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- Pm’S Maiden Encounter With The Tiger (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2005)
Dr Singh’s visit made forest staff closely track the movements of tigers to enable him to sight them on his visit, especially after reports of vanishing tigers elsewhere.
- Gloss On Sankara's Commentary With Translation (Hindu, S Revathy, May 24, 2005)
The Uttara Mimamsa deals with the Upanishadic phase of Vedic revelation and its systematisation was the work of Badarayana in his Brahmasutras.
- Environmental Justice Movement And The Poor (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 24, 2005)
Takes as its point of departure the international and intra-national inequalities in property rights, power and income, which lead to unequal access to natural resources and unequal distribution of the burden of pollution.
- Make A Wish, Plant A Sapling (Deccan Herald, Sunil Kumar M, May 24, 2005)
Here is your chance to own a tree, for just a small amount, says Sunil Kumar M
- Nature Conservation Is Govt's Duty (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, May 18, 2005)
To think that free market forces by themselves can protect the environment is a fallacy.
- India's Strengths To Be A World Player In Pharmaceuticals (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , May 09, 2005)
Small company culture, speed to market, recipes for success
- After Societies Collapse, Only Ruins Remain For Tourists (Business Line, D. Murali , May 07, 2005)
Jared Diamonds s : Collapse from Penguin is an unusual bestseller. The author is a professor of geography, in his third career after teaching physiology and ecology, and the book is on "How societies choose to fail or survive".
- April Was Not For Fools (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 06, 2005)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- Socially Fenced? (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Apr 12, 2005)
Since the Sariska catastrophe, the tigers are in the news but for all the wrong reasons. While the Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Sigh,
- Partition: A New Approach (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Apr 09, 2005)
Three years before the partition of India, Regionald Coupland, who had done a report on the partition of Palestine to create the Jewish State of Israel, was asked to do a similar report on the possible division of India to create Pakistan. . . . .
- So Many Degrees Of Connection (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
For C F John art is more than a few strokes on the canvas. It is an active engagement with the reality. It tries to reconnect with the ‘body’ and know reality first-hand, notes JAYALAKSHMI K.
- Gm Crops: Threat To Wildlife? (Tribune, Steve Connor, Mar 28, 2005)
Yet another nail was hammered into the coffin of the GM food industry in Britain recently when the final trial of a four-year series of experiments found, once more, that genetically modified crops can be harmful to wildlife
- Expecting Relief Before Rains (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Mar 26, 2005)
A massive rehabilitation plan for the tsunami affected areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations.
- Expecting Relief Before Rains (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Mar 26, 2005)
A massive rehabilitation plan for the tsunami affected areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations.
- A Watershed In Conservation Efforts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2005)
This project not only works on saving water, but creates awareness on how it's saved, says SRINIVAS NARGUND.
- India-Pak Cold War Continues (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Mar 19, 2005)
That the cold war between Pakistan and India continues to be alive and kicking is unfortunate. The latest example of it are three developments in Pakistan:
- Two Worlds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 09, 2005)
THERE is a sharp divide between men and women. And women are not only segregated from the male species but are also further subdivided into two worlds of their own.
- Vanishing Wetlands (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Mar 09, 2005)
Nearly a year after he announced the Government's intention to progressively "repair, renovate and restore all water bodies that are directly linked to agriculture,"
- Where Have Tigers Gone? (Tribune, Earl Lane, Mar 09, 2005)
THE tiger population in India has declined to an extent that these big cats are no longer to be sighted in some sanctuaries. Now that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje
- Join Hands And Move Forward (Tribune, Gopal Krishan, Mar 07, 2005)
THE preparation of the State Development Report of Punjab and subsequently that of Himachal Pradesh by the faculty of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, as an assignment from the Planning Commission was a rich
- Political Spat Over Bangla Settlers (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Mar 06, 2005)
Political parties in Orissa are up in arms against each other over the sensitive issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators already a major topic of discussion in different circles in the state since the Naveen Patnaik administration’s decision to serve
- Maunam Vyakhyanam (Indian Express, Bhai Mahavir, Mar 03, 2005)
The world is endlessly heading towards speed — bullet trains and supersonic planes wherein coffee does not spill and in which a child can “easily make his house of cards”.
- Underfunding The Earth (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2005)
Unesco's plan to dissolve its earth sciences division will not only harm the organisation, but adversely affect the ability of the world's poorest nations to understand and manage their own resources, writes Jan Zalasiewicz
- The Politics Of Aid (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Feb 18, 2005)
The growing strain on the Earth’s environment caused by global warming or the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world pose a great threat to humanity. HIV alone in South Africa affects more than four million people, and 8,200 succumb to it daily around
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- Punjab Going Dry (Telegraph, S.S. Johl, Jan 26, 2005)
The Bhakra hydro-electric project, along with taming the Satluj, did check floods and provide irrigation water to the state, yet when the harvested dam water is excessively carried away, it leads to a scarcity of water in the basin area.
- 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.
- Defining Hindutva (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 28, 2004)
The championing by the BJP of the Hindu ethos at its Ranchi meeting would be welcomed by all supporters of Hindutva.
