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Articles 8521 through 8620 of 22438:
- State Of Girls’ Schools (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
THERE is nothing surprising about the fact that the Unicef-funded informal girls’ schools in Swabi in the NWFP are barely functional; what with . . .
- Reservations: Let Down By Weak Data (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, May 18, 2006)
The Government's move to introduce reservation in the private sector may have the lofty aim of enhancing social justice. But it is unfortunate that policy formulations with such far-reaching implications are to be based on such a meagre and suspect . . .
- U.S. To Propose Treaty On Nuclear Fuel Production (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 18, 2006)
The United States, trying to boost an imperiled nuclear deal with India, this week plans to introduce a draft international treaty to halt production of fissile material for nuclear weapons, administration officials said.
- Panel Says "Netaji" Dead, Mystery Alive (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It is one of the enduring mysteries of India's freedom struggle, but a long awaited report on the fate of charismatic leader Subhas Chandra Bose has failed to solve the riddle of his disappearance more than 60 years ago.
- Why Play Down India's Growth Rate? (Daily Excelsior, M.N. Minocha, May 18, 2006)
At current prices, the latest national accounts figures (provi-sional) we have, courtesy Central Statistical Organisation, are for Q1 (April-June) of 2006-07.
- Blackboard Bungle (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 18, 2006)
Sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease.
- The Doctor Needs A Shot In The Arm (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 18, 2006)
With the Government about to complete two years in office, the jubilation is missing.
- Science Completes Book Of Life I (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Scientists have reached a landmark point in one of the world’s most important scientific projects by sequencing the last chromosome in the Human Genome, the so-called “book of life”.
- Pm Takes Shelter Behind Quota Panel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
When in trouble, form a committee. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has bought time on the reservation row through this time-tested method by constituting what is known as a GoM, group of ministers.
- Govt’S Quota Package To Unfold Over Three Years (Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, May 18, 2006)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday amid indications that the government was contemplating a three-year time frame for graduated implementation of the proposed quota system in central institutes and private . . .
- Ministers Panel To Study Quota Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It will take into account the interests of all sections
Arjun Singh reiterates Government's commitment to reservation
Says there is no difference of opinion on the issue
- Protect Culture Of Tamil Nadu: Uma Bharti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Religious conversion high in the State
- Left Front Ministry To Be Sworn In Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Seventeen new faces inducted
33 Ministers have Cabinet rank
More than 1/3rd of ministry comprises new faces
Self Help Group and Self Employment is new department
- Quota Must Benefit The Poor: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Seeks law to man educational institutions
- Notice To 600 Striking Doctors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
They have been given 24 hours to reply
Advertisements for fresh recruitments in a couple of days
Mandatory one-month notice waived
Action follows PIL petition in High Court
- Q&a: 'To Be A Good Charity Is To Be Sustainable' (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, May 18, 2006)
From being in the travel business to philanthropy, that's the trajectory of Christel DeHaan's life.
- Towards A Dialogue Of Religions (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 18, 2006)
Samuel Huntington in his classic "The Clash of Civilisations and the remarking of The World Order" relates with great clarity that . . .
- Quota From This Academic Session Unlikely (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The implementation of reservation in higher education from this academic session appears unlikely with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today constituting a four-member ministerial team to study the issue as nationwide protests on the issue . . .
- Karunanidhi: Quotas Must For Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday said reservation in education and jobs for the oppressed classes was a prerequisite for their development.
- A Missing Link In Quota Debate (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , May 18, 2006)
They are usually the loudest crusaders of student causes. And yet if there has been a missing link in the debate surrounding the burning issue of reservation over the past couple of weeks, it has been the near stoic silence of student outfits on . . .
- Mysore An Ideal Destination For Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Mysore started in 1963 is a full-fledged Arts, Science and Commerce college for women affiliated to the University of Mysore.
- Kumaraswamy Rules Out Opening More Varsities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Says the quality of education will be adversely affected
- Manmohan To Inaugurate Urban Renewal Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It will be taken up initially with Rs.100 crores
YSR's initiatives attributed for line-up of projects
Congress activists urged to make Prime Minister's visit a success
Suggestion to submit memo to Manmohan Singh
- Iron Man At The Helm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 17, 2006)
From leader of innumerable agitations to head of government. With the Polit Bureau, the State Secretariat, and the State Committee of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) endorsing him as the next Chief Minister of Kerala, V.S. Achuthanandan needs . . .
- Made In China — Indian Doctors (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 17, 2006)
Hundreds of students from India are now studying medicine in Chinese universities.
- Upgrading Computer Skills (Deccan Herald, AMBIKA ANANTH, May 17, 2006)
Main circuit board of a PC is called 'motherboard', which doesn't mean mothers are good at understanding IT
- Education Reform, A Better Bet Than Quotas (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, May 17, 2006)
It easier to simply mandate a quota and get populist approval than implementing root and branch education reforms in a country the size of India with its complexities.
- No To Quota (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 17, 2006)
The idea of reservations in educational institutions needs to be contested and rejected on principle.
