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Articles 13321 through 13420 of 22438:
- Year Of Inflexion (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has a feel for history. In his maiden speech as finance minister, he talked about India as an idea whose time had arrived. Now in the prime ministerial hot-seat, the time has arrived to propel this idea forward with greater impetus and ...
- Crpf Raises Special Squad To Combat Naxals (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, Jan 02, 2006)
Unable to carry out sustained operations against the Naxals, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in all states affected by leftist extremism has raised a Special Operations Group within itself.
- The Attributes Of A Successful Teacher (Hindu, Purnendu Ghosh, Jan 01, 2006)
I have received more from my students than I could give them
- A Letdown (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Jan 01, 2006)
THE world of Indian dance has been so short of reference books in modern times that it is always a pleasant surprise to find one more entering the market. Therefore it was with some anticipation and a ready margin of indulgence that one picked up the book
- Shaping New Lives In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 01, 2006)
In the absence of a cohesive response from society to the Kashmir earthquake, the challenge of rehabilitating the survivors remains an uphill task.
- How To Tide Over Terror (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Keep the police, bomb squad, emergency response center, ambulance number in your purse
Find out the emergency response plans of employers, school, daycare and other officials. To where would they evacuate workers and students?
- Hoping The New Year Will Usher Change — For The Better (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
Anyone writing a column that appears on the first day of a new year is forced to reminisce about the last one. Squashed on this page between N K Singh and Sudheendra Kulkarni, I can only hope they take a kinder, more philosophical view of 2005 so . . .
- Tech Hub: India Needs To Wait (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 01, 2006)
When software giant Microsoft knocked on Indian techies' gates in December 2005, the world stopped to notice.
- Iisc Attack: 3 Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
In a significant breakthrough in the IISc attack case, two of the three persons picked up by a Central team of investigators are students of reputed institutes in Bangalore, sources said.
- ‘Balochistan Share In Uplift Spending Rises To Rs 33.3bn’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said Balochistan’s share in the total development spending has increased from Rs 5.4 billion to Rs 33.3 billion registering an increase of 600 per cent in the last six years.
- Need For A Policy For The Displaced People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
The recent internecine killings, which claimed about 90 lives in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, have led to the displacement of over 44,000 tribal Karbis and Dimasas. Away from the attention of the national media, the displaced Karbis and Dimasas . . .
- Human Rights And Their Protection (Daily Excelsior, Tahir Khurshid Raina, Jan 01, 2006)
Quoting ''Hamlet'' the celebrated literary creation of Shakespeare, the man has been beautifully described as :
- No Short Cuts To Confidence Building (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 01, 2006)
I was invited this week by a Students Union of a university from the (so-called) ‘cow belt’. It was a very different invite from earlier ones I had received from academic institutions.
- We Need Creative Leaders’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
In Indian history, very rarely has our nation come across positive situations all at the same time.
- Good Morning 2006 (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
His education has failed him. It was always the more deserving, the more scrupulous, the more diligent who forged ahead, he was taught. But, we failed to teach him the distinction between the rich and the poor, between the strong and the weak, . . .
- Expulsion Enhanced Parliament’S Image: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jan 01, 2006)
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav’s maiden election to the Fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25 coincided with the present Speaker Somnath Chatterjee also entering the portals of Parliament.
- Heritage Walk Brings To Light Neglect Of Buddhist Site (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Sanctioning of various projects all around Bavikonda poses threat
- India's Tryst With Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Allah Bukhsh, Jan 01, 2006)
Indian enterprise has proved to the world that it is capable of taking on competition when it sets out to do so. As recently as 1985, no one had even heard of Infosys, or Wipro, no one had imagined that an Indian would become the Steel Czar of the world,
- Stem Cells, Singing Mice Herald New Era In Genetics (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 01, 2006)
Highlights of an eventful year for scientists who probed deeper into space and unravelled the secrets of DNA For the first time humans managed to hit asteroids. It happens with ease in Hollywood films but doing it is tricky in real life but scientists . .
- Zubin Mehta In Concert (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jan 01, 2006)
For most lovers of Western classical music — and I dare say for lovers of Indian classical music as well — there is something bizarre and disconcerting about going to listen to a concert in a stadium. But that was what was imposed on those music lovers —
- Quake Monitor Brings Good Tidings (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jan 01, 2006)
Roger Belham is the lone scientist who had proposed a study of the tectonics of the island 15 years ago from the “micro-atoll”environment which means a probe into sections of tiny systems around which corals grow.
- Forests To Be Greener With People's Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Measures to protect tribals' interest
Various conservation and forest protection activities will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.1 crores in the district to increase forest cover with the participation of people, Minister for Transport and ....
- Farmer As The Bjp Helmsman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in the 1977 elections, Mr Singh shot into limelight during his stint as education minister in the state in 1991 when he enacted an Anti-Copying Act provoking protests from the then Opposition parties.
- Inclusive Nationalism (Daily Excelsior, C.S. Pandit, Jan 01, 2006)
Nation-states have a logic of their own. So insidiously is this logic purveyed through the state's institutions that it becomes common sense, particularly among the educated. Perspectives that differ from this common sense are then easily seen . . .
