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Articles 25421 through 25520 of 35809:
- Fiscal Deficit Soars Over 50% Of Budget Estimate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The Central government’s fiscal deficit – net difference between income and expenditure, rose to Rs 77,480 crore which is more than 50 per cent of the budget estimate of Rs 1,51,144 crore for the entire 2005-06.
- Mother Nature Is Unhappy With Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
Over one thousand Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 500 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims were sent into panic by rumours of suicide bombers in their midst.
- India, China Global Economic Engines (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 02, 2005)
China and India have emerged as the new engines of world economic growth following their vigorous expansion and massive imports of oil and raw materials, said UNCATD on Thursday in its Trade and Development Report 2005.
- Govt To Revisit Auto Sector Tax Structure (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The government is inclined to take a re-look at the existing tax structure on automobile sector including cars, the Finance Minister P Chidambaram indicated here on Thursday.
- Dig, Dig, Dig (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2005)
Karachi hapless motorists and commuters are being made to suffer some torrid problems of late.
- 'State To Bear Cost Escalation Of Metro' (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Sep 02, 2005)
The PIB has even called for a more detailed examination of various alternatives with regard to available and proven technologies.
- Sonia’S Ordeal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
Over one thousand Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 500 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims were sent into panic by rumours of suicide bombers in their midst. Another 25 persons died ...
- India, Pakistan To Ink Agreement On Missiles (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The two sides agreed to meet between Oct 3 and 5 to review the peace process and initiate the third round of composite dialogue.
- State Of Relations With The Us (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 02, 2005)
Much has been written on the significance of Manmohan Singh’s July visit to the US and on the likely impact of the defence agreements signed in the context of Pakistan’s security environment.
- Understanding With India On New Cbms (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Thursday agreed to take bilateral ties forward and implement more confidence-building measures such as opening more bus routes between the two countries.
- Unending Sugar Crisis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of persistent rise in the prices of sugar in the open market,
- It Biggies Will Drive Growth’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Indian IT heavyweights continued to drive growth in the industry, with the top 20 players accounting for 53 per cent of the $28.5 billion revenues in 2004-05, according to a survey.
- Partial Response To Tn Transport Staff's Strike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The call given by seven state transport corporation employees’ unions for a 24-hour state-wide token strike from Tuesday midnight in protest against chief minister J Jayalalitha’s unilateral offer of a wage hike,
- Tata Says Close To Deal With Bluescope On India Jv (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The Tata Group said on Thursday it is nearing a deal with Australia's biggest steelmaker, Bluescope Steel Ltd., for a steel coating and painting joint venture in India.
- Livingstone Faces Probe (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 01, 2005)
London Mayor Ken Livingstone is to face disciplinary hearing over a long-running controversy about his allegedly offensive remarks to a tabloid journalist.
- Cause And Effect Of Inequality Syndrome (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 01, 2005)
India is on the path to sustained growth. But India’s poor are many and their incomes and consumption are not rising as fast as those of the rich. Our administrative apparatus and procedures have failed in delivering opportunities to them.
- A New Mother's Agony (Deccan Herald, Celia W Dugger, Sep 01, 2005)
Just as the painful ordeal of childbirth finally ended and Nesam Velankanni waited for a nurse to lay her squalling newborn on her chest, the maternity hospital’s ritual of extortion began.
- Pok Nationalists Highlight Human Rights Violation (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Sep 01, 2005)
Kashmiri nationalist freedom fighters, who have been forced to flee Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to sojourn in the West, get a chance every year to tell the world of oppressive,
- Communalism, Casteism Threat To Nation: Manmohan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Asserting that communalism, insurgency and violence would be dealt with firmly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means and dialogue.
- Mdmk Against Sub-Quota For Women (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Those who demand reservation for backward classes are opposed to reservation for women and are using this as a ruse to block the bill, says Vaiko.
- In Our Backyard (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
There have been quite a few significant developments that highlight the proximity of our country as a whole and this State in particular with the erstwhile Soviet Union.
- A Landscape That Need Be Loved And Taken Care Of -Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 01, 2005)
We need to join hands and save our beautiful environs from getting spoiled, writes M G Hassan Mukhtar writes on the people, water and architecture of Kashmir
- Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries’ Talks Today (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
India and Pakistan will review the progress of the second round of the Composite Dialogue process and chalk out the future course of the peace maneuvers during the two-day Foreign Secretary level talks beginning in Islamabad from Thursday.
- Mines Of Misery (Tribune, CP Bhambri, Sep 01, 2005)
IT is a shame that as many as 114 persons, including women and children, were working as “bonded labourers” in Charkhi Dadri subdivision of Bhiwani district, Haryana.
- Managing Wastelands (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 01, 2005)
Over the years, the forests have been over exploited in many a ways at all levels much for human greed than his needs result being rueful and dismal.
- In Shanghai Just Go With The Flow (Tribune, Denis Horgan, Sep 01, 2005)
For noise, for energy, for crowds, for bustle, for a 24-karat explosion of commerce and construction, Shanghai seems to be taking itself to a whole, unearthly new level of boomtown extravagance. The sense here — for native or visitor, packed together....
