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Articles 11521 through 11620 of 22438:
- India A Global Leader And Natural Partner: Bush (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Feb 23, 2006)
Terming India a "global leader", a "natural partner" and a "good friend", President George W Bush declared on Wednesday that he will use his upcoming visit to advance the US’s strategic partnership with India.
- Breakthrough See-Through Research (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 23, 2006)
For those who thought that only Superman could see through concrete walls, think again. Researchers at the Imperial College London and the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, have come up with a technique to see through rubble at earthquake sites
- Tribute To 'The Dear One' (Deccan Herald, ELIZABETH CHERIAN, Feb 23, 2006)
Some people impress us by their positive outlook to life and by their good nature.
- Chilika Birds Die, Bird Flu Ruled Out (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Contamination of a portion of Chilika lake around Nalabana Birds Sanctuary in Orissa has resulted in the death of over 1,700 migratory birds within a span of 45 days, a senior official said, and ruled out bird flu as the cause of birds’ death.
- A Shot In The Arm (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 23, 2006)
Indian industry has a lot to look forward to, thanks to new defence procurement policy
- Out Of Sync (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 23, 2006)
Cynical exploitation of the cartoon issue must be stopped
- Managing The Trade Deficit (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 23, 2006)
Pakistan incurred a record external trade deficit of $6.5 billion in the first seven months of this financial year ending June 2006. That marks a leap of 127.3 per cent over the deficit of $2.858 billion recorded in the same period last year.
- Future Of Us-Pakistan Relations (Dawn, Touqir Hussain, Feb 23, 2006)
As President Bush heads for South Asia, a look at the strategic direction of US relations with India and Pakistan will be timely. In Pakistan, our self-image and worldview has been anchored in a belief that the rest of the world should look at India
- Call For Free Flow Of Books Between Pakistan, India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
A three-day "Pak-India Pen for Peace" convention began at the Jamia Millia University here on Tuesday.
- Meeting The Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 23, 2006)
Some observations made by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at the inaugural ceremony of Comstech’s General Assembly are most appropriate and deserve to be taken note of. It also makes sense that these remarks were made at a forum which brings together . . .
- Nobel Peace Prize Down The Ages (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Feb 23, 2006)
Since the Nobel prizes were first instituted in 1901, they have acquired a dignity of purpose and a purity of intent that makes one forget, as do flawless white lotus blossoms growing out of a muddy lake, the murkiness from which they originate.
- Head-Count: Sc Puts Off Hearing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Refusing to hear a PIL seeking immediate halt to the head-count of Muslims in the defence forces, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear the petition on March 6. There is no urgency to hear the matter, said a three-judge . . .
- Bjp To Raise Scorpene Deal, Indo-Us Nuclear Pact In Parliament (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Main Opposition BJP today decided to vociferously raise the controversial Scorpene submarine deal and the Indo-US nuclear pact during the current session of Parliament.
- Signature Campaign For Classical Language Status To Kannada (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Gulbarga-based organisation takes the initiative
Sankalana' to launch the campaign on February 25
Volunteers of the organisation to go to different colleges, universities and schools to collect signatures
- Beware Not Tyranny But Electronic Tags (Hindu, George Monbiot, Feb 22, 2006)
The creeping extension of technology that can be implanted in our bodies will eventually break down all the barriers between us and the state.
- Nasscom To Press For More H1b Visas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Market forces should decide the cap
India's booming IT industry will pitch for expanding the number of H1-B (non-immigrant) visas and a mechanism to refund social security taxes paid by Indian professionals in the US during the visit . . .
- In Japan, Finding One's Roots Is No Problem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Tracing one's roots in some detail beyond 10 or even five generations may be difficult for many, but not for Professor Noboru Karashima. The respected Japanese scholar specialising in Indian studies says he has records of his ancestors, . . .
