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Articles 23321 through 23420 of 35809:
- Rs. 3,000-Crore Road Development Project Will Be Launched Soon, Says Revanna (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
It will be implemented under the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project
- An Automatic Humane Touch (Hindu, S. Sundar, Oct 21, 2005)
The Sivakasi police have succeeded in banning fish cart vehicles from criss-crossing narrow roads and streets in the town.
- India Going Crazy Over Use Of Credit Cards - Credit Card Major Visa Has Reported A 66 Per Cent Jump In Spending On Its Cards In India, To Us$3.8 Billion (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Credit card major Visa has reported a 66 per cent jump in spending on its cards in India,
- Darashaw Buys Stake In Tata Share Registry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Darashaw Holdings, an investment bank and financial consultancy house, has acquired a majority 51 per cent stake in Tata Share Registry Ltd. (TSRL), a leading share registry and human resources (HR) business process outsourcing (BPO) organisation.
- Cabinet Nod For 74 % Fdi In Telecom Sector (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 21, 2005)
Remote access will be provided only in case of `catastrophic equipment failure'
Intelligence Bureau will have to be informed for remote access and the remote access password shall be provided for a limited period
- Higher Compensation Likely For 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot Victims (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 21, 2005)
High-power committees set up Home Ministry have favoured substantial increase
For loss of life the payment may be Rs. 8 lakhs-10 lakhs
For loss to traders: Rs. 10 lakhs-15 lakhs
- Tata Holset To Double Manufacturing Capacity In 2-3 Years (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Tata Holset Limited will invest us dollar five to seven million over the next three years at it’s Dewas unit in order to double its manufacturing capacity to four lakh units per annum.
- Boy Wins Bravery Award (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Sixteen-year-old Jagjit Singh from Kurukshetra is the face of this year’s Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards.
- Lic To Launch Portals For Customers, Agents (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is all set to launch two portals, one each for customers and agents in the second week of November, this year.
- India Inc Fuels Price Pressure (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Indian manufacturers have passed on higher costs to consumers on the back of a buoyant economy, company executives and analysts say, a development which threatens to fuel inflation and push up interest rates.
- Disinvestment On India Agenda! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Asserting that the Manmohan Singh government will last its full five-year term, Finance Minister has promised to carry out economic reforms, including disinvestment, as laid out in the Common Minimum Programme.
- Birdflu Worries Dog Asian Stocks, But No Panic Yet (Reuters, Ian Chua, Oct 21, 2005)
The threat of avian flu has cast a shadow over Asian stock markets but has yet to rekindle fears of the same magnitude that led to sell-offs in China and Hong Kong in early 2003 when SARS hit.
- Widening Trade Gap (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 21, 2005)
According to the figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics, the country’s trade deficit rose by 188 per cent to $2.4 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal year compared to $826 million the same period last year.
- Rbi Bars Some Banks From New Realty Loans (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Central bank cautious as exposure to real estate sector doubles.
- U.K.: Indian Workers Face An Uncertain Future (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 21, 2005)
The future of hundreds of Indian women workers of Gate Gourmet, which supplies in-flight food to the British Airways, remains uncertain more than two months after they were summarily dismissed for protesting against redundancies announced by the . . .
- India-U.S. Deal: Negotiating The Nuclear Fine Print (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 21, 2005)
India needs to play its hand carefully on sequencing, separation, and safeguards.
- Satyam's Q2 Net Up 34 P.C. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Revises revenue guidance upwards to Rs. 4,700-4,718 cr.
Adds 32 new customers Keen to join billion-dollar club Evaluates expansion opportunities in Europe Emphasis on virtual operations
- Indian Railways To Invest $5.5 Billion In Infrastructure (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Indian Railways, the world's largest rail network, plans to spend Rs 240 billion ($5.5 billion) over the next five years to upgrade infrastructure and build special freight corridors, Minister of State for Railways R Velu said here Thursday.