- Beastly Tales (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 26, 2004)
It’s the price you pay for playing God. After toying with lion-breeding programmes for years, zoo officials in India are staring at a man-made evolutionary disaster
- A New Blueprint On Subsidies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 24, 2004)
The National Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), in general, and the first Budget of the Government by the Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram, in particular
- The Business Deal (Deccan Herald, DILIP RATHNAKAR, Dec 23, 2004)
It is a hot summer afternoon and everyone is enjoying the siesta at home. There is a voice that is heard at a distance. The voice gets closer and clearer. The shrill voice stops at the doorstep and doesn’t move further.
- Global Warming? Hot Air. (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Dec 23, 2004)
In today's segmented America, Michael Crichton's new novel, "State of Fear," might seem to be reading just for red states. Granted, a character resembling Martin Sheen -- Crichton's character is a prototypical Hollywood liberal who plays the . ..
- A Place In The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 15, 2004)
Two unrelated events, separated by several weeks, have reinforced the perception that India’s place in the world in the new millennium is full of promise
- A Ticking Time Bomb? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 05, 2004)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is no longer confined to high-risk groups. There are warning signs that it is women, especially the young, who are among the most vulnerable
- 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
- Not Really Green (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 11, 2004)
In choosing Kenyan green activist Wangari Maathai for this year's peace prize, the Nobel Committee added a new dimension to its conventional understanding of conflicts and their resolution.
- Russia's Mixed Blessing (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Nov 08, 2004)
Migrant labour helps alleviate an acute demographic crisis and sustain economic growth, but also creates ethnic and social tensions.
- 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
- Whither The Technological Development Plan? (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Oct 19, 2004)
The Tenth Plan (2002-07) does not look at the role of government in the upgradation of technological capabilities or in addressing the technological challenges ahead.
- Interlinking Of Rivers: How, When And Where (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 19, 2004)
The Ministry of Water Resources is yet to take a decision on the task force on interlinking of rivers that was set up by the previous Government.
- Sensitivity Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2004)
The armed forces should now evolve as a woman-friendly organisation
- India By Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- Entering The Environment (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 04, 2004)
This article is about an interesting, important, but as yet little-analysed phenomenon in contemporary Indian politics — the entry into the environmental movement of the organized left.
- Neglect Of Alternative Medicine (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Aug 30, 2004)
The only Government Ayurvedic College in Punjab is situated a stone’s throw from the residence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in Patiala. The Chief Minister visits it to cast his vote.
- On Savings In A Season Of Lending (Business Line, S. Sridhar, Aug 23, 2004)
Savings are one half of the raison d'etre for the existence of a bank and, hence, need to be promoted with the same gusto that marks the marketing of loan products.
- Monsoon Sensitivity In Kasauli (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 19, 2004)
Dusk in Kasauli. A profusion of dahlias splashed on the hillside. Droplets of rain sparkling diamond-like in their corollas. A green canopy of fragrant pines giving Kasauli its unique sub-Himalayan vegetation. Old fashioned cottages, veiled by
- `The Critical Issue Now Is Implementation Of Schemes' (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Aug 16, 2004)
The Tenth Plan (2002-07) does not look at the role of government in the upgradation of technological capabilities or in addressing the technological challenges ahead.
- Need For Compact Ministries In State (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Aug 12, 2004)
Backroom bargaining and the politics of accommodation make for jumbo-sized ministries in the State
- The Changing Face Of Tibet (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 10, 2004)
RIGHT since the Chinese annexed Tibet in 1951 — they call it “liberation” — a systematic attempt has been made to assimilate it. This process is now almost complete.
- The Village Pond (Tribune, G. S. Aujla, Aug 07, 2004)
WE can never forgive ourselves for the apostasy we committed in the name of rural development. Taking the cue from the so-called progressive villages in the area the villages panchayat decided in all its wisdom to fill up the village pond which for ...
- Neighbourhood Hopes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2004)
SAARC holds out hope for regional cooperation in many fields, mainly trade
- Continue More Price Support To Wheat & Rice, Says Swaminathan (Tribune, Gaurav Choudhury, Jul 18, 2004)
Prof M.S. Swaminathan needs no introduction. He has been recognised as one of the 20 most influential Asians of the 20th century (by Time magazine), one of the only three from India (the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore).
- Interlinking Of Rivers - Buffetted By International Politics (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 01, 2004)
Inter-linking of rivers has been much in the news. That the new Government at the Centre is also looking at the idea is clear from the Union Water Resources Minister, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's recent statement that he would study the report of the ...
- Interlinking Of Rivers: Ripples Of Concern (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jan 07, 2004)
NEVER before has any proposal won the unstinted support of the apex court, the first citizen and the chief executive of the country all at the same time. With this unprecedented backing, the Government has pressed in all available resources to steamroll
- Eco-Blunder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
The vast network of canals bringing water to arid regions, thousands of tubewells sucking out groundwater, and millions of hectares of rice in northern India might have helped feed the nation. But the long-term consequences of transforming the ecology of
- Economy Playing Dice With Ecology (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Dec 03, 2003)
PERHAPS we live in the best of times in this planet, from the perspective of unsurpassed scientific and technological achievements, with a dazzling array of global output. Nonetheless, we can no longer ignore the grim reality that it is also the worst of
- Development Or Displacement? (Hindu, Meena Menon, Nov 09, 2003)
The Indira Sagar Dam, crucial to the success of the Sardar Sarovar Project, is expected to be ready by 2005. Author examines the paradox of big dams and the unresolved issue of what is public purpose.
