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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 10500:
- Private Water, Public Misery (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Apr 15, 2006)
Privatisation of water is taking root in India, often aided by political and bureaucratic corruption. Alongside, resistance to this is also building up.
- Exploitation Of Aspirations (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Apr 15, 2006)
What was a shocking aberration just a few years ago appears to have settled into a distressing annual ritual: Farmers' suicides in large numbers followed by the routine announcement of 'compensation' to their families have become a simple part . . .
- Jayalalithaa Expected To File Nomination Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Begins her election campaign in Theni district
- Karunanidhi Promises To Fulfil All Demands Of Farmers (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Apr 15, 2006)
He says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Farmers subjected to hardships under AIADMK regime, he alleges
- Jayati Ghosh: Guarding The Guardians (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 15, 2006)
The State's response to the Narmada Bachao Andolan's agitation betrays its obsession with market-obsessed economic priorities.
- Broad Base Growth To Bridge Digital Divide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 15, 2006)
Despite the phenomenal growth in the IT sector, India is still sluggish in bridging the gaping digital divide. This needs to change.
- Will Pascal's Law Work In Lamy's Case? (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 15, 2006)
World trade is in fluid state, and so one wonders if the hydraulic law of Blaise Pascal will come to the WTO chief, Mr Pascal Lamy's rescue even as he applies persuasive pressure on the member-countries, expecting the same to get transmitted . . .
- Agriculture Needs A Paradigm Shift (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Apr 14, 2006)
It is time for a fundamental shift from the "unproductive" spending to extending support in a form that creates permanent assets, reduces the vulnerabilities of the poor farmers and builds their capacity to improve yields and augment income.
- Thirst For Profit (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Apr 14, 2006)
The corporate hijack of water is on and if the current trend continues, India's water sources will be in private hands before long.
- Muslims Must Pursue Modern Education' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 14, 2006)
"Unless we develop a modern outlook skewed towards scientific education, there is no future for us."
- Swaminathan Commission Calls For Farmers' Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
To give all-round boost to agriculture by providing them various services
For completion of "unfinished agenda" in land reforms
Agri-business centres, food parks must be set up
- Manmohan: States Must Face The Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
"Function as a cohesive team"
- Missing The Pawn For The Smut (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Apr 14, 2006)
So a person’s right to life is far more important than the dubious duty of saving our society from a Fate Worse Than Death.
- Taking Another Swipe At The Left (Telegraph, Bhaskar Chatterjee, Apr 14, 2006)
When a person purchases a book priced at no less than Rs 500, he expects it to broaden his mind and enrich his analytical faculty.
- Turtle Bay (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 14, 2006)
We have a legal and moral obligation to protect turtles
- Jayalalithaa Vows To Strive For Raising Dam Height (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
My Government always works in interest of ryots: Chief Minister
Winds up three-day campaign for Democratic People's Alliance in Madurai district
- Students Told To Work For Country's Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Madhavan Nair receives award from D. Hanumanna The Government had opened Centres for Science Education at Kolkata and Pune to attract youths to follow a five-year course in basic sciences
- Tdp Activists Hold Demonstration Against Diwakar Reddy's Remarks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Police use force to disperse protesting TDP workers
BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu also denounces his statement
BJP says farmers ditched by the Congress on issue like free power etc'
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 13, 2006)
India's morality stormtroopers were steamed up last week in response to two incidents of "wardrobe malfunction" at the Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai.
- Balance Costs With Benefits (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 13, 2006)
The proposed review of India’s Free Trade Agreements points to a much deeper malaise in the process of formulating trade policy.
- Jayalalithaa Promises Project To Conserve Floodwater (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Ends campaign in Tuticorin district
- Rajkumar: The Making Of A Cultural Icon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 13, 2006)
Over the years, Rajkumar came to symbolise the pride and honour of Kannadigas more than any political stalwart, social worker or litterateur.
