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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 22438:
- France's First Woman President? (Hindu, Jon Henley, Jan 18, 2006)
Segolene Royal is suddenly looking like the obvious Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential poll.
- District Gets Farm Projects Under Technology Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Priority areas identified to give boost to agriculture activities
- 2020 Odyssey In 45 Minutes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Vision 2020 left everyone speechless. To be more precise, the other speakers had little to say after he made a powerpoint presentation for 45 minutes — double the time allotted.
- Kerala Lok Ayukta Raps Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
It says Oommen Chandy has no authority to sit in judgment over its findings
- Trouble All The Way On Delhi Metro Railway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Thousands of commuters travelling on the newly opened Barakhamba-Dwarka Line III of the Delhi Metro were greatly inconvenienced on Tuesday as a number of trains plying on the corridor were delayed by up to two hours due to a "point'' problem . . .
- Pmk Has No Locus Standi To Raise Cet Issue, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"If Dr. Anbumani amends MCI rules, there will not be a need for legislation"
- Tamil Nadu Can "Impact India's Trade With Britain" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chennai's robust industry makes it important for U.K. to maintain ties with State, says U.K. Minister
- Eighty Plus Club (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Some time back we had referred in these columns to quite a few veterans above the age of 80 years who are still active in public life and continue to enrich our environment especially in this region. Many younger people have telephoned us to convey their
- Kalam For "Syllabus Of Entrepreneurship" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
To create a higher education system that would generate employment opportunities
Research and teaching should be linked
Adopt multi-pronged approach for tele-education
- Terror Reaches South (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jan 18, 2006)
The dastardly attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 28, 2005 which took the life of a mathematician from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has drawn attention to the fact that after north and western India, . . .
- Coming To Terms With A Disturbing Past (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Ordinary Cambodians as well as members of the international community have mixed feelings about the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders beginning this year, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is visiting professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delh
- Mah: 3 Dy Sps Seek Anticipatory Bail In Mpsc Scam Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Sunil Lohar, Manoj Lohar and Nitin Lohar, posted as Deputy Superintendents of Police in various parts of Maharashtra, today pleaded for anticipatory bail in a court saying they feared arrest in a case filed by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission ...
- Rs.82.2-Cr. Nabard Aid For Rural Development In Madurai District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Areas for infrastructure development identified
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has identified certain core areas in Madurai district having potential for promoting infrastructure development in a big way by the . . .
- More Teachers For Punjab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Merit should be sole consideration
There has never been any doubt that Punjab needs more teachers, even as there have been reports of many rural schools that have instructors on their rolls, but no one to impart education to the students.
- India's Factories Are Booming, But Not Enough (Reuters, Terry Friel, Jan 18, 2006)
India's booming manufacturing sector is a major engine of growth for one of the world's fastest growing economies, but still has to pick up dramatically to hit the country's 10 percent growth target and take on rival China.
- Bertie Ahern Pitches For Joint It Initiatives With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ireland's focus will be on both education and technology
Launching the Global e-School and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) in India, Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Tuesday said India would be the focus of initiatives in education and . . .
- ``Caste An Imperfect Indicator For Quota'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suggests merit scholarship system
Public sector educational institutions have failed to emerge as centres of excellence
Calls for a more "invasive and inquisitive" democratic culture
- Sri Lanka Military Ambushed As Envoys Visit Rebels (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jan 18, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tigers ambushed military vehicles in north and east Sri Lanka on Tuesday, the army said, killing one soldier as Nordic envoys visited the rebels ahead of key peace meetings next week.
- President Kalam Presents Blueprint For Virtual University (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today proposed an ambitious blueprint for a tele-education revolution in the country with Rashtrapati Bhavan as the nodal hub of the project to link all major universities across India.
- Who Should Rate Schools & Colleges? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The role of education in development of human capability makes it the most sought after area for private expenditure by households. Every parent would like to put aside financial resources to send his/her child to an institution that guarantees . . .
- Wise King, But Foolish Subjects (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Jan 18, 2006)
Time was when I was proud to own a copy of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, given how much furore the book occasioned in the life not just of its author, but of India, Iran, the UK, and of the larger world of Islam.
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Decongesting Mumbai (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 18, 2006)
Subash Saha looks barely 18 though he claims to be 24 years old. He has been driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai during night hours for the past six years. Which means he could have started driving either at 12 or 18. In all probability, . . .
- Burundi's Child Soldiers Threaten Peace (Hindu, Sandra Laville, Jan 17, 2006)
Discontent grows among the 3,000 child soldiers demobilised from rebel armies
- A National Aptitude Test Is The Answer (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 17, 2006)
The Centre must fulfil its obligation of bringing in a law on professional courses.
- Pm Gifts Poll-Bound Assam Rs 6,000 Cr Investment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Prime Minister laid the foundation of a 500-MW thermal power project at Salakati in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district. The power plant will be commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
- New Global Human Rights Body In Offing (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 17, 2006)
Erring nations have to fear the new global human rights council
With freedom, democracy, and human rights having come to the centre stage the world over, the burning question facing members of the United Nations is how to create . . .
