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Articles 12921 through 13020 of 22438:
- The Balochistan Situation Has Some Similarity To 1971 (Daily Times, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, Jan 12, 2006)
The situation in Balochistan has been further aggravated by the government
- Deadening The Spirit (Greater Kashmir, FARRUKH FAHEEM, Jan 12, 2006)
We don’t educate them, we domesticate them, so that they are tamed into that culture of silence where nothing speaks at will, comments
FARRUKH FAHEEM
- Hidden Victims Highlight Ease Of Transmission (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jan 11, 2006)
HUNDREDS OF people are believed to have caught bird flu from infected poultry, but were not diagnosed because their symptoms were too mild, scientists revealed on Monday.
- Gigabits And Gandhi — A Realistic Model (Hindu, S.V. Raghavan, Jan 11, 2006)
Fibre optic cables may hold the key to a rural revolution. They can create a multi-purpose infrastructure for the villages of India.
- Missing Girls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 11, 2006)
The skewed sex ratio in India has come into the limelight once again with the publication of a study reported in the Lancet.
- India's Lost Daughters (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 11, 2006)
NEW DELHI As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical...
- No Religious Bias (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jan 11, 2006)
Allahabad HC: reservation will not be on religious basis.
- 'Say No To State Funding' (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 11, 2006)
Shockingly abominable as the cash-for-questions expose involving 11 members of parliament and shown on the small screen has been, it has led to a knee-jerk reaction by the government
- 'Say No To State Funding' (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 11, 2006)
Shockingly abominable as the cash-for-questions expose involving 11 members of parliament and shown on the small screen has been, it has led to a knee-jerk reaction by the government
- The Washington Rot (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 11, 2006)
In the six years since Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared, in the presence of Bill Clinton, that India and the United States of America were “natural allies”,
- Arms And The Men (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jan 11, 2006)
The Indian army regiments’ history is a subject with a beginning but without an end.
- Linguistic Security (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
A FEW years on, the global Indian in America may not even be English-speaking.
- Focus On N-Energy (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 11, 2006)
A BUDDING poet Nellickal Muralidharn Nair and I started a little monthly magazine called Naveenam (The New) in 1970.
- Coke’S Water-Harvesting Claims ‘Fraudulent’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 11, 2006)
OVER a dozen universities in the United States have terminated contracts with the Coca-Cola company in part because of concerns that the multinational corporation is polluting the environment in India, drastically lowering the water table and selling prod
- What Next In Balochistan? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 11, 2006)
THE situation in Balochistan is going from bad to worse. Every day the newspapers carry reports of rocket attacks by unknown people and shelling and firing by the security forces.
- The Balochistan Situation Has Some Similarity To 1971 (Daily Times, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, Jan 11, 2006)
* The situation in Balochistan has been further aggravated by the government..
- Do Grids Hold Answers To Grand Challenges? (The Economic Times, D. Murali , Jan 11, 2006)
BASED on ``1,466 interviews with senior IT influencers and decision makers'', Oracle has found that India leads the world in the big jump of 52 per cent on the `Grid Index'.
- Cold Wave Death Toll Goes Past 150 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The cold snap, whipping Northern and Eastern regions, claimed 15 more lives pushing the death count this winter to 154 as plummeting mercury coupled with icy winds on Monday numbed vast swathes of the region hitting normal life.
- Behind Joshi Cd: Rss Hints At High, Mighty In Gujarat (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jan 10, 2006)
Senior RSS ideologue M G Vaidya has said that ‘‘a highly ambitious Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’’ from Gujarat could be behind the Sanjay Joshi VCD and they could eventually be in for a Shakespearean tragic end.
- On Muslims, Upa Has Bad Answers (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 10, 2006)
The UPA government’s approach to the well-being of Muslims is threatening to inject an insidious poison into Indian politics, whose ramifications for all Indian citizens are too dreadful to contemplate.
- Saying It Shortly (Indian Express, Vinita Bahadur, Jan 10, 2006)
In these days of e-mail and sms, a new dictionary of acronyms has taken shape. Btw means by the way, lol is laugh out loud and asap means as soon as possible. But have you ever heard of DLTGH?
- One For Holy Shankranthi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
To visit a Shiva Temple on Makara Shankranthi and pay obeisance to the Shiva linga, it is believed, is an insurance for peace and happiness for the rest of the year. Head for the Kotilingeswara temple in Kammasandra this Shankranthi and . . .
- Caves Of Antiquity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Sanjay Biswas and Shubha Chacko are mesmerised by the ancient temples and sculptures of Aihole that silently speak of people who lived fifteen hundred years ago.
- It’S A Story Of Survival For Too Many Kids (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 10, 2006)
India continues to have the highest incidence of child labour in the world besides an increase in the reported crimes against and by children.
- Dreading To Drive (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Jan 10, 2006)
If learning ought to succeed, it needs a positive environment.
- Securing Human Rights For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
On Human Rights Day, December 10, what must worry the world is the silent violation of human rights
- Hangman’S Noose (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2006)
Postgrads ready to handle it
DEATH and taxes, it is said, are great levellers. To this might be added unemployment too.
