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Articles 27821 through 27920 of 35809:
- Edict Against Suicide Attacks In Pakistan; Kashmir Exempted (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 19, 2005)
A group of 58 religious scholars belonging to schools of Islamic thought in Pakistan have issued an edict (fatwa) against suicide attacks in the country.
- Revamp Higher Education In India (The Financial Express, J L AZAD, May 18, 2005)
Education, as a service industry, comes under the purview of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats).
- Ongc Faces Delisting From Stock Exchanges (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest firm by market capitalisation, may face delisting from stock exchanges as a petroleum ministry directive appointing additional government directors on company board has violated its listing agreement.
- Sebi Cracks The Whip On Ubs For Black Monday (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
As if on cue on the first anniversary of Black Monday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Tuesday banned UBS Securities Asia, its affiliates and agents from issuing off-shore derivative instruments (ODI) with underlying Indian securities
- A Return To The Killing Fields (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, May 18, 2005)
The talks have broken down, and the Maoists and the Andhra Pradesh Government are adopting an-eye-for-an-eye tactics.
- Barren Earth Under The Mighty Tree? (The Financial Express, PV MATHEW, May 18, 2005)
Verghese Kurien epitomised a resurgent India during the ’60s and the ’70s when the Nehruvian model still held sway, and governments did everything to stymie enterprise.
- Fm Talks His Mind On Easing Fdi, Fii & Ecb Policies (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
Notwithstanding the Left’s recent tough posturing, finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday signalled further opening up of the economy through relaxation of the FDI, FII and ECB policies on a “continuous basis”.
- Chidambaram Eyes More Fdi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today said the government would bring about comprehensive financial sector reforms during the first half of the current fiscal year.
- Sebi Bans Ubs Securities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 18, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) today cracked down on a foreign institutional investor, UBS Securities, over its role in the stock markets crash of Black ....
- Double Standards (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 18, 2005)
A recent World Bank report vindicates what many of us have been saying all along—government is the best paymaster in the country and public sector employees are a privileged lot vis-a-vis their private sector counterparts.
- Wrong, Dr Singh (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 18, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s dissatisfaction with his government’s performance is not surprising. Almost a year into its five-year term, there is not much to be satisfied about.
- Washington’S Watching (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 18, 2005)
Two months before the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, arrives in Washington to meet the president of the United States of America, George W. Bush, his trip...
- Sebi Bans Ubs Securities Asia From Derivatives Segment For One Year (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
The market regulator is yet to zero-in on other entities allegedly responsible for bringing down the market on May 17.
- Women Fuel China’S Growth (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 18, 2005)
Indian leaders and industrial captains may never be tired of citing “hire and fire” policy and autocratic rule behind the Chinese miracle, but they have often ignored the contribution of women empowerment, high female work participation rate in the Chines
- Bangladesh Matters (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
While the Indian government has been caught up with events in Pakistan and Nepal, the situation across our eastern border has been steadily worsening.
- Why Growth Does Not Lead To Jobs (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 18, 2005)
Unprecedented growth has taken place in the world economy after the Second World War. According to mainstream economic theory, unemployment should have disappeared spontaneously in the process.
- Sebi Clamps Down On Ubs Securities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday barred UBS Securities Ltd from issuing offshore derivative instruments for one year....
- Reforms Will Continue To Attract Fdi: Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
The government would carry forward ongoing economic reforms to attract overseas investment to achieve double-digit growth rate in coming years, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said here on Tuesday.
- Stamp Them Out (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 18, 2005)
The recent ruckus in Maharashtra, where the state government imposed a tax on securities transactions and derailed the entire country’s securities markets, is eerily familiar.
- Dilemma For Pakistan's Leadership (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 18, 2005)
For Pakistan, ending violence in Jammu and Kashmir isn't a concession to India; it concerns its own future as a viable, modern nation-state.
- Let Market Forces Resolve Green Issues (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
There's no free lunch and, by extension, no free air, water or any other gift of nature. Minus a price tag, the so-called bounty of nature will soon become history.
- The Capitulation (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , May 18, 2005)
The ‘developed’ countries resort to manipulation to make the French Pascal Lamy the WTO chief
- Uzbek Incidents Upset Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
The United States has condemned the "indiscriminate" use of force on unarmed civilians by Uzbek security forces, and urged Tashkent to show restraint and undertake political and economic reforms to address simmering discontent.
- Sebi Bars Ubs Securities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
Exactly a year after the `Black Monday', May 17, 2004 stock market crash, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued orders against the Swiss investment firm...
- Doors To Be Opened Wide For Fdi, Fii Inflows (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
Expressing alarm over the gradually widening trade deficit despite increased exports, the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday hinted at further opening up of the economy...
- Kuwaiti Women Get Political Rights (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 18, 2005)
Attempts to block law fail; A historic step, says Kofi Annan
- Fm Moots New Norms For Fdi (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said there was a need to review the norms on foreign direct investment, foreign institutional inflows, external commercial borrowings, services exports and remittances to bridge the trade deficit estimated at around $3
- Cpm Slams Centre’S Fdi Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2005)
The CPM said the current policies of the UPA government could erode national sovereignty and cause massive retrenchment in retail trade.