- Cauvery Issue: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Farmers To Come . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
After six rounds of talks, efforts are now on to draft a distress formula
The distress formula is being drafted by irrigation and agriculture experts
Mutual visits of farmers' leaders have removed misgivings over the irrigation practices
- State All For Reviving Rural Economy, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Indiramma, Praja Patham implementation drive in full swing
White ration cards to all beneficiaries
Irrigation to 25,000 acres in Tekkali area
Prompt pension payments to the eligible
- How To Enhance Growth And Competitiveness (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Apr 12, 2006)
Government policies need to be framed and implemented in harmony with the market process and not in a manner that stalls it.
- Ploughed Out (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Apr 12, 2006)
A. M. Chacko, an avid farmer in Kerala's mid-Travancore for over 15 years, has decided to rest his plough. It was not an easy decision for him to make, as agriculture was a passion for him, having spent all his time and effort on it after . . .
- Why A Re-Think On Gm Crops Is Needed (Business Line, Aldas Janaiah, Apr 12, 2006)
The Government must review rigorously and re-position its policy on extending approval to MNC-owned GM crop varieties.
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Aiadmk-Mdmk Alliance Not Based On Principles, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
"DPA will highlight the achievements of the Central Government"
- Siddaramaiah Warns Of Power Shortage In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
`Yediyurappa failed to allocate adequate funds to core sectors such as power'
AIPJD leader says
Karnataka has the potential to generate 8,000 mega watts of hydro-electric power
The installed capacity can produce only 4,000 mega watts of . . .
- Andhra Bank Launches `Kisan Vikas Cards' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Farmers sanctioned crop loans can draw money at ATMs Farmers sanctioned crop loans can draw money at ATMs
Four lakh-odd farmers can now draw money at any of the bank's 390 ATMs
Chief Minister distributes awards to best farmers and SHGs
- There Is No Alternative To Big Dams (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Apr 12, 2006)
Medha Patkar’s fast in the heart of Delhi and her forcible removal on medical grounds, amply illustrates an unavoidable duty of the State. Many social activists in the country are ironically out of tune with the grassroots reality they . . .
- Too Little, Too Late (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Apr 12, 2006)
The Indian state has failed to ensure that the poor benefit from a liberalized economy, writes Alok Ray
- Pakistan Claims Fisherman Killed By Indian Coast Guard (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday alleged that the Indian Coast Guard has killed one of its fishermen in `unprovoked' firing on March 18. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told reporters that an official of the Indian High Commission was summoned and . . .
- Modern-Day Sisyphuses (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Apr 12, 2006)
They are the faces of new India but instead of celebrating their prosperity we should hail their achievements
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 11, 2006)
Pakistain has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Indian N-Deal Exceeds Brief To Pakistan: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The civilian nuclear technology cooperation agreement between India and the United States was “quite different” to what Washington had been conveying to Islamabad, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Trade Talk Gets Tough (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 11, 2006)
Emerging economies should not be asked to pay the price for the successful conclusion of the Doha Development Agenda.
- It May Not Make A Difference In Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 11, 2006)
"Talks about IT, for example, is for the consumption of some people... My understanding of the Bihar economy is such that these things will not make much difference."
- New Awakening In L. America (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 11, 2006)
HAS President George W. Bush’s neoconservative crusade met its match in his own backyard, Latin America? The world conceives of the continent as the home of the Munroe Doctrine warning off outsiders to keep away.
- Bird Flu In Myanmar Moe 'Serious' Than Initially Thought: Fao (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Bird flu in Myanar is more serious than originally thought, with 100 outbreaks detected in the country since the deadly avian virus was first confirmed last month, an official from the UN Food and Agriculture Agency said today.
- Liberalizing Agriculture (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Apr 11, 2006)
The author is director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
- Species Interrupted (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 11, 2006)
How many years does it take for a new species to evolve? Millions. Hunting, poaching and habitat destruction, however, can drive a species to extinction in less than a century, give or take a few decades.
