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Articles 5221 through 5320 of 10500:
- Keeping Barter Trade Alive (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 22, 2006)
An ancient system is sustained by the Tiwas of Assam
- The Potential Of Rajasthan (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I have just returned from Jodhpur after speaking to a group of NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange Advisory Board members.
- Wto: The Gains And The Losses (Tribune, P. K. Vasudeva, Jan 22, 2006)
There has been mixed reaction of various countries after the conclusion of the sixth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Hong Kong.
- We Will Focus On Economic Agenda, Says Muzaffar (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 22, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, 59, is forthright in his views about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. In his childhood, he had to trudge miles on foot to school.
- There’S Happiness In Living With The Poor (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 22, 2006)
“Urban life has become miserable and we should give it up. There is so much to do in rural India, especially by privileged urban women like ourselves.” - Asha Kachru
- Sonia To Meet Deve Gowda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
AICC general secretary Ambika Soni’s announcement means Ms Gandhi’s meeting with Mr Gowda could happen any day between January 24, the day after the session gets over here, and January 27, the date fixed for the vote of confidence for the Dharam Singh ...
- Cuba Solidarity Day On July 26 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
"Hands off Cuba'' will be an important slogan when Bush visits India: Karat
- Safta Has No Article Giving Mfn Status To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) has no article to give the Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status to India and Pakistan and is not going to grant any preferential tariffs to the former.
- Call To Involve Tribes In Biodiversity Schemes (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Jan 22, 2006)
NBA Chairman lauds State's response
"The success of biodiversity conservation measures envisaged under the Biological Diversity Act would depend a great deal on the extent to which tribes and local people are allowed to participate in these programmes,"
- Panel Urges Centre To Set Up Ito To Protect Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Proposed body will protect farmers from unfair trade practices
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- Sonia Gandhi Unveils Pylon In Memory Of Freedom Fighters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Location assumes significance as AICC session was held at Nanal Nagar crossroads in 1953 after liberation of Hyderabad from Nizam's rule
- Fdi And The Future Of Farmers (Hindu, N. Bala Ganesan, Jan 22, 2006)
The farm sector, taken as a whole, has no sustainable, long-term prospect of increasing its revenue
- Ensuring Equitable Development Through Reforms (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Jan 21, 2006)
There is a lot of talk on growth and equity but there is no operational plan. What we need is an immediate plan for achieving equitable development.
- Why Economic Reforms Are Unpopular (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 21, 2006)
It may be time to evolve a national consensus on the contours of a reform agenda with a human face, involving a clear targeting of subsidies and concessions.
- A Grand Revolution In The Andes (Hindu, Richard Gott, Jan 21, 2006)
Fidel Castro's prophecy has at last been fulfilled as Bolivia joins Latin America's `axis of good.'
- Uma Too Chants Telangana Mantra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Calls on TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao
Separate State only solution for development, says Uma
KCR hosts lunch in honour of the expelled BJP leader
Decision on new party to be taken after countrywide tour
- Regulate Bt Crops Strictly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2006)
It may not exactly be a revolution in the strict sense of the term, but 10 years of commercial cultivation of genetically-modified crops has, without doubt, brought about notable changes in agriculture worldwide. Rising output, . . .
- A Second Earth Needed To Sustain India And China (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2006)
Do you know that India and China have as much population as that of "the next 20 largest countries combined"? Or that "some 80 per cent of the companies in Wal-Mart's database of suppliers are now Chinese"? China and India are the focus of State . . .
- Supplyco Paddy Procurement To Continue This Season (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Government to consider employees' demands, stir plan dropped
Food and Civil Supplies Minister Adoor Prakash on Friday said that the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) would continue paddy procurement operations for the second . . .
- Jayalalithaa Lifts Ban On Recruitment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Announces concessions worth Rs. 1,648 crore for Government staff, teachers, farmers
50 per cent of DA to be merged with basic pay
Three-fold increase in compensation for crop loss
One-light scheme extended
Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam to be extended
- Jayalalitha Woos Voters With Sops (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
With elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly just four months away, Chief Minister J Jayalalitha on Friday announced reliefs and concessions for nearly Rs 1,600 crore, covering government employees, farmers and rain-affected people.
