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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Khargaon’S Trees Tell A Story (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 16, 2005)
India's rural world is changing. Not everywhere and perhaps not as fast as we want it too, but it is changing—and for the better.
- Pr Newswire:offl Brkng News Service Of World Disaster Reduction Conf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
CMP Asia has named PR Newswire the official breaking news service of the
World Conference on Disaster Reduction to be held in Mumbai, India, on November
16-18, the companies announced today.
- Indian Elected Chief Of Global Science Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
International Council of Science promotes global scientific activities
Mehta is second Indian to hold coveted post
Credited with developing new technologies for industrial applications
- Protesters Disrupt World Bank Meet On N-E (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Nov 11, 2005)
The World Bank’s plan for infrastructural development in the North-East has raised the hackles of the regional NGOs opposing globalisation.
- State’S 10 Green Projects Suitable For Attracting Foreign Investment (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 30, 2005)
The projects, cleared by the Union Cabinet, are among those 97 which were identified by the national clean development mechanism authority.
- China Redraws Its Roadmap (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2005)
As New Delhi hotly chases the unprecedented economic strides being taken by its big neighbour, China — which recorded two straight years of an annual growth exceeding nine per cent — the Asian dragon has realised its folly. It has decided to scrap the....
- 3 Cheers For 2 Articles (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 19, 2005)
At the Bombay High Court, while arguing for Environmental Action Group, Mr I. M. Chagla clarified that he was not seeking a freeze on all development in the mill land.
- Nuggets Of Judicial Wisdom (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 19, 2005)
"The most vital `community need' at present is the reversal of the environmental degradation. There are virtually no `lung spaces' in the city. The Master Plan indicates that about 34 per cent of recreational areas have been lost to other uses," ...
- China Draws Up Five-Year Road Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Focus on development, sustainable growth
- Wildlife Week Celebrated At Bannerghatta Biological Park (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The 51st Wildlife Week was inaugurated by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ramalinga Reddy at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) here on Thursday.
- Poor Outcome Of Un Summit (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Foreign Funding For Political Parties (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Chalk Out A Strategic Plan For Rural Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Chalking out a strategic plan for development of rural sector and evolving a systematic plan to tap resources of rural markets is need of the hour.
- For Real Trade Justice (Hindu, Peter Mandelson, Oct 04, 2005)
Europe's export subsidies have to end, but don't forget they also provide benefits for developing countries.
- India Heading For A Major Energy Crisis: Pachauri (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 02, 2005)
With the international crude oil prices hovering around $ 65 per barrel and the oil import bill set for a jump of over Rs 55,000 crore, to reach over Rs 1,75,000 crore this year, India is heading for a major energy crisis.
- Setting An Agenda For The Oic Summit (Dawn, Ahsan Iqbal, Sep 29, 2005)
The conference of the scholars and intellectuals representing different countries of the ummah called by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,
- A Structural Reinforcement Plan: Reorientation Of Saarc-Ii (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmed, Sep 29, 2005)
In the context of “systemic re-orientation”, Saarc must adapt itself to the new realities even if it means the rewriting of its basic charter. All institutions are susceptible to change and improvement.
- Malabar Ignored In Tourism Development (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
According to experts, it is the government’s undue dependence on private players and craving for high-end tourists that have stood in the way of developing north Kerala, especially Malabar, as a prime destination.
- Fuelling Demand, Foretelling Ecological Disaster (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Sep 26, 2005)
The global economy, increasingly fuelled by cheap non-renewable energy, has grown six fold in the past 50 years. In developed countries, about 85 per cent of the energy consumed comes from non-renewable fossil fuel — oil, natural gas,
- Do You Know? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 23, 2005)
Nisar A Patigaroo shares some information about oil, chemicals and more
- Stone Laid For School Project In Tsunami-Hit Keelamanakudi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
About 400 children to be benefited by the new initiative "Under the community initiative, the focus was on the welfare and development of children and elderly persons."
- Better Disposal Of E-Waste Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
A nodal agency for the management of e-waste in Bangalore was set up on Tuesday under the aegis of the Hazardous Waste Management Project, Karnataka (HAWA).
- Pm Tells Pak To End Infiltration (Deccan Herald, PTI, Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gen Musharraf will, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, review the Indo-Pak peace process.
- Prevention Is Better Than Cure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August 2004
The Yokohama message emanating from the international decade for natural disaster reduction in May, 1994 underlined the need for an emp
- Case For Imperialism (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
This book by a distinguished scholar dares to question the accepted shibboleths of our times. It is highly provocative and will incense many. It is the first well-argued neo-conservative (Bush) case for empires and for the U.S. acting as a truly imperial
- Great Potential In State (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 03, 2005)
Karnataka can become a truly advanced state by harnessing its natural resources and scientific manpower
- Work Together To Bring Hope (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August 2004
- Energy Independence (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Aug 28, 2005)
When the country has developed capabilities to safeguard its sovereignty, the President has issued a timely warning on relying on foreign help to achieve energy security
- Protection Of Iprs — No Guarantee For Sustainable Development (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 20, 2005)
Quoting instances from Philippe Cullet's Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development, D. Murali explains why it is essential for developing countries to protect traditional knowledge through legal means "in a world wher e everything ....