- Rbi Plans Big Push For Doorstep Banking (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
If the Reserve Bank of India accepts this internal group recommendation, it promises to revolutionise the rural banking system.
- Little Hope Ahead Of India-Pakistan Peace Talks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan begin a new round of peace talks this week but the nuclear-armed rivals are unlikely to end a stalemate that has tarnished the process, analysts say.
- American Experiences (Deccan Herald, Kotera Ajit Aianna, Jan 17, 2006)
Discovering the way, so different from ours, that other people live, is interesting
- Hrd Instinct (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi and Arjun Singh have more in common than you would imagine
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- `India Should Stay Ahead To Tackle Kashmir Problem' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
There is no point in arriving at dishonourable agreements: former Governor
Krishna Rao's statements
The proxy war is likely to go on
There is no point in arriving at dishonourable agreements
- For Students, Yet Another Requirement (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 17, 2006)
Compulsory `social orientation' component to be part of the undergraduate curriculum
- Railway Minister Urged To Make Belgaum Starting Point Of Trains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Dharam Singh spoke to Lalu Prasad: MP
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh is said to have urged the Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to consider Belgaum as the new starting point of trains that are now originating from Hubli.
- Novel Inspired By The Tsunami (Hindu, Se. Ganesalingan, Jan 17, 2006)
This Novel depicts the life and struggle of the fishing community and the dangers they experience when gales strike the coast.
- Break The Shackles (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 17, 2006)
Some of the problem areas in economic reforms have been identified and are much discussed building better infrastructure, lowering customs tariffs, allowing FDI in retail, and so on.
- In The Cause Of The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
A valuable corpus presenting current perspectives mixed with the historical perception of the tiger
- The Canvas Of Anthropology (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Jan 17, 2006)
Collection of 40 papers documenting the wide sweep of anthropology
This is a collection of 40 papers in three sections — archaeological anthropology, physical anthropology, and social anthropology— dedicated to D.K.Bhattacharya who distinguished . . .
- Exam System Or System Failure? - Ii (Greater Kashmir, MAJID MAQBOOL BHAT, Jan 17, 2006)
Let’s not measure success with marks sheets, there is a world beyond that, writes Majid Maqbool
- Door-To-Door Survey Of Tamil Manuscripts From February 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Union Ministry of Culture had granted Rs.20 lakh for tracing them: Bharathidasan University Vice-Chancellor
- School Construction To Be Taken Up With Nabard Funds: Education Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Rs. 100 crores to be released in first phase
Preparations on for conduct of class X exams
60 extra centres sanctioned in interior areas
Residential schools, hostels planned for mentally challenged children
- Target Practice (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
The Maoists’ kindling of tribal discontent is likely to create more situations like the one in Kalinga Nagar, writes Sumanta Sen
- Fetters On Iims (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 17, 2006)
The question whether Indian Institutes of Management should be allowed to set up campuses abroad, has raised the combination of extreme reactions that anything of quality, catering to a small constituency inevitably draws in India.
- Let All Iims Go Global (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 17, 2006)
The official view that IIM Bangalore faces a choice between opening a centre in Singapore and reaching out to the domestic market is mistaken. Far from being mutually exclusive, the two goals would ideally be part of a common strategy.
- Now, Indian History Textbooks Raise A Storm In California (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Controversy regarding textbooks on Indian history is raging in California with academicians alleging that changes made on the behest of Hindu organisations have resulted in hiding "true history".
- Nitish Kumar Woos Nris (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Jan 17, 2006)
It was more a drive for image makeover than immediate investment by NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar when he attended the just-concluded three-day “Prabashi Bharatiya Sammelan” (NRI conclave) in Hyderabad between January 7 and 9.
- India Should Capitalise On Power Of Youth To Face Challenges, Says Isro Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Golden Jubilee Foundation Award was presented to five persons
- Making Education More Important Than A Meal (Deccan Herald, D Rajasekhar, Jan 17, 2006)
Primary education and dropouts in Karnataka: distance, infrastructure, poverty, migration and subject matter need to be addressed urgently.
- Going Up In Chalkdust (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 17, 2006)
India urgently needs to walk the talk about creating a knowledge-based economy. Last week’s conference of vice-chancellors of central universities was a continuing lament of why this is not happening.
- Manmohan Announces Rs. 6,000 Cr. For Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Two projects will help the State to increase power generation
New thermal power station in Kokrajjar district to generate 500 MW
Coal mining project to be set up in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district
- "No Joint Space Mission With U.S." (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair on Monday said there was no proposal to send astronauts to space in collaboration with the U.S.
- Situating Women, Experiencing Gender (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jan 17, 2006)
Essays on the understanding of the experience of gender in India
This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but . . .
