the hindu october 21st

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

 RBI, SEBI unveil fresh measures to calm markets

 India hit by ripple effects of global financial crisis: FM

 Japan can be a large IT market: Nasscom

 Rupee dips to 49-mark

 Kashmir’s people at centre stage

 A tireless mediator (Mr. Marti Ahtisaari)

 Manmohan: our banks are entirely safe

 Pacts with U.S., France include fuel supply assurances, says Pranab

 India to ink pact with Russia for more reactors

 Final countdown begins for launch of Chandrayaan-1

 “Total domination over western Kilinochchi”

 Shadow of global financial crisis over China

 New steps to tackle power shortage

 Arjun Atwal claims maiden title in U.S.

 Cross-LoC trade starts today

 Parliament session may be curtailed

 Ratan Tata gives U.S. varsity $50 million

 Himalayan glaciers receding fast

 India weighs counter-piracy options in Somalia

 U.S. opposes Pakistan-Taliban negotiations

 Palin takes it light

 CPI(M) wants early decision on privilege motion

 12 CRPF men killed in Chhattisgarh ambush

 DMK calls for steps to save Sri Lankan Tamils

 Jet chief wants tax on ATF cut

 From Uri, with goods

 Celebrating the birth centenary of Brahmayya

 Acts and their effects

MAINS OCTOBER 2008

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 5 sectors to attract $8.5 b investment

 Sovereign rating outlook may turn negative: Moody’s

 OVL, Sinopec in race for Imperial Energy of U.K.

 NHPC board meet to approve IPO

 U.S. downturn to hit India: Tata

 Unrelenting inflation

 Kabul attack an assault on friendship: Manmohan

 Parliamentary panel views tapes

 Bandh case: Tripathy tenders unconditional apology in court

 Solzhenitsyn is dead

 Dhoni chosen for Khel Ratna

 West seeks new Iran sanctions

 Post ceasefire, Colombo readies for LTTE attacks

 Chinese authorities focus on Uighurs

 Nepal parties inch closer to form government

 Grateful to India, says Karzai

 Centre allocates subsidised imported edible oil for TPDS

 Dealing with terror strategies

Religion

 Instruction of truth

 RBI’s loud anti-inflation statement

 Gilani’s positive response

 Replacing tinderbox coaches

 SAARC nations resolve to jointly fight terror

 Stampede near Naina Devi temple claims 146 lives

 Rumour of landslip triggered stampede

 Scheme on secondary education soon

 China awaits Xiang’s second coronation

 Videoconferencing brings relief to undertrials

 Sanitation programme from today

 Pakistan, Afghanistan to fight terrorism jointly

 Close ranks against terror, Boucher tells Pakistan

 Committed to implementing SAFTA, say SAARC members

 Nepal’s parties mull over Maosits’ CMP

 Oil revenues: bonanza for Russia

 Boeing delaying consultancy for Tejas programme

Religion

 God’s infinite grace

 More SEZs cleared

 Exports up 22 % in Q1

 Banks asked to mitigate burden on borrowers

 Rupee rebounds 22 paise

 One more opportunity

 Liberty on two wheels

 IAEA board approves India safeguards agreement

 Harkishan Singh Surjeet passes away

 ISI engineered Kabul embassy bombing: NYT

 As Pakistan hails ‘precedent,’ other IAEA members express doubts, fears

 India pledges support to IAEA

 Norms issued for 3G, number portability

 Committed to power devolution: Rajapaksa

 Ashok Mankad passes away

 Can Australia continue its golden run?

