|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 1221 through 1320 of 10500:
- Living With Floods And Drought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
Just a month or so there was a lot of debate in Pakistan on the issue of water conservation and storage. And now the situation has changed so much that there is now too much water. Torrential rains and heavy flooding have not stopped yet and some . . .
- Orissa Asks Centre To Release Flood Help Of Rs 1131.83 Cr (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Faced with the damage caused by the recent floods, Orissa Government today urged the Centre to immediately release Rs 1131.83 crore as grant under National Calamity Contingency Fund for repair and restoration works in the state Orissa . . .
- Voyage Of Sugarcane (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Sep 02, 2006)
In the early days, India was believed to be the country where sugarcane originated, as the oldest reports of extraction of sugar were found there.
- Futility Of Labels (Times of India, Mukul Dube, Sep 02, 2006)
The history of human societies and of groups within them has been one of cons-tantly narrowing occupational specialisation. The earliest societies were of hunters and gatherers.
- Upa Following Nda On Foreign Policy: Karat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Accusing the UPA dispensation of pursuing the Vajpayee government line on the foreign policy issue, senior CPI-M leader Prakash Karat on Thursday admitted his party's ties with the ruling coalition had suffered on account of this.
- Forbes Lists Nooyi As More Powerful Than Sonia (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief executive-designate of Pepsico Indra Nooyi and ICICI bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Sangh Parivar Patriarch Takes Rss, Bjp To Task (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In yet another indication that all is not well with the BJP, or, for that matter, its paterfamilias, the RSS, leading social worker and former Rajya Sabha member Nanaji Deshmukh has criticised the two organisations for straying from their path.
- Wrong Choices (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 02, 2006)
Enabling environment versus paternalism
- A Pot Of Gold On The Horizon (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Sep 02, 2006)
For quite a while now — certainly since the terrorist attacks on the US of September 11, 2001, and before as we watched the slaughters in Kosovo, Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Rwanda, and Congo on our televisions — the news has been dominated by war and . . .
- Gokula-Curie Centre Of Oncology Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Gokula-Curie Centre of Oncology, a joint venture of Health Care Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), a leader in oncology care, and M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital (MSRMH), a multi-speciality referral hospital, was formally launched here on Wednesday.
- India-Bangladesh Border Skirmishes Continue (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Indian and Bangladeshi border guards have fired at each other for the third time in a month, officials in northeastern India said on Friday.
- Nooyi, Sonia Among World’S Powerpuff Women (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi has been listed as the 13th most powerful woman in the world in the annual Forbes listing, headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
- Trade Rules Must Not Curb Developing Countries: Unctad (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 02, 2006)
Multilateral effort to redress global imbalances advocated
- Tale Of A ‘Poor’ Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Minister for Housing D T Jayakumar is a rich man but still is neck deep in debt. He gets a five-figure income annually and owns a site in South Bangalore, nearly a kg of gold and acres of agricultural land. But, he has not been able to repay . . .
- Daggers Drawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
In a way, coalitions are marriages of convenience, which remain stable only until such time as all parties are committed to keep them going. Jammu and Kashmir is no exception.
- J&k: Pdp Tells Azad Fire Our Man, Your No 2 (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 01, 2006)
The Congress-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir plunged into crisis today when the PDP removed Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussein Beig as leader of its legislature party and asked Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to drop him from the . . .
- Allies Fight Over Deputy Cm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir’s Congress-led coalition government was in turmoil today after junior partner People’s Democratic Party recalled its deputy chief minister who had apparently got too close to chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- J&k Needs Balanced, Equitable Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
The relevance of 'Development' as an instrument of change particularly to build on peace dividends is widely recognized.
- Sri Lankans Flee Horror For Poverty, Safety In India (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 01, 2006)
Fisherman Chinnathambi Ravikumar was returning home from a fishing trip when a sea-battle broke out between the Sri Lankan navy and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Sonia, Nooyi Among 100 Most Powerful Women In The World (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Sep 01, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- All Cracked Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
Assam drought no political enterprise
- Unctad Trade And Development Report, 2006 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 01, 2006)
The Report highlights the scope for making the global trading and financial milieu more development-friendly.
- When Politics Strikes At Forest Roots (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 01, 2006)
The primary cause for the destruction of forests is encroachment, and, ironically, such illegal occupation is often because of some policy decision of the State or Central government.
- Need For Water Management (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2006)
Stressing the need for integrated water management, participants at a recent IUCN workshop in Karachi noted that debate on an issue as critical as water is currently dominated by emotion rather than reason and ground realities.
