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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Bursting With Life! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
I feel that the only way to review this remarkable book is to describe it carefully at the macro and micro levels and let the reader judge for himself. It has the shape, size, looks and feel of the particularly splendid coffee table book . . .
- Team Hdk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Governor T N Chaturvedi, who returned to Raj Bhavan late on Friday night after attending the Art of Living’s Silver Jubilee celebrations is expected to sign the notification on allocation of portfolios to new ministers on Saturday morning....
- Form Committee On Clemenceau: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to suggest four to five names of retired navy personnel having experience in manufacture and breaking of ships to give opinion on the controversial French ship Clemenceau.
- Russia Pushes For Global Energy Security (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 14, 2006)
Russia has scored its first victory as the 2006 G8 chairman, winning support from the other members of the group for its proposal to place energy security on top of the G8 agenda.
- The Land The World Forgets (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 09, 2006)
The ‘lost World’ unearthed recently in West Papua is as remarkable as it is poignant. An international team of scientists reportedly stumbled on to the 300,000-hectare treasure house of biodiversity in the Foja Mountains of the Indonesian . . .
- Iit-M Gates Open To Commerce Students Too (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Feb 08, 2006)
Institute to offer M.A. in Development Studies, Economics and English studies
- Save Wetlands! (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Feb 02, 2006)
February 2nd is celebrated as World Wetlands Day. India has a wide variety of inland and coastal wetland habitats. Look around in your own neighbourhood, and you are sure to spot a wetland or two-a lake or maybe a small pond!
- Towards A New Society-Nature Model (Business Line, Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Jan 31, 2006)
Attainment of higher economic growth rate on a sustainable basis presupposes a clearer understanding of the sensitive links between economic activities and the natural environment.
- Oceans In Peril (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jan 23, 2006)
THE BUSH administration remains in denial about climate change and sometimes treats environmental protection as an inconvenience.
- Women Struggle In Dire Conditions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Quake victims and those living in quake hit areas face the harshest winter of their lives, and pregnant women undergo the worst trauma, writes Prakriiti Gupta.
- Employees' Future Bleak As Sun Sets On Kiocl (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Jan 02, 2006)
There is a fear that closure of the mines may encourage naxalism
- Quake Monitor Brings Good Tidings (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jan 01, 2006)
Roger Belham is the lone scientist who had proposed a study of the tectonics of the island 15 years ago from the “micro-atoll”environment which means a probe into sections of tiny systems around which corals grow.
- Wise King Jigme Wangchuk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2005)
It rarely happens that the ruler of a country decides to give up office when no constituency of importance demands this. But King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan has repeatedly shown he is no ordinary ruler.
- Tsunami Made People Think About Coastal Security: Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"India is not exploiting its coastal strengths despite a huge potential `' "Production and migration of biological creatures are some of the areas that required a full study"
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Traditional Wisdom in Natural Resource Management - The Only Way to Conserve: Pub. by Rural Litigation & Entitlement Kendra; 68/1, Suryalok Colony, Rajpur Road, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal. Rs. 395.
- Techno-Mapping The Future (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 17, 2005)
STOP fretting about problems. The real issue is that "we are at one of those rare times in history when we have more solutions than we have problems," aver Joel A. Barker and Scott W. Erickson, in Five Regions of the Future, from Penguin (www.penguin.com)
- Why The Scourge Doesn't Go (Pioneer, Shibani Dasgupta, Dec 13, 2005)
Excessive spraying has resulted in mosquitoes developing resistance to pesticides, making malaria control difficult, says Shibani Dasgupta
- Lack Of Planning, Corruption Have Destroyed Natural Drainage System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Construction on what used to be lakes did not take place overnight but was the result of years of indifference and corruption. Our readers say strict building laws should be enacted for CMC areas, instead of hastily merging these municipalities with . . .