- Nabard Aid To Tamil Nadu, Pondy Crosses Rs. 2,345 Cr. (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Apr 11, 2006)
Rs. 604 crore for infrastructure projects
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Total aid sanctioned includes Rs. 1,827 crore as refinance to banks
Rs. 547 crore to cooperative banks, regional rural banks
- Congress And Coalition Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 11, 2006)
The outcome of the Assembly elections may have no direct impact on the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, but the emerging situation has accentuated the pressure on the Congress.
- Tribal Renaissance (Daily Excelsior, Ravindra Shukla, Apr 11, 2006)
As the Naxalites have been accusing the State and Central Governments for the encroachment on the forest and agricultural land for setting up industrial projects, legislation is being drawn up as part of the Government's effort to address tribal unrest .
- Dmk First Family Hits Road, Amma Meets Mdmk Amma (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Apr 11, 2006)
Coconut in hand, Baby (53) waits patiently. She leans against a small red jeep that would carry DMK chief M Karunanidhi through Chepauk constituency in the heart of Chennai .
- Water Conservation (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Apr 11, 2006)
T.M. Mukundan, Akash Ganga Trust, D-15 Bay View Apartments, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090. Rs. 100
- Nepal Beyond The Monarchy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 11, 2006)
After years of upheaval, Nepal is on the brink of a major political change. What will a country of citizens — and not subjects — look like? Three books provide some answers
- Street Chef In A City That Loves Its Food (Deccan Herald, Thomas Fuller, Apr 11, 2006)
Food stalls in Bangkok are good enough to draw the food nuts and cheap enough to draw the labourers
- Sonia Gandhi's A Rare Example, Says Jyotiraditya Scindia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
BJP Government betraying the people of Madhya Pradesh'
Farmers getting only two hours of electricity
State no using the Calamity Relief Fund
- Credit Delivery, Improving Yield Must Go Together' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
It will help solve problems of farm households: Rangarajan
The micro-finance programme promoted by NABARD can be thought of for replication'
Restructuring of the rural branches of commercial banks favoured
- Ysr Rules Out Nine-Hour Power Supply To Farm Sector (Hindu, N. Rahul, Apr 10, 2006)
Says Government will take all steps to save standing crop
Farmers will have to do with seven hours supply
If need be power cut will be imposed on domestic users
Ryots urged to fix capacitors to their pumpsets
- Assam: Acid Test For A New Party (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Apr 10, 2006)
Cries of Imam Sahib zindabad can be heard as the two men walk towards the podium.
- Sri Venkateswara University To Get Choice-Based Credit System Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Sri Venkateswara University is all set to implement choice-based credit system in its constituent and affiliated colleges from the next academic year.
- Failing The Farmer (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 10, 2006)
Punjab’s chief minister is in consultation with the Centre for a solution to the deepening debt crisis that farmers in his state face.
- Living In A World Of Make-Believe (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a waning sense of reality in national politics as each day passes.
- Harvest Of Life (Indian Express, Ruchi sharma, Apr 10, 2006)
It is that time of year. Nach Baliye time, with Baisakhi round the corner.
- Crippled Agri Growth: Blame It On New Policy Of Financial Sector (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
A new policy regime of financial sector reforms was mainly responsible for the slower growth in rural institutional finances to agriculture particularly during the decade of 1991-2000 and poor performance thereafter, a research paper says.
- Africa's Bitter Harvest (Jordan Times, G. Pascal Zachary, Apr 10, 2006)
Souley Madi is one of the most productive cotton growers in the Badjengo, Cameroon, an area where the lush forests of central Africa give way to the semi-arid Sahel.
- No More The Land Of Naked Fakirs (The Economic Times, RAJESH SHUKLA, Apr 10, 2006)
The talk of the so-called “middle class” has already gone beyond media reports, moving even into official documents.
- Onus On India? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 10, 2006)
India may need to concede ground on industrial tariffs if it is to attain its objective of getting tariff barriers lowered on both the farm and industrial fronts in the US and the EU.
