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Articles 23121 through 23220 of 35809:
- Britain's New Racial Divide (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 26, 2005)
The Birmingham riots will remain a matter of shame for the Asian and African communities.
- Quake Survivors See Militants As Heroes (Tribune, PAUL WATSON, Oct 26, 2005)
In the eyes of earthquake survivors, the heroes in this devastated valley are not soldiers or relief workers, but guerrillas notorious for suicide bombings and kidnappings.
- Creating New Minorities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 26, 2005)
One continues to be amazed by the persistence with which some people keep coming up with antediluvian ideas about how Pakistan can be kept together and how its different regions, ethnic communities and religious sects should be treated.
- Mid-Year Review Of The Annual Credit Policy — Managing Inflation, Encouraging Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 26, 2005)
While the RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, has left alone the interest rate structure and liquidity controls, though his raising the reverse repo rate will have implications on some short-term lending rates.
- Trade Deficit Widens (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The demand of imports coupled with rising international crude oil prices has widened overall trade deficit in the first half of the current fiscal to $20.3 billion from $11.9 billion a year ago, RBI said on Tuesday.
- Plan For International Airport In Visakhapatnam To Be Revived (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Minister vexed with frequent flooding of INS Dega airport
Officials asked to find permanent solution for flooding problem
Airport unable to cope with air traffic needs
- Natwar Singh In Moscow (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 26, 2005)
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh has expressed confidence that his four-day visit to Russia will strengthen strategic partnership between India and Russia.
- Focus On Growth, Inflation Control (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked all commercial banks to make available basic banking ‘no frill’ account with permission to have zero or very low minimum balance in order to take banking towards “credit-disadvantaged” sections of the society.
- ‘India’S Record On Nuclear Non-Proliferation Impeccable’ (Tribune, Shyam Saran, Oct 26, 2005)
There is a vigorous, and in my opinion, a healthy debate under way currently on a range of issues that relate to nuclear non-proliferation and international security. A number of recent developments, . . .
- The European Maze (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 26, 2005)
Hampton Court palace is a far more congenial venue for an EU summit than the fortress-like council of ministers’ building in Brussels, though Tony Blair and his 24 fellow leaders are still not going to be making any big decisions when they gather . . .
- Rupee Confusion Mars Wise Moves (Business Line, Anil Singhvi, Oct 26, 2005)
It is a wise decision by the RBI not to have raised the Bank Rate. And it has rightly shown concern over the share of credit to infrastructure. But the RBI's policy on rupee continues to confuse the market.
- Pragmatic Policy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 26, 2005)
Credit policy aims to contain inflation while boosting economic growth
- Inflation Is Worrisome (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Expressing concern over containing inflation rate within projected range of 5-5.5 per cent this fiscal, the RBI said, given the outlook for inflation primarily in the context of the economy of oil in India, it may be difficult to contain it in the range o
- India, Pakistan To Ratify Coast Guard Hotline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A hotline between India's Coast Guard and Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency will be established as soon as both sides ratify a pact for creating the link, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
- Rbi Steps In To Curb Inflation (The Financial Express, Reuters, Oct 26, 2005)
India's central bank raised a key short-term interest rate on Tuesday to ward off price pressures, as expected, and increased its growth forecast for one of the world's fastest expanding economies.
- Rbi Raises Key Rates To Curb Inflation (Reuters, Anirban Nag and Unni Krishnan, Oct 26, 2005)
India's central bank raised a key short-term interest rate on Tuesday to ward off price pressures, as expected, and increased its growth forecast for one of the world's fastest expanding economies.
- Rbi Bites The Bullet, Gingerly (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Reverse repo rate raised to 5.25%; Sub-PLR rates may climb.
- Satyam Eyes Strategic Deals Worth $100 Mn (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Satyam Computer Services will be targeting two-three deals of $100 million and above in the next 6-12 months, for which it has formed a strategic deals group to help it close these large deals.
- Police File: When Mau Burned (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 26, 2005)
Six retired director generals of police from different states submitted in person a paper entitled, ‘Communal riots must be accepted as a failure of governance’, to the prime minister not so long ago.
- `India Ready To Open Up Loc On Humanitarian Grounds' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
All care would be taken to prevent possible penetration by terrorists: Patil
- Singapore Sees India, China As Pace-Setters For Economic Growth Of Other Asian Countries (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 26, 2005)
"India's re-emergence to have implications for global strategic landscape"
- Rbi Signal On Lending Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday raised the interest rate at which the central bank borrows from commercial banks (called the reverse repo rate) by one-fourth of one per cent (or 25 basis points), indicating a short-term rise in interest rates.
- Rbi's Price Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 26, 2005)
In pitching for a high interest rate regime to slow an upward price spiral fuelled by volatile crude prices, the Reserve Bank of India seems to have shuffled its agenda from growth to price stability.
- Rbi Gives Boost To Banks To Increase Capital Market Exposure (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Reserve Bank gave a major boost to banks to augment their capital base and increase exposure in the capital market.
- A Brand New Landmark Soon For The Capital (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
To the Capital's many tourist destinations will be added one more this coming month.
