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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 10500:
- Aisf Rallies Against Commercialisation Of Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"State funding of education should be stepped up"
The 26th national conference of the All India Students Federation (AISF) began here on Tuesday with a call to step up state funding of education and end its commercialisation.
- Horrific Killings (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2006)
Caste violence is a continuing blot on Bihar’s society
The killing of a farmer’s pregnant wife and five children in Rampur Shyamchand village in Vaishali district in Bihar underscores yet again the extreme vulnerability of Dalits, . . .
- Green Revolution Ii Must: Pm (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon scientists to usher in a Second Green Revolution that would “forever end the divide between Bharat and India” and one that would increase rural incomes, agricultural productivity and the quality of rural life.
- Work For Second Green Revolution, Manmohan Singh Tells Scientists (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 04, 2006)
Focus should be on dryland agriculture; address needs of small farmers
- Gujarat Delegation In State To Study Development Of Tourism Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Chamber gives reception to Ministers and other members of the team
- Truth About The Abbasi Report (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 04, 2006)
Three months after the chairman of the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR), Mr A.N.G. Abbasi, had presented his report to the president and the prime minister, the Kalabagh dam issue has burst on the scene in a big way.
- Should India Demand Farm Subsidy Cuts By Developed Nations? (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 04, 2006)
In none of the four major world commodities would India stand to benefit substantially even if developed economies eliminated subsidies. Subsidy-induced low prices would be in our consumers' interest. But more important is to make Indian agriculture . . .
- `Export' The Discrimination (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 04, 2006)
It was only to be expected. An exporter association has voiced strong views on the lack of tax concessions for exporters from the Domestic Tariff Area that are currently available for units operating in the Special Economic Zones.
- Manmohan Outlines His Vision Of A Rural India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
A modern agrarian, industrial and services economy co-existing side by side
- Redefining Nam’S Role (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jan 04, 2006)
The numerical strength of both G-77 and NAM (non-aligned movement) has been a major factor in decision-making at the UN and in all conferences held under the auspices of the UN system.
- Job Creation Is Agenda For 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Development programmes to be monitored: Manmohan
In a bid to ensure effective implementation of the United Progressive Alliance Government's National Common Minimum Programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting here on Monday . . .
- Wto Meeting And Pakistan (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 03, 2006)
Last week, I provided an overview of the process that led to the discussions at Hong Kong aimed at further improvements in the multilateral trading system. At issue were a series of actions the developed world had promised it would take to create . . .
- No Compromise On Corruption: Rajnath Singh (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 03, 2006)
Takes over reins of party; MPs indicted in cash-for-questions scam may be expelled from BJP also ]
Key responsibility for Bal Apte MPs may be expelled from party also Focus on cultural nationalism
- Prime Minister Arrives In City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To inaugurate the 93rd Indian Science Congress at ANGRAU
- Explosives Seized From Ksrtc Cloakroom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Seizure follows a bomb threat over phone on Sunday
The police have seized 45 gelignite sticks from the cloakroom of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus station here on Mavoor Road.
- New Agriculture Projects Soon, Says Chandy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Two per cent of State population lives in poverty'
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State Government planned to implement new projects in agriculture and animal husbandry sectors despite financial crisis to address the problems . . .
- Voice Of Dissent (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Jan 03, 2006)
Offers an alternative to free market economic policy for restoring balance to globalisation's disequalising effects
- Terror Plot Busted Ahead Of Pm's Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Hours before the Prime Minister's visit to the city, Police foiled the plot of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed to trigger bomb blasts, including suicide bombings, in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Karnataka.
- Japan To Pursue Trade Deals With India, China - Paper (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Japan is likely to pursue free-trade agreements with China and India as well as Australia to give it more clout in a proposed East Asian community, a leading daily reported on Tuesday.
- Rajnath Lays Out Priorities After Taking Over As Bjp Chief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
New BJP President Rajnath Singh today identified four priority areas, including intensifying its agitation against the "anti-people" policies of the UPA government and further strengthening the NDA.
- Chidambaram's New Year Wish: Over 7 Pc Growth In 2006 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
After ensuring that India got the recognition of a "potential global economic powerhouse" last year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today made his New Year wish of sustaining over 7 per cent growth in 2006.
- Systems Collapse Under Moderate Snowfall (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 03, 2006)
Considered to be auspicious by the Valley’s agriculture, horticulture and tourism community with the beginning of the New Year and Chilla-e-Kalaan (heart of the winter), the season’s first major snowfall has threatened to cripple vital systems in Kashmir.
- Wto And Indian Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Dr M P Gupta, Jan 03, 2006)
Nature has endowed India with diversified physiographic, climatic and soil characteristics suitable for growing a wide variety of crops throughout the year and rearing of different species of animals, whereas our country is lagging behind in overall . . .
- Science Meet Security Beefed Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Alerted by the recent terror strike on scientists at Indian Institute on Science (IISc), Bangalore, security has been tightened for the 93rd Indian Science Congress (ISC), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.
- Manmohan’S New Year Resolutions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Thrust on jobs, infrastructure
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got down to the business of implementing various ambitious schemes encompassing the employment guarantee scheme and focussing on the direly needed infrastructure in the country’s outbacks . . .
