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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 10500:
- Seri Bazaar, One-Stop Stop For Silk Farmers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Seri Bazaar, a one-stop shop for all products and technological inputs required by sericulture farmers, was launched at the Karnataka State Sericulture Research & Development Institute at Talaghattapura near Bangalore on Wednesday.
- Biotech Symposium Harps On Basics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The main theme of the symposium seemed to be on native thinking and a return to basic sciences from which to build on later.
- Good News For Prisoners (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
It is heartening to know that as they move towards a detente, India and Pakistan are adopting a more humane approach to issues that were previously treated only in their politico-legal context.
- Drop In Opium Cultivation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
There is finally some good news from Afghanistan. Opium production in the war-ravaged country has dropped — although by a negligible 2.4 per cent (from 4,200 to 4,100 tons)
- Spirit Of Gdansk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The trademark walrus moustache is greyer and less bushy, and the figure more portly.
- Carbon Trading No Solution (Dawn, Darryl D Monte, Sep 01, 2005)
SO the cat’s out of the bag: one reason why China and India were invited to the G8 summit in Scotland recently was not the recognition that they (especially India) had become major economic players on the world market but that President Bush was roping
- Bjp At War With Itself (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 31, 2005)
The BJP is likely to dismiss it as semantic jugglery but the party with differences currently seems an apt description for the political outfit that prides itself on its ideological sanctity and discipline. Be it the dissidence in Gujarat,
- A Landscape That Need Be Loved And Taken Care Of -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 31, 2005)
We need to join hands and save our beautiful environs from getting spoiled, writes M G Hassan Mukhtar writes on the people, water and architecture of Kashmir
- Home Is Where The Treasure Is (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
It is a traditional farmhouse with six bedrooms, a spacious garden — and the possibility of hidden treasure.
- Sbi Keen To Acquire Banks Abroad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today asked both the management and employees of public sector banks to prepare themselves for consolidation in the banking sector even as the State Bank of India (SBI)....
- Unwind On Turtles' Beach (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
On a deserted beach near Kozhikode, a committed group gets together every year to save the Olive Ridleys
- The Giant Push Backward (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Aug 31, 2005)
The pro-peasant stance of the RSP and Forward Bloc can be seen as an effort to placate their cadre and spoil the show of the Left Front’s largest constituent, writes Sumanta Sen
- Consuming Worry (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2005)
The Valuation Concern of the RBI Annual Report 2004-05 over the galloping oil prices to the point of distraction from growth issues suggests an unwanted diffidence at the Reserve Bank of India Towers.
- Agenda For Hong Kong Wto Ministerial — Will Developing Nations Trip On Trips? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 31, 2005)
The success of the Hong Kong Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation scheduled to be held in December 2005 . . .
- Premji’S Panchatantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Wipro chairman feared that water scarcity would hinder growth, be it in agriculture, industry or urban infrastructure.
- 8,000 Women To Get Training Under Tank-Care Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
2,005 tanks to be revived by 2008-09
Women involved in project to be made functionally literate
Rs. 670-crore World Bank-aided project on since 2002 in 34 taluks
Work on 464 tanks has been completed at a cost of Rs. 105 crores
- Grooming A Reluctant Heir Apparent (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2005)
Rahul Gandhi remains a reluctant politician and this has serious repercussions for the Congress as an organisation and for its much-delayed process of renewal.
- Helpless Villagers (Dawn, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 31, 2005)
There are sound reasons for reformers who have the good of the country at heart to say that Pakistan can never change for the better unless feudalism in its various forms in completely eliminated.
- Sbi To Unveil Global Acquisition Plans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Banks have to prepare themselves to grapple with challenges, says C. Rangarajan
- Mamata Plans Stir To Stall Land Acquisition For Projects (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The party will also bombard the government with as many cases as possible against the planned land acquisition.
- Sbi Plans Acquisition Of Global Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The State Bank of India (SBI) is aggressively looking at banks’ acquisition overseas for which a detailed announcement is expected in about two months time, SBI Chairman A K Purwar indicated here on Tuesday.
- 8,000 Women To Get Training Under Tank-Care Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
2,005 tanks to be revived by 2008-09
Women involved in project to be made functionally literate
Rs. 670-crore World Bank-aided project on since 2002 in 34 taluks
Work on 464 tanks has been completed at a cost of Rs. 105 crores
- Centre To Release 2 Lakh Tonnes Of Rice To A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
State had made this request for creating jobs in drought-hit districts
- India's Extinct Green Prime Ministers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 30, 2005)
To grow as a nation without depriving future generations of a rich natural heritage is a tough ask.
- Indian Diplomats Meet Convicted Spy Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Aug 30, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday Indian diplomats would meet a convicted Indian spy on death row in a Lahore jail on Tuesday in the latest of efforts to save his life while the two rival nations are also discussing release of hundreds of each other’s nationals. .
