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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Microcredit, Ngos And Poverty Alleviation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 15, 2006)
While access to microcredit serves as a useful complement to the survival strategies of poor households, it is not a strategy of poverty alleviation and growth.
- Congress For Quota For Needy Muslims (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
A couple of days before the Sachar panel submits its report on the status of Muslims in the country and a few weeks before the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Congress has started a debate on the need to uplift the Muslim community.
- Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 14, 2006)
The latest Human Development Report has little good news for India.
- Another Minister, Soz, Joins In: Have Muslim Quotas For Poorest, Not Creamy Layer (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Nov 14, 2006)
Yesterday, it was Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay who said Dalit Muslims should be included in the SC/ST category. Now his colleague in the Cabinet Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz has joined the debate arguing for Muslim reservation . . .
- Is India's Growth A Flash In The Pan? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 13, 2006)
The future of India as part of the BRIC group seems assured in the light of recent developments. But the powers-that-be must ensure that this trend continues and India maintains its position as a leader of the developing countries, not only in GDP . . .
- Sick With Apathy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 13, 2006)
The United Nations Human Development Report has shown up the glaring schizophrenic nature of India’s war against child mortality.
- Poor `Human Progress' In India (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 13, 2006)
There has hardly been any change in the `human progress'' content of growth in the much-touted era of 7-8 per cent GDP growth rate. Not only is India at the bottom of the heap as far as comparable large economies are concerned, the economies below . . .
- Peace, Water And Toilets (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 11, 2006)
Peacekeeping is a tough job, and the United Nations has to do a great deal of it. Cyprus, Lebanon, Georgia, Kosovo, Ethiopia, Liberia and Sudan are among the many regions of conflict where the UN’s forces are trying, in its own words, to “create . . .
- Borrow Babus (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 11, 2006)
Many are going to use the latest Human Development Report released by the UNDP to knock reform and globalisation, as the improvement in India's human development scores during 1975-90 the pre-reform phase was 25 per cent, much higher than the . . .
- Japan Returns To Top 10 Of Best Countries To Live (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Japan is the seventh best place to live on the planet, according to the U.N. Development Program.
- Yearly Reminder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2006)
That the UNDP started publishing its Human Development Report (HDR) roughly at the time — the early 1990s — India began an economic policy course correction may be a coincidence.
- India Improves Ranking In Human Development Index To 126 (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
India has inched a rank higher up the Human Development Index (HDI) to 126 among the 177 countries surveyed this year. But, this is still a far cry from Norway, which tops the index or China, ranked at 81.
- Drenched In Subsidies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2006)
Human development is about allowing people to lead the lives that they value and enabling them to realise their potential as human beings.
- India One Notch Up In Its Human Development Index (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Nov 10, 2006)
UNDP says it is not a comprehensive measure The poor are getting systematically excluded from access to water by their poverty
- Soz Disagrees With Undp Human Dev Report (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz on Thursday created a flutter by disagreeing with UN Development Programme (UNDP) on its ranking system that put India at 126 position in its annual Human Development Report.
- The Sanity Of Sanitation (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 10, 2006)
It is rarely that India wins kudos for its performance in the social sector.
- U.N.: Lack Of Sanitation Has Human Cost (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The humble flush toilet, taken for granted in most rich countries, could be a cheap but powerful tool to reduce childhood deaths and boost global development, a U.N. report said Thursday.
- Empowering Women In Bangladesh (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Nov 07, 2006)
The collective noun is a poor cousin of the proper; the singular belongs to a higher caste than the plural.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Nov 07, 2006)
The import of 5.5 million tonnes of wheat during this year implies that our food output is inadequate and that we have not been able to achieve self-sufficiency.
- Q&a: 'Qur'an Doesn't Ask Women To Wear Veil' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 07, 2006)
Maulana Kalbe Sadiq , a well-known Shia scholar, has never shied away from courting controversy. His open advocacy of gender equality, literacy/property rights and family planning have won him much admiration among Muslim masses, especially the youth.
- Shangri La And Sub-Saharan Africa (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Nov 06, 2006)
The crass inequality on display in our schools runs across all spheres of India's brave new world. The schools only mirror this larger reality.
- Development Is About Humans, Not Just Incomes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2006)
IN the 70s and 80s, economists believed economic growth and its trickle down effect would reduce poverty.
- Prime Minister For Political Consensus For Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
He hopes that `next century will be Kerala's century'
- Pm Joins Kerala Birthday Bash (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today laid the foundation stone for a new terminal and inaugurated Air India’s maintenance base unit for its new fleet of low-cost airline ~ Air India Express ~ to West Asia.
- Wider Dimensions Of Security (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 02, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf hit the nail on the head when he told a seminar in Islamabad on Tuesday that national security depended on pursuing defence, foreign and domestic policies in line with the needs of the regional environment.
- Diffusion In Use Of Ict (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 31, 2006)
Continuing with the assessment of the global diffusion in the supply of ICT goods and services in the previous edition of Macroscan (Business Line, October 17), C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the diffusion in use of the technology.
