on Thursday.
- Go For The Turbocharger (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 02, 2005)
The timing seemed impeccable. Two days ago, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, exhorted the nation at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi to strive for a 10 per cent economic growth rate over the next two to three years, and appeared confident. . .
- Assam: No Confidence Motion Against Government Defeated (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Congress government today defeated by voice vote an opposition sponsored no-confidence motion alleging breakdown of law and order situation in the state and its failure to control the ethnic violence in Karbi Anglong.
- We Did It! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 02, 2005)
The record first-half growth should warm all Indian hearts. This fiscal is likely to see growth cross the mark 7.5% at the very least, especially since the kharif crop will prop up output in H2. At 8.1%, we are already a good 1% above the first half of la
- Unleash Demand By Driving Down Prices (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Dec 02, 2005)
India’s economic development model is unlike most other emerging market countries.
- Rbi Sets Interest On Frb ‘09 At 5.81% (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday it had set the interest rate on a floating rate bond (FRB) maturing in 2009 at 5.81 per cent for the half-year to June 5, 2006.
- India To Fight Us For 2nd Spot? (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
At a time when auto industry honchos in India refuse to predict even the next quarter's growth, US-based consultancy Keystone-a subsidiary of LaSalle Consulting Associates-has forecast that India will become the world's third largest automobile . . .
- Global Inc Logs On To India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The value of mergers and acquisitions in India has more than quadrupled to a record 18.3 billion dollars this year, as companies seek to capitalise on the country's long-running economic boom, a leading London daily reported today.
- Tatas, Icici Bank Plan Loyalty Cards (Business Standard, Shamni Pande, Dec 02, 2005)
The Tata Group and ICICI Bank are soon going to launch their loyalty cards.
- Why Is Bihar A Failed State? (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Dec 02, 2005)
A FEW years ago a senior advocate during a Supreme Court hearing, casually remarked that a particular government should not suffer from the `Bihar Syndrome'. It created a furore with several parties, organisations and people, . . .
- Lalu Plays Busybody (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Having lost his home turf in the Bihar poll battle, railway minister Lalu Prasad made a quiet comeback to the rail ministry last week. That his return coincided with the onset of the winter session of Parliament was a blessing in disguise for him.
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- Nothing Is More Obstinate Than A Fashionable Consensus (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2005)
Recently,the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) spent five hours debating the rate of interest payable to more than three crore subscribers. But the board could not reach a consensus on the issue.
- House Panel Approves Bill To Amend Rbi Act (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Decks have been cleared for furthering banking reforms with the Parliamentary panel today approving a bill that will give Reserve Bank the flexibility to cut Cash Reserve Ratio below 3 per cent and come up with new instruments for covering interest . . .
- Drop In Percentage Of Hiv Positive Mothers (Hindu, G.V.Ramana Rao, Dec 02, 2005)
1.6 percentage point drop in HIV positive cases in 2005
"Nevirapine" given during labour to prevent transmission of HIV to baby
Drug administered to the baby within 72 hours of delivery
Special focus on educating women on HIV, AIDS
- Embattled Nepal King To Return To Face New Challenge (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Dec 02, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra faces a fresh challenge to his rule on his return home from Africa on Friday after the main political parties and Maoist rebels joined hands to end absolute monarchy and restore democracy.
- Slain Ioc Official's Kin Given Rs. 26 Lakhs Compensation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Union Minister and the IOC Chairman visit his residence in Kolar Gold Fields
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Congressmen Delegation Lauds Pakistan Role Against Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday stressed on the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- India And Spain Have Reaffirmed Their Commitment To Address Issues Of Interest To Developing Countries At The World Trade Organisation (Wto) (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
India and Spain have reaffirmed their commitment to address issues of interest to developing countries at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Bihar Devoid Of Good Governance: Buta (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
In an oblique reference to the erstwhile RJD government, Bihar Governor Buta Singh on Thursday admitted that the state had missed "good governance" and reaffirmed the newly installed NDA regime's commitment to ushering in a new era of development with....
- Farming Water (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
Agriculture is to India what water is to amphibious life — forming a much larger part of its existence than meets the eye.
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs asked to take effective steps to check spread of disease
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