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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 22438:
- Task Force On Global Strategic Developments — Need Unclear, Purpose Undefined (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 06, 2006)
If a Task Force is not to end up as a monumental wool-gathering enterprise, its purpose should be delineated in sharp and clear terms.
- Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline: Us Against Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
ADB experts say project feasible
The United States said it was “absolutely opposed” to a natural gas pipeline project linking Iran with Pakistan and India, even though an Asian Development Bank (ADB) expert saw it feasible.
- Stem Cell Research In India — Still In The Embryonic Stage (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Jan 06, 2006)
Given the huge disease burden and the need for organs, affordable diagnostics and therapies, the promise that stem cells offer needs to be exploited to the fullest.
- Not By Reservation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 06, 2006)
Minister of social justice Meira Kumar has reportedly said that the government would be forced to enact laws to ensure reservation in the private sector, if the latter failed to institute job quotas voluntarily.
- Bang-On! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Finance minister P Chidambaram has set at rest any doubts about India’s openness to foreign capital.
- Kalam Greets Kids (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today announced an essay competition and gave homework to students at the Indian Science Congress.
- Rating The Boss (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 06, 2006)
IN every organisation, there is a regular procedure for the performance of each level of employees to be appraised by the next higher level with reference to a number of attributes required, enumerated in a standardised format.
- Pakistani Team Reaches Indian Punjab (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
delegation of more than 40 experts and leaders from the Pakistani Punjab reached the Indian Punjab via Wagah Border on Thursday with proposals to explore ties between Pakistan and India.
- China Sees India As Partner, Says Pla Expert (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 06, 2006)
China and India "eye each other not as a threat but as a partner," according to Rear Admiral Yang Yi, Director of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Institute of Strategic Studies at China's National Defence University.
- 3-D Films At Science & Technology Museum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
A 3-D movie theatre, the first of its kind in the State, has started functioning on the Science & Technology Museum campus here on Thursday.
- Web-Based Education Planned By Varsity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Faculty of private colleges can acquire additional qualifications
Anna University has proposed to introduce "web-based education" from 2006-2007 for facilitating faculty in affiliated private engineering colleges to acquire ME qualification.
- A Farmer's Record (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Jan 06, 2006)
Chinthala Venkat Reddy wanted a cost-effective way to restore soil fertility without using fertilizers. His efforts have borne fruit and the farmer from Lothukunta is now waiting for a patent for his technique.
- Scientists Must Play Leading Role In Pura Project, Says Kalam (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 06, 2006)
They must provide scientific, technological leadership
Says the community can help set up 100 PURA centres
Must comprise village knowledge centres, agri-clinics, tele-education, water treatment plants
- Indian, Australian Experts To Meet On It Security (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 06, 2006)
Legal issues, standards among subjects to be discussed Threat of electronic warfare can paralyse a country's capabilities in delivering services including power, gas, raid, road and air transport systems and financial or banking networks
- Ncert Incentive For Dropouts To Return To School (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Jan 06, 2006)
There is now an incentive for school dropouts to go back to school in 2006 and stay on till the PhD degree. In an attempt to make the National Talent Promotion Scheme more inclusive, the National Council for Educational Research and Training . . .
- Us ‘Absolutely Opposes’ Iran-India Gas Line (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
‘New Delhi can oppose but might not want to sacrifice its ties with Washington’
- No Minority Tag For Amu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed as incorrect the provision granting minority institution status to the Aligarh Muslim University. The court also maintained that AMU was not a minority institution.
- Turning On Genes To Treat Diseases (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
However, there are concerns on account of insects becoming resistant to the Bt toxin and of a foreign gene being consistently present in the cotton plant.
- Kalam Gives Tips To Farmers (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 06, 2006)
“My theatre of action, Pokhran is beautiful to me.” It was President A P J Abdul Kalam at his candid best at the 93rd Science Congress answering a query from a farmer in faraway Rajasthan.
- Elaborate Arrangements Made For Aicc Plenary (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jan 06, 2006)
Prime Minister to camp from January 21 to 23 in Hyderabad
The city will virtually turn into the nation's capital for three days between January 21 and 23 with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh camping here during the period to attend the AICC plenary.