- Commitment To Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to Afghanistan has inaugurated a new era of understanding and cooperation between New Delhi and Kabul.
- Balancing Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
India’s Afghan policy cannot ignore its ties with Pakistan
- Afghanistan — Then And Now (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2005)
That friendly relations between Pakistan and India help Afghanistan should be obvious to anyone familiar with history.
- Cpi(m) Plans Protest On September 13 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Demand for Government to solve landless farmers' problems
- Rs 12,513-Crore Farm Loan Fixed For State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
sum of Rs 12,513 crore has been fixed for the banks in the State to disburse as agriculture loans during the current year, according to State-Level Bankers Committee Co-ordinator and Indian Overseas Bank General Manager V Gomatinayagam.
- The Burden Of Farmers' Debt (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 30, 2005)
A recent NSSO report on the indebtedness of farmer households provides important information on the extent and nature of cultivators' debt.
- A Review Of The Economy — Good Intentions Must Lead To Tangible Results (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 30, 2005)
If the Government is to successfully launch the twin rural schemes for generating employment and ensuring basic amenities, the allies from within and without need to come on board the reform agenda.
- Capital Has No Colour, Says Buddhadev (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya said here on Monday that the traditional concept of Marxism has been undergoing a “reform” and as such, he is thoroughly against adopting any norms for judging the “colour of capital” while welcoming . . .
- Rbi Wants Pass-Through Of Oil Prices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Stresses need to contain wage-price spiral and prioritise energy conservation measures
- No Return (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2005)
In any other state, the event should have been a cause for celebration. But Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee returned from his tour of Singapore and Jakarta to find himself in the thick of controversies.
- Tanks Across The State Get New Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Thanks to the initiative of the few enlightened people in Doddihalli in taluk Chintamani of Kolar district, about 700 tanks are in various stages of development in Kolar, discovers Kavitha Kushalappa.
- Remarkable Increase In Eye Donation (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Aug 30, 2005)
There has been a remarkable increase in eye donation in Madurai, thanks to a high level of awareness created by voluntary organisations. From depending on other eye banks, Madurai has emerged as a place from where donor eyes are being sent to many places.
- Villagers Decry "Double Standards" In Eviction Move In Manapparai Block (Hindu, R. Krishnamoorthy, Aug 30, 2005)
Hundreds of villagers residing for decades in the water-spread areas of tanks in the Manapparai block were taken aback by the eviction notice issued by the Manapparai municipality to vacate their dwellings in 10 days.
- Manmohan, Karzai Pledge To Work Together (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a 50-million dollars additional assistance to Afghanistan and pledged to work together with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to ensure that his country never again becomes a haven for terrorism and extremism
- Dutch Group Supports Developing Nations' Stand On Food Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
The demand of the developing countries for food and nutrition security, fair trade relations and a clear distinction between "corporate agriculture"
- Enrich Self-Help Groups To Make Economy Vibrant: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Says the movement has fared well in Tamil Nadu
- The Science Of Bt Cotton Failure In India (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Aug 29, 2005)
Bt cotton must be permitted only in the form of true breeding varieties, not hybrids.
- $50-Million Aid Offered To Afghanistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
"Emergence of a moderate, democratic Afghanistan essential for peace and stability in the region"
- A Mutually Beneficial Project Gathering Dust (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Aug 29, 2005)
The signing of a memorandum of understanding between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on the linking of Ken and Betwa Rivers has kindled hopes of a similar initiative between Kerala and Tamil Nadu for a mutually beneficial diversion of West-flowing rivers
- Building Around Rural Employment (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 29, 2005)
The passage of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill could mark a decisive step towards poverty alleviation with the assurance of 100 days of employment to every rural household at a wage of Rs 60 per day spread over 200 districts for a start.
- Crisis Deferred (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2005)
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has got a reprieve.
- Bengal: Reform And Perform (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 29, 2005)
There is little doubt that the CPI(M)'s very own Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is right now busy trying to develop a proper investment climate for West Bengal, his current slogan (the veracity of which has been questioned in some quarters) being "reform . .
- With A Little Help From All (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India's status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August, 2004
- Pm Offers Helping Hand To Kabul A Bridge To Entire Region (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
In the first joint statement at the highest level ever since the ouster of the Taliban, India on Sunday formally endorsed Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s vision to restore Afghanistan’s ‘‘historic role’’ as a ‘‘land bridge’’ between Central Asia . .
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2005)
The first step in India’s ambitious river-linking project has been taken with the Centre and the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh signing a memorandum of understanding on linking the Ken and Betwa rivers.
- Dead Fish Move With The Flow (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 29, 2005)
Discarding old methods of farming and blindly adopting foreign ones has been extremely unprofitable
- The Alice I Knew — And Her Indian Commitment (Hindu, Barbara Harriss, Aug 28, 2005)
She was a living example of what we now call `development'
- India's Power Reforms Stall As Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- Single Phase Power Supply In Rural Areas Soon: Revanna (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
In a relief to farmers, Minister for Energy H D Revanna on Saturday directed the managing directors of all power supplying companies in Karnataka to ensure single phase power supply for five-hours in rural areas.