- Bouncing Back In Style (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 17, 2005)
The victory of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in two Assembly by-elections in Tamil Nadu is a stunning upset no psephologist would have dared predict.
- Art Madhyam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2005)
The word “Madhyam” makes linguistic sense to an average Indian, no matter to which part of the country he may belong to.
- Despair In The Post-Industrial World (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 17, 2005)
The failure of their children to find jobs has placed a huge and unforeseen burden on parents in France
- $2.2 Billion Pledged For Sri Lanka Reconstruction (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, May 17, 2005)
Conference also focussing on macro-economic restructuring and the current state of the peace process in the island nation
- Clashing Interpretations And Policies (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, May 17, 2005)
The 60th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War celebrated in Moscow last week was as much about the future as about the past.
- Economic Growth And Environment (Deccan Herald, PRAVEEN BHARGAV, May 17, 2005)
Four per cent wilderness and eight per cent economic growth — it’s possible if we adopt an innovative approach
- Safeguarding Heritage, A Shared Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2005)
Efforts to save the State’s monuments including the cultural landscape, has been going on in full swing. ARUNA CHANDARAJU suggests an action plan.
- Pain Tales From The Raj (Indian Express, George N Netto, May 17, 2005)
It was certainly no bed of roses for the British pioneers who manned the fledgling tea estates of Munnar in the early 1900s. Life was unrelentingly tough and totally devoid of today’s conveniences.
- New Nikahnama Is A Damp Squib (Indian Express, SHAHIDA LATEEF, May 17, 2005)
The announcement by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board of a new nikahnama form that would address the current lacunae on marital contracts by standardising them is a damp squib.
- It Takes Two To Tango (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, May 17, 2005)
In this era of globalization, the elephant and the dragon are finally running fast, together.
- Donors To Discuss Post-Tsunami Recovery (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, May 16, 2005)
Sri Lanka's donors will start a two-day Development Forum meeting in Kandy on Monday to discuss post-tsunami reconstruction efforts, macro economic issues and the current state of the peace process.
- Rice Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq Amid Violence (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 16, 2005)
Holds talks with Jaafari; expresses concern that Sunnis are not taking part in political process
- `Universities Must Heed Wake Up Call' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 16, 2005)
Deepak Nayyar's tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi ended on Sunday. In a farewell interview, he toldSiddharth Varadarajanthat the Indian university system is in urgent need of structural reform if it is to remain relevant.
- Acrimony In Parliament (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, May 16, 2005)
Now, in Parliament, political differences have turned into personal animosities.
- Rainwater Harvesting Goes Rural In Kolar District (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2005)
Villagers in Kolar district have made a mark, by adopting rainwater harvesting, in their homes.
- The Game Of Multilateralism (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, May 16, 2005)
India will do well to make appropriate genuflections towards the ‘strategic’ nature of its ties with big powers
- Students Defy Ban Order In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2005)
Demonstration demanding King Gyanendra to restore democracy
- Peenya: A Brilliant Beacon Of Entrepreneurship (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2005)
Peenya Industries Association, one of the largest industrial estates in the country employing three lakh people, has its mixed bag of success and failure. On its silver jubilee year, Mr N NARASIMHAN, one of the three founder members, recalls how this orga
- He's Watching You (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 16, 2005)
One year after the UPA came to office, Manmohan Singh has reviewed promises made in the common minimum programme (CMP), and found his administration wanting
- Progress Card Of The Upa Regime (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 16, 2005)
It must be said to the credit of the UPA Government that, despite the mix of political and economic philosophies that form the corpus of UPA governance, it has done a good job till now.
- Cii Says Fiscal Discipline Must Be Tightened (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2005)
THE Confederation of Indian Industry is to hold its national conference and annual session on `Towards Double Digit Inclusive Growth' on May 17 and 18.
- Us Not To Back India On Veto Power (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2005)
The US has warned India and three other nations campaigning for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council that it will not support their cause unless they agree not to ask for veto power, senior US officials were on Sunday quoted as saying.
- Lakhs Of Children Employed In State Mines, Says Report (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 16, 2005)
Centre urged to conduct probe and come up with report on child labour
- Mahanadi Coal, Nlc Set To Sign Power Project Pact (Business Line, Badal Sanyal, May 16, 2005)
Coal companies with huge mining capacity find power generation a more profitable proposition rather than selling coal to financially weak SEBs, Also, inadequate logistics facilities are posing problems for dispatching coal to long-distance power stations
- Baglihar: Pak Fears Unfounded (Tribune, R. N. Malik, May 15, 2005)
THE Baglihar dam has become a project of controversy. The story of this project will unfold follies on both sides with extra dose of obscurantism from Pakistan. India has rightly rejected Pakistan’s offer to start a dialogue on this issue, provided work
- Think Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, May 14, 2005)
T. Muivah’s suggestion — a special federal relationship with India — may well be the solution to the Naga dispute, writes Sanjib Baruah
- The Fluster In Fbt (Business Line, S. Muralidharan, May 14, 2005)
FBT is spinning out of control, says S. Murlidharan.
