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Articles 23521 through 23620 of 31829:
- Colourful `Jamboo Savari' Brings The Curtains Down On Dasara Celebrations (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Oct 14, 2005)
Caparisoned elephants, 20 tableaux from various districts enthral 15-lakh-strong crowd
70 teams take part in procession
Tableaux spread socially relevant messages
Cannons drawn by bullocks evoke interest
- Elusive Administrative Reforms (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Oct 14, 2005)
An inability to re-design organisation and administration has been the bane of the nation, and the second Administrative Reforms Commission may be as gargantuan an exercise in futility as the first was, over 35 years ago.
- India Is Better Market Than China Because Of Stronger Rule Of Law : Time Warner Ceo Richard Parsons (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Oct 14, 2005)
India received a high marks over China from Time Warner CEO.
- Rain Spell May Last Till Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Several parts of the State continue to receive heavy rainfall
Four deaths reported in Chennai, which received 15 cm rain
Several interior roads waterlogged
Corporation's complaints cell receives over 220 calls
- Don't Place All Your Bets On One Quarter Alone (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 14, 2005)
On October 12, Infosys posted a net profit of Rs 606 crore for Q2, short for the second quarter that ended on September 2005. The profit was 36 per cent more than what was achieved in last year's Q2, and beat street expectations, reported the media.
- Say No To Nato Troops (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2005)
As the international community is offering all kinds of assistance to cope with the unprecedented catastrophe, NATO Secretary-General has called a special meeting of the 26-member organization to discuss the issue of providing quick aid to Pakistan.
- Fiscal Facts (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 13, 2005)
Half-way through the financial year, the news on the fiscal front is better than might have been expected, but not without some worry points.
- Tcs Net Moves Up To Rs 694 Cr (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2005)
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) has reported a net profit of Rs 693.71 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, against Rs 574.76 crore in the year-ago period.
- India Obsessed With Permanent Seat In U.N. Security Council: N. Ram (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
Support to the U.S.-led "provocative" resolution on Iran one of the biggest "blunders"
Sustained efforts needed to push the peace process with Pakistan
Manmohan Government too has demonstrated extreme vulnerability to U.S. pressures
- Defence Deals (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Today, next to China, India is the second largest importer of military hardware in the world.
- Democracy Is A Pathetic Belief In The Collective Wisdom Of Individual Ignorance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2005)
TO BETTER understand why you need a PC, or personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life, says Dave Barry.
- Independent Directors And Vicarious Liability (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 13, 2005)
Independent directors are invited to sit on the board purely for their special skills and expertise in particular fields and they represent the conscience of the investing public.
- Test For East And West (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 13, 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.
- Open Government Law To Raise Accountability (Business Standard, T N C Rajagopalan, Oct 13, 2005)
The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI) will come into full effect on October 12, 2005. How will RTI make life easier for importers and exporters?
- Un Not A Us Tool (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2005)
The Group of 77 (representing 132 developing countries) and China have taken strong exception to the UN secretary-general’s chief of staff’s appearance before the US Congress to brief the house international relations committee about the recent UN summit.
- Bridging The Turkey-Eu Divide (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Oct 13, 2005)
THE accession talks for Turkish membership to the EU that began last Monday have a significance that goes far beyond the borders of Europe.
- An Equation With Israel? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
CONTRARY to general belief, contact between Pakistan and Israel goes back to the years soon after independence. Pakistan is an important member of the OIC.
- Whistling Past The Fault Line (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Earth, that living, seething, often inhospitable and not altogether intelligently designed thing, has again shrugged, and tens of thousands of Pakistanis are dead.
- Quake: Worsening Factors (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Oct 13, 2005)
Perhaps the most heartening and positive feeling that one has experienced in the last few days is the massive and spontaneous response of ordinary Pakistanis to the earthquake that devastated the northern half of the country.
- Only One Choice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 13, 2005)
Buta has lost moral right to stay
- ‘That’S Just Pakistan’ (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2005)
A UN situation report on the deluge that Saturday’s earthquake has left in its trail has focused the destruction of about 1000 hospitals, basic health units and other health care infrastructure in the devastated areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- 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.
- Dear George! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2005)
Now we know why U.S. President George W. Bush ordered his troops to invade Iraq. God told him to do so.
- 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
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- 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.
- Storm Over The Man Booker Prize (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
The history of the Booker Prize is full of bad choices.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 13, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department. In an interview, Mr. Mulford spoke about the nuclear deal and related issues.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 13, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- Purses And Hearts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has a complaint which he has voiced several times in the media.
- Kashmiris Must See That We Care (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 13, 2005)
There needs to be a civil society response to match that of the government for the earthquake affected in Kashmir.
- Nobel Peace Prize For Iaea Chief ‘A Rebuff To Us’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 12, 2005)
The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for Mohamed ElBaradei, who has a history of locking horns with Washington, could be interpreted as a slap in the face for the Bush administration.
