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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 22438:
- Indian Shares King Faisal International Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The award consists of 24 carat, 200-gram gold medal and a cash award of $200,000
- New Model Of Development? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 29, 2005)
The challenge before India today is to ensure quality education that can serve the global industry
- 2005’S Tsunami Of Corruption (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 29, 2005)
Satyameva Jayate runs our national motto. How many Indians realise this quotation from the Upanishads is incomplete? There is a third word there, “nanritam”. Truth alone triumphs, naught else. Which is hard to believe as we look back on the year that was!
- Building For Children (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2005)
This report* covers the first year of UNICEF India’s 2005 to 2007 action plan to support the Government of India and partners in building back better for children after the 26 December 2004 India Ocean tsunami. It reflects on what happened to children and
- Tapping The Potential (Greater Kashmir, Vikram Gour, Dec 29, 2005)
Conserve energy and ensure progress and prosperity for yourself, your household and your society as well, suggests Vikram Gour
- Season’S Cheer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 29, 2005)
Christmas time again. The cliché is that it comes round quicker every year and so it seems as one gets older. As the New Year approaches too, I won’t be sorry to see the back of 2005 and will look forward to a much improved 2006.
- Enlightened Moderation? (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since it was established that the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington were engineered from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has constantly proclaimed his goal of making Pakistan a “moderate Islamic country” based on . . .
- Northeast As Partner In Modernisation (Tribune, J.N. Nanda, Dec 29, 2005)
India is making an all out effort to develop and modernize with better infrastructure, better skills and more education.
- Funds Diversion Slur On Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Sanction of funds from the MLA-LADS (Local Area Development Scheme) to ‘RSS-run’ Adarsh Vidya Mandir Schools has created a political controversy in Rajasthan.
- No Dirty Tricks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 29, 2005)
NOW that the November elections are over, everyone is ready for 2006. Last month’s election results gave the political gurus an opportunity to examine their mistakes and see where they went wrong.
- Technology And Imperialism (Dawn, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The tragic 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 Pentagon.
- Avoid ‘Bjpisation’ Of Cong, Sonia Tells Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in a riposte to BJP president L K Advani’s criticism of her party, appealed to her partymen on Wednesday not to allow “BJPisation” of the Congress party and asked them to work unitedly.
- Britain's Worst Of The Worst (Hindu, Jon di Paolo, Dec 28, 2005)
Britain's Biggest cads, rogues, and evil-doers from the past 1,000 years have been given special recognition by historians. Academics have put together a list of 10 rogues whose deeds and behaviour they feel sets them apart as the worst of the worst.
- India And Sri Lanka: So Near, Yet So Far (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 28, 2005)
While New Delhi seems clear about what it cannot do in relation to Sri Lanka's search for peace, there is no clarity on what it should do.
- Wto Norms May Affect Tourism In Goa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Goa needs to be more sensitive to the likely impact of the World Trade Organisation agreements in the areas of tourism and biodiversity.
- Saving Lives With Mangroves (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
The tsunami of December 26, 2004 that killed tens of thousands may be viewed as a natural calamity beyond human management capabilities. But new scientific evidence suggests the loss of life could have been substantially mitigated.
- The Idea Of Haryana (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Dec 28, 2005)
Haryana is now officially the most prosperous state in the country with the highest per capita income. But the Haryanvi elites are still not happy. They are uncomfortable with the fact that the state does not have a sufficiently vibrant art and . . .
- `Need For Early Implementation Of Stem Cell Research Guidelines' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Time to translate ICMR draft guidelines into regulation: CSIR DG
Two-day symposium inaugurated
Role for INSA in policy formulation favoured
Call to allow therapeutic cloning
- Newspaper—then And Now (Tribune, Chaman Ahuja, Dec 28, 2005)
Seven ages of newspaper reading” — that, I believe, was the caption of a cartoon-strip that I remember since my student days.
- "I Do Whatever The Music Demands" (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Dec 28, 2005)
Zubin Mehta on musical interpretation, the future of western classical music, and his tour of India.
