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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 22438:
- Responsibilities Of Corporate Citizens (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, May 13, 2006)
Corporate ethics would not only be fulfilling but will be tax rewarding too. With many favourable court decisions, India Inc. should have no difficulty in fulfilling its social obligations.
- Narayana Murthy Is Most Admired Business Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Followed by Ratan Tata, Premji, Mallya and Ambanis
- Protests Over Sex Scandal Gather Momentum (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 13, 2006)
CBI takes over case; in Friday sermons, Imams of mosques castigate those involved in the scandal
- Happy Tidings (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2006)
News that the country has taken its first, albeit tiny, step, in the area of power generation from tidal waves may not have us uncorking the bubbly.
- Terrorists Strike Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 13, 2006)
Terrorists have struck in Balochistan again, this time targeting the Anti-Terrorist Force in Quetta, killing six policemen and wounding 13 others seriously.
- The Index Of Development (Pioneer, KPS Gill, May 13, 2006)
The total unreality of the planning and budgeting processes in India, at both the Centre and in the States, is astonishing, and tragically out of sorts with the realities of the ground.
- Balochistan Violence (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
Despite confidence expressed by General Musharraf in March that the conditions in Balochistan would be under control in a month’s time, attacks on security personnel and government installations continue to take place almost on a daily basis. In the . . .
- Bush Aide Slammed At N-Deal Meet (OutLook, Aziz Haniffa, May 13, 2006)
A White House briefing for nearly 200 Indian American community leaders who descended on Capitol Hill May 3 to lobby Congress for the passage of the US-India civilian nuclear agreement caused a flutter when Democrat Party stalwart Ramesh Kapur . . .
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- Palestine Starving (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 13, 2006)
Israeli and Western governments are denying the Palestinian Authority funds after the Hamas victory in the elections.
- Price Of Growth Bretton Woods Twins In Trouble (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 13, 2006)
Awe-inspiring achievements on the economic front have diverted attention from China's poor record in the safety of coal miners.
- Bla Does Exist (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 13, 2006)
SIix policemen of the Anti-Terrorist Force were killed and 13 others injured in five powerful explosions which rocked the firing range of the Police Training College in Quetta on Thursday.
- No Interviews (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
THE exploitation of Orissa boy Budhia, who was made to run from Puri to Bhubaneswar, rightly exercised many minds recently.
- Kalam Advocates Increasing Seats In Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
As a debate rages over the issue of reservations in elite academic institutions, President A P J Abdul Kalam today recommended increasing the number of seats in centres of higher education to cater to the requirements of the country's knowledge industry.
- Anti-Quota Medicos Face Teargas, Water Cannons (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 13, 2006)
Hours after they made the announcement to intensify the fight against reservation for OBCs in higher education, medical students took to the streets in the Capital demanding the Prime Minister’s intervention on the issue. Medical services in the . . .
- Ima Supports Doctors' Stir, Health Services In Tailspin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Expressing solidarity with medical students in their anti-quota agitation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday asked resident doctors and faculty associations in hospitals in Delhi to go on a 24-hour strike with immediate effect and called a . . .
- President Puts His Weight Behind Hec (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 13, 2006)
A top-level meeting chaired by President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday took a number of decisions of far-reaching import to improve the state of higher education in Pakistan.
- Cot Potatoes (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 13, 2006)
It’s doubtful if BabyFirstTV, the world’s first 24x7 TV channel exclusively for infants, is exactly what the pediatrician would have ordered.
- Desire, Cruelty And Work (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, May 12, 2006)
Sex Workers of India: Diversity in Practice of Prostitution and Ways of Life By Moni Nag, Allied, Price not mentioned
- Home Again (Telegraph, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
Heart-rending, heart-warming fiction, or hard history? Telinipara, around which this moving family chronicle unfolds, is of course no imaginary spot.
- Orientalism And Its Discontents (Frontline, Shelley Walia, May 12, 2006)
The book ignores the rigour of Edward Said's work and his explorations of critical issues of cultural representation.
- India Has Become A Nation Of Clerks To The World, Says Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The former Union Minister laments country's loss of civilisational glory
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- Two-Thirds Majority For Ldf In Kerala (Hindu, Roy Mathew, May 12, 2006)
5.65 percentage point difference between two fronts; seven Ministers of Oommen Chandy Cabinet lose
- Whose Per Capita Income? (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 12, 2006)
The announcement by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, during his inaugural address at the Pakistan Development Forum 2006 on Wednesday in Islamabad, that Pakistan's per capita income is likely to reach the $800 mark by end-June, is by all means great news.
- Are We Faring So Well? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Prime minister Shaukat Aziz’s statements of late should come as great morale boosters, given the rosy picture he has been painting of the national economy and the state of social sector development in Pakistan.
- Destination Moon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday between the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr G Madhavan Nair, and the Administrator of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr Michael Griffin, is . . .
- Will To Serve (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, May 12, 2006)
Belagere Krishna Shastri lives a charmed and blessed life. "My father", he declared, "was the greatest role-model of my life."