 Detailing still to be done: Menon

 Somnath Chatterjee breaks his silence

 Don’t politicise Olympics: Hu

 David Miliband puts off India tour as Labour crisis deepens

 Fukuda revamps Cabinet, party

 It is official, there’s ice in Martian soil

 “Democracy is a vital disciplining instrument”

 India-Pakistan peace process: hopes & fears

 Conscious decision to uphold Constitution: Speaker

 Tripartite meet on Gorkhaland issue

 The solar eclipse

Religion

 Essence of subtle truths religion

Friday

 Rs. 51,577-cr. scheme to reform power sector

 Finance panel to suggest fiscal accounting for oil, other bonds

 Profits and livelihoods (Doha)

 Tackling workplace inequality

 Pranab takes up ceasefire violations with Quereshi

 IAEA to back India, but with ‘mixed feelings’

 Inflation inches closer to 12%

 Most IAEA members worried about precedent being set for Pakistan

 India plans big push to regional trade

 Accord on treaty for help in criminal matters

 Quantum of RBI hikes takes markets by surprise

 India, Afghanistan behind unrest, says Pakistan

 Magsaysay for Amte couple serving tribal people

 To prevent the elderly from falling

 Monsoon recovers some ground over State

 Pakistan not eligible for similar n-deal: Burns

 Israel Premier Olmert to resign

 Cabinet okays Rs. 1,000-cr. more for insurance scheme

 “Failure of Geneva talks a serious setback”

 Reforms: Chidambaram upbeat

 Mr. Speaker: the Indian “avatar”

Religion

 Quality of Bhakti

thursday

 Doha talks collapse: chambers express dismay

 Arrest this negative trend

 Wetlands and climate change

 Firing again on Line of Control

 Pakistan will not press for vote on Indian deal at IAEA

 Additional judges’ term extended by two years

 Court to await panel report on alternative alignment

 Pachauri to head six-member experts committee

 House panel to see video footage

 Pranab holds talks with Ahmadinejad

 Lawrence provides a fitting Climax for India

 Rafael Nadal will be the man to beat

 Garbage to generate revenue for Corporation

 Kakodkar in Vienna, to hold talks

 Subcontinent looms over Man Booker longlist

 Bench disposes of 24-year-old cases

 Panel to summon three BJP MPs

 Indian envoy, Zardari review bilateral ties

 SAARC for collective action on terror

 Court relief for Erdogan

 Nepal to raise climate change at SAARC meet

 “20,000 MW nuclear power by 2020 if deal gets through”

 EPFO move to ‘give’ workers’ money to private firms decried

 Congress defends EPFO decision

 Kosambi and the discourse of civilization

Religion

 Removal of ignorance

 Hope at last over Doha Round of trade talks financial scene

 Fast-tracking the economic reforms agenda

 Metro terrorism

 Equity in primary education

 CMs’ meet to discuss security

 India files nuclear separation plan with IAEA

 Food crisis, fuel price hike to figure at SAARC Summit

 Nuclear deal not for weaponising: Pranab

 Hackett chases history

 Cut carbon emissions before its too late: Pachauri

 Where communal harmony is a way of life

 China’s panda population up

 Hot on the heels of the ‘Mande Burung’

 Swraj Paul in race for CPA chairmanship

 Hun Sen set to retain power

 Members of ETA held

 Cuba marks revolution anniversary

 Iran seeks NAM’s help

 Party constitution has provisions for appeal: Karat

 Scrutinise executive, Ansari urges Elders

 What’s happening to the monsoon?

 Torch relay game brings Olympics nearer to children

Religion

 Singular devotion

 Tight money policy may be continued

 Dabhol plant starts power generation

 Moving ahead with post (IMP)

 Maximising benefits of trade

 PM calls up Medvedev

 India bracing itself for American draft

 No compromise on strategic programme: Kakodkar

 SP expels six MPs

 Can the Indian swimmers make a splash?

 Any move to demolish Ramar Sethu will not be tolerated: Jayalalithaa

 ‘Semmangudi integrated bhakti and music’

 Australia ready to support India’s case

 We’ll expedite processes: Rice

 Indian-origin judge to head rights panel

 China ahead of U.S. in Internet use

 India will extend more support to SAARC: Sood

 Hypersonic interceptor missile to be tested

 CJI: Chandrachud, a multi-faceted personality

 BJP files complaint

 “Centre may push pension, banking Bills”

 Why does Russia cooperate with ‘rogue states’

