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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 22438:
- Rs 4.02 Crore To Boost Storage Capacity Of Dams In Cuddalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Cuddalore to get Rs. 15 crore under Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana in 2005-06
Main focus of RSVY will be on improving irrigation sources
Provisions made for solid waste management, education
- Aisf Rallies Against Commercialisation Of Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"State funding of education should be stepped up"
The 26th national conference of the All India Students Federation (AISF) began here on Tuesday with a call to step up state funding of education and end its commercialisation.
- Terror Strike Proof Of India's Emergence: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"Prof. Puri lived a life of peace dedicated to science and education"
- Indian Chip Plans Unlimited Chip Plans Unlimited (Hindu, P. Manoj, Jan 04, 2006)
`Desi' silicon chips to bring cheers to Indians `Desi' silicon chips to bring cheers to Indians
- Mistrust Between India And Pakistan High, Says Analyst (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Need to arrive at practical solutions stressed
"Fifty eight years of not knowing each other" is the "main problem" between India and Pakistan, said Pakistani scholar and defence analyst Ayesha Siddiqa.
- Steeled For Change (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The tragic death of 12 people in a clash between the police and a group of tribals, protesting against the setting up of a steel plant in Jajpur district in Orissa, has an important lesson for agencies engaged in rehabilitation projects.
- `Allow Pakistani Students To Pursue Studies In India' (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 04, 2006)
Golden opportunity for scientists to work together: academician
Pak academy signs agreement on exchange of scientists
India spending more on science, says Pak official
Almost 90 per cent of scientific institutions in Pak are not sensitive and ...
- Security In It Destinations — No Cause For Panic (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Jan 04, 2006)
Soon after the Bangalore attack, the Tamil Nadu Police beefed up security in various parts of the State, including armed police pickets at TIDEL Park, Indian Institute of Technology, Anna University, and the Central Leather Research Institute, among . . .
- The Rule Of Lawlessness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 04, 2006)
Politicians who have several illegal activities have been opposing the Delhi demolitions
- ``No Force On Earth Can Weaken India's Resolve'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said terrorists were targeting research and scientific institutions because of the emergence of India as a knowledge power, and asserted that no force on earth could weaken the resolve of Indians to . . .
- Kashmir Plunges Into The Dark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Road and air links between Kashmir and the rest of the country were restored on Tuesday afternoon with three flights landing at the Srinagar airport and stranded vehicles on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway allowed to proceed after snow . . .
- Classroom Of The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2006)
Sebastian Mallaby went to Vellore and found evidence of India’s ‘educational take-off’
- Orissa Firing Draws Tribal Protests (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
At one entry point, the tribals blocked the road with the bodies of four tribals killed in the police firing. One of the bodies was that of Bumia Goto, a minor tribal boy, a student in a local high school.
- Green Revolution Ii Must: Pm (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon scientists to usher in a Second Green Revolution that would “forever end the divide between Bharat and India” and one that would increase rural incomes, agricultural productivity and the quality of rural life.
- Iisc Attack Mastermind Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
In a major breakthrough in the IISc attack case, the Bangalore police have arrested a person...
- Should India Demand Farm Subsidy Cuts By Developed Nations? (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 04, 2006)
In none of the four major world commodities would India stand to benefit substantially even if developed economies eliminated subsidies. Subsidy-induced low prices would be in our consumers' interest. But more important is to make Indian agriculture . . .
- `Iisc Incident Shows Indian Science's Success' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Prime Minister recalled the incident where Prof M.C. Puri was shot dead by a terrorist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and described him "as a soldier of knowledge who lived a life of peace, dedicated to science and education."
- Involve Community In Providing Education (Daily Excelsior, S K Kakroo, Jan 04, 2006)
In our country, the vision of education was contained in article 45 of the constitution, which states, "the state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of this constitution for free and compulsory education . . .
- Security In Chennai Still Tight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Public places continue to be under police scanner
- Redefining Nam’S Role (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jan 04, 2006)
The numerical strength of both G-77 and NAM (non-aligned movement) has been a major factor in decision-making at the UN and in all conferences held under the auspices of the UN system.