- Cisco Plans To Invest $1.1 Billion In India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc plans to spend $1.1bn to boost the networking-equipment maker's operations in India.
- India, U.S. In For Tough Negotiations On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Oct 21, 2005)
A top U.S. official arrives in India on Thursday to push a landmark nuclear deal between the two nations, but the talks face likely hurdles over New Delhi's need for fresh reassurances from Washington.
- Pm Assures Funds For Armed Forces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
If the Indian economy grows at eight per cent per annum it will not be difficult to allocate three per cent of the GDP to the national defence, says the PM.
- Impact On The Economy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Various agencies and experts have made a number of assessments of the impact of the earthquake on Pakistan’s economy.
- Regimen For Self-Restraint (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 21, 2005)
Ramazan is the month of fasting. The process is apparently strict; you may call it rigorous. Not a drop of water or a grain of food should be allowed to pass down the throat from early dawn until sunset.
- Economic Impact Of The Disaster (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Oct 21, 2005)
In a fleeting moment of nature’s anger, lives and properties worth billions were wiped out on October 8.
- Bold Initiative Towards Indo-Us Partnership (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 21, 2005)
US Undersecretary Nicholas Burns is to have discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today to discuss the implementation schedule for mutual commitments under the civil nuclear agreement.
- Behold The Banana Boards (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 21, 2005)
Just who is an independent director? A person who is not a stakeholder in the affairs of a company but helps direct its affairs, someone with a broader perspective than the management’s who adds value to the company without taking . . .
- Efforts To End Barriers For Professionals To Work Overseas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
CAs, Company Secretaries should be allowed to work overseas'
Preparation of the draft company law at a final stage
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 21, 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.
- Army Modernisation Drive Will Go On: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
"Demand to peg defence expenditure will be considered"
- Iran Has Imposed Trade Embargo On Britain? (Hindu, Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill, Oct 21, 2005)
Teheran's move follows U.K.'s stand on nuclear programme
- Germany's Political Uncertainties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 21, 2005)
The future of the Federal Republic of Germany under a coalition regime in which the country's principal rivals — the Christian Democrat Union (with its Bavarian arm, the Christian Social Union) and the Social Democrat Party — share power is as much ....
- Challenge, To Both Mind And Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Dr. H.S.Shivaprakash's latest play Maduve Hennu (The Bride), presented by Aneka at ADA Kalamandira recently, turned out to be a fascinating experience both because of its rich content and the manner in which the director Suresh Angalli visualized it.
- India, China And Asean — Competing, Complementing, Cooperating (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 21, 2005)
Accounting for half the world's population but less than a tenth of global income, China, Asean and India are the emerging economic powerhouses. But India has a lot of catching up to do, both in matters economic and social. Mohan Guruswamy mak es a . . .
- Bill To Check Food Contaminants (Tribune, J. George, Oct 21, 2005)
The official approval to release the report of toxic heavy metal contamination by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PCCB) is timely. A legislative remedy in the form of an integrated food law Bill is rumoured.
- Laboured Idea (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 21, 2005)
The Government Proposal to exempt certain classes of establishments, notably information technology enterprises, and certain common work routines from the purview of the contract labour law would make little sense from a tactical stand-point of giving a
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 21, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister
- Black Monday Revisited (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 21, 2005)
The 1987 stock market crash was not followed by any Depression, as in 1929. That the market recovered quickly was attributed to the assurance of the Federal Reserve that it would stand by for any rescue act in case the payment mechanism broke down.
- Indian Army Must Gird Up For Global Role: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called upon the armed forces to prepare for a multi-polar world in which India, despite an unstable neighbourhood, would be a centre of power.
- Indian Railways To Chip In For Economic Growth (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
The Indian railways will become a significant component of infrastructure in the coming decades and increasingly contribute towards the economic growth of the country, Minister of state for railways R Velu said on Thursday.
