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- Mla Arrested After Attack On Journalists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The police on Thursday arrested JD(U) MLA Anant Singh and four others for allegedly assaulting journalists after taking them hostage and attacking their colleagues when they protested.
- Suicide Attack On Pakistan Air Force Bus, Five Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force personnel in north-eastern Punjab province on Thursday killing at least five persons and wounding 40 others.
- Business Of Giving (Tribune, Anurag, Nov 02, 2007)
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. A booming economy and a galloping sensex have made many join the billionaires’ club.
- What Did The Trick? (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 02, 2007)
One cannot help imagining a more weird scenario. Following Sonia Gandhi’s visit to China, Comrade Karat seems to have started to soften his position and his vitriolic attack against the prime minister of India and other friends! It . . . . .
- Q&a: 'It's Important To Make Films For Children' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
He came into the movie industry to make music, but ended up making films that have become a talking point in and outside India. In less than three years Vishal Bhardwaj has created an impressive oeuvre of directorial ventures.
- Staying Alive (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Nearly 8,000 aggrieved -- mostly married -- women have filed complaints since a law to protect them from domestic violence came into force in October, 2006.
- Where There Is No Learning (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A few weeks back, one of my brightest students who, for some reason, resisted going abroad, asked me: "What is the difference between universities in the West and here?" A direct question on a subject like this can be difficult to answer.
- Militant-Called Bandh In Chatroo (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Chatroo town observed bandh on the third consecutive day on the call given by the militant outfits and tension flared up in Kishtwar when youths shouted provocative slogans when body of the slain militant Maulvi Fayaz was brought to his . . . .
- Dubai To Help African Children (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A charity in the booming Gulf Emirate of Dubai said today it has offered to help 103 children at the centre in a row sparked by a French charity’s attempt to airlift them from Chad to France.
- Too Much Of A Good Thing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Storm clouds on the horizon? Been feeling kind of blue? Then count your blessings.
- California Fires Unleash Co2 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
California wildfires pumped nearly 8 million metric tonnes of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in just a week, about one-quarter as much as fossil fuels do in that state in a month, scientists said on Wednesday.
- Newspaper Nurtures Art (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Tucked away in a narrow by lane off Triplicane High Road, the nondescript building doesn’t look like a newspaper office from the outside.
- Success Story (Deccan Herald, S V Vijayan, Nov 02, 2007)
The real triumph in life is to carry on undeterred without allowing tragedies to affect us.
- Karnataka's Grand Entry Into 52nd Yr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The event started off with a flag march featuring students from eight schools, following which a helicopter did aerial rounds showering flowers on students.
- Centre Mulls Guv's Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
As political uncertainty continues in the State, the Centre seems to be taking its time to decide on the situation.
- Cong's New Strategy To Expose Modi Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
It may have failed to get any direct and positive result from its Mulayam Ki Loot slogan in Uttar Pradesh, but the Congress believes its strategy to expose Modi Ka Jhooth (lies of Modi) would help it hit pay dirt in the forthcoming Gujarat polls.
- Anti-Hillary Video Draws Web Audience (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
First came the Orwellian mash up YouTube video that portrayed Hillary Rodham Clinton as Big Brother. Then came a clip of her off-key rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner". Now, a stinging 13-minute video by a bitter Clinton foe is . . . .
- $5.5 Million For Sacked Indian Engineer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
An Indian engineer, who was fired by her company after she complained of her senior’s racist conduct, has been awarded $5.5 million by a San Francisco Federal jury.
- Red Terror (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2007)
This seems to be the season for Maoist strikes. Last Saturday night, the son of Babulal Marandi, former chief minister of Jharkhand, was gunned down at a football match along with 18 others, including women and children.
- Indo-German S&t Centre To Be Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal and German Minister for Education and Research Annette Schavan on Tuesday signed an agreement to set up an Indo-German S&T Centre that would promote public-private partnership in scientific . . . .