- Pm Announces Rs 500 Cr More Aid, Toll Rises To 1300 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
Describing the weekend earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir as a national calamity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced an additional Rs 500 crore relief.
- 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.
- The Importance Of Social Sciences (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Social science graduates need to be equipped to face the social transformation taking place across the country
- 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
- Political Faultlines (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2005)
The challenge of rescue and relief operations is too big. This is no time for politics
- Bjp Into The Political Twilight? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2005)
IF proof were at all needed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can no longer summon up a half-way cogent response to major events of the day, then recent developments provide it in ample measure.
- Restore Tele Links (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The governments of India and Pakistan won widespread acclaim by announcing several confidence building measures (CBMs) during the past two years
- Bihar On The Edge (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Oct 12, 2005)
BIHAR has been a byword for political uncertainty. Even as the State began preparations for its four-phase Assembly elections
- Indian Communism During The Raj (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
EVERY political party has to face up to the difficult task of writing its own history
- 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?
- When Disaster Struck (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 12, 2005)
WHAT lessons did Saturday’s earthquake in the north of the country carry for us? In the initial shocking days there was not much to learn and much more to mourn.
- 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
- Pm Assures All Help To Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said humanitarian considerations would be given precedence over political considerations when dealing with the earthquake.
- Why Osama Roams Free: South Asia Could Soon Face Its Biggest Ever Crisis (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 12, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment on the Bihar Assembly dissolution compels far-reaching systemic changes.
- 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.
- Lifelines, Borderlines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2005)
The trauma of the communities hit by the October 8 earthquake is immeasurable and unending. This tragedy that has hit Pakistan and India - nations united by geography and divided by history - reminds us of a common humanity and common sense of grief and l
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Turkey-Eu Deadlock-Ii (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
It has been mentioned that, Turkey needs to make huge efforts to meet the stringent requirements for EU membership, including absorbing the 80,000-page EU rulebook into its domestic law.
- Pioneering Research Into Quality Of Light (Deccan Herald, Guy Gugliotta, Oct 11, 2005)
Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in physics for pioneering research in the behaviour of light and its use in creating measuring techniques accurate enough to build clocks of unprecedented precision and to probe the structure of atoms.
- Goddess & Her Shakthi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
While her motherly qualities are extolled across the nation, Goddess Shakti is special to Karnataka, where she's worshipped in different forms, says Vatsala Iyengar.
- 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
- The New One-Party State (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 11, 2005)
IT IS not only the Democrats in the United States who cling fondly to the illusion that if they can only find the right candidate, they will sweep back into power. This is also the collective fantasy of the British Conservatives, who are currently choosin
- Facing Natural Disasters (Hindu, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS ARE always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people.
- Of Turncoats And Caste Breakdowns (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 11, 2005)
Defectors with a record of winning are seen as a prize catch by political parties in Bihar because of the votes they bring with them
- Delphic! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 11, 2005)
One doesn’t need an oracle to foretell the end of Detroit and North America as the epicentres of the world auto industry.
- 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
- Affluents Should Emulate Shujaat (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
IN keeping with his family traditions, PML chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has set a noble example of sharing fellow citizens’ pain and hardships and contributing towards mitigation of their sufferings. He has donated Rs one crore towards President’s Relie
- Continuing Crisis (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 11, 2005)
A photograph released by the US Army reiterates what the journalist’s manual states — one picture is worth a thousand words
- Daunting Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
THE death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake still remains a guess, given the inaccessibility of the towns and villages in the mountainous areas rocked by the convulsion.
- 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.
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- 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
- Infosys Ups Revenue, Profit Forecasts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
India's number-two software exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd, posted on Tuesday a better-than-expected 36 per cent rise in quarterly net profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast as western clients ramp up technology outsourcing.
- Strengthening Multilateralism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director-General, Mohammed ElBaradei,
- 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.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- 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.
- Why Is Lalu Good For Indian Railways? (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Every Diwali, when Shankar, a 52-year-old Mumbai resident, prepares for his 26-hour travel to his native place near Chennai, he never forgets to pack chilli-power coated idlis into two tiffin boxes, along with stainless steel plates and spoons.
- Competing With India And China (US News & World Report, Richard J. Newman, Oct 10, 2005)
A former top executive with General Electric, Vivek Paul was CEO of Wipro, the Indian information technology firm. He recently became a partner with the venture-capital firm Texas Pacific Group, where he will spearhead new investments in information . . .
- Turkey-Eu Deadlock-I (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
The European Union (E.U) foreign ministers after their recent meeting on the issue of entry of Turkey as a member of E.U. met a deadlock.
- 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.
- Globalisation Can Bust The Boom (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Oct 10, 2005)
ROGER BOOTLE, one of Britain's best-known economists, is perched on a satin sofa in the lavishly furnished Drapers' Hall, in the City of London — the British capital's financial district — in an expansive mood.
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
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