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Articles 4521 through 4620 of 22438:
- Ban In A Bottle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala's Coca-Cola Communism ---- The decision of Kerala's Left Democratic Front Government to ban the bottling . . .
- Water World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
It's a long wait for me every evening. I wait — all dressed up for office — to hear the hissing and spluttering that announces the arrival of my daily ration of water. Often it fails to turn up on time and I have to leave, my mind full of the fear . . .
- The Zoo’S Not A Jungle, It’S Worse (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
The news is now almost routine, losing its shock value. On Wednesday, yet another tiger died at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda zoo, the seventh since July 9.
- There's Much More To It (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Kashi is not simply about its temples
- Rs. 1,000 Cr. For Assam Under Ssa This Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
State plans to construct 35,000 additional classrooms
- Commercialisation Of Education (Dawn, Neal Lawson, Aug 11, 2006)
Variable tuition fees for university students are New Labour's worst domestic policy mistake.
- Perks And Privileges (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 11, 2006)
The Speaker of the National Assembly seems convinced that some matters are best ignored altogether.
- `Centre Of Excellence' Status Accorded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Haryana Government has accorded status of "Centre of Excellence" to five Industrial Training and Vocational Education Institutes at Hisar, Sirsa, Narwana, Rewari and Rohtak.
- 12 Students Hurt In Police Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
At least 12 students of a local college were injured as CRPF personnel used water cannons and batons to disperse demonstrators protesting the gunning down of a youth, who had allegedly attempted to hurl a grenade at the security forces, at Dalgate . . .
- Beirut: Time For Another Requiem? (Hindu, Shail Mayaram, Aug 11, 2006)
What is going to be the fallout of the most recent Israeli onslaught? A human tragedy. A colossal loss of a civilisational heritage.
- Top Defence Slots (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
It is imperative that the defence minister initiates immediate action to thwart any snowballing of controversy over the appointment of the next Chief of the Air Staff, the seeds of which appear to have been, sadly, sown.
- Tackling Ulfa~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
Following the dismissal of the AGP government and imposition of President’s rule in November 1990, Assam was declared a disturbed area.
- Flood-Resistant Rice Gene Found (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
Researchers in the Philippines and the USA have isolated a gene that will enable rice to survive flooding, it was announced today.
- India Extends Support To Peace Moves In West Africa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
India has backed the peace efforts of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) in restoring order and security in the region.
- Tests Probe If Pill A Day Can Keep Aids At Bay (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Can the drugs that keep HIV-positive people alive also make it safer to enjoy carefree sex -- much as during the pre-AIDS 1970s?
- Drugs Don't Work For Many India Aids Patients (Reuters, Jonathan Allen, Aug 11, 2006)
The drugs Shyamal Kumar Dey takes to fight AIDS don't work anymore.
- Reckless Vendetta (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2006)
Justice RS Pathak Authority into the Iraq ‘food for oil’ issue has acted in record time to clear the Congress party and Sonia Gandhi and indicts Natwar Singh and now we will have three government agencies who will use every method possible to . . .
- Kerala’S Cola Swipe (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
This is politics, not reasoned policy
- Paradox Of A ‘Command-Market’ Economy (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Aug 11, 2006)
Pushing a billion people into a different growth path is a matter of scale, which only governments can provide. China scores over India, whose politicians and bureaucrats blame the . . .
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Cancer: Hope From Haldi (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 10, 2006)
Research shows that turmeric and onion could help in treatment of cancer.
- ‘Quota Only For Pg Diploma Courses’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
In order to maintain the brand equity of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) the Management sub-group of the Oversight Committee has recommended that the OBC reservation should be confined only to the postgraduate diploma courses.
- State Tosses Out Colas From Schools, Hospitals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational and health institutions from August 14. A move to ban ‘junk food’ in educational institutions will follow.
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- No Obc Quota In Pvt Institutes, Phased Rollout In Iits, Iims (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Aug 10, 2006)
It is becoming increasingly likely that OBC reservation in admission will be confined to government-aided institutions, even as unaided institutions like Symbiosis, Manipal Academy and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research may be left out of the . . .
- A Satellite Eye On The Neighbourhood (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Aug 10, 2006)
India has to use its satellite network to expose the support Pakistan extends to terror outfits
- Anti-Cola Campaigner, Now Cm, Bans Coke, Pepsi From Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s MNC-bashing comrades have declared a blanket ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi, on health grounds.
- 40,000 Flee Erupting Volcano (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Rescuers on Wednesday raced against the clock to get stragglers away from the rumbling Philippine volcano Mayon, which has erupted some 50 times in the last 400 years.
