oct-20

Today's Important News (20-10-2011)

The Hindu

National:

Anna's movement has served a purpose, says Manmohan

With labourers turning to MGNREGS, farm sector may turn to machines

Aman Sethi wins ICRC award

High-level group on Kudankulam soon

Finance Secretary to appear before JPC on October 31

Minimum passing marks to secure IIT UG seat announced

Malayalam writer Kakkanadan dead

J&K approves amendments to Public Safety Act

International:

Pakistan is not like Iraq or Afghanistan: Kayani

Pakistan nuclear safeguards a worry, says U.S. report

European court outlaws embryonic stem cell techniques

Julian Barnes wins Man Booker

Greek austerity protests turn violent

India & The World:

Japanese financial assistance for Rajasthan canal project soon

Wary of adverse fallout, Alliance Francaise cancels nuclear lectures

IBSA plan to accelerate trilateral FTA talks

Business News:

Global turmoil will impact growth: Pranab

‘9,900 pieces of information on black money obtained'

S&T, Environment, Defence:

Turning didactic concepts into working knowledge

Italy: when society scolds scientists

Malaria vaccine partly effective

IAF lays bare forward bases across border in tender documents

Sports:

No News

Others:

No News

Editorials & Articles:

A vision for Nepal-India relations

J&K: a road map for progress

India versus TB

Japan courts the money in nuclear reactors

The Times of India

National:

Mangu Singh to be next Metro chief

Delhi topples Mumbai as maximum city

Big cities have worst sex ratios in country

States must shed mindset to control judiciary: SC

Govt: Courts can't fix mercy plea deadline

Never said we are going to change RTI: PM

35% the cut-off for entry to IITs

CAG seeks power ministry’s reply on R-Power's coal use

International:

Don't mess with N-power Pak, Gen Kayani warns US

China backs Pak bid for non-permanent UNSC seat, India upset

Barnes wins Booker he once called ‘posh bingo’

India & The World:

France gave info about Rs 400 crore black money: Pranab

New Delhi tries to snap Beijing's string of pearls

US NSA to visit China and India, signaling shift from G-2 to G-3

IBSA puts equity back on climate talks agenda

Centre found wanting at Hasina's Teen Bigha visit

Business News:

FM seeks support to boost reforms

Power firms likely to default on Rs 56k cr loan

SAIL, Hind Copper cast shadow on selloff target

S&T, Environment, Defence:

IAF puts details of forward military bases in tender document

Sports:

No News

Others:

No News

Editorials & Articles:

Charting A Different Course

The Mirror Crack'd

Fuzzy Thinking

The Indian Express

National:

Kiran Lokpal Bedi buys discount air tickets, gets hosts to pay full fare

PM admits to tension within, says test is to keep UPA together

Do not think CAG exceeding brief, says Pranab

Look how Govt defends mercy plea delay: ‘Gives convict lease of life’

Rahul warns against globalisation: 'Excludes as much as it includes'

A Geelani first: ‘Will consider a talks offer’

After long delay, Cabinet to take up revised plan on PPP ‘model schools’

NHRC issues notice to Chhattisgarh on eye camp

20 years on, rights panel tells J-K govt to re-open ‘mass rape’ case

International:

Think 10 times before you raid us, Kayani warns US

‘West has failed to eradicate radical Islam’

Fourth time lucky: Julian Barnes finally wins Man Booker Prize

India & The World:

Sheikh Hasina visits Teen Bigha — for seven minutes

Business News:

Growth to dip, but still be a reason for celebration’

Sell-off target: Revision unlikely, says FinMin

India’s growth to hover around 7-8%: World Bank

Scrap pre-payment penalty on floating loans: NHB to HFCs

India now sixth largest contributor to overall global wealth: Report

Rs 56K crore riding on expectations of ‘meaningful’ power sector reforms

S&T, Environment, Defence:

First malaria vaccine works in major trial

IAF discloses locations of border posts

Nights as noisy as days, board works on plan

DAE sets up experts group for talks

Why the set-top box will now be mandatory

Sports:

No News

Others:

No News

Editorials & Articles:

Equal and excellent?

Euro groan

‘My major focus is to lead Nepal to a very fast development trajectory’

The Economist:

No News