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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 22438:
- Explaining Away The Us' Imbalances (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 26, 2005)
The rising American current account deficit has spawned a number of attempts at explanation and mitigation.
- Capitalising On Human Skills (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 26, 2005)
India has to compete through the quality of its human capital, its innovation and its research and development.
- What Is The Mplad Scheme? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
It was introduced by the the Narasimha Rao government to help MPs execute small works of a local nature to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. It began with an initial annual grant of Rs 50 lakh per MP.
- Our Posture In The World Market Should Be ‘Come All, We Take You On’ (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Which way are global trade talks headed? How was India’s performance and posture, what did it get and what did it have to give away...
- Trivially Tragic To Tragically Comic: Thank Goodness,2005 Is Almost Past (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 26, 2005)
Another year and something always on. Too much on air, too much happening as though the world is in constant motion. Of course it is.
- A Year After The Angry Waves (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At the Nagapattinam District Collectorate, a patchy little sketch ushers you in to a trail of ruins. The painting by twelve-year-old Maideen, a tsunami victim, recreates December 26, 2004, through images of angry waves, upturned boats and piled-up . . .
- Rajnath: Bjp President In Waiting? (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 26, 2005)
Rajnath Singh is certainly different from other second generation leaders of the BJP.
- From Children To Corporates, Singapore Education Suits All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Attracts students who wish to pursue higher education of international quality
- At Land’S End, As Black Sunday Anniversary Rolls In, India Rolls On (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 26, 2005)
“Ee kaa hai (what is this)?’’ asks Babu Lal Soni of Jharkhand curiously, peering between the thatch covering of a 16-ft high steel statue of two giant hands, one holding back the waves, another cupped to cradle a lamp of hope.
- Democracy, Modernity, And The Indian Child (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted . . .
- `Clinical Research Lacking In Country' (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Dec 26, 2005)
Indigenous medicines of India and China play vital role in cancer treatment
- Aids Bill To Stamp Out Discrimination (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 25, 2005)
Prevention of discrimination towards HIV-positive people is the focus of The HIV/AIDS Bill 2005 which awaits a go-ahead from the Health Ministry.
- Patna To Have Bit Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The five-year-long controversy over admission to the prestigious BIT (Mesra) virtually came to an end with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laying the foundation stone for the engineering college’s extension centre in Patna on Saturday.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- White House Plans To Prevent Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Hoping to protect US shores from being hammered by a tsunami, the White House has directed federal agencies to increase earthquake and volcano monitoring systems, deep ocean buoys and other high-tech means of alerting oceanside communities.
- ‘Huge Pollution Pool Over Bihar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Attributing the pollution to inefficient burning of biofuel in the state, NASA says that the health of nearly 100 million people may be at stake.
- A Journey To The Heart Of Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Baban Ingole, Dec 25, 2005)
It was a scientific expedition unlike any other. The journey to the epicentre of the tsunami that devastated large parts of Asia on December 26, 2004, allowed us to plumb the depths ....
- Halcyon Days At Kovalam (Hindu, INDIRA VARMA, Dec 25, 2005)
Kovalam is now a tourist paradise but what was it like before travellers' found it?
"Another source of excitement was the sight of ships passing by, often near enough for us to see the passengers thronging the decks."
- Hope In The Heart Of Darkness (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Black can be the colour of hope,creativity and celebration of human resilience, finds Ranjita Biswas as she spends time with Blind Opera, a theatre group of the visually challenged in Kolkata.
- Counselling Contributes To Academic Excellence (Hindu, S.N. SOUNDARA RAJAN , Dec 25, 2005)
Encouraging words go a long way in changing the mindset of students
- Minding One's Own Business (Hindu, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Dec 25, 2005)
Why not business as a career option to solve unemployment problem?
