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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Weave In Pragmatism (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2006)
There is a distinct naivete in Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury’s vision of craft lineages.
- Hamas May Opt For National Unity Government (Hindu, K.S. Dakshina Murthy, Nov 21, 2006)
It may not be long before Hamas eventually steps off under duress. Where would this leave the peace process?
- Ngo Seeks Better Deal For Child Labourers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2006)
Bheema Sangha, an NGO working for the welfare of child labourers, has appealed to the Chief Minister to provide better facilities to children rescued from working places...
- Our Children And Their Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 20, 2006)
The need of the hour is to spread awareness on child rights issues.
- Cultivate Virtues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2006)
The majority of people evince interest in pursuing the spiritual path but are unable to put it into action.
- What It Means To Lose (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 17, 2006)
US in Iraq is bit like one of those backyard scenes where the hapless dad lights an enormous firecracker and, after a long wait, it just goes fzzzt, says Gwynne Dyer.
- Emphasis On Awareness Of Child Labour Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2006)
Labour Department officials review schemes.
- 'Taleban Law' Passed In Pakistan (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2006)
Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has passed a bill setting up a Taleban-style department under a cleric to enforce Islamic morality.
- Masking Exploitation (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Nov 14, 2006)
We frame a law banning domestic child labour (children below 14) but will not implement it in earnest. In fact, the Labour Department is said to have been advised to go “slow.”
- Misguided Priorities (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 11, 2006)
Last week while walking my dog, Julie, on Marine Drive I came upon an example of the sort of misguided municipal governance that makes our cities count among the ugliest and most unsanitary in the world. Here is what happened.
- Us Elections: Shape Of Things To Come (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 11, 2006)
Many American commentators thought the Republicans would lose the House of Representatives but hold on to the Senate in the recently concluded Congressional elections but the American voter has handed down a verdict to surprise the pundits.
- Interview: Ashok Agarwal (OutLook, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Nov 09, 2006)
Eradication of child labour is not possible without strong Central intervention, believes Ashok Agarwal, senior lawyer of the Delhi High Court and founder-member of Social Jurist, a lawyers' group involved with social issues.
- Child Labour Projects In All Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
At present in operation in 250 districts
Appreciable decline in child labour in southern States
Substantial increase in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan.
- Interview: Shahid Meezan (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Shahid meezan, Director, Child Labour Division in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, spoke to Frontline on the challenge of eradicating child labour and on the initiatives taken by the Labour Ministry. Excerpts:
- Fireworks And Some Truths (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
After gaining notoriety for employing children in its matchstick and fireworks units, Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu is struggling to become `child-friendly'. The National Child Labour Project (NCLP) has contributed significantly to bringing down the . . .
- Stolen Childhood (OutLook, Jayati Ghosh, Nov 09, 2006)
India has the world's largest child labourer population, and ineffective laws and the absence of a multi-pronged strategy perpetuate the malady.
- Problems On The Education Front (OutLook, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Nov 09, 2006)
The link between compulsory education and elimination of child labour was underscored at the time when the SSA was launched.
- Long Way To Go (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Travel through the districts of Varanasi and Mirzapur, rated as the hotbed of child labour rackets and anti-child labour activism in Uttar Pradesh, and it is evident that the October 10 notification of the Union Labour Ministry with enhanced . . . .
- Kerala Difference (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
AS Kerala celebrates the 50th anniversary of its formation, it can be proud of an important facet of its society: the determination among all sections of people to send children to school.
- The American Connection (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Nov 07, 2006)
There are striking similarities between life in India and the U.S. And, important differences too...
- Child Labour: Forum Plans Five Programmes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Towards an objective of eliminating child labour in the State, the Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) - Tamil Nadu plans to implement five programmes within the next three years, said its State convener, Y. Siluvai Vasthian, here recently.
- Dsert Develops Module For Bridge Schools In Karnataka (Hindu, Chitra V. Ramani, Nov 03, 2006)
Chinnara Angala 2' will be introduced in December
- Khajipet Mandal Is Free From Child Labour, Says Information Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
3,700 child labourers enrolled in 35 bridge schools
4000 students admitted to schools under `Badibaata'
Ten more residential bridge schools on the anvil
- 13k And The Frowning Retail Investor (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2006)
With small/mid-caps largely languishing, the small investors are no doubt wondering why all the fuss about the Sensex touching 13,000.
- Tigers Ban Child Soldiers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, widely accused of forcibly recruiting child soldiers, have banned the practice in areas under their control, a pro-rebel Web site reported.
- What Is Good For China Is Good For Us (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 26, 2006)
This is a humble attempt to analyse the recent changes in the approach of the CPI-M in line with that of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
- India Flunks Unesco Test In Child Education (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 26, 2006)
While the Sachar Committee report highlighted the worsening education indices for the Muslim community in India, a Unesco report released in Paris has more bad news for the education sector in the country.