Religion

 Epitome of service

 Nano will not increase congestion: Tata

 Political stasis in Nepal

 Notify guidelines

 Karat defends Somnath’s expulsion

 Manmohan calls on Somnath

 Bush and Manmohan discuss next steps in nuclear deal

 Centre studying court suggestion on alternative alignment for Sethu project

 IAEA board continues consultations on safeguards

 BJP to file complaint with Speaker today

 Inflation eases to 11.89%

 Great Indian Bustard found in Bellary pocket

 J.K. Rowling is top-earning celebrity

 Thirty years since Louise Brown, a way of life

 India to test interceptor missile

 Gates, Bloomberg in anti-smoking campaign

 PM calls on President

 Japan to look into nuclear deal

 Pending debate, military action in NWFP called off

 Maoists’ set terms to join government

 Rightful share for women sought

 Now, there is no banknote paper

 Super rice strain

 Iran consolidates position in West Asia

 U.S. reaffirms support in IAEA, NSG

 Focus on pipeline during Pranab’s Tehran visit

 Court: depraved acts call for only one sentence — death

 Cabinet clears Rs. 630-crore medicinal plants mission

 Reforms should not ignore aam aadmi: Moily

 JD (S), JD (U) expel their rebel MPs

 Cabinet nod for merger of bank with SBI

 Oxfam warning on food crisis

Religion

 Spirit of sacrifice

 After the vote

 Karadzic in the dock

 CPI(M) expels Somnath Chatterjee

 Alignment 6 is most viable: Centre

 Ram Baran Yadav sworn in

 Security for SAARC meet strengthened

 N. Korea nuclear issue discussed

 ‘Spiritual researcher’ Karadzic hid in plain sight

 Kuwait plans new metropolis as ‘Silk City’

 A one-state solution for Israel and Palestine

 IAEA safeguards grant India nuclear weapons status: Pakistan

 23 MPs defied whip

 India begins lobbying

 Madras Atomic Power Station marks silver jubilee

 Global economic turmoil — towards a paradigm shift?

 Will Sarkozy persuade the Irish to vote again?

Religion

 Spiritual guidance

 Focus should now be on reforms: industry

 Dialogue continues despite strain

 Moment of truth (Doha)

 Manmohan government wins trust vote

 Nothing in the nuclear agreements prevents us from conducting further tests: Manmohan

 Five adjournments in Lok Sabha as allegations fly thick and fast

 Centre’s stand likely today on alternative alignment for Sethu

 Space dust enigma

 India seeks policy space at WTO meet

 Nepal Maoists to sit in Opposition

 East Asia Summit explores free trade area prospects

 Ceasefire akin to giving ‘oxygen’ to LTTE: Sri Lanka

 Maoists will not join government

 100th anniversary of an iconic model

 Singapore scraps skits at ASEAN session

 Rs. 50,254-cr. debt waived, says Chidambaram

 No legal basis for freeing life convicts after 14 years: court

 We can now take the next step: Kakodkar

 Biman Bose’s poser on continuation of Somnath as Speaker

 “Mahatma Gandhi was shortlisted for Nobel”

 U.N. Secretary-General warns of “double jeopardy” of high food and fuel prices

 3 elephants die of poisoning

 U.S. to continue working with India on nuclear deal

 Judicial officer can’t receive judge during court hours

Religion

 God’s compassion

tuesday

 Costs of realpolitik

 Children and cholesterol

 Pranab: no compromise on independent foreign policy

 Menon says dialogue process is under strain

 U.S. ready to do business even with a minority government

 Phalke award for Tapan Sinha

 Ram Baran Yadav is Nepal President

 China, Russia end border dispute

 Suu Kyi comment “misunderstood”

 SAARC meet to discuss fund to manage food crisis

 India hopes to get support at IAEA, NSG

Religion

 Virtue of truth

sunday

Sunday, 20^th July

 Sri Lanka yet to approve CEPA

 Intel launches one-stop solution for SMBs

 NCDEX to begin spot trading in farm items soon

 GAIL starts gas supplies to Trombay region

 MPs can “correct” their vote on July 22

 Agreeing to permanent IAEA safeguards is on the basis of permanent fuel supplies: Kakodkar