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- Natwar’S Comeuppance (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Aug 10, 2006)
The former External Affairs minister, Mr Natwar Singh, has nobody but himself to blame for his troubles
- High Tides In Indus Inundate Several Village (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Heavy rains and intruding seawater have inundated several villages in the Indus Delta region of the district.
- Sonia Visits Flood-Ravaged Areas In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Centre to release Rs. 200 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund
- Little Respite For Surat, People Take Refuge On Rooftops (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 10, 2006)
People were either on rooftops or forced to leave the city and take refuge on highways .
- Sonia Visits Flood-Hit Areas, Consoles Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Centre to release Rs. 200 crores from the Calamity Relief Fund as immediate relief for State .
- Government Clamps Down On 12 Brands Of Soft Drinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Sale banned within 100 ft of hospitals, educational institutions
Centre's opinion sought on complete ban on sale of soft drinks
The CSE has said colas contain high levels of pesticide residues
Decision on banning junk food to be taken in 15 days
- Killing Of Youth Sparks Strong Protests In Srinagar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 10, 2006)
Top Harkat-ul Mujahideen militant killed
- Notice To Hrd Ministry On Iias Affairs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to Union Human Resource Development Ministry, the Chairman of Shimla-based Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) and its former director on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging certain . . .
- Gene That Helps Rice Grow In Flooded Fields (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 10, 2006)
Plant biologists have discovered a gene that allows rice plants to survive complete submergence in water for up to two weeks, a finding that might lead to flood-tolerant rice.
- Do Not Look (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2006)
In a democracy, policemen should not have to enter art galleries unless they like looking at pictures.
- Kerala Cans Coca-Cola, Pepsi (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Aug 10, 2006)
Twenty-nine years after George Fernandes bundled out IBM and Cola-Cola from India to emerge as the country's top MNC-slayer, Kerala's Marxist CM V S Achuthanandan on Wednesday sought to grab the mantle from him by serving marching orders on cola . . .
- A Delicate Balance (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The debate over the principle of reservations is now over. Indeed, it was effectively over even before it began.
- Don't Punish Victims (Times of India, Rakesh Shukla, Aug 10, 2006)
The declaration of Bharti Yadav as a proclaimed offender in the Nitish Katara murder case is being touted as a crowning achievement for the prosecution.
- Life-Saving Knowledge (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Aug 10, 2006)
With her latest work, acclaimed children’s writer Manorama Jafa has made a priceless offering to the nation. Known for charting a new course in the field of children’s literature, the veteran writer has made a daring departure this time around – . . .
- Graveyard Of Unborn Daughters (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Aug 10, 2006)
A mass grave of female foetus was detected today in a vacant plot owned by quacks Pritam Singh, an ex-serviceman and his wife Amarjit Kaur of this town, by a high-level team of state health authorities after it raided the premises of the local . . .
- Putting Priorities In Perspective (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The frenzied hooliganism that marks Independence Day in most major cities across the country, most particularly Lahore, is now only days away.
- Student Leader Killed In Dalgate Turns Out To Be Senior Militant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A student leader, enrolled in undergraduation course at Amar Singh College, today turned out to be a senior militant of Al-Mansoorain guerrilla outfit amid protests by residents of Dalgate locality who insisted that CRPF had killed "an innocent . . .
- Ministreal Incompetence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
These columns on November 6 were the first to call for Natwar Singh’s resignation as Foreign Minister.
- Kerala Bans Sale, Production Of Colas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala chief minister Mr VS Achuthanandan told reporters that the state Cabinet decided to ban sale and production of soft drinks marketed by the cola majors. The ban was imposed as many studies had stated these drinks contained elements hazardous . . .
- Quota Pashas Pressure May Delay Moily Report (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The deepening divisions within the UPA on implementing the proposed OBC quota in education institutions may delay the final report of the Veerappa Moily-led Oversight Committee.
- Immiscible In The Melting Pot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
Everybody says India is a great nation, but one fails to understand where the greatness is hidden when all of us unabashedly admit that we are a backward lot.
- Start Of A Rocky Road? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
It was always felt that the government's courageous stand on proposing some significant amendments to the infamous Hudood ordinances was perhaps too good to be true.
- Elephants Show Capacity For Compassion (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
Elephants pay their respects to lost loved ones and venerated leaders in a way that suggests a human-like capacity for compassion, scientists have said.
- Justice For Children (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
The Government has decided to introduce an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in the monsoon session of parliament. For the present a blanket ban has been imposed on the employment of children as domestic help or servants . . .
- Tackling Ulfa-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
The asymmetric secessionist war of the United Liberation Front of Asom has gravely endangered national security ever since its inception in 1979.
- Connecting Farmers' In India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
Silent revolution is taking place in the communication systems in rural India. The farmers are browsing the net and getting general, technical and marketing information from the Information kiosks set up by a number of pioneers across the country.