- Iaea Calls For Global Cooperation On N-Energy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
The UN watchdog has noted that security of nuclear and other radioactive material and technologies has assumed importance in recent years.
- Indians Favour Conscription (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jul 23, 2005)
It has long been believed in India and is practised all over the world. It is believed to bring about discipline in society and a feeling towards the homeland. Now a latest survey carried out here has confirmed that even the Indian want “Conscription” in
- People, Planet And Profit — Three Ps Of Corporate Social Responsibility (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jul 18, 2005)
Over the years, companies have realised that clubbing business with community welfare is the best approach to continuity and profitability.
- Ipi Gas Pipeline Project (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 15, 2005)
The India-Pakistan Joint Working Group on the Iran gas pipeline project has agreed to push the plans to initiate work on the project at the earliest.
- Firearms & Violence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 09, 2005)
AS the clock begins to tick ever closer to the hour of local council elections in the country, the spectre of violence has risen, though not quite unexpectedly, over the electoral horizon.
- Acquisition Of Strategic Resources Abroad — Why Latin America Is The Obvious Destination (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Jul 06, 2005)
If the Indian economy powers on towards fastest growth in the next 50 years, as predicted by some analysts, the huge spurt in consumption will push demand for raw materials to a level that can hardly be met through domestic resources. Instead of merely...
- What A Waste (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 04, 2005)
If the Narmada dam had been built to its full potential, Gujarat could have used these rains...
- Walking On Two Legs (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 02, 2005)
AT the National Development Council meeting held earlier this week, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, reiterated his well-known position on economic growth and social justice, his contention being that the two should be combined. As he put it, ...
- Rewarding Resourcefulness, Lifting Lives (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 02, 2005)
Distance, social discrimination and formal regulations often keep small and poor farmers out of the market. The e-choupal scheme initiates a reversal in this trend and empowers the farmer by providing reliable information and access t o markets where...
- Undp - Escap Report On Ldcs Of Asia-Pacific (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 02, 2005)
As developed countries blame lack of governance and endemic corruption for the continued backwardness of the poor countries, the UN report reminds the rich that nations suffering from bad governance, weak institutions and insufficient implementation...
- Towards Sustainable Development (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 01, 2005)
Biodiversity on this planet is shrinking faster than ever and over the past century, the extinction of species has reached unprecedented levels, or 1000 times their natural rates. Almost a quarter of the mammals, around a third of the amphibians, and...
- Culture Is Key To Sustainable Development (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
The slogan at the 1974 World Population Conference was "Development is the best contraceptive."
- Working Towards A Greener World (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The Alt Tech Foundation plans to plant 50,000 saplings and nurture them in local conditions to increase green cover in fertile lands. NIRMALA GOVINDARAJAN finds out more.
- Sustainable Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2005)
There should be planned growth of satellite towns
- The High Cost Of Misgovernance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 19, 2005)
THE president of Pakistan is busy in conducting war on terror and in finding a solution to the 58-year old Kashmir dispute which he says he could resolve in two weeks only if India and Kashmiris were to go along.
- Cii Stress On Sustainable Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2005)
Focus on employment intensive sectors
- Economic Growth And Environment (Deccan Herald, PRAVEEN BHARGAV, May 17, 2005)
Four per cent wilderness and eight per cent economic growth — it’s possible if we adopt an innovative approach
- Onus For Bihar Crisis On Jd (U), Says Paswan (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 24, 2005)
Having emerged as the “kingmaker” in the Bihar Assembly elections, Union Steel Minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan suggests the continuance of President’s Rule in the state,
- Bandung Ii To Shape A New World Order (Tribune, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Apr 24, 2005)
AS the vision of Bandung stirs again this weekend, recalling the efflorescence of Afro-Asian nationalism exactly 50 years ago this week, it is as well not to forget the tragedy that preceded it when Zhou Enlai narrowly escaped death.
- Coloured People’S Gala (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Apr 23, 2005)
Scepticism about this weekend’s replay of the Bandung conference recalls the Chinese slogan,
- Marching Together-Ii (Tribune, Subash K. Bijlani , Apr 06, 2005)
The compulsions of economic development and the gathering momentum of globalisation require cooperation in the area of investment and flow of goods and services that cut across state boundaries.
- Lacking Direction (Tribune, Mohan Dharia, Apr 02, 2005)
The Finance Minister has presented his Feel Good budget for 2005-2006.