- `The Development Divide Is Widening' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Regional disparities in Karnataka are a legacy of history, as well as the consequence of agro-ecological variations.
- Kalam For A Global Cadre For Human Development (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Arguing in favour of a national policy for creating a Global Human Development Cadre for India, President A P J Abdul Kalam said on Monday that the knowledge-delivery system should be...
- A Resurgent Private Sector (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 31, 2006)
I have now reached the end of the list of the positives I said I would explore in this series of articles.
- Right Conduct Is Key To Spiritual Bliss (Pioneer, Onkar Singh, Oct 30, 2006)
People lose sight of god due to greed and superstition. The relevance of Nanak lies in the fact that he set out a list of new rules to bring us closer to the supreme being
- Role Of India In The Global Economy (The Economic Times, P. Chidambaram, Oct 28, 2006)
Understanding India has often been difficult for those who look for archetypes in each country. India’s sheer size, variety and apparent contradictions confound many observers.
- Keep Out Creamy Layer (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Oct 28, 2006)
The social and economic upliftment of the backward classes and castes is the moral, social, political and constitutional responsibility of the State. But the question which every conscious citizen of the Indian Republic should ask is: To what . . .
- Backpedaling On The Life Cycle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2006)
What if we turned the life cycle upside down? I am sitting in the office of Laura L. Carstensen, director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, and we’re exploring ideas for a new chronological agenda that would be more appropriate for a life span . . .
- Micro-Credit Has Not Made Any Macro Impact (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 27, 2006)
Despite the progress made by the micro-finance movement over the past decade, at the macro level, the sector has not been able to make much of an impact.
- The Challenge Of Food Security In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2006)
India is a poignant example of how food sufficiency at the aggregate level has not translated into food security at the household level.
- Miracle In The Mist As Gorillas Returned To Wild Give Birth (Independent (UK), Cahal Milmo, Oct 24, 2006)
When the baby gorillas Massabi and Koto were captured by hunters 11 years ago, few would have given much for their chances of returning to the wilderness.
- Not A Happy Situation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2006)
It is universally acknowledged that the key to the progress of any group, be it based on caste, community or gender, is the level of its education.
- Small Is Beautiful (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 23, 2006)
The Nobel peace prize for Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh marks the affirmation of an idea whose time has come.
- India Puts Pakistan On Notice: Talks Will Collapse (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 19, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday told Pakistan that bilateral talks between the two countries would collapse “unless the government of Pakistan clearly deals with the issue of terrorism”.
- India Has Put Islamabad On Terror Notice: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 19, 2006)
India on Wednesday signalled a tough stance towards the delayed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan next month with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that Islamabad was now on notice over terrorism.
- Manmohan Asks Pakistan To Fulfil Terror Pledge (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Listing international terrorism as the main challenge facing pluralistic and democratic nations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked Pakistan to take concrete steps to tackle the issue of terrorism or else India would find it difficult . . .
- The Sad Realities (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 18, 2006)
Cutting across the party lines 35 women MPs have written to prime minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi that the 33 per cent reservations for them in Parliament and States assemblies should be passed during the . . .
- Emerging Global Power (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2006)
Paradoxes of a country undergoing transformation that will affect the rest of the world
- Beyond Barak (OutLook, NAGENDAR SHARMA, Oct 17, 2006)
The full transcript of BBC Hindi special programme Aapki Baat BBC Ke Saath with former chief of Indian Navy Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat and Digvijay Singh, senior leader of Janata Dal (United) & a close aide of former Defence Minister George Fernandes.
- Poverty And Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2006)
The significance of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 is that it acknowledges a vital link.
- Power Of One Individual (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 13, 2006)
There can be two ways of setting Kiran Desai's brilliant success, in becoming the youngest woman ever to win the Booker prize, in a larger frame. One could be the rah-rah approach which sees in her prize the coming of age of Indian soft power.
- Poverty And Small Towns (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Our weekly column on research made simple
- Neoliberal Approach To Education (Frontline, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Oct 12, 2006)
The 11th Plan draft approach paper sees education not as a human right but as an instrument to enhance growth rates.
- Not About Malls Alone (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Oct 11, 2006)
The World Bank has produced an excellent document titled, India, Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: Building on India’s Success. As the title of this report suggests, the focus is on service delivery, which still largely remains public-sector.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2006)
Reservation policies pursued by the Central and state governments are based on constitutional provisions, judicial pronouncements and the reports of the commissions set up under the Constitution.
- Power Of Synergy And Co-Operation (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Oct 09, 2006)
ADI Sankaracharya once set out to locate the ideal place for his first monastery (mutt). He wanted this to be located in a place where each inhabitant lived in harmony and trust with the other.
- Azad Lambasts Pak For Abetting Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Reiterating his Government’s commitment to wipe out terrorism from the State, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today regretted that despite assurances Pakistan has miserably failed to contain activities of terrorists from its land.
