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Articles 23821 through 23920 of 35809:
- Carried Forward Indefinitely (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 08, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on how the law on unabsorbed depreciation allowance has evolved
- India’S ‘Apartheid’ Under Us Gaze (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 08, 2005)
An unprecedented Congressional hearing on the caste system in India gets wide publicity on the Christian news networks.
- Maoist Tentacles (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Oct 08, 2005)
The Maoist movement is very strong in Telengana in Andhra Pradesh; Bastar and other districts of Chattisgarh; the Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra;
- Madressahs: Need For A Broader Curriculum (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Oct 08, 2005)
The opposition of Islamic orthodoxy to the teaching of sciences, mathematics, economics, history, philosophy, other secular subjects and foreign languages, especially English, is inexplicable, for Islam places great emphasis on knowledge and learning.
- Poor Outcome Of Un Summit (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Foreign Funding For Political Parties (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Elections & Task Ahead (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 08, 2005)
The third and final phase of the Local Government elections is now over and after formal notification by the Election Commission, respective Governments would be in place in almost every district of the country minus Federal Capital. Like the earlier ....
- Arms Of Entanglement (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Oct 08, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi discusses the amended transfer pricing rules in the UK
- Terrorism Strikes Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 08, 2005)
Once again a place of worship has been attacked in Pakistan, it being of no consequence what religion or sect the dead and wounded belonged to.
- Is Law Tunnel-Visioned (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 08, 2005)
R. Anand on a case that threw light on the definition of blindness
- Breaking The Logjam In Nepal (Tribune, Suhas Chakma, Oct 08, 2005)
Although King Gyanendra’s cancellation of the visit to the UN General Assembly came as a morale booster to the democratic forces and the human rights defenders, the political stalemate is far from resolved.
- Running A Business Is Tougher Than Chess (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 08, 2005)
"Failure is all around us. Failure is pervasive... Failure is the most fundamental feature of all systems," writes Paul Ormerod in Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics.
- From Myths To History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 08, 2005)
Terrorism is a universal threat, demanding a universal response
- The Ideology Of Success (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Oct 08, 2005)
Life consists of everyday resistance against the societal ideologies of success, towards making Utopia a reality
- Sebi Flags Down Indiabulls' Run (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
For a company that has become quite the metaphor for a booming stock markets, broking-to-realty firm Indiabulls now finds itself facing the glare of a harsher spotlight.
- Air Deccan Files Application With Sebi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Air Deccan has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for entering the capital market, Chief Revenue Officer of the airline, John Kuruvilla, told reporters here on Friday.
- Coping With Variations In The Monsoon (Hindu, Sulochana Gadgil, Oct 08, 2005)
Simulation and prediction of the Indian monsoon remains a tough challenge. Yet, we possess a wealth of data that can be used to derive farming strategies tailored to local rainfall variability.
- Towards A Healthy Food Chain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2005)
The Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005, now before a Parliamentary Standing Committee, is the latest in a series of recent initiatives that seek to diversify agriculture and encourage one of its vital complements, the food processing industry.
- Centre To Spend More On Supplementary Nutrition For Children Under Icds Grant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Food cost per child increased to Rs. 2
- 4.26 Acres Acquired For Construction Of Houses For Tsunami-Affected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Bhoomi puja' performed for construction of 99 permanent houses for fishermen at Mandaicaduputhur in Kanyakumari district
- Hdfc Plans To List Intelenet By '07-08 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) is planning to list its business process outsourcing arm, Intelenet, by 2007-08, managing director Keki Mistry said on Thursday.
- Indonesia's Terror Dilemma (Asia Times, Bill Guerin, Oct 07, 2005)
The al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) organization once again has its footprints all over a series of suicide bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
- Irda To Ask Lic To Put In Place ‘Safeguards’ To Prevent Frauds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Following a CBI probe into alleged "irregularities" in premium adjustment by LIC officials in a branch, the regulator IRDA said it would ask the country's largest insurer to put in place "sufficient safeguards" to prevent recurrence of such frauds.
- Stage Set For Upgrading Of Mysore Airport (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Centre promises aid to develop Mangalore airport
Joint venture airport projects in Hassan, Gulbarga likely
State urged to help make new airports economically viable
- Kashmir, Taiwan And North Korea Are Potential Hotbeds: John Reid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
British Defence Secretary condemns terrorism; favours Kashmir dialogue
No attempt to "contain" China
Islamic terrorism on the rise across Asia
- Fact Of Life (Business Line, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2005)
Facts of their lives, rather than ideologies, decide how people vote. Its resounding victory in the by-election to the Lok Sabha constituency has actually little to do with the ideology of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- No Compromise With Terror, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2005)
Emphasis on a humane police force
Police mission to give a sense of purpose to be set up "Police should enjoy the respect and the trust of the common citizens" "No group or organisation can be allowed to take the law of the land in their own hands . . .