- Eleventh Plan Ignores Food And Nutrition Insecurity (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Sep 01, 2006)
The Plan must have a goal of providing food security to all Indians. The public distribution system must be strengthened and made universal.
- Corporate Design (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The growing trend of corporate bigwigs entering Parliament has become a matter of serious discussion.
- A.P. Cabinet Expansion During Dasara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Cabinet expansion could be a `Dasara bonanza' for the aspirants, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy indicated here on Thursday.
- Crisis Hits Congress-Pdp Alliance In J&k (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir's coalition Government was rocked on Thursday by rumblings within the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which summarily removed Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baigh from the post of its Legislature Party Leader with a view . . .
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Opposes Fdi In Retail Trade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
"But we want private investment in West Bengal"
- Pressure On Pm To Finalise Farmers’ Package (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 01, 2006)
Worried that the deepening agrarian crisis could have an adverse impact on its electoral fortunes, a high-powered Congress delegation today mounted pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite the implementation of the special . . .
- A Project For Power (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
If the projections of the Uttar Pradesh government and Anil Ambani at the time of announcing the Dadri mega power project had become a reality, preparations would have been on in full swing in Ghaziabad district to supply electricity to different . . .
- Land Of Privileges (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
IN December 2005, when the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda arrived at an understanding with Reliance India Limited (RIL) to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the State, it was least expected that the deal would . . . .
- Tax Net And The Big Fish (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Government revenues can be increased by spending more on tax administration, ensuring enforcement and coming down on evasion.
- Make The Poor More Productive (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 01, 2006)
Subsistence employment with low wages will neither reduce poverty nor stimulate demand. Eventually, unemployment will retard both growth and social cohesion.
- Transparency Pays (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 01, 2006)
Open-tender ethanol buying will boost supply
- Scientific Illiteracy On Insecticides (The Economic Times, P Chengal Reddy, Sep 01, 2006)
The mindset ‘Think Pesticides; Think Farmers’ must change. In rural India, farmers use insecticides to protect their valuable crop from pests. Indian agriculture losses are estimated at Rs 60,000 crore due to pests.
- Much Ado About A Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
There is something mysterious about the current furore around the compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in schools. No mystery of course about why the BJP has enthusiastically taken up the issue, and already made it compulsory in Chhattisgarh, . . .
- Cooperative Living (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
In the early 1990s after the debilitating and insidious Cold War ended symbolized by the unification of the two Germanys and fall of the gigantic USSR, people started visualizing a 'New World Order' as George Bush Sr christened it hoping that the . . .
- Transplant Patients Could Soon Say Goodbye To Life-Long Medication ...... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Organ transplant patients, who have to spend the rest of their life taking anti-rejection drugs could soon find relief, thanks to a new path-breaking procedure which eliminates the need for medication.
- Kohlu Killings Spark Na Fury: Adjournment Motion Debate Today (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The government on Wednesday accepted an opposition’s demand to hold a debate in the National Assembly on Thursday on the killing of Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and his associates in a military operation in Kohlu on Aug 26.
- Highways Blocked; Quetta Calm But Tense (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Activists of the four-party Baloch Alliance blocked highways in the province to protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti while Quetta remained calm but tense on Wednesday.
- Adhere To The Frbm Targets, Says Rbi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India(RBI), in its Annual report for 2005-06,has highlighted the need for adhering to the FRBM targets.
- 54 More Hectares Bought For Tsunami Rebuilding Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Hurdles in land acquisition have been cleared; rehabilitation work expedited .
- Govt. Seeks 3,200-Crore Relief Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Memorandum sent to Prime Minister; funds sought for rescue and rehabilitation.
- U.S. Regulation Of Ge Foods A Bad Model (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 31, 2006)
India should learn from the mistakes other countries have made and not buckle under pressure from international and domestic agribusiness.
- Efforts On To Raise Cotton, Maize Production (Hindu, M. Soundariya Preetha, Aug 31, 2006)
Promoting cultivation of these crops will benefit farmers and industry
The district has an estimated 6,000 hectares cotton cultivation Maize cultivation is done in 20,000 hectares.
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Kurinji Crown (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Palni Hills are once again witnessing the mass flowering of neelakurinji.
- His Father’S Son: Karnataka Struggles On (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Aug 31, 2006)
Fed up with seventeen months of complete inaction from a Congress – Janata Dal (Secular) government, the people of Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief when JD (S) leader H.D. Deve Gowda’s son H.D. Kumaraswamy and his young turks broke away to take . . .
- Caution On Asean Fta (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2006)
It would be dangerous to sacrifice domestic producers' interests at the altar of free trade negotiations.
