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Articles 24421 through 24520 of 35809:
- Sebi Plans To Allow Short Selling Of Shares (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
Proposal to ease restrictions on derivatives trading
- ``India An Excellent Role Model'' (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 23, 2005)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister reiterates his commitment to stronger bilateral economic ties
- What’S In A Name? -I (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
It’s always been a name game after World War II. Bigger powers had to have some sweet names for smaller nations to colonize them once again.
- Urbanisation Woes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
Chennai’s growth is affecting periphery
- Tata Steel, L&t Clear The Air Over Dhamra Port (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
Faced with opposition from wildlife lovers and environmentalists to the proposed all-weather port at Dhamra, the promoters of Dhamra Port Company Ltd (DPCL) on Thursday sought to clear the air saying the project would be environment-friendly.
- Good Treatment Comes Cheap Too (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
If you fear the hefty bills of corporate hospitals or the quality of treatment in government-run ones, here is an alternative.
- Sebi Looks At Allowing Short Selling Of Stocks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
India is planning to ease restrictions on derivatives trading, and is considering allowing investors to sell shares short, the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), M Damodaran said.
- Fresh Proposal For Chennai-Cuddalore Railway Line Along East Coast Road (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Sep 22, 2005)
If cleared, a line will be laid through Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry
- Centre Plans Spv For Funding Roads, Ports (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
India will unveil details next month of a new funding entity tasked with raising more than $2 billion in bonds to help finance infrastructure projects, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Wednesday.
- Rs 16,000 Cr To Be Pumped Into Mrpl (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
ONGC is also looking at an LNG complex and a petrochemical plant at Mangalore.
- Ongc Unveils Mega Plans To Become 2nd Largest Oil Refinery (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), India's largest oil producer, on Wednesday unveiled mega plans to become the country's second largest oil refiner, ....
- Ongc To Build Refineries In Mangalore, Kakinada And Barmer (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to build a 15 million tonne refinery at Mangalore and a refinery each at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and Barmer in Rajasthjan.
- The Stock Surge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2005)
A FEW weeks ago Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had observed that he would start worrying when the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex crossed the 8,000-mark. Last week,
- Extreme Networks Sets Up Centre In Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Extreme Networks, a US-based provider of telecom networking solutions, has set up a software development centre in Chennai which will focus on the converged networking solutions.
- Uplinking: Time Running Out For News Channels (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday said Indian news channels with foreign investment would not be given more time to conform to the uplinking guidelines for news and current affairs television channels.
- Firecracker Hazards (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 22, 2005)
The government’s failure implementing the ban on firecrackers during Shab-i-Barat celebrations resulted in numerous injuries across the country, including 75 in Gujranwala.
- Domestic Airfares May Go Up (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Sep 22, 2005)
Fuel prices are increasing and profit margins thinning
International airlines have imposed fuel surcharge
Prices of ATF touch Rs. 36,000 a kilolitre
Fuel price accounts for nearly 30 per cent of the operational cost of the domestic airlines
- Is The Left Right? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Sep 22, 2005)
Given the economic prospects, it’s better to dispose off profit-making PSUs before they stop making profits
- The Way Forward (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
The six country talks have brought North Korea back to the Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Ses’ Steps Stem Runaway Rally In Small Stocks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
A series of measures taken by the stock exchanges (SEs) on the explicit direction from Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
- India Needs Further Reform To Maintain Growth: Imf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Observing that India is "basking in the glow" of domestic business confidence, the IMF today said the country has been growing strongly but needs further reform to maintain or even accelerate the growth.
- India To Power World Economy (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
India's booming but relatively closed economy could have a profound impact on the world economy at large if progress in boosting regional and global trade links continues apace, the IMF said on Wednesday.
- India Top Gainer In Asia (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
The superfast Sensex — which hit the 8,500-level on Tuesday — is leading the race in global stock market growth this year beating US and UK markets in the process, but Pakistan is keeping pace alongside.
- Don’T Take Al Quds From Us (Greater Kashmir, HAMID NILNAGI, Sep 22, 2005)
The speculations have come to an end which had arisen due to formal meeting of foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel at Istanbul, Turkey.
- Hot Seat Saga (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Ibobi still has turbulence to ride
- Games Nations Play (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Sep 22, 2005)
Surely Indira Gandhi would not have reacted in the way political party leaders have done to the ‘‘Mitrokhin Archives’’.
- Unsettled, Not Unstable (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
DR Manmohan Singh’s government is not unstable. But it is unsettled. After the six-year stretch of Atal Behari Vajpayee’s NDA, it is not possible for a central government to be unstable anymore. Power in Delhi is now an equation in arithmetic.
- No Alternative To Democracy (Dawn, Adeela Zubair, Sep 22, 2005)
Allah Buksh while taking sips of hot tea at a dhaba is watching a television talk show on a local private channel.
