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Articles 10821 through 10920 of 22438:
- Significance Of Computer Education Emphasised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
"Video conferencing, networking, internet good for learning process"
- Auto Motto (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 18, 2006)
The professional philosophy of auto-drivers across the country seems . . .
- A Counter-Culture (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Mar 18, 2006)
Students who protest for a cause suggests that their thought process has been stimulated by pedagogy..
- Prisoners In Coimbatore Volunteer For Hiv Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Recently an undertrial was certified HIV positive
- Two From Delhi Held With Rs. 25 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
High drama unfolds after I-T sleuths in Hyderabad raid a hotel room on a tip-off
- Tdp Seeks Release Of Scholarship Amount (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Don't hike fee for students of private engineering colleges, says CPI(M)
Government has no role in fee hike, says Higher Education Minister P. Koteswara Rao
TRS member call for review of out-of-turn promotions to police involved in anti-naxal operatio
- Women Panchayat Presidents Gear Up For Local Body Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
At a State-level convention, they pledge to protect women's rights
They decide to improve public distribution system and balwadis in their villages
Pledge to help Dalits take possession of panchami land and function as centres of information and know
- Killing Of Intellectuals In Iraq (Dawn, Asma Rashid, Mar 18, 2006)
Ali Hussein al-Khafaj, dean of the engineering college at Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, was kidnapped on March 7. Before him, Dr Ali Abdul Razaq al-Naas, a Shia political analyst at Baghdad University’s school of information and an outspoken crit
- Man And His Government (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 18, 2006)
My interests, personal as well as professional, are in politics and society; in cultural terms I am more-or-less a philistine. I know a little about literature, a little less about music, and nothing at all about the greatest of modern art forms . . .
- Globalisation Of Education (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Mar 18, 2006)
The recent ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that concluded on December 18, 2005, at Hong Kong made a major breakthrough in the trade in services under GATS. The original GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) signed in Dece
- Unesco Backs South Asia Foundation's Work On Regional Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Director General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, opened on Friday the annual meeting of the South Asia Foundation at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
- Muslim Leaders To Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari has convened a national conference of Muslims here tomorrow to bring all Muslim religious and political groups under one platform to evolve a joint strategy for social, economic and educational . . .
- Numbers Game (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Mar 18, 2006)
Osho believed that humans produced two types of sound — one in the form of words, the other in the form of wind. He said that these were simply noises produced by the body. I had thought otherwise and agreed with Huxley: “words have enabled us to rise abo
- There Will Be More Wahida Prizms And Munafs (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
Today, a new class of enlightened and liberal Muslims is emerging and the stereotype is fading out
- End Of Communism (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 17, 2006)
On the morning of February 25, 1956, a short, bald, thick-set man rose to address an unscheduled meeting of high-ranking members of the Soviet communist party in Moscow.
- Nda Leaders Seek Sack Of Navin Chawla (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
In a memorandum to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the NDA leaders today demanded the immediate removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla for his alleged ties with the ruling Congress.
- Education For Citizenship (Times of India, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Mar 17, 2006)
It is good to see the NCERT director raising some fundamental issues about education for public debate rather than justifying or explaining actions taken by his organisation ('Learn To Live, Live To Learn', Mar 8).
- Rs 25 Lakh Fund For Mlas Withdrawn (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today withdrew the provision of Rs 25 lakh made in the state Budget for each MLA for the development of critical infrastructure in his or her constituency on the pattern of Member of . . .
- Small Is Beautiful As Maruti Rules India Car Market (Reuters, Rina Chandran, Mar 17, 2006)
Last month, India's top car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd. hosted 2,400 dealers from Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., who arrived on 16 chartered planes to visit the Taj Mahal and see first-hand how Maruti dealers operate.
- Delhi Students, Teachers Caught In Covert India-France Visa War (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Mar 17, 2006)
Applications handled "casually"; students, teachers from Delhi put to hardship
Visa was valid only for France whereas the group required Schengen visa for transit through Germany
Germans come to help
- Haryana's High Court Proposal Under Study, Says Bhardwaj (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Union Law Minister files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat
National Law School to be set up in State'
`Efforts on to tone up criminal justice'
`Judges' vacancies being filled up'
- Bmp Bracing For Poll Year Budget (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Mar 17, 2006)
To be presented on March 24, budget may have sops for women, senior citizens
Short stay homes for women proposed
Some more day care centres to be opened for senior citizens
Budget outlay likely to be Rs. 2,000 crores
- By-Poll To 4 J&k Seats On Apr 24 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
By-election to four Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on April 24.
