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Articles 24021 through 24120 of 35809:
- Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Upendra Sinha, Oct 04, 2005)
Global warming is shrinking glaciers the world over. In the Himalayas, which hold the largest ice reserves after the polar ice caps, the rate of melting is the fastest
- Why India Needs Iranian Gas (Business Line, S. Narayan, Oct 04, 2005)
New Delhi backing Brussels in the IAEA vote against Teheran could jeopardise the supply of gas by Iran to India. This India can ill afford because the gas would come at a very good price that New Delhi may not get elsewhere.
- Why Small Banks Are Still Not Passé (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Oct 04, 2005)
Consolidation is the hot issue in Indian banking now.
- Voice Of The Customer (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Oct 04, 2005)
September marks India's traditional busy season for launching new products and variants, as already seen in cars and motor-cycles and personal products.
- Chinese Textile Exports — Threat Versus Opportunity For Eu (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 04, 2005)
JANUARY 1, 2005 saw the dawn of a new era in the textile export sector, with the expiry of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the abolition of all quotas. It heralded unrestricted access to the European, American and Canadian markets for all World
- India Inc Sales To Outpace Profit In Q2 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
Corporate performance during the quarter ended September is likely to be mixed with sales turnover growing at a higher pace than net profit. The new profit growth is likely to slow down marginally compared with that of the quarter ended June this . . .
- Icici Jacks Up Nre Deposit Rates (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
ICICI Bank today raised interest rates on deposits by non-resident Indians by 13 to 52 basis points (bps).
- Between Friendships (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 04, 2005)
The IAEA vote on Iran was a signal that India was ready to shrug off Cold War loyalties in favour of self-interest, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Documenting The Saffron Journey (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 04, 2005)
Analysis of the BJP as the major architect of Hindutva politics and ideology since its founding in 1980
- The Global Economy Today (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Oct 04, 2005)
This U.N. publication covers the performance and prospects of the global economy during the first few years of this century
- How Not To Win The War On Terror (Dawn, Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, Oct 04, 2005)
Iraqi and coalition forces tracked down and killed Abu Azzam, the second-most-wanted Al Qaeda leader in Iraq.
- Institutionalising Ijtehad (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 04, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underlined the need for rethinking and Ijtihad and called for political, economic and social reforms to build and consolidate a system capable of ensuring harmony and tranquillity in the Muslim societies.
- Pioneering Study Conquers A Disease (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
Thanks to the discovery, peptic ulcer can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics
- Perspectives From Frankfurt — Global Auto Industry In Introspection Mode (Business Line, V. Sumantran , Oct 04, 2005)
While the Frankfurt Auto Show had its share of style, glamour and concepts, the palpable feeling was one of uncertainty and soul-searching, says V. Sumantran.
- Growing Well (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 04, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India expected real gross domestic product growth to be around 7 per cent in 2005-06.
- Is Outsourcing The Cause Of Job Loss In The Us? (Business Line, Deepak K. Srivastava, Oct 04, 2005)
The fear that outsourcing to India will eat into wages and result in huge lay-offs in the US is unwarranted. Stopping outsourcing is not the solution for job losses in the US.
- India's Monsoon Rains Normal In Four-Month Season (Reuters, Hari Ramachandran, Oct 04, 2005)
India's monsoon rains, crucial for the economy, were normal in the four-month season ended in September raising prospects of a good crop and farm growth, weather officials and traders said on Tuesday.
- Bali’S Chill Factor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2005)
Three years can dull the memory of holiday-makers. The horror of the 2002 attacks had evidently lost their power to intimidate those looking for a holiday break in an island paradise.
- Maruti Ups Car Prices (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL), on Monday, announced an increase in the range of 0.2 and 1 per cent in prices of all its models except Swift.
- For Real Trade Justice (Hindu, Peter Mandelson, Oct 04, 2005)
Europe's export subsidies have to end, but don't forget they also provide benefits for developing countries.
- An Unrealistic Prescription (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 04, 2005)
The report of the task force on essential drugs, headed by Proneb Sen, has dealt with major issues relating to the regulatory and price control mechanisms.
