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Articles 921 through 1020 of 20008:
- Wipro Net Rises 46 Pc On All-Round Growth (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
All-round growth across all business divisions helped Wipro Ltd to report 46 per cent growth in second quarter net profit, exceeding street expectations.
- Karnataka Minister Meets Patil Over Riots (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Karnataka home minister M.P. Prakash on Wednesday represented to Union home minister Shivraj Patil on the steps taken by the BJP-JD(S) coalition government in effectively tackling the communal violence in Dakshina Kannada district that erupted on . . .
- Court Stays Lakhra Power Plant Lease (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday stayed the lease of Lakhra power plant till Oct 31 and issued notices to the chairman of Wapda, federal government, federal ministry of water and power and Privatisation Commission . . .
- ‘Globalisation Has Changed From Being A Cost Game To A Business Strategy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
Thomas A Stewart, Editor and Managing Director of Harvard Business Review South Asia Edition, handles business thought and gastronomy with equal finesse.
- More Bloodshed In Sri Lanka (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2006)
Yet another suicide attack — Sri Lanka’s worst ever — by the Tamil Tigers has cast a pall over the peace process.
- High Pol Prices Are Here To Stay (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 19, 2006)
The peak POL prices will remain unchanged for at least some fortnights despite the 25 per cent fall in world oil prices in recent weeks.
- Japan Agrees To Halve Tuna Quota (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The country has also agreed to halve its annual catch of the popular southern blue-fin tuna.
- Republicans Bank On Bombardment (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Trailing in the polls, Bush's team is still convinced it can win the mid-terms
- Space: America's New War Zone (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Bush administration has staked an aggressive new claim to dominate space - rejecting any new treaties that seek to limit the United States' extraterrestrial activities and warning that it will oppose any nations that try to get in its way.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 18, 2006)
The North Korean nuclear test evoked immediate reactions from around the world. Early responses were almost unanimous.
- Chindia Is Good For The World (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
China, India will dominate world economy by 2020
- Carnival Of Consumption Not Sustainable (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
China, India will dominate world economy by 2020
- An Act That Works (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
Beyond Barwani, the hillsides are bare. We'd drive to a new village each day, as far as the jeep could take us, but everywhere we were confronted by the emptiness of the landscape, the sheer, stark quality of the terrain.
- A Tale Of Two Cities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
A comparison of Delhi and Beijing.
- Planning For Cities Of The Future (Hindu, Rohini Nilekani, Oct 18, 2006)
How do we make our urban areas more liveable, more sustainable?
- Is Cuba Crumbling? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
Cuba's economy is booming thanks to a thriving tourism industry, brisk nickel exports and cheap oil from ideologically aligned Venezuela, the social benefits are difficult to see at street level.
- Dengue A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Disease (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Oct 18, 2006)
India is struggling with the outbreak of a deadly disease spread by a mosquito. Dengue fever has killed a large number of people in and around the Indian capital Delhi, and the number is going up. Some 2900 dengue infections have been reported from . . .
- Tatas In $10 B Deal For Corus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Tatas, on Tuesday, announced it has made a “non-bidding” acquisition offer to British steel giant Corus at an estimated $10 billion, which if successful would be the single largest takeover by an Indian entity abroad.
- Dubious Role (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh government’s prickly response to former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee’s observation on its role in the grant of clemency by the Governor to convicted Congress activist Gouru Venkata Reddy is an attempt at diverting attention from . . .
- Remedy For Navy’S Defence Weakness (Deccan Herald, R N Ganesh, Oct 18, 2006)
Aspersions are being cast on the Navy’s integrity for recommendations made by it.
- Farmers As Victims (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Oct 18, 2006)
The special economic zone (SEZ) model has created a great furore in the country. The proponents of the model consider it as a panacea for the all-round development of the Indian economy, while opposition comes from the cultivating community which . . .
- The Pure One (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 18, 2006)
Being a devout Brahmin, Rati Ram began his day with puja and though now it is more than 75 years since I saw him at it, his routine has stuck indelibly in my mind.
- Quarrelling Over Kargil (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), Oct 18, 2006)
The controversy and quarrel over Kargil has been one of the most futile and unproductive inter-service exercises. However, Kargil does throw sufficient light on the prevailing set-up to take note of the discord and delay in the decision-making . . .
- Orangutan Habitat Is Still Intact (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 18, 2006)
A wire agency story "Borneo Orangutan under threat" (Business Line, September 26) quoting a study which concluded that palm oil plantations destroy orangutan habitats on Borneo island has upset the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), which asserts . . .
- Bansagar Project: Centre Snubbed By Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 18, 2006)
Chauhan behaved liked a feudal lord, says Soz.
- Hdfc Bank: Bucking The Trend (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Oct 18, 2006)
Even as other banks are reeling under rate pressure, HDFC Bank has managed to post healthy numbers.