- Will Govt Apathy Kill Good Cinema? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 06, 2006)
On the tenth day of the screening of ‘Beru’, the national award-winning Kannada film on corruption, in Shimoga last fortnight, the movie’s director P Seshadri got a call from the theatre: “Sir, there are two people in the audience. What do we do?”
- Iisc Gunman Nabbed In Chennai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The assailant who killed retired IIT Professor M C Puri and injured four others on...
- Latin America’S Two Left Wings (Indian Express, JORGE CASTANEDA, Jan 06, 2006)
Don’t confuse those leaders who spring from a communist or socialist past with those who trace their roots to old-fashioned populism, says JORGE CASTANEDA
- Kalam Launches `Kidney Care Project' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Says it is time adequate attention is paid to the healthcare sector
Calls for solution to kidney transplant through stem cell research
Stresses the need to create awareness about cadaver kidney transplant
- In Sri Lanka: Seeding The Clouds Of War (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Jan 06, 2006)
The LTTE is using the same tactics to set the stage for an offensive against the Sri Lankan Army that it employed against the IPKF.
- Madrassas Untouched (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 06, 2006)
The Pakistani government caved in to opposition from fundamentalist forces on the question of madrassas
- Like A Starburst (Indian Express, Shriya Anand, Jan 06, 2006)
Imagine you are twenty and have been challenged to a duel. You’ve never been in a fight before, leave alone firing a pistol. You have one night to live, and an entire world inside your head that you need . . .
- Can Pakistan Reform? (Frontpagemag, Robert T. McLean, Jan 05, 2006)
For months, Pakistani President Musharraf has been locked in a fierce political struggle with leaders of Pakistan’s religious schools, or madrasas. Represented by the powerful political organization Wifaqul-Madaris, . . .
- Delhi Police On Alert (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jan 05, 2006)
Police Commissioner given inputs on presence of militants
Army HQ, Golf Course among likely targets
Groups operating from the Kashmir valley considered a real threat
Bangladesh-based militants found more inclined towards "fidayeen" attacks
- Bjp Meet To Ratify Rajnath's Appointment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to spell out his strategy
Strategy to expand the BJP's base
Leaders contacted at various levels
- Pakistan's Consulate Plan Scuppered In Mumbai (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jan 05, 2006)
Tenants of a high-rise office building in India's financial capital have stopped Pakistan from reopening a long-delayed consulate there, saying crowds of visa seekers would present a security threat.
- Wooing Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 05, 2006)
What is the pre-requisite to peace and stability in the part of Jammu and Kashmir which Pakistan directly administers in the name of the Northern Areas?
- Value To Rural Markets (Telegraph, Alok K. Chattopadhyay, Jan 05, 2006)
When the regulation regime came into effect, the Agriculture Produce Market Committees in India geared up to the change. West Bengal, with its rich manpower, can easily lead the way in rural development enterprises, provided there is a political . . .
- Where It Hurts The Most (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2006)
Extracts from the World Drug Report 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime.
- Quota For Muslims Case For Constitution Bench (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Apex court won't stay High Court ruling but says admissions, appointments already made not to be disturbed
Reservation for a class of people not adequately represented was permissible: Fali Nariman
- Valley Seethes In Time Of Snow (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Jan 05, 2006)
Kashmiris may be used to their homes being searched, but the recent raids were still rather unusual. What the government was looking for were not insurgents but electric heaters and water boilers.
- Representing The People (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Jan 05, 2006)
The quality of democracy gets reflected in the character and calibre of the elected representatives of the people. Parliament has recently expelled 11 of its members belonging to different political parties for accepting bribes in the cash-for-query scam.
- Russia In Trouble Over Gas Dispute (Tribune, Erika Niedowski, Jan 05, 2006)
When Russia officially became head of the leading group of industrialized nations on Jan. 1, it said energy security would be at the top of the group’s agenda; in fact, the issue already was on the minds of Europe and the United States . . .
- Sc Refuses To Stay Quota Fiat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgement quashing an ordnance providing for five per cent reservation for the Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions.
- A Place For India In `Asian' Century (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 05, 2006)
China revising its GDP growth rates and the launch of SAFTA mark the arrival of Asia on the world scene. Both have implications for India. The first demanding a re-visit to the national income statistics to factor in the contribution of the . . .
