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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 22438:
- West Asia: Use Crisis As An Opportunity (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Aug 09, 2006)
Israel and Palestine can yet find a solution by hypothetically inter-changing their traditional positions, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- 'Inshallah, Kashmir Will Become Part Of Pakistan' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In her first major interview to the mainstream Indian media, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader reveals the Talibanesque mindset of a woman who's known as Malka-ul-Maut (Angel of Death)...
- Treehouse Stay In Dandeli (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We continue our reader-driven getaway series.
- Long-Term Addicts Go For Injectable Drugs (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Aug 09, 2006)
NGOs urged to take up awareness programmes in schools, colleges
- Distress Compounded (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
A comprehensive study of the socio-economic impact of HIV and AIDS in six high prevalence Indian States has yielded compelling data.
- India Makes It To Final Microsoft 12 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
India has made it to the final 12 in the software design round of Microsoft Imagine Cup India 06. India’s entry is from Team Sonique comprising Deepak Jagdish, Mohit Gupta, Rahul Sawhney and Shreyas Nangia.
- Pm, Sonia Talk Nuke Deal, Quota With Allies (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Beset by a host of problems and against the background of the political storm over the Pathak report, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi held consultations with leaders of different constituents of the UPA on Tuesday.
- Let’S Not Treat Students As Guinea Pigs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Education has always been a happy hunting-ground for politicians. After coming to power, the first thing a party does is mould the education system in the way it thinks fit.
- Ultrasound (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests. But researchers say the findings, in mice, should not discourage pregnant women from having ultrasound scans for medical reasons.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In India; 150 Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwater inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Women’S Empowerment (Daily Times, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 09, 2006)
Administering a well-deserved rap on the knuckles to Pakistan, civil society groups attending a UN meeting in New York last month accused the country of “opposing the empowerment of girls in birth control and marital relations”.
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- Israel Threatens To Extend Offensive (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Hezbollah fighters and Israeli ground troops were battling in south Lebanon as diplomats bickered at the United Nations over moves to end four weeks of bloodshed and destruction.
- 700 Foreign Students In Seminaries Without Noc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The government has decided to expel all foreign students staying in Pakistan without no-objection certificates from their own countries, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said on Tuesday.
- Indian Health Groups Welcome New Rural Hiv Push (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Aug 09, 2006)
Indian health groups welcomed a government plan on Tuesday to involve tens of thousands of rural politicians in the fight against an HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has made deep inroads in the countryside.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In Indian Cities, 200 Killed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Merging Quota Of Two Classes Not Possible: Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court, which recently took up for hearing a PIL questioning the 27% quota for OBCs in higher education in government institutions, on Tuesday frowned upon the idea of merging the quotas meant for extremely backward classes (EBCs) and . . .
- Master's Course In International Business To Be Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The self-financing course will start from 2006-07
- Intelligent Living (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Aug 08, 2006)
Discovering Love, Successful Living: Rs. 225. The above books are authored by Swami Dayananda Saraswati and published by Arsha Vidya Centre, 32/4, `Srinidhi' Apartments, III Floor, Sir Desika Road, Mylapore, Chennai-600004.
- Chhattisgarh Bans Soft Drinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Chhattisgarh Government on Monday banned use of soft drinks in all Government organisations of the State, including schools, colleges and State Secretariat.
- The Continuing Neglect Of Schools (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 08, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of the nation that nearly 42,000 state-run schools still function without buildings of their own, while over one lakh schools have only one classroom. Basic amenities continue to be inadequate in most schools.
- Government Keen On Promoting Tamil Literature: Rangasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Unveils statue of poet Vaanidhasan in Bharathi Park
- The Buddha Of The Fast Lane (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Aug 08, 2006)
Six months is an extraordinarily long time in politics. On January 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had held US President George W. Bush guilty of the world’s “worst organised murder” during a massive election rally at . . .
- Ban And Beyond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
Enacting a law is not enough, it needs to be implemented.
- 'India Should Support Free Trade In Services' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 08, 2006)
Atul Vashishtha is CEO of management consulting firm neoIT, which specialises in advising companies on outsourcing to emerging markets. He has been chosen by Consulting Magazine as one of the industry's 'top 25 most influential consultants 2006'.
- Young Ny Singer Builds Big Following With Web Exposure (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 08, 2006)
Inside a disheveled Long Island beach cottage on a muggy summer day, Jamie Kristine Seerman sings into a microphone, strumming a battered guitar, recording on a computer a song that she hopes will be a hit.
- Shrc Bans Coca Cola And Pepsico On Campuses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has given an interim order banning Coca Cola and Pepsico drinks in all educational institutions, both private and Government.
- Motorbike Expedition Launched Ncc Expedition Flagged Off (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The rally aims to spread awareness about AIDS
- Crop Diversification Vital For Distress Alleviation (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Aug 08, 2006)
Since the submission of the report on restructuring of agricultural production patterns for productivity and growth in Punjab in 2002, some hard-boiled opponents of diversification are putting forth arguments that are not tenable in any respect.
