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ECONOMY: U.S. Ban on Outsourcing Smacks of Unfair Policies – India
While a new U.S. federal law banning the outsourcing of government contracts will not seriously hurt Indian companies, it will certainly affect trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), warn political and business leaders here.ECONOMY: U.S. Ban on Outsourcing Smacks of Unfair Policies – India
While a new U.S. federal law banning the outsourcing of government contracts will not seriously hurt Indian companies, it will certainly affect trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), warn political and business leaders here.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Meet Outgrows World Economic Forum – Activists
As the curtain comes down on the fourth World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, its organisers and its mix of activists said the movement has outgrown its original raison d'etre - becoming a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and opposing the policies of the Bretton Woods institutions.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Meet Outgrows World Economic Forum – Activists
As the curtain comes down on the fourth World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, its organisers and its mix of activists said the movement has outgrown its original raison d'etre - becoming a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and opposing the policies of the Bretton Woods institutions.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Protests Eyed for Anniversary of Iraq Invasion
If Osama bin Laden's name acquired notoriety because of the Sep. 11 attacks, activists gathered here are determined to link another man with another date. Their chosen one is U.S. President George W Bush, and the date, Mar. 20.INDIA: Buoyant Right-wing Party Set to Call Polls in April
Buoyed by a booming economy, resounding victories in recent provincial elections and a diplomatic breakthrough with neighbouring Pakistan, the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is set to call early general elections in or around April.POLITICS-SOUTH ASIA: Nuclear Threat on Subcontinent Recedes
The spectre of a nuclear holocaust, which has loomed over the subcontinent ever since India and Pakistan conducted tit-for-that nuclear tests in 1998, has finally begun to recede as they agree to resolve their longstanding differences through a 'composite dialogue' to begin in February. The breakthrough, after five years of failed attempts at dialogue punctuated by a border war in 1999 and a military standoff in 2001, came on Tuesday at the close of the two-day summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Islamabad.POLITICS-SOUTH ASIA: Summit is Last Chance for Regional Grouping
When Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrives in Islamabad Saturday for the summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), will be carrying with him the trump card of a more promising economic grouping taking shape along India's eastern flank.INDIA: Drug Firms Push Unapproved Fertility Drugs – Activists
Lax drug regulations in India are allowing drug companies to push unapproved fertility drugs and to sneak in banned contraceptives that pose risks to women's health, activists here say.INDIA: Drug Firms Push Unapproved Fertility Drugs – Activists
Lax drug regulations in India are allowing drug companies to push unapproved fertility drugs and to sneak in banned contraceptives that pose risks to women's health, activists here say.SOUTH ASIA: Assassination Bids on Musharraf Throw Hex on Summit
This month's two assassination bids on Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf have cast a long shadow over the January summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), easily one of the most jinxed of regional groupings. The heads of state of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are scheduled to meet in Islamabad on Jan. 4 and 6 in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Winter Deaths Climb, but Gov’t Indifferent
Winter in the Indian capital brings with it a Christmas charm that is great for fashionable bonfire parties and chic clothes, but a look into the thick fog reveals nameless, shapeless forms huddled on the cold pavements for want of shelter.SOUTH ASIA: Regional Approach to Militancy Shows in Bhutan’s Moves
Bhutan's week-long assault on militant camps run in its territory by Indian insurgent groups has far-reaching implications for India and other countries in its sensitive north-eastern region such as Nepal and Bangladesh, say experts.ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Greens Jubilant over Court Verdict on Coke
Green groups are jubilant over a potentially far-reaching court ruling this week, which said that the transnational beverage giant Coca-Cola may own the land on which one of its plants in southern Kerala state is sited - but not the water it holds.INDIA: Political Will to Fight Corruption Lacking – Activists
India was one of 95 countries that signed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption this month, but activists at home say the political will to investigate corruption - let alone trace its proceeds to secret accounts abroad - is missing./REPEAT/SOUTH ASIA: Trade Promises to be an Engine to Regional Peace
Ahead of next month's South Asian summit in Islamabad, India is pushing the idea of increased trade as the engine of regional peace that has, for more than half a century, been held hostage by the intense rivalry between India and Pakistan.SOUTH ASIA: Trade Promises to be an Engine to Regional Peace
Ahead of next month's South Asian summit in Islamabad, India is pushing the idea of increased trade as the engine of regional peace that has, for more than half a century, been held hostage by the intense rivalry between India and Pakistan.RIGHTS-INDIA: Murder Breathes Life into Stalled Whistle-blowers Act
A whistleblowers' bill, stalled in the Indian Parliament by waffling politicians for two years, is being dusted out after the gruesome murder of an engineer, who had reported corruption in a two billion U.S. dollar highway project to link up the country's major metropolises.POLITICS-INDIA: Diverse Women Prove Female Winnability in Polls
The poll victories of a princess and a saffron clad celibate, who join a growing band of female chief ministers in India, appear to dispel the myth that women lack 'winnability' in the rough and tumble world of electoral politics.SOUTH ASIA: India Pursues Fence Construction in Kashmir
Following the ancient adage that good fences make good neighbours, India is making good use of Pakistan's offer of a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in disputed Kashmir to hasten the erection of a high electrified fence that it says will ensure the cessation of cross-border infiltration. India's leaders complain bitterly that the Nov. 26 Eid ceasefire announced by Islamabad and accepted by New Delhi as part of confidence-building measures has been limited to the regular armies of both countries.POLITICS-INDIA: Ruling Party Humbles Opposition in State Polls
India's Congress party suffered a massive setback Thursday when it lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules the central government, three of the four major states that went to polls this week to elect new provincial assemblies.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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