 Signing 123 Agreement amounts to accepting American hegemony opinion

 Iran-EU decide to continue interaction

 “State won’t hesitate to seek retrieval of Katchatheevu ”

 Nepal fails to elect President

 Rise in engineering exporters

 India summons Sri Lankan envoy

 Pakistan new trade policy allows FDI from India

 Olympic energy sweeps China

 Nepal presidential run-off on Monday

 Chidambaram: Hyde Act can’t bind India

 Planning Commission may give funds for Bharatpur birds

 China adopts persuasive measures to make people quit smoking

Monday

 Easy money blamed for home loan fiasco

 One year of the global financial crisis

 Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

 Focus on inflation

 Bears in a blind spot ( Not stock market bears)

 Draw youth to appreciate Carnatic music: Murali

 Suu Kyi release likely in 6 months, hints Myanmar

 Can Phelps better Spitz’s record?

 Holding a mirror to prisoners’ issue

 ‘My Town, My Pride’ campaign launched in town panchayats

 Speaker calls meeting of floor leaders

 Extradition approved

 India, Brazil to take on rich nations in WTO talks

 Forbidden City made accessible

 India-Pakistan composite dialogue today

 India, Russia plan to build futuristic main battle tank

 Amidst peace talks, LoC truce disintegrates

 No further time to implement report on salary for court staff

 India and new U.S.-friendly moves in East Asia

Religion

 Search for Self

 FDIs for Rs. 350 cr. cleared

 Obama the pragmatist

 Women and the church

 Manmohan will move a one-line confidence motion on July 21

 “Accord will help end nuclear apartheid”

 Kirti Chakra recommended for 4 Kabul martyrs

 The paradox of brains vs. brawn

 Human Rights Watch: “End Govt. support for Salwa Judum”

 A restructuring of the food basket

 Mystery insect in London

 ICC has no jurisdiction in Sudan: al-Bashir

 Nepal’s presidential elections on July 19

 Sri Lanka denies it fired at Indian fishermen

 Russian doctrine gives top priority to ties with India

 Glimpse of interrogation at Guantanamo prison

 MI5 “outsourced” torture

 We can improve weather: China

 Nepal President poll on July 19

 Japan for peaceful end to islets row

 Standing shoulder to shoulder with U.S.

 Air Force places orders for Akash missile production

 Another media blitz planned on nuclear energy

 “Speedy trial is a constitutional right”

 Parties mobilise public opinion on deal

 Child labourers rescued

 Country has lost a great judge: Krishna Iyer

 Global warming warning for Arctic fox

Religion

 Guru-Sishya lineage

 India placed 41st in competitiveness

 Centre considering cap on cotton exports

 Disturbing signals (BOP)

 Precaution is the key (GMOs)

 Karat: Speaker’s office above controversy

 Final hearing in September on foreign origin issue

 IAEA Board meet put off

 U.S. Congressional clock ticks away; uncertainty over lame duck session

 Road map of process and procedure

 Oil companies told not to open new retail outlets

 Miss Universe 2008 from Venezuela

 Chandrachud dead

 India may increase ITBP strength

 Clinton: India, China can burn up planet

 Ahmadinejad sees a new era in the Gulf

 Riots a setback to Tibet’s social, economic uplift

 Talks begin over Nepal government formation

 Beware of the Trojan Horse

 India decries threat of force against Iran

 Apex court: no norms can be laid down for CAG post

 Expert allays fears on uranium

 Judge the nuclear deal on facts, not convictions

 Fighting Pakistan’s ‘informal war’

Religion

 Spiritual maturity

 Keeping the long-term growth momentum intact

 Travesty of justice

 Defection redefined

 Prakash Karat meets Mayawati

 Pranab briefs Basu on rift

 New Delhi, Kabul favour targeting bases, links of terror outfits

 ‘Perpetuity of safeguards only with perpetuity of fuel supply’

 ‘Both India and China respect McMahon Line’

 The boy who would be king

 Prakash a win away from ATP title

 India-Pakistan talks on CBMs on July 18

 Yahoo rejects Microsoft proposal

 5th amendment to Nepal Constitution

 Ahmadinejad ready for direct talks

 Honey extraction set to go hi-tech in southern districts

 Fears rise over U.S. “hot pursuit” into Pakistan

 Peace deal closer than ever: Olmert

 France challenges U.S. diplomacy in W. Asia

 32 Tigers killed, says Colombo

 Madhes demand leaves many “confused”

 No decision on transit: Dhaka

 Does the IAEA agreement hide us from the Hyde Act?

