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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 10500:
- E.U. Talks On Bird Flu Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
H5N1 strain has already appeared in 10 countries
- `Tipu Was An Enterprising Personality' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Historian Kurup highlights the constructive efforts of Tipu Sultan
"A blueprint for a reservoir across the Cauvery, naval headquarters in Bangalore under a naval board, renovation of ports and harbours, establishment of factories outside India,
- Bold Decisions, Clever Moves In Kerala (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Feb 24, 2006)
The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front sees an opportunity in the discontentment of the silent majority. The ruling United Democratic Front leadership is banking on what it believes is a `feel good' factor among the people.
- Introduce Values In Education (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Feb 23, 2006)
In ancient days, India followed the Gurukul system of education where students were placed under direct supervision of teacher. Indian sacred literature like the Vedas and Upanishads formed the core of teaching.
- Kalam For Big Push To Nanotechnology (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
India could follow Singapore's `Biopolis model'
Increase human resources in emerging fields
India lags behind in implementing research findings
- A New Paradigm Shift (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 23, 2006)
Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh’s one-point message that the coffee industry in general and the Coffee Board in particular should start focusing on domestic consumption instead of exports is well taken.
- Kumaaraswamy Swears By Metro (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
CM, wife coo with childlike delight after Delhi Metro ride
I think Metro Rail is the best alternative for the problems faced by the commuters of Bangalore City.
- Towards ‘Gene Revolution’ (Tribune, C.D. Mayee, Feb 23, 2006)
IN India cotton is about the most important cash crop. It is grown throughout the year, in all climates and on all soil types. Over 30 lakh small farmers grow this crop.
- Terrorist, Graft Issues Rock Punjab House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
The Punjab Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes with the Shiromani Akali Dal raising the issues of corruption and that of former militant Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukhi and forcing adjournment for an hour on Wednesday.
- Cpm Seeks Details Of Indo-Us Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
The CPM on Wednesday asked the government to share all that it could on the ongoing negotiations on the Indo-US nuclear deal to save Parliament from a “national embarrassment”.
- Govt Blows Hot And Cold On Flu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
The government has been blowing hot and cold about the avian flu infecting humans. A few hours after Union Health Secretary P K Hota told the media on Wednesday that there was a “distinct possibility” of avian flu having infected some humans in the virus-
- Bird Flu: Intensive Farming Link (Hindu, John Vidal, Feb 23, 2006)
Animal farming and man's intrusion into the environment are major factors in the spread of new diseases.
- Manmohan For Restraint In Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Says Danish newspaper should apologise for publishing the cartoons
Committed to tolerance and upholding religious harmony
Armed Forces will remain "apolitical, secular, professional and merit-based"
Wheat import is a "precautionary measure."
- Special Economic Zone Project Files Cleared, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
No official apathy will be tolerated: Nagaraja Shetty
Minister asks officials to make use of e-tendering and e-governance facilities
He expresses displeasure over MESCOM delay in acquiring land for substations
- Tatas Launch `Plantation Trails' In Eight Estates In Kodagu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
These holiday homes will initially be confined to 36 rooms there
Looking for a retreat far removed from the hustle and bustle of city life? Here is a new attraction.
- 13-Day Delay In Reporting Bird Deaths From Navapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 23, 2006)
They came to light after a newspaper report
Deaths in the beginning were attributed to Ranikhet disease
Many guidelines were not followed
- Foodgrains Output Estimated To Be Higher This Year (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 23, 2006)
Wheat production likely to fall short of the original target of 75 million tonnes `Rise in temperature in the last three weeks is likely to impact the standing crop in the wheat-sowing States... ."
- I Am Still With Janata Dal (S): Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Chief Minister confident of convincing party leaders on aligning with the BJP
Kumaraswamy does not meet BJP leaders
Meets Union Ministers and discusses State projects
Decision on the metro rail to be taken in a month
- Sonia Not At Par With British Queen: Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Criticising the ruling party for protesting against opposition leaders' remarks about Sonia Gandhi, BJP on Wednesday accused them of following the British system of Parliament where the Queen's name is not taken.