- Do Not Boycott Politics, Kalam Advises Students (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The energy and good cheer were intact as A P J Abdul Kalam ignited more young minds on Tuesday. Addressing close to 6,000 students from around 120 schools at the inauguration of Renaissance 2007:
- India, Germany Strengthen S&t Relations (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
India and Germany have decided to set up a joint research centre to take science from the laboratories to the industry and further enhance cooperation in various fields of science and technology.
- Discernible Change In Perceptions On Solution To Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
There has been a major shift in perception regarding the resolution of Kashmir problem in Pakistan and the Kashmir valley.
- Q&a: 'Globalisation Is Reducing Sovereignty Of Nation States' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Anthony Giddens is a sociologist and a member of the House of Lords.
- Reinvent The Social Sciences (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
THE commercialisation and privatisation of higher education has marginalised the social sciences.
- Us Wants To Crack Sherpa Gene Code (Hindustan Times, Anirban Roy, Oct 31, 2007)
Sherpas are the Heroes in the Himlayas — the best guides for climbers in the Himalayas.
- Doctor Of Plagiarism (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Oct 31, 2007)
I DO not know when exactly I fell for the charms of a Ph.D. When every other person in the city I lived in those days had a “Dr” prefix, I, too, aspired for that degree.
- Walk-And-Run Marks Crpf Raising Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
On the raising day of the CRPF, its 96 Battalion organised a 5-km-walk-and-run event for girls from the Police Golf Course gate here yesterday. Around 400 girls participated in it.
- Pm, Merkel Flag Off ‘Science Express’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The 14-coach train has interactive modules on various aspects of science
Every coach has science educators working on 24X7 basis
- Violence Mars Thevar Centenary Celebrations (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Oct 31, 2007)
Amidst unprecedented security arrangements, the centenary celebrations of Muthuramalinga Thevar were held at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district on Tuesday.
- India, Germany To Double Bilateral Trade (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 31, 2007)
India and Germany on Tuesday signed a joint statement on furthering their strategic partnership through new initiatives in trade and investment, energy, science and technology, education and culture and defence.
- Reservation Needed For Real Equality, Says Jethmalani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Centuries of injustice to backward classes still continuing
Court must respect legislative judgment
Total population of country is irrelevant
- Campus Notes (Hindu, NANDINI NAIR , Oct 31, 2007)
Writing a novel turned her from self-conscious to self-sufficient. “Sumthing of a Mocktale” by Soma Das is a campus novel that highlights the virtues without ignoring the flaws of JNU.
- Delay Yes, But Not End Of The Road For N-Deal: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Trying to downplay the consequences of a delay on operationalising the India-US civil nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sounded cautiously optimistic on Tuesday evening when he said he did not think the deal had reached the ‘end of the road’.
- Write Or Just Type? (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Oct 31, 2007)
How many people can read your handwriting? Assuming, that is, that these days you write by hand at all. Fewer, maybe, than you’d think.
- Iaf To Get First Two Hawk Trainers In Mid-November (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Indian Air Force will receive the first two Advance Jet Trainers (AJT) Hawk from British Aerospace (BAE Systems) by mid-November to train its pilots to fly supersonic fighters, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major said here on Tuesday.
- Other Voices : American Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2007)
AMID the succession of sad milestones that come with war, one of the more poignant came last week when the late Lt. Michael Murphy became the first Medal of Honour recipient for combat in Afghanistan. The award was presented posthumously. . .
- Pervez Safe In Office, Attack Kills 7 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Police blocked a suicide bomber who blew himself up near the office of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, killing seven people, officials said.
- Lessons Of Hate At Uk Mosques (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Hate-filled books calling for the execution of gays, forbidding interfaith marriage and ordering women to strictly stay indoors are being sold inside some of Britain's leading mosques, it has been revealed.
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 31, 2007)
Once Sardar Patel was asked what he thought was the most satisfying task that he performed during his long years in public life. Everybody expected him to say: “Integration of 561 princely states” or “reorganisation of civil services”.
