 Need for pro-active ‘energy diplomacy'

 Assocham for reducing corporate tax

 Obama wins at Start

 Like onions for cotton

 Manmohan holds consultations ahead of Srikrishna report

 On U.S. request, India shuts payment route for Iran oil imports

 No review of Jaitapur plant clearance: Jairam

 DRDO working on cutting submarine vulnerability

 INDIA 2010

 Staff shortage impacts JNNURM projects

 Palestinian “state” gaining recognition

 NRHM: addressing the challenges

 Jaitapur project promoters can't buy off villagers: study

 Two rhinos released in Manas National Park

 Kolkata Metro gets railway zone status

 Handsome Krishna

 Public equity issues mobilise record Rs. 69,192 crore in 2010: PRIME

 Basel proposal on disclosure norms

 Moving on after the GSLV failure

 Conflicting interests

 Srikrishna: we will give an impartial report

 Despite Joshi's assertion on PAC's scope, BJP insists on JPC probe

 India offers training slots for Sri Lankan military personnel

 New species of fishes found in Indian waters

 “Press, news channels need internal news ombudsman”

 Jayaben Desai, architect of Asian women workers' movement, dead

 ‘We hope that India will be the number one investor in Indonesia'

 Pranab: India, Pakistan have made progress in easing visa curbs

 No question of disrespecting National Flag, says Naveen

 Centre releases extra foodgrains for PDS

 Take fruits of scientific inventions to common man, scientists told

 30 satellites to be launched in next decade

 Climate change affecting Assam tea growers

 UAE pushes on with plan for first nuclear reactors

 Behind the new gold rush

 Use of the senses

28/12/2010

 ‘Inflation may come down to 5.5 % by March'

 ONGC to hike stake in Pawan Hans

 Gujjar agitation, once again

 Revolutionary test for TB

 Ready to face PAC, Manmohan writes to Murli Manohar Joshi

 CAG presents his views on “presumptive loss” figures

 Mental illness can be included under ‘disability'

 PAC has no power to summon any Minister: Joshi

 Defence Secretary in Colombo to discuss peacetime engagement

 Gbagbo hangs tough

 First seaplane service launched

 India chasing a U.N. chimera

 2010: India's undeclared year of Africa

 Worshipping Lord Siva

27/12/2010

 More than onions

 Economy will undergo metamorphic change

 China’s calibrated balancing act

 CAG to appear before PAC today on 2G issue

 GSLV failures fuel disappointment and anxiety

 REDD-plus a new mantra, despite divisions

 In China, one can become High Court judge at 23

 Olive Ridley nesting at peril

 China's dams in Xinjiang region trigger concerns in Kazakhstan

 Sikh ‘Gatka' group performs in Singapore

 New challenge for Pakistan

 Onion prices will be under control: Pranab

 Chance of getting UNSC seat bright: Nirupama Rao

 With South Africa in, it will be BRICS

 Magnetic charm

26/12/2010

 Indian Oil's hydrocracker unit at Haldia on stream

 GSLV fails, erupts into ball of flame

 We will now review GSLV programme: ISRO

 GSLV flights jinxed?

 One CoBRA jawan killed, 8 injured in IED explosion

 15-point scheme in 90 districts

 Pranab lauds oil PSUs for subsidising products

 Sanjeev Tripathi to head RAW

 Naxalism, terrorism major challenges: Manmohan

 India to have its own design standard soon

 Nurturing Mirza Ghalib's legacy

 Meira Kumar visits Sunderbans

· Food inflation surges to double digits at 12.13%

· Inclusive economy needs strong banking sector: Pratibha Patil

· Banks against corporates foraying into banking

· OVL to swap stakes in two Brazilian blocks

· FDI in April-Oct declines to $12.40 b

· Dealing with communalisms

· Inexplicable delay

· It is no work and all pay for most MPs

· Blasts at two embassies in Rome

· U.S. Senate approves New START with Russia

· Could New START passage revive CTBT?

