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Articles 19321 through 19420 of 26693:
- 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).
- Bigger Lok Sabha? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 14, 2005)
Increasing the strength of the Lok Sabha is one of the suggestions mooted by some political parties for getting round the controversy over providing adequate reservation for women.
- Let’S Not Be Scared Of Facing The Truth (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 14, 2005)
Self praise won’t do. Need is to see and rectify errors, not to hide them, Abdul Rafia Fazili comments on the coverage of Kashmir University on small screen
- A Famous Victory (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2005)
If Japan seemed to be on the turn a month ago, its 9/11 — the election date was amazingly coincidental ...
- War On Terror (Statesman, Vladimir Inozemtsev, Sep 14, 2005)
Let The Islamic World Follow Its Own Path
- A World Of Haves And Have-Nots (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Sep 14, 2005)
On the eve of the millennium summit in New York, the UNDP released its annual Human Development Report 2005 which should help governments determine their progress or lack of it towards the eight development goals they had committed themselves in 2000....
- Communist Internationalism! (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Sep 14, 2005)
South Block’s nonchalant attitude towards Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza strip betrays Leftist influence.
- Back To The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 14, 2005)
In democracy’s most persuasive definition, every election marks a new beginning.
- Samurai Koizumi Rides Again (Indian Express, Satyajit Mohanty, Sep 14, 2005)
The results of the 9/11 elections in Japan reconfirmed the hold of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),
- Japanese Worry About Big Govt (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 14, 2005)
A government bureaucrat, Kazushige Nobutani, acknowledged that he might have been signing his own pink slip when he joined the avalanche of Japanese voters who backed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Sunday’s vote.
- Not A Worthwhile Victory Over Delhi Tariff Hike (Tribune, V. S. Ailawadi, Sep 14, 2005)
What began as a legitimate concern expressed by some Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the later part of July 2005 against the tariff hike announced by the Power Regulator in Delhi has snowballed into a political scrabbling among politicians,
- Limits Of A Third Front (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Sep 14, 2005)
India's electoral data provide flawless logic for a third front. The persuasive crux of that logic is that a third front is necessary if India’s parliamentary democracy is not to remain meaningless for large sections of people.
- Manmohan In New York For Un Session (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today with a heavy agenda covering meetings with US President George W. Bush, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and other world leaders who have assembled for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session.
- Qualms After The Storm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
In the immediate aftermath of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush seemed remarkably reluctant to visit Louisiana.
- Koizumi’S Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s spectacular victory in Sunday’s snap polls proves overwhelming support for his economic reforms in Japan.
- Schroeder Or Angela Merkel (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 13, 2005)
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy and the traditional bellwether of the continent’s health, is going to the polls on Sunday in an election fraught with hope and foreboding.
- Prevent Its Doom (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 13, 2005)
The apathy and inaction of the government is likely to cause an environmental disaster in the one time paradise on earth.
- N-Deal With Paris Too, Delhi To Buy French Subs (Indian Express, Kamlendra Kanwar, Sep 13, 2005)
New Delhi's ties with Paris, warming up after Indian Airlines opted for 43 Airbus aircraft,
- Let’S Hear The People Now (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 13, 2005)
My hunch is that the forthcoming meeting with the Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, in New York was very much on the mind of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he talked to Hurriyat leaders in Delhi a few days ago.
- Measurement Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 13, 2005)
The J&K State is ranked as No. 2 in corruption amongst all the states of the country by a NGO.
- Champion Of The Poor (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Sep 13, 2005)
A K G — JEEVITHAVUM PRAVARTHANANGALUM: C. Bhaskaran — Editor; Chintha Publishers, Thiruvananthapuram-695001. Rs. 65.
- What Sort Of A Saving Is This? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The World Bank-aided JSYS project to restore tanks in Karnataka does not have effective people’s participation. The money that is spent on the tanks and the surplus that is supposed to remain in the villages for maintenance are now being appropriated
- A Yen For Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Koizumi’s impressive victory in the Japanese elections is something of a watershed in the history of economic reforms.
- Yangon-Beijing Nexus Threatens Indian Security (Daily Excelsior, Col. (Retd.) Surendra Sharma, Sep 13, 2005)
There is a global pressure on the Myanmarese junta, which goes by the name of State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC),
- Koizumi To Focus On Economic Reforms (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 13, 2005)
Premier reaffirms intention to quit in one year
- Khurana Says Sorry, Bjp Revokes His Expulsion (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 13, 2005)
Four-day crisis ends, Vajpayee has his say and way
Delhi leader withdraws statements against Advani
Letter considered at meeting of general secretaries
Chennai executive meeting on schedule
- Congress To Wait For Paswan's Word (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Congress, RJD, NCP for common minimum programme for Bihar polls
- Challenge For The Muslim World (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2005)
It is a known fact of history that the Muslim Ummah has remained a champion of justice and fair play and a symbol of balance and tolerance and has never been an instrument of terrorism, extremism and anarchy.