- Iran’S Nuclear Zealot (Daily Times, Kenneth R Timmerman, Jan 05, 2006)
As the world prepares to confront an Iranian regime that continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear programmes, we must listen to what Iran’s leaders say as we watch what they do. A religious zealot with nuclear weapons . . .
- Import Duties: Levy Of Flat Rates (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jan 05, 2006)
This has reference to the piece, I beg to differ with ET by Mr Rahul Bajaj The earlier ET editorial had suggested a single flat rate of duty on import goods, a reform which has been advocated by many well-meaning reformists over the years.
- Indian System Will Rule Out False Tsunami Alarms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Official says mechanism to be in place by September 2007
Key elements will be in place by March
System incorporates storm surge forecast
Encompasses near-real time determination of parameters in 2 Indian Ocean zones
- Sc Refuses To Stay Hc Ruling (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench the controversial Andhra Pradesh law providing five per cent reservation to the Muslims, but declined to grant interim stay on the state high court order striking it down as “unconstitutional”.
- Development Plan Sought For Rr District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
It is backward in all spheres: CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member P. Madhu
Government urged to formulate special five-year plans
Fab city and petrochemical complex projects sought
The district is agriculturally the most backward
- Committee On Right To Education Bill Meets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Committee on the Right to Education Bill, in its first meeting on Thursday, began deliberations on the ambitious legislation likely to be moved in the Budget Session of Parliament. The new legislation, costing between Rs 49,000 crore and . . .
- 650 Posts For Tsunami-Hit In A&n Islands: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Promising to wipe tears of tsunami survivors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced recruitment to 650 posts and proposed a legislative framework to help the victims get compensation.
- Taliban Behead Teacher (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Suspected Taliban guerrillas have beheaded a schoolteacher in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks on teachers and schools, an official said on Wednesday.
- ‘Scientists’ Attitude To World Must Change’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 05, 2006)
As a society we are now focused only on making money with the result that our children have nothing to imbibe except the same pursuit of money.
- Tsunami: Pm Promises Speedy Rehabilitation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
On the second day of his visit, the prime minister interacted with the tribal chiefs of Car Nicobar island and also laid the foundation stone for a school hostel and a sports complex.
- Ap A Breeding Ground For Terrorists? (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 05, 2006)
At least 15 youth who have been involved in terror activities such as targeting political leaders, places of worship and making bombs are from Nalgonda district, according to police statistics here.
- Economic Prospects In 2006 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 05, 2006)
The government in Pakistan faces the new year with a plate full of problems and overflowing. A few of the problems are of its own making or mismanaged by it, and some being the result of external developments like the domestic impact of high world . . .
- Koreans Lost A National Hero In The Stem-Cell Scandal. But Their Scientists Still Lead The Way In Biotech Research (Indian Express, B.J. LEE, Jan 05, 2006)
The world’s stem-cell hub at Seoul National University Hospital seemed like the epicentre of global biotechnology when it was dedicated last October. The new lab was built chiefly to house Hwang Woo Suk, South Korea’s stem-cell-research pioneer, . . .
- Karzai Makes Landmark Visit To Turkey (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Afghan rebuilding to top discussions between Karzai and Turkish dignitaries
- A New Year, A New World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2006)
Today 110 million of the world’s children will not go to school. The vast majority are girls. Half of Africa’s children will never finish primary schooling.
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
- Art Of Investing By Inertia (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Self-Control, inertia, procrastination. Human, touchable, endearing terms.
- Pdd Fails To Restore Power In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Making a mockery of their tall claims and assurances to Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here yesterday, Power Development Department (PDD) authorities have failed to restore electricity to the winter-hit Kashmir valley.