 S. Prabhakaran made ICJ director

 Uranium in groundwater in Varanasi: study

 Vidarbha forum writes to PM on farm crisis

 Jharkhand gets woman Chief Justice

 Deal sternly with perjury, courts told

 India and the new scramble for Africa

 Collapse of affordable housing

Religion

 Service to preceptor

 Industrial growth dips to 3.8 % in May

 G8 falls short on climate

 Strategies to help the poor

 Special Lok Sabha session on July 21, 22

 “Coalition dharma means whatever is agreed upon in a common minimum programme should be implemented”

 Inflation soars to 11.89 per cent

 IAEA has no obligation on fuel supplies or building strategic reserves: Karat

 BJP’s ‘questions’ on IAEA draft

 Obama reluctant to seek changes in nuclear deal

 China plans to make it extra special

 Cosmonauts remove explosive bolt

 Parsing the India-specific safeguards agreement news analysis

 European Parliament demands probe into charges in Kashmir

 Small parties, independents in great demand

 Gujarat law to curb conversions in place

Religion

 Credo of non-violence

 40% of food items in WPI decline, says study

 Windfall tax violative of NELP policy

 Attracting investment in clean technology

 Oil assets abroad enable India to counter shock

 A highly improper step

 Managing the crisis

 “In the name of energy autonomy, you are surrendering our strategic autonomy”

 Manmohan keen on seeking early vote of confidence

 Draft Safeguards Agreement with IAEA made public

 Rushdie, the Best of Booker

 Governor’s rule imposed in J&K

 Iran test-fires more missiles

 BIMSTEC to focus on poverty alleviation

 Better shore up domestic uranium resources

 Speaker’s office above partisan politics: Somnath

 It recognises our autonomous nuclear programme: Kakodkar

 Step up response to Cyclone Nargis

Religion

 Exceptional sage

 Cotton import duty goes

 Infrastructure growth slips in May

 What’s in store now?

 Tide against torture

 India sends safeguards agreement to IAEA Board

 A callous government: Karat

 Bush, Manmohan discuss nuclear deal

 NDA may urge President to intervene

 President requests PM for meeting today

 India’s climate change views not fully incorporated

 State may regulate private varsities

 Energy security not assured: Left

 India, Sri Lanka finalise trade agreement

 We will paralyse Persian Gulf if attacked: Iran

 Russia vows military response to U.S. missile defence deal

 Amendment Bill tabled in Nepal

 Challenging the basis of Kyoto Protocol

 “It will invite risk of nuclear terrorism”

 Safeguards agreement still in negotiation stage: Kakodkar

 Set parameters for ratifying treaties: BJP

 Hearing of plea against UPSC on July 18

 Mundra SEZ: court vacates stay

 Left queries on safeguards thrust spotlight on ‘corrective measures’

 Let us not lose sight of good governance

Religion

 Sure way to liberation

The Hindu Today

 Windfall tax not under purview of Petroleum Ministry, says Deora

 Dastardly attack

 Investors’ dilemma

 IAEA step only after winning trust vote: Pranab

 Left parties withdraw support

 India hopeful of China’s support

 Manmohan: Left pullout will not affect stability

 Left: why keep draft text of IAEA Safeguards Agreement secret?

 It’s a privileged document, says Congress

 Differences persist on response to climate change

 Paris to give honorary citizenship to Taslima

 State to fight High Court verdict on language policy

 Supreme Court asks civic authorities to find solutions to Delhi’s problems

 Ensure food, energy security: G-5 nations

 “Greater role for China, India”

 Impasse over Madhes ends

 G8 summit must focus on biofuel policies, says IPCC

 The challenge of change

Religion

 Act of benediction