- Rbi Revises Gdp Growth Projection Upwards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Leaves Bank Rate unchanged; IBA to review PLR systems
- Not A Commodity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2005)
The established practice in India all along has been not to tax knowledge. That is why newspapers, books and magazines are not taxed. But through a draft circular which has no legislative sanction,
- Us Foreign Policy (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 26, 2005)
American presidents are jinxed by the term two trauma. One should understand why. President John Kennedy’s 1960 election was a watershed.
- Changed Tack (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2005)
The portrait of a politician as a fugitive is not exactly new in India. But the case of Mr Manabesh Chowdhury shows much more.
- Rain Kills Nine, Triggers A Deluge Of Problems In Bangalore Roads (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Army help sought to rescue people in flood-hit areas; situation grim in Mysore
- Inflation Fears And Tighter Money (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The mid-term review of the annual credit policy sticks to the format of the annual statement of April and the quarterly review of July.
- Inflation Vaccine From Reddy's Lab (Business Line, Ajit Ranade, Oct 26, 2005)
The Reserve Bank's policy mandate has always been a tightrope walk between multiple objectives. These are ensuring price stability, guaranteeing adequate credit for the economy and for the government's borrowing, and sustaining high growth.
- Reliance Capital Stake In Kinetic Engg (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Kinetic Engineering said Anil Ambani-run Reliance Capital will pick up a 14.96 per cent stake in the company for Rs. 12.70 crore.
- Gsi Has Been Asked To Intensify Efforts For Identifying Areas Having Iron Ore Reserves . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has been asked to intensify efforts for identifying areas having iron ore reserves in the wake of increasing demand for the ore from both domestic and foreign steel companies in the country.
- Canara Bank Q2 Net Profit Down By 20% (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Canara Bank, for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005, has reported a 20 per cent dip in its net profit at Rs 306.51 crore as compared to Rs 396.79 crore for the same quarter, last year.
- Kalam To Address Karnataka Legislature Joint Session On November 20 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam will address the joint session of the Karnataka Legislative Council and Assembly on November 20, on the occasion of the golden jubilee year of Karnataka’s formation.
- Steadfastness Counts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Concentration, determination and training are essential for the successful accomplishment of any task. Their value cannot be underestimated.
- Reliance Webworld Bags Frost & Sullivan Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Reliance WebWorld has won this year's Frost & Sullivan market leadership award for video conferencing services.
- Oecd's Survey Of China — Lessons From The Middle Kingdom (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 25, 2005)
In its first country survey of China, OECD says that the Middle Kingdom's economic impact on the world has been accentuated by its rapidly increasing openness to trade.
- Administrative Reforms Experience (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Oct 25, 2005)
Papers on administrative reforms and good practices attempted in the urban, power, transport and social sectors in India
- Industrial Activity Is Brisk; Infrastructure Subdued: Rbi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Industrial activity has gathered strength during the first five months of 2005-06, though there was some loss of momentum during July-August, RBI said in a document here on Monday.
- Correcting Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2005)
The sharp correction in the sensitive index over the last couple of weeks is a natural corollary of its earlier meteoric rise.
- Priority To Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
The government’s decision to commit at least four per cent of the GDP to education in the next fiscal year will be highly welcomed, though with a measure of scepticism.
- Protecting The Vulnerable (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 25, 2005)
In his October 18 address to the nation — the second in a few days — President Pervez Musharraf explained why it had taken so long for the agencies of the government to reach the entire population affected by the earthquake of October 8.
- Loc-Opening Talks On 29th (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
* FO says Army responded promptly to quake
* India delays opening LoC relief camps
- Signs Of Hyperinflation - Indian Economic Growth In Serious Trouble - . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Strong demand for credit and rising inflation are likely to push up Indian interest rates,
- A Fairy Tale (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 25, 2005)
There have been more books written on Napoleon Bonaparte than any other figure in history.
- Poll In Sri Lanka-Ii (Statesman, PARMANAND, Oct 25, 2005)
True, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court has ordained the presidential poll to be completed by the end of this year, and very soon dates would be announced.
- Kosovo Is Back (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
For years the West used a convenient formula for keeping the troublesome Balkan province of Kosovo on a back burner: “standards before status.”
- Facts Of Globalisation (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Oct 25, 2005)
Globalisation means different things to different people. There is a view that it is nothing beyond the dissemination of scientific knowledge and technical information throughout the world;
- In Search Of The Tax Rate Nirvana (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 25, 2005)
"Bad government, inadequate infrastructure and high tax rates came in the way of India attaining the same pace of growth as China although both nations started reforms in early 1990s."
- Inflation Likely To Go Up, Warns Rbi (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Striking a note of caution on mounting inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its mid-term review 2005-06 of macro-economic and monetary developments, said on Monday that a significant part of what may be considered the permanent component. . .
- Indian Farmers Facing Poverty And Death (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Oct 25, 2005)
The latest statistics released on October 18 by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) damns the claims of successive Government's how the rural India has been impoverished.