- Mood Upbeat On Eve Of Congress Plenary (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 21, 2006)
Karnataka developments have not dampened the spirit of partymen
- U.N. Reports Sri Lankan Refugees Landing In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
About 50 Sri Lankans have fled to southern India aboard fishing boats because of deteriorating security on the island, the United Nations said on Friday.
- Winning Formula (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI-M government of West Bengal is making a strident pitch for the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector in the state.
- Congress Too Slow For Coalition Test (Daily Excelsior, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 21, 2006)
There is little doubt the Congress state leadership in Bangalore overplayed its hand in taking on its partner the Janata Dal (Secular) over the last few months.
- Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 21, 2006)
WHAT is the future for an economic system that is not an efficient producer of goods and services in the globalized economy?
- Pirates Threaten Lives Of Somalia's Poor (Hindu, Jeevan Vasagar, Jan 20, 2006)
The hijacking of cargo ships is on the increase, threatening trade and humanitarian aid.
The raiders striking increasingly further from the coastline
The number of attacks rose from 2 in 2004 to 35 in 2005
- Silviculture Conference At Forest Institute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Forest Research Institute here will hold a national Silviculture Conference from February 1as part of its Centenary celebrations.
- Latin America Veers Left (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 20, 2006)
The election of Michelle Bachelet as President of Chile is another important milestone in the advance of the Left in Latin American politics.
- Palar Issue: Government To Move Supreme Court After Ascertaining Facts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Five Opposition parties express dissatisfaction over State stand, stage walkout
Reports of Andhra officials conducting a survey
Letter to neighbouring State written on January 5
- Uma Bharti To `Re-Establish' Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Accuses party leaders of deviating from the ideology
No launch of new party, says Uma
Parries question on her political equation with Mulayam Singh Yadav
To seek rehabilitation package for farmers
- Brinda Karat Warns Against Postponing West Bengal Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Left will not keep quiet if the Government tried to go against the CMP
- Behind Every Memsahib Is A Bai (Indian Express, FARAH WARIA, Jan 20, 2006)
When it comes to the rights of domestic help, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Unless, of course, we prefer to serve it ourselves
- India Whining: Dirt In Parliament (Hindustan Times, Aloke Tikku, Jan 20, 2006)
After assessing governance and development in India, an independent group reports that there is hardly any good news. It says, India is whining and not shining.
- Sowing Seeds Of Prosperity - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Dr. M P Gupta, Jan 20, 2006)
Dr. M P Gupta writes on the effect of WTO on Indian Agriculture
Extension System
Admittedly, agriculture development having direct bearing on improvement in living conditions of farmers is attained through robust extension system.
- Celtic Connection (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 20, 2006)
Bertie Ahern’s visit, the first by an Irish prime minister, is a notable event. India and Ireland have more in common than just sharing tri-coloured saffron, white and green national flags.
- The Dam Controversy (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, Jan 20, 2006)
In any mature society, national issues are discussed in a rational manner, keeping in view the supreme interests of the country as a whole. Unfortunately, in our country, the building of a dam has been converted into an emotionally charged issue, ...
- Ragi Muddle? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 20, 2006)
With governor TN Chaturvedi giving nine days to the Dharam Singh government to prove its majority, politics in Karnataka has been prevented from coming to a boil for some time yet.
- Fatal Confrontation Shows Perils Of India's Rise (International Herald Tribune, Somini Sengupta , Jan 20, 2006)
Kalingangar Industrial Area, India On the first Monday morning of the year, four bulldozers, accompanied by nearly 300 police officers, arrived on a rocky patch of farmland on the edge of a wooded village and began leveling the earth.
- Towards Peace In West Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2006)
Sharon’s incapacitation gives India and other countries an opportunity to work for peace through the UN
- Tighten Your Belts (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Jan 19, 2006)
Apart from defining one's formal appearance, belts hold the trousers firmly
- Dance Of Flowers (Deccan Herald, Vishakh N, Jan 19, 2006)
The flowers are in full bloom. And their fragrance will waft through the sprawling Lalbagh for a week starting tomorrow. And flowers which are not local to India too will vie for attention with home grown flowers at the Glass House.
