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Articles 13821 through 13920 of 43820:
- Let’S Awaken A Spirited, Responsive India (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, May 20, 2006)
For, the country needs a systemic overhaul, one that will revise dated rules, promote diverse views
- Micro Pains, Macro Gains (The Financial Express, AMITA BATRA, May 20, 2006)
Asia is, perhaps, the busiest region working on FTAs over the past few years.
- Act On The Blueprint (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 20, 2006)
Infrastructure is hostage to govt interference
- League Mindset (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, May 20, 2006)
If the creation of Pakistan was the crowning glory of the Muslim League, it also implied the party's natural exit from the rest of the subcontinent.
- India Leads In Underweight Children (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 20, 2006)
The World Bank’s report Undernourished Children: A call for Reform and Action presents some shocking facts. India is home to 60 million underweight children, nearly double the figure for Sub-Saharan Africa.
- The Haitian Miracle? (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, May 20, 2006)
This spring’s presidential election in Haiti sadly re-enforced the country’s blighted reputation.
- Npt Under Attack (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
It is not surprising that the United States is now picking holes in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that has been in force for over 35 years.
- A Clarification (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 19, 2006)
This is with reference to the editorial "No case for Govt." (Business Line, May 6): At the outset, it may be clarified that no decision has been taken by the Government on the proposal of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) ...
- Just Dry-Clean (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
There are many reasons for water shortage in cities, like poor management, wastage, etc.
- The Risks And Rewards Of Corruption (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 19, 2006)
Raise risk and lower rewards by making it harder for the corrupt to enjoy the fruits of their perfidy
- A Brave New Left On The Horizon? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 19, 2006)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee riding the crest of a popular tsunami is raring to go, even if it means breaking loose from the stalwarts of the Left living in the past. The chances of a schism within the CPI(M) are very real with Mr Bhattacharjee . . .
- India's U.S.-Style Lobbyists (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, May 19, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Protecting Global Biodiversity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2006)
Over the past few decades, human activity in the name of development has adversely affected global biodiversity in an unprecedented way.
- A War Of Diminishing Returns (Hindu, R. Hariharan, May 19, 2006)
The LTTE's fight now stands reduced to a turf war to establish its rights over the northeast. Its continued escalation of violence means increased loss of international sympathy for Sri Lankan Tamils.
- A Dutch Story For Our Times (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 19, 2006)
The Name Ayaan Hirsi Ali may not ring a bell in India, but in Britain and indeed across Europe she became a bit of a celebrity for her relentless attacks on Islam and Muslim immigrants whom she blamed for social tensions in the Netherlands, . . .
- What Is The Way Out? : Crisis In The Muslim World-Ii (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, May 19, 2006)
With regard to the Iran crisis, the issue here is that the US and several other countries are convinced that Iran is trying to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
- Musharraf Hints At Securing Second Term As President (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 19, 2006)
Says the existing Electoral College would re-elect him
- Bengal Needs Political Reform, Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Now that Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and his ministers have been sworn in, the Left Front (LF) would do well to heed the fine print of its seventh consecutive victory in West Bengal.
- Mufti Calls For New Vision To Solve J&k's Problems (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 19, 2006)
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
- The Bengal Paradox (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Latin Americans did not invent magic realism. West Bengal politics did.
- Focus On Distribution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
There is a flurry of activity on the power front, or so it would appear. Reportedly, the power ministry has set the onerous task of commissioning as many as 53 generation projects totaling 20,300 MW in the current fiscal.
- Economics Of Nuclear Power (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
There are many critics of Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Their Plane To Pakistan (Pioneer, Samuel Baid, May 19, 2006)
With pressure mounting on Musharraf to democratise, 2007 is going to prove crucial for Pakistan and its neighbours, says Samuel Baid
- Govt Initiates Talks With Striking Medicos (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Facing mounting protests, government today began formal talks with striking medicos assuring them that the seats in the general category will not not come down due to reservation as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh plans to begin consultations . . .
- Waiting For The Son-Rise (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 19, 2006)
Last May, at the completion of his one year in office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave himself six marks on a scale of 10.
- Assembly Elections In Five States (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 19, 2006)
There is something positive for all the UPA constituents which had contested the recent assembly polls. If the Left parties chalked up landslide wins in their traditional bastions West Bengal and Kerala, Congress managed to overcome . . .
- Defacing Women (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
King Abdullah gives in to clergy ---- Those who believed Saudi Arabia's octogenarian King Abdullah would gently guide his country towards social and political reforms and thus stem the tide of Islamism merely because he speaks in a softer tone than . . .
- President’S Re-Election (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 19, 2006)
Talking to a private TV channel, General Musharraf has maintained that under the Constitution he can be elected by the present assemblies for a second term in the Presidency.
- Nepal's Parliament Asserts Its New Power (Christian Science Monitor, Bikash Sangraula, May 19, 2006)
Thursday may have marked the end for the world's only Hindu kingdom.