- Caste Prejudice (Telegraph, André Béteille, Dec 28, 2005)
Contrary to the expectations of forward-looking Indians at the time of independence, the caste system is still with us.
- Somnath Calls Expulsions A Step In The Right Direction (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Dec 28, 2005)
The step taken by Parliament would at least help retrieve some credibility "The stock and image of the politician had come down considerably during the past few years"
- Kalam Calls For Accurate Monsoon Prediction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Accurate and timely predictions about monsoons, earthquakes, energy, healthcare and water management were vital for the development of society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday.
- Anaemic Future (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
If children are indeed the future of the nation hen we need to take better care of their health. The present scenario is far from happy. Nobody, for instance, can draw any pleasure from the fact that an overwhelming majority of the population . . .
- Education In India: Barely A Pass-Mark (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 28, 2005)
In the fall of 2002, International Higher Education published a study titled `Privatisation of Higher Education in India' by Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, a senior economist at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.
- Oic Bleeds For Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
For a body that has existed for nearly 40 years the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has earned a name for being long on rhetoric and short on substance.
- Not A Secret (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
The latest report of the 9/11 Commission of the United States has stated the obvious about Pakistan. It has made twin observations. One is that Taliban forces freely operate in the tribal areas and the other is that terrorists from Pakistan . . .
- Importance Of Being M.P! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Dec 28, 2005)
Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare’s "Macbeth". Most Indians are apt to say that of each of the 11 members of parliament who have now been expelled.
- Ugc Plans To Use Research Students For Teaching (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 28, 2005)
To tide over the shortage of college teachers, UGC has proposed to draft research students for teaching work, on the lines of US teaching assistantships. This is part of a University Grants Commission (UGC) proposal for a national policy for recruitment..
- Tsunami: Lessons To Learn (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 28, 2005)
This week the world marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that devastated large areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.
- How Not To Build A Sikh Heritage Complex (Tribune, Man Mohan Singh Virdi, Dec 28, 2005)
The Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex coming up near Anandpur Sahib is the idea of a few at the helm of power in Punjab. It can be a great step towards the spiritual understanding and development of a particular section of the society of mankind, . . .
- Help Them (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 28, 2005)
October 8 earthquake caused massive devastation in the Valley and in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PAK). The quake also claimed many a precious life. People lost their kith and kin, home and hearth.
- Air Force Fires Prickly Anjali (Daily Excelsior, Air Commodore (Retd.) Upendra Bajpai, Dec 28, 2005)
For the first time in the history of Indian Air Force Flying Officer Anjali Gupta (a female) has faced a court martial proceeding, and been cashiered from service.
- Ministers Washing Dirty Linen In Public (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 27, 2005)
Advisor to Prime Minister on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar has described the Hudood Ordinance as black law. In a statement she called for its amendment.
- Indian Politicians Learn Fast From Western Nations - Mps Move Into Caution Mode, Shun Unknown Visitors (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 27, 2005)
You can be stung once and the next time you are careful. Indian politicians are learning fast from Western nations how to maintain ‘corruption mode’ without getting caught red handed like the one that happened recently.
- Madressah Registration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
The registration of madressahs in Pakistan is proving to be a more challenging job than had been anticipated.
- A Year After The Tsunami (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
One year after the tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons.
- So That Crime Doesn’T Pay (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Dec 27, 2005)
Last week’s activity with regard to the actions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, on enforcing municipal laws in the city as directed by the court, has thrown up an interesting sequence of reactions by the Delhi’s legislature and government.
- Assaults Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2005)
We now need a master plan to end the builder-mafia’s reign for all time
- India’S Best Fishermen Drop Anchor & Pride, Wait For Ngo Handouts (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 27, 2005)
His skin is leathery from decades of sun and salt. His arms are muscular from years of hauling seine nets. T Stanislaus (70) looks like he could jump into a traditional vallam and make a three-month-long fishing migration to haul in pomfret off . . .
- As Memories Drown Nagapattinam, Life Floats On Prayers, Tattered Saree (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Dec 27, 2005)
Six-year-old Brinda pottered around the ruins of what once used to be her hut. Some distance away, an argument broke out as to where her house could have been.
