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Articles 23721 through 23820 of 35809:
- Musharraf’S Appeal Evokes World Response (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
PRESIDENT Gen Pervez Musharraf’s appeal for medicines, tents, cargo helicopters and funds to overcome the worst earthquake disaster of Pakistan’s
- A Tragedy And An Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2005)
Natural disasters recognise no boundaries, present nobody to blame, and can affect people across the socio-economic divide.
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Making Manufacturing More Competitive (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
NMCC’s draft strategy identifies key issues, but doesn’t stress enough on critical firm-level factors
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Sebi Clarification (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
The Deputy General Manager (Communications) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), N. Hariharan, has issued the following clarification with reference to the article "SEBI, a law unto itself" by S. Balakrishnan which was published in the Bu
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Sbi Reduces Housing, Car Loan Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
State Bank of India (SBI) has begun offering housing and car loans at reduced rate of interest as a special Dasara and Deepawali offer.
- Water Crisis Ahead (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
The World Bank’s report on India’s water economy is not the first treatise to caution the country about its turbulent water future. Several global as well as domestic organisations have studied the issue and warned that the water crisis will become insurm
- Growth With Equity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2005)
THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE of equity and development is the central theme of the World Development Report 2006.
- India's Balance Of Payments In Transition (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 11, 2005)
Recent weeks have seen a weakening of the rupee, even as the BSE Sensex shows signs of buoyancy.
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- India's Water Economy — World Bank Prescription Does Not Hold Water (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2005)
Even while conceding that the World Bank's report is correct in stating that investments in large water infrastructure in India reflect a Build-Neglect-Rebuild philosophy, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the document has been prepared by an entity
- Need To Ease Pressure On Tiger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is now over 30 years since Project Tiger was launched.
- Change: Difficult Though, Possible Nevertheless (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 11, 2005)
The book under review is a departure from the run of the mill academic endeavors that have reduced the real message of religion to story telling and platitudes.
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Bane Of Remakes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2005)
Producers with modest budgets will find it difficult to make Kannada films
- Rbi To Unveil Fresh Norms For Bank Exposure To Nbfcs (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
In a bid to guard against diversion of bank funds to the stock market, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively considering clamping down on banks’ exposures to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) that do not accept deposits from the public.
- Competing With India And China (US News & World Report, Richard J. Newman, Oct 10, 2005)
A former top executive with General Electric, Vivek Paul was CEO of Wipro, the Indian information technology firm. He recently became a partner with the venture-capital firm Texas Pacific Group, where he will spearhead new investments in information . . .
- Can Constitutionality Of Fbt Be Challenged? (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam , Oct 10, 2005)
Legislations passed by Parliament cannot be lightly impugned as violating the Constitution because there is a presumption in favour of constitutional validity.
- Sustaining The Momentum (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2005)
Going by recent data, the economic growth story not only appears positive, but is actually flattering.
- Farm Crisis: Produce And Perish (Hindu, Devinder Sharma , Oct 10, 2005)
Farmers are producing more only to find no buyers. And when they eventually get buyers, they are paid half of what they deserve.
- Globalisation Can Bust The Boom (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Oct 10, 2005)
ROGER BOOTLE, one of Britain's best-known economists, is perched on a satin sofa in the lavishly furnished Drapers' Hall, in the City of London — the British capital's financial district — in an expansive mood.
- Chinese Eye Leadership Succession (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao opened a four-day meeting on Saturday seeking to cement his grip on power, pushing his “harmonious society” platform to cope with rising social tension and possibly naming an heir apparent.
- Market Upheaval (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Market regulator, Securities Exchange Board of India, has come a long way since the scam of nineties and none can deny the fact that it is in a better position to handle the upheavals in the market. Unfortunately market manipulators seem to be a step ahea
- Sebi, A Law Unto Itself (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
SEBI has the dubious distincton of coming out with a new rule, regulation, guideline or amendment quite frequently.
- Call For Cultural Dialogue Among Saarc Nations (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Oct 10, 2005)
V.P. Singh stresses role of culture in convergence and understanding in South Asia
- Heads I Win (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2005)
Kanti Biswas is clearly on the lookout for soft targets. Having failed to clear the mess of his own creation in the backyard of the school education department, he now makes an unabashed attempt to tighten the screws on Anglo-Indian schools.
- Ending Algeria’S Agony (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 10, 2005)
JUST as the travails of the Turkish people and their heroic war of independence under Mustafa Kemal aroused the passions of the Muslims of South Asia, the Algerian struggle for freedom burnt into the consciousness of the generation that grew up in 1950s.
- ‘We’Re Doing Away With Red Tape And Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Investors’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 10, 2005)
On October 7, 2005 Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi completed four years in office—an achievement in itself in a state where the average tenure of a CM has been two-and-a-half years.