- A Diwali Bonanza For Cm, Ministers And Mlas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Centre approves of request for massive increase in salary
A Bill in this regard will be introduced in the Delhi Assembly shortly
The hike comes with several sops for CM and ministers in the shape of free water and power
- Depleted Islands To Blossom Into Cities (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 18, 2006)
The dream project for construction of two modern cities on depleted islands of Bundal and Budoo, off-Karachi shore, is moving ahead with Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghori expressing satisfaction that Port Qasim would become partner . . .
- Repercussions Of A Small Bang (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 18, 2006)
When the South Korean foreign minister, Ban Ki-moon, succeeds Kofi Annan as the secretary-general of the United Nations on January 1, it is likely that North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will still be near the top of the UN’s agenda.
- Katra's Woes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 18, 2006)
The Katra town gives a scary look. Its narrow and crowded streets, buildings as if they have risen from nowhere and vehicles that keep shrieking will put off an average tourist.
- Energy: Dead Silence On Major Dams (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 18, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the Government is pursuing an extensive programme to meet country’s growing energy needs to sustain high economic growth and fast paced industrialisation.
- Prioritising Development (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2006)
There is reason for hope on the global level. Optimism must necessarily be guarded at this stage, but the world as a whole appears to be moving towards the development targets set by the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000.
- Some Deaths Can Ensure Survival (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 18, 2006)
There are countries where CEOs of a trade can go to prison for participating in a meeting that may lead to cartelisation.
- Need For A Second Green Revolution (Business Line, G. K. Nair , Oct 18, 2006)
India needs a paradigm shift in its agricultural policy
- The West's Anti-Muslim Campaign (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Oct 18, 2006)
Since the Danish cartoon issue, a pattern seems to be emerging from the US and Europe where there appears to be a concerted two-pronged effort to harass and discriminate against Europe's Muslim population and undermine assertive/strong Muslim states.
- Going Global (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2006)
Year 2006 has been the year of the global Indian takeover. In the first nine months of the year alone, Indian companies have leveraged $7.6 billion, using global financing options, to acquire foreign companies.
- Pm’S Call To Alleviate Rural Distress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for improving the economics of agriculture to alleviate rural distress on a sustainable basis.
- Cpi Opposes Farmlands For Sezs Sans Wb (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
The CPI has decided to oppose the Centre’s decision to approve the acquisition of large tracts of farmland in different states for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
- Medium Of Public Discourse (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 17, 2006)
The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema: Vinay Lal and Ashis Nandy — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 495.
- Can India Feed Its Population? (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Oct 17, 2006)
Although India’s population is increasing at a fast rate, the production rate of foodgrains was higher than the population growth rate till the eighties. From 1990 onwards there is a reversal in this trend.
- Gone Tomorrow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2006)
In Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, a sick man awaits an agonisingly slow death in Africa. In reality, the highest mountain on that continent has already been dying slowly for nearly a century now, having lost some . . .
- Muslims Must Weigh The Veil Carefully (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 17, 2006)
The British press has quoted Phil Woolas, the Race and Faith minister, as demanding that Aishah Azmi, a Muslim . . .
- `Panchayats Not Serious On Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Chief Minister inaugurates meeting of Panchayat Parishad
Seeks suggestions for changes in Panchayati Raj Act
- Kishorishakti Scheme To Assist Women To Fight Oppression (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Priority to girls from SC, ST and below poverty line families Priority to be given to girls from SC, ST and below poverty line families
- Tribals Overjoyed To See The First Citizen In Their Village (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Universities must focus on new studies, says Kalam.
- Republican Demise, Not Democratic Revival (Hindu, Gary Younge, Oct 17, 2006)
The Democrats look set to make significant gains in the November 7 election. But they've got little to say on the big issues.
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 17, 2006)
Official glitter doesn’t last very long or go very far
- Economics Of Agriculture Needs To Be Improved (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Manmohan calls for sustainable development
- Reforms Need To Be Broad-Based (The Economic Times, C Rangarajan, Oct 17, 2006)
The new economic policy had many dimensions. I shall only recall here some developments in relation to the external sector. The management of the external sector is a success story of the post-liberalisation period.
- 'Dull' Lake (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 17, 2006)
It appears that there is no immediate end in sight to weeds and other eyesores in the Dal Lake, the showpiece of the Summer Capital.
- Embarrassment For Qarra As Cabinet Defers Da Decision (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Senior PDP leader and Minister incharge Finance, Tariq Hameed Qarra, today landed in a situation of embarrassment as he failed to get the Cabinet sanction to his dramatic decision of releasing 5% of the DA due to the State Government employees since . . .
- No Plan To Pull Out From Iraq: Bush (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Oct 17, 2006)
The Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghori says Port Qasim Authority will hold 15 percent stake for providing the land with Emaar properties holding 85 percent equity in the project for developing of two islands off Karachi shore.
- A Probe Commission Is What Is Needed: The Truth About The Kargil Episode- Ii (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad, Oct 17, 2006)
Our people have a right to know the truth, nothing but the truth. Anywhere else in the world, the people would have demanded it as a matter of their constitutional right.
- Kalam Calls For Development (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
President Dr APJ Kalam today underlined the areas that the Manipur University, need to focus. The President asked politicians to engage 70 per cent of their time in development.