- Time To Re-Weave Safety Nets (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 06, 2006)
Under the prevailing socio-economic conditions, the real challenge before the policy-makers is to devise ways to protect the vulnerable poor and to ensure that the fruits of economic growth are shared by all sections.
- An `Alternative History' (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Oct 03, 2006)
A fervent plea to freedom-loving people to reject the logic of armed, competitive capitalism
- Pm For Improved Governance In States (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Asking states to lay special focus on improving the quality of governance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today advised them to promote e-governance.
- Pm Cautions Cms On Populism (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Sep 29, 2006)
Cautioning against the “race to the bottom” through competitive populism, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asked the states to avoid excitement to have “headline-grabbing MoUs by offering fiscal and financial incentives which their finances . . .
- Two Cheers For India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 28, 2006)
Is it time for India to pop the champagne yet? Hardly, it would seem, though there is plenty of room for cheer. The country has emerged as the leader of the ‘BRIC pack’ in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2006. India is ranked . .
- But Even Then Take People Along, Mr President (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 27, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that there are no differences in the Pakistan Army and it fully supports him. ‘The army likes me, follows me and is with me’, he said while addressing the annual Pehla Qadam gala organised by the National . . .
- Singh Sincere In Addressing Kashmir Issue: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 26, 2006)
President says Havana meeting sowed seed for resolution of Indo-Pak disputes
Says he introduced sustainable democracy in Pakistan
No problems in Balochistan
‘Army likes me and follows me’
- India Is Online But Most Indians Are Not (Hindu, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 25, 2006)
The diffusion of Internet technology in India can take one of two routes, one elite-oriented, the other democratic. The Government seems to want to promote the second but the minimum requirement for this is credible information.
- Pilgrims On An Inward Journey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The stark landscapes of the Tibetan plateau, and the unrelenting physical challenges of the journey, are captured with a solid, satisfying grace.
- Let Markets Resurge With Psu Public Offers (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Sep 22, 2006)
All PSU raisings need to be through public offers, only for retail, using the fixed price route
- Call To Corporates To Partner Panchayati Raj Institutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
This is needed to uplift rural masses, says Mani Shankar Aiyar
- Aids Control Society Chief Dubs Trafficking A Silent Scourge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Very little action being taken to curb it in the absence of data
- An Unequal Kind Of Growth (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Sep 21, 2006)
India ranks poorly in terms of inequality indicators; this can change by reviewing the tax system.
- Sonia Goes Full Steam Against Mulayam Govt (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Sep 21, 2006)
Preparing ground for the next year’s Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today urged upon the party workers to draw inspiration from 1857 and launch a “jail bharo” agitation to regain lost territory in the state.
- We Lost The Vote, But Not The Argument’ (The Financial Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 20, 2006)
Excerpts from P Chidambaram’s statement at the IMF’s Board of Governors meeting in Singapore.
- Memorable Meeting: Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 19, 2006)
I want this photograph to be seen by one billion people: Fidel Castro
- Lessons From Bellary (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 18, 2006)
The widespread illegal mining of iron ore in Bellary district of Karnataka has snowballed into a controversy which has the potential to threaten the future of the current Janata Dal(S)-BJP government.
- Misplaced Priorities (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 15, 2006)
Pakistan's national security has for long been linked to territorial security in the minds of national planners. This has resulted in a policy of devoting major portions of the annual budget to defence spending in order to protect the territorial . . .
- Talibanisation Proceeds Apace (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 14, 2006)
Several developments during the last three weeks indicate that Bangladesh's present coalition Government, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but dominated by the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeIB), is bent upon winning the forthcoming general . . .
- The U.S. And Its Fading Alliance In East Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 13, 2006)
United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has told successive annual sessions of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that night-time satellite imagery shows North Korea in near-total darkness and its southern ethnic neighbour in bright light.
- Outlook On Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
The ministry of finance's economic outlook, issued on Saturday, seems a bit optimistic and relies much on validation from overseas multilateral agencies for claiming "extraordinary successes" despite external shocks.
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
- Let’S Settle Kashmir Issue: Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has called for settlement of the Kashmir problem to end a cycle of confrontation and conflict in the sub-continent and ensure sustained peace in South Asia.
- North-East-From Guns To Flowers (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Sep 06, 2006)
Once trouble-torn North East Region (NER) has today become a vital hot spots for exploring valuable production horticulture sector. The socio-economic upliftment of the local inhabitants is seen everywhere.
- Elements Of Surrender (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Among the descents of the Supreme Being in this world those in human form as Rama and Krishna are important for mankind for they vouchsafed liberation to one who adopted surrender to the Lord (Prapatti, Saranagati) as the means to redemption.
- Good Governance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
The remarks made by Dr Ishrat Husain, chairman of an official commission on government reforms, in a speech made at the recent launch of the Human Development in South Asia (2005) Report that a qualitative change in governance would help solve . . .
- Flights To Leh Being Increased To Promote Tourism: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Trying to put the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on the international tourism map, the State Government is taking slew of measures to develop the connectivity and infrastructure to the untapped scenic region of mountain passes.
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