- Flextronics To Set Up Unit In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
U.S. firms signs MoU with State Government to establish a $100 million facility
- The Monsoon — Still Unpredictable (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- 'India Needs More Reforms To Attract Foreign Investment' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Global consultants Mckinsey has said that “solid foundation'' has now been put in place in India to push the economic growth to 8-10 per cent but felt more reforms were needed to attract foreign investment.
- Lee For Better Investment Climate In India (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Russia-Eu Ties — A Time Of Change (Hindu, Nikolai Kaveshnikov, Oct 07, 2005)
The Europeans have accepted in principle the Russians' initiative to replace the 1994 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
- Sanctity Of Ramazan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 07, 2005)
President Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has urged the Pakistani people to observe sanctity of the Holy month of Ramazan by moulding their conduct in accordance with the teachings of Islam. In felicitation messages on the advent of the . . .
- India Asks Firms To Import 2 Lakh Tonne More Lpg (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
India has ordered state-run oil firms to import 2,00,000 tonne more of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) immediately to cope with a cooking gas shortfall.
- Impact On India (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, Oct 07, 2005)
Unless India corrects its oil pricing anomalies, it cannot really hope for a sustained rate of economic growth
- No Reason For Iran To Be Angry With India (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 07, 2005)
After the first bitter outburst over the Indian vote on the European Union resolution on its nuclear programme Iran has moderated it attitude on economic and commercial contacts with India.
- Giving A Voice To Women (Daily Excelsior, Meenakshi Sundaram, Oct 07, 2005)
It was not just an off-the-cuff remark when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the just-concluded monsoon session of Parliament as "historic"
- Teachers As Role Models (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 07, 2005)
The world teachers’ day that was observed on October 5 helped focus attention on the status of teachers. Marked since 1994, this day has been promoted by Unesco to “recognize the essential role of teachers in educational advancement and the importance ...
- Undying Spirit (Deccan Herald, A N SURYANARAYANAN, Oct 07, 2005)
The words of an uneducated but loving father proved prophetic in hindsight
- Climate Change And Storms (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
On one side are those who openly blame the Bush administration for hurricanes Rita and Katrina:
- What's The Value Of Friendship? (Hindu, Lucy Rock, Oct 07, 2005)
Philosphers and poets have long pondered the importance of friendship: Euripides thought "a loyal friend worth 10,000 relatives," while Ringo got by with a little help from his.
- In Need Of A Better System (Greater Kashmir, DR. RAM CHANDER SHARMA, Oct 07, 2005)
Some hard steps are to be taken to bring a derailed system back on rails in Jammu and Kashmir, suggests
DR. RAM CHANDER SHARMA
- Who Funds Indian Industry, Why It Matters (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Oct 07, 2005)
In an analysis of the ownership structure of Indian firms, the author finds that promoters have been making hay with India's substantial corporate assets while their own financial contributions amount to less than 2 per cent, on average, of a company's...
- Bimstec High On Energy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 07, 2005)
On the face of it, good work is being done on the BIMSTEC front (comprising Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan) . . .
- A Virtual University (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2005)
Good idea that must be made to work
- World Bank To Lend Indian Water Related Projects Us$4 Billion In The Next Four Years (India Daily, Praful Maity, Oct 07, 2005)
According to media sources, the World Bank on Wednesday announced its decision to step up by five times, its lending for water related projects to US$4 billion in the next four years.
- In The Interest Of Filling Corporate Coffers (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Oct 07, 2005)
Market interest rates determine the extent to which existing investment opportunity will be utilised.
- Younger Brides (Business Line, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2005)
The legal definition of ‘consent’ is not the same as its semantic significance. That is assumed the moment an ‘age of consent’ is fixed.
- Indian Foreign Tourist Arrivals Up 11.4 Pct In Sept (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Foreign tourist arrivals in India rose 11.4 percent in September from a year earlier, as the country's tourism industry booms amid a strong economy and growth in business and leisure travel.
- Pakistan Has Invited Russia To Join The Multi-Billion Dollar India-Pakistan-Iran (Ipi) Gas Pipeline Project (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Oct 07, 2005)
Russian Gas pipeline experts and technologiests have something to smile.
- Mou On Mysore Airport (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
The project is expected to be completed in two years time once the land is handed over to the AAI by the State government.
- Naxalites Evading Political Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2005)
The new anti-Naxalite strategy shaping up in South Block calls for urgent public scrutiny if it is not to boomerang. We had a conclave of concerned chief ministers on the subject.
- Flextronics Plans Plant In Chennai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Flextronics USA, a Fortune 500 company which produces electronic products for leading brands, on Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Tamil Nadu for the setting up of a US$100 million (about Rs 430 crore) manufacturing....
- Call For Expanding Intra-Asian Trade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Major role seen for financial institutions such as Exim Bank and ADB
- Union: A Most Potent Social Insurance (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 07, 2005)
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing union in North America, with 1.8 million members, according to www.seiu.org.