- Manmohan Defends India's Record In Nuclear Sector (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 13, 2005)
"Restrictive regimes should be abandoned"
"One of our chief worries is our over-dependence on petroleum imports"
"We are not signatories to the NPT but we already fulfil most of its conditions"
- Sri Lanka In Muddier Waters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
In the last two decades, it seemed that much of the Sri Lankan polity had reconciled itself to federalism (by whatever name called) as essential to a solution to the Tamil question.
- When Bush Comes To Shove (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Sep 13, 2005)
President Musharraf has left to perform what might be called a pilgrimage in the United States.
- Indian Shares Hit New Peak, Techs Gain; Colombo Up (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Indian shares rose to another record on Tuesday but quickly retreated in choppy trade as investors turned wary. Software services and refiners held gains.
- Defending Homoeopathy (Deccan Herald, Dr Ramanand, Sep 13, 2005)
A lot of newspapers and web-sites the world over are publishing reports and articles that homoeopathy does not work.
- Landslide Victory (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2005)
Koizumi has won a mandate to administer harsh economic reforms in Japan
- Will Polls Shore Up Afghan Democracy? (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Sep 13, 2005)
An Afghanistan expert is sceptical about the tangible gains from the elections since basic institutions are still in their nascent stage.
- Our Image Abroad (Dawn, Touqir Hussain, Sep 13, 2005)
There has been much debate in the country recently about Pakistan’s image abroad.
- India, Pakistan Leaders To Push Peace Process In U.S. (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 13, 2005)
The leaders of India and Pakistan meet in New York on Wednesday to push forward a peace process which is beginning to offer a realistic chance of a lasting rapprochement between the long-time foes.
- As India's Economy Soars, Its Airports And Roads Can't Keep Up (Christian Science Monitor, Gretchen Peters, Sep 12, 2005)
Al Qaeda has marked the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington with a warning of future strikes in Los Angeles and Melbourne, and this rebuke to the American people: You don't get what we're fighting for.
- Bihar Assembly Election, Mark Ii (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
Here is another record that will delight Bihar watchers: it is the first State in India's electoral history to go to the polls twice in the same year. Elections were held in three phases to the Bihar Assembly in February 2005.
- Mubarak And His Political Shell Game (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
There was never any doubt that Egypt's President, Hosni Mubarak, would handily win yet another six-year term in office.
- France Looks To Firm Up Ties With India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 12, 2005)
While there is elation at India's desire to re-invest in the bilateral relationship, Paris is worried that New Delhi's rapprochement with Washington could diminish its own importance.
- The Problem With Reforms... (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 12, 2005)
Over the last few weeks, votaries of economic liberalisation (including this newspaper) have been wringing their hands at the inability of the UPA government to make headway on economic reforms.
- Face-Off (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 12, 2005)
The war of words triggered by the expulsion of senior BJP leader Madanlal Khurana has laid bare yet again the deep tensions and divisions within the party.
- Democracy, A La Egypt (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 12, 2005)
Mubarak has retained power despite the show of a multi-party election
- N-Ties, Meetings With Bush, Hu And Musharraf Top Ny Agenda (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will look to expand ties in key sectors like nuclear energy, defence and space during his brief trip to Paris on way to New York, where he will focus on UN reforms and expansion of the Security Council. Singh will also hold
- Lessons From The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2005)
It is difficult to define September 11, 2001. Was it an example of macabre poetic justice or an enactment of a revenge tragedy? To seek an answer, one must go back in time to another September 11, now almost lost in the annals of history.
- 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.
- Denmark's Success Formula: No Fairy Tale (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Sep 12, 2005)
ON THE 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, my wife and I drove over to the quaint island of Fiona in Denmark, where Odense is located. It was here that the famous story-teller was born
- Landslide Win For Koizumi (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 12, 2005)
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday night won a landslide mandate for his reform agenda in a snap general election held earlier in the day
- Time Of Transition (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Sep 11, 2005)
LONG before the Great Indian Tourist discovered Lonely Planet guides and Travel and Living lifestyle shows, Hugh and Colleen Gantzer were taking their readers around the world with their regular writings on exotic destinations and holistic holidays.
- Mimic The Tiger (Hindu, G.S. PAUL , Sep 11, 2005)
Pulikkali is perhaps the only folk art that involves painting of the body on such a large scale.
- Trivialising The Aggressor (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Sep 11, 2005)
It is a mystery, but society has to wake up to the gross inaccuracy of the term "eve teasing".
- War In The Parivar (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Sep 11, 2005)
As the Bharatiya Janata Party prepares to hold its National Executive meeting in Chennai next week, dissonance within the organisation over questions of ideology, leadership and politics is clearly visible.
