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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 10500:
- Ddt Still Weapon Of Choice Against Malaria (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2006)
Men in blue coveralls and white surgical masks began their annual trek into the countryside here last week. Methodically, they sprayed one home after another with a chemical that is poised for a big expansion in the developing world: DDT.
- War Over Water (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Asian Age, Aug 29, 2006)
Are we heading for an era of “hydrological warfare” in which rivers, lakes and aquifers become national security assets to be fought over, or controlled through proxy armies and client states?
- Clipped Wings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The failure of the West Bengal government to evict CITU, the CPM trade union, from its occupation of a building within the precincts of Kolkata international airport reveals much that is wrong with the party.
- What Money Can’T Buy (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Aug 29, 2006)
Money also gives you the idea that you are powerful and independent, blinding you to the fact that we live in a world of interdependence.
- Tension Along Indo-Bangla Border (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Aug 29, 2006)
It was not one of those usual tensions arising out of cattle smuggling or exchange of fire along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
- World Turning A Wasteland! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
In the West, few, if any, basic needs are answered locally.
- 88-Yr-Old Father Increases Demand For Camel's Milk (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
There is new-found respect in the region for the resilient ship of the desert. Ever since 88-year-old Barmer farmer Virmaram Jat, who fathered a boy a few weeks ago, said camel milk was the secret of his sexual prowess, the demand for this . . .
- Sri Lankans Take Tsunami Warnings Into Their (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
In a small room up a rickety staircase in a tsunami-damaged building on Sri Lanka’s south coast, Roshan Waduthantri sits glued to an earthquake warning Web site and monitors cable TV channels.
- Birth Of A Definition (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Aug 29, 2006)
M.R. Venkatesh looks at how the concept of ‘caste’ evolved in the South, where the first OBC movement had originated.
- Cess That Vanished (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2006)
THE Comptroller and Auditor General has discovered misappropriation of over Rs 934 crore collected as the rural development cess during 2001-05 by the Punjab Government.
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Programme Launched To Encourage Literacy Among Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Cash awards distributed to 60 meritorious students
- Holiday In The Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Enjoy the rhapsody of lush green plantations in Idukki and Thekkady.
- As Time Goes By (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Aug 28, 2006)
We were talking, my old friend and I, of the trials and tribulations of old age, both of us having left long behind man’s allotted span of three-score and ten.
- Rajasthan's Flood Its Worst In 200 Years, 300 Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
First drought, now the deluge. In the midst of the Thar desert, Barmer district of Rajasthan, the worst-hit, is struggling to cope with the flash floods in which 300 people are believed to have died. More than 1,000 people are marooned on sand . . .
- Panic Retreat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 28, 2006)
The Essential Commodities Act is an emergency legislation passed in 1955 to deal with rising prices.
- Cag Report Has Exposed Congress: Sad (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to come out clean on the misappropriation of Rs 934.53 crore collected for Rural Development Cess between 2001 and 2005 as mentioned in the . . .
- Wto: Bumpy Road Ahead (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Aug 28, 2006)
There was some ray hope for revival of the collapsed WTO talks after the G-8 summit of industrialized nations at St Petersburg in Russia, but it seemed to have evaporated after the meeting of key trade ministers including India in Geneva in the last . . .
- Vajpayee, Advani Compelled Me To Release Azhar: Farooq (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
In a stinging attack on Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani over the 1999 Kandahar hijack episode, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has accused the then Prime Minister and Home Minister of compelling him to release . . .
- Cag Report Creates Stir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The report of Comptroller General of India (CAG) about the misuse of crores of rupees by the Punjab Government has created a stir among political circles. The Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal and its alliance partner the Bharatiya Janata Party have . . .
- Make Changes In Msp Regime, Hooda (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Congress MP from Rohtak Deepender Singh Hooda has urged the Prime Minister to make fundamental changes in the minimum support price (MSP) regime to benefit both the producer and the consumer.
- Israeli Fire Kills Two Hamas Men In Gaza (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Two Palestinian militants from the ruling Hamas movement were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday, hospital and security officials said.
- Jd-U To Oppose Ban On Religious Conversions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Taking strong exception to the proposal of Jharkhand Government to impose a ban on religious conversion, coalition partner Janata Dal (United) on Sunday threatened to oppose the move and asked for withdrawal of ban from all parts of the country.
- Govt Must Invest For More Jobs: Cpm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Concerned over declining employment rate, CPM has asked the UPA government to make a ‘paradigm shift’ in its policy prescription for economic reforms by infusing higher doses of public investment to increase job opportunities and purchasing power . . .
- Sri Lankans Take Tsunami Warnings Into Their Own Hands (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 28, 2006)
In a small room up a rickety staircase in a tsunami-damaged building on Sri Lanka's south coast, Roshan Waduthantri sits glued to an earthquake warning Web site and monitors cable TV channels.
- Insurance Package For Plantation Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Union Government will put in place in the next 45 days a Price Stabilisation Trust Fund (PSTF) for the plantation sector, Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh announced here on Friday.
