The Hindu May 20th

Spices Board award for Eastern Condiments

New govt will focus on boosting FDI

Misleading on drug safety

Nuclear-capable Agni-II test fired

$100-million aid to Pakistan

No LTTE threat, says Navy Chief

Nuclear trade: France not to treat Pakistan on a par with India

Rs. 500-crore aid package likely for Sri Lankan Tamils

BU Syndicate member caught

U.K. Speaker quits over expenses scandal

Amphibious ship commissioned

Crores needed to keep foodgrains promise

Humility in devotion

The Hindu 19th May

Workshop on corporate governance

Rupee at five-month high

Telecom cos asked to list priority areas to new Govt

Dr. Reddy’s Lab posts Rs. 517 crore net loss

SEBI keeping close watch on bourses: Chawla

Mobile chip can function as multi-application smart card

CIBIL, TransUnion launch personal loan score

End of the war

Stock market exuberance

LTTE supremo Prabakaran believed dead

India presses for ‘effective devolution’

Sensex creates history, vaults 2111 points

Plea to speed up land acquisition

Maoists prevent government formation

ICRC appeals for urgent aid for wounded civilians

Hubble telescope repair mission successful

Race for UN nuclear watchdog's top job

China-assembled A320 test flight successful

Fourteenth Lok Sabha dissolved

Quraishi: exit, opinion polls manipulated

G.K. Sundaram, doyen of textile industry, passes away

Montek, other members resign

A(H1N1) case: two more quarantined

Resurgence of faith

The Hindu

Industry welcomes verdict for development

Market could not have asked for more

Nasscom for more rational tax regime

‘Promoting foreign investment crucial’

Government to extend support to global investors’ meet

India chooses Congress

Left is out but UPA foreign policy may not swing right

First A(H1N1) flu case

LTTE has been defeated, says Rajapaksa

Guantanamo detenus can still be tried by military

Obama names Preet Bharara as U.S. Attorney

Maintain law & order, says Fiji

Status for Sri Lanka in SCO

Kuwait holds parliamentary polls

Army getting set to launch Agni-II

The Hindu 18th May

Full bench hearing of Central Information Commission on June 8

Civil services aspirants find General Studies paper tough( Shud have  gone thru our Current Affairs notes)

SHGs evince interest in new pension system

EC to submit list of MPs to Pratibha

Leading Indian poet loses Oxford election

Battle at its bitter end: LTTE( Hours later, they gave up!!!!!)

Madhav Kumar Nepal set to become Premier

Kuwait elects women MPs

Obama, Sarkozy hail Indian elections

Obligations of the new mandate

MPs with criminal charges aplenty in new House

LCA induction into IAF likely by 2010: Air Chief

Endowment awards presented

Prakash Mehra passes away

Making sense of the verdict

U.S.-Israel partnership: fraying at the edges?

The art of speaking

The Hindu 16th May

Spate of requests by corporates for ECGC cover

UN for FDA-type regulator for financial products

Forex reserves rise by $4 billion

Task of government formation

GPS’ India equivalent in three years

Election Commission to take action against erring officers

Mahila Court speeds up disposal of cases of violence against women

Prachanda asks Koirala to form government

Stop terrorist activity on Indian soil, France tells Pakistan

Exhibition of Buddhist relics soon in Darjeeling

Lok Sabha set to receive new members

The nuclear deal cannot be reopened

Garland of verses

The Hindu 15th May

Service sector rebounds in BRIC countries

Business confidence shows improvement: CII

Incipient signs of recovery: RBI

Sarma new TRAI chief

Consumer index unchanged at 148(  The all-India consumer price index for industrial workers (base 2001=100) remained unchanged at 148 for March, according to a Labour Bureau release.)

A job well done

A welcome change

Why India voted the way it did

NSA against Varun revoked

Nizam’s Institute ordered to pay Rs.1 crore for medical negligence

Inflation eases

UNICEF concern over plight of children

Coral bleaching witnessed in reefs

Suu Kyi to stand trial

Offensive as per plan: Pakistan

U.S. to work with India as global partner

India must energise regional diplomacy

Can quota category candidates, selected on merit, have service preference?

India gears up for meet on copyright issues

Transparency must for sanction of Plan funds

Israel feels the pain as Obama engages Iran

An Indian poet’s bid to breach “fortress” Oxford

Staunch devotion

Hindu today- 14th May

SBI cuts deposit rates by 50 basis points

Scope for reducing lending rates, says Subbarao

Improving market sentiment

Tripartism in the time of crisis

62% vote in Phase V as curtain comes down on polls

Sri Lankan troops plan major rescue operation

Varun moves Supreme Court

India outsources consular services in Canada

Microsoft CEO floors all with simple talk

Nepal ends monopoly of Indian priests

Jamat-ud-dawa resurfaces

EU concerned over civilian casualties

Pakistan for normalising ties with India: Zardari

BRIC will have increased role: Menon

Whitley Award for Mysore-based wildlife biologist

Ashok Chawla is Finance Secretary

Pilibhit records highest turnout

HAL’s intermediate jet trainer HJT-36 makes maiden flight with Russian engine

Foodgrains production to go up

Pirate attacks this year exceed last year’s

Exit polls see fractured verdict

The role and duty of a State Governor(Clip and keep)

Economic crisis of global capitalism: beyond regulation

Reality of bioterrorism: it’s not at all easy to do

How far can Washington go?