- Ambareesh Sworn In, Gets I&b (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Ending weeks of speculation over filling the vacancy created by K Natwar Singh’s exit, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh shifted on Tuesday veteran Pranab Mukherjee to the Ministry of External Affairs and threw a surprise by inducting into his . . .
- Divisive Decision (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court order dividing the North-East into two provinces has serious implications for the peace process.
- Leveraging Property (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 24, 2006)
Granted, children and the old need physical support and looking after. But what is appropriate for one need not be for the other.
- Mindless And Uncouth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 24, 2006)
The dumbed down press was in evidence the other afternoon at a rather deft and exciting game of polo.
- Q&a: 'Change Policies, We'll Beat China' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 24, 2006)
Sivakasi, a town in southern Tamil Nadu, is described as India's cracker capital. It was also notorious for employing children among the workforce . A P Selvaraj , president, Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces . . .
- Cases Of Firecracker-Related Accidents Still Pouring In (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Despite repeated messages by the authorities to the public on celebrating a safe Deepavali, reports of firecracker-related accidents continued to come from the various hospitals in the city on Monday.
- Annual Temple Festival Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Hundreds of devotees witnessed the procession of Aayiram Pon Sapparam of Sri Muthalamman Temple at Agaram, 13 km from here, on Monday.
- From Light To Wealth (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 23, 2006)
Diwali has just gone by. I really don’t know when a festival that celebrates good over evil — symbolised by the return of Rama and Sita after their 14-year-long vanvaas or the killing of Narakasura by Satyabhama (Krishan’s wife) — turned into a . . .
- Deepavali-Related Incidents Leave Over 50 Injured (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Plumber battling for life in hospital
- Western Up Tense After Diwali Clashes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Two western Uttar Pradesh districts, Muzaffarnagar and Bulandshahr, were tense after clashes between two communities during Diwali celebrations on Saturday.
- Not All The Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2006)
To what extent can the State decide what ‘Indian society’ is, and is not, ready for?
- 'Animals Insecure During Diwali' (Times of India, Abantika Ghosh, Oct 19, 2006)
There is a feeling of intense insecurity in animals because of the commotion all around during Diwali. Says Kalkaji-based veterinarian Dr Dinesh Yadav: "So it is essential that owners be near their pets, comfort and reassure them.
- Special Drive Against Child Labour Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
It will continue in Bellary district till October 19
Four children rescued from hotels and a garment unit
Rescued children readmitted to school.
- "Merger Of North And East Provinces Null And Void" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 17, 2006)
Only Parliament can decide: Sri Lanka apex court
- Safe Diwali (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2006)
The blast at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district in an unauthorised firecracker manufacturing unit on Sunday, which claimed five lives and injured two persons, has shown the dangerous portends of the coming Diwali weekend, if safety precautions are . . .
- Saying It Simply (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
To say in a few words, Sudha Murty’s ‘Wise & Otherwise’ reflects ‘ways of the world’.
- The Ban Nips The Child’S Right To Survival (Deccan Herald, Nandana Reddy, Oct 15, 2006)
Children are not commodities like narcotics that can be removed with a raid and then disposed of.
- Law And Reality (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 14, 2006)
While a law is necessary to define and combat an undesirable phenomenon it may not at times immediately achieve its desired noble objective. We have seen this happen often earlier.
- Labour:asian Lessons (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Oct 12, 2006)
The ILO's new report on "Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific" has important lessons for labour market governance.
- Can These Children Access A Future? (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Oct 12, 2006)
Most of those concerned with child labour, see it as a product of poverty. Therefore, while poverty cannot be ended with immediate effect, a child can be provided with ameliorative measures.
- Kids Work As Ban On Child Labour Starts In India (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Oct 11, 2006)
Ten-year-old Sonu sits forlornly on a plastic chair in a ramshackle street food stall in New Delhi, taking a break after serving customers tea.
- Hard Work (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2006)
How many working Indian children less than 14 years old know that yesterday was supposed to change their lives?
- Now, Give Them Education (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2006)
The effort to end exploitation of children must be accompanied by adequate rehabilitation measures.
- 33 Child Workers Rescued From Houses And Hotels (Hindu, Raghava M. , Oct 11, 2006)
Child helpline receives more than 100 calls
- Lost Childhood (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2006)
Numerous generations of poor persons have come and gone by in India, not knowing what real childhood is.
- Combing Operations Planned To Check Child Labour (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, Oct 10, 2006)
Ban imposed on child labour comes into force today.
- People To The Fore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
As is customary with International Labour Organisation's (ILO) publications this also bears the stamp of clarity of presentation combined with direct appeal.
- Time To Ban All Forms Of Child Labour (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Oct 10, 2006)
The additional curbs on child labour in specified hazardous occupations come into effect today. This is a welcome step but far from adequate. Ultimately, all forms of labour are hazardous to the well being of children.