- Hitler... Yes Or No? (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Mar 17, 2006)
Democracy, though called a government of the people, by the people and for the people, has many dimensions in our country.
- Tackling Unemployment In Himachal Pradesh (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Mar 17, 2006)
With unemployment figures reaching a whopping 8.59 lakh making a provision of jobs for the educated youth has become a major challenge for the Himachal Pradesh government.
- Japan Cracks Down On Students Who Refuse To Sing (Tribune, David McNeill, Mar 17, 2006)
Tokyo’s education authorities have ordered head teachers to make sure students stand to attention and sing the national anthem.
- India's Soul Is Hindu, Says Yatra-Bound Advani (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Apparently seeking to win back his hardcore Hindutva constituency after the Jinnah interlude, Leader of Opposition L K Advani has asserted that India's soul was 'Hindu' and described RSS as a 'power house', a 'university' and the . . .
- The China Model (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 17, 2006)
With the exception of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, few in the CPI-M are likely to be impressed with P Chidambaram’s latest feelers.
- Hurdles Ahead (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Mar 17, 2006)
Now that Washington has accepted India's Separation Plan, the next hurdles are Congress and the NSG.
- Unequal Partners (Frontline, R. Ramaseshan, Mar 17, 2006)
Many elements in the initiatives in the areas of agriculture and economic cooperation can be harmful to the national interest.
- Saddam Trial Hitting Its Stride At Half-Time (Jordan Times, Paul Schemm , Mar 17, 2006)
As the stormy trial of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein reaches its halfway point, the nature of the prosecution case is finally beginning to emerge, but grave concerns over the court's procedure and impartiality remain.
- Villages For Sale In Vidarbha (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
'Kidney Sale Centre," proclaims a banner sprawled across a ramshackle bamboo tent at Shingnapur village in Amravati district of Maharashtra. The farmers here are threatening to sell their kidneys. "We have invited the Prime Minister and the . . .
- Nab’S Utility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 17, 2006)
Anmma leader’s demand that the National Accountability Bureau be abolished does not seem wide off the mark against the background of NAB’s record. Reacting to the bureau’s decision to stop the inquiry into the sugar crisis, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad
- Glory And Disgrace (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 17, 2006)
The message from the top dollar recruitments taking place at our IIMs is clear: India must overhaul its education system, now.
- Delhi Budget Passed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Funds will not come in way of development works: Walia
- Reforms, Bose Need To Initiate (Daily Excelsior, Dr R R Dubey, Mar 17, 2006)
&K Board of School Education is an important institute of the State. It is headed by the Chairman at State level. However, for the entire functioning of Divisional level offices, the Secretary Board of School Education along with abundant . . .
- Core Issues In Asian Cities (Dawn, Noman Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
One of the key subjects of discussion at the World Social Forum, to be held later in the month in Karachi, will be the contemporary situation of world cities that, owing to several factors, are undergoing tremendous changes at the turn of the millennium.
- Economy's Managerial Plan: A Fair, Breakeven Play (Business Line, G. Rambabu, Mar 17, 2006)
The Budget's brushstrokes are simple and practical. It applies the principles of managerial breakeven of revenues from governance against the costs. Its policies are aimed at plucking the low-hanging fruits. Thereby, the Budget plans to rapidly . . .
- Coordinated Rehabilitation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 17, 2006)
As the main focus in the earthquake-affected areas shifts from immediate relief to reconstruction and rehabilitation, the government needs to display more preparedness than it has so far.
- Australia Tunes Out Us Drumbeat On China (International Herald Tribune, Janaki Nair, Mar 17, 2006)
Once lock-step Australia tunes out US drumbeat on China
Condoleezza Rice is focusing on China's military growth ahead of a Saturday summit.
- Us Gears Up For Bill On Nuke Deal With India (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 17, 2006)
As a legislation is introduced in the US Senate and the House of Representatives to implement the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, it has become evident that the battle to win hearts and minds on the issue is being fought at many levels.