- Pak, Libya To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan and Libya shared identical views on important regional and global issues and hoped his visit would open up new avenues of cooperation between the two countries in economic, political, defence and . . .
- U.S. Indictment For Big Law Firm In Class Actions (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The nation's leading class-action securities law firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, and two of its partners were charged yesterday with making more than $11 million in secret payments to three individuals who served as plaintiffs in more than . . .
- Pope Condemns Indian Bans On Religious Conversion (Reuters, TOM HENEGHAN, May 19, 2006)
Pope Benedict condemned Hindu nationalist attempts to ban religious conversions in India in a speech on Thursday reflecting growing tension among major faiths about the role and nature of missionary work.
- In National Disinterest (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 19, 2006)
How responsive is the UPA Government towards the external security imperatives of India?
- High Court Sets Up Panel To Monitor Demolitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Ignores legislation on one-year moratorium on twin drives
Former IPS officer B.L. Vohra and former Delhi Police Commissioner R.S. Gupta would be the members of the panel
It is an operation (building unauthorised constructions) managed by the . . .
- Project Afghanistan: Pakistan And Nato (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 19, 2006)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wants closer military and political relations with Pakistan.
- Gamble Could Prove Counter-Productive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
Affirmative action must begin at the level of schools so that 'backward' students get equal opportunities in employment, says RC Acharya
- A Winning Script (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 19, 2006)
Muthuvel Karunanidhi has succeeded in ousting a chief Minister who distributed largesse like a princess and should have won this Assembly election like a queen.
- Musharraf To Get Re-Elected As President (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has dropped clear hints that he planned to get re-elected to the top post by the present national and provincial Assemblies well before they are dissolved next year and fresh elections held.
- Anybody Listening In Pakistan? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
On the face of it the "Charter of Democracy" signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London seems to be a hopeful sign for the neighbouring country.
- New Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s troubles show no signs of abating. After Mr Madan Lal Khurana and Ms Uma Bharati, it is now Mr Babulal Marandi who has cried foul over the state of the party before leaving it.
- All Help In Creating More Seats, Says Fm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
As the government began an intense exercise to crack the quota conundrum, finance minister P Chidambaram promised financial resources would not come in the way of increasing educational infrastructure so that existing number of "general" category . . .
- Victims’ Kin Demand Revival Of Death Penalty (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, May 19, 2006)
Prospects of a guilty verdict in the trial of the only surviving hostage-taker in the 2004 Beslan school siege have now turned the debate here to Russia’s 10-year-old moratorium on the death penalty.
- Cong’S Balancing Act On Quota (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, May 19, 2006)
Compelled to undertake a delicate balancing act with union Human Resource Development minister Arjun Singh having raised the pitch for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in institutions of higher learning much to the bewilderment...
- Nepal Parliament Clips King’S Wings (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, May 19, 2006)
In a historic step, Nepal's Parliament today unanimously decided to drastically curtail the King's political and military powers by stripping him of the title of the Supreme-Commander-in-Chief of Army, asking him to pay taxes and barring . . .
- Cm Spells Out Curbs On Reliance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The project of Reliance Industries Limited for procuring vegetables and milk in Punjab will carry on as scheduled.
- European Union To Ban Ltte (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 19, 2006)
Alienation will compel LTTE to tread a hardline path: Balasingham
LTTE has committed gross violation of ceasefire agreement
Ban will be a body blow to LTTE's fund-raising activity
- Buddhadeb Ministry Sworn In At A Glittering Ceremony (Hindu, Marcus Dam, May 19, 2006)
Chief Minister calls for a `totally corruption-free' administration
Main concern is to increase peoples' purchasing power
To work for greater industrialisation
Not to allow hire-and-fire policy of corporates
- The Making Of An Extraordinary Verdict (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Was the election ever too close to call? What gave the DMK alliance the edge? What do the results signify for Tamil Nadu's political future? Yogendra Yadav tackles these and other questions.
- Thus Party (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
Expecting the unexpected from a communist party is nearly as absurd as looking for dawn to break on the western horizon.
- America's War On The Yuan (Business Line, K.Subramanian, May 19, 2006)
Hawks in the US were expecting the latest bi-annual `Report to Congress on International Economic and Foreign Exchange Rate Policies' released by the US Treasury to brand China as a "currency manipulator." K. SUBRAMANIAN looks at the circumstances . . .
- Events Of National Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 19, 2006)
Last week, amidst nationwide excitement over the outcome of five state assembly elections, there took place at least three unspeakably reprehensible events that ought to make all Indians hang their heads in shame.
- Charter For Democracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan’s two former Prime Ministers, Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif, living in exile, deciding to jointly launch a drive against Gen Pervez Musharraf’s rule may influence considerably the course of politics in India’s neighbourhood.