- Rs. 5 Crores Central Assistance To Promote Tourism In Kodagu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
State Government urged to improve the condition of roads in the district
- ‘Pull Out Troops From Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has proposed that both Pakistan and India withdraw troops from Kashmir.
- Militants Bomb Girls’ School, Security Check Post In Wana (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Suspected militants bombed a security check-post and a girls’ school in South Waziristan early on Tuesday but there was no loss of life, security officials said.
- U.S. Cedes Duties In Rebuilding Afghanistan (Washington Post, Griff Witte, Jan 03, 2006)
Four years into a mammoth reconstruction effort here that has been largely led, funded and secured by Americans, the United States is showing a growing willingness to cede those jobs to others.
- Bringing Peace To Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
One wonders what to make of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s statement that peace is a prerequisite to development in the Northern Areas. It would have been more logical for him to say that development was a prerequisite for peace and political . . .
- Job Creation Is Agenda For 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Development programmes to be monitored: Manmohan
In a bid to ensure effective implementation of the United Progressive Alliance Government's National Common Minimum Programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting here on Monday . . .
- Out Of Saudi Comfort (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 03, 2006)
The story was apocryphal once but has acquired the patina of fact. It pertained to a remark by the American millionaire Mr J. J. Astor, who on seeing the shards of the fatal iceberg strewn on the decks of the Titanic, muttered: ‘I had ordered ice, . . .
- Wto Meeting And Pakistan (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 03, 2006)
Last week, I provided an overview of the process that led to the discussions at Hong Kong aimed at further improvements in the multilateral trading system. At issue were a series of actions the developed world had promised it would take to create . . .
- Varsity Plans Ph.D. Programme For Practising Lawyers, Serving Judges (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 03, 2006)
Chief Justice open to the idea; keen on forging the varsity-judicial academy link
- Prime Minister Arrives In City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To inaugurate the 93rd Indian Science Congress at ANGRAU
- 250 Satellite Linked Village Resource Centres By March' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair has said that at least 250 villages in the country will have satellite-linked Village Resource Centres (VRC) by March this year, taking the benefits of space technology . . .
- Now, Stem-Cell Lines In New Medium (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Scientists at a laboratory affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a stem-cell culture medium free of animal cells and used it to derive two new human embryonic stem-cell lines.
- Politics And Development (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Jan 03, 2006)
A running commentary on India's development and economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s
- Voice Of Dissent (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Jan 03, 2006)
Offers an alternative to free market economic policy for restoring balance to globalisation's disequalising effects
- Modern Notions Of Culture And Self (Hindu, Partho Datta, Jan 03, 2006)
A peep into what is happening in India today in culture and what concerns move its most articulate citizens
- Alagappa University Enters Into Mou With Four Foreign Institutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To conduct joint academic courses and programmes The respective faculty and students would be encouraged to pursue collaborative research programmes, besides short-term visits in the areas of common interest with funding sponsorship
- ‘Education Revolution Looms’ (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Jan 03, 2006)
Is there more to your kid’s life than just the home-school-home routine? Is his/her entire day spent coping with physics, history, mathematics, geography? Who’s in charge of our children? What’s being taught or learnt in their schools? Should all children
- Keeping Traditions Alive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Seal of Excellence for Handicraft Products encourages craft-workers to use traditional skills and materials to ensure the perpetuation of traditional knowledge and skills, writes Geetha Rao.
- Bangladeshi National Detained, Local Let Network Worries Cops (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 03, 2006)
The Bangalore Police, based on information provided by their counterparts in Andhra Pradesh, have detained a Bangladeshi national, who they suspect could be involved in the December 28 terror attack.
- Two Arrested In Hyderabad With Explosives (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Police arrested two men believed to be planning attacks on companies in the information technology sector in Hyderabad and seized a large haul of explosives, . . .
- Politics Of Global Inequality Comes Of Age (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2006)
It has happened because the West is learning to question its own legitimacy
- Iits, Iims To Open Doors For More Students (Hindustan Times, Chetan Chauhan, Jan 03, 2006)
Didn't get through this year's CAT? Take heart, the ministry of human resources development plans to increase the intake of students at all levels in IIMs as well as IITs.