- Wheat Import Allowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Government on Friday allowed import of 20 lakh tonnes of wheat at zero duty to be made by February 28, 2007. The imports will be allowed only through Chennai, Tuticorin, Kochi and Visakhapatnam ports.
- Wheat ‘Scam’ In Food Dept (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A scandal involving the sale of ‘surplus’ wheat stored in the food department godowns here surfaced on Friday after the impounding of a wheat-laden trailer by the police.
- 'Agriculture Lending Is Profitable' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
At one time, Indian Bank was considered as a basket case in the domestic banking industry.
- Are Banks Neglecting Mass Education? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Newspapers report that the parliamentary standing committee on human resource development finds our higher education ‘pro-rich and urban’.
- Cap On Wheat, Pulses Stock (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
In a bid to curtail spiralling prices of wheat and pulses, the Union Government has allowed the State Governments to enforce restrictions on stock limits, licensing requirements and movement of these two commodities.
- Wheat & Pulses Hoarding Curbed (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The government has re-imposed various controls, including stockholding limits on wheat and pulses trade, to hold the price line of these two commodities.
- Plurality Of Views Aids Meaningful Consensus (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Aug 26, 2006)
The economic outlook for 2006-07 presented by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister has no startling revelations.
- Oop Bill Among 16 Others Passed In Rajya Sabha (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged parliamentarians to set high standards in order to present Parliament as a role model of democracy and evolve and refine better ways of effective functioning of the institution.
- Govt To Import 20 Lakh Tonnes Of Duty-Free Wheat (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Aug 25 (PTI) Facing massive shortages in procurement of wheat for public distribution system, the government tonight allowed import of an additional 20 lakh tonnes of the commodity at zero customs duty.
- Indian Polity At The (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Aug 26, 2006)
The battle of ballot boxes have been fought and won. The winners are happy while the losers will have to wait for the next opportunity for pocketful of winning bonanza. Promises have been made to citizens for a better life.
- Push The Pace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising.
Has this man ever struck you as a guy with an overwhelmingly sophisticated command of the language?
You do remember that he was asked wheth
- Storm In A Cola Bottle» (Hindustan Times, BARUN MITRA, Aug 26, 2006)
It is said that when history repeats itself, it usually ends in a farce. Tragically, the farce is behind the façade in the present rerun of the debate over pesticide in your soft drink bottle.
- Hike In Paddy Msp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 26, 2006)
IT is good enough that the Centre has raised the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 40 to make it Rs 650 a quintal, but it would have been better had it been done without protests by farmers and pressure by political parties and the media.
- Now For A No-Work Policy» (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 26, 2006)
The problem of child labour in India is a reality.
- Beijing, Caracas To Boost Energy Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
China will get 50,000 barrels of oil per day, says Chavez
- Lending Rates To Be Regulated (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 25, 2006)
The state government will evolve shortly a permanent mechanism to regulate the traditional loaning system of arhtiyas to farmers in the state so that the farmers could avail themselves of the loans from the commission agents at rates of interest . . .
- A State In Search Of Industries (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
Industrial regeneration is now the buzzword in West Bengal. Ratan Tata called on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on 18 May soon after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister to propose a Rs 1,000-crore investment in a small car project.
- Parched Earth (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
A tangled skein of politics and nature
Between the north and the south, Bengal today presents a tangled skein of nature and politics that makes the risk of a possible food shortfall fairly substantial.
- Asean Agrees To Resume Free Trade Talks With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Regional grouping wants India to offer deeper concessions
- Telangana Issue: Trs Leader Ends Hunger Strike (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
TRS chief K Chandrasekara Rao has ended his two-day hunger strike in support of his demand for a separate Telangana state in the wake of an appeal by the Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
- Telangana Row: Trs Chief Ends Hunger Strike (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao ended his fast at the Jantar Mantar here on Thursday night after two days of the protest on the statehood issue.
- Victim Of Its Charisma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
Tigers are a step away from extinction and the need of the hour is to protect them, instead of farming them for use, says Nirmal Ghosh.
- Science Takes Backseat When Quota Is King (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 25, 2006)
In his obsession with pushing through caste quotas in elite educational institutions, HRD Minister Arjun Singh seems to have turned a blind eye to the promotion of science and engineering education in India.
- Jan Morcha Plans `Nyaya Yatra' (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 25, 2006)
The 49-day march will highlight local problems
- Micro Finance In Disaster Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 25, 2006)
The problem that had erupted in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh between the district authorities and micro finance companies seems to have calmed down over the last few weeks.
- Kumaraswamy Dismisses `Evidence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says people of the State and the media have been taken for a ride
- Plan To Achieve Sustainable Forestry Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The aim is to protect forest resources, improve forest productivity
Strengthening institutional frameworks a priority
Stress also on expanding forest area
II phase of afforestation programme in 135 villages
10th Plan set a target of 25 per . . .