- New Sri Lanka Refugees Shelter Under Sheets, Carts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Overflowing from desperately crowded temporary camps, hundreds of displaced Sri Lankan Muslims hide from the baking sun in the shade of bullock carts, walls and plastic sheeting.
- Supreme Court Issues Notice To Private College Managements (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Aug 08, 2006)
Says no approval for admissions if their entrance test is found not fair
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
Mehta’s book has the silent intrusiveness, the busyness and ubiquity, the voraciousness of a book of pictures, as well as the largesse that prose gives. But Mehta doesn’t stand at the crossroads in which Singh found himself when confronted with . . .
- Legislation On Reservation For Christians, Muslims Coming (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Plan to provide quota in all educational institutions and employment
- Devi Shetty (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 08, 2006)
He has already built four of the country's largest heart hospitals, but wants to do three more, all to cut costs.
- Niranjanananda Puri Is New Head Of Kanaka Peetha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
He succeeds Beerendra Keshava Tarakananda Puri Swamiji
- American Hot Dogs In India, As Popular As Outsourcing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Hot dogs, the American street food has started giving hunger pangs to many a young Indian, as food experts say "they gel well with the BPO and mall culture".
- Unadulterated Lies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
'The attendant propaganda -the abuse of language and eternal hypocrisy - has reached its nadir in recent weeks,' says John Pilger of the undiluted lies discharged daily by the western media since the beginning of the Lebanon crisis.
- Scripted Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
If information is power, then the custodians of the Indian democracy are still deeply unsure about how much of both is good for its citizens.
- Groundwater Not The Culprit (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 08, 2006)
The cola companies are taking the consumers for a ride in developing countries, giving false excuses.
- Dmk's Tantrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2006)
Spare the nation regional politics ---- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi's peremptory demand, conveyed through a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, that there should be immediate and . . .
- Pakistan Hopes Spy Row Won't Hurt India Peace Talks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan said on Monday a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Islamabad and New Delhi at the weekend should not derail a delicate peace process between South Asia's nuclear-armed rivals.
- Put Ngos Under Rti Scalpel (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 08, 2006)
The $50,000 Magsaysay Award was recently conferred upon Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer campaigning for the Right to Information (RTI).
- Ltte Supporters Will Face The Music, Warns Karunanidhi (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 08, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday warned that any one backing outlawed organisations like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would have to face the legal consequences.
- Subir Raha Shortlisted For Energy Executive Award (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Former CMD of ONGC Subir Raha has been shortlisted for the prestigious ' Energy Executive of the Year' Award, instituted by the London based renowned energy journal- Petroleum Economist.
- Keep Unaided Institutions Out Of Obc Quota Bill, Pm Tells Arjun (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said to have asked H R D Minister Arjun Singh to exclude “unaided educational institutions” from the proposed 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in higher education. And incorporate in the Bill a . . .
- Arnie’S Dream Ticket For Re-Election (Deccan Herald, Dan Glaister, Aug 08, 2006)
Arnie, it seems, has friends in high places. Some leading Hollywood liberals – the mythic entity said to prowl the hills of Los Angeles dispensing money and influence – are siding with the Republican governor.....
- Classroom Theatrics (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
The tables have turned. There was a time when students clamoured to woo schools, principals and the trusts which governed these haloed portals of learning, and teachers commanded respect and attention, even if it was sometimes grudging.
- War Of The Little Comrades (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 08, 2006)
Left's petty politics spares none; in Kerala, VS Achuthanandan is being targeted on the issue of self-financing colleges, endangering careers of students ----
- Ideology And Confusion (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Aug 08, 2006)
Hinduism and India’s cultural heritage now have to contend with two major adversaries, apart from its traditional enemies such as the Islamic warriors and Christian missionaries.
- Karnataka Government Likely To Ban Pepsi, Cola In Schools (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Close on the heels of states like Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat banning sale of soft drinks in the premises of educational institutions, the state government in Karnataka is also contemplating to ban sale of Pepsi and Coca Cola in schools.
- Woman And Child As Merchandise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
Biswajit Ghosh and Ananda Mohan Kar
The problem of trafficking against women and children in India is now an important social issue. It refers to the movement of men, women and children from one place to another through force, coercion or . . .
- Indo-Pak 'Peace Meeting' In Lahore Put Off (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak "peace conference" that was to begin in Lahore today was put off due to the Pakistan government's reluctance to grant visas for 182 Indian delegates, including Magsaysay winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, . . .
- Hec Needs Sound Financial Backing (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that higher education is essential for the nation’s future development and lauded the services of Dr Attaur Rehman, chairman of the Higher Education Commission to focus the significance of higher education . . .
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Quality And Price — The Basic Factors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
An action plan to reduce the cost of doing business is stated to have been finalised by the ministry of industries and production, something urgently needed to make the economy globally competitive.
