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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 22438:
- Rajasthan Government Preparing New Human Development Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
To facilitate planning for improving the standard of life of people
- A Ban That Was Overdue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
The Government of India has announced a ban on the employment of children as domestic workers and as workers in restaurants, dhabas, hotels, spas and resorts effective from October 10 this year.
- Improving Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
The focus of the recently released, India-specific, World Bank's Development Policy Review, is seen in its title "Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: building on India's success."
- Stop Talking, Implement Quota: Mk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put a full stop to irrational debates over the implementation of reservation for OBCs, DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has demanded that quotas should not be “diluted in any manner”.
- Pm, Sonia Woo Lalu & Paswan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are both banking heavily on railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan to dilute and fragment the 27 per cent reservation for the OBCs in educational institutions.
- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh Ban Soft Drinks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh on Sunday banned the sale of aerated drinks following reports that they had pesticide residues.
- Kerala Education Act: A Model For The Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Consensus in matters such as education is desirable, but not always possible. That, however, should not impede society from advancing towards social justice and equality. The government's duty is to pave the way for it.
- Google Expertise For Aravind Hospital (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Aug 07, 2006)
The role of Information Technology (IT) in eye care management is set to scale new heights with global IT major, Google, offering to provide its expertise to Aravind Eye Hospital.
- Impact On Growth (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 07, 2006)
The FM’s moves seem as if the government wants to regain control over banks. But his advice to banks is right.
- Focus On Colonial Legacy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Centre is considering a proposal to showcase the heritage sites along the 47-km stretch on the western bank of the Hooghly, from Calcutta to Bandel, to attract foreign tourists.
- The Challenges Posed By Polio (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Aug 07, 2006)
Lessons from past failures must guide planners to move in the right direction.
- ‘A Very Noble Concept’ (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Aug 07, 2006)
"A casteless society is where no single group feels superior to another.Why should anybody, who does not belong to any of the reservation categories, have to mention his caste?"
- Drop Them A Quicker Lifeline (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Aug 07, 2006)
Government cannot wash its hands of the various child welfare schemes by merely framing a law against child labour, says Ahtesham Qureshy.
- Colas And Farmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Soft drinks in face of hard truths ---- For the second time in three years, a Delhi-based environmental NGO has tested samples of popular colas and found them contaminated by pesticides at levels that are deemed dangerous for human consumption.
- Karunanidhi Writes To Manmohan: Quota Should Not Be 'Diluted' (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 07, 2006)
Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is engaged in evolving consensus on the quota for OBCs, the DMK has demanded that the reservations should not be ‘‘diluted in any manner’’.
- Independence Day Celebrations (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said the district government has finalised arrangements to celebrate Independence Day on August 14 with national enthusiasm and traditional fervor.
- The Global Battle For Ideas Cannot Be Fought With Guns (Guardian (UK), Jackie Ashley , Aug 07, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way
- Quota Panel Lists Out Faculty Needs (Deccan Herald, Shruba Mukherjee , Aug 06, 2006)
The interim report of the Oversight Committee on reservation has recommended that elite institutes be granted autonomy for recruiting and fixing the remuneration packages of teachers.
- Indian Gang Strikes Terror In Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Stone walls do not a prison make, especially if they harbour Bihar’s notorious gang lords.
- Defence Projects: Land Acquisition ‘Shoddy’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Absence of a law on land acquisition and the resulting shoddy way of obtaining land for defence projects has attracted the wrath of a Parliamentary panel.
- Upa Accused Of Dumping Proposal For 6 New Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today accused the Congress-led UPA of putting to cold storage the proposal of the previous NDA government for opening six new AIIMS and upgradation of six existing hospitals to the level of AIIMS.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Rushdie Vs Greer, Standing Room Only (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
It began as a territorial dispute between a low-budget film production company and a group of Bengali traders determined, they said, to protect the reputation of the community living in Britain’s best-known Asian street.
- Cat 2006: Mark These Changes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The new eligibility criteria for the common admission test (CAT) for entry into IIMs has created confusion among aspirants across the country, prompting the CAT group to issue a note to clear the doubts.
- Bjp Ministers ‘Examined' On Six-Month Performance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The progress reports of 16 BJP ministers in the State cabinet were assessed by Central leaders and BJP State unit President D V Sadananda Gowda on day-one of the camp, held at a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore.
- Infosys Chief To Develop It (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
To the majority across India, Assam and the Seven Sisters represent a vast reservoir of wasted, troubled talent.
- The Green Revolution : Soils Being Depleted (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
Is the green revolution depleting the very soil on which the high yielding varieties of seeds are planted?
