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Articles 22521 through 22620 of 35809:
- A Convert’S Fanaticism (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Nov 11, 2005)
IT is often said that no one is more fanatical than a new convert to religion and in recent times one has come across some of the terrorists hailing from the recent converts to Islam.
- Natwar’S Removal In Tune With Pro-Us Policy: Us Think Tank (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 11, 2005)
The dismissal this week of Mr K. Natwar Singh from the post of Foreign Minister reveals the growing steps by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to align New Delhi with Washington, according to a report by a US intelligence firm.
- Peace Plan For Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 11, 2005)
One hopes that the recent jirga-approved peace proposals for restoring normality to Gilgit will lead to at least a temporary solution for the area that has been wracked by several months of sectarian violence.
- Iraq’S Occupiers Under Pressure At Home (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 11, 2005)
Is there any country on the globe where the world’s most powerful man can travel without attracting protests? I certainly can’t think of one, other than the United States of America
- Saving The Daughter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2005)
At last, religious leaders have chosen to come together and speak up against female foeticide.
- Pm’S Vision (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2005)
WHAT Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at Chandigarh on Wednesday deserves to be accepted as a vision document for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),
- Inld To Protest In Delhi On Natwar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) will protest before Parliament House in Delhi, against Mr Natwar Singh, and the decision of the UPA government to keep him in the Cabinet, even though his name had appeared in the Volcker Report.
- Common Man’S President (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 11, 2005)
Would he grant an interview? I was a little sceptical as his name had just been announced as a candidate for the post of Vice-President.
- Games Ltte Plays (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 11, 2005)
Every election in Sri Lanka has a non-contesting candidate, you know who. The November 17 presidential contest between Mahinda Rajapakse of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United National Party's Ranil Wickremesinghe will be no different.
- The Rupee Remains Overvalued (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 11, 2005)
Although there are many explanations for the rupee's recent slide against the dollar, none except those that look at it in a structural sense is fully convincing.
- Tata Motors Bags Business Excellence Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
CII embarks on a cluster approach to bring about quality
- India, Pak Jointly “Can Restore” Stability In Nepal (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Nov 11, 2005)
With the subcontinent witnessing improvement in Indo-Pak bilateral relations on one hand and worsening situation in Nepal and Bangladesh on the other, former Foreign Secretary, Mr Jagat S. Mehta today suggested that India and Pakistan should join hands to
- Acting In The Blood (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 11, 2005)
Theatre. It has been an intrinsic part of the cultural life and ethos of India. Our vibrant folk traditions have reflected the changing social realities of this country as troupes ad-lib around structured story lines.
- Rbi For Free-Trade Pact With Mekong Nations (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The ADB and the RBI favour India going in for free- trade agreement with China and five other nations in the Mekong region to sustain high growth.
- Volcker Report Not Final Word On India's Destiny: Cpi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Communist Party of India today asked the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre not to succumb to US pressure on foreign policy matters and called for a thorough probe into the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme.
- Labour Must Not Make It Worse (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Nov 11, 2005)
Baying for the Prime Minister's blood over Wednesday night's House of Commons defeat plays into the Opposition's hands.
- Saarc At 20: Will The Future Be Different? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 11, 2005)
It is time for the grouping to move ahead with real economic integration.
- American Occupation And The Rise Of Al-Qaeda (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 11, 2005)
Two-and-a half years of U.S. rule has converted Iraq into an Al-Qaeda hub, which has now begun to radiate violence and extremism in the region.
- New Global Agricultural Censuses Under Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Socio-economic data at the community level also to be includedc
Will help countries monitor progress towards Millennium Development Goals
To include issues such as soil degradation and agro-forestry
Survey to be carried out at reduced cost
- Making Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 11, 2005)
The 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which begins at Dhaka, is faced with the challenge of still proving that the organization is capable of becoming a dynamic institution of regional integration.
- Safta Must For Regional Growth: Pm (Business Line, Nithya Subramanian , Nov 11, 2005)
ON the eve of the SAARC summit in Bangladesh, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday said regional economic integration could generate billions of dollars of new income, employment and trade.