- A Quantum Leap (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 22, 2006)
Not many realize the significance of Chirac’s visit to India
The Elysee Palace, it would seem, has no faith in astrology. If its present occupant, Jacques Chirac, had faith in soothsayers — like politicians in India and elsewhere in the Orient
- No Muslim Headcount In Armed Forces: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Government today said it did not favour headcount of Muslims in the armed forces as it would like to maintain their secular and apolitical character and they will not be included in the study for possible state intervention for uplift of Muslims.
- No Peace, No Truce: All Ltte Wants Is Karuna (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 22, 2006)
The main aim of the Tamil Tigers at the Geneva talks is to force the Sri Lankan Government to hand over Karuna, the renegade Tiger commander, and not search for peace, says a leading expert on South Asian Affairs.
- Karna: Bird Sanctuaries Placed Under Surveillance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Karnataka has taken preventive measures in its bird sanctuaries and tanks frequented by migratory birds in view of the outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra, a top official of the Forest department said today.
- Health Advice Confuses Women (Tribune, Rob Stein, Feb 22, 2006)
For women confused by the latest flurry of health advice about low-fat diets, calcium, Vitamin D and hormones, there is a good reason: The findings illustrate how unexpected pitfalls during a major scientific study can yield valuable data . . .
- Iits' Branch Out Plans Pruned (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Government has not given permission to open a branch of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Singapore, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
- Alliance Française (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 22, 2006)
Indo-French relations are still more about gestures rather than substance, notwithstanding the nine agreements signed during President Jacques Chirac’s visit. This is a pity because France is one of the world’s leading industrial and agricultural nations.
- Recruitment Based On Merit: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
No discrimination in armed forces on basis of caste/ religion
Government not "apologetic" about Sachar Committee
Survey meant to help all the minorities
- Comprehensive Plan Soon To Make Higher Education Affordable (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Students from lower income families will benefit, says Kumaraswamy
Teachers told to prepare youth to face the new challenges
Plan to include professional courses
- It Institute May Come Up In Chennai (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Feb 22, 2006)
Project to focus on design and manufacture
An Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), originally proposed to come up near Kancheepuram, is likely to be set up on the information technology corridor in Chennai.
- A Learning Device Of The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A cube with the universal Braille dot matrix could well be the language learning device for thousands of visually challenged students.
- Industry Upbeat, Hopes For Relief (Hindu, P. K. Bhardwaj , Feb 22, 2006)
Relief in direct and indirect taxes, rationalisation of customs duty anticipated
Corporates for effective VAT regime
FBT a major concern among trade bodies
Big push likely for infrastructure sector
- Curious Confession (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 22, 2006)
Pranab fuels confusion in party ranks
It does Pranab Mukherjee no credit to confess before the assembly election that his party organisation is weak and needs to be revamped “through this self-realisation’’.
- Sonia Backs Centre On Iran, N-Deal With Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi today endorsed the Manmohan Singh government’s stand on two contentious issues – Iran nuclear programme and Indo-US nuclear deal – over which her Left allies have been up in arms against the government.
- Shadowing A Manager (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 22, 2006)
An International non-profit set-up, styling itself Trans-Action Partners and located in London, and into management education, consultancy and training, has taken upon itself the mission of enabling selected students of business administration in differen
- West’S Double Standard (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison by an Austrian court in Vienna on Monday for denying the Holocaust. He pleaded guilty at the trial on the charge of denying the Holocaust dating back to 1989.
- Jinnah And The Bag Of Jewels (Daily Times, Mian Ijaz Ul Hassan, Feb 22, 2006)
Mr Jinnah asked, “How long does the British Indian Railway run through the state?” Maulvi Ghulam Hussain answered, “About 300 miles, sir”. Mr Jinnah then informed, “According to their own rules, British owe one hundred and twenty million . . .
- People-To-People Contact With India: Spread Of Aids A Matter Of Concern For Pakistan (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Feb 22, 2006)
The spread of HIV/AIDS has become a matter of concern for Pakistan because of the people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, since India is one of the largest countries in the world with the disease, said reporters at a workshop . . .
- A Brand New Concept (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Feb 22, 2006)
In the world of today, new terms and expressions, and new institutions keep cropping up every now and then, especially in the field of trade and finance. They also get introduced in Pakistan, and this has been more noticeable ever since . . .