- Court Rejects Niyogi Wife's Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Awards life sentence to hired killer Paltan Mallah and confirms the acquittal of others.
Questions acquittals; alleges wider conspiracy
"Industrialist's name not included in charge sheet"
"An international conspiracy hatched to eliminate my husband"
- Tall Task Of Poverty Reduction (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 22, 2005)
Pakistan will have to maintain a sustained overall economic growth level of 8 to 9 per cent to achieve success in meaningful poverty reduction in the country.
- Pace Of Business Reforms (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 22, 2005)
The Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Dr Ishrat Husain is candid in admitting that unemployment and inflation are two key problems which the country confronts.
- Un: Is The Tide Turning? (Dawn, A.B. Shahid, Sep 22, 2005)
The 60th meeting of the UN General Assembly currently underway in New York, is unique in one way; it is the largest ever congregation of kings, presidents and heads of government
- An Emerging Institution (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Sep 22, 2005)
Dayananda Sagar group of institutions challenges the student's ability to research things by themselves.
- Uncertainty Hangs Over Bcci Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Courtroom battles again and Sharad Pawar awaits Madras High Court order
- Sebi, Bourses Clamp Down On Market (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday tightened its surveillance measures by asking BSE and NSE for trading data of both the cash and derivatives segments.
- Bangladeshi Fishermen Rescued From Indian Waters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Thirteen Bangladeshi fishermen, who accidentally entered Indian waters after being hit by a tidal wave three days ago, were rescued in critical condition on Wednesday.
- German Divisions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
THE hung verdict of Germany's 16th general election has thrown up some questions and given some lessons.
- Nuclear Doctrines (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 22, 2005)
On July 8, 1996, the World Court ruled that countries possessing nuclear weapons have not just a “need” but an “obligation” to commence negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament.
- Ensuring Equal Rights To All Dalits (Hindu, Archbishop A.M. Chinnappa, Sep 22, 2005)
The failure to extend reservation to Dalit Christians, despite resolutions and promises, means dividing the most oppressed on the basis of religion. It means ignoring caste and economic backwardness as the determining criteria.
- India, Russia, China Foreign Ministers To Work Together On Iran Issue (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 22, 2005)
The Foreign Ministers of India, China and Russia, who held their annual trilateral meeting today at the Chinese Permanent Mission in New York, decided to work together on the issue of Iran.
- Heeding The Cautionary Signals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2005)
Until Wednesday morning it seemed that the Indian stock markets would continue their inexorable march upwards, taking the benchmark stock indices, the Sensex and the Nifty, to record levels.
- Cut Imposts On Fuel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
States should give up extra tax revenue
- Cbse Spells Reforms For Class X & Xii Exams (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
From revision in the pattern of question papers to implementing the grading system, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced wide ranging changes in the examination system.
- The Nuclear Doctrine — For Ensuring Global Strategic Stability (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 22, 2005)
A stable multipolar world order is feasible only when there is a strategic balance of power within the Asia-Pacific region. Especially in the context of the bogey raised in the West, of India and Pakistan being in a nuclear race, New Delhi has to ....
- Nbfcs On The Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2005)
The desision of the Shriram Group to access private equity capital from overseas,
- The Impairment Pair (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 22, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi discusses US' Standard on the impairment of long-lived assets
- There Are Local Variations To Fraud (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Sep 22, 2005)
Can accounting standards and international best practices minimise malpractices, asks K. Srinivasan
- A Bitter-Sweet Season Ahead (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 22, 2005)
While the fall in sugar production in 2003-04 and 2004-05 has led to a stabilisation in prices, it has aggravated the industry's infirmities.
- U.S. Brushes Off N. Korean Demand (Hindu, Steven R. Weisman, Sep 22, 2005)
"Pyongyang's stance will not derail accord"
- Forebodings On Board (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Sep 22, 2005)
The proposal of the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shakar Iyer, to appoint politicians as independent directors on the boards of public sector oil units would take away in one stroke whatever corporate governance these units had hitherto achieved.
- Rss' Blue-Eyed Boy, Now A Bad Boy (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 22, 2005)
How times change? Within the Sangh Parivar, Atal Behari Vajapyee was always considered an outsider while LK Advani one of their own and projected among the RSS adherents as an ideal swaymsewak.
- India Key Engine Of World Economy In Next Decade: Imf (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Revising India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate forecast by half a percentage point to 7.1% for 2005,
- Rural Employment Scheme Needs New Mindset (Tribune, L. K. Singhvi, Sep 22, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Act passed by Parliament is indeed a historic and momentous legislation. It is bold in its commitment to reach every rural household and provide at least 100 days of employment to one family member in a year.
- World Bank Critical Of India's Labour Laws, Gender Equity (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
The World Bank has praised India for its rapid economic growth but was critical of the country's labour laws, caste system, gender equity and imperfections in capital market that were widening inequality.