- China's Super-Competitive Monks Learn New Skills (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Piety and a knowledge of Buddhist scriptures used to qualify one to be a Chinese monk. Now, add computer skills, foreign language ability and a degree in financial management.
- Quota Move May See 54% Seat Expansion: Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, set up to prepare a roadmap for reservations for OBCs in elite educational institutions, has projected an additional student intake of 80,557 with a 54 per cent capacity expansion of seats to implement the new quota.
- Bring Bill On Nri Voting: Parliamentary Panel (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
To help non-resident Indians (NRIs) participate in the democratic process, a parliamentary panel has favoured a comprehensive bill to clear ambiguities in issues like enrollment of NRIs, mode of casting votes and norms for contesting elections . . .
- Pak Asks Un, Us To Help On Evidence Against Extremists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Pakistan has sought the help of United Nations and the United States to provide ‘‘incriminating evidence’’ against its banned religious extremists groups to expedite prosecution of members of these outfits.
- A Lesser Known Mahatma Gandhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The book demythologises Gandhi and records the gradual emergence of his ideology as he came in contact with great thinkers of the day.
- I Don’T Recall Giving Letter To Natwar’S Son: Pathak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Justice R S Pathak, who indicted former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and son Jagat for writing letters to Iraqi authorities for giving oil contracts to people close to them, today said he did not remember whether he had given a letter . . .
- Children Protest Against Israel Killings In Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Hundreds of schoolchildren under the banner of ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ and the Global March Against Child Labour today joined a protest march against the killing of innocent children, women and old persons by Israel in Lebanon.
- Don’T Dilute Rti Act, Please (Tribune, Virendra Kumar, Aug 06, 2006)
The Union Cabinet’s approval of an amendment to the Right to Information Act, 2005, which debars the notings of bureaucrats and Cabinet notings from the domain of citizens requires to be considered with circumspection. It bears, in our view, some . . .
- Social Activist And Environmentalist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 06, 2006)
Pepsi and Coca Cola executives call her gusty, one who makes much noise. Her critics say she is moody, temperamental and a “bad boss” to work with.
- Quota For Undeserving? Here's A Reality Check (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The quota debate is often presented as a conflict between equity versus excellence. The chorus of the anti-quota protests: get in more OBCs, SC/ST’s, you dilute the standards of an institution since they are “undeserving.” The facts, however, aren’t . . .
- Nurses’ Grievances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
That there is one nurse for every 35 patients in the country highlights just how pitiful the public healthcare facilities are.
- A Stranger In My Land (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 06, 2006)
The colour of my skin has become a problem in the country I live in. No, I am not living in a Black ghetto in the US, nor am I a non-white in France. I don’t have anything to do with South Africa, the country wanting to forget its racial past.
- Cliches At 22 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Terrorist, John Updike’s new novel, is set in a declining factory town in New Jersey ironically named New Prospect.
- Sun Shines On Hill Towns, Thanks To Delhi (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
If you thought Infosys founder NR Narayanamurthy’s driver is India’s only millionaire chauffeur, here’s a surprise. “My driver is a million- aire too,” chuckles Arun Rawat, owner of Kanha Biogenetics, a tiny drug making unit in Baddi, a small town . . .
- Left In A Cleft In Kerala (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Aug 06, 2006)
The Kerala unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M), is used to organising protests. Unlike in West Bengal, the CPI(M) in Kerala has not been able to retain power continuously.
- The Fight Against Talibanisation (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 06, 2006)
According to an agreement signed the other day in Islamabad, the US government has pledged $3.5 million to the government of Pakistan to help it, as mentioned in one report, fight growing Talibanisation, especially in the settled districts of NWFP . . .
- Norway Envoy Reaches Colombo For Fresh Peace Bid; Clashes On (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
A Norwegian envoy arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday to try to prevent a resumption of full-scale civil war after a sharp escalation in clashes between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2006)
The intention behind the government’s decision to ban employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants, and as helpers in the unorganised part of the hospitality industry, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) . . .
- Centre Tilting Towards U.S.: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
'Not keeping to an independent foreign policy line as spelt out in the CMP'
- Pathak Rubbishes Bias Charge (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 06, 2006)
Justice R S Pathak on Saturday brushed aside Opposition's allegation that former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh was made a "scapegoat" and the Congress Party exonerated without being heard by him.
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Like Suketu Mehta, I was born in Calcutta, a city in extremis, in Mehta’s words, and, like him, grew up in Bombay.
- Israel: Time Running Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Time is running out for Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon following the completion of a draft UN Security Council resolution on a cessation of hostilities, an Israeli cabinet minister said today.
- Vocational Training (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 06, 2006)
One of the favourite remarks by the prime minister in various gatherings has been that in Pakistan it is easier to secure the services of a computer engineer than it is to engage a plumber or electrician.