- Government To Opt For New Hiv Testing Kits (Hindu, C. Maya, Dec 25, 2005)
The kits will be purchased through the Central Purchase Committee from next year
- An Unusual Epic (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Dec 25, 2005)
As the daughter of a diplomat, Samhita Arni's schooldays involved constant moving. Since this made making friends tough, she took refuge in books. By the time she was eight, she had begun writing her version of the Mahabharata.
- Clear & Legal Identity Needed For The Villages (Deccan Herald, K V Narayana, Dec 25, 2005)
Why do we want to change the name of a place? It is said that by doing so we retain our identity. If place names are our identity, then our identities keep on changing because names do not remain the same for centuries.
- A Healing Touch (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Two senior monks of the Ramakrishna Order hung a portrait of Mother Sarada in the West Bengal Assembly recently in the presence of legislators from all parties. It was noticed by only a few. But was it a minor event in a House that has seen political....
- Supreme Irony (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Just guns, no roses in North-east
There is something ironic about the word peace in the North-east. “Give peace a chance” is a popular slogan in Nagaland, and yet this state was the first to spawn insurgency.
- What’S So Festive About This Season? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
It is true that our political class is venal and contemptible. It is true that the nature of the Indian state is more colonial than democratic but rarely has there been a week in political history when these ugly truths have been more self-evident.
- Merry X’Mas. No, Sorry, Merry Winterval! (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 25, 2005)
There are 196 families in the highrise building in which I live in central Mumbai, and none of them is Christian. Yet, when December arrived, the housing society put up a banner inviting families to participate in upcoming Christmas celebrations.
- In Company Of Spiritual Seeker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
In the present times of violence and turmoil, Mumtaz Ali’s ideas acquire special significance. Proficient in Hindu scriptures and a spiritual guide to many, he tells Bala Chauhan that his aim is to spread the message of communal harmony.
- A Christmas Beyond Santa Claus (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
Merry Christmas. Christmas carols, goodies from Santa Claus, sumptuous dinners, interminable shopping, keeping up with the Jones in exchange of customary gifts have become the hallmark of Christmas celebrations.
- In The Footsteps Of A Collosus (Deccan Herald, M K Chandra Bose, Dec 25, 2005)
The book traces the life of Allen Lane, who rose to meteoric heights in the publishing world; a man who could be generous yet ruthless too.
- It Parks To Come Up At Rushikonda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Government to set up Special Economic Zones for the purpose
Task of developing layouts to be assigned to VUDA
Only investors with proven track record will be considered
Proposed units to be given a slew of concessions
- Educate Truckers To Check Aids: Study (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
This section is the relevant "link'' in battle against HIV virus
- We, They And The Idea Of India (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen, in his book The Argumentative Indian, has underlined the significance of India’s heterodox past and pluralist present and the critical role played by our rich and long tradition of dialogue and discussion . . .
- Focusing On The Urban Poor (Daily Excelsior, Allah Bukhsh, Dec 25, 2005)
An increasing share of our population now lives in urban India, notwithstanding the fact that India by and large still lives in villages. About 65 million persons were added to our urban population in the decade of the ‘90s alone.
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 25, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more. Everything is to be given a fair share if we are really serious in putting an end to the agony the whole sub-continent is in, comments Justice S
- Missing G That The Taxman Spotted (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 24, 2005)
CISCO Systems, Inc. is `the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet,' informs www.cisco.com. It was founded in 1984 `by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University'. Over the two decades, it has grown to more than 34,000 . . .
- A Christmas Beyond Santa Claus (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 24, 2005)
Merry Christmas! Christmas carols, goodies from Santa Claus, sumptuous dinners, interminable shopping and keeping up with the Joneses in the exchange of customary gifts have become the hallmark of Christmas celebrations.
- The Great Bubble Of World Economics (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 24, 2005)
Consumerist excesses have made the US the great bubble of the world of economics. As the book Empire of Debt rues, running an empire is a disastrously expensive business — "You pay in cash. You pay in blood. And you pay with your own so ul."