- Is This The Infamous Clash? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 22, 2006)
Are we witnessing today the clash of civilizations predicted by Samuel Huntington after the Cold War ended?
- Turbulence Over Cartoons (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 22, 2006)
Sixteen persons die in cartoon protests in Nigeria. At least nine killed in Libya in clashes over cartoons; 12 killed in Afghan protests and five in Pakistan this week.
- The Trade-Offs Of Reforms (Hindu, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 21, 2006)
Collection of critical and up-to-date expositions on the `new development economics'
- Us Won't Mediate On Kashmir: Expert (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 21, 2006)
The US has consistently turned down Pakistan's call for mediation on the Kashmir issue and it will continue to do so, says an American expert on South Asian affairs.
- France Will Follow Us N-Lead (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 21, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to the country has “significantly boosted” India's chances to acquire long-denied nuclear technology, and India and France are “close to concluding a bilateral agreement” to cooperate in developing . . .
- Attack On Churches (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
Given the religious frenzy and violence sweeping across the country over the cartoon controversy, it should come as no surprise that two churches in Sukkur were burnt on Sunday over an alleged act of desecration of the Holy Quran.
- State Denies Flu Outbreak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The State government on Monday ruled out bird flu as the cause for the death of chicken in a poultry farms in Shimoga.
- Lessons From Beyond The Himalayas (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 21, 2006)
India could learn from the way China handled the outbreak of bird flu.
- Those Who Do Jobs Americans Won’T (Deccan Herald, Gary Younge, Feb 21, 2006)
Migrants do the jobs that Americans will not do, but they are vulnerable to bigots and big business
- Plight Of America's Migrant Day Workers (Hindu, Gary Younge, Feb 21, 2006)
Migrant workers do the jobs that Americans will not do, but they are vulnerable to bigots and big business.
- Maoists In Nepal Switch Strategy As War Drags On (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
He controls a large part of western Nepal, and is in charge of roads, power, irrigation, schools and health care.
- Chinese In Vijayawada (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Feb 21, 2006)
In the south-central region of the Indian Railways, with headquarters in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, an innovative experiment is capturing the imagination of the Chinese.
- ‘Licence Raj Creates Privileged Industrialists, Workers While The Real Work Is Done By Unorganised Labour’ (Indian Express, Raghuram Rajan, Feb 21, 2006)
Raghuram Rajan, the youngest person to be appointed chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, has won acclaim for his prescriptions on how to ‘save capitalism from the capitalists’. In a conversation with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief . . .
- India, France Sign Document On Civilian (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today signed a landmark document on civilian nuclear cooperation and a defence pact with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that New Delhi would place its nuclear facilities acquired in "future" through international . . .
- Philosopher And Teacher: Peter Strawson (Telegraph, Arindam Chakrabarti, Feb 21, 2006)
A thinker who was relentless in his pursuit of truth and its importance, writes Arindam Chakrabarti in his tribute to Peter Strawson The author is professor of philosophy, University of Hawaii
- It's Slightly Harder Than Saying Sorry (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Feb 21, 2006)
Sixty-five-year-old Indian American Biswanath Halder had always nursed what he believed was a legitimate grudge against his old college in the US. Three years ago he went berserk conducting a horrific shooting spree on the premises which left . . .
- Teachers As Vultures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2006)
Rape is the most abominable crime because it leaves a scar on the victim, which can never be healed. And if the rapist happens to be a teacher and the victim a student, it becomes even worse. Even before the shock of the multiple rape at Durjanpur . . .
- France To Help In N-Energy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 21, 2006)
India today sent an unambiguous message to the international community when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proclaimed that all facilities procured by New Delhi in future through international cooperation on civilian nuclear energy will be subjected to IAEA
- Indian Tortoise And Chinese Hare (Daily Times, Kenneth Rogoff, Feb 21, 2006)
In caste-bound India perhaps only one in five people is integrated into the global economy. For every call centre employee, there are many more people still eking out a subsistence living on the land
- Afghan Protesters Threaten To Join Qaeda (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Hundreds of Afghans shouted support on Monday for Osama Bin Laden and threatened to join Al Qaeda during a protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), while Pakistani Islamists vowed to broaden their campaign.