- Lax Immigration Control Aids Militants: Indian Officials (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Lax vigilance by Indian immigration officials is allowing Islamist militants to smuggle in weapons and explosives from Bangladesh, a top official with India’s border force said on Monday.
- Importance Of Being Mp! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Jan 10, 2006)
"Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
- Wise Move (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 10, 2006)
If ever a count is taken our State will doubtless top in this sphere. No other region of the country is afflicted by such high number of mysterious fires as ours.
- National Population Policy — When Will It Start Ticking? (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 10, 2006)
On the second day of the New Year and the first working day in 2006, the highest court of the land issued a notice to all States and Union Territories asking them to indicate the action taken by them in implementing the National Population Policy (NPP)...
- No Let-Up In Cold Wave Conditions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Freezing cold wave conditions, prevailing in many parts of north-west India for the past fortnight, continued today without any let-up as the mercury hovered six degrees below normal in Punjab and Delhi.
- Insurgency In Iraq Sunnis Hold The Key (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Jan 10, 2006)
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, plenty of water has flown down the Euphrates and the Tigris.
- It Stands For Indian Talent ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Jan 10, 2006)
One of the most important change in recent times is the perception about India. I was reading Times magazine recently. I browsed through the interview of Peter Mandelson, who is Tony Blair’s most valued adviser. I was struck by what I read.
- Kalam Sees Indian Minds Shining (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today said the sun would never set on the “Empire of the Indian Mind”. “It would not be an exaggeration, if I say that today the sun truly cannot set on the Empire of the Indian Mind.
- Financing Change (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 10, 2006)
Will the National Advisory Council’s (NAC) suggestion of linking governance to disbursal of central funds to states improve the quality of governance? Unlikely.
- Bengal’S New Deal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 10, 2006)
The Left Front government appears to be floundering in its quest for FDI, paradoxically a Marxist panacea to shore up infrastructure.
- Heavy Snow, Icy Winds Bring Winter Misery To Asia (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jan 10, 2006)
Japan braced for more snow on Monday after record falls that have already killed dozens and Indian officials closed schools in the capital as an unusually severe winter racks Asia.
- Graft Case Not To Be Dropped: Lok Ayukta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The Lok Ayukta has made it clear that the case initiated on the basis of corruption charges against Health Minister K. K. Ramachandran's office will continue even if the Kerala Government Medical Officers' Association (KGMOA) backed out of the complaint.
- First Generation School-Goer Wins Honours (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Jan 10, 2006)
He bagged first prize in a State-level science competition
- Lax Watch Aids Islamist Militants--India Official (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jan 10, 2006)
Lax vigilance by Indian immigration officials is allowing Islamist militants to smuggle in weapons and explosives from Bangladesh, a top official with India's border force said on Monday.
- Behind Bangalore: The Origins Of The Long Jihad (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 10, 2006)
The first part of an investigation into how the Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror campaign against India was born, and the forces that drive it today
- Bullying Iran Is Not An Option For The West (Hindu, Mary Riddell, Jan 10, 2006)
Before western leaders seek sanctions against Iran, they should put their own houses in order on nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
- Atheists Seem Ready To Believe Anything (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jan 10, 2006)
Richard Dawkins's latest attack on religion is not worthy of a great scientist.
- 10 Million Female Births Aborted In India: Study (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 10, 2006)
Nearly 500,000 female babies lost annually to selective abortion
Study based on survey of 1.1 million Indian households
"Girl deficit" more common among educated families
Prenatal sex determination and selective abortion result in low birth rate ...
- Support A Family Programme (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 10, 2006)
Ch Shujaat Hussain, President Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman Disaster Relief Management Society has said that local and foreign individuals and organizations were taking active part in Punjab Government’s ‘Support a Family Programme’ . . .
- Budget: Chidambaram Hints At Rural Bias (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Unanimous call by corporates for removal or simplification of Fringe Benefits Tax
- Ongc Donates Rs. 60 Lakh To Ramakrishna Mission (Hindu, Indrani Dutta, Jan 10, 2006)
The Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy received its single largest donation of Rs. 60 lakh on Monday from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), which donated the money for purchasing an imported computerised braille printing machine.
- `Bioinformatics Gaining Importance In Many Fields' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Seminar throws light on drug development
<17,3p,3p><15,3p>Prizes for the best three papers were presented to A. Mahalakshmi, Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Lady Doak College (1st), B. Vimal, II M.Sc. Biochemistry, Srimad Andavan Arts College, ...
- South Zone Cultural Centre To Preserve Dravidian Art Forms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to participate in Tamil University's silver jubilee celebrations
- Protest Marks End Of Pravasi Divas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Protest and controversy marked the presentation ceremony of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards at the concluding function of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2006 today.
