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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 20008:
- Infosys, Tcs Beat Profit Estimates (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Oct 13, 2005)
India's top two software companies posted better-then-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, setting an upbeat tone for a sector driven by Western clients ramping up outsourcing of technology services.
- The New Economics Of Ecological Capital (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 13, 2005)
Here Is a conundrum, courtesy of Merv Wilkinson, one of Canada's oldest and wisest foresters. In 1938, he bought a few hectares of forest on Vancouver Island which, he reckoned, contained about 100,000 board feet of timber. Once every 10 years, he would h
- Wake Of An Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Singh Slathia, Oct 13, 2005)
The earth's surface consists of several plates, known as tectonic plates. The boundaries of these plates are known as fault lines.
- Pakistan Will Not Forget (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Oct 13, 2005)
The Scale of the disaster has traumatised the entire country — or perhaps not quite.
- Children Under The Rubble (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 13, 2005)
Rubble best symbolises life after an earthquake. It transforms vibrant landscapes into monochromatic moonscapes and radically alters the familiar signposts of life.
- Ongc In Assam Flap (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is ready to invest Rs 3,300 crore in Assam to double its crude output in the next three years. However, the law and order situation in the state will determine whether the funds will actually flow in.
- Test For East And West (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 12, 2005)
The work room of the writer Orhan Pamuk looks out over the Bosphorus, that fabled strip of water which, depending on how you see these things, separates or unites — or, perhaps, separates and unites — the worlds of Europe and Asia.
- Un’S Peace-Building Task (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 12, 2005)
One of the outstanding agreements among the UN member-states at last month’s World Summit in New York was on the formation of a Peace-building Commission. The consensus reminded us that 60 years after the founding of the UN the maintenance of peace and se
- Export Incentives (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 12, 2005)
An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to review and unify all export incentive schemes.
- A Historic Festival (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Oct 12, 2005)
The spirit of Dasara grips Mysore with the promise of joy and prosperity for the people.
- How Large Is China's Private Sector? (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Although the private sector displaces the state sector as the dominant player in the economic reform in China, the strategic areas identified as the lifelines of the economy are predominantly in the public sector.
- Interview: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
The naxalite problem in West Bengal, though not as serious as it is in Orissa and Jharkhand, is still a matter of concern for the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government in the State.
- Surprising U.S. Economy (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 12, 2005)
Despite a high level of current account deficit and external vulnerability, the U.S. economy seems to go from strength to strength. What exactly is going on?
- Buying Obsolescence (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Inder Gujral once complained that the developing world was forced to buy obsolescent weaponry from the developed world. It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the US proposal to sell India a warship that was commissioned i
- Captain’S Free Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
By defending his government’s decision to give free power to the farm sector and a section of the Scheduled Castes, rather in an undignified way, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has placed himself on a slippery ground. There was no need t
- The Temblor's Footprint (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Oct 12, 2005)
Every natural calamity has some new lesson to teach us. The last two - the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and the heavy flooding of Mumbai on 26th July this year brought their own insights.
- Slow Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2005)
Change within the changeless is an intriguing spectacle. To some extent, this is what Durga Puja in Bengal has been displaying in the last few years.
- Done A Lot, Want To Do A Lot More (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The tourism sector in the state is once again abuzz with the activities of revival as the inflow of domestic and foreign tourists to the state has witnessed a surge over the years.
- Muzaffarabad In Ruins (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
Heavy rain and hail forced the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistani Kashmir Tuesday and survivors scuffled over the badly needed food — the first international aid to make it overland to this devastated city.
- New Horizons (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The relaxation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) has given time to the leadership of "Azad" Kashmir, as the Pakistan-occupied territory is locally known, to think of developing tourism in a big way.
- Fear, Fury In Tangdhar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 11, 2005)
All morning, the villagers of Kandi, a small hamlet, watched trucks filled with tents and blankets head for villages further down the mountains. When a truck carrying supplies for them finally arrived after nightfall, three days of fear, hunger and cold c
- Neocon Lite Nuclear Agenda (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2005)
A liberal counter-proliferation Bible whose selective implementation will likely leave the world more unequal - and dangerous
- Facing Natural Disasters (Hindu, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS ARE always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people.
- Use The Whip (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 11, 2005)
Once again we have highlighted in an analysis in our news columns the damage being done to environment in the State by brick kilns and stone crushers
- Musharraf’S Appeal Evokes World Response (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
PRESIDENT Gen Pervez Musharraf’s appeal for medicines, tents, cargo helicopters and funds to overcome the worst earthquake disaster of Pakistan’s
- A Disaster To Remember (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS are always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people. So I had stood on the sea wall in Galle, watching kids fly kites, a few months before the tsunami engulfed the south of Sri Lanka.