- Chinese Barbie In Russia (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, Oct 31, 2007)
While the number of students abroad applying for the Russian courses is on the rise, Russian toys are facing extinction
- Simple Solution: Vote For Green Leaders (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Oct 31, 2007)
Drivers who were getting seven to 10 miles a gallon from their Crown Vics were getting 25 to 30 from their hybrids.
- Return To Bamiyan (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Oct 31, 2007)
The 1,500-year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan are gone, of course, replaced by two gashes in the reddish-brown cliff.
- Argentina President Thanks Husband, Wishes Hillary Luck (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
First Lady Cristina Fernandez, in her first televised interview since winning Argentina’s presidency, wished Hillary Clinton well in her US election bid and thanked her husband for his role in her triumph at the polls.
- Losing The Plot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2007)
It is absolutely right that there was a policy response to the ‘Janadesh’ rally — 25,000 people marched to Delhi asking for land rights. But the response itself is absolutely wrong.
- This ‘Sick Child’ Needs More Than Words (Indian Express, Harsh V. Pant, Oct 31, 2007)
Amid all the claims about the rise of India as a major player in the world, it is often ignored that the country continues to face some fundamental obstacles in this drive to achieve its full potential.
- A Head For Numbers (OutLook, Shobhit Mahajan, Oct 31, 2007)
"I beg to introduce myself to you as a clerk in the Accounts Department of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of only 20 pounds per annum," began Ramanujan’s famous first letter to G.H. Hardy, containing pages of mathematical results . . . .
- A New Model For Pc Penetration (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2007)
India has emerged as a global leader in the advance of information technology. Yet the country faces a fundamental challenge — building on its successes by enabling greater access to technology for its people.
- Elections Usher In A New Dawn In Poland (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 30, 2007)
Parliamentary elections held on October 21 brought about the downfall of the extreme right Kaczynski twins, who as President and Prime Minister led the country for a disastrous two years.
- March On Islamabad? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
Even though it is not from Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who specialises in ‘million-man’ marches, the statement coming from the Jamaat-i-Islami’s NWFP chief needs to be taken note of because of its callousness.
- Indian Troops To Vacate Hospital, School Buildings In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of Indian troops will begin moving out of schools and hospitals in occupied Kashmir this week in a move to boost trust in the revolt-torn region after a fall in militant violence, authorities said on Monday.
- Globalisation Dynamics (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Oct 30, 2007)
Alan Greenspan, as readers may know, was till mid-2006 the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve System (“the Fed”), one of the highest official positions in that country which he had occupied for almost two decades.
- Saund’S Portrait To Be Unveiled In Us Cong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A portrait of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American Congressman, will be unveiled in the US Congress next month.
- The Battle Of The Kurds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2007)
Mardu, Iraq — It is a land of resistance, the mountain peaks and winding valleys where Iraq’s own Kurds battled Saddam Hussein for decades.
- Fashioning A Policy For Myanmar (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Oct 30, 2007)
The brutal crackdown in Myanmar in recent weeks has quelled protests but has stirred the international conscience.
- Punjab’S Fractured Governance (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Oct 30, 2007)
PArkash Singh Badal, the fourth time chief minister of Punjab is indeed a lucky man. He has fought many a battle over the span of 40 years and survived to lead the state.
- Hype With A Twist (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2007)
J.K. Rowling’s startling revelation, that Albus Dumbledore, the beloved headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay has stumped many staunch Harry Potter fans. The initial reaction from young readers worldwide is there’s been no allusion whatsoever to . . . .
- Gender Inequality In Politics (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Oct 30, 2007)
Paxton and Hughes have put together a brilliant and detailed account of the current status of women’s position in politics and women’s political representation across diverse countries and regions of the world.
- 'There Are Strict Regulations On Sting Operations In Britain' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Nik Keith Gowing is no stranger to India and not to billions across the world. Well, it's hard to miss the main presenter on the BBC's international news and current affairs channel, BBC World for over a decade.