· Russia may delay ratification

· Lifetime Grammys for Julie Andrews, Dolly Parton

· U.S. brings Silk Road to India

· BJP plans ‘Governor hatao'

· NAFED defers onion imports from Pakistan

· Discussions begin on FDI in multibrand retail

· India to revive defence ties with Sri Lanka

· If Section 498-A is diluted, police won't act on dowry complaint: AIDWA

· We need peace in the Middle East, not just process

· Half-baked person

23/12/10

· Private sector to chip in $500 b for infrastructure

· Credit default swap guidelines soon: Gokarn

· A very special partnership

· Periyar dam: Kerala Irrigation Dept. seeks nod for transfer of land

· Two Prithvi-II missiles successfully flight-tested

· Important government websites “highly” vulnerable to cyber attacks

· ‘WikiLeaks gives an insight into U.S. pressure'

· In statements, gradual recognition of India's nuclear status

· Warships to be built indigenously: A.K. Antony

· GSLV–F06 launch on Saturday

· No special quota for Gujjars, rules Court

· Preserving diversity a big challenge: Manmohan

· Hillary, Krishna discuss bilateral issues

· Not for petty reasons

 Large govt borrowing impeding corporate bond market growth
 Y. V. Reddy questions the efficacy of funding model for infra sector
 OVL hopes to ink pact for Russian fields
 ONGC Tripura signs MoU with Bangladesh
 Going beyond trade
 Making cities safer for women
 NASA fuels Discovery in test for cracks
 Singapore declares Muslim shrine as national heritage centre
 Japan to bolster “defence” against China
 Red carpet for Chinese Premier in Pakistan
 Stop drills, Russia tells S. Korea
 China's western push strengthens Pakistan links
 Horn of Africa: why India should care more
 India keeps up Afghan effort despite security concerns
 Three Carnatic musicians honoured
 Be messengers of a new India: Abid Hussain
 “Indian village is a swamp of inequity”
 Hyderabad to host www 2011 meet
 Becoming a gnani
17/12/10

 Reserve Bank pumps funds to provide liquidity
 Food inflation up at 9.46 %
 Steady course
 Elephant in Orang National Park scripts history
 Manmohan-Wen hotline becomes operational
 Report not ‘mere commentary': Srikrishna panel
 Is the glass half full or half empty?
 Officials see progress despite lack of time to prepare for Wen's visit
 Call for global ban on Endosulfan
 ‘Currency wars reflect stagnation of global economy'
 Kalam implores researchers to form Open Source networks
 Rs. 350 cr for new scheme on climate resilient agriculture
 Khurshid: lobbying that leads to illegal acts is illegal
 GSLV-F06 to be launched on Monday(Russian engine, and so no sweat)
 Rahman in Oscar race with Boyle's ‘127 Hours'
 Case for an autonomous CBI
 Cancun: held together by optimism
 Pride of the Gopikas

Thursday, December 09, 2010

• TRAI favours national broadband network
• ‘Retain stimulus package'
• Subbarao: inflation is still above RBI's tolerance level
• Exports jump 27 % to $19 billion in November
• The French affair
• Presidential reference sought for Lalli's removal
• India, France ink two pacts on nuclear safety
• Differences over second phase of commitment to Kyoto Protocol
• In Cancun, protest breaks out against REDD
• Allahabad High Court moves Supreme Court over remarks
• Education must strengthen pluralism: Pratibha Patil
• Brussels summit one more step in strategic ties with EU
• Deora to sign deal for four-nation pipeline
• Knowledge incomplete without values: Pratibha
• Food Security Bill panel's report to be awaited
• Pratibha Patil: education must strengthen pluralism
• A cultural affirmation
• Four myths that hold back progress in fighting climate change
• World's first methanol factory using CO {-2} from steam
• Importance of anjali

• French companies commit euro 10 b investment in India
• Renewed hope for START
• Effective prophylaxis
• Nuclear pacts power bonhomie
• ‘Nothing wrong if PM appears before JPC'
• Nuclear liability Bill lacks clarity, says Areva
• India, France to enforce curbs on terror outfits
• Cracking the secrets of the tuberculosis germ
• Perils of becoming a republic of scandals
• An issue close to me: Carla Bruni (Great )
• ‘India Lifeline to Gaza' activists return
• RS condoles death of sitting member, adjourned
• ‘India won't see a repeat of 1962'
• Manmohan-Merkel meet could narrow FTA differences( 11th EU-India Summit in Brussels)
• Wish fulfilled