- Ias Forever? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 07, 2005)
Every section of opinion in the country has looked askance at the Indian Administrative Service, the successor to the "heaven-born" Indian Civil Service (which Jawaharlal Nehru once castigated as being neither Indian, nor civil nor service!),
- Exchange Rate Mechanism — A New Talking Point At The Wto (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Oct 07, 2005)
Economists in the US in the past year or two have been stressing the imperative need for a significant depreciation of the US dollar against the other major currencies of the world.
- A Brief History Of Development Economics (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 07, 2005)
An economist's answer to the question `how to promote growth' has substantially changed over time.
- A Strategic Energy Move By India - India's Ongc Videsh Ltd And Kazakhstan's Kazmunaigaz Will Jointly Develop Oil And Gas Properties In The Caspian Sea Region (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
India's ONGC Videsh Ltd and Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz will jointly develop oil and gas properties in the Caspian sea region, Kazakhstan's Energy Minister V Shkolnik said on Tuesday.
- Tata Tele And Reliance Info Offer Inter-Connectivity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Tata Indicom and Reliance Infocomm have jointly announced that the connectivity between the two services had been established.
- The Value Of Share Buybacks (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 06, 2005)
In most cases, buybacks create value because they help improve tax efficiency and prevent managers from investing in the wrong assets or pursuing unwise acquisitions.
- India's Vote On Iran At Iaea — National Interest Versus Foreign Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 06, 2005)
An important factor underlying the position that New Delhi took on Iran at the IAEA was its desire to see international nuclear sanctions that India has endured for nearly three decades end as soon as possible.
- Nobel Chemistry For French, American Scientists (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
France’s Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H Grubbs and Richard R Schrock won the 2005 Nobel prize in chemistry today, for their work to reduce hazardous waste in forming new chemicals.
- Tatas To Set Up 3,000-Mw Unit In Jharkhand (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Rs 12,000-cr pact signed with state.
- India Will Maintain A 7% Growth Rate In 2006 In Spite Problems With Deficit And High Oil Price : S&p (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
International rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) on Tuesday said India would maintain a seven per cent GDP growth rate. . .
- Eu Elites Cannot Ignore Peoples' Views (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Oct 06, 2005)
Opening the door to Turkey was right, but EU expansion is bound to fail if the dreamers ignore the majority.
- Spv For Financing Infrastructure To Be In Place By November (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The objective is to disburse Rs. 10,000 cr. for various projects this year
- Tata Power Signs Mou With Jharkhand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Tata Power Company has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Jharkhand Government for evaluating the setting up of power plants at various sites in the State, with captive coal-mining facilities and aggregating a capacity of 3,00
- Sebi Bars Digital Stocks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has prohibited the Ferozepur-based Digital Stocks and Ganpati Finsec Pvt Ltd from the securities market for allegedly defrauding small investors.
- Pvr Limited Files Draft Prospectus With Sebi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
PVR Limited has filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to enter the capital market with an initial public offering of 7.7 million equity shares of Rs. 10 each for cash at a price to be determined . . .
- Centre For Integrated Progress In 13 Naxal- Affected Areas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Home Minister Shivraj Patil said urgent economic development of the affected areas is needed to wipe off the menace of Naxalites.
- Wrath Of The Pushtoons (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 06, 2005)
In desolate semiautonomous tribal areas in the north, Pakistanis are paying the price for the American peace.
- Too Important To Be Left To Political Compulsions (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Oct 06, 2005)
Adherence to good corporate governance principles will make the public sector stronger, say Kshama V. Kaushik and Kaushik Dutta
- Icici Bank Plans Public Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
ICICI Bank is planning to enter the capital market with further issue of equity capital. A decision in this regard would be taken by its board on October 13.
- ‘We Need To Project A Correct Image Of The Army’ (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Oct 06, 2005)
Rifles are being oiled, roads painted, boots shined. An old boy has turned 225. It’s celebration time at the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) which will today play host to more than 10,000 serving and retired officers, including three British officers, . . .
- Sappers Plan To Celebrate 225 In Style (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The crowd that assembled at Ulsoor lake had a glimpse of the adventures of the Madras Engineering Group as it held a full dress rehearsal.
- Bjp Blames Upa For Lpg Shortage (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The BJP on Thursday blamed the UPA government for the current LPG "shortage", saying the Centre's refusal to share subsidy burden with oil companies has forced them to cut kitchen gas supply.
- Govt Outlines Twin Pronged Approach To End Naxal Menace (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday unveiled a two-pronged approach of economic development and firm policing, in order to wipe out the Naxalite menace.
- Indian Foreign Tourist Arrivals Up 11.4 Pct In Sept (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Foreign tourist arrivals in India rose 11.4 percent in September from a year earlier, as the country's tourism industry booms amid a strong economy and growth in business and leisure travel.
- Tata Power To Set Up Greenfield Projects (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Tata Power Company (TPC) today signed an agreement with the Jharkhand government for setting up Greenfield coal-based mega power projects at different places in the state, with a total capacity of 3,000 mw at a cost of about Rs 13,500 crore.
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