- Would Watson Be Different If He Were Black? (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 30, 2007)
Does race matter for intelligence? In any case, what is race or even intelligence?
- Evita Echoes In Argentine Polls (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 30, 2007)
A fashion designer who was recently comparing the looks and styles of the main Argentine presidential candidates described Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as a "very sexy, very strong and very attractive" woman.
- Cbi Action To Widen Rift Between Congress, Mulayam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Following its investigations into allegations of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his kin amassing assets, the CBI's case before SC is that Yadav's known sources of income are too inadequate to support the acquisition of costly assets running . . . .
- Child Sweatshop Shame Threatens Gap's Ethical Image (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
An Observer investigation into children making clothes has shocked the retail giant and may cause it to withdraw apparel ordered . . . .
- Kashmir Soldiers Told To Move Out (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been told to move out of schools and hospitals which they have occupied in the region.
- Spirit Of Mahatma Gandhi Helps March Of The Poor To Victory (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Tens of thousands of poor farmers and tribespeople forced promises of land reform from the Indian Government yesterday after walking 320 kilometres to Delhi to protest against the marginalisation of the downtrodden in the country’s economic boom.
- Indian 'Slave' Children Found Making Gap Clothes (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.
- Developing Labour Skills Critical For Vision 2030 (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Kenya is currently working on a development strategy for the next 25 years or so.
- Pride And Joy In India Over La.'S Bobby Jindal (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
U.S. politics aren't usually the subject of gossip in the homes of this sleepy rice- and wheat-growing village in northern India. But when Bobby Jindal, an American of Indian descent, was elected governor of Louisiana this month, the residents . . .
- Higher Education: The Quality Issue (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 30, 2007)
When an individual falls sick, only he and his family are affected. When institutions are affected, the ramifications are much more.
- Smoke Sans Fire (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Indians are schizophrenic about celebrities. At one level, we worship them as demi-gods, we have an insatiable appetite for information about their private lives while products endorsed by them, be it high-end white goods or . . . . . .
- Betrayal At Home (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 30, 2007)
Of all living faiths and traditions in the world, probably only Hindus keep the god of love in their divine pantheon. Kamdev and his wife, Rati, retain a powerful grip on the Hindu imagination on account of their painful association with . . . .
- Indian Islamic Group Attacks Bbc Film For Bin Laden Link (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A BBC documentary shown last night came under attack from one of India's largest Islamic groups for linking their movement to Osama bin Laden and "extremist" Muslim groups around the world.
- The Flying Bullet (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The bullet alleged to have been aimed at Mamata Banerjee’s convoy is by any reckoning a major breach of the rule of law.
- Survival Of The Fittest Religion (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 30, 2007)
In the west, religion’s running battle with science is well known. In the beginning the natural sciences — astronomy in particular — was its chief foe since that study of the heavens soon began to threaten the established view . . . . .
- Iraq Minister Warns Turkey Over ‘Serious’ Standoff (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Iraq warned today that a full-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have “disastrous” results and accused Ankara of being unresponsive to a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
- Is The Mfi Bill Missing Something? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 30, 2007)
The microfinance bill, which is under consideration of the parliamentary standing committee on finance, needs to be amended in several important respects. One of these relates to savings.
- Unaware Of Gold (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 29, 2007)
Britannia has long ceased to rule the waves. No matter, thanks to the American century, English has retained its dominance on the global stage.
- Bangalore It Show Takes Off Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
It promises to be bigger and grander this year. Over 200 top information technology companies, 60 of them global majors, will converge for BangaloreIT.in, arguably Asia’s largest IT and telecom annual event, to take off at the Bangalore . . . .
- Contempt Of Court And The Truth (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 29, 2007)
The contest is between truth and its suppression. The choice then is between the plea of truth to expose judicial misconduct and the attempt to stifle such publication by the use of the contempt power.
- Self-Regulation By The Press: The U.K. Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Some recent events in the electronic media relating to two TV channels and an FM radio channel have turned the spotlight on a system of self-regulation.
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