- French Model Shows Signs Of Stress (Tribune, Sebastian Rotella, Oct 25, 2005)
After taking office this summer, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin promised “economic patriotism’’ would drive his effort to revive a battered government and slumping economy.
- Rbi May Signal Tightening Of Monetary Policy: Assocham (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
The RBI Credit Policy for the second half of the current financial year to be unveiled on Tuesday is likely to increase the Reverse Repo rate by 25 basis points, according to a survey by Assocham Business Barometer (ABB).
- Police File: When Mau Burned (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 25, 2005)
Six retired director generals of police from different states submitted in person a paper entitled, ‘Communal riots must be accepted as a failure of governance’, to the prime minister not so long ago.
- Kattapanchayats In Tn (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N. Narayanan told the Madras High Court that 21 criminal cases had been registered in the state between July and September against persons for the illegal practice of kattapanchayats,
- India Mexico Trade Pact Provides Inda Access To North American Market Like Never Before (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
India and Mexico are negotiating a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement and a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. . .
- March With Time Or Stagnate (Deccan Herald, Maloy Krishna Dhar, Oct 25, 2005)
India’s intelligence agencies need to modernise themselves by changing recruitment policies and training methods
- Mauritius Can Benefit From Indian Market: Ramgoolam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
My country can be a stepping stone to African continent
- Birmingham Riots: Colour Is Only Skin Deep (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 25, 2005)
The myth of black-Asian solidarity in the face of white majority has an ignoble burial in the streets of Birmingham
- Don't Mess With Ceasefire, Lanka Rebels Warn Pm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's pledge to amend the terms of a truce with the Tamil Tigers if elected president next month could cause the agreement to collapse, the rebels warned on Monday.
- Implicate Pakistan Too (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 25, 2005)
If Iran is to be referred to the Security Council for receiving N-technology, Pakistan, as supplier, should also face a referral
- Is The U.S. Rethinking Approach To Russia? (Hindu, Peter Lavelle— RIA Novosti , Oct 25, 2005)
Has the United States changed its stance regarding its policy towards Russia? Has the lecturing come to an end and has the application of "double-standards" run its course?
- Psu Banks To Be Told To Raise Rs. 60,000 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Chidambaram wants banks to upgrade technology
- Love For Politics To Cost Yale Professor His Job (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2005)
By all accounts, Yale anthropology professor David Graeber is one of the brightest minds in his field. His books are taught worldwide, and the London School of Economics recently asked him to give a lecture reserved for the most promising young anthropolo
- The Truth About Iran (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 25, 2005)
The crescendo of arguments from those who are supporting India’s vote at the International Atomic Eenergy Agency on the Iran issue reminds one of an old lawyer joke.
- Of Fish, Fishermen And Tigers (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 25, 2005)
A significant contribution to the Kachchathivu debate analysing the problems of the Palk Bay fishermen on both sides of the maritime boundary
- Kalam To Deliver Special Address To Legislators (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
The occasion is golden jubilee of the formation of the State
A host of dignitaries will be invited to the function
The event will be telecast live
- Rbi May Raise Reverse Repo Rate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
'A 25 basis point rise could be absorbed'
- Measuring Performance And Capability (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Oct 24, 2005)
Every Third client meeting I attend inevitably veers around to the subject of performance planning or reviews. The context is either the ensuing performance cycle, a recently-concluded employee survey or a couple of resignations after the last review
- Mettur Inflow Triggers Flood Alert (Hindu, R. Ilangovan, Oct 24, 2005)
Officials to prepare for evacuation of people living in low-lying areas and near the river
- Mufti Must Remain Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
The Congress party’s coalitional arrangements with most of its allies are under severe strain.
- Future Shape Of Banking (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan, Oct 24, 2005)
Three reports view emerging trends in India with different priorities
The most urgent need is to increase credit provision to the rural areas for both agricultural and non-agricultural areas, states the Independent Commission.
- Will Rbi Governor Stay The Course? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 24, 2005)
For the financial sector as much as for the common man, the level of interest rates and the stance of monetary policy are critical. With inflationary pressures rising and the current account gap widening, . . .
- India, Romania To Strengthen Oil, Gas Sector (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
India and Romania today agreed to strengthen the proposals and projects in the oil and gas sector to push forward the understanding reached between the two countries during the visit of Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar in July, this year.
- India And Mauritius To Sign Preferential Trade Pact (Reuters, Nita Bhalla, Oct 24, 2005)
Mauritius and India are expected to sign a preferential trade agreement (PTA) to boost the island's exports and provide India with the opportunity to tap into African markets, senior officials said on Saturday.
- Nie Programme Launched At Kondotty School (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
The Newspaper in Education (NIE) programme of The Hindu has been launched at EMEA Higher Secondary School, Kondotty, in Malappuram district recently.
- Onion Price Might Come Down During Nov (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Onion prices ranged between Rs 14 to Rs 26 a kg following short supply in the market here on Sunday.
- A Race To Woo The Undecided Voter (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Oct 24, 2005)
Winning over the uncommitted Sinhalese is critical given Sri Lanka's ethnic mix.
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