- Us Firm Employee Detained, Questioned About Iisc Attack (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 01, 2006)
Investigations into the terrorist attack on the IISc have led to the detention of an employee of a US-based company.
- Growing Up Sikh (Deccan Herald, Geetanjali Kapoor, Jan 01, 2006)
The best part of the book is the attitude of its young protagonist who is positive, despite having faced terrible odds.
- The Demographic Dividend (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 31, 2005)
Reserve Bank of India governor YV Reddy is not being unduly alarmist when he speaks of “the so-called demographic dividend (turning) into a demographic nightmare,” if employers do not take the initiative to train people with employable skills.
- We Have Promises To Keep (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 31, 2005)
Our Parliament played Santa this year when it closed shop with some resolutions for India's children. Late on the last night of the last session in 2005, with barely a quorum present, the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Bill made it . . .
- Hundreds Of Trees Pruned For Kalam’S Visit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Severe pruning of hundreds of trees as part of a beautification drive for the visit of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam here Friday has irked environmentalists.
- Patently Unwise (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 31, 2005)
No case for beefing capital base of banks
The Centre’s decision to provide Rs 3,800 crore to Indian Bank and another Rs 450 crore to Dena Bank defies understanding.
- Sebi Resumes Mapin, Permits Gold Funds (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday gave its green signal to introduce Gold Exchange Traded Fund (GETF), resume Mapin registrations, introduce optional grading of IPOs, expand network to facilitate refunds of public offers through
- A.P. Cabinet Nod For Three More Varsities In The State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
One each for the three regions; expert panel to go into detai
Three new conventional universities — one each in the three regions of Andhra Pradesh — will be set up at Nizamabad, Kadapa and Rajahmundry to start functioning next academic year.
- Bangalore Attack Sparks A Security Debate (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 31, 2005)
What can research institutes and small companies do?
A positive fall out of the tragic gunning down of an academic in Bangalore earlier this week has been the initiation of a debate on the security environment.
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Salve On Pak Islamic Schools Before Salvo (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Dec 31, 2005)
In an apparent attempt to avoid confrontation with Islamic seminaries that host foreign students, the Pakistani government today said it is not cancelling the students’ visas but they have to leave the country “as soon as possible”.
- Sebi New Year: Investor Ids, Gold Funds (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Come New Year, investors will have to get a unique identification number (UIN) to transact deals in the stock market. In an apparent bid to eliminate incidences like the recent Yes Bank IPO scam and to safeguard investors’ money, . . .
- Two Fc Men Killed In Khuzdar Attack (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
At least three persons, including two personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), were killed in Kalat and Dera Bugti, where security forces and armed tribesmen also exchanged fire on Friday.
- `Year Of Farm Resurgence' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 31, 2005)
Is the docile elephant beginning to stir itself up for some real action? If, at the turn of the year, there is euphoria around the country, especially across industrial and services sectors, it is entirely justified, for, the economy is on a roll.
- Preserving Pakistan’S Identity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
It is encouraging that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has categorically stated that the Government will not allow airing of programmes that are against our faith, culture and tradition. Chairing meeting of PEMRA on Thursday, he said Pakistan has an open . .
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- Kalam Brings Cheer To Bihar (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
On his first visit to Bihar after the NDA came to power, President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today said smiling leads to creativity which in turn can foster development.
- Sri Lanka: Towards An Enduring Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Environmental implications of the Sethusamudram project have to be studied and action taken.
- High Security For Isc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The shadow of the Bangalore terror attack looms large on the 93rd Indian Science Congress that is to be held here from January 3 to 5.
- Minority Rights And Responsibilities (Hindu, Iqbal A. Ansari, Dec 31, 2005)
Muslims are not enjoying any `privilege' denied to others. However, the concerns raised in Parliament, during the debate on the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, on the reservation issue need to be addressed. One way could be to conduct a . . .
- West Bengal Poll (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
EC must mean business
What eventual impact the Election Commission’s directive to West Bengal’s chief electoral officer to correct the “glaring irregularities” in the distribution of photo identity cards of voters would have is not clear.
- Sketch & Scare In Bangalore (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
One picked up for questioning in city put on edge by bomb hoax calls
- Kalam’S Bihar Vision: Progress By 2015 (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 31, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today presented his vision for Bihar to emerge as a developed state by 2015 and expressed his confidence on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to achieve the goal.
- Silver Lining In Disaster’S Dark Clouds (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 31, 2005)
Once notorious for forsaking the victims of natural disaster, India in 2005 gained a working model for rehabilitation: growing private involvement and determined public officials. The downside: a threat to community self reliance.
- Metro On The Fast Track (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Dec 30, 2005)
The New Delhi metro has set the benchmarks for the successful handling of a complex mega-project, without time and cost-overruns, and has become a model for other such projects in the country.
- Generous Borrowers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
I was at Mahendra College, Patiala, in the late 50s for my post-graduation in English literature. A frequent caller at my hostel room was a contemporary who had self-styled himself Prince.