- Tamil University To Start Campus Interviews (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
PG, M.Phil and research students stand to gain
A placement cell has been functioning since October
Interview will begin at 10.30 a.m. on varsity premises
- 'It's A Lie That Cpi-M Is Anti-Reform' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
On Sunday, the Communist Party of India-Marxist leader V S Achuthanandan, who is the new chief minister of Kerala, landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport to a rousing welcome.
- Ura Supports Reservation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
“We need reservation today to prevent reservation in the future,” said Jnanapith awardee UR Ananthmurthy....
- Maharashtra Politicians Join Quota Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
While politicians opposed to increasing quotas for Other Backward Castes in educational institutions have been careful about avoiding the spotlight, those on the other side of the divide are now out on the streets in the support of quota.
- With Congress Back, Ulfa Talks On Course (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, May 17, 2006)
The Assam poll outcome can be expected to have a positive bearing on the ongoing peace talks with the banned terrorist outfit, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
- No Future For Rejected Politicians, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
As exiled former premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif stepped up efforts to oust him, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has accused them of being “corrupt” and said they would not come to power again as there was no future for the “rejected” . . .
- 'What More Do The Upper Castes Want?' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Dr Udit Raj (formerly Ram Raj) is the chairman of the All-India Confederation of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Federations.
- U.S.-Japan Security Overhaul Gives Tokyo Bigger Role (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
A plan to tighten U.S.-Japan military ties while streamlining American forces in Japan will embed Tokyo more firmly in Washington's global strategy and set the stage for Japan to play a bigger role in the alliance.
- Centre Committed To Reservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
But options under study, Arjun tells students
Increasing seats, including economically backward sections under consideration
Arjun Singh assures comprehensive roadmap
Somnath asks students to withdraw protest and wait for decision
- Anti-Reservation Stir Intensifies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Pro-quota groups also take to the streets, court arrest
Delhi Government issued notices to junior doctors
MBBS students in Madhya Pradesh tonsured their heads
Those in Orissa pulled rickshaws to protest
- Morales, The Poor, And Oil Firms (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 17, 2006)
The outery over Bolivia's renationalisation and the slience over Chad's betrays hypocrisy.
- Ttd Approves 50-Room Choultry For Sri Veeranjenaya Temple In Gandi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Promises to develop Annamacharya's hometown, Tallapaka
50-room choultry, kalyana mandapam sanctioned for Penchalakona
TTD has spent Rs. 40 lakhs on development of Tallapaka so far
Plans to take over temple at Vontimitta objected to by ASI
- State Bank Of Mysore's Hubli Zone Registers Profit Of Rs. 89.57 Crore . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The bank's operating income has increased from Rs. 72.07 crore to Rs. 108.14 crore
Operating income of the bank has increased from Rs. 72.07 crore in 2004-05 to Rs. 108.14 crore in 2005-06
The NPA level has been brought down from Rs. 67.45 crore . . .
- Unsettling Score (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 17, 2006)
The union cabinet’s decision to increase the number of general category seats in the IITs, IIMs and central universities is an admirable effort to make an omelette without breaking the eggs — introduce a quota for Other Backward Castes in higher . . .
- The Imf’S America Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 17, 2006)
The IMF’s meeting this spring was lauded as a breakthrough, with officials given a new mandate for “surveillance” of the trade imbalances that contribute significantly to global instability.
- Pm’S 2-Day Kashmir Visit From May 24 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit the Kashmir valley for two days from May 24.
- Refine And Reserve (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
In arguing that the time may have come to do away with caste-based quotas and instead deploy an economic criterion for reservations in education and in Government jobs, Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan obviously had his political constituency . . .
- Unicef Seeks Funds For Displaced Children In Uganda (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Facing a funding shortfall of close to 70 per cent for its operations in Uganda, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for more than USD 36 million to aid nearly a million youngsters displaced in the strife-torn country.
- Centre Keeps Options Open (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Amidst spiralling anti-reservation protests across the country, the Union HRD minister, Mr Arjun Singh, today echoed the Centre’s “middle-path line” ~ formulated during last night’s Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) meeting ~ holding . . .
- Land Reforms Panel Likely (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Saddled with the age-old problem of agrarian violence in the state, the Bihar government is contemplating setting up a Land Reforms Commission, chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar said today.
- Aren’T Economists In A Rut? (The Financial Express, Arun Maira, May 17, 2006)
We need a more credible and human model than what economic theory has been able to provide
- By George, This Man Needs Help! (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 17, 2006)
IRAN’S president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his recent letter to George W. Bush, mildly (but at great length) berated his American counterpart for, among other things, straying from the true religious path.
- Medical Students Ask Pm To Set Up Committee To Review Quotas (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Striking medical students today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up a non-political judicial committee to review the existing reservation policy and decided to continue their anti-quota agitation.
- The Tyranny Of Examinations (Indian Express, SANDEEP PANDEY, May 17, 2006)
Recently IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) witnessed its second student suicide in the past six months. Shailesh Sharma could not face the ignominy of failing in two courses and hanged himself on May 4. Earlier, Swapnil Dharaskar ended his life on November 30.
- Pm And Arjun Work On United Face (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, May 17, 2006)
The government and the Congress are trying to get their act together and present a united face of the coalition on quotas.