- Water Is Definitely A Problem In The State (Deccan Herald, VANITHA POOJARY NAINWAL, Mar 22, 2005)
The deputy commissioners of various districts of the State share a worry, that coping with water shortage in the coming months will be difficult
- Through The Smokescreen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 16, 2005)
The objective of this Convention and its protocols is to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences...
- Reach Out To The Young (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2005)
As the survey was conducted in rural areas (villages) in the district and urban areas were not included in the survey, the findings are applicable only to rural areas of Dhanbad district.
- Power Sector Reforms: Generating A Viable Model (Business Line, M. G. Devasahayam , Feb 15, 2005)
After a reality-check' on the power sector, the Planning Commission has admitted that though there have been a number of experiments in State electricity boards (SEBs) reform
- Un As Global Science Repository (Indian Express, CALESTOUS JUMA, Feb 12, 2005)
Clinton will help the UN raise more money. But only when coupled with scientific knowledge will the efforts help reinvent the organisation
- Lure Of Luxury (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2005)
A real estate promotional write-up in a newspaper inviting people to “live in luxury” came as a revelation. Conspicuous consumption in his country saddened the American economist Thorstein Veblen, who coined the phrase a hundred years ago.
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- Post Tsunami, India Inclusive (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 12, 2005)
As tribes in the Andamans come in contact with organised economy, the forest area needed to ‘sustain’ them may decline
- Empower The Victim (Indian Express, KUMAR M TIKU, Jan 12, 2005)
As the spotlight softens slowly on the tsunami zones, and good-natured charity gives way to the infinitesimally more challenging responsibility to stay the course, to ensure the victims reclaim a modicum of dignity that tsunami snatched from them without
- Feed The Soil, Not The Crop (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jan 11, 2005)
OUR green revolution that signified high yielding varieties, widespread use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides as well as far greater reliance on tractors and other mechanised farm implements presented an imposing paraphernalia which...
- America Has A Moral Obligation To (Gulf News, Colin L. Powell, Jan 06, 2005)
Now that George W. Bush has a mandate for a second term, he intends to pursue his goals for economic development with the same determination that made possible the liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Nature Retaliates (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jan 04, 2005)
A heightened vigil is needed in the State, especially in the coastal regions, in the wake of the tsunami tragedy
- An Exercise In Make-Believe (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2005)
The Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation has done it again. In its second report, the body — set up under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- For The Present And Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 03, 2005)
Excerpts from the 10th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, December 2004
- The Road Ahead (Indian Express, ROBERT CHEN, Jan 01, 2005)
The astounding tragedy in the Indian Ocean is not just a human disaster of unbearable magnitude. Nor is it a matter of fate. It is the consequence of years of under-investment in the scientific and technical infrastructure needed to reduce
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- In Harmony (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 18, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s ambassador, Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Calcutta under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- The Callused Little Hands Of A New Economy (Indian Express, SUMA RAMACHANDRAN, Dec 10, 2004)
Child panchayats in Karnataka take up the cause of working children and help them plan their lives
- Turning A Blind Eye (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 07, 2004)
The status quoist elements in the polity are to be blamed for perpetuation of the regressive customs in society
- In The Closed Kingdoms Of Experts (Indian Express, VIDEH UPADHYAY, Nov 27, 2004)
On a subject like environment, is there any role for the common man in shaping policy?
- A Stake In The Future (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2004)
The world conservation Congress, a summit for governments and civil society, has got under way in Bangkok at a time when competitive pressures on natural resources are at a new high and biodiversity is under unprecedented threat.
- Making World A Better Place To Live In (Tribune, Sitakant Mahapatra, Nov 21, 2004)
AN issue that is being hotly debated these days is the changing focus of culture and development. A host of parameters have entered into the debate as to what
- Strategic Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 11, 2004)
The fifth European Union-India annual summit at the Hague marks a highpoint in bilateral cooperation, with leaders calling for revitalising joint initiatives to strengthen multilateral institutions.
- Moving Forward With Kyoto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2004)
Endorsement of the Kyoto Protocol by the Russian Parliament clears the way for coming into operation of the international agreement on targeted reduction of heat-trapping
- Petty And Grand (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 22, 2004)
What is common to Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Russia, Tanzania and India? They have all been perceived as equally corrupt in the public sector.
- Taking Over Tide Country (Telegraph, Debashis Bhattacharyya, Oct 10, 2004)
The ecologically fragile Sundarbans is already gasping for breath. And experts warn it may soon be delivered its coup de gráce.
- We Need The Panel, Only If It Reinvents Itself (The Economic Times, R K PACHAURI, Oct 08, 2004)
The Planning Commission served an important purpose when the government pursued a development philosophy of command and control, with the commanding heights of the economy essentially in government hands.
- Education In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 22, 2004)
The easiest thing for the establishment is to falsify history and point fingers at the enemy outside, real or created.
- Universal Education The Key (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 18, 2004)
Technology has become the key to sustainable development, social transformation and economic power
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