- Viewing Health As An Inalienable Right (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 04, 2005)
The idea of a right to health should foreground policy debates on health care.
- Encroaching On Individual Freedoms (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 04, 2005)
It is inexplicable that Chennai seeks to position itself as a gateway city of the future but, at the same time, wants to clamp down on even a hint of cosmopolitanism.
- Economy On Song, But... (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 03, 2005)
The Economy has started the financial year rather well, with a sterling first quarter performance.
- Economy To Grow By 7.3 Percent: Cii (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
India's economy will expand by a robust 7.3 percent in the current fiscal on the back of strong prospects of farm production and buoyant industrial and services sector performance, said a study report on Sunday.
- 10,000 Uk Jobs To India If Tax Increases (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
One of Britain's biggest services providers threatened on Friday to move jobs to India if the UK government pushed ahead with a plan to impose tax on insurance services from next year.
- Investment Limit For Ssi Units To Be Raised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The government is planning to raise the investment limit for drug and pharma units to qualify as a small scale unit to Rs five crore from Rs one crore.
- 3 Al Qaeda-Linked Suicide Bombers Behind Bali Blast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The blasts were carried out by three suicide bombers and bore the hallmarks of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network.
- Saving Science (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2005)
The first “India Science Report” commissioned by the Indian National Science Academy has served to underline several disturbing truths known to the scientific community for some time now.
- Intimidation As Currency (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 03, 2005)
The current war of words makes one nostalgic for some old-style quiet diplomacy, from the uncivilised show now.
- Enriching Is The Best Anti-Poverty Strategy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 03, 2005)
Such slogans as Garibi Hatao may win votes, but only Amiri Banao can bring prosperity to people — poverty alleviation produces a blinkered view as it concentrates attention on the poor to the exclusion of others.
- World's Top Steel Maker – Mittal Steel , Expects Shortly To Sign A Deal To Build A Large Plant In India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Mittal Steel Co, the world's top steel maker, expects shortly to sign a deal to build a large plant in India,
- Whither The Japanese Way Of Business? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 03, 2005)
Sony's attempt to fix its problems by laying off workers goes against the grain of the Japanese management way. This is a culture that stresses the family approach to employees in the company and the mutual sense of responsibility between the company and
- Looking Beyond That 8 Per Cent (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 03, 2005)
The non-farming sectors have come of age and, going by the adage `the morning shows the day', this has important implications for the future.
- `Let The Subsidy Mechanism Be Transparent, Consistent' — Mr Subir Raha, Cmd, Ongc (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Oct 03, 2005)
Mr Subir Raha, Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), one of India's largest corporates, has been in the news. Stressing on operational autonomy for public sector undertakings (PSUs), . . .
- World Economic Outlook, September 2005 — `The Days Of Easy Money Are Over' (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 03, 2005)
April and September are the months when Finance Ministers and central bank Governors gather in Washington or some other location to attend the semi-annual Fund-Bank meetings.
- Knowledge Pentagon (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 03, 2005)
While the US has only a brick and mortar Pentagon, India is going to have a Knowledge Pentagon to "rejuvenate and innovate our knowledge institutions" The architect of the Pentagon will be the Knowledge Commission,
- Udaipur’S Lakes Of Corruption (Indian Express, Jagat S Mehta, Oct 03, 2005)
In April this year, the Express broke a story on how Udaipur’s lakes were being put up for sale.
- A Sagging Magic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 03, 2005)
The India Science Report, released by the prime minister, should come as a wake-up call for Indian science.
- Let's Bring Change In Agriculture: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has appealed to corporates to take interest in the agricultural sector and suggest a framework for its reform and growth.
- Ensuring India’S Competitiveness In Offshoring (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
To maintain its competitive edge in the outsourcing market, India needs to focus on issues like education, infrastructure development and higher value-added IT services, write Diana Farrell, Noshir Kaka and Sascha Sturze in The McKinsey Quarterly, . . .
- Terrorism Tarnishes Muslims' Image: Aziz (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Faults within Islamic societies include political and economic weaknesses: Premier
- Restoring The Balance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The global economy, according to the International Monetary Fund's recently released World Economic Outlook, presents a highly paradoxical picture.