- Reasons For Hope (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Don Bosco Yuvakara Grama in Magadi has been rescuing and rehabilitating street children. The boys are provided a home, good food, education and later with a job, writes Pamela Antic
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a year that saw politics overshadow public good, say Asha Krishnaswamy and Vijesh Kamath as they sift through the archives. Politicians spewed venom and a former prime minister wrote letters even as the common man was left to deal with an . . .
- Come December (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Dec 27, 2005)
Like migrating birds they come in December and many stay till January and you immediately remember what George Mikes said so many years ago in his essay, ‘How to Avoid Travelling’: if your purpose of travelling is meeting friends, stay home in London ....
- A Tsunami Of Emotions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight marches, prayers and floral tributes on Monday marked the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster as tearful memories of the thousands who met with watery deaths flooded back along the shores of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . . .
- Budhadeb Mark Ii (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 27, 2005)
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharya, seems to have emerged as an anti-Marxist leader and yet manages to remain in the CPM. The latest expression of his anti-Marxist ideas could be noticed at a seminar conducted by the CPM . . .
- Us India Relation To Reach New Heights As America Eyes India As A Hedge Against China (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 27, 2005)
It started with a nuke deal and is moving towards a major arms deal. India and America is moving towards a new level of bilateral relations as Bush prepares for a visit to new Delhi in early 2006.
- Socio-Economic Survey (Hindu, Jayan Jose Thomas, Dec 27, 2005)
Discusses the key developments, macroeconomic performance, issues and policies of the ESCAP member countries
- Asia Remembers Tsunami Disaster With Prayer, Silence (Reuters, Tomi Soetjipto, Dec 27, 2005)
Mourners from across the world wept, prayed and observed moments of silence along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines on Monday to remember those killed by one of nature's deadliest disasters.
- A Swiftly Evolving Science (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
There isn’t likely to be much debate about the journal Science choosing research on how evolution works as the top science achievement of 2005.
- Kalam To Open Children's Science Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam arrived here on Monday evening on a two-day visit to Orissa. Governor Rameshwar Thakur and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received him at the airport here.
- North By North-West (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2005)
Shyam Saran’s ‘frank’ talk with the Nepal’s King Gyanendra may constitute a turning point in Indo-Nepal relations, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- `Operation Duryodhan': Is Seeking Money Merely `Stupid'? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and the party's outgoing President, Mr L. K. Advani, has given a new nuance to the terms `stupidity' and bribe-taking.
- Bpo Industry Due For Mid-Course Correction (Business Line, Saumitra Bhaduri, Dec 27, 2005)
The euphoria in the BPO industry soars with the Financial Times reporting the news of J.P. Morgan Chase's plans to hire 4,500 graduates in India with the aim of moving 30 per cent of its back office and support staff at its investment bank offshore . . .
- `Gurukula' System Of Education Is Giving Way To `Shishyakula' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
"Digital libraries taking education to the doorsteps of students" With learning material available online, students study from midnight to early morning and raise questions about the relevance of the conventional hours of teaching
- Mass Mourning For Tsunami Victims By The Sea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight prayers, silent processions and religious rituals marked first anniversary of the disaster
- All Set For Counting Of Panchayat Votes Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Fate of contestants to become known by evening
- "Educate Truckers To Control Aids Virus In The Country'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
They are the relevant "link'' in India's battle against HIV virus'
For most, the two are same and for some HIV and AIDS are two "different diseases"
The study indicates that every third trucker contacted visited a commercial sex worker
- Talks On Edusat In Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer is launching district level discussions next month with MLAs, District Panchayat presidents, chairmen of standing committees on education and grama panchayat presidents on making available the EDUSAT . . .
- The Perils Of Science Fraud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
In March 2004, Hwang Woo Suk , a stem cell researcher from Seoul National University (SNU), gained worldwide fame for `successfully' cloning human embryos and extracting stem cells from one of them. About 240 eggs were collected for the research.