- Chinese Glasnost (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Can any country hold death toll in its natural disasters a secret even if they are of massive magnitude? Yes, if its name is China. The country had passed a regulation in 2000 defining the number of casualties in natural calamities "a state secret".
- Ub To Complete Swc Merger By October (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
The group sets sights on acquisition of overseas cos
- Madrasa Mishmash (Indian Express, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 22, 2005)
Masquerades as culture and tradition
- Wild Swings In Equities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Exchanges tighten price band mechanism
- India And Bangladesh Disagree On Teesta Water And Construction Of Tipaimukh Dam – Source Of Another Round Of Confrontation? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Sep 22, 2005)
There are possibilities of another outbreak of border clashes between India and Bangladesh.
- Sebi Looks At Allowing Short Selling Of Stocks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is planning to ease restrictions on derivatives trading, and is considering allowing investors to sell shares short, the chairman of India's securities regulator said on Wednesday.
- Globalisation Needs Balance Of Global Social Action — Clinton (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2005)
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, was recently interviewed at his home in Chappaqua, New York State, for Global Viewpoint byEuripedes Alcantara, editor ofVeja. On September 15, Mr. Clinton convened the first meeting of the Clinton Globa
- Outrageous" Oil Prices Burden India's Economy: Chidambaram (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
"Outrageous" international oil prices are burdening India's budget as the nation struggles to protect its booming economy, the country's Finance Minister said on Wednesday.
- Reliance Salivates On Margins (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Oil refining has entered a new era of high margins and operating rates which is here for the long term, Indian refiner Reliance Industries said on Tuesday.
- The Last Time I Saw Sir M V (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, Sep 21, 2005)
D V Gundappa, the famous litterateur, once recalled the occasion when he had to fall out with the then Dewan Sir Mirza Ismail when the Dewan ordered the shifting of a Ganesha idol into safe custody consequent to a communal disturbance.
- Sbi's Finance Scheme For Ashok Leyland Vehicles (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
The State Bank of India and Ashok Leyland on Tuesday launched a scheme to finance the entire range of commercial vehicles of AL.
- A Mobile Phone That Works On Penlight Cells (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Sep 21, 2005)
It is likely to be the cheapest phone of its type
- The Last Time I Saw Sir M V (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, Sep 21, 2005)
D V Gundappa, the famous litterateur, once recalled the occasion when he had to fall out with the then Dewan Sir Mirza Ismail when the Dewan ordered the shifting of a Ganesha idol into safe custody consequent to a communal disturbance.
- Bajaj Allianz's Bancassurance Tie-Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited has entered into a bancassurance tie-up with Bombay Mercantile Co-operative Bank,
- Not Enough Done For Farmers: M.S. Swaminathan (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 21, 2005)
Lack of investment in farm sector, a big challenge: Hanumantha Rao
In China interest rate for farm credit is zero per cent whereas in India it ranges between 10 and 16 per cent
A survey says that 40 per cent farmers would quit farming given the choice
- Ulfa Militants Holed Up In National Park (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 21, 2005)
Army lays siege; cuts off supply lines from 42 forest villages to the park The PCG has threatened to call off the peace initiative if the Centre did not restrain the security forces
- Plastic Waste To Be Used For Asphalting Roads (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Sep 21, 2005)
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to implement project this year with assistance from the World Bank
- Regulation Creates The Market (Deccan Herald, George Monbiot, Sep 21, 2005)
Corporations are ready to act on global warming but ministers resist regulation in the name of the market
- China, Japan, And A New Vision Of The U.N. (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 21, 2005)
Chinese President Hu Jintao has navigated his country's participation in the United Nations summit held in New York from September 14 to 16 in a clear fashion. Mr. Hu exposed the dangers of the United States' unilateralism and showed up the urgency ...
- People’S War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 21, 2005)
After the Naxalites and associated groups came into being in 1967 and started their people’s war, which came to a peak in the early 70s,
- Mob Mentality (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rakesh Behl, Sep 21, 2005)
One of my revered teachers once commented on the mob mentality--IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON ANY INTELLECT OR TALENT,
- Is The U.K. Government The Obstacle? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 21, 2005)
Corporations are ready to act on global warming but are thwarted by Ministers who resist regulation in the name of the market.
- Cotton Up, Oilseeds Down (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
One More Kharif season harvest is upon us. Crop estimates — both government and private
- Maharashtra Sugar Cane Farmers — Bitter Deal From Weather, Government (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 21, 2005)
Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra's Golden Triangle have been dealt a double whammy — by the floods that destroyed much of their crop and by the Government's disregard for their plight.
- India And China: On A `Global Move' (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Sep 21, 2005)
Observers of India and China in Western capitals are often perplexed by the current obsession about these two Asian nations growing share of world trade and expanding economic profiles, which at best are rated as "modest and steady".
- World Economy: Made In China? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Sep 21, 2005)
The importance of China for the global economy is reflected in many different spheres.
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