- Doha Round: Consensus Not `Developing' (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Nov 11, 2005)
Politicians on both sides of the "free trade" fence have deployed the correct rhetoric to argue their points of view to lower or sustain indefinitely most sensitive trade barriers. This even suggests that the four-year-old Doha Round may be . . . .
- Institutional Innovation' Of Doubtful Merit (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Nov 11, 2005)
S. Subramanyan on PSU auditors reporting to Parliament
- Deconstructing Reconstructed Accounts (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 11, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on a recent announcement on audit in the case of incomplete or missing records
- Oil, Inflation And Interest Rates (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Nov 11, 2005)
If because of the government not `passing-through' the full impact of crude oil price hike, inflation is unrealistically measured, it has implications for the computation of the real interest rate.
- Food For Thought From The Oil-For-Food Scam (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 11, 2005)
For professionals recovering from festivals and generally ruing over the weather, here is something to get busy with: The 630-page report of the Independent Inquiry Committee on the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme (OFFP), a.k.a. the Volcker Report,
- Utilise Nabard Funds To Develop Infrastructure: Union Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Union Minister of State for Finance, S.S. Palanimanickam has asked the State Government to use the funds provided by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to develop infrastructure.
- Human Rights Panel To Be Moved Over Hakku Patra For Tribal People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Kodagu AHINDA, led by T.P. Ramesh, accuses authorities of negligence
- The New `Independence' Movement (Business Line, M. S. Parthasarathy, Nov 11, 2005)
M. S. Parthasarathy on whether having more independent directors on boards will help improve corporate governance
- Let China Too Be Saarc Member (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 11, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri has said that Pakistan supports Afghanistan’s bid for membership of SAARC. ‘I will propose Kabul’s membership at the forthcoming Dhaka SAARC Summit’, he said at a news conference in Karachi on Wednesday.
- External Affairs Of Natwar Singh (Times of India, ANAND, Nov 11, 2005)
We live in a grey world. Contemporary geo-political world, in fact, is a much darker shade of grey than what we have ever been accustomed to in recent history.
- Us Treasury Secretary John Snow Calls For Further Opening Up Indian . . . (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Nov 10, 2005)
Should India open up really any further? While free and fair trade is worthwhile, too much dependence on the Western economies including that of America will eventually call for trouble.
- South Korea Focuses Its Eye On Emerging Bric Economies – Brazil, . . . (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Nov 10, 2005)
Gone are the days when US and Western economies used to take the center stage. Gone are the days of Japan’s days of economic super strength. It is time for BRIC economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China to take the center stage.
- Cabinet To Take Up Core Fdi (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Liberalisation of foreign investment norms for airports, power trading, mining on agenda.
- Jindals Sign Mou With Jharkhand (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Iron and steel major, Jindal Steel, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Jharkhand for setting up a green steel plant in the state.
- Reliance Infocomm To Raise $500 Mln - Source (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Reliance Infocomm Ltd. plans to raise a $500 million overseas loan to fund capital expenditure and refinance high-cost debt, a market source told Reuters on Wednesday.
- Centre Permits 49 P.C. Fdi In Arcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
FII investments will not be allowed FII investments will not be allowed
- Satyam, Microsoft China Join Hands (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Satyam Computer Services has announced that the company and Microsoft China, have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
- Icici Bank May Sell 10% Arcil Stake (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
ICICI Bank, which holds 29.58 per cent stake in Asset Reconstruction Company of India (Arcil), is expected to sell 10 per cent stake following the government’s decision to open up the foreign director investment (FDI) route for asset reconstruction . . .
- Posco Engages Indian Firms For Orissa Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
South Korea's Pohang Steel Company (Posco), which is setting up a $12-billion steel plant in Orissa, has engaged several major Indian institutions for the project that represents the country's largest foreign investment deal.
- Increasing Tax Revenue (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 10, 2005)
Pakistan needs far more financial resources than it can readily mobilize in these difficult times. Much more funds are required than what the donors are willing to offer for relief and rehabilitation of the survivors of the earthquake of October 8.