- Natwar: I Will Serve Nation In Or Out Of Party (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Thousands attend Jaipur rally
- Government Claim On Chikungunya Disputed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Dr. Ramadoss says Chikungunya is a non-fatal disease
- The Eu Influx Into U.K. (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2006)
A total of 447,000 young, single, eastern Europeans have officially come to Britain looking for work over the past two years, according to Home Office (Ministry of the Interior) figures published on Tuesday.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Pm Fails To Impress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha last week may have earned him a lot of admirers and silenced both BJP and the Left, but Organiser is clearly not impressed.
- Bangladesh And India To Sign Extradition Treaty’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Bangladesh and India are likely to sign an extradition treaty at the end of a four-day meeting of top interior ministry officials from the two countries, a report said on Wednesday.
- State Curbs On Pepsico Potatoes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Although averse to banning its beverages, the state government today imposed restrictions on Pepsico India for cultivation of the Atlantic variety of potato which the company is distributing among farmers for supplying to its subsidiary company, . . .
- Doha Talks Failure — Giving The India-Asean Fta A New Thrust (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 24, 2006)
The deadlock in the Doha Round talks paves the way for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement that was hobbled by the squabbling over the negative list.
- Natwar’S New Avatar: Chaudhary Of Jatland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Desperate to save his political career in the wake of his suspension from the Congress, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today reinvented himself as a Jat leader of Rajasthan at a huge rally organized by his supporters here.
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 24, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- Is Living Injurious To Health? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The renewed pesticides-in-cola controversy is an example of stoking emotions with inaccurate data and faulty analysis; it is a useful reminder of the need for accurate scientific reporting
- Lok Sabha Clears Salary Hike For Mps (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite opposition from Left parties that MPs’ salaries were being raised at a time when farmers were committing suicide and there was large-scale unemployment, the Lok Sabha today pushed through the Bill with support from the . . .
- Demise Of The Development Round (The Economic Times, JOSEPH E STIGLITZ, Aug 24, 2006)
Hopes for a development round in world trade — opening up opportunities for developing countries to grow and reduce poverty — now seem dashed.
- Asean Urges Wto To Resume Trade Talks Before 2006-End (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday urged the World Trade Organization (WTO) to resume trade negotiations before the end of 2006, saying breakthroughs must be forged in agriculture and market access.
- Why Grow Rice? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
Crop diversification in Punjab is generally wrongly understood. Any programme of substituting a few lakh acres of rice-wheat in general and rice in particular to more paying alternatives, is construed as if it is going to place the food security of . . .
- Archaeology And The Vedas (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Pathak, Aug 24, 2006)
Harappan studies have reshaped our understanding of the urban efflorescence in South Asia.
- Three Cheers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
The statement of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss seeking to clear the pesticide controversy in cola drinks must be seen in its proper perspective.
- Elders Concerned Over Farmers’ Suicides (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Members in the Rajya Sabha today expressed concern over the rising cases of suicides by farmers and demanded an increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for foodgrains.
- Asean Asks Wto Members To Revive Doha Negotiations (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Asean today called on WTO members, especially its major players, to try and revive the Doha Development Round negotiations before the end of 2006.
- Quota Bill To List Exempt Institutes (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Aug 24, 2006)
The final Bill on SC/ST/OBC reservation in aided institutions, approved by the Cabinet on Monday, provides a list of institutes of higher learning that would be exempted from the quota regime.
- How The Cabinet Lined Up On Obc Quota (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 23, 2006)
Final decision will reflect Prime Minister's three concerns
T.R. Baalu makes a case for complete changeover to new quota regime for OBCs
Kapil Sibal points out legal difficulties and problems.
- New Tractor For Small, Marginal Farmers Launched In Jaipur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
It has been priced at Rs.1.49 lakhs with its machinery produced in China
Small farmers would be able to create an alternative stream of income from the tractor
As many as 135 modifications have been made in the Chinese model to suit the needs . . .
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 23, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- Plan To Achieve Sustainable Forestry Development Centre . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The aim is to protect forest resources, improve forest productivity
Strengthening institutional frameworks a priority
Stress also on expanding forest area
II phase of afforestation programme in 135 villages
10th Plan set a target of 25 per . . .
- Panchayat Raj Meet Adopts `Tirupati Declaration' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Declaration comprising 15 points covers the entire PR spectrum
Need for introduction of second generation of PR reforms stressed
Channelising of funds for Centrally-sponsored schemes through PR bodies favoured .
- Mumbai Muslims Targeted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Is it a crime to be a Muslim in Mumbai?” That was CPM MP Brinda Karat’s question in the Rajya Sabha following reports that Muslims were being specifically picked up for interrogation by the police in the aftermath of the 7/11 blasts.
- Nabard Offers Fresh, Enhanced Credit To State (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Aug 23, 2006)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) chairman Y.S.P. Thorat called on Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the Secretariat here on Tuesday.
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