- Basohli's Bad Luck (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
Despite its idyllic location, school of painting and pashmina shawl industry Basohli in Kathua district is very rarely in the news. Its proximity to the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has not earned for it any additional value.
- Wear Your Attitude (Deccan Herald, SHARBELLE FERNANDEZ, Aug 09, 2006)
Slogans written over T-shirts are often funny, inspiring or, quite simply, outrageous!
- Rakhi Brings Tears Of Joy From Jail Inmates (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Call it the magic of kinship or a touch of homesickness, many a stone heart melted on Tuesday when a group of students from the Ranchi Women’s College tied rakhis around the wrists of inmates languishing at the Birsa Munda Central jail here.
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
- New Role For Moneylenders (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2006)
The initiative to support rural moneylenders with official funds is an acknowledgement that even a successful centralised banking system has its limits.
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- Protect The Student As Consumer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
The National Consumer Disputes and Redressal Commission, the highest authority, established under the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), 1986, has repeatedly held that in disputes regarding academic matters against a university/ Board, or . . .
- Sub-Quota Among Obcs Can’T Be Merged: Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In a significant judgement defining the importance of reservation to the extremely backward among Other Backward Classes (OBCs), the Supreme Court today ruled that a sub-quota fixed by any state to the most disadvantaged sections among them cannot . . .
- Kolkata Has It (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Kolkatans are not reputed for initiative, but German consul G Wehrmann says this is unfair.
- Aids Cases Found Among Indian Forces; Govt Plans Prevention (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
As many as 986 cases of HIV/AIDS have been detected in the Central para-military forces which included the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and others.
- Seminar On India-Us Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Preston University organised a seminar on ‘Indo-US Strategic Relationship’.
- Beefing About Unhygienic, Stale Indian Beef (Daily Times, Zakir Hassnain, Aug 09, 2006)
The sale of unhygienic Indian beef in Peshawar and its adjoining villages is worrying citizens and the government has not taken any step to investigate the issue so far.
- Hello Brother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
On Rakhi, countless dreams are raakh ---- Going by the jokes being circulated through the SMS, Rakhi would seem an apt day for young men to hold 24-hour stag parties in India's towns and cities.
- Search For A New Way (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
Since most hijras end up being stereotyped as cross-dressing men, they end up facing challenges linked with their identity.
- Fill In The Blanks In Quota Debate (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 09, 2006)
The interim report of the Veerappa Moily-headed oversight committee on OBC reservation leaves much unsaid.
- Affirmative Action Is It Ok To Ask Banks To Relook The Interest Hike? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
Government intervention in higher education through reservation has been debated with a keenness that is to be expected of any policy that has redistributive effects.
- Deja Vu On Israel ? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
All Urdu dailies continue to give extensive coverage of the war in west Asia. India’s policy on Israel has got a special mention in many papers.
- Nda Missile, Speaker Ceasefire (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 09, 2006)
With the NDA limiting its boycott of the Lok Sabha to just one day and Speaker Somnath Chatterjee disinclined to dramatically quit over today’s developments, a ‘‘crisis’’ in the Lower House has been averted for the time being.
- You Cannot Kill Ideas With Guns (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Aug 09, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way.
- Govt Walks Path Of Phased Quota (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Aug 09, 2006)
The human resource development ministry is likely to stagger the implementation of 27 per cent OBC quota for institutions that have pleaded their inability to introduce it at one go.
- Portrait Of The Goddess As Sonia (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Aug 09, 2006)
Goddess Durga has descended in Kanpur a full month and a half before she is due. In the avatar of Sonia Gandhi.
A cloth banner with a figure of the goddess as Sonia has been blowin’ in the wind at Phoolbag over the past two days. Full with the . . .
- Govt Drops 25% Quota Clause For Pvt Schools (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Succumbing to pressure from private school managements, the Centre has dropped a crucial clause in the model Right to Education Bill, which would have made it mandatory for unaided schools to reserve 25% seats for the free education of poor . . .
- Terror Leader: 'Nobody Can Hand Me Over To India' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Kashmir issue can never be resolved through talks, believes Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorist group, and chairman of the Jihad Council, an umbrella outfit comprising over a dozen Kashmiri terrorist groups.
- Sri Lanka Needs A New Peace Process (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 09, 2006)
"India wants the continuation of Norwegian role in Sri Lanka and even wants the US to get involved, and is saying so, both in private and public."
- Rbi Should Stick To Fine Tuning (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 09, 2006)
The perceptions of the finance minister and the central bank governor appear to be in a classical misalignment. P Chidambaram wants buoyant growth to continue whereas Y V Reddy has signalled higher interest rates so as to rein in incipient inflation.
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