Friday, December 03, 2010

• India an ‘economic powerhouse', says Strauss-Khan(IMF’s MD)
• Food inflation slumps to single digit at 8.6 %
• India, China to be global leaders in manufacturing competitiveness
• Justice cannot be relative
• Acquiring memorabilia
• China: border row should not hit ties
• 2018 WC goes to Russia
• Centre issues wetland conservation guidelines
• India still weighs Chinese demand for Nobel boycott
• $100,000 award for Indian NGO
• The republic on a banana peel
• Parliament logjam continues
• Gautam Ghosh's film bags Golden Peacock Award
• Higher growth rate has benefited poor too, says Jagdish Bhagwati
• BrahMos capability in mountain warfare tested
• NASA finds bacteria thriving on arsenic in lake
• Challenges before rising Asia
• A good lesson
2/12/10
• Fresh capital infusion in banks gets Cabinet nod
• Exports up 21 per cent at $18 b in October
• Divergent views on move to issue new banking licences
• Pranab to meet IMF chief today
• Raising the bar
• Extreme climate events in store, says expert
• EU to support India's ICA proposal
• Sarkozy eyes big contracts
• India-Sri Lanka ferry service gets Cabinet approval
• A symbol of solidarity(Photo)
• Russia warns of arms race
• S. Korea banks on U.S.: envoy
• Claim of China-N.Korea rift questioned
• The return of the Asians
• Judicial Accountability Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
• Clearance for field trial of Genetically Modified rubber?
• Rangarajan panel to examine NAC suggestions on food bill tomorrow
• Infiltration feared through Maldives-Andaman route
• Narada arrives

1/12/10

• 8.9 % GDP growth takes market by surprise
• Emerging economies face risk of capital flows
• Environmentalists vs nuclear power
• China and North Korea
• Steady progress in border talks: Menon
• “We can cut emissions and still grow productively”
• TAPI gas pipeline project poised for breakthrough
• Tributes paid to Nirmal Pandey, Vishnuvardhan
• North “spoiled child”, felt China
• Sri Lanka-Pakistan pact
• Can India garner the demographic dividend?
• Chidambaram: India better equipped to meet security challenges
• Publication of Radia tapes infringes on right to privacy: Tata
• Report silent on spent fuel, say activists
• It will not affect environment: Kakodkar
• Tejas successfully test-fires close combat air-to-air missile
• ‘Further momentum to Indo-French ties'
• What can we give God?
30/11/10
• Decision on freeing urea sector before this fiscal
• Focus on waste management, non-conventional energy
• The public has a right to know
• Carry forward efforts to ensure justice to Sri Lankan Tamils, India urged
• Agreement on new emission cut regime unlikely at Cancun
• Corruption in the neoliberal era
• “Cordial India-Pakistan ties are in Russia's interest”
• Singapore launches initiative to develop maritime fuel cell
• Reincarnation of Adisesha
29/11/10
• Over-reliance on short-term capital flows?
• India at the cutting edge of corporate governance
• Bank employees urged to fight harmful reforms
• Lessons from Guangzhou
• Checking the contagion
• Environmental clearance for Jaitapur nuclear project
• Climate change conference begins today in Cancun
• Krishna sees commercial potential in Hambantota
• Syria pins hopes on India to highlight Arab cause at U.N. Security Council
• India-China border talks today
• China calls emergency meet on Korean crisis
• Low turnout in Egypt
• Pakistan's offer to Sri Lanka
• It's paradoxical that environmentalists are against nuclear energy: Jairam Ramesh
• Montek among probables for next IMF chief(Makes one proud)
• Ujjwal Nikam to represent India at convention on terrorism in U.N.
• I-T Department introduces new number for taxpayers
• Yasodha's pride in son