- India In 2006: Forging Ahead To The Forefront (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2006)
A stable political environment, law and order, and a reasonable governance all point to an India heading with confidence into a New Year.
- Some New Year Resolutions (Tribune, Toni Court, Jan 03, 2006)
We should take all or some of the following New Year resolutions which are actually simple steps towards an eco-friendly future: Cut your car use: Transport is responsible for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and the majority of these come from road . . .
- The Salt And Pepper Of `Aid For Trade' (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 03, 2006)
At the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial, the developed countries agreed to enhance aid to enable developing countries trade in the global market. But expansion of every kind of trade is not necessarily beneficial for us.
- Rising Inequality In China (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 03, 2006)
Spectacular economic growth in China has been accompanied by growing inequalities of income and wealth distribution. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine recent patterns of inequality in Chin a.
- Toning Up The Village Credit Cycle (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Jan 03, 2006)
An Independent Commission set up by All India Bank Officers Confederation has proposed the revival of development banking as an alternative policy to existing banking reforms.
- Afghanistan Aims To Cut Opium Fields In 2006 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Deputy interior minister claims Taliban is encouraging farmers to grow poppy
- New Path For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 02, 2006)
Darling of the World Bank Chandra Babu Naidu paid for his love by losing power. Nitish Kumar appears to be moving in the same self-destruct mode. A World Bank team has already visited Bihar.
- Pesticide Resurgence In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr. R.K.Gupta, Jan 02, 2006)
Ever since the dawn of history, man has been plagued with numerous pest species - some devastating his crops, causing injury to domestic animals or destroying his property, others attacking him directly, sucking his blood, causing annoyance . . .
- Sustain Rate Of Growth: Chidambaram (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jan 02, 2006)
Stresses need for investments in infrastructure, farm sectors
Agriculture key to growth with equity
Manufacturing sector has tremendous potential to create employment
- Rubber Dam Dedicated To The Nation (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Jan 02, 2006)
Chief Minister vows to go ahead with ambitious `Jalayagnam'
- Cpi(m)'s March Begins From Manjeswaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Achuthanandan says Kerala March will expose UDF Government's failures
- For Another Rewarding Year (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 02, 2006)
IF 2005 HAS to be remembered as an extraordinary year, it should be with reference to two acts symbolising the nation's tragic vulnerability on the one hand, and an enduring strength, on the other.
- Safta May Not Lead To Immediate Jump In Imports (Business Line, K.R. Srivats, Jan 02, 2006)
The ushering in of the treaty on South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) from Sunday is not expected to lead to any immediate quantum jump in imports into India since as many as 884 specific product groups have been kept on the Sensitive List where the trade .
- Hong Kong—a Ministerial Of Vague Promises (The Financial Express, ANIL K KANUNGO, Jan 02, 2006)
The Hong Kong WTO ministerial is over, amid strong protest and hard bargain. What did it achieve? What have been its tangible gains? As one probes, one finds no real progress, except that it has managed to keep the Doha development agenda negotiable, ....
- Agriculture Department Asked To Help Stop Use Of Endosulfan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The District Development Council has asked the Agriculture Department to take steps to stop use of the pesticide Endosulfan in mango orchards and vegetable farms in the eastern parts of the district, such as Chittur, Muthalamada and Nelliampathy.
- Automatic Weather Station At Ervadi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
It has been installed by TVS Research Institute
- Social Trends In The New Year (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 02, 2006)
An important feature of 2005’s economic growth was that it put more disposal income into the hands of younger people. BPOs, aviation, hotels, tourism and the food and beverage industries expanded rapidly as did jobs in manufacturing, management and media.
- Afghan Farmers Returning To Opium (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
For three years Gulam Gul has been growing wheat, rice, radishes and cauliflower - anything but the opium that his family once depended on.
- An Insensitive Index (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Jan 01, 2006)
Political India must sensitise corporate India to the social environment in which its profit-driven enterprises are staged.
- We Need Creative Leaders’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
In Indian history, very rarely has our nation come across positive situations all at the same time.
- India's Tryst With Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Allah Bukhsh, Jan 01, 2006)
Indian enterprise has proved to the world that it is capable of taking on competition when it sets out to do so. As recently as 1985, no one had even heard of Infosys, or Wipro, no one had imagined that an Indian would become the Steel Czar of the world,
- Key North Korea Editorial Gives No Hint On Nuclear Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
North Korea pledged in a New Year message on Sunday to channel its resources into farming but made no mention of slow-moving six-country talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons programmes.
- Rs. 60 Crores Allotted For Farmers Security Scheme, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
'Agricultural loans to the tune of Rs. 3,116 crores waived'
- A New Year Beyond Resolutions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
We usher the new year with a nominal one-second adjustment to compensate for the wobbly planet. Unfortunately, a much deeper correction is necessary to compensate for our wobbly policies.
