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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 22438:
- Eating Cues From Surroundings: Study (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
How much candy is enough? It depends on how big the candy scoop is. At least that is a key factor, says a study that offers new evidence that people take cues from their surroundings in deciding how much to eat.
- China’S Israel Arms (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 01, 2006)
Prakash Karat, the General Secretary of the CPI(M), has seized upon the current Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon to target New Delhi’s defence relationship with Tel Aviv.
- Tragic Or Comic? (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Life in India is like a tragicomic farce, where corruption and all the horrors of bad living blend easily with helpless, nervous laughter because there is nothing anyone can do to alleviate wrong and replace it with integrity and dignity.
- Picture Of Indifference And Neglect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
I am in Tamenglong, up in the hills in Manipur. An idyllic setting.
- Heavy Rains Paralyse Karachi, 8 Killed (Pakistan Observer, Amanullah Khan, Aug 01, 2006)
Karachi received heavy rains during last 24 hours disrupting the entire civic life, besides killing 8 people in rain related accidents.
- Nda Misled J&k On Aiims: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) misled the nation during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule over the construction of 12 medical institutes in different parts of the country.
- Handwriting Reveals The Inner You (Hindu, Catherine Quinn, Aug 01, 2006)
Don't neglect your handwriting — it might just be what lands you your next job.
- My Driver's Son (Times of India, Anand Kurian, Aug 01, 2006)
My driver's eldest son is eight years old. That sentence doesn't tell the full story. It is true that he is eight years old and that he is the eldest of the three children in the house but he is not quite my driver's son.
- Princely State (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 01, 2006)
The phrase ‘going down the drain’ has found new meaning in the manner in which the Haryana government has chosen to interpret it.
- Will Judiciary Stem The Rot? (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 01, 2006)
Given the fact that the polity is now hopelessly divided on caste, regional and communal lines resulting in a plethora of political parties, fractured mandates and unprincipled and unviable coalitions, the politics of reservations is only going to . . .
- Our World And Theirs (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 01, 2006)
We can’t live without them, we can’t live with them.
- Women In Uniform (Tribune, G.S. Bedi, Aug 01, 2006)
Women have been inducted into the Indian armed forces since 1992-93 only as short service commissioned officers.
- North Korea’S Missile Men (Tribune, Barbara Demick, Aug 01, 2006)
When North Korea first test-launched a missile capable of reaching Japan, the son of the country’s leader lavished praise and gifts on the researchers who had labored away on the project behind locked doors.
- Hezbollah Breach Resumes Israeli Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Israeli planes hit targets in southern Lebanon today after Hezbollah guerrillas blasted an Israeli tank and injured three Israeli soldiers, breaking a brief respite in 20 days of fighting.
- Education Panacea Of All Evils: Dua (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 01, 2006)
The people of the country seem to have lost the will to assert themselves by consciously choosing to accept the ills plaguing our society. Instead of taking steps to contain corruption and increasing criminalisation in politics, the masses are . . .
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- Movement Of Labour Is Inevitable (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
Sandeep Gopalan, associate professor of law at the Arizona State University, was recently appointed to the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration. The only Indian on the commission, he tells Harsh Kabra that immigration reforms must . . .
- Serial Blasts: Prosecution Counsel Examines Many Witnesses (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Aug 01, 2006)
Says minor discrepancies in deposition of witnesses will not affect case
- Kashmiri Women Lift The Veil In Silent Awakening (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 01, 2006)
Twenty-five-year-old Saima Farhad is a Kashmiri woman who has shunned the veil and set out to discuss dating in a region where cinemas showing Bollywood romances are hard to find and beauty parlours scorned upon.
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- Education For Women: Role Of Open Universities (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
The twentieth century will be known for the movements and consolidation of the agenda of human rights and democracy.
- Karthikeyan Nurtures Indian F1 Dreams (Reuters, N.Ananthanarayanan, Aug 01, 2006)
When Narain Karthikeyan was chasing his dream of joining Formula One's elite, many in India felt he was being over ambitious.
- The Creation Retold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Charles Darwin is perhaps the world’s best known scientist. Every schoolboy knows him as the originator of the theory of evolution.
- Rangasamy Presents Rs. 2, 686-Crore Tax Free Budget (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
Pondicherry to modernise police force, step up coastal security
- Tsunami Godown Opens Doors To The Needy Elsewhere (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Aug 01, 2006)
NGO engaged in sorting, mending and despatching clothing to several Indian States and Pakistan
- Stanley Medical College Doctors To Train Peers In Biomedical Waste . . . (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Aug 01, 2006)
The Dean will be the head for all government medical colleges
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- Masses Will Reject Opposition, Says Musharra (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf came down heavily on the opposition on Monday, saying that they wanted to destabilise the country when it was heading towards stability.
- Trapped In A Web (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
For at least two weeks, I've been feeling a compulsion to write in this column about the crisis in the Middle East.