- A New Year Compact For Laggard States (The Financial Express, VIVEK BHARATI, Dec 30, 2005)
With the economy on track to achieve a growth rate of over 7.5% this fiscal, it is not surprising that our planners have set their sights on raising the bar.
- Kalam Declines To Accept Pu Honorary Degree (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam has refused to accept the Honorary Degree of Science (DSC) which the Patna University had decided to confer on him at its convocation tomorrow.
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Remembering Raja (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 30, 2005)
As Nominated Members to the Rajya Sabha, we were accommodated on a separate bench.
- Chakri Sirindhorn: Honoured For Serving The Mankind (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Dec 30, 2005)
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who received the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2004 recently, is an Indologist who has a special love for India and its people.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- The Three R’S: What’S Religion Got To Do With It? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Many ulema are open to curricular reform in madrasa education, says Yoginder Sikand. But the debate must be fairly structured.
- Us Indian Denied Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
An Indian student, charged with stabbing his professor, has been denied bail by a court in the US state of Massachusetts. Twenty-two-year-old Nikhil Dhar’s plea that he be confined to his uncle’s home with an electronic monitoring bracelet was . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A front page editorial articulates the CPI(M)’s views on control over private educational institutions and the need for a Central legislation that would enable them to reserve seats for SCs, STs and OBCs, and establish guidelines for the fee structure. .
- How The Web Will Link Us All (Hindu, Aleks Krotoski, Dec 30, 2005)
The Internet's latest revolution creates new connections and brings people together.
- `Motivate Philanthropists To Be Part Of Mission To Provide Education' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Team from World Bank and Human Resources Development ministry to visit Davangere, Haveri
- New Areas For Research Mooted At Proposed Nims University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
First phase of the NIMS University Research and Referral Centre to be completed in two years
Chief Minister to lay the foundation for the NIMS university tomorrow
- Vision 2010: Universities To Get Rs.10 Crores (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The State Government will give Rs.10 crores each to all the universities in the State to implement programmes in the higher education sector outlined by President A.P.J Abdul Kalam and contained in the Vision 2010 programme of the Government.
- Kalam's "No" To Honorary Degree (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has declined to accept the honorary Degree of Science which the Patna University had decided to confer on him at its convocation on Friday.
- Gender Issues In Agriculture — An Idea Refusing To Take Roots (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 30, 2005)
"I hold the most prestigious name in agriculture in this country, and still I can't get an appointment with the DG, ICAR (Director-General of Indian Council for Agricultural Research)! They'll be very polite and say, `Yes, madam, very good madam.'
- Scientific Community, It Professionals Shocked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Security wake-up call for Information Technology sector
`Red alert' sounded in all vital installations of ISRO
IT industry to work with Government on security issue
- ‘Terrorists Behind Bangalore Shootings’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Indian police stepped up patrols in the southern technology hub of Bangalore on Thursday after a professor was shot dead and four other people wounded at a top science university in what authorities said was an attack by suspected anti-India militants.
- Tsunami Made People Think About Coastal Security: Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"India is not exploiting its coastal strengths despite a huge potential `' "Production and migration of biological creatures are some of the areas that required a full study"
- Jayalalithaa Launches Projects To The Tune Of Rs. 2.4 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Chennai Corporation using the constituency development funds executed all works
- A Polio Free India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Dec 29, 2005)
International experts have appreciated the progress made on polio eradication by India and hoped that the country would be rid of it by next year.
- Good (And Not So Good) To Great (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 29, 2005)
The year is coming to a close, with the world economy having dodged several bullets: natural disasters, terrorist attacks and spiking oil prices, all failed to cause significant problems for growth. Structural imbalances and political instability . . .
- Sense From Sensex — Removing Infrastructural Bottlenecks (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 29, 2005)
Regardless of the upswing in the market sentiment, the danger of infrastructural bottlenecks making a shambles of the economy is real. The stark fact is that the country does not simply have on the ground infrastructure capable of underwriting . . .
- Take The Knowledge Cover Before Heading To The Great Wall (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 29, 2005)
A Combination of plenty of people growing richer, and the emergence of a friendlier insurance regime has made China too good to resist, writes Sam Baillie, Editor of China Law & Practice in Insurance Law in China, from Asia Law & Practice distributed. . .
- Bangalore, Soon A Medical Hub: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Says the private sector has contributed immensely in this regard
Bangalore is the fastest growing city in Asia, and after information technology and biotechnology, the city is emerging as a medical tourism destination, as quality service is available....
- Taliban Attacks Girls School (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected Taliban militants attacked a girl school in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Wednesday morning, damaging slightly the building, director of provincial educational department said.
- Invisibility Makes Them Vulnerable (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2005)
Millions of children in the world's poorest countries are invisible and remain excluded from the framework
- Shock, Awe And Hobbes Have Backfired On Neocons (Hindu, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The Tragid irony of the 21st century is that just as faith in technology collapsed on the world's stock markets in 2000, it came to power in the White House and the Pentagon.
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