- Immigration Debate (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
THE sleeper issue in the 2008 presidential election is immigration. Actually, as a recent straw poll shows, it’s waking up.
- Gearing Up For The Mahamastakabhishekha (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
February 2006 may be a few months away. But the small town of Shravanabelagola is up and about, ready to welcome the crowds to the mega-event Mahamastakabhisheka of the monolith of Bhagawan ahubali.Padmaraj Dandavati tells us more about the ritual.
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Making Manufacturing More Competitive (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
NMCC’s draft strategy identifies key issues, but doesn’t stress enough on critical firm-level factors
- Export Incentives (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to review and unify all export incentive schemes.
- Saving The Dying From Suffering (Deccan Herald, Jackie Ashley , Oct 11, 2005)
The Lords debate on assisted dying gives Britons a long-overdue opportunity to end unnecessary suffering
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Water Crisis Ahead (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
The World Bank’s report on India’s water economy is not the first treatise to caution the country about its turbulent water future. Several global as well as domestic organisations have studied the issue and warned that the water crisis will become insurm
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- India's Water Economy — World Bank Prescription Does Not Hold Water (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2005)
Even while conceding that the World Bank's report is correct in stating that investments in large water infrastructure in India reflect a Build-Neglect-Rebuild philosophy, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the document has been prepared by an entity
- Nobel Boost To Iaea Efforts (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 11, 2005)
The atom has again taken centre-stage in the world with consequences that remain to be determined.
- Need To Ease Pressure On Tiger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is now over 30 years since Project Tiger was launched.
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Farm Crisis: Produce And Perish (Hindu, Devinder Sharma , Oct 10, 2005)
Farmers are producing more only to find no buyers. And when they eventually get buyers, they are paid half of what they deserve.
- Chinese Eye Leadership Succession (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao opened a four-day meeting on Saturday seeking to cement his grip on power, pushing his “harmonious society” platform to cope with rising social tension and possibly naming an heir apparent.
- A Tool In Support Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Today’s democracies of the world have tremendously been influenced by the phenomenon - "Information Explosion".
- Caring For Animals (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 10, 2005)
THE celebration of World Animal Welfare Day last week by the city government in Karachi came as a pleasant surprise to many animal lovers whose appeals for the protection of domestic and wild animals
- The Water Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
PAKISTAN faces a serious water problem, the gravity and nature of which the government has apparently failed to understand. Islamabad’s inability — or unwillingness — to base its approach on authentic facts and figures on the ground and the propensity to
- Subcontinent Susceptible To Natural Disasters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
About 54 per cent of the subcontinent’s landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes, said M. Sashidhar Reddy, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority.
- Sovereign Palestinian State (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 10, 2005)
ISRAELI Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has said that his country is keen to relaunch peace talks with Palestinians and hoped that the Sharon-Abbas summit tentatively set for next week will get the ball rolling again. He, however, insisted that the Palesti
- Ending Algeria’S Agony (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 10, 2005)
JUST as the travails of the Turkish people and their heroic war of independence under Mustafa Kemal aroused the passions of the Muslims of South Asia, the Algerian struggle for freedom burnt into the consciousness of the generation that grew up in 1950s.
- ‘We’Re Doing Away With Red Tape And Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Investors’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 10, 2005)
On October 7, 2005 Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi completed four years in office—an achievement in itself in a state where the average tenure of a CM has been two-and-a-half years.
- How Katrina Revealed Racism (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 10, 2005)
HURRICANE Katrina was a disaster of colossal proportions in more ways than one. It was primarily a disaster for the people of New Orleans causing massive devastation of life and property as it blew away roofs of houses and demolished the levees that prote
- Negotiating Tradition (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
The well-known art historian and curator, Dr. Alka Pande's new exhibition Turning the Wheel: Traditions Unbound deals with the specifics of south Indian art, as it locates itself between tradition and the present.
- J&k Quake: Ngos Go Missing, Locals Reach Out To Help (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
As Jammu and Kashmir faces death and destruction, no Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) from outside Kashmir has so far started relief operations, which have by and large been carried out by the Army and the local organisations.
- Killer Quake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2005)
This is an opportunity for the neighbours to cooperate in this hour of crisis
- Governors As Lynch-Pins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment in Rameshwar Prasad vs Union of India, declaring the dissolution of the Bihar assembly to be unconstitutional, is a landmark.