- A Congress Mole In The Bjp? (OutLook, Salman Khurshid, Aug 07, 2006)
Jaswant Singh seems to have had the better of the call of BJP culture but gaps remain in his tell-all
- A Bit Of Galbraith And A Vision In 4-D (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The PM's press advisor advocates a marriage between economic and foreign policy, but is anyone listening?
- India: Looking Back And Forward (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
I came to India four years ago at an exciting time in India’s recent history. Change was palpable and a new sense of confidence was in the air.
- The Good Side Of Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 07, 2006)
We have had nine normal monsoons in a row. People of the country are happy. This fortunate circumstance owes itself partly to the rise in temperature of the earth due to global warming.
- The Precedence Principle (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, Aug 07, 2006)
There is a law in economic policy-making. For every silly policy, there is a precedence somewhere in the world. Indians should be flattered that the Indian Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) of 1955 is being cited by the Philippines and Malaysia, in an . . .
- Citizen Narain (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
Life’s been quite a whirl for Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director Sunita Narain ever since she unveiled CSE’s second set of tests that showed the country’s soft drinks industry hadn’t improved its act over the past three years with . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace Moot Put Off (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak peace conference that was to begin in Lahore on Sunday was put off due to the Pakistani government’s refusal to grant visas to 182 Indian delegates including Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, . .
- Welcome, The Old World Order (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 07, 2006)
It is ironic that even the leaders who call for the new world order and who, one would think, have the power to make it happen, are complicit in perpetuating the old world. From the various pulls and pressures around the world, mainly by the US and . ..
- ‘Weapon Of Politics’ (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Aug 07, 2006)
"If politicians would allow us, we could write ‘Indian’ instead of whatever caste we come from. But will they let us? Abandoning a caste-based life does not suit many."
- Justice’S New Phase (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
What The Sunday Express found out via a right to information application the government surely knew already—that extra quotas in higher education would be less problematic, both from the point of view of interest group conflicts and perhaps also . . .
- Why Are Well-Off Children Unhappy? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Parental pressure to succeed has created a lost generation, warns a controversial new book that is taking the US by storm.
- On Obc Quota, Dmk Sends Pm A Clear Message: Do It Now, And No Dilution (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tries to evolve a consensus on reservation for OBCs, partner DMK has made clear to him that quota should not be “diluted in any manner”.
- The Changing Face Of Indian Banking (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 07, 2006)
Bank CEOs are well aware that `clicks' cannot replace bricks completely. Even in the age of computerisation and core banking solutions, there is need for bankers to know their customers and be sensitive to their needs.
- Tit-For-Tat Pantomime That No One Buys (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 07, 2006)
Pakistan has declared counsellor Deepak Kaul at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad persona non grata and asked him to leave Pakistan within 48 hours.
- Indo-Pak ‘Peace Meeting’ Put Off (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak "peace conference" that was to begin in Lahore today was put off due to the Pakistan Government's reluctance to grant visas for 182 Indian delegates, including Magsaysay winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan . . .
- Govt That Dithers (Times of India, D Raja, Aug 07, 2006)
The UPA government has displayed an abject lack of political will in implementing crucial policies. Take the issue of reserving 27 per cent seats in educational institutions for other backward castes (OBCs).
- China Increases Pressure On Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Beijing – China’s Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s.
- Rhetoric, Atomised (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
Parliament this week, like last week, is likely to see plenty of “nationalist” criticism of the India-US nuclear deal. In the US, as the nuclear bill goes to the Senate, “nonproliferation” advocates are talking it down again.
- Lands And Ways Of Life (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Aug 07, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Second, how far should the government indulge itself in the act of acquiring land, by force if necessary, from farmers and hand them over to profit-maximizing investors?
- Indian Academy Of Paediatrics Launches Website (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Kochi branch has put up a website www.iapcochin.net.tf to educate all mothers and those taking care of babies and children.
- Save The Children (Tribune, Kim Sengupta, Aug 07, 2006)
A huge number of the victims of Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon – the dead, the maimed and the dispossessed – are children.
- Sustainable Growth (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 07, 2006)
Suicide deaths, growing indebtedness, wheat imports and stagnant food production coupled with declining crop productivity signal a farm crisis that can no longer be ignored.
- Dmk, Aiadmk `War' Over Farmers' Security Scheme Intensifies (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Aug 07, 2006)
AIADMK activists hold protest meetings throughout the State
DMK, some farmers' associations term the AIADMK protest `political stunt'
"AIADMK opposed move to revive farm labourers board with an eye on polls"
DMK, some farmers' associations . . .
- Board For Youth Development Will Be Set Up: Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Over 30 youth from across the State participate in `Hello CM' programme
- What We Still Don't Understand About Hizbollah (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
A terrorism expert, who has studied 462 suicide bombings, says such acts have little to do with religious extremism and that the West must engage politically to halt the slaughter.
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