- Unilateralism_and_the_u.N. (Hindu, R. Kannan, Oct 01, 2003)
Unilateralism will increasingly be looked upon as an aberration but recourse to the U.N. needs to be demonstrably more beneficial.
- Because Food Matters (Indian Express, Bharat Dogra, Sep 29, 2003)
The solution is out there. So why are we still poisoning ourselves?
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- The Dating Game At Ayodhya (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Sep 01, 2003)
There’s a scientific way to determine the age of the lime-mortar found by the ASI
- Prevention The Better Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
THE BIG industries, which are more easily noticed and monitored, are not always the biggest polluters. By sheer numbers, small industries can create major problems. A classic example is Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, which exports some 71,000 tonnes of ...
- With Caution To Cancun (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 14, 2003)
URUGUAY 1986, Seattle 1999, Doha 2001 and now Cancun 2003. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) seems to be inching forward on a tortuous path which may end in despair for the developing world as a whole with the possible exception of China.
- Making Rural India Magnetic (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 28, 2003)
The rural development model of the last 50 years has helped villages little, though governments have wasted thousands of crores of rupees on infructuous projects. If private enterprise, to develop the market, wants to make villages `attractive', it must
- An Army, Media-Trained (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 25, 2003)
The militant attack on the army camp in Tanda, Akhnoor, the killing of a deputy superintendent of police in Rajauri, the attack on piligrims at the base of the climb to the Vaishno Devi shrine — all happened in the space of 12 hours. I climbed up Vaishno
- Equator Principles - Why Indian Banks Too Should Be Guided By Them (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jul 25, 2003)
The Equator Principles — a voluntary set of guidelines developed for managing social and environmental issues related to the financing development projects — apply only to projects which cost $50 million or more, as those costing less represent only 3 ...
- Pak’s New Jihad: Riding With Uncle Sam (Indian Express, Ayaz Amir, Jul 22, 2003)
Pitiless are the wages of jihad. True to its General Zia-bestowed motto of ‘‘Jihad in the cause of Allah,’’ the high command of that quintessentially Islamic force, the Pakistan Army, is keen, nay desperate, to ride out into the Iraqi desert to do sergean
- Farmer Suicides In Kerala's Rice-Bowl -- High-Input Tech Kills Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 28, 2002)
EVEN as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns continue to be stacked to the ceiling and New Delhi remains directionless as regards food management, down South, in Palakkad, once Kerala's `rice bowl'.
- Hc Asks Vellore Tanneries To Pay Up Compensation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
THE skin and hide tanners in Vellore district now have to pay a compensation of Rs 26.82 crore due to the environmental pollution caused by the tanneries.
- The Good Scientist (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 13, 2002)
In India’s halting march to modernity, Bengal and Bengalis were for a very long time in the forefront.
- Women Constituencies (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 18, 2001)
The premise behind the Women's Reservation Bill is that women are an "oppressed" social group like that of caste or race, and hence they need affirmative action to compensate for the past omissions.
- Tamil Nadu Plans To Make Tourism ‘A Spiritual Experience’ (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Dec 15, 2001)
Tamil Nadu is right now in the green room, dressing up to entice the world to its enduring heritage and enchanting beauty.
- The Heat Is On (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 13, 2001)
Reports of increasing levels of global warming-the last few years towards the turn of the millennium have been recorded as the warmest ever in recent history-make it imperative for earth's residents to take action necessary to save the planet.
- Matching Practices With Concepts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
For collaboration with and commitments from industry the corporate sector and industry could, for instance, take on the challenge of strengthening the management information systems in the seven most deficient states.
- The Picture In The Frame (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 10, 2001)
When you set yourself impossibly high standards, it’s impossible to scale them. This should not inhibit you from baying at the moon but chances are you won’t land upon it. Still, if at first you don’t succeed...
- Our Debates On Their Terms (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 04, 2001)
Caste system isn’t racism and our best sociologists and anthropologists are clear on this.
- Community Grain Banks Can Help Tackle Hunger (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Sep 01, 2001)
Hunger has moved to the centre-stage of Indian politics in recent times with the judiciary, social activists and the media highlighting the issue in their respective fora.
- Washing Linen At Durban (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Aug 24, 2001)
THE Government of India is opposed to ‘‘caste discrimination’’ being placed on the agenda of the UN Conference on Racism and Intolerance to be held in Durban later this month.
- Is There Need For Yet Another Hydel Power Project In Kerala? (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Aug 24, 2001)
Work on the tunnel for the 24-million unit Vagamon diversion hydel project in Keralsa began in right earnest.
- At The Heart Of The Matter (Telegraph, K.B. SAHAY, Aug 23, 2001)
Nongovernmental organizations can save the world from the ill-effects of a rapid population growth.
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