- Farmers Sore Over State's View On Special Economic Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
APCLC, farmers' groups see bid to suppress the facts
Farmers say they have lost faith in Ministers' statements
Effluents released from proposed industries will pollute the environment
- Treating Scientists Like Animals, And Animals Like Fodder (Indian Express, BAHAR DUTT, Dec 03, 2005)
Now that the Tribal Bill has been cleared, the animal versus people debate will start all over again. Most of the discussion will miss the central point: Our failure to protect fast diminishing wildlife is embedded in our failure to work with two . . .
- Drop In Percentage Of Hiv Positive Mothers (Hindu, G.V.Ramana Rao, Dec 02, 2005)
1.6 percentage point drop in HIV positive cases in 2005
"Nevirapine" given during labour to prevent transmission of HIV to baby
Drug administered to the baby within 72 hours of delivery
Special focus on educating women on HIV, AIDS
- Olive And Oic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
The other day, Dawn carried on its front page the picture of a Palestinian woman clinging to her olive tree, while Israeli soldiers who had chopped it off watched.
- Linking Of Rivers: Challenges And Opportunities (Tribune, Raj Kumar Siwach, Nov 27, 2005)
Water has played a vital role in the growth and decay of civilisations. It is the commonest substance on the earth but only one per cent of it is available for human consumption. Thus, it needs to be managed economically and wisely.
- World's Oldest Fossil Of Rodent Discovered In Jaisalmer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Believed to have existed during the Cretaceous age of the Mesozoic era The find indicates to the topography of rivers, valley and wetland during the Cretaceous age in western Rajasthan, which is now a desert.
- Terminal Hospitals For Terminally Ill (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 23, 2005)
Sir, — Your editorial “Criminal neglect” (18-19 November) is a piece of constructive journalism on the state of affairs in government hospitals.
- Laparoscopes Purchase: Cbi Raids In Several Cities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
"Public servants abused position to award contract to private company"
Searches conducted at 14 places
Technical members changed to favour firm
Sub-standard equipment supplied to hospitals
- Dinosaurs Grazed On Grass (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 18, 2005)
Dinosaurs grazed on grass? Scientists have discovered the first evidence that when some dipped their long necks,
- Fight For Survival (Hindu, SWAPNA BIST-JOSHI, Nov 13, 2005)
Rural women bear the brunt of the problems caused by environmental degradation. So it is not surprising to find that they are trying to set things right.
- Seminar On Ecology, Conservation Inaugurated (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Officials, conservationists and bird watchers flocked together at the national seminar on bird ecology and conservation to discuss new initiatives for bird conservation
- Strike A Balance Between Growth, Environment To Save Birds: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
`They play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance'
Many species of birds facing threat of extinction owing to decline in forest cover
Increasing urbanisation and pollution are the cause for their migration
- 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.
- Bird Sanctuaries Under Watch For Avian Flu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Migratory birds from China stop at many places in State
About 20 hotspots identified
Hoskote Tank, Thippagondanahalli under close watch
Forest Department personnel, veterinarians trained
Migratory birds likely to start arriving in 15 days
- Land Eight Times The Size Of Nariman Point (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 19, 2005)
Money buys land, and wives are sold by fate, wrote the Bard in Merry Wives of Windsor. But it looks like the fate of land sales is bleak considering how NTC's plans have crash-landed.
- 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," ...
- Science And India's Agricultural Future (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2005)
A three-pronged strategy is needed — sustaining the gains already achieved, extending them to rainfed areas, and ensuring new gains through diversification and value addition.
- Internal Divisions In Israel (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 09, 2005)
Israeli society is composed of people from several different ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
- Why We Should Universalise Iodised Salt, And How (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Oct 07, 2005)
Iodisation of salt at the salt heads is cost-effective and will reduce public health problems due to iodine deficiency.
- Privatization Of Health (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 27, 2005)
Suppose you had fallen asleep on the morning of May 1 1997, and not woken up until this week.