- Aiding The Growth Of A Nascent Industry (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Sep 01, 2005)
The Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology is trying to fuel the growth of the bio-industry through manpower, research and entrepreneurial initiatives.
- Army As Career (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2005)
Has the Army as a career lost its sheen? This is the question that has been bothering security experts for long. It is generally believed that with growing avenues of better monetary prospects young persons are turning away, to quote a senior official,
- Must States Rely On Sops? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2005)
It is hard to say if the 30 months of excise and income-tax concessions for new units located in certain industrially-backward States have led to flight of any significant amount of capital from the more advanced States,
- Fragmented Thinking (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 01, 2005)
Quarterly reporting for bean counters in companies is becoming as grinding as year-end reporting.
- 843 Die In Stampede (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed.
- It's Risky Not To Measure Risk (Business Line, Kuntal Sur, Sep 01, 2005)
Kuntal Sur on risk-adjusted performance measurement in banks
- Know More About Wto (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Three letters that many desi chartered accountants fear are WTO, because the bogey of foreign invasion frightens these professionals to no end that they fail to see anything beyond the confines of their own interest.
- Imf-World Bank Annual Meet: Will It Be Exciting Or A Damp Squib? (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 01, 2005)
At the IMF/World Bank annual meetings about a month away, the Finance Minister will have to tread carefully when such key issues as the world economic outlook, the nature and scope of IMF's surveillance, aid to poor countries, and the `strategic direction
- Constitutional Obligation (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto S J, Sep 01, 2005)
Colleges must be free to make admissions but they cannot say ‘no’ to the constitutional obligation of quotas
- Educomp To Partner With Tn Education Department (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Educomp Solutions Ltd (ESL) is looking forward to partner with Tamil Nadu education department to implement its digital education solutions in government run schools of the state.
- Intellectual Capital (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Sep 01, 2005)
The author is chancellor, North-eastern Hill University
- Law And Custom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2005)
Traditional societies have their unique ways of adapting to modern forms of government.
- Leagues Under The Sea (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Sep 01, 2005)
Notwithstanding what the Americans may have once thought of Indians — treacherous witches and bastards — they are not in the habit of capturing power through coups or other illegal means.
- Heed The Signs Of The Changing Times (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2005)
Most of the arguments against the Salim group’s investment plans are banal, and prevent the real issues of agricultural and industrial stagnation from coming to the fore, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Posco Sets Up Indian Subsidiary In Orissa (Deccan Herald, Cuckoo Paul, Sep 01, 2005)
Following its plan and commitment to set up an Indian company by August 2005, POSCO, the fifth largest steel company in the world, has incorporated its Indian subsidiary POSCO-India Private Limited with the Registrar of Companies, Orissa.
- ‘Indian Cellular Services Market To Touch $24 B’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Revenues of Indian cellular services market will reach US$24 billion by year-end 2009, recording a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.6 percent according to Gartner.
- Excise Duty Cut, No Way: Finance Ministry To Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
According to the Finance Ministry while hike in prices would only result in revenue gain of Rs 690 crore, the net loss would, however, be around Rs 2,850 crore.
- ‘Make English Language Of Study’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
English should be taught as a language of study in all schools of the State from Class I and Kannada should be made the medium of instruction, noted writer Kamala Hampana said here on Wednesday
- Searching For The Right Formula For Success (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 01, 2005)
Despite all the talk about pursuing the public-private partnership (PPP) route to implementing infrastructure projects, neither the Central nor the State Governments have been able to come up with a viable formula to encourage investment.
- Much Ado About Nothing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Members of the Opposition must stop obstructing proceedings in the House
- Call To Strengthen Secularism, Humanism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday cautioned that social and economic inequalities, selective denial of opportunities to some and an education system that failed to develop the young minds into responsible ideal citizens were the ..
- Dharam Singh Urges Press Council To Regulate Private Broadcasters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh on Wednesday emphasised the role of the media in maintaining communal harmony and suggested that the Press Council of India take steps to ensure that there is no distortion of facts, use of inappropriate language . . .
- Enough Space For Regional Identities: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
These are not inimical to our concept of nationhood, he tells NIC
Technology enables people to preserve and promote their unique cultures
We must lay emphasis on harmony rather than uniformity
- Centres Of Excellence In Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2005)
In a move to stem the rapid deterioration of research in Indian universities, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has accepted the report of a six-member committee set up in March this year and has also empowered the committee . . .
- Soaring Oil Prices (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
It seems that there is no end to the volatility in the oil prices in the international market. The prices surged to fresh historic peaks on Tuesday on supply concerns, amid uncertainty over the extent of damage to US production facilities caused by ....
- The Oil Price Hike Riddle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
On Tuesday, the World price of oil touched a new high of $71 a barrel, making it ever more difficult for official economic managers the world over to keep a grip on the economies of their respective countries.