- Numbers Key To Bjp Vote Puzzle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The BJP’s strident stand against the expulsion of the tainted MPs has puzzled even its insiders and underscored the growing distance between the party and ally Janata Dal (United).
- Ltte Destroys Lankan Naval Craft; 3 Taken Hostage (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
The LTTE destroyed a Sri Lankan naval dinghy and took three sailors hostage in an incident off the Pallimunai coast in the north western district of Mannar on Thursday.
- `Anti-Goonda Law, A Threat To Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Experts warn against potential for misuse
- Kerala May Enact Law To Ensure Reservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
104th Amendment to the Constitution passed by Parliament
Kerala may enact a law to overcome the problem thrown up by the exclusion of minority institutions from the 104th Amendment to the Constitution passed by Parliament for providing . . .
- `Festival Of Democracy' Celebrated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Thousands from underprivileged sections show enthusiasm for panchayat elections
- Time Government Announced Decision On Tnpcee-2006 (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 24, 2005)
Amendment Bill on quotas means little to Tamil Nadu
Parents, academics wonder whether time is running out for professional course admissions
AICTE has sought the dates for TNCPEE from the State Government
- A Divided City (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 24, 2005)
The city I live in has two names, these captured in the title of the first chapter of Janaki Nair’s fine recent book on the city’s history: Bengaluru/Bangalore.
- Reconstruction Of Tsunami-Hit Areas A Major Challenge: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
History of sorts was made by Parliament when the Rajya Sabha expelled one and the Lok Sabha 10 members who were caught on camera accepting money for asking questions in the Houses. Elected representatives accepting bribes is not new — ...
- Indian Student Stabs Professor In New York (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
An Indian student studying in Massachusetts has been held without bail pending hearing after he allegedly stabbed his assistant professor in the neck.
- Handloom Industry — Weaving Out The Myths (Business Line, M. Sivakkannan, Dec 24, 2005)
The handloom sector plays an important role in the country's economy. It is one of the largest economic activities providing direct employment to over 65 lakh persons engaged in weaving and allied activities.
- Ltte Blames Sl Army For Civil Unrest (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
The LTTE has asked Norway and the international community to persuade the Sri Lankan government to put its army troops in Jaffna back into their barracks on the grounds that the activities of the troops are responsible for the current civil unrest....
- India Passes Amendment To Reserve College Places For Poor (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
India’s parliament has passed a controversial constitutional amendment that will force private colleges to reserve places for students from low-caste or poor backgrounds.
- New Engineering Universities (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 24, 2005)
The Higher Education Commission has launched another highly laudable initiative. It has announced establishment of quality engineering universities in different parts of the country with foreign collaboration.
- The Chinese Fireworks (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
Western observers are of the opinion that as far as the pace of economic development is concerned, the Chinese dragon is moving faster than the Indian elephant.
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 24, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Tsunami: Indian Children Optimistic About Future (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Majority of children, who went through the tragedy of killer tsunami last year in India and Sri Lanka, believe that future is full of promises but Indonesians have no such high hopes, a UN survey has found.
- Can You Hear Us Ground Control? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
With the launch of Insat 4A, India’s most advanced communications satellite, at par with the US Panamsat, it’s a day of recognition for our scientists.
- I Have My Heroes, Therefore I’M Bengali (Indian Express, VICTOR BANERJEE, Dec 24, 2005)
Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.
- Passage Of Quota Bill: Bjp Hold On Nda Weakens (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 24, 2005)
The smooth passage of the Constitution (104th Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and in the Rajya Sabha a day later was not just a victory for the UPA government but marked the growing disintegration of the once-powerful entity called . . .
- Taliban Still Operating In Pakistan: U.S. Report (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 24, 2005)
The 9/11 Commission of the United States has said that Taliban forces still operate freely in the Pakistani tribal areas and terrorists from Pakistan carry out operations in Kashmir. It has urged the Bush Administration to pressure Islamabad to shut down.
