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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 35809:
- A Bridge Too Far? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Sep 11, 2006)
In recommending a narrow band for exchange rate movements, the Tarapore report may increase risks of a currency crisis.
- Facing The Truth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2006)
The week remembering September 11, 2001, began for us with a sad reminder, in Malegaon this time, that terrorism is truly worldwide and is alive and well.
- Exploitation Of Osama’S Ghost (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Alijazeera tv TV network has released another videotape of Osama bin Laden apparently to let Washington exploit its contents to derive political mileage once again. And there is hardly anything new in his assertions viz-a-viz the United States.
- Malegaon Blasts (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 11, 2006)
The Malegaon blasts could not have come at a more inopportune time. They seem to have been carried out virtually in defiance of the government’s resolve — expressed by the PM during the just concluded meet on internal security — to contain terror.
- Taped To Destiny (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Decision making on large construction projects is to be decentralised once again.
- Business As Usual (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 11, 2006)
Self-appointed historians have been suggesting that just as the assassination of a little-known Austrian prince became the defining moment of the twentieth century, so too was 9/11 for the twenty-first.
- The Bile Also Laughs (OutLook, R. Prasad, Sep 11, 2006)
Showcases the finest of this most discussed and criticised political cartoonist.
- Sebi Takeover Code To Facilitate M&as (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 11, 2006)
The amendments to the takeover regulations notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on May 26, 2006 will facilitate merger and acquisitions and help companies restructure themselves to achieve greater economies of scale and . . .
- We May Freeze N-Work: Iran To Eu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Iran is ready to comply—at least temporarily—with a UN Security Council demand that it freeze uranium enrichment and has said so at talks with a European negotiator, diplomats said on Sunday.
- Pm Seeks Greater Nam Unity (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for greater unity among the 116 NAM countries to fight terrorism.
- Outsourcing Opportunities, Continental-Size (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Sep 11, 2006)
With offshore and near-shore outsourcing of traditional IT and back-office work in Europe set to grow 30-35 per cent per annum in the next few years, the Continent is the place to be for countries such as India.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- What Were You Doing When You Heard Of The Attacks? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 11, 2006)
None of us has forgotten that moment of shock. Nine CEOs share their memories
- Auto Mission On Track, But For Tax Sops (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 11, 2006)
The spate of announcements of new investment plans by auto majors could not have been better timed.
- Mines Of Death (Business Line, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 11, 2006)
The safety record of coal mining has improved over time, but mine disasters have been happening with disconcerting regularity.
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Jinnah’S Vision Of Pakistan (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Sep 11, 2006)
Jinnah was not a mere political leader, but also a statesman. Indeed, his statesmanship streak influenced and determined his political leadership role increasingly as he negotiated the tortuous road to Pakistan in the 1940s.
- Southern Railway On Off-Track Revenue-Generating Mode (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 11, 2006)
"The Railway Minister Mr Lalu Yadav, has asked us to think of innovative ways to improve our income... We've also been asked to look out actively for commercial advertising... "
- Indian Blast Town Wavers Between Hurt And Harmony (Daily Times, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 11, 2006)
Everything is possible. But whoever it is, he has to understand that they cannot break the Hindu-Muslim unity of our town’
- Hyderabad Too Is Paralysed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Civil administration and troops were engaged in relief operations in Hyderabad and other parts of interior Sindh after torrential rains.
- Costly Error (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
The commerce minister has applied himself single-mindedly to his portfolio, and pursued his ministry’s concerns with characteristic energy and aplomb. One cause he has taken especially to heart is the promotion of special economic zones.
- Heart Of The Matter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A direly irresponsible attempt at post mortem
- Sensex Up By 52 Points In Early Trade (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, went up by over 52 points in early trade today on buying by foreign as well as domestic funds in heavy-weighted bluechip stocks.
- U.S. Envoy Says North Korea Watching Deal With Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A senior U.S. envoy said on Monday North Korea had shown little interest in incentives on offer to rein in its nuclear programmes, but that it was keeping an eye out on what was being offered to Iran.
- Hindi At The United Nations (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Sep 11, 2006)
More people speak Hindi than French, Russian or Arabic, but Hindi is not an official language of the United Nations.
- Police Release Sketches Of Malegaon Suspects (Press Trust of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2006)
Working on some "concrete clues", police today released sketches of two suspects in the bomb attacks here and said high intensity explosives, possibly RDX, were used in the blasts.