- Not Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 19, 2006)
The Buddhist-Marxist confrontation may well turn ugly
- What We Need To Tell Iran (Washington Post, David Ignatius, May 19, 2006)
How do you answer a letter from an Iranian president that catalogues the perfidies of U.S. policy and then sweetly asks America to "return to the teachings of the prophets"?
- Medicos To Continue Stir (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 18, 2006)
With their demand for setting up an “independent, non-political committee” to study the reservation policy not yet met, students protesting against quotas have decided to continue their indefinite hunger strike.
- Pak, Saudi To Coordinate In Response To Challenges (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chairman, Majlis Al-Shura of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Imam of Khana Ka’aba, Dr Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Humaid met Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri on Wednesday and discussed bilateral relations and matters of regional and international . . .
- J&k Panel Wants Common Rolls For All Polls (Statesman, Kavita Suri, May 18, 2006)
The State Election Commissioners’ conference has decided to recommend common electoral roll for local bodies, Assembly and Parliament elections to facilitate formulation of a compact electoral roll.
- Up: Pdf To Contest In 147 Constituencies In Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The newly formed Peoples Democratic Front is planning to contest in 147 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in the next Assembly elections in a bid to secure "proper representation" for Muslims.
- Danger Looms In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its "determination and courage" in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell joyously declared on March 16, 2004, that Pakistan was a "major non-NATO ally".
- Kashmir First, Trade Later (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 18, 2006)
Our leadership is never found wanting in asserting that full-scale trade relations with India, including the grant of MFN status, is contingent upon several factors, the most important being the resolution of Kashmir in accordance with the . . .
- Rot In The System: What People Feel (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, May 18, 2006)
Every aspect of the electoral system needs drastic changes
- Resolving Pml Differences (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 18, 2006)
General Musharraf has completed a round of meetings with top PML leaders as well as legislators and nazims from all over Punjab.
- Breaking The Iran Nuclear Impasse (Hindu, Praful Bidwai, May 18, 2006)
After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landmark letter to George W. Bush, many in Teheran expect more overtures favouring a diplomatic solution. India must strongly back these moves, not passively tail Washington's hardline agendas.
- Bush Agrees To Spying Plan Review (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The White House, in an abrupt reversal, has agreed to let the full Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees review president George W Bush's domestic spying programme, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
- Hunger Strike Will Continue: Medicos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
`False assurances will not help'
Strike to continue until a non-political commission is put in place
Protesters burn termination notices sent to striking doctors
Pro-Reservation Front criticises police for ill-treating its supporters
Strike . . .
- Sonia Blesses Quota Balancing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Expressing her views on the quota controversy for the first time, Congress president Sonia Gandhi indicated that extension of OBC reservations to central educational institutions would go hand in hand with an increase in seats for general category . . .
- Reconciling Competing Interests (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 18, 2006)
The anti-reservation stir that has spread across a few cities would seem to have as its ingredients hype and knee-jerk opposition mixed with some elements of genuine concern.
- Hamas Puts Forces Into Gaza (International Herald Tribune, Greg Myre, May 18, 2006)
The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Wednesday deployed a new security force in a move that directly challenges the authority of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who last month vetoed the creation of the security service.
- Assemblies In Power To Re-Elect Me: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has said constitutionally existing assemblies are mandated to elect him for the second term.
- Re-Election By Current Assemblies: Musharraf: ‘No Ambiguity In Constitution’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that under the constitution existing assemblies are mandated to elect him for the second term.
- Gen Beg’S Wisdom (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg often speaks his mind, proving that it is not necessary for a general to be in power to spew pearls of wisdom.
- Parliamentary Democracy: Image & Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
It speaks of the sorry state of our democracy that those in office attach little importance to the organs of government that represent the people.
- Understanding India’S Economic Growth (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, May 18, 2006)
Policy needs to support the process of creative destruction and further open up industry, labour.
- Ajc Backs India, Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 18, 2006)
The American Jewish Committee has thrown its weight behind the India-United States nuclear cooperation agreement which is facing hurdles that the Bush administration did not anticipate when it attempted to ram it through the legislature.
- Govt Double Negatives Mukherjee Report (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 18, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA Government has decided to let the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose endure for another day.
- Second Kashmir Roundtable On May 24-25 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Carrying forward the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir, the crucial second roundtable conference to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Srinagar has been rescheduled to begin on May 24 and will be spread over two days.
- The Taste Is Sour (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 18, 2006)
Just after completion of the Assembly elections, the tax paying public has received a shock as a result of a recent circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) calling upon them to explain their views on the removal or continuance of . . .
- Indigenous People Clamour For Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 18, 2006)
Indigenous groups want to take part in decisions that affect them, and press for policy change
- Dmk Nominees For Speaker, Deputy Speaker (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
No contest likely in the May 19 elections
- ‘Self-Centred Middle Class Is India’S Tragedy’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , May 18, 2006)
The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has been in the spotlight over Chairman Sam Pitroda’s run-in with Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh over the reservation issue.
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