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Raul Aims To Have Last Word At Finals
Raul's usual goal celebration involves
a brief kiss of his wedding ring but
this time he careered off to
the corner packed with Spanish fans,
punched his chest and pointed to the
crest on his red shirt.
Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers
Stirs Critics
Ambitious plans to build dams and
hydro power projects throughout the
hills of the remote northeast
have trodden on some sensitive toes in
the troubled region.
Targetting Migrant Workers
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali
origin are the latest victims of
terror.
"There's Going To Be No Effective U.N.
Without The U.S."
Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for
the post of Secretary-General of the
United Nations, speaks
about his chances and his plans.
India Needs To Achieve Energy
Independence By 2030
The era of wood is almost nearing its
end. The world energy forum has
predicted that fossil-based
oil, coal and gas reserves will last
for less than ten decades.
Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers
Stirs Critics
Ambitious plans to build dams and
hydro power projects throughout the
hills of the remote northeast
have trodden on some sensitive toes in
the troubled region.
Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers
To Flee Conflict
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so
desperate to flee conflict between Sri
Lanka's government and
Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his
furniture and wife's jewellery to pay
smugglers to sail his family to
India.
Russia Pragmatic On Arms But Is Trade
Healthy?
Missiles to Syria and Iran, warplanes
to Venezuela and Myanmar, helicopters
to Sudan -- Russia goes
its own way when it comes to selling
arms, seemingly immune to ethical
debates that affect the
industry elsewhere.
Sri Lanka's Overseas Tamils Fill Rebel
Tiger Coffers
It's thanks to Sri Lanka's overseas
Tamils -- people like engineer S.
Vijayadeva or accountant Kana
Naheerathan -- that the rebel
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
can afford to keep up its
insurgency.
Market Musings In These Volatile Times
After the roller-coaster ride in the
capital market last week, only the
very bold or extremely foolish
would dare to predict what the coming
week will bring. In the last
fortnight, the Indian market has
bounced up three times with a dazzling
. . .
The Magic Of That Old School Tie
Fifty four per cent of Britain's top
newspaper and television journalists
were educated at expensive
private schools.
Shaken By Shanghai
While the painful prose of the
declarations from the Shanghai summit
last week might put most
people to sleep, it has begun to shake
America out of its strategic stupor in
Asia.
Regulation Must Keep Pace With Markets
Regulators and laws are still to
address the issues posed by e-wallet,
an already launched product
Web Auctions, The New Jackpot For
Middle Americans
Al Losey, a corporate trainer at a
Detroit auto parts maker, lost his job
six weeks ago in what could
be another down-and-out story from a
hard luck corner of the American
economy.
Politics Is On A Dead Cat Bounce
The turbulence in the global equity
markets has, if nothing else, helped
add to our collective
vocabulary.
Is The `War On Terror' Going Out Of
Control?
Governments, especially western
liberal democracies with their
supposedly more enlightened "values,"
are expected to get the balance
between national security and
individual liberties right. But is the
`war on terror' descending into a form
of . . .
Quota And Populism
By a happy coincidence I went to have
coffee with Arun Shourie in his
elegant Delhi home the day
his new book came out. It is called
Falling Over Backwards:
Bmic: Bjp Stand Will Strain Ties, Says
Gowda
These are very early days for Indian
campaign for Shashi Tharoor’s
elevation to the UN
Secretary-General’s job.
Let Down By India?
After its initial expression of
concern over the military operations,
the Balochs are disappointed at
Indian silence on the continuing
suppression by the Pakistani military
establishment.
U.K.: Amnesty For Illegal Migrants
Likely
An estimated half a million migrants,
living in Britain illegally and
constituting virtually a parallel
economy, could be offered amnesty to
save the Government the almost
impossible task of deporting
them.
Cross-Dressing Pakistani Hails Media
Freedom
Every Saturday night Pakistani actor
Ali Saleem puts on a bright saree and
chunky jewellery and
transforms himself into glamorous
widow Begum Nawazish Ali, who teases
guests with flirty questions
on a television chat show.
Luxury Brands Take Baby Steps In India
Flanked by a swish Swarovski store and
a Ruby Tuesday restaurant, India's
first Versace boutique
opened in an upmarket Mumbai mall, its
bright displays and steel-and-white
interiors drawing several
shoppers.
India And Free Trade In Asia
Why should consumers pay higher prices
for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not
time to treat
agriculture like the industrial
sector, to help it become globally
competitive?
Drama In Real Life
How genuine was the terrorist attack
on the RSS Head Quarters in Nagpur?
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