- Tribe Sets Deadline For Journalist’S Release (News International, Iqbal Khattak, Dec 27, 2005)
A jirga in Hurmuz tribe has set a 48-hour deadline for the safe recovery of Hayatullah Khan, a journalist, who was kidnapped on December 5 from Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
- Tourism Infrastructure To Be Rebuilt: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
In a major operation, Police and security forces today eliminated Al-Badar Mujahideen’s top-wanted "district commander", Waseem alias Jatoi, in Bemina outskirts of this Capital city.
- Courting Imbalance (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 26, 2005)
Times change, contexts alter, economic controversies, however, have a way of renewing themselves.
- Vajpayee Turns 81 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
In a major operation, Police and security forces today eliminated Al-Badar Mujahideen’s top-wanted "district commander", Waseem alias Jatoi, in Bemina outskirts of this Capital city. With this, Srinagar Police have killed as many as 14 Pakistani militant
- The Bihar Brand (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
The name of Bihar arouses are and curiosity among a large section of the populace in and outside the country, a State about which people hardly take any interest to know about.
- Saluting The Tsunami Survivors (Hindu, S. Ganesan, Dec 26, 2005)
Memorial services, silent marches and beachside ceremonies to be held today
- Now & Again: Tee Time Tale (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In all my forty three years, I’ve never won a prize at games. And on a beautiful November Sunday, I won at golf (category: Novices and Beginners). It amazed me and it has stunned my family into a respectful silence.
- The New Face Of Kashmiri Militancy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
After the October 29 blasts in Delhi it has now become clear that an increasing number of Indian nationals, especially from Kashmir, are participating in most of the terrorist attacks and terrorists’ suicide missions in the country.
- Where We Stand One Year After The Tsunami (Deccan Herald, William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 26, 2005)
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery feels that the effort of rehabilitation will take years and the world must see it through
- Paradoxes Survive Tsunami Of Relief (Deccan Herald, Somini Sengupta , Dec 26, 2005)
Charity came pouring in from far and wide for this island nation devastated by the tsunami a year ago. But on its fragile northern peninsula, Udayarani Sebastian Pillai today lives on the cliff-edge of uncertainty.
- The Time When You Will Be Really Old (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Dec 26, 2005)
It is said that a women is as old as she looks and a man is as old as he thinks.
- Unseen Corruption (Statesman, NB GRANT, Dec 26, 2005)
Whenever we talk of corruption, we only envisage big financial deals like those of Harshad Mehta, Rajan Pillay, the kickbacks involved in the purchase of Bofors, submarines and helicopters, and the recent names mentioned in the stamp and Tahelka scams. Al
- All-Round Praise For Tifac's Community Sheds Built In Tsunami-Hit Coastal Hamlets Of Nagapattinam Dt. (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Dec 26, 2005)
Right from the President to the lower-rung people, all are impressed by the project
- Vajpayee Turns 81, Leaders Queue Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2005)
BJP leaders today queued up at the Krishna Menon Marg residence of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to greet him on his 81st birthday.
- Not A Revenge Play (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Dec 26, 2005)
Instead of raising a people’s army, the government should concentrate on developing Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoists,
- Season Of Risings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 26, 2005)
Bolivia has had more presidents by far than any other country in South America, mainly because so many of them were overthrown long before their terms ended.
- Investing In Art (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Dec 26, 2005)
Art is capable of creating its own wealth and as art is a nation builder it must be promoted. Owning a Tyeb Mehta painting is today like owning a house in gold link. The rich have found a new way to invest and that is art.
- Control Sugar To Cut Stroke Risk (Tribune, Rob Stein, Dec 26, 2005)
Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar levels can cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes in half, a long-awaited federally funded study shows.
- A Parent For 99 Orphans (Hindustan Times, GC Shekhar, Dec 26, 2005)
She is an irrepressible 10-year-old, who squeals in delight when the photographer takes out his camera. She poses for every picture, playfully pulls her kid brother Jagan to her side and coaxes another group to join her.
- France Face-To-Face With Globalisation Challenges (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 26, 2005)
We often see developing countries struggling to accept the changes that come with globalisation, and rushing to protect their social structures, subsidies and companies. But France, which had the vision to initiate the move to form the European Union, . .
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