- India A Global Leader And Natural Partner: Bush (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Feb 23, 2006)
Terming India a "global leader", a "natural partner" and a "good friend", President George W Bush declared on Wednesday that he will use his upcoming visit to advance the US’s strategic partnership with India.
- Chilika Birds Die, Bird Flu Ruled Out (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Contamination of a portion of Chilika lake around Nalabana Birds Sanctuary in Orissa has resulted in the death of over 1,700 migratory birds within a span of 45 days, a senior official said, and ruled out bird flu as the cause of birds’ death.
- Managing The Trade Deficit (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 23, 2006)
Pakistan incurred a record external trade deficit of $6.5 billion in the first seven months of this financial year ending June 2006. That marks a leap of 127.3 per cent over the deficit of $2.858 billion recorded in the same period last year.
- Cm Set To Board Metro Project (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Feb 22, 2006)
The new chief minister, on his second visit to New Delhi, will on Wednesday morning take a personal look at the way the world-class Delhi Metro is run.
- Bird Flu? Pigs Might Fly, Say Locals (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Feb 22, 2006)
Poultry workers and farmers in this township of Nandurbar district are perplexed over what they call media hype over “bird flu” and many insist that the disease which has led to chickens perishing in thousands is actually “Ranikhet” which . . .
- Sri Lanka Bans Maize Imports From India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka has temporarily halted maize imports from India after bird flu was reported in Maharashtra, leaving the island nation with just two weeks of stocks to feed local chicken, officials said today.
- Bird Flu Spreads Further, Thousands Tested In India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed in Hungary and Croatia on Tuesday as the deadly virus spread around the globe, while EU officials considered measures to vaccinate millions of birds in France and the Netherlands.
- In A Flap Over Bird Flu (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Feb 22, 2006)
Reason is often the first casualty when an epidemic strikes, says PAMELA PHILIPOSE
- Tata Tea Mulls Project In China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
To exit plantation business in north India and Sri Lanka
Tata Tea Ltd (TTL) is exploring its options for setting up a greenfield project in China, Vice-Chairman, R. K. Krishnakumar, said. He said the company had also decided . . .
- 8 More Bird Flu Suspects Surface (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
In fresh suspected cases of bird flu, eight persons were admitted to a hospital.
- Haryana Sgpc To Stage Dharna At Chatha’S Home ............. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Haryana unit of Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) will stage an indefinite dharna from tomorrow onwards at the residence of Haryana Agriculture Minister H S Chattha in Kurukshetra to demand the official constitution of the Haryana SGPC
- Karna: Bird Sanctuaries Placed Under Surveillance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Karnataka has taken preventive measures in its bird sanctuaries and tanks frequented by migratory birds in view of the outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra, a top official of the Forest department said today.
- Uncertain Future Looms Large Over Navapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 22, 2006)
The only industry in the taluk has suffered a major setback
If defiant poultry farmers wanted to have a chicken party on Monday night, it was not without reason. They say their birds are in good health and fit for consumption.
- 32 Lakh Applications For Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Hindu, Ravi Reddy, Feb 22, 2006)
13 districts selected for implementation of the programme in the first phase
Scheme aims at livelihood security to rural households
Heavy demand for job cards
Plan to identify works to emerge by March 25
- Industry Upbeat, Hopes For Relief (Hindu, P. K. Bhardwaj , Feb 22, 2006)
Relief in direct and indirect taxes, rationalisation of customs duty anticipated
Corporates for effective VAT regime
FBT a major concern among trade bodies
Big push likely for infrastructure sector
- Wheat Import: It Is A Bad Decision (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Feb 22, 2006)
The decision of the Government of India to import half a million tonnes of wheat at this stage needs to be reviewed in the light of availability of foodgrains in the country and prospects of the next harvest.
