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Articles 21321 through 21420 of 35809:
- A Conflict Between Science And God (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Nov 29, 2005)
A new exhibition in New York on Charles Darwin's life and work is a defiant gesture against U.S. biblical literalism.
- Narmada: They Have Little To Cheer About (Hindu, Meena Menon, Nov 29, 2005)
Complaints abound about the resettlement sites in Gujarat for those displaced by the Narmada project.
- The Road To An East Asian Community (Hindu, Toshio Yamamoto, Nov 29, 2005)
The Japan-India relationship if strengthened could provide a model for integration of an East Asian community.
- Left Parties Oppose Move To Privatise Airports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
In a letter to Manmohan Singh, leaders call for modernisation of "profit-making" PSU
Privatisation move a violation of CMP
Airport Authority of India has been consistently earning profits
- For Regulation, Not Ministerial Whimsy (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Telecom regulator Trai’s ongoing marginalisation is unfortunate. The prime minister should intervene to stop his telecom minister, as he goes about demolishing the regulatory institution in telecom and eroding public confidence in all regulators, . . .
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- Apostle Of Sri Ramakrishna (Hindu, C. S. Ramakrishnan, Nov 29, 2005)
Coffee-table book depicting how Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's message was brought to the South
- Blueprint For Metro Rail Getting Ready (Hindu, S.Vydhianathan, Nov 29, 2005)
Consultants appointed; report to be submitted in three months
- A Late Move By Bse (The Financial Express, CJ GEORGE, Nov 29, 2005)
The effort of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) tying up with seven leading regional or single commodity exchanges to launch a new nationwide commodity derivatives exchange, to give competition to the existing national exchanges, seems late in the day.
- Here’S Looking At You, Bihar! (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s a week to the day Nitish Kumar defied the odds and romped home in Bihar. A week during which political analysts have discussed every twist and turn of the elections threadbare, even as economists took a back seat.
- Good Beginning (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) second liquidity adjustment facility (LAF),
- 'Tsunami Relief Or Nation-Building, Ncc Is Upfront’ (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Nov 29, 2005)
The National Cadet Corps was formed on July 15, 1948. However, NCC Day is observed throughout the country on the last Sunday of November because it was on that day in 1949 that the units formed in Delhi held a formal function presided over . . .
- Story Of Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 29, 2005)
India can shine, stall or slide. So, can we stop worrying about ‘poor’ Americans?
- Stuck In The Middle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 29, 2005)
E.T. The extraterrestrial, in Spielberg’s flick about a faecal-looking-but-cute alien stranded on Earth, regularly used its finger as a phallus symbol.
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement.
- India, U.S. Can Contribute To Better Balance Of Power In The Asian Region: Shyam Saran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 29, 2005)
Realignment taking place with China emerging as a global economic power house
- Give Ec A Chance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
With the exception of Lalu Prasad, no one complained that the Election Commission had exceeded its brief in the Bihar election. With public opinion against him, it was expected that he would try to find an escape route.
- India, Us Partners In Non-Proliferation: Saran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
India and the US on Monday repeated their resolve to be partners in global efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and agreed to join hands to promote a more stable Asia.
- All Proposals Backed By Kashmiris: Fo: Hr Violations By Israel, India Deplored (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday declared that all proposals and ideas floated by it for the final settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, including demilitarization and self-governance, have the backing of Kashmiri leadership on both sides of the Line of Control
- Moves To Hike Fdi In Insurance On: Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Asserting that insurance and pension reforms were underway, the Centre, on Monday, said there was ‘tremendous’ need for consolidation to enable banks gain financial muscle and absorb risks in the years to come.
- Irda To Consult Rbi, Sebi On Derivatives (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Insurance regulator IRDA, will consult RBI and SEBI for allowing insurers to invest in derivatives and securitised assets including those of infrastructure companies
- Window On The World Of Modern South Indian Art (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Nov 29, 2005)
Showcases the works of artists from the Southern States of India reflecting their distinctive visual language
- India Gets A Breather On Iran (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 29, 2005)
India will now come under pressure to join a US initiative
- Tale Of Two Big Brothers (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 29, 2005)
The irony could not have been greater. The venue for the 13th SAARC Summit was the newly constructed Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in Dhaka.
- Opening Of Trade For Poor Nations (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 29, 2005)
The Commonwealth Summit has called upon the European Union to make concessions on agriculture and improve prospects of global trade deal in WTO negotiations in Hong Kong next month. A statement issued at the end of the Summit held at Malta . . .
- Fury In India Over Call For More Hindu Babies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A leading Hindu hardliner has angered women and Muslims by pressing Hindus to have as many children as they can to avoid being swamped by Muslims.
- 134 Killed In Chinese Coal Mine Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The death toll in a massive coal mine explosion in northeast China rose to 134 late on Monday, with 15 miners still missing, the official Xinhua news agency said.
- Political Economy Of Reconstruction (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Nov 29, 2005)
Six weeks after the October 8 earthquake, the economic effects of the natural disaster are beginning to unfold. The immediate effects of the natural disaster on the economy may well be positive, largely as a result of the stimulus provided . . .