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Army In 21st Century (Daily Excelsior, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Sep 11, 2006)
For the first time in decades, no convincing reason can be given for a global armed conflict among the major nations of the world.
- A Reminder Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
The last week has ended with a grim reminder yet again to the nation as a whole.
- Azad: Self-Rule, Demilitarisation Are Nothing But A Stunt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
People's Democratic Party is likely to nominate Tariq Hameed Qarra as the State's new Deputy Chief Minister even as Abdul Aziz Zargar is likely to continue as Legislature Party leader.
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- Employers Hold The Key (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 11, 2006)
Apart from providing basic healthcare facilities, it is necessary to influence the mindset of society to actively promote the idea of safe motherhood
- No Truth Is Eternal (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Sep 11, 2006)
We humans love definitions. Because that qualifies us as 'scientists'. And we try, with our limited intelligence, to formulate ideas, axioms, conjectures and hypotheses about somebody or something until he or it gets compartmentalised.
- Neo-Colonialism In The Name Of Aid (Pioneer, Azim A Khan Sherwani, Sep 11, 2006)
Rich countries have a moral imperative to combat world poverty to prevent the 'silent' tsunamis of 30,000 children dying from poverty related illnesses every week. 2,800 million people, constituting 46 per cent of humanity, live below the poverty line.
- Blasts Are A Shame, Says Pm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday described the multiple blasts that killed 37 people at Malegaon in Maharashtra as a "shame" and said the government was yet to zero-in on who was behind that.
- Irwin's Death Sparks Diana-Like Mourning (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's death last week set off an unprecedented wave of public mourning in Australia that experts have likened to the grief that gripped Britain after Princess Diana died.
- China Seeks Market Economy Status (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday appealed to the European Union to lift the arms embargo imposed on his country and to grant it the full market economy status.
- Sketches Of Blast Suspects Released (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 11, 2006)
Police on Sunday released sketches of two men who had bought a new bicycle from a shop in Malegaon. They are suspected to have used it for placing a bomb on Friday in the powerloom town.
- Kochi In The List Of Unesco's Cities Of Living Heritage (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, Sep 11, 2006)
UNESCO-supported network to be launched at a conference in Jaipur
- Don't Fall Into Terror Trap: Pakistan Newspaper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
"Communalism continues to pose a challenge to secular India"
- Farmers Being Neglected, Says Sampat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Former Haryana Minister Sampat Singh said today that the Congress governments at the Centre and in Haryana were governments of the brokers, exporters and importers and farmers and people were a neglected lot in the present set up.
- 'India Inc An Emerging Business Partner For Us' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Indian companies seem to be bullish on investing in the US with the regulatory authorities approving direct investments worth $225 million in the April 2005 to January 2006 period, a survey said.
- Malegaon Seethes With Anger A Day After Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
"Why are you giving us bheekh (alms)?"
- Salman Served Notice In Black Buck Poaching Case (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A court here has served a notice on Bollywood actor Salman Khan for producing a false oath letter in the infamous black buck poaching case and asked him to reply by October 3.
- Upa Soft On Terrorism: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
With the Malegaon blasts sending shockwaves across the country, the BJP today sought to put the ruling UPA in the dock accusing the Congress-led coalition of being soft on terrorism due to its votebank politics and appeasement tactics.
- Iran, Eu To Resume Crunch Atom Talks (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Sep 10, 2006)
Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief meet again on Sunday after what they termed constructive talks in search of compromise that might avert looming U.N. sanctions over Tehran's atomic programme.
- Three Is Company (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
The idea of developing countries working together at multilateral fora like the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with the objective of increasing their access to developed country markets has gained strength since the formation of the G-20 during the . . .
- Forward To The Past (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Sep 10, 2006)
Nostalgia for childhood is often a lump in the throat, a longing for days when communication was simple and straightforward.
- 'Over 50% Of Coal-Belt Mines Unsafe' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Three days after one of the worst mining disasters in decades left 54 people dead, the chief of the company which owns these mines, said no less than half the mines in the area did not meet the basic safety standards.
- India’S Communal Instability Worries Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Three bomb attacks in the textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, India, have killed 37 people and injured nearly 150, all of them Muslims.
- Ulysses’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
Sir, ~ My cup of sorrow has become full to the brim by the tragic death of Steve Irwin while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.
- India For Rendering Borders Irrelevant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Observing that economically flourishing India is a "great opportunity" and not a threat to neighbours, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today said New Delhi favours increased connectivity to render borders irrelevant and a number of proposals have been . . .