- Water Crisis Ahead (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 10, 2005)
The World Bank’s report on India’s water economy is not the first treatise to caution the country about its turbulent water future. Several global as well as domestic organisations have studied the issue and warned that the water crisis will become insurm
- War Of The Surveys (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Oct 10, 2005)
It’s not easy being a policy maker these days. In the earlier days of reforms, you were told the fiscal deficit was the main thing to watch for; fix this and everything else would fall into place
- It Will Provide Much-Needed Relief To The Courts (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Unlike excise, customs, income tax and Fema authorities who are empowered to impose fines/penalties on offences committed under the respective enactments, RoCs do not, under the current Companies Act, have the power to take any penal action, including imp
- Fdi: Pointers For The Future (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 10, 2005)
Generally, the prospects for FDI appear to be brighter than in the past mainly because of the growth phase the international economy is currently in.
- Srinagar: A City Of Dumps And Bumps (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 10, 2005)
All of us contribute towards making a once beautiful city a big dumping ground of all dust, dirt and garbage. Srinagar will regain its glory the day reality dawns on us, laments Dr Bashir Ahmad
- Mittal Signs Three Mous With Jharkhand Govt. (Hindu, Indani Dutta, Oct 09, 2005)
12 million tonne greenfield project in two phases
Massive investment of Rs. 40,000 cr.
A power plant of 2500 MW and townships planned
Efforts to boost technical education in Jharkhand
Steel consumption set to witness growth
- Centre Offers Rs. 100-Crore Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Cabinet decides to send team to State; Army, IAF mobilised for relief operations
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Another Bloody Terrorist Attack (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
Unidentified assailants attacked Ahmedies’ place of worship in Mong in Mandi Bahauddin district early Friday morning killing eight persons and seriously injuring 18 others.
- Politics Overtakes Governance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 09, 2005)
As the local councils begin their second term amid a hail of accusations and contradictions,
- Doctors For Rural Health (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
The Sindh health minister’s description of health facilities and the lack of doctors in the interior the other day comes as no surprise.
- Turkey And Eu: Rough Road Ahead (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 09, 2005)
The opening on October 3 of Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union was supposed to be a solemn affair, a ceremony marked by dignified speeches and toasts to the beginning of a new era in relations between Ankara and the 25-nation bloc.
- Increase Water Supply: World Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Recover operation, maintenance cost through user-charges
Supports `Swajaldhara' for rural water supply
For pricing of services through sound economic principles
- Pak-Russia Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
In a welcome development, Pakistan and Russia have signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisaging closer cooperation in oil and gas sector to help Pakistan meet its long-term energy requirements. Under the document initialed by the ....
- Condoleezza Logic (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 09, 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s request ( some may like to term it as a suggestion, demand or command) that India should withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir to please Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s mullah constituency at home ....
- Paheli Gives Amol A Good Break (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 09, 2005)
No Indian movie has ever won an Oscar. Four years back Lagaan was among the five nominees in the foreign films category but lost out to No man’s land.
- Internal Divisions In Israel (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 09, 2005)
Israeli society is composed of people from several different ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
- Baghlihar Dam’S Inspection (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
APP has reported that India and Pakistan have agreed that the design of the Baghlihar Dam must comply with the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty.
- Quake Devastates Pak, J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Many people were buried alive in an upmarket apartment block in Islamabad.
- Pat For Netaji Apparel Park (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Oct 09, 2005)
Secretary of Union Textiles Ministry, R. Poornalingam, is all praise for Netaji Apparel Park (NAP).
- Uk Experts Go On Overdrive To Check Nuclear Proliferation (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 09, 2005)
The timing of leaked document naming 360 bodies involved in making WMD is seen as a form of arm-twisting to push for disarming of Iran.
- Eurozone Caught In A Statistical Tizzy (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Oct 08, 2005)
The major European Union economies are passing through a phase of "statistical uncertainty" but the poor record of the main economies is a "side issue" for investors.
- Our Poor Little Rich (Indian Express, Shekar Gupta, Oct 08, 2005)
If you were one among a quarter of a billion Indians living below the poverty line,
- Nobel Peace For El Baradei (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Though some say Mr ElBaradei had little success in Iran and North Korea, the Nobel Committee believes this award would spur work to outlaw atomic weapons.
- Wildlife Week Celebrated At Bannerghatta Biological Park (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The 51st Wildlife Week was inaugurated by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ramalinga Reddy at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) here on Thursday.
- Poor Outcome Of Un Summit (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
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