Power of detachment

The Hindu May 13

Industrial growth shrinks 2.3 per cent in March

Sensex gains 475 points

New govt needs to cut direct taxes to boost economy: E&Y

Way forward in Nepal

Justifiable optimism?(Stress tests for the US banks)

All set for Phase V elections today

It’s more virulent than seasonal flu: experts

Russia to deliver nuclear submarine by year-end

Pakistan facing humanitarian crisis

Evacuation becoming difficult, says ICRC

A year after the quake, hope takes root

Prachanda urged to break deadlock

Pandemic threats: what is to be done

PM calls on Pratibha

Foodgrains production to go up this year

Complaint filed against Amar Singh

Supreme Court reserves verdict on Amarinder Singh’s petition(Expelling an MLA)

Ashok Chawla is Finance Secretary

Caste and electoral choice: the Karnataka case

Credit crunch threat to Ground Zero designs

The Swat Test

Corrections and cl

Without expectations

May 12

New MD and CEO for Bombay Stock Exchange

Safeguard duty: Govt defers decision

Bongaigaon to receive Cairn’s Ravva crude

Rooting out ragging

New deal for urban transport

‘The perception that Nepal is tilting to China is exaggerated’

India-NSG troika meet on reprocessing

Journalist freed in Iran

Nepal parties closer to forming coalition

U.S. astronaut carrying Tricolour

India, U.K. to assess climate change impact

Afghanistan: phosphorus claim after air strikes

Colombo rejects U.N. claim

‘The perception that Nepal is tilting to China is exaggerated’

How is a Prime Minister appointed when there is a hung Parliament?(Clip and keep)

Two sworn in judges of Supreme Court

Prachanda rubbishes India’s fears

Caring for others

Hindu 11th May, Monday

Taxing times for outsourcing

Redefining museums

Delhi missed chance to resolve Nepal crisis

Heavy casualties reported in northern Sri Lanka

I have never considered India a threat, says Zardari

India faces risk of another terror strike: Obama aide

Was this election really fair and free?

Multi-disciplinary health care village planned

230 Taliban militants killed

India, South Africa to bolster economic ties

India’s profile becomes bigger in South Africa

Yadav’s call to Nepal’s parties

U.S. tightens H-1B visa norms

Suu Kyi is not well, says party

Quake reconstruction ahead of schedule: China

Hindraf leaders to be freed in Malaysia

Capitalism & the economic crisis

Vimla Dang passes away

India-Kazakhstan nuclear deal by June

“I will send Army to Sri Lanka”

Studying the new flu virus

It is the basics that need attention

WHO’s tally of A(H1N1) influenza cases is 4,379

Transmission of truths

May 4,the D-Day

·  The new challenges in IT

·  Nepal Army chief sacked

·  No swine flu case: government

·  Alternatives to politics vs alternative politics

·  Military action looks likely in Swat district

·  Flu spreads through Europe, Latin America

·  Collapsed banks pile up in U.S.

·  U.S. fully backing Pakistan government: Holbrooke

·  TULF for global intervention on civilians

·  FASTFACT

·  Fresh initiatives in SCO expansion

·  Nature of Bliss

May 2

·  Exports plummet 33% in March

·  Sugar output may exceed 147 lakh tonnes

·  Sri Lanka: what needs to be done

·  AIDS vaccine prospects brighten

·  Court: set up six fast track courts to try Godhra & riot cases

·  Trial can be completed in a year: SIT chief

·  3 Sea Tiger suicide boats destroyed

·  ISRO to send bacteria cells into space

·  Swine flu: tight screening at airport

·  Talks to save Swat accord fruitless

·  Japan to give aid to Sri Lanka

·  May Day: demand for jobs, pension

·  Destroy Taliban in two weeks: U.S. to Pakistan

·  FASTFACT

·  Raising profile as a maritime power in East Asia

·  Pursuit of higher values

13th

 

  Codifying social obligations  

  Rajapaksa orders two-day halt to military offensive

  EC advisory to parties on model code

  Emergency declared in Bangkok

  India regains Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

  India has been urging Colombo to stop war: Chidambaram

  Using technology to fight corruption

  India working on ratification procedures (ISSA)

  FASTFACT

  For North Korea, a notable success amidst failure

  India should strive to bring back money from Swiss banks: Arun Shourie

  Devotional practice

 

 

 

12th

 