- When Men Tread Female Turf (Deccan Herald, Staff Reporter , Sep 11, 2005)
The Gotipua dance, performed by young male dancers in feminine roles, has played an important role in preserving Orissa’s dance heritage, writes Jayalakshmi Yegnaswamy.
- We Welcome Fdi, But With Some Riders’ (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
We have no double standards on the issue. The CPI(M) is not opposed to FDI per se. In the last party congress we adopted the policy that we will allow FDI only if it generates employment, brings in new technology and augments the existing productive capac
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
... offered 40 years apart, in the same American magazine
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy
- Mimic The Tiger (Hindu, G.S. PAUL , Sep 11, 2005)
Pulikkali is perhaps the only folk art that involves painting of the body on such a large scale.
- Dancing With The Red Dragon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2005)
India and Pakistan should take a leaf out of China’s savvy economic diplomacy with Taiwan, reports Pallavi Aiyar
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy.'
- Floating An Idea (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 11, 2005)
During the arguments on the plea of the Shankacharya of Kanchi before the Supreme Court last week that the criminal cases against him should be transferred out of Tamil Nadu, his counsel Fali Nariman pointed out that there was a curious ambivalence in the
- An Autocrat Gets Himself Elected (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2005)
Since Upper and Lower Egypt united more than 5,000 years ago, the country has been ruled by ruthless autocrats.
- Ideological Twins (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 10, 2005)
The way out of the impasse for Pakistan and Israel is to give up their claims to be homelands of their religions.
- American Bellyache (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 10, 2005)
It’s been a spectacular and confusing September so far in America.
- Wishful Facts (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
In a TV poll conducted hours before Sania Mirza’s fourth round match against Maria Sharapova in the US Open, a full 82 per cent of those taking part in the poll predicted a Mirza victory. In another poll, 55 per cent felt Sharapova would be under greater
- That 8000, And Rising, Feeling (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Sep 10, 2005)
After weeks of relentless climbing and coasting every potential setback, the Sensex this week crossed a dizzying 8000.
- U.S. And The Middle East (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Sep 10, 2005)
Despite claims that it is spreading democracy in the Arab world the general feeling is that the U.S. doesn't want to push the ballot box too much for fear of an unwelcome result.
- Manmohan To Host Dinner For Musharraf In New York (Indian Express, PTI, Sep 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet US President George W Bush and host a dinner for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in New York next week on the margins of the UN General Assembly session.
- Ec Reads Out Model Code To Buta (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
The Election Commission (EC) today criticised the Bihar administration and Governor Buta Singh over appointments made to various constitutional bodies in violation of the model code of conduct.
- China Gets Proactive Diplomatically (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 10, 2005)
Peace, development, and cooperation on a global scale are the focus of China's policy.
- Fissures And Face-Offs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2005)
The BJP’s latest crisis speaks volumes for its present fragility. The Lal Krishen Advani-Madan Lal face-off, even if it can be managed for the moment,
- Strengthen Rural Cooperative Credit Structure, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday called for reforms in the cooperative sector with emphasis on strengthening the base of the rural cooperative credit structure to bring about a "qualitative jump" in the farm sector performance.
- A Million Bridges (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
World Islam has been in crisis, its billion or so adherents being variously in a state of bewilderment, frustration, anger and despair.
- Hurricane Katrina's Political Fallout (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 09, 2005)
The neocons may have been damaged by Katrina, but progressives will have to fight for a new political settlement.
- Harsh Punishment (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2005)
THE expulsion of the BJP’s Delhi strongman Madan Lal Khurana from the party for six years by party chief L. K. Advani does not show the latter in a good light.
- If Katrina Escapes Retirement, It May Figure In The 2011 List Of Scheduled Hurricanes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2005)
THE latest posting on the US Federal Reserve Board's site (www.federalreserve.gov) is the Beige Book, or the `informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts', dated September 7.
- Challenges And Change In Persian Gulf — Why India Needs A "Look West" Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2005)
MILITARY INTERVENTION in Iraq could well prove to be a historic blunder for the United States, resulting from setbacks like those it faced in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia
- Communicate More, Commute Less (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Sep 09, 2005)
CRUDE oil prices have crossed $70 a barrel from $35 two years ago, and LNG (liquefied natural gas) at $10 per MMBTU is double that of last year
- Can We Improve Public Service Delivery? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 09, 2005)
India has a functioning democracy and several institutions and practices ensure checks and balances and a modicum of governance. Yet, every government feels handicapped in delivering on its promises.
- Hope Runs Through It (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran separately visited Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan last week making it the most hectic week for regional diplomacy in recent years.
- Iran: Talks Must Continue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2005)
PAKISTAN has vital stakes in a peaceful settlement of Iran’s nuclear imbroglio.
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