- Belgaum Floods: Pm Urged For Rs 947-Cr Package (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to consider a request by a team of legislators from Belgaum to release a separate Rs 947 package for the flood-ravaged district.
- Waste Water Treatment Plant In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
It is resource-efficient, non-dependent on energy and requires minimum maintenance
The plant is first of its kind to be set up in Mysore
- Government Plan To Supply Water Due To Shortage Of Rainfall (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Andhra Pradesh government has planned to supply drinking water to Visakhapatnam city, seeds and fertilisers for short-term crops to farmers as the three North coastal districts have experienced below average rainfall this year, commercial tax Minister. .
- Rs. 947 Crores Sought For Relief Work In Belgaum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Minister for Agriculture Marketing Prakash B. Hukkeri on Saturday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to release Rs. 947 crores for relief, rehabilitation and restoration of infrastructure in flood affected areas of Belgaum district.
- Tsunami Relief Work Reviewed In Nagai Dt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
The officials inspected the construction of building for the Annai Sathya Government Orphanage at Samanthanpettai.
- Rs. 12-Crore Drinking Water Project For Holehonnur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
A Rs. 12-crore drinking water project covering all the villages in the Holehonnur Assembly constituency and other urban centres has been sanctioned, according to Holehonnur MLA G. Basavanneppa.
- Slipshod Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2005)
The govt should give top priority to execution of the remaining Krishna basin projects
- Boi To Fund Farmers For Low-Cost Tractors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Bank of India has tied up with SAS Motors for giving cheaper loans to farmers buying the small tractor ‘Angad’, costing Rs 99,000 only.
- Sofi Stresses Conservation Of Forests, Wildlife (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
State Government contemplates to upgrade the Forest Training Schools of Doomi, Miransahib and Chitternar in the State to the College level.
- Cooperative Cane Production Alone Will Help Farmers Get Better Price' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Mills should also follow Brazilian model of massive production'
- Medium-Term Prospects For The Economy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 27, 2005)
The fiscal year just ended was a very good year for the economy from both macro (except for the spectre of inflation and the worrying size of the deficit on external trade)
- India's Power Reforms Stall, Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Reuters, Hiral Vora, Aug 27, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- Whistle-Blowing On Mdbs (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 27, 2005)
This is a story which for me began in the mid 80s when a friend of mino, working as an Economist with the Asian Development Bank in Manila asked me to visit him
- Adopt Bengal's Policies On Fdi, Disinvestment: Karat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) should adopt West Bengal's policies on disinvestment in public sector undertakings (PSUs) and allow foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, Left leader Prakash Karat said here on Friday.
- Are Wild Birds Villains Or Victims? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 27, 2005)
Have migratory wild birds been responsible for carrying bird flu? Or are they merely victims of the virus and therefore unlikely to spread it?
- Government Released Rs 250 Crore For Flood Relief In State: Dy Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
State Government has sent a proposal for Rs 3,285 crore to meet the losses and damages due to recent floods and rainfall havocs in State, said Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister M P Prakash on Thursday.
- To Accommodate The Curious Mind (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Aug 26, 2005)
To withdraw the national curriculum framework is to silence dissent against orthodoxies — both that of the left and the right, says Nivedita Menon The author is reader in political science, Delhi University
- Gom To Hold Final Round With Airbus (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister to decide on composition
- Rs. 7 Crores For Phase-Ii Of Afforestation Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
29 villages to be covered; Rs. 7 lakhs for bamboo plantation Scheme to be implemented in 29 villages
- Intellectuals Are Scared Of Quota Row (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Aug 26, 2005)
A chilling aspect of the ongoing tussle between the judiciary and the legislature on the issue of reservations in private, unaided educational institutions is the near-complete absence of academic support for the apex court in the dispute.
- Flood Relief Norms May Be Relaxed’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Deve Gowda held talks with several Central leaders and demanded help on the lines of what was extended to tsunami affected states last year.
- Rajasthan, M.P. Agree On Interlinking Of Rivers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Issues relating to Gandhi Sagar, Banas basin to be taken up later
Both States to draw up a master Plan
Farmers on both sides to benefit
Efforts to be made for environmental clearance of projects
Financial advisors to both sides to meet soon
- In And Out Of Gaza: Coping With A Depleted Inheritance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The recent watershed development in the Middle East brings with it a huge challenge that the Palestinian Authority must now face.
- Sonia Accuses Bjp Of Shifting Stand Over Women's Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Promises to continue efforts for building consensus
- Accord With United States Not To Halt Indigenous Nuclear Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Technology denial forced country to develop facilities for entire nuclear cycle: BARC official
- Pm To Work For Fdi In Retail (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Manmohan sees Left coming round in 4-5 months
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