- Hopes Rise After Stem Cell Breakthrough (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 03, 2006)
All of the concerns about contaminating proteins in existing stem cell lines can essentially be removed using this medium
- Terror Plot Busted Ahead Of Pm's Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Hours before the Prime Minister's visit to the city, Police foiled the plot of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed to trigger bomb blasts, including suicide bombings, in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Karnataka.
- Gene Discoveries Highlight Dangers Facing Society (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 03, 2006)
Mankind's increasing understanding of the way genes influence behaviour and the issue's potential to cause ethical and moral dilemmas is one of the biggest dangers facing society, according to leading scientists.
- A Conversation With Orhan Pamuk (Hindu, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jan 03, 2006)
The writer's eclectic approach allows him to be critically engaged in Turkey's perennial dilemma — how to live in a westernised fashion in a country that is essentially non-western.
- Politics Of Global Inequality Finally Came Of Age (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jan 03, 2006)
There is fat chance that 2005 has made poverty history, but the west is learning to question its own legitimacy.
- Funds Sought For Gilgit Development (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Islamabad has approached the World Bank and other foreign donors to prepare a comprehensive plan for socio-economic development of Northern Areas covering Gilgit and Baltistan.
- Systems Collapse Under Moderate Snowfall (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 03, 2006)
Considered to be auspicious by the Valley’s agriculture, horticulture and tourism community with the beginning of the New Year and Chilla-e-Kalaan (heart of the winter), the season’s first major snowfall has threatened to cripple vital systems in Kashmir.
- Mixed Fare (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 03, 2006)
What 2005 meant to the North-east
No North-eastern state suffered political tsunamis in the year just ended, thanks to the anti-defection law and downsizing of ministries that checked characteristic toppling games and horse-trading so common to Meghalay
- Education At Doorstep (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
Distance education in an- emerging concept of modern education and has proved an effective alternative to formal education,
- Science Meet Security Beefed Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Alerted by the recent terror strike on scientists at Indian Institute on Science (IISc), Bangalore, security has been tightened for the 93rd Indian Science Congress (ISC), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.
- Develop 'Management Culture' In Hospitals (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
The clinicians/doctors have been playing the dual roles - those of administrators and doctors. In the process, there have been more losses than gains. The medical community has not understood the world "management" in its correct perspective.
- Rising Inequality In China (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 03, 2006)
Spectacular economic growth in China has been accompanied by growing inequalities of income and wealth distribution. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine recent patterns of inequality in Chin a.
- A New Thought On Petro Subsidy (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Jan 03, 2006)
It has been known for decades that subsidised kerosene does not reach the poor, for whom it is meant, but is used by unscrupulous persons who make substantial profits by adulteration.
- Toning Up The Village Credit Cycle (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Jan 03, 2006)
An Independent Commission set up by All India Bank Officers Confederation has proposed the revival of development banking as an alternative policy to existing banking reforms.
- Taliban List Battlefield Successes In 2005 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Taliban Monday claimed that their fighters shot down seven helicopters and killed scores of foreign and Afghan soldiers during the seven-month period from July-December 2005.
- In India, Engineering Success (Washington Post, Sebastian Mallaby, Jan 02, 2006)
The classroom of the future will feature electronic white boards.
- Will The Hr Profession Please Speak Up? (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Jan 02, 2006)
The security departments, transport departments, the police, the taxi drivers, the CEOs, Nasscom, the various labour unions, the public at large — they all had something to say. As for the HR (human resource) community,
- Putting Aside Ideological Hang-Ups (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Jan 02, 2006)
The genie of obscurantism, of the confused ideological variety, is out of the bottle again. At least that was the impression created by a host of speakers, among them Dr Javid Iqbal, Justice Nasim Hassan Shah and Mr Majid Nizami, at a seminar held to ....
- A Prescription For Decline (Dawn, Dushka H. Saiyid, Jan 02, 2006)
DR Atta-ur-Rehman, chairman, Higher Education Commission, speaking in September at a meeting of ECOSOC, UN, announced that the funding for higher education in Pakistan had gone up by 1500 per cent.
- Death Be Not Proud (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 02, 2006)
The story of an aged couple organising their own “bhog” at Baurhai Kalan near Mandi Ahmedgarh caused shock and revulsion among those who read it. But no such sentiments were evoked when my own maternal grandfather did the same over three decades ago.