- Sebi's Bold Initiatives To Tackle Rigging (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Oct 03, 2005)
The cause of genuine investors will be served only if the proven manipulators are punished
Manipulation can happen any time but is easier when there is all round euphoria.
- Post-Poll Deadlock In Germany (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 03, 2005)
One invariably thinks of Germany as a country of clever, industrious people, great classical composers and manufacturers of the world’s finest motor cars.
- Tata For Steel Plant In Maoist-Infested Bastar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Tata Steel, India's largest private steel producer, is ready to set up a steel plant in Chhattisgarh's extremist-infested Bastar region.
- Reduce Electricity Tariff For Railways, Velu Tells State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Further electrification will depend on AIADMK Government's response
- Grow Trees On Private Wastelands" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Oct 03, 2005)
It will help in enhancing the income of farmers and producing biomass, says NAC
Include wasteland development in NREG scheme
Provide networking to institutes to develop alternative species
- Iaea’S Partisanship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2005)
As every year, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s conference in Vienna has chosen not to censure Israel.
- Why Indian Security Forces Failed To Provide Security For Remote Bastar Region Chhattisgarh Residents Against Maoists Rebels? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Oct 03, 2005)
There are approximately 9500 Maoist rebels that are causing havoc in remote rural areas of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
- The Crisis Of State Government Debt (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Oct 03, 2005)
The Central Government has taken it upon itself to extend the terms of reference of Twelfth Finance Commissions to cover issues of fiscal sustainability of State Governments.
- China To Spread Growth Benefits (Tribune, Edward Cody, Oct 03, 2005)
The ruling Communist Party vowed on Friday to spread the benefits of economic growth more fairly among all levels of Chinese society, seeking particularly to close the yawning income gap between farmers and city dwellers.
- The Awful Mess In Ukraine (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Oct 03, 2005)
Only nine months ago, Ukraine appeared headed for a brilliant democratic future. The ‘Orange Revolution’, a popular, democratic national uprising, had overthrown the old communist regime, with its corrupt, pro-Russian politicians, crooked business cronies
- Growth Gains Momentum (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2005)
When Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced in New York last week that a 9 per cent growth rate was possible for India, few took notice and most just laughed it off.
- An Asian Cold War? (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 03, 2005)
Writing in this space nearly five years ago, one had wondered as to how far a more assertive Bush era would disturb the fragile balance between containment and a constructive engagement that remained the hallmark of Clinton’s China policy.
- The Man Who "Determined The Ethos Of An Era" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The story of this manuscript is as fascinating as the life it chronicles. Written in 1939, lost in 1949 and discovered in 1989, K. Sundararaghavan's biography of `Hindu' S. Kasturiranga Iyengar was a piece of history 66 years . . .
- Need For Creative Diplomacy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2005)
IT was comforting to hear from Jack Straw that military action against Iran is not “on the agenda” of Britain or the US, and that war is “inconceivable” — though this was still not as unequivocal as some would have wanted, and did not address the .....
- India's Annual Cpi Slows To 3.45 Pc In August (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
India's annual consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.45 percent in August, slowing from 4.06 percent in July mainly due to a dip in some food prices, an official said on Friday.
- India Grows 8.1 Pct In Apr-June, Outlook Strong (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Oct 02, 2005)
India's economy expanded an annual 8.1 percent in April-June, its fastest pace in more than a year, prompting some analysts to say they would raise full-year growth forecasts.
- Bio-Fuel To Meet 10 Pc Of Petro Requirement By 2012 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
India's proposed National Bio-fuel Policy was aimed at meeting 10 per cent of petroleum requirement from bio-fuel by 2012 and one of the objectives of the policy was the formation of the National Bio-fuel Development Board.
- "India Faces A Turbulent Water Future" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 02, 2005)
World Bank critical of the governance
Will finance projects that couple high-return investment with reform processes
Makes a strong case for construction of mega-dams
Says storage capacity is very poor
- Women Shgs Must Be Apolitical: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
`If they must, they should support the Centre from where they get bulk of their funds'
Jayalalithaa's opposition to the Sethusamudram project a "betrayal" of Tamil Nadu's interests
- Indo-Iran Ties (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Oct 02, 2005)
The relations between India and Iran came into sharp focus when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with US President George W Bush on the margin of UN General Assembly in New York on September 13.