- Politics Poses New Threat To Indian Software: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 20, 2005)
India's computer-software exporters are slowly sinking into the quagmire of disruptive politics, in the process losing one of their key advantages over traditional businesses such as manufacturing and banking services.
- Mau’S Trial By Fire (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2005)
Spectre of communal violence is still with us
- Icici Bank Branch In Coonoor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
ICICI Bank opened its first branch in the Nilgiris District on Monday at 89/1A9, Gandhigiri, Gray's Hill, Bedford, Coonoor.
- Man's Worst Enemy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
A conscious effort to overcome the desire for worldly objects is fundamental in the practice of spiritual discipline.
- Maruti Targets 1 Million Car Capacity By 2010 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
India's car market is projected to expand to about 2 million in five years.
- Icici Lombard Bags Iso For Motor Claims Settlement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
ICICI Lombard General Insurance has obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification from DET Norske Veritas (DNV) for establishing a quality management system with regard to settlement of motor claims, according to a release.
- If India Had Abstained... (Indian Express, Subrahmanyam, Oct 20, 2005)
It is amazing to see the tons of newsprint devoted to the Iran issue in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this country without any focus on the real issue.
- India Bags Cisco’S $1.1 Bn-Deal (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest Internet equipment maker, plans to invest $1.1 billion in India over the next three years, its president said on Wednesday, marking its largest investment outside the United States.
- China Redraws Its Roadmap (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2005)
As New Delhi hotly chases the unprecedented economic strides being taken by its big neighbour, China — which recorded two straight years of an annual growth exceeding nine per cent — the Asian dragon has realised its folly. It has decided to scrap the....
- Poor Countries Need Protections For Farmers - India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
India and other developing countries with large numbers of subsistence farmers must be allowed to maintain high agricultural tariffs in any new world trade deal, an Indian official said on Wednesday.
- Will The Company Secretary Stand Up? (Business Line, N. R. Sridharan, Oct 20, 2005)
N. R. Sridharan looks at the issues confronting the profession of company secretary
- India's Iaea Vote Helped Gain Support For Nuclear Deal, Says Us Official (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
On the eve of his visit to New Delhi, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns has said that with India voting in favour of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] resolution on Iran's nuclear programme,
- Need For Fta Between India, Bangladesh: Veena Sikri (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Underscoring the need for a Free Trade Agreement between India and Bangladesh, Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Veena Sikri today said it was important to overcome a "negative" mindset to help boost trade between the two countries.
- India's Fast Growth Seen Fuelling Price Pressures (Reuters, Thomas Kutty Abraham and Suresh Seshadri, Oct 20, 2005)
Indian manufacturers have passed on higher costs to consumers on the back of a buoyant economy, company executives and analysts say, a development which threatens to fuel inflation and push up interest rates.
- To Mitigate And Prevent Disasters (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Earthquake Fall-Out: (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 20, 2005)
A silver lining in the thick dust caused by unprecedented earthquake in our vicinity is that it has once again drawn the global attention towards safe housing for everybody.
- China’S Growth To Hit Environment (Tribune, Michael McCarthy, Oct 20, 2005)
Western politicians queue up to sing its praises. Economists regard it with awe and delight.
- Beware The Backlash (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Oct 20, 2005)
Economist Paul Krugman warned recently that free trade liberals have to fear a likely backlash from American labour. Faced with further cuts in the already stagnant hourly wage-rates, under competitive pressure, and seeing the executives continuing . . .
- It’S Everyone’S Fight (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 20, 2005)
The fourth anniversary of 9/11 has passed amidst fresh threats by Al-Qaeda in an eleven minute video tape which was telecast by all major satellite television news channels.
- Challenge Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 20, 2005)
The search and rescue phase in the worst earthquake disaster that ravaged Azad Kashmir and the NWFP is almost over 12 days after the disaster struck the doomed area.