- `Agriculture Sector Should Embrace Technology' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
IT and nanotechnology can modernise agriculture: P.J. Joseph IT and nano technology can help modernise agricultures, says P.J. Joseph
- Will Bjp Return To Its Ideological Roots Under Rajnath Singh? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Leaders feel that he has been selected to revive the party's fortunes in Uttar Pradesh
- Farmer As The Bjp Helmsman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in the 1977 elections, Mr Singh shot into limelight during his stint as education minister in the state in 1991 when he enacted an Anti-Copying Act provoking protests from the then Opposition parties.
- Investors’ Year (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 01, 2006)
Risk-taking investors made a lot of money in a booming economy this year
- We Have Promises To Keep (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 31, 2005)
Our Parliament played Santa this year when it closed shop with some resolutions for India's children. Late on the last night of the last session in 2005, with barely a quorum present, the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Bill made it . . .
- Rs. 21 Lakhs Allotted Under Farmers Security Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
It was given as Maternity and Medical Termination of Pregnancy Benefit Fund
- `Year Of Farm Resurgence' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 31, 2005)
Is the docile elephant beginning to stir itself up for some real action? If, at the turn of the year, there is euphoria around the country, especially across industrial and services sectors, it is entirely justified, for, the economy is on a roll.
- Musharraf’S Resolve To Build Kbd (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
D his wide-ranging interaction with the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), President Pervez Musharraf, while pleading the case of water reservoirs, went to the extent of saying that turning back on the issue of building big dams amounted t
- Water-Rich, Yet Over-Stretched (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
Water may seem too common a topic to write about, especially after floods have receded and the tsunami anniversary vigil has passed off peacefully. Yet, it is hot news all over the world.
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- High Security For Isc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The shadow of the Bangalore terror attack looms large on the 93rd Indian Science Congress that is to be held here from January 3 to 5.
- The Trend Of Re-Wilding (Hindu, Owen Bowcott and Bernard O Riordan, Dec 31, 2005)
Conservation groups are increasingly buying farmland to return it to vanished wilderness.
- Centre Will Maintain Growth Rate: Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the Centre was going all out to maintain a growth rate of 7.5 per cent for 2006-07 and hoped to set the pace for a better economy in the coming years.
- Investors’ Year (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2005)
Risk-taking investors made a lot of money in a booming economy this year
- Silver Lining In Disaster’S Dark Clouds (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 31, 2005)
Once notorious for forsaking the victims of natural disaster, India in 2005 gained a working model for rehabilitation: growing private involvement and determined public officials. The downside: a threat to community self reliance.
- Evaluating What Was Decided At Hong Kong (The Financial Express, RICARDO MELENDEZ, Dec 30, 2005)
The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) prospect of inspiring belief as the prime global device for the management of trade relations among nations hinges on governments’ ability to agree on specific reduction targets and finished formulas in a mere . . .
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Cash-For-Query Scam: Bjp Expresses Regret (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The four page political resolution passed here at BJP’s national convention attacked the UPA-government for taking a “selective” drive against corruption while “unreservedly expressing” its regret over party members’ involvement in the cash for question s
- Chakri Sirindhorn: Honoured For Serving The Mankind (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Dec 30, 2005)
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who received the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2004 recently, is an Indologist who has a special love for India and its people.
- Musharraf Sees India's Involvement In Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Says turning back on dams treason; people fed up with tribal chiefs;
to uproot subversion forever
President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds . . .
- Explosions Rock Balochistan (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Dec 30, 2005)
Two explosions jolted Nushki late on Thursday while explosions were also reported in Sibi and Hub.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A front page editorial articulates the CPI(M)’s views on control over private educational institutions and the need for a Central legislation that would enable them to reserve seats for SCs, STs and OBCs, and establish guidelines for the fee structure. .
- Concern In Russia Over Chinese Toxic Spill (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 30, 2005)
The impact from a Chinese chemical plant accident on neighbouring Russian territories has proved less serious than expected, but Russian officials and environmentalists are sounding alarm over what they say is a looming ecological catastrophe.
- Upa Government Suffering From `Policy Paralysis': Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
This has led to serious economic deterioration, it says
- Gender Issues In Agriculture — An Idea Refusing To Take Roots (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 30, 2005)
"I hold the most prestigious name in agriculture in this country, and still I can't get an appointment with the DG, ICAR (Director-General of Indian Council for Agricultural Research)! They'll be very polite and say, `Yes, madam, very good madam.'
- Ap:cm Asks To Expedite Formulation Of Draft Of Water Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
State Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today directed officials to expedite the formulation of the draft of State Water Policy.
- Tsunami Made People Think About Coastal Security: Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"India is not exploiting its coastal strengths despite a huge potential `' "Production and migration of biological creatures are some of the areas that required a full study"
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Tourism In Jammu Province (Daily Excelsior, Anil Gour, Dec 29, 2005)
Being closely associated with the tourist trade since long, at present one can only lament on the opportunities missed by all the State Govt till date in developing Jammu province to its fullest potential.
- Andhra Pradesh To File Case Against Monsanto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Four seed companies to be named respondents in petition
Case to be filed before MRTP Commission
Price of seed at Rs. 1,850 for 450 gm seen as being "very high"
Some other States may join Andhra Pradesh in legal battle
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