- Scintillating Sari (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, May 12, 2006)
Wearing traditional dresses in foreign countries can win admiration and resentment
- Who Can Be Ministers? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 12, 2006)
Rural education in the State is below that of Bihar on most parameters except enrolment.
- Quotas Don’T Bring Votes (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, May 12, 2006)
The middle class deserves whatit gets, it needs to vote if it wants politicians to take note of them
- Chembarambakkam Lake Under `Green Attack' (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, May 12, 2006)
Water hyacinth, aquatic plants now cover half the water body
- `India A Nation Of Clerks To The World' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi mourns country's loss of civilisational glory
Seminar on `Bharatiya Heritage in Engineering and Technology' held
`Ancient India had every kind of technology and science'
- ‘People Around The World Are Flocking To God. Don’T You Want To . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
Last week, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad sent a letter to US President George W Bush. It was the first personal communication from an Iranian president to his US counterpart since the 1979 Islamic revolution. We reproduce extracts from the letter:
- Results, Responsibilities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 12, 2006)
Left’s win may not alter Delhi equation
- How Gogoi Pulled It Off (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 12, 2006)
Two months ago when Assam entered into the election process, the feeling in the state was that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi would not be able to make it.
- Will Shows The Way To Talk About Sex (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, May 12, 2006)
Storm over Shakespearean smut reveals parental thought control
- Whose Freedom? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 12, 2006)
Normally it would have been taken as a positive signal from Muzaffarabad, the Capital of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Several Ssps, Dcs Among 59 Officers Transferred (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The State cabinet today ordered promotions of six DIGs as IGPs in the super time scale and ordered transfers and postings of 34 police officers including SSPs of Doda, Udhampur, Rajouri, Kathua and Jammu Border. SSPs of Kupwara and Baramulla have . . .
- E-Delivery Of Certificates Can Be A ‘Killer App’ (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, May 12, 2006)
For this, hundreds of e-governance ‘pilot’ projects need to move beyond this stage and achieve results.
- Pitroda’S Advice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 12, 2006)
THE National Knowledge Commission (NKC) headed by Mr Sam Pitroda has rightly opposed Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s proposal for reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions like the IIMs and IITs.
- `India Desirable Market For Us' Energy Sector Investments' (Business Line, Richa Mishra, May 12, 2006)
E & Y poll also reports some deficiencies in India's case
- Admissions Ordeal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
On the face of it, the Delhi high court judgment barring nursery schools from conducting interviews of children is a good one.
- Beyond Quotas (Times of India, Gail Omvedt , May 12, 2006)
The debate on reservations, affirmative action and diversity is back, but with a difference. As never before, it seems that some form of compensatory discrimination for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the corporate sector is on the agenda.
- Lessons In Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
It seems appropriate that, due to the Iraq war, the world has been debating the nature of democracy 200 years after Alexis de Tocqueville's birth.
- Viva Voce (Tribune, S. Raghunath, May 12, 2006)
The Haryana Government has lifted with immediate effect the ban on recruitment of staff in essential services and the State Road Transport Corporation (HSRTC) has set in motion the stupendous task of interviewing some 50,000 candidates for the posts . . .
- Benefits Of Large Dams: The Bhakra Example (Tribune, Narinder Sharma, May 12, 2006)
Large dams are being targeted every now and then by self styled environmentalists and NGOs.
- Advancing Of Vacation Leaves Students Sans Homework (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, May 12, 2006)
A decision taken in a tearing hurry by the Punjab Education Minister, Mr Harnam Dass Johar, with regard to the closure of schools for the summer vacation has upset parents and their wards.
- Employment Guarantee — Signs Of Transformation (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, May 11, 2006)
A substantial social audit reveals that in the harsh terrain of Dungarpur, Rajasthan, where daily living poses a constant challenge, employment on public works has risen to unprecedented levels over the last two months.
- Supreme Court Sees Red Over Green, Sends Minister To Jail (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, May 11, 2006)
Maharashtra Minister Swarupsinh Naik tried every trick up his sleeve, from a plea of lack of education to his Scheduled Tribe ‘background’ and even an apology, to escape the Supreme Court’s wrath for violating its orders.
- Karunanidhi Should Intervene: Ramadoss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
He questions the validity of argument against quota for OBCs
- Reservation: Nkc Members Meet Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Apprise him of their individual positions on the question of reserving seats for OBCs in Central institutions
The Prime Minister only listened: Jayati Ghosh
Majority view within the Commission is that status quo should be maintained
- Under-Reporting Of Assets By Candidates: Election Watch (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, May 11, 2006)
Poll panel urged to look into the true nature of assets
Study covers candidates from major parties
Two candidates have U.S., U.K. degrees
Only 70 women among 931 candidates
- Nursery Interviews Outlawed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Delhi High Court today directed private schools in the capital to end the practice of conducting interviews of children and their parents for admission to nursery classes.