- Reality Check (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 22, 2006)
Prompt action is key to reining costs of bird flu
It’s been only two days since the government first confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in parts of Maharashtra, but the economic costs are already beginning to be felt.
- Cotton's Problem Of Plenty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
From acute shortage to large surplus in just three seasons, the country's cotton scene has witnessed a transformation any agrarian economy can be proud of. Thanks to huge increases in output since 2003,
- What Is On The Farmer's Wish-List (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn.
- The Budget Story: Now And Then (Business Line, B. S. Rathor, Feb 22, 2006)
The increasing transparency in the entire Budget-making process has taken the sting out of live TV debates and self-styled moderators posing as economic experts who are finding it difficult to script a `Budget climax'.
- Tata Tea Weighs China Greenfield Project (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The company is looking at a global canvas and is considering options for acquisitions.
- Pakistan Bans Poultry Imports From India, Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistan has imposed a ban on imports of poultry products and live birds from India, Iran and France due to the bird flu scare in those countries, Online news agency reported.
- Green Imperialism (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 21, 2006)
Other side of the `deep ecology' movement
- Culling Teams Run Into Defiant Farm Owners, Sena Gives It Communal Twist (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Feb 21, 2006)
Officials trying to contain the bird flu virus in Navapur faced their first wall of resistance this morning. The owner of Khalil Poultry farm refused to let the official culling team into his premises, claiming that his 27,000 birds were virus-free.
- Spread Of Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Feb 21, 2006)
The first reports of bird flu that cropped up in recent days in widely separated countries – India, Egypt and France – highlighted the disease’s accelerating spread to new territories.
- ‘Mncs Exploiting Bird Flu’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
With bird flu coming to India, the poultry industry today claimed there was no scientific evidence of bird flu and accused multi-national companies of trying to cash in on the panic situation.
- Brief Flirtation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 21, 2006)
Tradition scores over the post-modern
Six months ago, the state was on the threshold of what seemed a latter-day industrial revolution.
- Tamil Nadu Issues Flu Red Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu government has issued a red alert following the outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra and set up check-posts in borders with neighbouring states to prevent entry of poultry and poultry feeds from Maharashtra, according to officials.
- Culling To End By Today: M’Rashtra (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Feb 21, 2006)
The culling of about eight lakh chickens in 16 poultry farms at Nawapur, from where the first instance of bird flue among the hens was reported on Sunday sparking a nationwide alarm, will be completed by Tuesday evening, . . .
- Lessons From Beyond The Himalayas (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 21, 2006)
India could learn from the way China handled the outbreak of bird flu.
- Cabinet Approval For Vision 2010 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Detailed project to be placed in Assembly today
- 10,000 Cr. For Irrigation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Rs. 996-crore deficit budget presented; two-thirds share for non-plan expenditure
- Anger At Mass Slaughter Of Birds (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 21, 2006)
Poultry farmers in Navapur scoff at the Rs. 40 offered as compensation for every bird killed "I can understand killing the birds if they are diseased but there is nothing here."
- Rs. 10,000 Crore Allocation For Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Finance Minister Rosaiah presents Rs. 996-crore deficit State Budget in Assembly
- Rooting Bird Flu Out Of India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 21, 2006)
The stakes cannot be higher. According to a statement made in the Rajya Sabha on Monday by the Union Health Minister, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, "the test reports of some samples from affected poultry [in Navapur taluk in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra
- United In Bird Flu, Paris And Delhi Sign Agreement (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Feb 21, 2006)
If the bird flu doesn’t kill the Indian poultry business, the establishment
- Call For Enforcing Safety Measures In Poultry Farms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Mayor organises discussion on avian flu threat
Disease investigation experts have highlighted the need for strict surveillance and enforcement of basic safety measures in poultry farms to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza in the city.
- Oui The Anglo Saxons (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 21, 2006)
Take overpriced French weapons out, what is left in Delhi-Paris relations?