- The Salim Debate-I (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2005)
Under a cloud for alleged acts of omission and commission, the Salims seized the opportunity to invest in West Bengal without being finicky about its investment climate
- Nod For Conservation Plan For Srinagar Lakes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
The Rs. 298.76-crore project will improve the water quality and lake ecology
- New Beetles At Bandipur (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Sep 20, 2005)
A group of entomologists and naturalists of Mysore have identified a wide variety of ants, beetles and butterflies found during a survey at the Bandipur National Park, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. This first survey conducted at the park by ....
- The Green Men Fight Back (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
The sponge iron plant at Londa has come under attack from environmentalists, since it is a red category industry which could pollute air and water, Vijayalakshmi K P N tells us.
- The Fuel Of The Future (Hindu, TUTU DHAWAN, Sep 19, 2005)
Bio-diesel is expected to meet 20 per cent of India's diesel requirement
Bio-diesel ignites better and burns up to 70 per cent cleaner, has much better lubricating properties and extends engine life.
- Treat Yourself –i (Greater Kashmir, DR. YAQOOB GULL, Sep 14, 2005)
Homeopathy is a rapidly growing system of medicine and is being practiced all over the world. The system focuses on promotion of physical, mental and practical status of health.
- Finite Ores, Implications For Mineral Policy (Hindu, Aditi Roy Ghatak , Sep 13, 2005)
India's per capita steel consumption is projected to grow from the current 30 kg to 200 kg over the next quarter of a century. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what should be the policy approach to the country's iron ore reserves.
- Sethu Project Being Implemented For Political Mileage: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Sep 07, 2005)
The proponents of the Sethusamuthram project were throwing environmental concerns to the winds, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said at Singara near here on Tuesday after commissioning the Rs. 383-crore Pykara Ultimate Stage Hydro Electric Project (PUSHEP).
- For A Child-Inspired Education System (Hindu, Yash Pal, Sep 06, 2005)
Children's questions do not respect the insularity of disciplines normally taught in our schools and colleges. Creativity often resides at the boundaries of disciplines.
- Animal Form (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2005)
Man is described as a social animal. Yet, the emphasis is less on the “social” and more on the “animal” when you tell a guy that he is making a monkey or ass of himself.
- Halt Sethu Canal Dredging Work, Says Jaya (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 03, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha on Friday called for a halt to the on-going dredging work for the Sethusamudram project, involving deepening of the Palk Straits to enable ships from India’s west coast to reach eastern ports via the Bay of Bengal w
- Woman Begins By Resisting A Man's Advances And Ends By Blocking His Retreat (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2005)
There was an old woman tossed in a basket. Seventeen times as high as the moon; but where she was going no mortal could tell, for under her arm she carried a broom.
- Quarrying Moves Away From Brigand’S Shadow (Deccan Herald, Madhuprasad N, Aug 31, 2005)
The State’s share in the country's granite exports has declined to 15 per cent from a peak of 75 per cent in 1992.
- Interlinking Rivers: Is It The Solution? (Hindu, V. Rajamani, Aug 29, 2005)
The long-term ecological consequences of interlinking rivers should be evaluated before any such project is taken up in India.
- Greens Resent ‘Secrecy’ Of Environment Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
NGOs demand that the policy be made public after discussions with local communities and elected representatives.
- Hands Off Water, Protesters Tell World Bank President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
They are against Bank's policies of privatisation through the back door
The Bank believes in providing "all water for some ... and no water for most, whereas we
- India Inc Hype Stands Exposed (Hindu, OOMMEN A.NINAN, Aug 08, 2005)
The Mumbai floods highlight the callousness with which the country's cash-cow metropolis is treated
- Combating Cancer (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Aug 05, 2005)
The famous “Raman effect” ultimately did have an effect of the Nobel Laureate, Sir C.V. Raman’s family.
- Climate Change: Gleneagles And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2005)
The Gleneagles Summit of the G8 in early July, which British Prime Minister Tony Blair had relied upon to bring the United States in line with the European commitment to targeted reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has had a contrary outcome.