- Bbc's Coverage Comes Under Fire (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 11, 2006)
FOR YEARS, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been accused by the Israeli Government, its diplomats in Britain, and by Jewish groups of displaying an anti-Israeli "bias" in its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the height of the . . .
- New Mexico Renames State Highway On Indian-American Sikh (Indian Express, KALYANI VASAN, May 11, 2006)
In a rare gesture, the New Mexico State Transportation Commission has renamed a state highway — Highway 106 — as ‘Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway’ in memory of the late Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji. An Indian-American, he was known to his followers as . . .
- Pm Meets Nkc, Keeps Mum On Quota (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Confronted with an anti-quota verdict by his chosen think-tank, the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose to remain mum over the issue of reservation in central universities and institutions.
- Plan To Introduce Kannada, English From First Standard (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Karnataka Government is toying with the idea of adopting a new language policy by introducing both Kannada and English at the primary school stage.
- Assembly Polls Counting To Begin On Thursday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The fate of 2586 candidates including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and DMK president M Karunanidhi, contesting the assembly elections, will be known on Thursday when the votes are counted.
- Ngos Make Out A Case Against Ropeway Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Government has not made an environmental impact assessment'
- Pgcet: High Court Dismisses Students' Plea; Stay Vacated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Students had challenged the annulment of their ranks in the entrance test by the State Government
- Over 2,000 Police Personnel Deployed At Counting Centres (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Collector holds discussion with returning officers Collector holds discussion with returning officers
Two-tier security has been provided to avert any untoward incidents
Officials have also planned to record the counting process in the centres
- Judges Must Be A Class Apart (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, May 11, 2006)
Judges are not mere ‘service providers’. No mercenary interpretation of their high office will do any good to us
- Sonia Is Their Problem (Deccan Herald, B K Chandrashekar, May 11, 2006)
The Ordinance contemplated by the Government to protect MPs against disqualification, they charged, was meant to save Sonia's membership.
- Who Will Be The Top Gun? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 11, 2006)
Musharaff claims to be negotiating a deal with Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto
- Pitroda Meets Pm Amid Rift On Obc Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Sam Pitroda and other members of the Knowledge Commission, which is divided on the controversial issue of OBC quota in premier government-run higher educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Limits Of Privacy (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 11, 2006)
A book explores the relative merits of the cases for the individual's right to privacy and press freedom.
- Learning, Language And Literacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
An examination of the role of literacy in the study of language and the learning process, and in the development and democratisation of societies.
- The Freelance Jihadis (OutLook, B. Raman , May 11, 2006)
They are not members of any identified jihadi terrorist organisation. They are not brainwashed into resorting to suicide terrorism by any organisation or madrasa or religious cleric or state-sponsor of terrorism. They are just angry. Very angry.
- Fears Of A Drought (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, May 11, 2006)
Pakistan faces a treat of a drought hitting hard the kharif crops, cotton and rice in particular, warns the meteorological department.
- Demands On A Fast Growing Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
While the government has avoided levying heavy taxes over the last few years, unforeseen factors such as the unprecedented hike in international oil prices, the sharp rise in the demand of essential items as compared to their supply in . . .
- Cabinet To Consider English From Std I (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The long pending proposal for introducing English as a subject from Standard I in all Kannada medium schools, will be placed before the next Cabinet meeting for approval.
- Nepal Rising (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2006)
A road map exists, and the people of Nepal are anxious to get moving. But there are also seven roadblocks to be overcome.
- Slum Tours: An Idea Taken Too Far: Delhi’S Street Children (Daily Times, Amelia Gentleman, May 11, 2006)
Clearing his throat theatrically as he gets ready to reveal a highlight of the tour, group leader Javed stops halfway up the staircase to platform one and points through the railings to a dark alcove beneath the footbridge over the tracks.
- Aziz For Tech-Transfer To Developing Nations (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, May 11, 2006)
Sees GDP growth of 6-8% this year
IDB president says reforms should deliver
WB says cost of doing business in Pakistan too high
- Indian Street Kids Offer Glimpse Into Their Lives (Daily Times, Parul Gupta, May 11, 2006)
In India most children, who run away from home to escape poverty or sexual abuse and sometimes to experience the dazzle of big city life, make the station their home.The busy station provides them ingenious ways to survive the mean streets
- Taliban At It Again (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, May 11, 2006)
MORE outrageous than the killing in cold blood of an engineer by the Taliban in Afghanistan is the reaction of officials.
- Meeting The Spirit Of Enterprise (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, May 11, 2006)
While visiting a town in western Rajasthan, Vinayshil Gautam discovers the way a private industry has shaped the destiny of its inhabitants
- In Iran, Apocalypse Vs. Reform (Washington Post, Jackson Diehl, May 11, 2006)
In a dusty brown village outside this Shiite holy city, a once-humble yellow-brick mosque is undergoing a furious expansion.
- Bjp Sharpens Claws, Left To Fake Attack In Parliament (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
With the Opposition BJP all set to step up its attack on the UPA Government, there are clear indications that the Government would be under increasing pressure even from its key allies and supporters when the two Houses of Parliament reconvene on . . .
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