- Rural Duty For Teachers Must (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
A Bill on making the rural service mandatory for teachers will be placed in the current session of the State Legislature, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Horatti said.
- Opposition Forces Police Officials' Suspension (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Osmania University incident rocks Andhra Pradesh Assembly
- An Alarming Decline (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2006)
This year, on International Women's Day, the Government reiterated its commitment to halt the alarming and continuous decline in the country's sex ratio and announced several measures to reverse the trend.
- Overseas Response For University Lecturer Posts (Hindu, Shastry V Mallady, Mar 17, 2006)
80 applications have been received from countries like Japan and the United States of America
- Ec Reschedules Vizag Bypoll To April 24 (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 17, 2006)
The Election Commission on Thursday rescheduled the Visakhapatnam Assembly byelection to April 24 under strict security arrangements.
- Microsoft Bonanza For Engineering Students (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Mar 17, 2006)
This may be one of the grimmest academic years for aspirants of higher education in the State but over four lakh engineering students have a reason to smile.
- Bjp-Jds Coalition Govt Unveils Cmp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Six weeks after assuming office, the BJP-JDS coalition government today unveiled its Common Minimum Programme, pledging to remove poverty, initiate steps to better the lives of farmers and build on the 'Bangalore Brand' to make the city a . . .
- Short On Substance (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Mar 16, 2006)
The Budget is mired in neoliberal orthodoxy. The commitments represent little more than lip-service to the NCMP.
- Palestinian Ultras Release Post-Jail Raid Hostages (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Palestinian militants today released the last four foreigners they were holding, a day after seizing the hostages to protest an Israeli military raid on a West Bank prison.
- Maoist Siege Fuels Price Rise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Nepalis wait for transport at a bus terminus in Kathmandu while soldiers patrol a highway near Kathmandu on Wednesday. (AFP, Reuters)
- Ngo Suspends Operations In Bangladesh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The US Peace Corps has suspended operations in Bangladesh fearing reprisals from militants after the arrest of their top leaders, a government statement said on Wednesday.
- Development Is The Target, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Coalition partners release Common Minimum Programme
CMP incorporates elements of `Vision Karnataka' document
It lays emphasis on the agricultural sector
Six-member coordination committee formed
- Give Ambedkar His Due (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Mar 16, 2006)
Ambedkar is not accorded the importance he should be despite his efforts to liberate the oppressed
- Educating Teachers (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Mar 16, 2006)
The new government in Karnataka – like all new governments – plans to revise its school education policies. Its motivation – the overall deterioration in classrooms leading to high dropout rates.
- 'Epc Research Focuses On Security' (The Economic Times, SACHIN BAXI, Mar 16, 2006)
EPC (Electronic Product Code) based RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification) is the current hot topic in supply chains around the world that promises inventory control, security and supply chain efficiencies.
- China's 'Schindler' (International Herald Tribune, Howard W. French, Mar 16, 2006)
Nanjing, China: From the outside it does not look like much: the shell of a two-story brick building with scaffolding running up its sides and, on this drizzly winter day, a pair of construction workers kicking around in a courtyard littered with building
- Extremism Of The Mosque (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 16, 2006)
Speaking to a delegation of traders, politicians, exporters and lawyers in Faisalabad on Tuesday, President Pervez Musharraf said that “some khateebs were creating disharmony among the people for their vested interests”. Since government agencies . . .
- Welcome Change In Tone (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 16, 2006)
There is a distinct change in the tone in Kabul, and for the better. Even though they still want Pakistan “to do more”, the sentiments expressed by President Hamid Karzai and his Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah do not seem couched in hostility.
- Ticket Prices At Planetarium (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 16, 2006)
Considering that the number of people visiting the PIA planetarium in Karachi has dropped substantially over a period of time, the management has not taken a wise step by enhancing the entrance fee.
- Icg Urges World To Support Democracy In Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 16, 2006)
The international community would be wise to use its massive reconstruction pledges to counter Jihadi influence, support Pakistan's democratic transition and promote regional peace.
- More Than The Salary (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The record-breaking placement offer of $193,000 (about Rs 86 lakh) from Barclays Capital, London, for a graduate from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Bangalore, is renewed affirmation of the global recognition of Indian talent.