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- Crackdown Won’T Halt Immigration (Tribune, Michael A. Fletcher, Dec 24, 2005)
The bill passed by the House late Friday to step up border enforcement and crack down on the millions of undocumented workers in the country would be doomed to failure if enacted because it does not acknowledge the inexorable economic forces that . . .
- Children Need Protection: Unicef (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Dec 24, 2005)
THE State of World’s Children Report 2006, released by Unicef in London recently, gives policy-makers plenty of food for thought.
- Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Tribune, Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd), Dec 24, 2005)
Left's proclivity for opposing the UPA government on devious issues came to the fore when it decided yet again to hold demonstrations against the government decision to conduct a joint exercise between the US and the Indian Air Force.
- The Evolving Confrontation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 24, 2005)
The writ of Judge John E Jones III runs only within the state of Pennsylvania. Yet his judgment this week in the case of Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District is the proverbial shot heard round the world.
- Political Funding Will Clean Up System: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Mindful of recent scandals that have damaged the dignity of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hoped political funding would help cleanse the democratic system.
- Us Opposition To The Gas Pipeline (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Dec 24, 2005)
Despite considerable progress at the recent New Delhi meeting between the petroleum secretaries of Pakistan and India, the Iranian gas project continues to be plagued by uncertainty. The reason for scepticism is that Washington continues . . .
- India Not Keen On Regional Tsunami Warning Network (Indian Express, PALLAVA BAGLA, Dec 24, 2005)
India is reluctant to join other Indian Oceam rim nations wanting to kick-start the installation of a tsunami early warning system. The country sticks out as a ‘‘data holdout’’ since it allows other nations access neither to real-time data from its ....
- No Let-Up In Feudal Attitude (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 24, 2005)
A Fringe of liberals is emerging in Pakistan. They need to be supported by India through unilateral steps in the way of liberalizing visas and reducing tariffs on products from across the border.
- Presidential Blinkers And Real India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
No Indian city is as removed from the realities of India than New Delhi and last week I was reminded of this in the most surreal way.
- India At Hong Kong: More Give Than Take (Hindu, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 24, 2005)
It is in the areas of non-agriculture markets access and services that developing countries, led by Brazil and India, have given too much even at this near-framework stage.
- Hwang's Stem Cell Research Declared Fake (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Panel to probe embryonic stem cell work and claim of cloning "Snuppy"
- No Illegal Occupation Of Houses By My Kin: Laloo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Railway Minister and RJD supremo Laloo Prasad on Friday described as misleading and vindictive Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi’s charge that his close relatives were “unauthorisedly occupying" 26 government quarters and advised Modi . . .
- Solid Waste Management Programme For 13 Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Meet on total rural sanitation programme
Solid waste management programme will be implemented on a pilot basis in 13 panchayats identified at the rate of one panchayat from each panchayat union.
- `New Reservation Bill A Disaster For Dalits' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Dalit-Adivasi bodies say it will lead to chaos in education sector
The new reservation Bill is a `disaster' for the Dalits in the country, leaders of seven Dalit-Adivasi organisations said on Friday.
- Archbishop Joins Row On Christmas (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 24, 2005)
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has joined the growing criticism of what is seen as "new'' political correctness that makes Christians in Britain feel "embarrassed'' about celebrating Christmas for fear of "offending'' people of other faiths.
- Eight New Schemes For The Tsunami-Hit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Pension for women widowed by disaster
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy announced eight more schemes for the victims of last year's tsunami on Friday.
- Minister Seeks Icar Help To Evolve Better Quality Crops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Proposal for setting up sugarcane research station at Cuddalore sent to Centre
- Delhi's Earthquake Hazards Are Now Mapped Out (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Dec 24, 2005)
Many areas fall in highest-risk category, others in moderate-risk, and some in low-risk
- Without Merit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 23, 2005)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservations in private unaided educational institutions for SCs, STs and OBCs. That the 104th Constitution amendment Bill was passed almost unanimously and with alacrity shows that consensus . . .
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