- Storm Clouds Gather Over World Markets (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
STOCK MARKETS around the world are braced for bad news from the United States this week when official data are published on consumer and business confidence in the wake of two devastating hurricanes, soaring gasoline and oil prices, and softening demand f
- What Were They Thinking? (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Oct 10, 2005)
Saddam Hussein was playing a cat and mouse game with the Americans
- Gas By Diwali (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2005)
The petroleum minister has promised that the LPG shortage will be sorted out in time for the festival season.
- Water Crisis Ahead (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 10, 2005)
The World Bank’s report on India’s water economy is not the first treatise to caution the country about its turbulent water future. Several global as well as domestic organisations have studied the issue and warned that the water crisis will become insurm
- War Of The Surveys (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Oct 10, 2005)
It’s not easy being a policy maker these days. In the earlier days of reforms, you were told the fiscal deficit was the main thing to watch for; fix this and everything else would fall into place
- It Will Provide Much-Needed Relief To The Courts (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Unlike excise, customs, income tax and Fema authorities who are empowered to impose fines/penalties on offences committed under the respective enactments, RoCs do not, under the current Companies Act, have the power to take any penal action, including imp
- Us' Cyber-Rattling (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2005)
WITH ITS BLOODY campaign against imagined or contrived threats to its moral superiority in the real world threatening to degenerate into a farce with tragic overtones, the United States is seeking to open another front — in cyberspace.
- World Development Report 2006 — Refreshing Emphasis On Equity For Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 10, 2005)
The emphasis that the World Development Report 2006 places on equality between and within countries shows that concern with equality has become an important part of the agenda of economic development.
- Fdi: Pointers For The Future (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 10, 2005)
Generally, the prospects for FDI appear to be brighter than in the past mainly because of the growth phase the international economy is currently in.
- No ‘Moral Policing’; ‘Amoral Policing’ Instead? (Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Oct 10, 2005)
A cine actress publicly justified pre-marital sex. No educated man would expect to marry a virgin, she asserted. Many, mainly women, protested, spontaneously.
- A Remake Needs The Same Effort As An Original (Deccan Herald, K S L Swamy, Oct 09, 2005)
It is not a bad idea. There should be no bar on remakes. Cinema is a creative medium and there is nothing wrong in giving the best of cinema made in other languages to the people of Karnataka.
- Mittal Signs Three Mous With Jharkhand Govt. (Hindu, Indani Dutta, Oct 09, 2005)
12 million tonne greenfield project in two phases
Massive investment of Rs. 40,000 cr.
A power plant of 2500 MW and townships planned
Efforts to boost technical education in Jharkhand
Steel consumption set to witness growth
- Karishma, Tamanna, Madhu... (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
For a stretch of nearly four consecutive days last week, if an overseas traveller happened to be on a brief visit to India and switched on the television to update himself about what was going on in this country,
- Congress Governing The Country Under Extreme Pressure From The Communists - Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh Confesses (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 09, 2005)
Why rule then? Why not resign and call for a fresh mandate. Why compromise with the communists?
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Another Bloody Terrorist Attack (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
Unidentified assailants attacked Ahmedies’ place of worship in Mong in Mandi Bahauddin district early Friday morning killing eight persons and seriously injuring 18 others.
- Politics Overtakes Governance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 09, 2005)
As the local councils begin their second term amid a hail of accusations and contradictions,
- Energy Accord With Russia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
The signing of a memorandum of understanding with a Russian energy firm should help broaden cooperation between Pakistan and Russia in the development of Pakistan’s gas and other fossil fuel resources.
- A Happy Lot? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 09, 2005)
Finally we have something to cheer about. We are being told by a survey that we in this country are fourth in the list of "happiest population in the world".
- Peaks And Valleys (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 09, 2005)
The Economy continues to do well and we have top Economic experts giving opinions on the future trends and in particular on the Stock markets and with the benefit of hindsight most experts will be 'right' and 'wrong' as it is impossible to predict. . . .
- Turkey And Eu: Rough Road Ahead (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 09, 2005)
The opening on October 3 of Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union was supposed to be a solemn affair, a ceremony marked by dignified speeches and toasts to the beginning of a new era in relations between Ankara and the 25-nation bloc.
- China Draws Up Five-Year Road Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Focus on development, sustainable growth
- Increase Water Supply: World Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Recover operation, maintenance cost through user-charges
Supports `Swajaldhara' for rural water supply
For pricing of services through sound economic principles
- Pak-Russia Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
In a welcome development, Pakistan and Russia have signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisaging closer cooperation in oil and gas sector to help Pakistan meet its long-term energy requirements. Under the document initialed by the ....
- Condoleezza Logic (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 09, 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s request ( some may like to term it as a suggestion, demand or command) that India should withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir to please Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s mullah constituency at home ....