- Right To Information (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 14, 2005)
EVEN WITHOUT the new right to information law, the average citizen of India has been having much greater access to information following the digital revolution.
- Said And The Saidians (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, May 14, 2005)
The United States of America is not only the leading economic and military power in the world, but also the leading intellectual power.
- Arms And The Sermon (Tribune, S. Raghunath, May 14, 2005)
According to a news agency despatch from Stockholm, AB Bofors, the controversial arms manufacturer which has been buffeted by many scandals in recent years, is now in a “introspective” and “repentent” mood and Nobel Industries, its parent company,
- Iran: Bigger Threat Than The Bomb? (Hindu, Martin Woollacott , May 14, 2005)
The world can live with Iranian nuclear weapons. But can the United States?
HOW MUCH would it matter if Iran had the bomb? Merely to pose this question, within the Bush administration, would almost be treason.
- Tall Tax, Food Police, A Bizarre Bridge And A Robber Wanting Your Past Or Future (Business Line, D. Murali , May 14, 2005)
YOU PROBABLY know of John Galt in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Here is a different JG in Ken Schoolland's story, The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey.
- India’S Weakness Apparent (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, May 14, 2005)
Despite their insensitivity to its security interests, India is still unable to deal firmly with its troublesome neighbours
- Strains In Relations With Bangladesh (Tribune, Raghubansh Sinha , May 14, 2005)
Even as the recent border tension between India and Bangladesh has been prevented from escalating in the aftermath of the killing of a BSF officer and a Bangladeshi girl, the repeated border skirmishes and their fallout on the local population . . . ,
- Violence Returns To The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 14, 2005)
After a brief lull, attacks by militants have resumed in the Valley.
- Fiscal Harmony In Final Handshake (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 14, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the recent change to the amortisation of VRS expenditure
- Pre-Conditions For Settlement (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, May 14, 2005)
The Government has not proposed any voluntary disclosure scheme, which grants immunity to tax evaders.
- Attack Of Nerves Hits Western Markets (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, May 14, 2005)
THERE IS an eerie nervousness in Western financial markets and this was reflected in stock markets and hedge funds moving downwards, amid investor concern about the fiscal health of the US economy,
- Targeting Kashmir’S Leaders (Tribune, Anil Nauriya , May 14, 2005)
There has been a spate of politically motivated assassinations in Kashmir. On May 1 the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s nephew, Atiqullah was shot at in Anantnag and died later.
- India: An International Spotlight On The Caste System (International Herald Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 13, 2005)
India's 170 million Dalits, formerly called Untouchables, rejoiced recently when a high government official was arrested for hurling caste-related abuse at his junior. But joy turned to dismay when the Bombay high court quashed the charge under . . .
- Mof Sees 6.9% Growth In Fy05, Reining Inflation High On Agenda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Expecting a modest 6.9% economic growth in 2004-05, the finance ministry on Thursday said checking inflation was high on the agenda of the government so as to ensure that it does not have an undue burden on poor.
- A Low-Key Visit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 13, 2005)
No momentous decisions on mutual cooperation were expected during the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Russia. The main concern vis-à-vis India-Russia relations is the poor performance on the economic front.
- Tread Warily (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s working group on Warehouse Receipts and Commodity Futures has put forth a well-thought roadmap for banks to enter commodity trading.
- Ties With Pakistan Vital, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that his Government attached great importance to normalisation of relations with Pakistan and that it sincerely desired to find mutually acceptable solutions to all outstanding issues.
- The Continued Journey (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , May 13, 2005)
Sitarist Arvind Parikh's short film on his guru, the unparalleled sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, is a fitting tribute
- Wal-Mart Chief Seeks Fdi In Retail Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The President and CEO of Wal-Mart International, John B. Menzer, on Thursday met the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to discuss opening up of the retail sector in this country for foreign direct investment (FDI).
- Boldly Stress On ‘Enabling’ Them As Growth Engines (Deccan Herald, MAHESH REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The third SSI census must serve as an eye opener. Out of the 22 lakh registered units surveyed, over 8.8 lakh units were found closed.
- Pakistan's Afghan Problem (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The over three million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan pose a variety of challenges for the host nation.
- J&k Gets Adb Aid For Reconstruction (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The state proposes to spend the money on reconstruction of roads, bridges and for improving the sanitation facilities.
- Pm Rings Alert On Pak Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he would not be able to take Indian public opinion with him in persisting with the peace talks if terrorist attacks continued from across the border.
- Saptarishi May Be Censured, Sent Home (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, May 13, 2005)
In what will be a strong signal to Laloo Prasad Yadav on where to draw the line, the government is likely to censure L V Saptarishi, IAS officer of the 1969 batch, and revert him back to the West Bengal cadre for accusing the two Election Commissioners N
- A Failed State, A Talibanised Society (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, May 13, 2005)
Pak is unable to think of an identity except as ‘Not India’, except as the country whose mission is to dismember India
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