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- Pawar: Avian Flu Confined To Navapur Taluk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
strategic action has been initiated
Migratory birds could have caused infection
Medicines rushed
Industry will be protected
- India Quarantines Six As Bird Flu Spreads Faster (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 21, 2006)
India began a door-to-door search for anyone with fever on Monday, quarantining six people in hospital as authorities scrambled to contain the country's first outbreak of bird flu.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- Restrictions On Import Of Poultry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Poultry stock, eggs to be allowed only through designated check-posts
- Govt Bans Livestock From India, France And Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The government has decided to ban the import of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France where cases of bird flu have been reported.
- Cage The Confusion (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 21, 2006)
The Maharashtra Government's response to the reported bird flu incident could easily be a case of locking the stables after the horses have bolted.
- Sedative Replaces Bird Stranglers (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Feb 21, 2006)
As the government continued culling chickens today, going beyond the promised 3-km radius from Navapur, upset farm owners demanded that fresh blood samples be taken to find out if the infection was indeed the avian flu.
- Poultry Imports From India, Iran, France Banned (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan has banned all imports of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France after the countries reported cases of H5N1 bird flu, officials said on Monday.
- Pandemic Preparedness (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
The arrival of avian flu in Africa means that the bird epidemic is officially out of control. None of the methods used against it so far — mass vaccination of poultry flocks in China, mass bird slaughter across Southeast Asia . . .
- From Farming To Knowledge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2006)
Punjab’s path to future growth
Punjab has a special reason to be happy about President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Address to Parliament on Thursday.
- Indian Town Reels As Bird Flu Hits (British Broadcasting Corporation, Monica Chadha, Feb 20, 2006)
Navapur is a tiny, underdeveloped town in the Indian state of Maharashtra that has got little attention for its many problems.
- Indo-French Trade To Touch 10 Billion Euros (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The official visit of French President to India will give a big boost in acceleration of two-way trade between India and France which is expected to exceed 10 billion euros by 2010 from its current level of 3.6 billion euros, reveals a study.
- Govt Says No Case Of Human Bird Flu (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 20, 2006)
The government said on Sunday it had found no case of human avian influenza after preliminary tests on a dead farmer earlier suspected to have been the country's first human victim of the disease.
- The Future Shocks (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 20, 2006)
It’s exactly the sort of document that an American think-tank would have produced in the year 1900, if they had think-tanks in 1900. This time it’s the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the document is called China Modernization Report 2006.
- `Help Farmers Grow Horticulture Crops' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Department told to regulate crop cultivation and prevent losses
Three-day horticulture show inaugurated
Collector offers to set up outlet at Gaddiannaram fruit market
Farmers told to go slow on banana cultivation
- The Dangers And Some Dos And Don'ts (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The H5N1 virus primarily affects birds. "The virus does not easily cross from birds to infect humans," observes the World Health Organisation in its fact sheet on avian influenza. "Despite the infection of tens of millions of poultry over . . .
- New Left (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It can be easier to win elections than to know what to do with power. The Left Front’s election manifesto can be meaningful to the people only if they see it as a realistic programme of action for making their lives better.
- Providing The Fuel To Accelerate Growth (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Feb 20, 2006)
Some weeks back, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) released detailed national income statistics with the new base year of 1999-2000.
- Indian Style Of Cooking Kills Bird Flu Virus (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 20, 2006)
It can't survive Indian summer
Virus sensitive to common disinfectants
Need to dispose of culled birds
Report sighting dead birds to authorities
- Nine Lakh Chicken To Be Culled In Nandurbar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Strains of avian flu virus traced in six chicken
49 out of 56 poultry farms in Nandurbar closed
Poultry farms in 10-km radius under surveillance
Monitoring posts set up at entry points to Mumbai
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Bird Flu Claims One Life (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Gujarat is on high alert with cases of bird flu reported in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, bordering the southern part of the state.
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