- Why It’S China Versus Maoism? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Nov 10, 2005)
Two recent gestures by the People’s Republic of China took the Indian Communists by surprise.
- Saarc Bites (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2005)
But can FDI-wary India preach to neighbours?
- Darkness At Noon (Deccan Herald, Ravi Uppal, Nov 10, 2005)
We must use energy resources efficiently and must give as much importance to conservation as to production of power
- Kashmir Needs Help, Not Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 10, 2005)
I was in Parliament House when the terrorists struck last time in Delhi, some four years ago. Not familiar with the building, they could not find the entrance. Still they killed three security guards before they were shot dead.
- Peace Plan For Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2005)
One hopes that the recent jirga-approved peace proposals for restoring normality to Gilgit will lead to at least a temporary solution for the area that has been wracked by several months of sectarian violence.
- Iraq’S Occupiers Under Pressure At Home (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 10, 2005)
Is there any country on the globe where the world’s most powerful man can travel without attracting protests? I certainly can’t think of one, other than the United States of America
- A Salute To Citizen Narayanan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2005)
The life and times of Kocheril Raman Narayanan make for an extraordinary story — of struggle, high intelligence, will power, and courage.
- Failure Of Integration (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Nov 10, 2005)
Which would you rather have in your capital city: a terrorist attack in the centre or a weeklong riot on the outskirts? After the experience of last July, most Londoners would probably be tempted to opt for the latter.
- Continuing Menace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 10, 2005)
The figures given by Maj-Gen V.K. Singh, Chief of Staff of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, about the continuing infiltration of militants from across the Line of Control even after the October 8 earthquake tell their own tale.
- Govt Nod For 49% Fdi In Asset Recast Firms (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Bars FIIs from equity participation in firms buying NPAs
- South Asia Summit Again Seems Mired In Politics (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Nov 10, 2005)
Leaders of South Asia, home to nearly one-fifth of humanity, gather in Bangladesh this weekend for a twice-postponed summit to push long-standing goals to reduce poverty, boost trade and fight terrorism.
- Poverty Of Politics (Telegraph, SURENDRA MUNSHI, Nov 10, 2005)
The author is professor of sociology, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
The word ‘politics’ goes back to the Greek root ‘politikos’, which refers to citizens and the body politic. It relates to public as opposed to private life.
- Fair Return (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 10, 2005)
It is ironic that the meeting of the board of trustees of the Employees Provident Fund scheme will have to consider a cut in the rate of interest for the scheme at a time when rates are headed northwards in the rest of the financial sector.
- Saarc Spotlight On Poverty & Terror (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Nov 10, 2005)
Three days before the Saarc summit begins in Dhaka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh identified poverty and terrorism as the big challenges for the region.
- Us, India Tie For Commodity Mkt Likely During Bush Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
United States is likely to help India in developing the fledgling commodity market apart from signing a slew of MoUs to strengthen economic ties during the visit of President George W Bush here early next year.
- Sebi Clears Triveni’S Ipo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd today said market regulator SEBI had approved its forthcoming public issue where it will offer shares at a price band of Rs 42-50.
- India Strikes Down Quota For Muslims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 10, 2005)
In India, Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside an ordinance of the State Government that reserved a meagre five per cent quota for the Muslims in government jobs and educational places. The judges claimed that reservation of quota on the basis . . .
- Analysis - Imf Faces Test As It Mulls Greater Power For Asia (Reuters, Lesley Wroughton, Nov 10, 2005)
The International Monetary Fund faces the biggest test in its push for change as the World War Two-era institution weighs giving more power to emerging Asian economies after decades of U.S.-European dominance.
- Manmohan For More Regional Cooperation (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Nov 10, 2005)
Saying that the destiny of South Asia was interlinked, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today called upon India’s immediate neighbours to learn to work together to deal with the challenges of poverty, disease, natural disasters and terrorism.