- Cambridge To Confer Honorary Degree On Manmohan Singh (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Sep 10, 2006)
Nearly 50 years after he earned his first class honours degree in economics from the University of Cambridge, his alma mater will confer an honorary doctorate on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next month.
- Strengthen The Alternative World Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
NAM needs to be revitalised as a dynamic and effective mechanism to coordinate, aid, represent and defend the interests and priorities of its member-states that are mostly Third World countries
- Troops Patrol Malegaon After Deadly Blasts (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
The UPA Government's move to impose caste-based reservation in higher education is not the right approach to solve the problem of socio-economic inequality in our society.
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 10, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Anil Ambani Plans To Invest Rs 12,000 Cr In Tn (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Sep 10, 2006)
Power plant linked to desalination project; IT park planned
"We believe that this proposal is an attractive proposal and look forward to working with the State Government to progress our thoughts further," Mr Ambani said.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- Uk Is Willing To Talk To Mullah Omar (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 10, 2006)
Only days after Pakistan brokered a deal with the local Taliban in the tribal areas, the United Kingdom has shown interest to talk to former Afghanistan ruler Mullah Omar to achieve peace.
- Refix The Centre-State Federal Model (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The sooner this is done, the better would be the prospect for faster economic growth movement
- Why Did I Go To India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Sept 3: I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world…and is an incredibly diverse society... People are free to be Indian and Muslim, or Indian and Sikh, or Indian and Hindu, without any contradiction.
- Fifth Gear (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2006)
New investment plans announced by auto majors, like the Rs 3,000 crore project by Maruti, a $1.5 billion Suzuki-Nissan plant, and that of Honda adds credibility to the new draft automotive mission plan (AMP) to raise the industry turnover from the . . .
- Getting Freer (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2006)
This newspaper has been a consistent advocate for pushing the frontiers of economic freedom. The anchors of which are personal choice, the ambit of voluntary exchange, the freedom to compete and security of privately owned property.
- Leaders Must Know When To Step Down (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Tony Blair’s stony silence on the precise date when he will step down as prime minister does little to enhance his considerably sullied reputation.
- Ban Fiis, Not P-Notes (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Sep 10, 2006)
The recent controversy around the banning of P-Notes is best understood by looking at the origins. It all began in the early nineties, when the policymakers received a wake-up call regarding the state of their economy, and their socialist policies.
- Pm Reviews Power Demand & Supply (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that the consumption of electricity has increased by 11 per cent since last year owing to economic growth and rapid electrification.
- Catch A Glimpse Of Our True Nature (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 10, 2006)
When our view of our nature is clouded, we are blinded to our divine potential, says therapist Mark Chamberlain. When we do not value ourselves, we lose the motivation to better ourselves. But if we can learn to accept and love ourselves, power wells up.
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 10, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- The Rules Of Reconstruction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Lebanon’s reconstruction, so painstakingly carried out in the 1990s, is now at risk of being undone.
- Apocalypse Now (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Eimona is Anomie spelt backwards. Anomie is what GB Prabhat’s second novel all about. Anomie is a condition or malaise in individuals, characterised by an absence or diminution of standards or values.
- Losing Lives To Find Coal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
How disaster-prone are Indian coalmines?
India has about 550 coalmines, including 485 mines of public sector monolith Coal India and its subsidiaries and captive mines of steel and power companies.
- ``Sri Lanka Issue Should Be Resolved Soon'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The north-east issue in Sri Lanka should be resolved as soon as possible by the Government keeping in mind the grievances and aspirations of the Tamil people, said Sri Lankan Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman.
- India An Opportunity, Not A Threat, To Neighbours: Saran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Describing the country's borders as "arteries of commerce, exchange and movement of people," Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Saturday said the message India wanted to send to its neighbours was that it represented an economic opportunity for them . . .
- India, China Should Work Together: Sibal (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Sep 10, 2006)
Collaboration will be mutually beneficial
MNCs entering China due to low manufacturing costs
India's USP is its large talent pool.
- Men Smarter Than Women: Study (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Women all over may not like it, but it has been proved that men are smarter than women.
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 10, 2006)
It's time India realised that non-alignment is dead and gone
- How Al-Qaida Killed Masood (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The beat-up video camera was delivered to Afghanistan in a box, and picked up by two clean-shaven Arabs posing as journalists. They met with Osama bin Laden before leaving on their mission to kill Mujahedeen hero Ahmad Shah Massood.
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