- ‘The Future Of The Bjp Is Bleak’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 05, 2006)
The United Nations has adopted the methodology devised by well-known political scientist Prof Ashutosh Varshney of Michigan University to study conflicts in south-east Asia and Nigeria. In his work, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life:
- ‘Samples Contain Animal Parts’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Ramdev Pharmacy Health Minister Ramadoss says no idea about manufacturers
- No More An Elite (Deccan Herald, T R SHASTRI, Jan 05, 2006)
From a bookkeeper to a discontented salesman, the profile of a manager has changed
- Iran Has Snatched An Opportunity From Afghanistan By Nearing An Accord With Pakistan And India On The Seven Billion Dollar Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Iran has snatched an opportunity from Afghanistan by nearing an accord with Pakistan and India on the seven billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
- Indian Police And Tribals Fight In Kalinga Nagar, India, While Indian Oligarchs Win And Politicians Sit Tight With Their Inflated Wallet (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Jan 04, 2006)
It is a sad story, What happened in Kalinga Nagar, Orissa, India should have never happened.
- Brain Drain — Oxymoron In A Global Workforce (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jan 04, 2006)
Should we bother about brain drain when the flow is moving in all directions in today's global economy, wonders Alok Ray, and cites the increasing movement to India of quite a few established professionals from countries such as the US to take up jobs,...
- Three Blasts Rock Western Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 04, 2006)
Three western Nepalese cities were rocked by near simultaneous blasts, hours after Maoists called off their four-month unilateral ceasefire blaming continued Army operations against the rebels.
- No Force Can Weaken People's Resolve: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Condemning the recent terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to send out a strong message to the pertpetrators of violence saying "no force on earth can weaken the resolve of Indian people"
- Can Creation Be Outsourced? (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jan 04, 2006)
Lalu Yadav wants earthen kulads on our trains. Now you need a pot-maker to make the cups, just as you need a watchmaker to make a watch. It’s no different for Man, argue votaries of Intelligent Design.
- Poll Bounty (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 04, 2006)
Trust the leftists of Bengal to make even newborn children matter in vote-bank politics.
- Many Pak Quake Survivors Grapple With Trauma (Reuters, Suzanna Koster, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistani earthquake survivor Shameen Akhtar orders her husband every day to dig up their three daughters.
- A Good Book? What's That? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 04, 2006)
An undercover media investigation reveals a shocking lack of literary appreciation among some of Britain's famous publishers and agents.
- Iit Soldier & Terror On Centre Stage (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 04, 2006)
They came to find scientific solutions to poverty, but all the voices rose in anger against a common threat — terrorism.
- Tunnel Vision (Telegraph, Arkadev Chatterjea, Jan 04, 2006)
Contrary to the trend abroad, students in India’s top business schools seem overly concerned with job placements, writes Arkadev Chatterjea The author is professor of finance, IIM Calcutta, and visiting fellow, Cornell Higher Education Research . . .
- Create Disaster Management Cell (Daily Excelsior, Rajesh Khajuria, Jan 04, 2006)
One year after the Tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons. The Tsunami of Dec 26 last year was one of the worst disasters in recorded history and killed - official figures - 223,492 people, besides rendering nearly . . .
- Kalam Seeks List Of Sikhs In Foreign Jails (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to give him a list of Sikhs who have been languishing without trial in cells in foreign countries after being duped by travel agents.
- Blasts Rock Nepal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Three western Nepalese cities were rocked by near simultaneous blasts, hours after Maoists called off their four-month unilateral ceasefire blaming continued Army operations against the rebels.
- Tell It To The Birds (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 04, 2006)
The country’s domestic flag carrier Indian (Airlines) plans to adopt the Japanese method and paint abstract drawings and sketches on its planes in a bid to scare away birds which are blamed for numerous accidents.
- Superfluous Medical Research (Tribune, David Brown, Jan 04, 2006)
In medical research, nobody is convinced by a single experiment. A finding has to be reproducible to be believable. Only if different scientists in different places do the same study and get the same outcomes can physicians have confidence the . . .
- Trincomalee Tense Over Youths' Death (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 04, 2006)
Army, LTTE trade charges
Tension prevailed in Trincomalee after five Tamil youths were killed and two others were injured on Monday.
- Call To Promote Tourism In Kanyakumari District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"North Indian tourists confine themselves to temple circuit"
Kanyakumari district has been bestowed with whatever a tourist looks for and has a good scope to pull in more domestic and foreign tourists, said Kanyakumari Collector Sunil Paliwal.
- Trees Planted At Bio-Park (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The B.V.K. College, in association with the Dolphin Nature Conservation Society and R.C.D. Government Hospital, organised a tree plantation programme at the bio-diversity park at the hospital premises on Monday.
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