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Faster And More Inclusive Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
It is not fair to accuse the Planning Commission of coming out with a ‘political’ rather than an ‘economic’ document. The Commission has to be guided by the politically mandated objectives but, as an expert body, it can present feasible alternatives . . .
- Three Years Down, Is Mulayam’S Time Up? (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 31, 2006)
It was an anniversary party celebrated in splendid isolation - some of the invitees didn’t turn up because they were out of town, others did not bother to show up because the invitation was a mere formality, without an RSVP.
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
- The Real Question Is Of Relevance (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 30, 2006)
The Planning Commission has neither control over, nor responsibility for, the outcomes of its key prescriptions for ‘faster economic growth’
- Tea, Coffee And Me (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 30, 2006)
If there is anything I have over the years liked more than the cup that inebriates, and that’s saying a lot, it is the cup that cheers.
- 6 More Killed In Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Bomb blast in Hub kills five
150 detained g Govt bans carrying of arms for 2 months
- Opium Land (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 30, 2006)
It is only too well known that there are small drug lords in south of the Kashmir Valley.
- Dr Singh’S Ruling Code (Indian Express, Dilip Cherian, Aug 30, 2006)
Even as The Indian Express broke into the Code that will soon follow the proposed Public Services Bill 2006, it is clear that in Dr Manmohan Singh we have a prime minister who actually wants to leave his mark strongly on governance rather than . . .
- Abolished Posts In Schools To Be Revived (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A meeting of the Punjab Council of Ministers held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today approved to convene two-day session of the state Assembly from September 14.
- Rot In The Roti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2006)
In a damning indictment of the FCI, the Comptroller and Auditor General has found that in some cases 85 per cent of the rice procured during 2000-05 in Punjab and Haryana was unfit for human use.
- Greens Allege Dilution Of Key Notifications On Environment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ministry of Environment and Forests urged to put proposed amendments on hold
EIA Notification Amendment being pushed through without consultations
People's groups, voluntary organisations being kept out of talks.
- Cpi (M) To Review Government Performance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Not fully satisfactory, but no threat to UPA regime: Karat .
- Ecological Havoc In The Kasauli Hills (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 30, 2006)
The Kasauli hills are at present threatened with ecological havoc. Big ticket colonisers and property developers, alongwith a network of real-estate agents, are acquiring thousands of bighas of land from peasants and farmers to put up multistorey . . .
- Apologetic Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
Should the MPs have hiked their wages?
- Employment In Asia (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Aug 30, 2006)
If the dramatic growth rates the region has enjoyed are to continue in a stable social framework, the benefits need to be felt by all through improvements to their lives and livelihoods _ in other words, decent work.
- Arrangements For Vinayaka Chaturthi Rallies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The city police have made elaborate arrangements for the Vinayaka Chaturthi processions to be taken out on September 2 and 3, said Additional DGP (law and order) and Commissioner of Police (in-charge) K. V. S. Murthy here on Monday.
- Konkan Paradox (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In resource-rich Konkan, successive governments have neglected agriculture, the region's mainstay.
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Harvest Of Death In Vidarbha (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Aug 30, 2006)
Mounting debt, rising cost of inputs and falling prices of their produce are driving farmers of the region to suicide.
- Marathwada's Turn (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Marathwada region has seen farmers' suicides and it could be another Vidarbha in the making.
- Vines Of Debt (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Onion or grape, farmers of Nashik in north Maharashtra have very little to choose to escape debt, and now death.
- Judicial Rap (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Bombay High Court directs the State government to take more responsibility regarding farmers' suicides.
- Flawed Planning (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
As the agrarian crisis deepens, it is imperative to get a `sense of the Planning Commission'. In this context, the `Approach Paper to the 11th Plan' is revealing.
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- 1,500-Cr. Nabard Aid For Cooperatives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to receive Rs. 1,500-crore assistance to streamline three-tier cooperative credit institutions.
- Bitter Truth (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In western Maharashtra, the crisis in sugarcane has hit small and medium farmers the most.
- Return Of Controls (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 29, 2006)
Bringing back the negative prescription of a cap on wheat and pulses inventory is candid admission of a market out of government control.
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- Institutionalising Money-Lending? (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Aug 29, 2006)
Registering money-lenders to give cheaper loans to farmers is not going to solve farmers' problems. The solution has to be found from within the banking framework, by making it provide credit to landless labourers, marginal farmers and women . . .
Previous 100 Agriculture Articles | Next 100 Agriculture Articles
Home
Page
|
|
