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Articles 23221 through 23320 of 35809:
- Pax Americana On Trial (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Oct 24, 2005)
The verdict of the Saddam trial is pre-determined, and his execution will mark only the beginning of chaos in Iraq
- Dialling Investors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2005)
Relaxation of FDI limit in tel-ecom will boost investments
- Heavy Rain Batters Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Bangalore infrastructure (what’s left of it) took a battering as rain lashed the City on Saturday night.
- India, Romania Want To Improve Tie-Ups In Oil And Gas Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
India and Romania on Sunday decided to further enhance cooperation in the oil and gas sector.
- Tackling India's Chronic Corruption (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2005)
Famines, natural calamities, and political corruption scandals are acute events that evoke strong responses in democracies such as India.
- Move Ahead On Infrastructure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2005)
Decision-making on infrastructure in Karnataka needs to extricate itself from the diversion the highly personalised Deve Gowda-N.R. Narayana Murthy-S.M. Krishna controversy represents.
- India, Malaysia Review Progress On Economic Pact (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 24, 2005)
India and Malaysia have opened a "new level of interaction" by initiating "Foreign Office consultations." The first meeting was held at Putra Jaya in Malaysia on Thursday.
- India Wants Nuclear Curbs To Be Lifted (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 24, 2005)
Natwar Singh to seek Russian assistance
To push for broader access to Russian energy resources
To urge Russia to buy more Indian tea and coffee
Problems in getting Russian visas by Indian businessmen to be resolved
- Interest Rate Signal Is The Key Issue (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Oct 24, 2005)
RBI's challenging task in its mid-term review
Banks are unable to resist pressures from corporates to lend at low rates while depositors get a pittance.
- Onion Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2005)
Normally, it is the price of the shares which should be under the magnifying glass of the government, not that of fruit and vegetables. But then, the onion is not just another vegetable.
- Kattapanchayats In Tn (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
Need for quick justice but not these
- Education Gets Priority Ultimately (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that the allocation for education will be raised to 4 per cent of the GDP from the present 2.7 per cent.
- Battles Change, Wars Don’T (Dawn, Victor Davis Hanson, Oct 24, 2005)
Modernists like to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict.
- Iran’S Quest For N-Energy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 24, 2005)
A new book Lawless World by Professor Philippe Sands of University College, London, claims that in a telephone conversation with Tony Blair on January 30, 2003, President Bush stated that he “wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation”
- The Worm Turns Ulfa’S Bias Unjustified (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2005)
That Ulfa treats Prafulla Mahanta with disdain even if he was respected as chief minister between 1986-90 comes as little surprise because the outfit holds him responsible for the “secret killings” of its cadres’ relatives during his second term . . .
- Roadblock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2005)
Bangladesh’s refusal to ratify the inter-governmental agreement on the 32-nation Asian Highway (AH) project is a prime example of its wilful and unfortunate anti-India stance.
- Indian Prime Minister To Roll Out Eco-Package To Pakistan As India . . . (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Mines were being removed along Uri, Poonch and Tangdhar sectors where three quake relief camps are set up.
- Hike In Rate Of Interest (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Oct 24, 2005)
A week ago the Reserve Bank of India did something unprecedented. As the merchant banker to the Government, it rejected all bids for an auction of Government bonds.
- Poll In Sri Lanka-I By Parmanand (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2005)
The recent happenings in Sri Lanka, the most striking of which could be said to be the assassination of foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar (73) on 12 August, ...
- Plan For A Safer Nation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Grasp The Moment In Kashmir (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 24, 2005)
The Indian political class and civil society have failed the Kashmiris in their hour of need. Their response to the calamity that has hit the people of Kashmir has either been slow in coming or inexplicably non-existent.
- Three Evils That Irk The World (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 24, 2005)
It is no more a secret that fake currency, hawala and narcotics are playing a dirty role on either side of the Pir Panjal.
- Sebi Ed Expects Interest Rates To Set Market Tone (Business Standard, Crisil Marketwire, Oct 24, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India executive director R K Nair on Saturday said the Reserve Bank of India's policies on interest rates will determine the movement in the domestic capital market.
- Kalam For Cheaper Broadband Connection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Says all parts of the country could be connected more effectively
- Overflowing Lakes Inundate Several Areas As Rain Continues In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Incessant rain lashes city through Saturday night; low-lying areas badly hit
- Shot In The Foot (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 24, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- The Problem Of Selectivity (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2005)
Natural disasters are always a test of our capacity to empathise with other people’s problems, and the massive earthquake that has devastated parts of northern Pakistan and India is no exception.
- Where Is Osama (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Oct 24, 2005)
Before discussing Osama's whereabouts, three factors need to be noted. First, since the beginning of 2005 Osama has not given any clue about his whereabouts.