- Lalu At Wits End (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, Nov 10, 2005)
The wit that conquered Pakistan seems dead; the oneliners that lit up his interviews and poll campaigns seem to have taken French leave.
- Pm Set To Usher Economic Integration At Saarc Meet (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Setting the tone for economic integration among Saarc nations, starting with free trade, India has called for setting up of a Saarc Investment Area and a Saarc Customs Union. This would mean free movement of cross-border investment within the region . . .
- Twist To Stir Opposing Land Acquisition For Ongc Project (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2005)
The agitation by farmers opposing the acquisition of their fertile lands for the setting up of the ONGC refinery project and the Special Economic Zone in the vicinity of the port took another turn on Wednesday with the agricultural workers entering the fr
- India Presents Road Map For Financial Sector Reforms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Assures U.S. it will make all-out efforts to curb money laundering
Financial Action Task Force recommendations to be implemented
Technical cooperation in currency security
- Snow Welcomes Higher Fdi In Insurance (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2005)
U. S. Treasury Secretary looks forward to further ties in financial services
- Politics Of Accusation, Culture Of Suspicion (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 10, 2005)
The Volcker storm goes beyond Natwar Singh's travails. The cumulative consequence is that attention gets diverted from serious issues of policies and programmes.
- Disinvestment Of Equity In Non-Navratnas Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Chidambaram chides North for restrictive practices
- Republican Ideal Pickled Into Dogma (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 10, 2005)
The French model of colour-blind integration gives racism a free hand.
- That Boardroom At Jeejeebhoy Towers (Financial Times, Sourav Majumdar, Nov 10, 2005)
For a reporter on the stock market beat in the early 90s, the big daddy of the stock exchanges was the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), then perceived as the seat of capital market activity in the country.
- Who Do You Feel Is Richer, You Or I? (Financial Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 10, 2005)
Who is richer, you or I? As long as we both have enough to live comfortably, it shouldn’t matter much. Many of us try not to let it matter.
- Pm Moots United Colours Of Saarc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
A week before the beginning of the SAARC summit, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh mooted the expansion of SAARC as a regional trade bloc and an economic union.
- East-West Violence Inevitable? (Tribune, James P. Pinkerton, Nov 10, 2005)
It's Baghdad here.’’ So say the rampaging Muslims of Paris, according to Newsweek. Those words are a reminder that the West and Islam are engaged in a worldwide struggle, along many different flashpoints — a clash of civilizations.
- Building Education City (Tribune, Abhai Maurya, Nov 10, 2005)
The idea of creating an education city in Haryana is both a novel and classic one. The notion has extremely distinguished genealogical lineage. Oxford University, for instance, is basically a university city.
- The New `Independence' Movement (Business Line, M. S. Parthasarathy, Nov 10, 2005)
M. S. Parthasarathy on whether having more independent directors on boards will help improve corporate governance
- Pm Moots Saarc Economic Bloc (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed here today the need for an economic union of member countries belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc).
- Govt Weighs Divestment In Profit-Making Psus — List Excludes Navratnas, Says Chidambaram (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Not with standing the Left parties' objections, the Government appears to be hopeful of selling shares in some public sector undertakings.
- Large-Scale Buying In Indian Companies By Mutual Funds (Business Line, Nilanjan Dey, Nov 10, 2005)
The asset management space is agog at this moment, thanks to large deals by fund houses involving a number of companies.
- Safta Must For Regional Growth: Pm (Business Line, Nithya Subramanian , Nov 10, 2005)
On the eve of the SAARC summit in Bangladesh, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday said regional economic integration could generate billions of dollars of new income, employment and trade. Consequently, the creation of a South Asian ....
- Oil, Inflation And Interest Rates (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Nov 10, 2005)
If because of the government not `passing-through' the full impact of crude oil price hike, inflation is unrealistically measured, it has implications for the computation of the real interest rate. A. Vasudevan looks at these issues and thinks . . .
- U.S. Influence In Latin America Waning? (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Nov 09, 2005)
The message from the Mar del Plata Summit is clear: Latin America cannot be taken for granted.
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