- An Institutional Graveyard (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 29, 2005)
There is good news from Islamabad. Some 80 potential donors met in the city and pledged over $6 billion to help the country recover from the ravages of the earthquake of October 8.
- Fundamentalism In America (Dawn, Naeem ul Haque, Nov 29, 2005)
Although Islamic fundamentalism is blamed by many in the West for being responsible for all the chaos prevailing in the world today, a close look at Christian fundamentalism in America leads one to conclude that this powerful movement has become . . .
- Temple Of Modern India (The Week, Ajay Uprety, Nov 29, 2005)
The Ganga is many things to many people. It is, in Jawaharlal Nehru’s words, the "symbol of India’s age-old civilisation". In the Hindu ethos, it is more than a river—a goddess. The river, brought down from heaven by King Bhagiratha, fell into Shiva’s ...
- Wto Draft Still A Draft: Nath (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Commenting on the draft text put out for the upcoming WTO Hong Kong Ministerial, Union minister for commerce and industry, Kamal Nath said, ‘‘I’m sure that Hong Kong will be much more than this draft... I will be discussing it with the G-90 . . .
- Reforms Driving Indo-Us Ties: Saran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The Indo-US partnership is indispensable in the globalised environment, foreign secretary Shyam Saran pointed out today. Addressing a session on India and the US at the India Economic Summit, Saran was of the view that the end of the cold war coupled....
- It Is Not A Panacea For The Securitisation Market (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
The Cabinet has recently given its approval to amend the Securities and Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. This proposed amendment, which is to be placed before Parliament in the winter session, includes securitised debt under the definition of “securities
- ‘Orissa Attracts Investors Because Of Its Rich Mineral Resources’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Of late Orissa has become a happening state, with huge investments coming into sectors like steel and aluminium.
- It Will Help Grow The Size Of The Traded Debt Market (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Securities and Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, to include instruments issued by securitisation vehicles in the definition of ‘‘securities’’ is a positive development for the debt market. It would allow the Pass Through Cert
- Nepal: Democracy In Thin Air (International Herald Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels and a coalition of opposition parties agreed on a program to try to end direct rule by King Gyanendra.
- Changing Climate Change (Daily Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Nov 28, 2005)
Fossil fuels are plentiful, but harmful; renewable sources like wind are good for the climate but not plentiful. Solar power is plentiful but not cheap.
- Living In Terror (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Corruption does not kill anybody but rather speaking up against it certainly costs dear.
- Air Deccan To Launch (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Low cost carrier Air Deccan has announced the launch of direct daily flights from Chennai to Pune and Chennai to Thiruvananthapuram from February 1 next year.
- Gas Trick (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 28, 2005)
Is there a link between PSUs and institutionalised corruption? When Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was found supplying underweight LPG cylinders in Delhi, the Delhi government fined it the trifling sum of Rs 90,000, which does not amount to even a slap on t
- Ladders And Snakes (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 28, 2005)
It took some 10,000 burnt cars to drive home one point to the French government:
- Divided Spectrum (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
The finance ministry seems to be vertically split on the issue of additional wireless spectrum being demanded by telecom companies.
- Abheek Barua: Current Account Deficit - Any Worries? (Business Standard, Abheek Barua, Nov 28, 2005)
I see a number of reports these days that express concern about the sharp rise in India’s current account deficit (the summary of trade flows of goods and services including remittances from Indian migrant workers abroad).
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Making a marked shift in its engine procurement for the first time in 15 years, state-owned Indian Airlines (IA) has replaced its engine supplier International Aero Engines (IAE) with CFM International for the delivery of CFM56 engines for its new fleet o
- It’S India’S Turn Now. Really (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Marketing, to paraphrase Chairman Mao, is war by other means. And as such, the promos of a market leader tend to be tinged occasionally with overtones of aggression.
- The Bull-Bear Derivative Dance (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 28, 2005)
The Sensex closed at an all-time high on Thanksgiving weekend, after an amazing tug-of-war between the bulls and bears in the run-up to the expiry of November futures contracts on Thursday.
- Who Killed Manjunath? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Nov 28, 2005)
Parts of the oil economy are criminalised because fuel prices are not market-determined. The profits make murder an acceptable risk for entreprenurial thugs
- China Example, We Need More Fdi: Fm (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Nov 28, 2005)
Outlining a host of reform measures needed to sustain and even go beyond the 8 per cent growth rate, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today called for opening the banking and education sectors..
- Tackling Imbalances In Global Economy (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Nov 28, 2005)
Abrupt and sharp currency adjustments will affect emerging market economies
- President Rajapakse's Quest For Peace (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 28, 2005)
The President's ability to deliver on a new peace process will largely depend on how he handles the two political extremes: the southern hardliners and the LTTE.
- Rebellion In The Shiv Sena (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 28, 2005)
Raj Thackeray quitting all party posts is only the beginning of much greater turmoil.
- The Taliban Turns Its Attention On India (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 28, 2005)
It is entirely possible that the Taliban has decided that India is once again taking sides in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
- Montek Math: Coalition Politics = 8% Growth (Indian Express, ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU, Nov 28, 2005)
Given the constraints of running a coalition government, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today admitted that it would be “hugely difficult” to achieve a 10 per cent economic growth.