- Heavy Handed (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 17, 2006)
The anti-quota protests are turning nasty. Ever since HRD minister Arjun Singh announced reservation for OBCs in centrally-funded educational institutions, there have been rumblings in the student community.
- India Is A Positive Story (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Looking at the general level of economic growth in China and India we describe it as an enormous success story.
- Red-Letter Days (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 17, 2006)
The latest ‘People’s Democracy’ has all the sound and fury of a successful election campaign — mostly jubilation, some warning and a bit of gloating.
- Pm To Consult Parties On Quota Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
As the stir against reservation spread across the country like wild fire, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to consult political parties from tomorrow to deal with the issue lest the student protests get out of control.
- Pm To Consult Parties Today » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to start consultations with political parties from Wednesday on the issue of OBC quota in elite educational institutions.
- Govt Looks For Quota Compromise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
New Delhi, May 15: The government today trod cautiously in the face of swelling protests by doctors, proposing an “incremental” increase in education quotas instead of a one-time jump.
- Pupil In Us, Math Sir In Kochi (Hindustan Times, S. Rajagopalan, May 16, 2006)
After customer support, medical transcription, reading x-rays and preparing tax returns, Indian hands are proving to be exceedingly popular in another cross-continental online avocation: helping American children with math and science.
- Go Back To School (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 16, 2006)
It comes as more of a shock than surprise that the states are yet to have enabling legislation to make primary education a fundamental right.
- Rights Record~ii (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, May 16, 2006)
Need To Strengthen Movements In Developing Countries
- Despite Medical Meltdown, Govt Has No Formula (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, May 16, 2006)
With discontent brewing within the Congress and the spiralling protests on the streets against the move to introduce OBC quota in education, the UPA Government on Monday said that a "mechanism would be evolved to take care of the interests of all . . .
- American Jewish Committee Backs Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Throwing its weight behind the Indo-US civil nuclear energy agreement, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has urged the US Congress to approve enabling legislation currently pending on Capitol Hill.
- Options Should Be Explored To Resolve Quota Issue: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The CPM on Monday condemned the ‘‘brutal’’ lathicharge on medicos protesting reservation in higher education in different parts of the country and said talks should be held and various options, including increasing the number of seats, . . .
- Choice And Reason (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 16, 2006)
Towards a new team in Bengal
The rough edges on the path towards a new ministry will have to be sorted out before Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony.
- Budhia Backlash (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 16, 2006)
Back off, for the kid’s sake
It has all gone horribly wrong. When sports lovers expressed their revulsion at a four-year-old being “encouraged” to run a 70 . . .
- It's A Palliative (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 16, 2006)
Monday's late night announcement by the UPA Government that it will "set up a mechanism in which the interests of all sections of society will be taken care of" should not be . . .
- Sonia Skirts Comments On Reservation (Tribune, Anita Katyal, May 16, 2006)
While the UPA Government is grappling with the snowballing controversy over the proposed quotas for OBCs in elite educational institutions, Congress President Sonia Gandhi maintained a studied silence on this burning issue when she addressed the . . .
- Nato To Open Office In Pak To Fight Terror (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Nato has decided to establish a military liaison office in Pakistan to strengthen cooperation with the country’s military in combating terrorism and plans to open military schools and academies to deepen defence ties.
- Medicos Take To The Streets Across Nation (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The anti-quota rage entered its second week on Monday with a new wave of protests as doctors across the nation either swapped their scalpels for banners and took to the streets or wore black badges to denounce the government's move to hike OBC quotas . .
- Pranab For Consensus On Quota Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Threatened with the nationwide stir by medical students on the reservation issue getting intensified, the government tonight said it would evolve a consensus on the quota issue, and find a mechanism to take care of the interests of all sections of . . .
- Heavy Handed (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 16, 2006)
The anti-quota protests are turning nasty. Ever since HRD minister Arjun Singh announced reservation for OBCs in centrally-funded educational institutions, there have been rumblings in the student community.
- Lost In Dust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 16, 2006)
Punjabi University, Patiala, has the rare distinction of having been named after a language.
- Dhoni, Sania Styles Off Campus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Dashing cricketer M S Dhoni trimmed his tresses on Monday and tennis sensation Sania Mirza has moved up a couple of ranks. Yet, for Bangalore pre-university college principals they are a new nightmare.....
- Times Have Changed, Hacking Hasn’T (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 16, 2006)
The US government has been spending heavily to beef up computer security
- Globalisation’S Grave Challenges (Deccan Herald, Robert A. Levine, May 16, 2006)
America’s growth and Europe’s comfort are not sustainable
- Reality Show For Tourists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 16, 2006)
A new travel experience gives visitors a glimpse into the harsh lives of Delhi's street children. But is it a worthy initiative or just an example of voyeuristic 'poorism'.
- A Coalition Of The Willing (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, May 16, 2006)
Europe is a small continent full of small countries. Increasingly its future will depend on the ability of these small countries to think big.
- Minister As Liability (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 16, 2006)
With Arjun Singh taking public debate to a new low, PM and Congress president must intervene
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