- Managing Long-Term Recovery (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 20, 2005)
What are the long-term consequences of natural disasters? John Stuart Mill, the great 19th century English economist and philosopher and the author of a classic work on economics, made some prescient observations on the long-term effects of natural disast
- Mitrokhin’S Revelations (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
Vasily Mitrokhin, who died in 2004, was a KGB operative, who worked in the intelligence agency’s archives from 1956 to 1985. He copied documents and defected to the West in 1992, just after the Soviet Union disintegrated.
- Cisco To Invest $1 Bn Over 3 Yrs (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc, the world’s largest Internet equipment vendor, today announced an investment of $1.1 billion in India over three years, making it the company’s largest investment outside the US.
- Strife-Torn Aceh On The Road To Peace (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 20, 2005)
A fallout of the December 26 tsunami is that it has speeded up the peace process in the strife-torn Indonesian province.
- Traditional Programmes, Additional Resources (Hindu, Jairam Ramesh, Oct 20, 2005)
Where will money for increased spending in the social sector come from?
- Managing Security Through Fixed Tenures? (Hindu, N.N. Vohra, Oct 20, 2005)
All security-related posts must be manned by those chosen from a dedicated pool of officers selected and trained for the specific purpose.
- Bill To Monitor Religious Propaganda In Textbooks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Ministry accepts CABE suggestion to form National Textbook Council
CABE will double up as a forum where complaints regarding textbooks can be registered
Penal provisions being considered
- Living Together (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Oct 20, 2005)
Both leftist leaders and investors in Bengal know that Citu and the CPI(M) are inseparable, argues Sumanta Sen
- Wipro Ltd Q2 Net Up 16% At Rs 478 Crore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Wipro Limited, on Wednesday, announced a consolidated 10.8 per cent quarter-on-quarter growth in its revenues at Rs 2,506.8 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as against Rs 2,2619 crore in the previous quarter ended June 30, 2005.
- Japanese Jingoism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 20, 2005)
Signs of rise of militant nationalism in Japan have alarmed China and South Korea
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 20, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister — have in a moment of humanitarian crisis? . . .
- Not A Zero Sum (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 20, 2005)
Aumann and Schelling belong to different spectrums of game theorists
- Mitrokhin Archives — Politics In The Cold War Years (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
The more important question that arises from Vasily Mitrokhin's revelations is not whether any individual or political party received money from one or the other superpower, but whether their foreign links compromised national security and sovereignty.
- Behold The Banana Boards (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 20, 2005)
Just who is an independent director? A person who is not a stakeholder in the affairs of a company but helps direct its affairs, someone with a broader perspective than the management’s who adds value to the company without taking anything . . . .
- Maruti To Increase Production Capacity (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Suzuki Motor, the world’s biggest maker of minicars, will increase production capacity in India with its affiliate Maruti Udyog by one third by 2010 to meet competition from Hyundai Motor and Honda Motor
- One Half Of The Red Sky (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Oct 20, 2005)
Where in the world would you expect to find a rule which says that women applying for a job must have symmetrical breasts? Not in the US where breasts are flaunted from every billboard, not in Thailand where women contribute to the national economy
- Meanwhile, Iran Steps On Diplomatic Gas: Energy Talks With India Next Week (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Stepping up its diplomacy a month ahead of the second crucial vote in Vienna, Tehran has invited New Delhi for a second meeting on the proposed India-Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
- Lic Launches `Jeevan Plus' Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
A unit-linked whole life plan product
- Microsoft To Hike India Staff Count (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
In an initiative to spread in the small and medium business (SMB) segment in smaller towns, Microsoft, on Tuesday, announced that it has plans to reach 33 cities within a year by doubling its headcount and marketing investment for the SMB sector.
- Ethnic Clashes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2005)
Underdevelopment and crisis of governance are the key issues
- Isn’T A Varsity An Institution? (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 19, 2005)
According to a Judge of the Allahabad High Court (2005), and before him the Supreme Court in Azeez Basha Vs Union of India (1968), the Aligarh Muslim University lost its minority status on account of being upgraded to a university in 1920.
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