- Wanted, A Second Revolution In Public Works (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Jan 19, 2006)
When I first travelled abroad in the early 90s, two things struck me as the airplane approached its First World destination by night. First, the sheer brilliance of the expanse below that made the city look like a huge galaxy of bright stars.
- Mining Mania In Haryana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2006)
If illegal mining continues in Haryana despite a change in the government, the frequent interventions by the Supreme Court and a relentless campaign by the media and eminent personalities like Swami Agnivesh, it only shows how influential the mafia . . .
- Sowing Seeds Of Prosperity - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr. M P Gupta, Jan 19, 2006)
Dr. M P Gupta writes on the effect of WTO on Indian Agriculture
Nature has endowed India with diversified physiographic, climatic and soil characteristics suitable for growing a wide variety of crops, throughout the year and rearing . . .
- Together We Stand (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 19, 2006)
The mass organizations that make for the CPI(M)’s strength are also becoming a major problem for it, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- It Raids: Jayalalithaa Blames Dmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Alleges that houses of her doctor and chartered accountant being searched
- India Rejects Pervez Proposals On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 19, 2006)
Pakistan today formally presented President Pervez Musharraf’s “out-of-the-box” proposal on demilitarisation of Kashmir which India disposed, saying that New Delhi wanted to be “more ambitious” than demilitarising just three cities of Kashmir and . . .
- Bjp Targets State Government, Telugu Desam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Consult all parties before finalising Outer Ring Road alignment: Dattatreya
Small ryots, poor will be adversely hit
Government fails to take note of affected persons' protest
TDP, Congress accused of siding with big realtors
- Multiple-Feed Bio-Diesel Plant To Be Set Up In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
It will have the capacity to produce ten million litres a year
The proposed plant is an Indo-U.S. venture
It will be able to process a wide variety of feedstock into bio-diesel fuel
- Pakistan, India To Ease Tensions Over Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to implement fresh measures to lower tensions over Kashmir and confirmed their commitment to keep their stuttering peace process on track.
- Seismic Factor Goes Against Kalabagh (Dawn, Fatehyab Ali Khan, Jan 19, 2006)
This article is not a comment on issues pertaining to the rights of riparians and the political and social repercussions of the construction of dams. The main aim of this endeavour is to highlight the technical, . . .
- Preventing Power Losses (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 19, 2006)
Talk to a Japanese official and he invariably comes up with a reply that Pakistan is potentially a very rich country with large natural resources, unlike Japan with its narrow strip of hilly land. All we have to do, he says, is to develop those . . .
- Plantation Blues (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 19, 2006)
Margaret Mitchell may have got it wrong when she wrote in the prologue to her bestselling 1936 novel that “There was a land called the ‘Old South’.
- Root Vegetable That’S Hard To Beet (Tribune, Maxine Frith, Jan 19, 2006)
The humble beetroot has always been a bit of a poor relation to other, trendier species in the vegetable world. Perhaps it is because of its association with war-time rationing (it was often used as a substitute for soft fruit in jam).
- Protection Of Forests (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Jan 19, 2006)
Like varieties of culture, custom and creed, India is vested with a variety of forests extending from the Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in North South and from Assam to the desert of Rajasthan in the East-West. These forests occur in different . . .
- Burns In India To Discuss N-Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Less than a week after a meeting of the Indo-US ‘Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group’ here, U S Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns today said implementing the deal of nuclear cooperation between the two countries is . . .
- Bullet-Proof ‘Monks’ (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 18, 2006)
Even by Jammu and Kashmir standards, this is an alarming turn in the battle against militancy. For the first time in 15 years, investigations into fidayeen attacks in the state are increasingly pointing at the involvement of elected representatives . . .
- Leaving A Stamp On History (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 18, 2006)
The year 2008 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Sir Mirza Ismail — a great Mysorean, an Indian who made us proud, a quintessential political conservative, a remarkable person in public life, who believed that persons entrusted with overseeing ....