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Indian Town Reels As Bird Flu Hits (British Broadcasting Corporation, Monica Chadha, Feb 20, 2006)
Navapur is a tiny, underdeveloped town in the Indian state of Maharashtra that has got little attention for its many problems.
- Disgruntled Group (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The CM and his deputy need to take all their MLAs along
In the first round of Cabinet expansion, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has inducted 20 ministers — nine from his party and 11 from the BJP.
- Reservations In Private Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, E.C. Thomas, Feb 20, 2006)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes citizens (OBCs) in private unaided educational institutions. The bill to amend Article 15 of the Constitution . . .
- Empowerment Of Women (Daily Excelsior, Angela Gadroo, Feb 20, 2006)
Ancient Vedas, Sastras, Aranyakas, Upanishads etc vehemently opposed any type of gender discrimination or differences due to caste, colour and nationality and highlighted the cardinal principle that all human beings are equal.
- Kalam For Starting Ug Programmes At Iisc. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
President sets a 10-point agenda to make the institute a top research destination
- City Suffers Closures And Indian Border Re-Opens (News International, Tahir Hasan Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
Protest demonstrations by the religious parties and groups against the publication of sacrilegious caricatures in various European newspapers gained further momentum last week, paralysing the life in Karachi, Sindhís capital, and other major cities . . .
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Clinton Hopeful Of Better Ties Between India, Pakistan (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 20, 2006)
Former US president Bill Clinton said on Sunday that the United States expected relations between India and Pakistan to improve within the framework of an economically unified South Asia.
- We Just Have To Grow Up As A Country’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s ambassador to the US, Ronen Sen, explains the background to the upswing in bilateral relations between India and US in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald.
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- New Left (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It can be easier to win elections than to know what to do with power. The Left Front’s election manifesto can be meaningful to the people only if they see it as a realistic programme of action for making their lives better.
- More Surveys On Minorities At Sonia Behest: Dasmunshi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
In a new dimension to the ongoing debate on the headcount of minorities in the Army, the government has been working on identical survey on the minority community in other sectors as telecom, power, health and education following a categorical . . .
- Iran: Bsp Flays Centre’S Stand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Sunday berated the Central Government on its stand on the Iran issue.
- Congress, Sena, Bjp Win Assembly Byelections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Speaker Purno A Sangma on Sunday won the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya while the Congress and the Shiv Sena bagged a seat each in the Maharashtra Assembly byelections.
- Forest Department Hauled Up For Delaying Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The department is reportedly reclaiming land set aside by gram panchayats for developmental works
- Ncert Textbooks Make It To The Web (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Students facing the problem of shortage of textbooks can now turn to the internet for an alternative, with the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) putting the study materials on the web.
- In The Aftermath Of Riots (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
The Punjab government’s decision to compensate motorcycle owners whose vehicles were burnt by rioters last Tuesday and Wednesday in Lahore is welcome.
- Time For A Moratorium (Dawn, Aitzaz Ahsan, Feb 20, 2006)
The sense of outrage over the cartoons (which none had seen) was over-powering and all-pervasive as I entered the National Assembly Hall on February 13.
- Row Mars Visakha-I Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Congress MLA attacked allegedly by TDP men; counting put off
A nearly peaceful polling was marred by a controversy over brandishing a revolver at a polling station, allegedly by an MLA, turning the situation tense near the Old Post Office . . .
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Human-Made Disasters Have More Impact On People: Health Care Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Natural disaster victims stoically bore losses
Human-made disasters are causing much more severe impact on the people than the natural ones. The victims are so shaken out of their wits that it would be difficult for them to get over the trauma . . .
- Steps Taken To Curb Bird Flu: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The Government has taken adequate measures to control the spread of bird flu, which has infected poultry in Nandurbar district in Maharashtra, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss said here on Sunday.
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