- Gibran And The Idea Of Man (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Apr 10, 2006)
75 years ago - poet, philosopher and painter Kahlil Gibran passed away at St Vincent Hospital in New York, after a long and painful illness, described in the autopsy as "cirrhosis of liver with incipient tuberculosis in one of the lungs".
- India, China Agree To Share Experiences And . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
See risks to global expansion and scope for growing economic imbalances
Both countries to play key role in shaping future global growth
Both sides reiterate commitment to achieving Millennium Development Goals
- Sonia's Gamble To Win Back Uttar Pradesh? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 08, 2006)
The battle for political space in Uttar Pradesh is getting tougher.
- Hooda's Policies Win Praise From Prime Minister (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Apr 08, 2006)
Bid to transform Haryana into No. 1 State gets a shot in arm by bonanza announced by Manmohan Singh
- Not Just Iit And Iim, Arjun Quota Regime To Cover All (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Apr 08, 2006)
Not just IIMs, IITs and Central universities. Top academic institutes, cutting across various fields, from medicine to law, film to fashion, hotel management to mass communication, are set to come under HRD Minister Arjun Singh’s plan to impose . . .
- Dmk, Aiadmk Candidates Cross Swords In Five Salem Seats (Hindu, R. Ilangovan, Apr 08, 2006)
Salem district, since 1952, has been the epicentre of many political events that had a direct bearing on the State's socio-political climate.
- The Conspiracy Of Silence (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Apr 08, 2006)
The fallacy of understanding Gujarat in present times lies, perhaps, in the strange assortment of its Gs: Godhra, genocide, ghettos and gaurav.
- Create Mobile Legal Aid System For Rural Litigants: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
President tells judges to encourage out-of-court settlement in villages
President's advice
Network all dispute-resolving systems
Make important judgments accessible to young lawyers
Take a re-look at cases pending for several years
- Hmwssb Move To Sell Recycled Water For Industrial Purpose (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Likely from next year when Amberpet STP will become operational
The move comes in the wake of APGENCO setting up five gas-based power stations
The proposal was put forth to Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who is also chairman of . . .
- The Pascal Pressure (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 08, 2006)
The US/EU want developing nations halve their bound rates on industrial import tariffs as a quid pro quo for farm-related concessions.
- Mulayam, Chandrababu Naidu Form "Anti-Congress, Anti-Bjp" Front (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 07, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced the formation of an "anti-Congress, anti-BJP" front.
- Karunanidhi Launches Campaign (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Launching the election campaign here, Dravida Munntera Kazhagam (DMK) President M. Karunanidhi reiterated his poll pledge of providing colour television sets to each family which did not have one, rice at Rs 2 a kg and giving two acres to landless . . .
- Uk Joins List Of Countries Hit By Bird Flu (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Apr 07, 2006)
Britain all but became on Thursday, the 13th country in Europe to report that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had finally reached its shores with the discovery of a wild swan suspected to have died of the disease in a remote Scottish fishing village.
- Poultry Industry Sees International Conspiracy Behind Birdflu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
The poultry industry, which has been hit hard by the birdflu, sees an "international conspiracy" behind the birdflu outbreak of the disease at Navapur in Maharashtra.
- Bird Flu Flies To Britain (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Tests have confirmed a swan found dead in Scotland last Wednesday had the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Britain’s national farming union said today. Britain’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contacted the union to confirm the result.
- 'Past Non-Proliferation Policies Did Not Achieve Their Goals' (Pioneer, Condoleezza Rice, Apr 07, 2006)
We don't want India to expand its civil nuclear energy production without our help, says Condoleezza Rice
- Step Up Your Investments: Adb To India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Indian economy is likely to slow down a little to 7.6 per cent in the fiscal year 2006 and 7.8 per cent in 2007 as consumption and investment may get affected due to higher inflation, Asian Development Bank said on Thursday.
- Commitment & Not Speed, Is Key: India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Speaking at a seminar after WTO Director General Pascal Lamy called for stepping up pace of negotiations to meet the year-end deadline for completion of Doha round
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