- Oil Price Increase Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 02, 2005)
With Friday’s oil price hike, the price of petrol is 39 per cent higher than in January 2005, while that of diesel is 42 per cent higher.
- South Asia: Greater Scope For Regional Cooperation (Tribune, Parmjit Kaur Gill, Oct 02, 2005)
THE emergence of regionalism and regionalisation in Europe paved the way for regional cooperation in other parts of the world.
- The Spectacle Of Making Slides Of Spirituality (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 02, 2005)
Subjecting abstract knowledge to practical treatment is to make a mockery of it and this precisely is how he did it. You can’t ‘teach’ spirituality the way you teach science and technology,
- L&t Draws Up 10-Year Plan For Coimbatore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
L&T Demag Plastics expands capacity; company bets on exports of machinery
Mulls production base for marine structures Damra port project moving ahead Concern over attrition rate in engineering industry
- Putting Disaster (Daily Excelsior, Kuldeep Singh Chatwal, Oct 02, 2005)
Tsunami catastrophe last December, unprecedented floods in Mumbai, Gujarat and several other parts of the country, which have taken a heavy toll of human lives,
- India Heading For A Major Energy Crisis: Pachauri (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 02, 2005)
With the international crude oil prices hovering around $ 65 per barrel and the oil import bill set for a jump of over Rs 55,000 crore, to reach over Rs 1,75,000 crore this year, India is heading for a major energy crisis.
- Two-Wheeler Sales Ride Economic Boom (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Reflecting the strong growth of the economy in the first quarter, the two-wheeler industry recorded double digit increase in sales during the first six-months of the current fiscal.
- On Strangeness In Indian Writing (Hindu, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Oct 02, 2005)
For 20 long years, influenced by Said and post-colonial theory, the aesthetics of estrangement has been confused with the politics of representation. It is time to restore the stranger's innocence.
- The Other Great War (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Oct 02, 2005)
In After Kurukshetra, Mahasweta Devi speaks once again of women from a woman's point of view.
- Gold On Firm Trend Ahead Of Festive Season (Hindu, Ramnath Subbu, Oct 02, 2005)
Weak dollar and dearer oil cause prices to stay high; purchases from Middle East push up market
- Crushing Rise In Pol Prices (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 02, 2005)
Prices of motor gasoline, HOBC, light diesel and kerosene oil have been raised from 7 to 12 per cent. According to an announcement by the OIL Committee Advisory Committee’s subcommittee, prices of petrol have been increased by Rs 3.68 to Rs 56.29 per lit.
- Why India Voted Against Iran (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Oct 02, 2005)
India voting on the side of the Americans and the Europeans against Iran at the September 24 IAEA board meeting in Vienna was bound to enrage the Iranians.
- Trading Plunges Post Sebi Crackdown (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
The unprecedented crackdown by SEBI on eleven brokers in the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) has severely impacted the city bourse with the trading volume dipping drastically to a bare Rs 58.35 lakh on Friday against the daily average turnover of. . .
- Rs. 10,000 Cr. For Irrigation Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
YSR asks entrepreneurs to invest in food processing sector
Expenditure likely to overshoot estimates in 2005-06
Huge cultivation of pongamia in Mahabubnagar
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University to set up a horticulture college
- "Advantage T.N. Only If Infrastructure Is Improved" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Maran for elevated highway to decongest Anna Salai
- Sakhalin-I Starts Oil, Gas Production (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
ONGC Videsh Ltd has 20 p.c. stake in the oilfields
Oil production to rise to 50,000 barrels a day by April 2006 and hit peak level of 250,000 bpd by 2006 end
Total investment in full development of the fields estimated at more than $12 billion
- Curbing Drug Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 02, 2005)
The news that the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered 75 kilos of heroin from 20 foreign drug traffickers in just about two weeks in Peshawar underlines the seriousness of the problem.
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