- Strengthening Bonds With Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to India has provided another opportunity to upgrade bilateral relations and strengthen what is a historic relationship.
- The Virtue Of Vat (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
VAT is potentially the solution to the economy’s inability to significantly increase its tax-GDP ratio
- The King And We (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2005)
The continuing Chinese arms supply to Kathmandu is more than a tactical threat to India’s attempt at promoting democracy and stability in Nepal.
- Fdi In More Sectors, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
"Key to sustaining higher GDP growth is larger investment in infrastructure "
- Economy Will Make Russia Fight For Immigrants (Business Line, Zhanna Zainchkovskaya, Nov 28, 2005)
Russia will not be able to develop the vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East without immigrant workforce. Even the optimistic UN forecast predicts the Russian population will drop to 138 million by 2025.
- Indian Airlines Opts For New Engine Supplier (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Making a marked shift in its engine procurement for the first time in 15 years, state-owned Indian Airlines (IA) has replaced its engine supplier International Aero Engines (IAE) with CFM International for the delivery of CFM56 engines for its new fleet o
- Of Intertwined Strands Of Strength... (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Nov 28, 2005)
Several successful initiatives in Indian reform make for the strength of the economy today
- The Elusive Goal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 28, 2005)
TO no one’s surprise, Unicef has come out with its pessimistic assessment that the millennium development goal of achieving gender parity in primary education by the end of 2005 will not be met.
- Wto: Hong Kong Meet's Fate Sealed? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 28, 2005)
Those working against the interests of the World Trade Organisation will do everything to scuttle the Hong Kong conference, because this would mean hitting at the Doha Round, which in turn would be tantamount to staging an assault on the long-term relevan
- It's Elementary, Education Matters (The Economic Times, Rohini Nilekani, Nov 28, 2005)
Apparently, Indians have begun to believe in themselves. We all think we belong to a country with a future. For 50 years we were not quite sure. All our actions demonstrated that uncertainty.
- Who Is A Fii And What Are These Pns? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
A foreign institutional investor (FII) means an entity established or incorporated outside India which proposes to make investments in India.
- Govt Keen To Widen Fdi Net To Post 8% Growth: Pcnov 28 (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that the government was keen to open the doors for more foreign direct investment (FDI) to achieve a GDP growth of 8%. He promised to keep the government out of interfering in the fast-growing services sector,
- 'Sikkim Ideal For Foreign Investment' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Australian High Commissioner to India John Mccarthy on Friday said Sikkim's political stability combined with its healthy law and order scenario could be an ideal destination for foreign investors.
- Poll Countdown: Chandy Told To Lower Private Capital Pitch (The Financial Express, M SARITA VARMA, Nov 28, 2005)
Another bypoll debacle, and the Kerala Assembly election countdown has finally driven the development agenda of the Congress-led UDF government along the familiar roti, kapda, makaan lines.
- Democratic Snub (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 28, 2005)
If there were any doubts in people’s minds that democracy in India was still in its early stages, they must have vanished after the verdict of the Bihar assembly polls.
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Foreign fighter jets performed well against F-16s in recent exercises
- `More Generous' Dividend This Year — India Will Continue To Be Most Competitive: Premji (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
The Wipro Chairman, Mr Azim Premji, has indicated a "more generous" dividend payout than in the past two years from its existing cash kitty of close to $1 billion.
- Cong Rejuvenates In Chandigarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- Politicians Should Leave Belgaum Alone (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 28, 2005)
The HD Deve Gowda-Narayana Murthy spat that made national headlines recently had one interesting takeaway. It was the former Prime Minister’s suggestion that information technology (IT) companies crowding Bangalore and complaining about poor infrastructur
- Indian Consulate In Karachi To Start Working In Jan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
The political counsellor of the Indian high commission in Islamabad, Gitesh Sharma, on Saturday said the office of Indian Consulate in Karachi would start functioning from January.
- Bush And N Korea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 27, 2005)
Finally, the Bush Administration’s diplomacy has something to cheer about. After months of protracted negotiations, that came on the verge of collapsing a number of times, North Korea finally agreed to end its nuclear weapons programme in return . . .
- Linking Of Rivers: Challenges And Opportunities (Tribune, Raj Kumar Siwach, Nov 27, 2005)
Water has played a vital role in the growth and decay of civilisations. It is the commonest substance on the earth but only one per cent of it is available for human consumption. Thus, it needs to be managed economically and wisely.
- Nepal Army Will Continue To Get Arms From 'Friendly Nations' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Amid reports that it has received weapons from China, Nepal's Army has said it would continue getting arms and ammunition from "friendly nations" in the future.
- Bihar: Nitish Keeps Home, Modi Gets Finance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today retained the key Home portfolio while giving the crucial Finance ministry to his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, in an indication of the newly-elected NDA government's intent to control the state's spiralling crime-graph and pu
- The Post-Earthquake Challenges (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Nov 27, 2005)
The devastating earthquake of October 8 was sudden and colossal. Several thousand homes were flattened and a generation of school children was instantly buried under the debris of schools.
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