- What About The Right To Care? (Hindu, VANDANA GOPIKUMAR, Oct 23, 2005)
The homeless mentally ill may be invisible but they belong to society and society needs to take care of them
- Cash Deals Above Rs 10 Lakh To Come Under Lens Rbi Plans System For Banks To Report Suspicious Transactions (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Oct 23, 2005)
THE Reserve Bank of India is in the process of prescribing a system for banks to regularly report cash transactions above Rs 10 lakh or any other suspicious transactions to the Financial Intelligence Unit of India.
- Countering The Dowry Menace (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
The practice of giving dakshina during marriage had its origin in the sublime sentiments of parents and relatives of a bride.
- Ashok Leyland Q2 Net Up 74% At Rs 75 Cr (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Oct 23, 2005)
ASHOK Leyland has reported a 37 per cent increase in sales and a 74 per cent rise in net profit for the second quarter of the current year.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 23, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department.
- India, Pakistan Joint Statement After Natwar Singh, Khurshid Kasuri Meeting (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2005)
This is the text of the Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India.
- The Enigma Of Values (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 23, 2005)
SOME three weeks ago, a gentleman who is a member of the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan sent me the following account of an incident that had occurred in a village called Bhila Hithar (Kasur district).
- Air Sahara Floats On Troubled Water (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
Figures extracted from a report prepared by Ernst & Young suggest that Air Sahara may be experiencing some financial turbulence.
- Man And Machine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 23, 2005)
Is it not strange that at a time when a machine is uniting the world the man is dividing and sub-dividing it? Which is this wonder mechanism that has outdone human beings? It does not need much elaboration.
- Montage Of Melancholy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 23, 2005)
Kashmir is in the news again, and once again it is death that makes headlines.
- The Kerosene Scandal (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 23, 2005)
The dirty truth is out. The long-standing scheme for subsidising kerosene, typically done in the name of the poor, is a giant boondoggle because well over a third of the beneficiaries are not the intended people at all, and are probably not poor either.
- Science & Art: The Twain Do Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2005)
Interesting insights into the world were the result of a project that brought together artists and scientists to promote interaction between them, says Debbie Rogers.
- Who Is Afraid Of Tantra? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2005)
Contrary to its negative image, tantra is a positive and powerful branch of philosophy, Dr Rashmi Poddar, a scholar of Indian thought, tells Vimla Patil.
- Exempt Earnings Of Offshore Arms Of Indian Cos: Ficci (Deccan Herald, PTI, Oct 23, 2005)
The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Saturday proposed a major tax revamp, including on dividends and capital gains earned by foreign subsidiaries of Indian companies
- India Second Most Preferred Alternative In Textiles (Press Trust of India, PTI, Oct 23, 2005)
India has now become the second most preferred alternative after China in textiles and emerged as a "one-stop shop" for retailers and apparel companies looking for a reliable destination for their sourcing solutions, a CII study has said.
- Karat’S 18-Carat Counsel For Psus (Press Trust of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which will be returning after a gap of four months to the co-ordination committee of the UPA government
- Asia Grapples With Rural Poverty Despite High Growth (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
In a remote village in northern India, a group of women try to save just 10 rupees each every month. Sometimes even that isn't easy.
- Marginal Improvement (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 23, 2005)
Transparency International (TI) has not one regular corruption index, but three. There is a Corruption Perception Index (CPI), a Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) and a Bribe Payer’s Index (BPI). What has just been published and reported in the media is t
- Making Farms Competitive (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 23, 2005)
Going by the trends of agricultural exports and imports since 1991, it would appear that Indian economic reforms led to a perceptible spurt in exports but the advent of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995 blunted this trend and encouraged agro-impo
- Air India Express Flight To Mumbai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Air India Express, the no-frills subsidiary of Air-India, will operate a service in the Kochi-Mumbai-Kochi sector on every Tuesday from next month.
- India, U.S. To Draft Plan To Implement Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Oct 22, 2005)
India and the United States agreed on Friday to draft a plan to implement a controversial nuclear deal as Washington assured New Delhi it would not raise the bar on the landmark agreement.
- Fiis Are Here To Stay, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
In calendar 2005, the FDI inflows witnessed a 14 per cent growth at $2.57 billion. Despite this, the darker side to the FDI story is that India gets a fraction of what China gets.
- Cpi(m) For Smooth Flow Of Fdi Into West Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Ministers to visit China, United States to interact with business leaders
- Facts, Not Merely Fax (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 22, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a case where the valuables carried by an individual were seized based on inadequate information
- Bad Economics, Worse Politics (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
India must count it as a blessing that it has taken more than 50 years of Independence for elites in several parts of the country to seek to impose their `two-child norm' on the right to contest elections to local bodies.
- Army Strengthens Cyber Security (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 22, 2005)
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen JJ Singh, recently launched a website to deal with computer emergencies developing on the Army Intranet, which provides data-connectivity from Army Headquarters to the formations and units, . . .