- Moists Rebels On Offensive In Eastern India - Land Mine Kills Fifteen Policemen (India Daily, Sunita Agarwal, Oct 09, 2005)
Fifteen policemen died when a police vehicle drove over a land mine in eastern India Saturday, police said.
- Knowledge Is At The Core Of Growth: Prof Nigavekar (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 09, 2005)
The remarkable increase in the number of universities, colleges and students in the last five decades are indicators of the growth of higher education in the country, emphasises Prof Arun Nigavekar.
- It’S Not Enough (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 09, 2005)
The Citu threat hasn’t vanished
- Doomed Democracy (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 09, 2005)
The real purpose of Laisenia Qarase’s visit is to soothe India’s ruffled feelings about the patently anti-Indian administration he has been running for the last five years
- Strike: We Must Discipline The Indisciplined Lot (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Oct 09, 2005)
Workers strike work. Flights cancelled. Bank, bus and train services disrupted. Commerce and industry suffer. Passengers are stranded. Millions are affected. Billions are lost.
- Multiple Challenges Of Global Migration (Indian Express, N K Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
Four days ago, the report of the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) entitled ‘‘Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action’’ was presented to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
- Internal Divisions In Israel (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 09, 2005)
Israeli society is composed of people from several different ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
- A Stonebreaker’S Lesson On Finding Divinity In Work (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Oct 09, 2005)
One of the greatest lessons I learnt in development — it was also a profound experience that revitalised my Hindu roots after my communist background had nearly scythed them — was from an ordinary woman stone-breaker.
- Spread Word About Govt’S Good Work, Cadres Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday appealed to party workers to create awareness among the people about the achievements of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre despite the limitations under which it has been functioning for the past . . .
- `Congress Must Be An Interface Between Government And People' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
It should explain the Government's policies and alert it to its faults: Manmohan
It should educate the people about the limitations under which a Government functions
Government has implemented nearly three-fourths of the commitments made in the CMP
- Some Food For Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
If I told you that all it will take to empower all of India’s destitute, dispossessed children is Rs 6,000 crores (0.2% of GDP) a year would you believe me? No, you would not.
- Enter The Dragon (Deccan Herald, Cheryl D Couto, Oct 09, 2005)
The Inheritance series, of which the Eldest is the second part, is full of fantastic cliche but makes a good read nevertheless.
Eldest; Christopher Paolini, Knopf, 2005, pp 704, Rs 695.
- Deficit Is Very High, Rues Manmohan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
The Prime Minister has warned of slippages in fiscal responsibility if there are no immediate measures to check the rising expenditure.
- Mittal Steel Mou With Jharkhand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
World’s largest steel maker Mittal Steel Company N.V. (Mittal Steel), on Saturday, signed an MoU with the Jharkhand government, committing to invest approximately Rs 40,000 crore to enter mining and steel making operations in the state.
- Mittal Steel Signs ‘Historic’ Mou With Jharkhand Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Mittal Steel chairman Lakshmi N. Mittal today signed three MoUs with the Jharkhand government, committing to invest approximately Rs 40,000 crore to enter mining and steel-making operations in the state.
- Mittal All Set To Venture Into India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
London-based steel baron L N Mittal is all set to invest about Rs 44,000 crore in Jharkhand for a 12 million tonne integrated steel plant, his company's maiden venture in the country.
- Tata Chem To Invest Rs. 150 Cr In Urea Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Tata Chemicals plans to invest Rs. 150 crore to upgrade its Babrala-based urea plant capacity from the existing 7.8 lakh tonnes to 11.55 lakh tonnes,
- No Cartel, Even We Compete Among Ourselves: Bharti, Reliance Info, Vsnl (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Debunking a government charge about forming a cartel, India's top three private telecom players - Bharti, Reliance Infocomm and VSNL - said their demand for level-playing field should not be construed as opposition to new entrants.
- Contempt Proceedings Against Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
High Court takes cognisance of reports on "violation" of its order on use of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Notices sent to Editor and photographer of Dinamalar
Advocate-General to file report on measures taken by Government to comply with the order
- Gas Authority Of India Limited Plans To Start Distributing Lpg In India From April (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Gas Authority of India Limited on Thursday said it would foray into marketing and distribution of LPG across the country from April 1 next year.
- Eurozone Caught In A Statistical Tizzy (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Oct 08, 2005)
The major European Union economies are passing through a phase of "statistical uncertainty" but the poor record of the main economies is a "side issue" for investors.
- State Bank Of India Wins License To Open Branch In Saudi Arabia (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The Saudi Arabian government has granted licence to the State Bank of India (BSE:500112) to open a branch in Jeddah,
- Engagement, Dialogue, Key To Improving Indo-Iran Ties: Natwar Singh (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh on Friday said that constant and consistent engagement and dialogue were the key instruments for taking relations between India and Iran forward.
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