- India Requires A Creative Leader: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
In another appeal to CII, President Kalam urged the organisation to create a directory of existing partnerships commencing from 2000 and publish it giving all details of scope and progressive financial performance. c
- 'Indian And Pakistani Punjabs Can Help Agriculture Together’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
* Agriculture universities of Faisalabad and Ludhiana to sign MoU
* Cheque for Rs 0.3m for earthquake victims
- Scientist Wants Another Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
`It will help small and landless farmers earn a livelihood by rearing animals and birds'
First Foundation Day celebrations of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Sciences University inaugurated
- Goa To Encourage Planting Of Jatropha For Bio-Diesel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Goa Government has decided to encourage panchayats and educational institutions to take up plantation of jatropha trees in a big way as Government intended to promote it as an alternative fuel.
- Plan To Give A Fillip To Plantation, Farm Tourism (Hindu, John L. Paul, Jan 18, 2006)
For workers hard pressed for jobs in plantations
The ailing plantation sector and farmlands hit by fall in price of agricultural produce will soon get a fillip with the Tourism Department drawing up a project to promote plantation and farm tourism.
- District Gets Farm Projects Under Technology Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Priority areas identified to give boost to agriculture activities
- Nh Closed For 3rd Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The 300-kms long Jammu-Srinagar national highway stayed closed for third day while Batote-Kishtwar highway was also blocked today due to landslides. Two flights to Srinagar were also cancelled. However, all flights operated on New Delhi-Jammu route.
- Tamil Nadu Can "Impact India's Trade With Britain" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chennai's robust industry makes it important for U.K. to maintain ties with State, says U.K. Minister
- From Sri Lanka With Tears (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Jan 18, 2006)
For 29-year-old Kalyani, there just does not seem to be an end for the sorrows. She and her two children landed at Thankatchimadam near here on Tuesday as refugees from Sri Lanka.
- Kalam For "Syllabus Of Entrepreneurship" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
To create a higher education system that would generate employment opportunities
Research and teaching should be linked
Adopt multi-pronged approach for tele-education
- Rs. 407 Crore Anti-Erosion Works To Protect Dibrugarh: Manmohan (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 18, 2006)
Calls for improving road, rail and air connectivity in the northeast
Unveils Rs. 3,000 crore augmentation project at North Eastern Coalfields at Margherita
Shilpgram will become cultural gateway in east
- Rs.82.2-Cr. Nabard Aid For Rural Development In Madurai District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Areas for infrastructure development identified
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has identified certain core areas in Madurai district having potential for promoting infrastructure development in a big way by the . . .
- India's Factories Are Booming, But Not Enough (Reuters, Terry Friel, Jan 18, 2006)
India's booming manufacturing sector is a major engine of growth for one of the world's fastest growing economies, but still has to pick up dramatically to hit the country's 10 percent growth target and take on rival China.
- ``Caste An Imperfect Indicator For Quota'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suggests merit scholarship system
Public sector educational institutions have failed to emerge as centres of excellence
Calls for a more "invasive and inquisitive" democratic culture
- Mine Attacks In Sri Lanka Amid Fresh Peace Moves (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Jan 18, 2006)
China paid over 26 million US dollars as compensation to farmers whose poultry was culled to prevent the spread of the deadly avian flu, the government said here today.
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Novel Inspired By The Tsunami (Hindu, Se. Ganesalingan, Jan 17, 2006)
This Novel depicts the life and struggle of the fishing community and the dangers they experience when gales strike the coast.
- Bangarappa Foresees Mid-Term Elections To Assembly By April (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Samajwadi Party leader rules out alliance with other parties
`State Election Commission did not act on complaints'
Minorities, BCs, farmers neglected by Government: Bangarappa
Telephone tapping condemned
- Nitish Kumar Woos Nris (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Jan 17, 2006)
It was more a drive for image makeover than immediate investment by NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar when he attended the just-concluded three-day “Prabashi Bharatiya Sammelan” (NRI conclave) in Hyderabad between January 7 and 9.
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