- ‘We Oppose All Forms Of Terrorism’ (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Aug 01, 2006)
Shahi Badr Falahi was the president of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) when it was banned on September 27, 2001, immediately after the bombing of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.
- What Quota Can’T Yet Construct (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2006)
A recent advertisement depicts a yuppie standing behind his son, aged around 10 looking at him use an Intel PC.
- The Good Life Can’T Be Purchased (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 01, 2006)
The popular idea of happiness as hedonistic is misleading. For happiness is no goal in itself; it is only found in specific ways of life.
- Lashkar Suspect Got Hawala Money Via Saudi: Mumbai Ats (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Mumbai’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), probing the July 11 serial blasts, said today it had seized 37,000 Rials (about Rs 4.6 lakh) sent to Faizal Ataur Rehman Sheikh, whom it calls the chief of Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Mumbai unit, in two installments . . .
- Rude Top-Tens (Deccan Herald, SUJATA RAJPAL, Aug 01, 2006)
Biwi number one, Hero number one, Khiladi number one ... and now we have the rudest number one.
- Not About Us Without Us (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 01, 2006)
Amendments to the Persons With Disability Act must address key issues.
- Tugging At Heartstrings Is Child’S Play, Where’S The Big Picture? (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 01, 2006)
Overnight, he became Prince Charming, transformed from a baby boy into a national icon.
- New Drivers Of Economic Growth (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Aug 01, 2006)
Synthesises today's emerging trends to give an overall perspective of how the global economy works .
- Contours Of Modern Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Terrorism leading to a deterioration of the internal security fabric has been the major security challenge to South Asian states for almost two decades.
- Plan To Plant 15.94 Lakh Saplings Under Social Forest Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Services of different Government departments to be utilised for the purpose
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan to take up responsibility of planting three lakh saplings at various schools
Efforts being made to involve village samakhyas
- Infosys To Invest Rs. 809 Cr. More In Its Mysore Campus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The capacity of the campus will be 13,500 in a single sitting
The total investment on the campus will touch Rs. 1,500 crore
The Global Education Centre will have 10,000 hostel rooms
Infosys recruited 4,000 engineering graduates from the State . . .
- Rich Tributes To Udham Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
As a tribute to the great martyr Shaheed Udham Singh on the 67th anniversary of his martyrdom, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
- The End Of The Road In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
Garbage. Garbage piled on garbage.
- Infy To Invest Rs 700 Cr More In Mysore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
In a major boost to information technology in the Tier-II city of Mysore, IT major Infosys, on Monday, announced an investment of another Rs 700 crore by June 2007 at its Global Education Centre here
- A Night Of Death And Terror In Lebanon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The dead lay in strange shapes. Several had open mouths filled with dirt. Faces were puffy. A man’s arm was extended straight out from his body, his fingers spread.
- Yet, Sonia Defended Them In Parliament, Salman In Courts (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Jul 31, 2006)
It was founded in the year 1977. Not by a religious leader, but by an English-educated academic, Mohammed Ahamadullah Siddiqui.
- Indian Muslims Used As Scapegoats (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jul 31, 2006)
Recent bomb blasts in Mumbai have been widely condemned by numerous Indian Muslim organizations and leaders, but, regrettably, their voice has gone unheard.
- Congo Goes To First Polls In 4 Decades (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
Congo held its first multiparty election in more than four decades today, a colossal democratic exercise many hope will secure an end to years of fighting and corrupt rule that have devastated this gigantic, mineral-rich nation in the heart of Africa.
- Unflinching Faith (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Human birth is portrayed in the scriptures as the acme of evolution. Among the mass of humanity only some develop ardent longing for liberation while the majority fritter away this opportunity to attain liberation.
- Let Us Build More Infys: Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday exhorted youth to convert the country into a global hub of knowledge and expressed hope that every person will be a “knowledge worker” in the next couple of years.....
- Indo-Jap Experts Probe ‘Tea’ Question (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jul 31, 2006)
Well, it’s a question that could unleash a storm in the teacup. While some ‘chai’ connoisseurs are crazy about the strong Assam Tea, others prefer the famous muscatel flavour of the lighter Darjeeling.
- Polyglot Nation (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 31, 2006)
English not only remains a passport to jobs and privilege in India, it's becoming still more so in an era of globalisation and services exports.
- Wall Of Ash-Dumping Ground Of Fertilizer Plant Washed Away (Tribune, Kiran Deep, Jul 31, 2006)
Ash dumping ground of NFL Naya Nangal spread on several acres between Vibhor Sahib Gurdwara and NFL guest-house, near Nangal lake poses a major threat to environment as a major portion of wall erected to prevent flow of ash into the lake was washed . . .
- Congress Will Lose Badly In Assembly Poll, Claims Badal (Tribune, Kiran Deep, Jul 31, 2006)
Ash dumping ground of NFL Naya Nangal spread on several acres between Vibhor Sahib Gurdwara and NFL guest-house, near Nangal lake poses a major threat to environment as a major portion of wall erected to prevent flow of ash into the lake was washed . . .