·  Southern States to benefit from RIL’s gas allocation  

·  India-ASEAN summit put off

 

HINDU TODAY

  Higher fiscal deficit key to economic revival, says Virmani

  In search of a role

  Saving jobs in a time of crisis

  Chandrayaan’s first image of Earth in its entirety

  Russia delivers first batch of nuclear fuel

  Bust of Nehru falls off pedestal

  Italy mourns quake victims

  U.N. asked to pressure LTTE

  Thai protesters leave the stage for ASEAN

  Only 42,000 H-1B applicants in one week

  Fiji’s President assumes power, fires judges  

  Obama breaks fresh ground in Iran

  Jaswant promises to take up Gorkhaland with Centre

  FASTFACT

  Palestinians need a partner for peace

  Somalia: piracy’s feeding frenzy goes on

  Greatness of the Vedas

 

 10th

  Industrial growth shrinks again by 1.2 % in Feb

  Annual inflation at 8.4 per cent

  Power sector to get gas from KG-D6

  Hail to the first human in space!

  Green stimulus

  In good health  

  Iran inaugurates new nuclear fuel facility

  ‘A thorn in India-China relationship’

  India’s biggest auction of oil and gasfields

  Inflation hits new 30-year low

  Who knows facilities exist for the disabled to vote?

  Swat peace deal in jeopardy

  Bangladesh begins war crimes trial

  Bainimarama gives up post after verdict

  Taliban: a response to modernity

  North Korea appreciates India’s stand

  Missile deal not signed in a jiffy: Antony

  “Step towards knowledge society sans boundaries”

  FASTFACT

  Seven words on the Cross

 

9th

  Gold surges on strong global cues

  Battling cervical cancer

  U.S. for involving India in global issues

  India-China relations in one of the best periods in history

  Survey of birds begins in different parts of Kanyakumari district

  India’s spy satellite to eye terrorists

  China is new power centre: Chavez

  Kumar goes to the White House

  Re-democratising the electoral system

  India a vital leader: Holbrooke

  In the world of the disabled

  Hands off academic matters: Court

  FASTFACT

  Different strokes of ‘people power’

  Glimpses of the divine

 

8th

  A sharp deterioration

  Fujimori convicted

  Still a lot of work to do in Iraq: Obama

  Gulf stability is India’s concern

  Obama’s flawed Afghan strategy

  Less rhetoric, more pragmatism in London

  Principle of surrender

 

Hindu Today

 

7^th

 

  Kamal Nath to represent ASEAN summit in Thailand

  Obama and a nuclear-free world

  Problems of plenty

  Airfield to be reopened in east Ladakh

  Nirupam Sen made Special U.N. Adviser

  India an indispensable regional actor, says U.S. think-tank

  Citizens report: how shameful will the 15th Lok Sabha be?

  President rides electric car

  Package deals — with credibility discounts

  ‘Order of Friendship’ conferred on Karan Singh, Bhishma Narain Singh

  Pakistan leery of U.S. war on militants

  Two speeches that change nuclear rules

  Mahavira’s teachings

 

 

6^th

 

 

  Financing health

  Transition in Malaysia

  Controversial satellite launch by North Korea triggers alarm

  “India will not sign NPT in present format”

  India in dilemma over North Korean satellite launch news analysis

  Focus on black money stashed in foreign banks

  Many young voters, but is there a youth vote?

  Antarctic iceberg ‘set to collapse’

  To present Iran a clear choice

  The Divine name

 

5^th

 

 

·  15-20% drop forecast in March exports

·  Why hedonistic polygyny is against Islam

·  India, China have strategic ties: Ambassador Zhang Yan

·  Criminalisation and corruption hurt electoral system, says K.K. Venugopal

·  Violent protests mar NATO Summit

·  India 54th in networked readiness index

·  Include social charter in manifestos: Aruna Roy

 

4^th

 

 

 

 

  G-20 pledge not to raise new trade barriers

  A substantial deal

  Economic crisis and public anger

  Tax havens put on notice

  Joblessness may rise : ILO

  Missile deal with Israeli firm covered by integrity clause

  Factors for success

 

3^rd

 

  Inflation inches up to 0.31%

  Assumes charge as Nasscom Chairman

  Eighth round of NELP to be launched on April 9

  No, he can’t

  IT for health

  London summit pledges $1.1 trillion to boost global economy

  Manmohan expresses concern at rising protectionism

  President’s rule may be revoked

  Extremists threaten the very existence of Pakistan: Petraeus

  Obama was star of the summit

  LTTE plea to Norway

  Indian EVMs for Nepal

  Cesc Fabregas set to return

  Maharashtra: the dull days of White Gold

  A baul’s plea for peace

  Lok Sabha only rule?

  Sole astronaut ideates on India’s space future

  Electing to vote

  Ending decades-old rift with NATO

  Viral screening test effective against cervical cancer

  Politics adds to economic turmoil in Hungary

  Attitude of surrender