- Till We Meet Again? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 17, 2006)
With the number of dengue cases across the country refusing to go down, two things are obvious. One, in the wake of the first few dengue deaths, the government lacked the will to translate words into action.
- Un To Help Lebanese Navy Monitor Maritime Border (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
A United Nations naval force is now in place to support the Lebanese Navy in monitoring its territorial waters and preventing arms smuggling as part of the Security Council resolution that ended this summer's hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah.
- Muslim Medicos Can’T Wear Veils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 17, 2006)
Hospitals in Britain’s Birmingham city have banned Muslim medicos from donning full-face veils, in a move that could further fuel the raging controversy over its wearing in the country.
- Big Brother’S Watching Asian Students (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
In a measure likely to infuriate the minorities, the British government has drawn up a plan to ask lecturers and university staff across the country to spy on “Asian-looking” and Muslim students they suspect of involvement in Islamic extremism and . . .
- Dengue Toll In India 101, Cases Continue To Mount (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
India continued on Monday to be in the grip of mosquito-borne dengue with nearly 5,500 confirmed cases while the death toll mounted to 101.
- Npt In Death Throes (Daily Excelsior, Pinaki Bhattacharya, Oct 17, 2006)
On 8 September, 2006, the last rites for the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) were held when North Korea conducted a nuclear blast.
- Rajyotsava Bonanza: No Hike In Power Tariff (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
In a bid to decongest Bangalore by encouraging relocation of industries to other parts of the State, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Monday reduced power tariff for ...
- North Korea N-Test Could Impact India (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 17, 2006)
South Korea is the fifth largest investor in India and bilateral trade could be affected.
- Mobile Washing Machine For Vehicles (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Two residents of Jayanagar 9th block — M N Manjunath and Daniel Das — have come up with a Mobile Service Station for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers. The service saves you the time of booking and sending your vehicle for service and
- Pyongyang Sanctions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 17, 2006)
The sanctions that the United Nations' Security Council voted unanimously over during the weekend to slap on the North Korean regime have already become a cause for division, particularly among the five permanent members of the Security Council.
- Uk Varsities To Spy On ‘Asian-Looking’ Students (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
British government has drawn up a plan to ask lecturers and university staff across the country to spy on “Asian-looking” and Muslim students.
- The Rising Challenge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2006)
India has the world's largest area under rice (44 million hectares), but one of the lowest yields, just about 2 tonnes a hectare.
- Tcs: Bullish On Future (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Oct 17, 2006)
With a sequential revenue growth of 8.2 per cent to Rs 4,482 crore and a huge expansion in the operating profit margin of 300 basis points to 27.4 per cent q-o-q, TCS’ numbers (US GAAP) for the September quarter have been better than the Street’s . . .
- Controlling The Dengue Mosquito (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 16, 2006)
Public health experts are unanimous that mosquito control has to be a continuous process, with the government and local communities working together.
- Unhelpful Step (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2006)
Most of the world may have deplored the nuclear weapons test conducted by North Korea on October 9 but the resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Saturday is unhelpful, provocative, and likely to inflame a situation that is a. . .
- Nobel For The Subcontinent (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2006)
The contours of what constitutes “peace” seem to be changing. Generally, it is only supposed to be the absence of “war”.
- Slums In Adilabad Set For Remarkable Development (Hindu, S. Harpal Singh, Oct 16, 2006)
Rs.1.3 crores spent in 10 months on roads, water pipelines and drains
- White And Crimson Spectacle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The snow-clad Adi Kailash presents a splendid sight
- Life In Iran (Hindu, Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill, Oct 16, 2006)
Ali's ambition shines through.
- Dengue Fever Outbreak In India Kills Dozens More (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
An outbreak of dengue fever in India has killed 42 more people and infected another 1,000 over the past four days despite authorities' efforts to control the spread of the mosquito-borne disease, officials said on Sunday.
- "Wage Board To Be Set Up Soon" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A new wage board for journalists and non-journalists working for newspapers and news agencies would be constituted soon, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Chandra Sekhar Sahu said on Sunday.
- Police Arrest Dozens In Anti-Posco Protest (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Police arrested 70 people in Orissa on Sunday during a protest against a $12-billion dollar steel plant planned by South Korean firm, POSCO, witnesses and police said.
- New Peaks (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2006)
It has taken just five months for the Sensex to recover fully from the May meltdown and record a new high.
- Elusive Right? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 16, 2006)
It is a matter of deep regret that the pace of implementation of the Right of Information Act in the State is extremely slow.
- Oye, Oye Heptachloride (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Oct 16, 2006)
All of us who have growing children need to put aside a little for their college education, and I suppose Amir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are no different. Scratching my head as I am, I cannot find any other way of understanding these guys’ ongoing . . .
- Thermal Imagers, Underground Sensors Along Indo-Bangla Border (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Sophisticated surveillance and tracking gadgets like thermal imagers and underground sensors have been installed along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border to prevent infiltration by Pakistan-backed terrorists.
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