- Contradictions In The Devolution Plan (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Sep 01, 2005)
Elections in transitional democracies are typically marred by systematic irregularities and fraud.
- Spirit Of Gdansk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The trademark walrus moustache is greyer and less bushy, and the figure more portly.
- Keeping Check On Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 01, 2005)
AS Shaukat Aziz completes his first year as prime minister he finds persistent inflation and large scale unemployment among his major problems.
- How To Stop Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of occupation. Whatever the parliamentarians in Iraq do to try to prevent total meltdown, their efforts are compromised by the fact that their power grows from the barrel of someone else’s gun.
- Carbon Trading No Solution (Dawn, Darryl D Monte, Sep 01, 2005)
SO the cat’s out of the bag: one reason why China and India were invited to the G8 summit in Scotland recently was not the recognition that they (especially India) had become major economic players on the world market but that President Bush was roping
- Rs. 11.31 Crores Allotted Under Sgry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
SHG members to be trained in physiotherapy, homoeopathy
- Sbi Plans To Launch India Fund (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The State Bank of India is considering launching an India-dedicated offshore fund as one of the options to retain the India Millennium Deposits (IMDs) which will come up for redemption in December this year.
- Malaysia For Asian Solidarity (Deccan Herald, O P Verma, Aug 31, 2005)
While Malaysia is trying to project itself as a modern and moderate face of world Islam, it is also taking steps to contain terrorism on its territory
- The Hidden Inflation (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 31, 2005)
The monster of hidden inflation has raised its ugly head once again, though the government statistics claim that the inflation is on the decline. It is eating up real wages and salaries,
- India A Perfect Fit (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Aug 31, 2005)
India sees an opportunity in the "bra wars" that have broken out between the European Union (EU) and China.
- Sbi May Finalise More Overseas Acquisition In 6-8 Weeks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
State Bank of India (SBI) is likely to finalise acquisition of two banks in Asia and Africa in 6-8 weeks, its chairman A K Purwar said on Monday.
- It’S A Molehill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The last hours of the Monsoon Session in Parliament witnessed a bout of political theatre with shades of a burlesque.
- A Landscape That Need Be Loved And Taken Care Of -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 31, 2005)
We need to join hands and save our beautiful environs from getting spoiled, writes M G Hassan Mukhtar writes on the people, water and architecture of Kashmir
- Zonal Power (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2005)
Need For Economic Integration In Black Sea Region
- Afghan Bank (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
It is ironic that the historical closeness between India and Afghanistan has been surpassed by the diplomatic distance between the two countries.
- Sbi Keen To Acquire Banks Abroad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today asked both the management and employees of public sector banks to prepare themselves for consolidation in the banking sector even as the State Bank of India (SBI)....
- Pluck This Debate From The Air (Indian Express, Ramesh V Phadke, Aug 31, 2005)
The Indian Express and the former air chief, S. Krishnaswamy, deserve to be congratulated for starting a long overdue debate on India’s aviation sector (‘Fly over the divide’, IE, August 19).
- Asia Feels Heat Of Oil Prices (Tribune, Evelyn Iritani, Aug 31, 2005)
The global economy has shown few ill effects from rising oil prices, but the latest surge is starting to exact a toll on Asian economies.
- Gains Of Cooperation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana shared a common platform after jointly inaugurating the new Bhakra-Beas Management Board building in Chandigarh on Monday and,
- The Giant Push Backward (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Aug 31, 2005)
The pro-peasant stance of the RSP and Forward Bloc can be seen as an effort to placate their cadre and spoil the show of the Left Front’s largest constituent, writes Sumanta Sen
- Consuming Worry (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2005)
The Valuation Concern of the RBI Annual Report 2004-05 over the galloping oil prices to the point of distraction from growth issues suggests an unwanted diffidence at the Reserve Bank of India Towers.
- The Commissioner Of Income-Tax Vs Janakiram Mills Ltd (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 31, 2005)
If you
- Japan Awakening To New Realities (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Aug 31, 2005)
Recongising the country's archetypal resoluteness, creativity and vitality, John Nathan's Japan Unbound makes a convincing case that Japan, now a showpiece of nationalist pride "has a long history of discovery in the darkest days... a source of renewal".
- The Oil Scenario — Need For A Comprehensive Response (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 31, 2005)
From fully compensating the oil marketing companies by raising prices of petroleum products and reducing the subsidy element to exploring alternative renewable energy sources such as wind,
- Agenda For Hong Kong Wto Ministerial — Will Developing Nations Trip On Trips? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 31, 2005)
The success of the Hong Kong Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation scheduled to be held in December 2005 . . .
- Disservice Delivery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 31, 2005)
Reduced to its bare essentials, good governance, whether in the context of governments, or public and private sectors, is nothing but making services in an adequate measure,
- Jinnah Remark Fully In Line With Nda Regime Policies: Advani (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 31, 2005)
My viewpoint is in the interest of the people of India and Pakistan
- Premji’S Panchatantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Wipro chairman feared that water scarcity would hinder growth, be it in agriculture, industry or urban infrastructure.
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