- Child Labour: Grand Plans, Little Action (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Oct 10, 2006)
There is a clear lack of political will in the State to eliminate this evil practice.
- Child Labor Law Becomes Active (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cajoled, threatened, and entreated the nation to "stop employing children as workers and actively encourage them to join schools" and that "Firm action will be taken against those violating the law."
- Child Abuse (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 08, 2006)
The government has banned the child labour without any impact. The Child labour Act only bans child labour in specific industries and has actually helped put more children to work rather than get them out of it.
- Child Labour Of A Different Kind? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Recently, I joined my friend for dinner, and saw him reprimanding his son, studying in Plus Two, for scoring only 99 out of 100 in his internal examination.
- Tailored Truths (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf has not got his autobiography ghost-written for posterity. It is meant for a specific contemporary audience in the United States of America and in the West.
- Consumer Versus Citizen (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 06, 2006)
The statement for Toyota in North America says: “As an American company, contribute to the economic growth of the community and the United States. As an independent company, contribute to the stability and well-being of team members.
- Blast Ghost Haunts Delhi Shopkeepers (Tribune, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Sep 30, 2006)
Lurking in Vineet Rajkumar Tuli’s mind is a fear that his Diwali may be over before it has really begun.
- A Litmus Test Of Impartiality (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 28, 2006)
Fairness of the investigations into the Malegaon blasts will decide whether the Indian state can re-establish its secular credentials and win Muslim hearts.
- Gen Learnt To Make Bomb In College (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf learnt the art of making a time bomb when he was in college and got rapped by his warden when he pulled a prank to scare him.
- Passing The Buck (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 28, 2006)
The Centre has gone back on its commitment to legislate a Bill guaranteeing the fundamental right to education.
- Festive Fair (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
With special poojas on every single day of Navarathri, Dasara is celebrated with great pomp and show in the Durga Parameshwari Temple of Kateel, says Kamala Vasudevan.
- Child Labor Targets Missed, Enforcement Tightened (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Karnataka, home to India’s Silicon Valley, has said that it will most likely miss child labor targets but has promised that the new federal law aiming to curtail this inhuman practice will be enforced strictly and more vigor.
- Challenges In The Eleventh Plan (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 21, 2006)
The Draft Outline of the Eleventh Plan can be described, at best, as the eleventh version of the First Five Year Plan because the same old paradigm and plan and non-plan schemes and Centre-state fiscal responsibilities etc are repeated.
- Ap Agriculture - Government Must Go On Mission Mode (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 19, 2006)
The farm scene in Andhra Pradesh needs some some real reforms, quickly.
- Law Against Child Labour To Become More Stringent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Employment of children aged below 14 for household chores and menial jobs at dhabas, hotels and roadside eateries will become punishable under the law from October 10.
- Make Knowledge Utilitarian (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 18, 2006)
For the poor, utility is what counts most. Insisting that the poor must have ten years of academic schooling, is like asking them to eat cake when they do not have bread.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 17, 2006)
The problem is almost insurmountable. Governments will come and governments will go. Child labour will go on forever
- Harmony: There’S One Way (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Sep 15, 2006)
One could argue that it is a peculiar sense of siege that has played on the Muslim psyche forcing the community to become defensive – and insular.
- Court Rules Memon’S ‘Planter’ Guilty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Mohammed Shoeib Ghansar, a foot soldier of the 1993 serial bombings mastermind Tiger Memon, was held guilty by the special TADA court here on Thursday, for planting an RDX laden scooter at Zaveri Bazaar on the fateful day...
- Dubai Governor, Vice-President ‘Enslaved’ 30,000 Kids (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 15, 2006)
A lawsuit was filed in a US district court alleging that the Governor of Dubai and his son enslaved some 30,000 children over the past three decades for use as camel jockeys, the US attorneys said here.
- Independents Rule, Jharkhand Roasts (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Sep 15, 2006)
Going against the anticipated drama on the floor test by the BJP-led Arjun Munda Government, the transition of power was a smooth affair in Jharkhand on Thursday.
- Danish Cartoons In Retrospect (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Sep 13, 2006)
Having been in Denmark for little over 20 days one realises that the welfare state has turned the Vikings into a gentle peace loving race, who not only take great pride in their national language but who also speak impeccable English and are . . .
- Employment Of Child Workers To Be Banned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
In hospitality sector such as resorts and spas from October 10
- India, Pakistan Top Traffickers In Women (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 12, 2006)
Pakistan has been listed as one of the key source of trafficking of women in a United Nations report.
- Child Labour Banned From October 10 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Issues concerning employment of children in the domestic sector will be dealt with seriously in a bid to eradicate the practice of child labour in the country, according to Mr S K Srivastav, joint secretary for the Union ministry of Labour and Employment.
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