- Farm Talks Flounder (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
By pressuring the Government to evolve a national consensus before making any commitment at the Hong Kong Ministerial scheduled for December, the alliance partners may have done the farm sector a big favour.
- Water Scarcity May Lead To Wars (Daily Excelsior, M M Munshi, Oct 22, 2005)
It is almost impossible to imagine that the total area of water on earth's surface is about 114 crore Square Kilometers but this immense quantity is of little use as 96.5% of it is brakish.
- Pakistan’S Games (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
But ill-equipped for peacetime tragedy
- Mega Road Project Rollout Soon: Montek Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Four-lane golden quadrilateral roads will be widened to six lanes
- Sebi To Reduce Timeline To Raise Money From Capital Market (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided to reduce the timeline for companies to raise money from the Indian capital market without diluting the existing regulations.
- Sebi To Allow Short Selling By Institutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Mutual fund intermediaries to be brought under SEBI ambit
- Midday Meal That Was (Deccan Herald, N V Ramaswamy, Oct 22, 2005)
Probably the earliest midday meals scheme in the country was initiated in my class at a govt school
- Muda To Develop 20,000 Sites (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Do not be disappointed if you have not been able to get a site allotted from Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA), despite repeated attempts.
- Retail Investors Form The Backbone, Says Sebi Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Stresses need for awareness of share market
- Plan Panel To Present Paper On Fdi In Retail By Early '05 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
The Planning Commission on Friday said the draft paper on opening up the retail sector for foreign direct investment is likely to be presented to the Prime Minister's office early next year.
- Sebi To Reduce Timeline For Raising Capital (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
In a major initiative to boost the primary market, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is planning to reduce the ‘timeline significantly without diluting regulations’ for raising capital from the primary market by the end of this year, ....
- Agri Policy Monitor Set Up, Pm At Helm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
In A bid to put agricultural growth on the fast track and pinpoint problem areas in development and policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a high-level Agriculture Coordination Committee.
- Storm In A Coffee Cup (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 22, 2005)
For how much longer will the people of West Bengal have to suffer the presence of such people who profess to call themselves politicians but whose only vocation appears to be to upstage each other in the public eye and switch colours when . . .
- Lack Of Cohesion (Greater Kashmir, BASHIR ASSAD, Oct 22, 2005)
Disjointed system of relief won’t do. Agencies will have to cooperate and coordinate to ensure that nothing unfair happens while helping the quake hit people,
- No Schism Over Independent Directors: Sebi (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman M Damodaran on Friday said there were no differences between Sebi and the ministry of company affairs.
- Will The Communists In India Allow India To Surpass China In Economic Prosperity? (India Daily, Sunil Razdhan, Oct 22, 2005)
While India as the fourth largest economy has the adequate potential for surpassing China in economic activities, the outcome will depend on reforms and consistent vigilance on implementation of the same.
- Court And The Political Question (Tribune, Beant Singh Bedi, Oct 22, 2005)
Majority order of the Supreme Court dated October 7 in the Bihar Assembly dissolution case has sharply divided the constitutional law pundits. First part of the order declares the dissolution of the Assembly unconstitutional and void.
- Driven To Despair (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 22, 2005)
The resignation of Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy from the post of chairman of Bangalore International Airport Ltd is seen as a blow to public faith in the widely admired private-public partnerships that are forged to develop infrastructure in Karnataka . . .
- The Cost Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Oct 22, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake will be long remembered as a cataclysmic event in Pakistan’s history for a very long time to come.
- Phantom Of The Opera (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2005)
Writing in the October 9 issue of People’s Democracy, CPI(M) politburo member Anil Biswas claimed, ‘‘The spectre of communism appears to be yet haunting the ruling classes of Europe ... and their lackeys in the corporate media.’’
- Threat To Nepal (Statesman, J R Mukherjee, Oct 22, 2005)
Nepal, sandwiched between India and China has a population of 27,070,666.
- The Ground Beneath Gowda’S Feet (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 22, 2005)
It is easy to be disgusted with the way the H.D. Deve Gowda tirade against N.R. Narayana Murthy, his Infosys, and the entire IT industry has grown.
- Earthquake Lessons From China (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 22, 2005)
Having experienced the worst earthquake of one’s life, and then learnt of the tragic details of widespread destruction, and the loss of precious lives in areas close to the epicentre, one cannot but feel deep sympathy for the close to three million....
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 22, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State Nick Burns is in New Delhi at an important period in the context of the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear co-operation. He will, of course, answer a host of questions, not least a formidable list furnished on September 26 by
- Democracy In Saarc States (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 22, 2005)
India does not seem to be conscious of the role it has to play in South Asia in the coming years.
- Icici Ventures Buys 10% Scandent Stake (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
ICICI Ventures is investing close to Rs 271 crore in the Ramesh Vangal-promoted Scandent Solutions for around a 10 per cent stake.
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