- The Jatropha Rush For Bio-Fuel (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Jul 19, 2005)
There is a need for a cautious approach in the growing of the Jatropha plant in the country
- Vale Of Flowers Gets World Heritage Tag (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
Valley of Flowers, an irresistible Himalayan treat in Uttaranchal for tourists and naturalists, has become the new World Heritage site.
- With Synergy, Differences Are Celebrated, Provided You Have The Energy (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 15, 2005)
Ever since the Krishnamurthy Committee submitted its energetic report to the Petroleum Minister,
- The Climate And African Food Woes (Tribune, Peter Apps, Jul 15, 2005)
Africa may seem incapable of growing enough food to feed its starving millions, but in the fields of South Africa’s Free State, farmers are taking in more maize than they know what to do with. While most African countries run at a substantial food....
- Snaring Poachers And Saving Tigers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 12, 2005)
Protecting endangered tigers is a complex task that warrants a variety of policy interventions.
- Court Asks Panel To Probe Pollution By Sugar Units (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Government to constitute a three-member panel of experts to look into complaints of environmental pollution by Godavari Sugar factory and Somayya Distilleries in Sameervadi in Bagalkot district and file ...
- Sethu Project In Rough Sea (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jul 09, 2005)
At least 1,000 fishermen, including 700 women, were arrested on Friday when they resorted to a rail roko at Ramanathapuram railway station in protest against implementation of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project.
- Macaques Need Healthy Forests (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 30, 2005)
The discovery of the Tibetan macaque, a large primate with a short stump-like tail,
- Facing Up To Demographic Changes (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jun 27, 2005)
The problems arising from a `population explosion' with attendant fears of food shortages and slow growth is a serious issue afflicting the developing world. The developed world had managed to control their numbers.
- Walk On The Wild Side (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Bannerghatta National Park's main attraction is the animal rescue work.
- Layers Of History (Japan Times, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jun 25, 2005)
The histories of Indian cities are contained in the names of their streets and squares.
- Royal Tyranny Creates Threat Beyond Nepal (New Zealand Herald, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 22, 2005)
Most countries got rid of their kings in the end, and the rest took away most of their powers,
- Missing The Woods (Indian Express, Parth J Shah, Jun 20, 2005)
Tigers versus Tribals: this is how the debate on the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005, has been framed. If you are for tigers, you shouldn’t recognise forest rights of tribals.
- Urban Decay: An Outcome Of Flawed Policies (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jun 19, 2005)
The ‘Dickensian’ blight and haze that hang over our cities today and the slums and squatters,
- Water Loss By Grain Exports (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 18, 2005)
Other costs apart, it takes about 1,326 litres of water on the evapo-transipration basis,
- Melting Glaciers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 18, 2005)
It is really strange that the grim news about the depletion of glaciers in the Himalayas and elsewhere does not send alarm bells ringing as loud as it should.
- An Elephantine Danger In The Offing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
After the hue and cry over the disappearance of tigers from Sariska sanctuary in Rajasthan, the focus is now on the threat faced by elephants which are said to be high on the target list of poachers, according to an environmentalist.
- In Russia, Opportunity Grows On Trees (Business Line, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jun 13, 2005)
Even as his wood processing business is growing , Mr Rajagopalan Ven does not think he had struck a gold mine when he set up his first sawmill in Siberia three years ago.
- Disturbing Kasauli’S Peace (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Jun 09, 2005)
A variegated flora ribbons the Kasauli ridge. A ribbon that protects the ecology, environment and peace of this charmed expanse of green acres.
- Reject Jobless Growth (Deccan Herald, Ranjan Panda , Jun 08, 2005)
Only the economic potential of ecology can provide a sustainable solution to the joblessness that India faces
- Hunting The Blue Bull (Tribune, Lt Gen Baljit Singh, Jun 07, 2005)
THE Punjab State Wildlife Board, reconstituted following amendments to the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972,
- After The Shock, Hope For The Tiger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2005)
With his personal stewardship of the mission to restore the viability and health of tiger populations in the wild, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has raised hope that there will be decisive action on the ground in the coming months
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