- Reforms Helped Infosys Become A Giant: Murthy (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jul 31, 2006)
Infosys chief N.R. Narayana Murthy said today the 1991 economic reforms had paved the way for establishment of Infosys as a global company.
- Quota Issue: Pm Faces Tightrope Walk (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faces a tightrope walk on the OBC quota issue in the wake of Moily committee's wide ranging recommendations obliquely suggesting a staggered implementation of reservation in higher educational institutions.
- N-Deal: Detractors Target Iran Links (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 31, 2006)
Three US lawmakers have demanded that the State Department investigate why officials delayed a report on two Indian companies accused of selling missile spare parts to Iran.
- Seating Ducks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The Veerappa Moily Oversight Committee’s recommendations in its interim report are, at the very least, ambitious.
- Earth-Shaking Developments (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 31, 2006)
Are we any closer to predicting earthquakes? Seismologists must be asking this question after Nature published the results of a study last week, by researchers in the University of Tokyo and Stanford University, that suggest that they may have found . . .
- Search Still On For Missing Jadavpur University Student (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
One of the five students of the team of trekkers from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, which had gone on an expedition to the Ayodhya Hills in Purulia district on July 27, remained untraced till Sunday evening.
- Pardon Plea For ‘Stupid’ Sulabh (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Jul 31, 2006)
Almost the entire township of Ashoknagar came out on the streets yesterday to seek pardon from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for local boy Sulabh Goyal.
- Hooda Announces Free Education For ``Brave Child Of Haryana'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Those who helped rescue Prince to be rewarded
- Pointless Fears (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2006)
It is not surprising that apprehensions about the United States of America continue to inform sections of public opinion in India, even while bilateral relations are getting better.
- No Entry For Nafisas & Nasirs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Working with one of the country’s top news channels, Nafisa Islam thought she knew her city. But nothing in her professional experience had prepared her for the prospective landlord’s reaction.
- Assam Obc Association Meets Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Seeks exemption for Assam from creamy layer criteria;extension of quota in judicial services Ashok Bhan holds separate meetings with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Shah
- ‘Risks Covered Up’ (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2006)
‘GM food risks include unexpected food allergies, toxins in food, hastening the spread of antibiotic-resistant disease. Science has been been made subservient to corporate interests.’
- Replicate Success Of Infosys In Other Areas: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
IT firm staff asked to emulate Narayana Murthy
Infosys chairman Narayana Murthy hits out at critics of liberalisation
He cites the company as a shining example of the success of economic reforms
- Light In Cm Yard, Darkness Next Door (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jul 31, 2006)
With its two glittering stadiums, airport, an institute of medical sciences and a post-graduate college, Sefai’s success story should have been a beacon of hope for every heartland hamlet.
- Quota Business: India Inc Not Interested (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Even as the India Inc released its report on ‘affirmative action for social equity in the work place,’ it emphasised private sector could at best be part of the solution and could not build an egalitarian society on its own.
- Smash And Grab (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
Reds eye Kerala private colleges ---- The interim order passed by the Kerala High Court, upholding the earlier order of a single judge allowing private self-financing professional colleges of the State to regulate admissions and fee structure . . .
- Infosys Staff To Get Jubilee Bonanza (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jul 31, 2006)
Create jobs, compete with the best to fight poverty, says Murthy
- For Affirmative Action (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2006)
The J.J. Irani Committee report on affirmative action in the private sector, which was presented to the Prime Minister on Friday, is significant for various reasons.
- How To Be Leaderless, Indian Style! (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jul 31, 2006)
The maturity of any developed organisation or society is definitely seen in its capacity for self-regulation.
- 'Respect Your Enemy Strategically ....' (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 31, 2006)
but despise him tactically". Be cautious in planning the strategy, but implement it without second thoughts.
- Experts Vouch For Public Health Corps (Deccan Herald, Kavitha Kushalappa, Jul 30, 2006)
Will the recently set up Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) eventually lead up to the revival of the erstwhile Indian Medical Service cadre on the lines of the IAS or IPS? Community Health experts are hoping that it shall be so.
- Know India Better (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Know India Better; Published by One India One People Foundation, Mumbai, R.s 2500.
- Music Of The Gods (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 30, 2006)
An anecdotal history of an art form that has perhaps not got its due from historians and writers alike.
- Business Sense (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
With the CII task force presenting its report on quotas in the private sector and general official feelers being given out that legislating for reservations in industry is not an active option, there’s no reason for the ill-tempered and . . .
- Make The World Safe For Diversity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2006)
A FEW weeks ago (The Hindu, July 2) I wrote of attending the Ideas Festival of the Aspen Institute in Colorado.
- Bu’S Msc Course In Molecular Biology, Life Sciences (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Bangalore University (BU) will start two new post-graduate courses -- MSc (molecular biology) and MSc (life sciences) -- in addition to a post-graduate course in electronic media from this academic year.
- Capitalist Mind, Socialist Heart (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
A freewheeling chat with N.R. Narayana Murthy about his company and life after Infosys.
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