- On The Eventful Year That Was (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 02, 2006)
The year just gone by has been one of tremendous promise but also of problems. While the economy is booming, with the soaring Sensex and a strong financial scene, the shortages have not disappeared, except for forex.
- The Rewriting Of History (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 02, 2006)
The recent international book fair held in Karachi’s Expo Centre was a huge and truly memorable event. It was the first time in this philistine city that so many representatives of Indian publishing houses jostled with local publishers, booksellers and...
- Place Of Origin (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 02, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Maoist Designs (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Jan 02, 2006)
With Maoists from Nepal to Tamil Nadu subverting the government machinery and gaining control in a wide corridor across 13 states through a campaign of terror, their activities have become a serious threat to national security.
- Now And Again: Monkey Business (Statesman, BULA BOSE, Jan 02, 2006)
Actually, it was an ex-colleague of mine who first made me conscious of the whole thing. He had gone to Delhi on work and, for some reason, had to cool his heels over a long weekend. Being a resourceful person, he decided to make use of the break . . .
- March Of Time (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 02, 2006)
Harijans in Rajasthan show the way
The experience of a small community of Harijans in a Rajasthan district reflects the lingering scourge of untouchability in a social environment that claims to have thrown up saner voices.
- New Path For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 02, 2006)
Darling of the World Bank Chandra Babu Naidu paid for his love by losing power. Nitish Kumar appears to be moving in the same self-destruct mode. A World Bank team has already visited Bihar.
- Bombay’S Lost Itself, Mumbai Doesn’T Even Know Where To Look (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Bombay’s lost itself, Mumbai doesn’t even know where to look
Dress codes for college girls, marching orders to bar girls, censor guidelines for its television channels. What else is in store for this city, asks Tanuja Chandra.
- Examiners Face Stern Action For Lapses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Anna University takes serious view of valuation error complaints
- Sins Of The Clergy (Tribune, Pushpa M. Bhargava, Jan 02, 2006)
IT is a cliché that man has today all the means to destroy all of his species through weapons of mass destruction possessed by many countries led by the US. There is no country that can be trusted not to use them; in fact, the larger the stock . . .
- The Right Decision (Deccan Herald, Esha Chatterjee, Jan 02, 2006)
It’s not how hard you fall that matters as much as how fast you get up when you fall.
- Happy New Year Of The Cabbage (Indian Express, ELISSA SILVERMAN, Jan 02, 2006)
Moon K. Yoon sensed something was up about two months ago when the 16-ounce jars of kimchi started moving quickly from the shelves of the Lotte Plaza International Supermarket in Fairfax, Virginia, a sign that interest in the spicy cabbage dish had . . .
- Kalam Gifts A Clown & A Smile (Telegraph, ASHISH SINHA, Jan 02, 2006)
Four-year-old Bablu, from Shivganj in Bhojpur, looks happy as he plays with the stuffed clown the President gave him yesterday.
- Agriculture Department Asked To Help Stop Use Of Endosulfan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The District Development Council has asked the Agriculture Department to take steps to stop use of the pesticide Endosulfan in mango orchards and vegetable farms in the eastern parts of the district, such as Chittur, Muthalamada and Nelliampathy.
- Gender Budgeting To Help Women (Tribune, V.P. Prabhakar, Jan 02, 2006)
The Government has announced its intention to gradually introduce the concept of “gender budgeting” in line with the basic principles of governance to which the Central Government is committed under the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), . . .
- Three Wishes For 2006 (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 02, 2006)
The New Year comes carrying new ideas, new creations, new aspirations. To that body of newness, here go my three bits, three wishes that I hope will begin in 2006.
- Social Trends In The New Year (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 02, 2006)
An important feature of 2005’s economic growth was that it put more disposal income into the hands of younger people. BPOs, aviation, hotels, tourism and the food and beverage industries expanded rapidly as did jobs in manufacturing, management and media.
- Resolution Of The New Year Resolution (Indian Express, PRIYA RAMANI, Jan 02, 2006)
Lofty resolutions. All part of year-end math right? Add all the Foster’s bottles consumed, divide by the number of hours you exercised.
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