- Bush Defends Iraq War Plan, Slams Tehran (Times of India, CP Bhambhri, Mar 16, 2006)
president George Bush, launching a drive to counter growing American opposition to the Iraq war, vowed on Monday "we will not lose our nerve" and accused Iran of helping foment . . .
- Political Parties Urged To Field Hiv-Positive People As Candidates (Hindu, K.P.Prabhakaran Nair , Mar 16, 2006)
The Congress in Assam has taken the lead in this regard, says INP+ president
- Mlas Walk-Out After Disrupting Proceedings (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Opposition National Conference (NC) supported by BJP, National Panthers Party (NPP) and MLA Bishnah, Ashwani Sharma disrupted the proceedings of State Assembly for 10 minutes this morning to protest against the non-presence of Ministers in the House.
- More Promises Rain On B'lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The chief minister announced that his government would make known its stance on Bangalore City administration – whether to go in for the Greater Bangalore model or adopt some other approach – within a few days. A mass rapid transport system, . . .
- Tackling Bullies (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 16, 2006)
Many a veteran schoolmaster would chuckle at an international news agency describing as “unorthodox” the education authorities in the Malalysian state of Sabah turning to boxing to bring bullies to book.
- ‘The Children’S Book Market In India Is Very Dull’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Mar 16, 2006)
Madhavi Sonawala started Butterfly Books – an organisation that attempts to bring good reading material for children – about five years ago after she could not find many good books, educational games and hobby ideas for her five-year-old daughter.
- Who Wants To Be A Superpower? (Hindu, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Mar 16, 2006)
India needs to be a super-empowerer of the less powerful, both countries and peoples, and not a superpower in the shade of an even bigger one.
- Bjp-Jds Coalition Govt Unveils Common Minimum Programme (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Six weeks after assuming office, the BJP-JDS coalition government today unveiled its Common Minimum Programme, pledging to remove poverty, initiate steps to better the lives of farmers and build on the 'Bangalore Brand' to make the city a . . .
- Survey Sees Sharp Spurt In Job Hires (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The hiring intentions amongst Indian employers is “very strong” for second quarter of 2006 with overall Net Employment Outlook of 40 per cent, an increase of 13 percentage points over the previous quarter, a survey reveals, reports DH News Service . . .
- Ethnicity Versus Theocracy (AL-Ahram, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Unrest among ethnic Arabs in Ahvaz (better know among Arabs as Ahwaz most of whom decline to use the Farsi Ahvaz), the capital of the oil-rich Khozestan province bordering southern Iraq, presents Iran with its most serious domestic security threat . . . .
- The Open Library (Deccan Herald, Usha Mukunda, Mar 15, 2006)
In this system the librarian moves beyond the concept to actual interaction with users
- Military Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 15, 2006)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time will participate in military diplomacy with China as its ‘Surya Kiran’ and ‘Sarang‘ aerobatic teams plan to visit that country for a public performance.
- Commute To Another World (Deccan Herald, Barbara Demick, Mar 15, 2006)
It takes barely an hour to drive from downtown Seoul to the other side of the demilitarised zone, but the culture shock is such that you might as well be commuting to the moon......
- Competing Ideas Of The Sacred (Hindu, Karma Nabulsi, Mar 15, 2006)
The crisis occasioned by the Danish cartoons, which depicted the prophet Muhammad as a terrorist, has become a microcosm of the wider conflict between Islam and the Western world.
- Dry And Dreary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Roderick Buchanan's History Painting churns out nothing but a monotonous parade of youthful faces
- One Nuclear Deal, Two Narratives (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Mar 15, 2006)
That the Western media have savaged the Bush visit and the nuclear deal shows India acted in its national interest. Yet looked at another way, India is befriending a world leader seen to pursue an agenda against Muslim countries.
- Acute Shortage Of Health Workers Globally (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Mar 15, 2006)
World Health Organisation says Africa is the hardest hit59 million health workers worldwide; extra 4.35 million urgently needed
Who's South-East Asia Region, including India, has health workforce of 7 million
Proliferation of private medical schools s
- `Preserve Environment To Protect Poor People' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Vice-Chancellor worried over pollution in Tunga
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