- It Majors On Talent Hunt In Tier-Ii Cities (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Aug 06, 2006)
After the metros, it is now the Tier-II cities. Information Technology (IT) majors have started targeting campuses of various engineering colleges in Salem and Namakkal districts to source raw talents that are available in plenty here.
- Besieged Valley (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Aug 06, 2006)
According to official records, a constant number of 1,500-2,000 terrorists is active in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Infosys Assurance To Guwahati Iit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Chairman and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy on Saturday promised to consider including the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, in the company's "Campus Connect" programme.
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 05, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- Pgi Seeks Rs. 100 Crores Additional Central Grant For New Facilities (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Aug 05, 2006)
PGI Director K.K.Talwar is hopeful that the amount will be released shortly
- Africans Take Christianity Back To Secular West (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Western missionaries took Christianity to Africa in the 1800s. Now Kenyan minister Patrick Mukholi is bringing it back.
- The Taliban’S War On Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 05, 2006)
The international community must establish a secure environment for Afghanistan’s teachers, who are risk everything to educate their children.
- 'A Shocking, Crude Attempt' (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 05, 2006)
Asma Jehangir incident leaves a bad taste
- Mohan Kanda To Deliver Memorial Lecture On Rural Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Cultural programmes will also be held
- It’S A Gold Medal For Private Managements! (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 05, 2006)
Ever since the Supreme Court judgement in the TMA Pai Foundation case in 2002, overturning the famous Unnikrishnan’s case, the managements of private professional colleges have had a field day in turning these institutions into money-spinning ventures.
- Lending Her Voice (Deccan Herald, L Subramani , Aug 05, 2006)
Some voices in life are simply unforgettable, and when they read out poetry.
- Nature’S Solution For Water Needs (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
The most important event of the year in our national calendar is the advent of the summer monsoon. It takes place sometime between the last week of May and the first week of June.
- Now, State Plans A Bangalorenano (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
In a bid to tap and showcase the new and emerging nano technologies, the State government is now planning to host BangaloreNano soon.
- North Karnataka Rejoices With Pooja For Hc Bench (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
People of north Karnataka rejoiced with gay abandon on Friday as they took a step towards realising their dream – a circuit bench of the High Court in Dharwad to serve Mumbai-Karnataka, and in Gulbarga, to cater to Hyderabad-Karnataka region.
- Civilian Toll Rises, 40,000 Trapped In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
Aid agencies appeal for humanitarian corridor
- Happiness Indices Must Be Discounted (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
A recent study that has received global attention seems to conclude that money can buy happiness and probably falls short of asking: “Does happiness buy money at all?”
- American Claims And Questions Of Fact (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 05, 2006)
Are the United States' claims that Pakistan is serious about fighting jihadi terrorism directed at India plausible?
- Why Mumbai Escaped A Flare-Up (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 05, 2006)
To deal with alienation post-7/11, civil society and the state have to come together as they did post-1992-93.
- Left In A Cleft In Kerala (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Aug 05, 2006)
The Kerala unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M), is used to organising protests.
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 05, 2006)
The intention behind the government’s decision to ban employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants, and as helpers in the unorganised part of the hospitality industry, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) . . .
- Reform Needs Unreserved Support (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 05, 2006)
The Government must aim to raise the foundations, not bring down the ceiling through a quota regime.
- Corporate Social Conscience (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 05, 2006)
Money spent for being known as a good corporate citizen cannot be regarded as being wholly outside the ambit of the business concerns of the company.
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- Let Mercy Be Your Mosque, Faith Your Prayer-Mat (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A report that is `37 minutes' old in Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa, speaks of, " `One of the worst days' in Lebanon.
- Those Who Vanished (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 05, 2006)
The government rightly came under some severe criticism in the Senate on Thursday when opposition members spoke on the worrying number of citizens who have disappeared in recent weeks.
- War Of Media Deception (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 05, 2006)
Here are some interesting points raised this week by a leading commentator and published in a respected daily newspaper: "The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embeds his soldiers in Israeli communities, next to schools, beside hospitals, close to . . .
- Is A People's Army Feasible? (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 05, 2006)
We have a genius for belittling great ideas, noble concepts and inspiring events. We give the sacred name of jihad to a campaign to eliminate those who don't agree with us. Political workers travelling by bus from Rawalpindi to Islamabad to hold . . .
- A Garrison State (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
This history of the Pentagon traces the story of how the United States became besotted with military power.
- Nehru's Legacy In Foreign Affairs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
The volume contains material that throws light on the culture of prevarication that has marked the handling of foreign affairs.
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