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
- Perils Of Unchecked Power (Dawn, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Jan 17, 2006)
The recent controversy over warrantless national security telephone taps, coupled with Martin Luther King’s birthday, remind me of my time in the Department of Justice in the 1960s.
- Getting Bihar On The Path To Progress (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jan 17, 2006)
Where there is no bread, there is no law; where there is no law, there is no bread. The idea that a society's moral well-being depends on its economic well-being and vice versa is well settled.
- Let's Give Iran Some Of Its Own Medicine (Telegraph (UK), Mark Steyn, Jan 17, 2006)
So let me see. On the one hand, we have a regime that is pressing full steam ahead with its nuclear programme and whose president has threatened to wipe another sovereign state off the map.
- A Strange Demand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
LESS than a month after the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy asked “western democratic forces” to restrain the federal government on the Balochistan issue, Sardar Akhtar Mengal has called for “international mediation” to resolve the crisis.
- After Sharon, Which Deluge? (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Jan 16, 2006)
When German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann suffered a fatal heart attack in 1929, part of his legacy was a historical riddle: Was he the one man who might have prevented the collapse of the Weimar Republic and preserved peace in Europe?
- Library Science In India: Vision For 2010 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Dr. Abdul Majid Baba sums up the proceedings of the 25th All India Conference of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) hosted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras from 16th to 29th December 2005 at Chennai
- Off-Shore B-School (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 16, 2006)
Double-think and a travesty of autonomy
It often happens that when it comes to exercising state control over learning, the mindset of the saffronite and the secular lobbies are not wholly dissimilar.
- Govt Decision On Iim-B Is Loss To India: Goh Chok Tong (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
A senior Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong today said the Indian government's recent decision to not allow IIM-B to set up campus in Singapore was a "loss" to India.
- Free Universities From Govt Control: Narayana Murthy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In the wake of the Human Resource Development Ministry turning down the plea of Indian Institute of Bangalore to start an overseas campus, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy today sought lesser "government control" and . . .
- A Big Loss To India: Goh Chok Tong (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Centre's refusal of permission to Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore termed unfortunate
- Tribal Culture Threatened By Rss-Sponsored Kumbh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 16, 2006)
Gujarat continues to be the laboratory of Hindutva for the Sangh Parivar as the RSS begins its latest experiment in the tribal district of Dang where a three-day long “Shabri Kumbh” will begin on February 11.
- No Increase In Taxation Level (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 16, 2006)
The two major political parties hold opposite views on the appropriate level of taxation of the economy.
- Employing Technology For Language Learning (Daily Excelsior, V K Srivastava, Jan 16, 2006)
A large number of private sector companies including one prominent foreign company is developing and launching Hindi and other Indian languages softwares for the Indian market.
- Nepali Troops On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Agri Technology Mission Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The idea is to push up productivity level of the sector, says YSR
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh can now look forward to some assistance in fighting adverse seasonal conditions and also explore ways and means to give a boost to their productivity . . .
- Trivedi Is Indian Airlines Cmd (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Congress smells opportunity in Orissa
While Navin Patnaik’s track record as chief minister had been far from impressive, he has managed to remain afloat owing to lack of effective opposition. But after the tragedy of the tribals in Kalinganagar, it coul
- Nepal Firm On Civic Polls, Rebels Vow More Raids (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels on Sunday threatened more attacks after a wave of blasts around the capital ahead of next month's civic polls, which the government vowed to hold on schedule.
- Bunking Classes (Deccan Herald, Swapna Kishore, Jan 16, 2006)
These days, going to school need not necessarily mean attending classes.
- Honorary Doctoral Degrees Conferred (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Cochin University honours ISRO's Madhavan Nair, Infosys' Narayanamurthy
- Government Drops Metro Idea, Opts For Monorail (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Jan 16, 2006)
Global tender floated to select implementing agency for system
MTCL identifies 10 main corridors, 21 feeder corridors
Implementing agency must make project operational within 10 years
Government will make available the land required
- Rs. 7.5 Crore Grant For Research In Nanoscience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
This i apart from seed money already gien This is apart from the seed money already given by the State Government to the university
- Varsities Must Be Free: Nrn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In the wake of the Human Resource Development Ministry turning down the plea of Indian Institute of Bangalore to start an overseas campus, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Sunday sought lesser “government control”...
- Relaxation Makes All The Difference (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 16, 2006)
Swamy Satyananda Saraswati, founder of the Bihar school of yoga observes that relaxation is an altered state of perception. Maxwell Maltz, in his book, Psychocybernetics, also points out that it is impossible to feel fearful, angry, resentful, . . .
- Nepal On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepalese troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- 5,000 Students To Compete In 155 Events At Arts Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Chief Minister to inaugurate the extravaganza on Thursday
The State School Kalotsavam (arts festival) will be inaugurated here by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in Ernakulam on Thursday. The festival will be held in 14 venues till January 23.
- State Project For Building Capacity In E-Governance (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Jan 16, 2006)
Proposals for Rs.5.83 crores submitted to the Centre
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