- `State To Set Up Nri Department' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Mixed reaction to oppose presentation of Pravasi Samman award to Sudhir Parikh
- Protest Mars Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award Function (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
A group of overseas Indians opposes selection of US-based doctor for honour
Kalam attends Pravasi Bharatiya Divas valedictory
Police seize placards and detain three
11 overseas Indians given the prestigious award
President releases special postal
- Farmers Should Be Made Aware Of Benefits Of Bt: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
'Biotechnology can help reduce nutritional deficiencies among the poor'
- Nit-C Ties Up With Taiwan University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), and National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (KUAS), Taiwan, have agreed to have an academic exchange programme.
- Abdul Kalam Supports Manmohan's Call For Second Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Says foodgrains production will double to 400 million tonnes
Seeks integration of technology upgradation in harvest operations
Calls for incremental growth rate of two per cent annually in GDP
- Status Of The Girl Child (Hindu, Andal Damodaran, Jan 10, 2006)
Papers documenting the status of the girl child in the Asian region
- Memoirs Of A Fearless Critic (Hindu, Sulochana Pattabhi Raman, Jan 10, 2006)
This book is a biography of the art critic Subbudu by young Lada Guruden Singh.
- Cultural Crossover (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jan 10, 2006)
Documents the musical and cultural history of the classical Hindustani stringed instrument sarod
- When Power Subverts The Law (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 10, 2006)
Two seminal books question the possibility of international criminal justice in a unipolar world
- Mutual Banking — An Emerging Tool In Retail Banking (Business Line, J. Sethuraman, Jan 10, 2006)
FEE-BASED income through hybrid product and service offerings has already emerged as a profitable business model in the retail bankscape, and mutual fund (MF) distribution has become a fashion statement among all banks.
- Feting The Nri (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
For the third year in a row, non-resident Indians (NRIs) were feted at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas jamboree, this time in Hyderabad, with all the unctuousness that marks occasions like this.
- Ku Readies For Golden Jubilee Celebrations (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Jan 09, 2006)
IN the dying months of 1956 seven-year -ld Shiv Narayan, studying in Class I in the Municipal Committee School at Kurukshetra, did not fully understand why he along with the rest of his class was busy preparing colourful buntings.
- Summit Failure (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jan 09, 2006)
LONG back in a university a situation just flared up. There was a tradition of regular exchange of “views” between the students of a girl’s hostel and a boy’s hostel.
- Cold Wave Tightens Grip (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The freezing cold, coupled with disruption in power and drinking water supplies and icy road surfaces, affected normal life for the eighth consecutive day here today.
- Significance Of The Oic Summit (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Jan 09, 2006)
THE usual diversity of assessments has followed the Third Extraordinary Summit of OIC held at Makkatul Mukarrama on December 7-8 2005.
- Governance May Pay For States (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Stability index proposed for key officials, two year term suggested..
- Needed A Soil, Not Green, Revolution (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 09, 2006)
Agriculture can never be salvaged with a "trickle down" approach, which stands debunked now after four decades of the so-called Green Revolution.
- The Alito Hearings (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Jan 09, 2006)
As Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito appears this morning for day one of his Senate confirmation hearings..
- Unemployment, Inflation And Education (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 09, 2006)
Undoubtedly by promoting unemployable education policy-makers have raised unemployment.
- Why We Refuse To Learn (Telegraph, VIMALA RAMACHANDRAN, Jan 09, 2006)
looks at the differing perceptions about ‘motivation’ among administrators, teachers and parents
- Behind Bangalore: The Origins Of The Long Jihad (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 09, 2006)
The first part of an investigation into how the Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror campaign against India was born, and the forces that drive it today.
- Central Institutions And Regional Disparity (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
There is a need for educational institutes of national repute in backward States such as Orissa to bridge regional disparity and trigger local development.
- The Confirmation: Female Foeticide In India Crossed 1 Cr In 20 Yrs (Hindu, PALLAVA BAGLA, Jan 09, 2006)
The first-ever systematic scientific study on female foeticide by an Indo-Canadian team in India presents a shocking picture.
- Upa Plan For Minorities May Fragment Society, Warns Bjp; Not On, Agrees Left (Hindu, Varghese K George, Jan 09, 2006)
The UPA government’s controversial move to reserve a ‘‘certain percentage’’ of all development funds for minorities has been criticised by the BJP and the Left too has expressed concern.
- Chidambaram Seeks Left's Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
"State Government has not submitted detailed project report for desalination plant"
- Religious Reservation And Amu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
It was a flawed move from the start. When Aligarh Muslim University announced that 50 per cent of its seats in some post-graduate courses would be reserved for Muslim students, there was doubt whether this could be legally sustained.
- What The Budget Must Tackle (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jan 09, 2006)
To mobilise resources for infrastructure, the best thing to do is to cut subsidies in the oil sector.
- City In Disgrace (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Jan 09, 2006)
Bangalore’s glory is not so much in its present, but in the past.
- Mind The Negativism, Please (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 09, 2006)
Many years ago one of Delhi’s most endearing and enduring politicians, the late Jagpravesh Chandra, presented me his book on why the Capital badly needed a mass rapid transport system.
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