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Articles 13821 through 13920 of 22438:
- Stampede Kills At Least 43 Flood Victims In Southern India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Thousands of flood victims waiting in line for relief vouchers stampeded into a government-run distribution center Sunday in southern India, killing at least 43 people and injuring another 30, police said.
- Ipo Shock To The System (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 19, 2005)
It probably started with the Income Tax department’s (I-T) discovery that one Purshottam Dudlani owned a whopping 5,000 demat accounts.
- Re-Peddling The Fear Of The Foreign Hand (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 19, 2005)
Despite 15 years of liberalisation, despite high growth in every sector in which FDI came and despite no Indian industry being wiped out as a consequence of foreign entry, we are unable to get away from the fear of the foreigner.
- Mid-Year Review Of Economy — Important Emphasis On Infrastructure (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 19, 2005)
The Mid-Year Review mandated by the FRBM Act serves a useful purpose in alerting the Government of the fiscal and economic performance so far.
- Unsafe Passage (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It has to be the courts again. This time it is the Calcutta high court which has questioned the state government’s efforts to reduce the rate of accidents on city streets.
- Let Them Have Cars (Indian Express, VEERESH MALIK, Dec 19, 2005)
The rape and murder of a female HP call centre employee in Bangalore brings the 24x7 segment of the infotech industry, the BPO sector, in the spotlight again, in the context of women working night shifts. One view would be that this goes with . . .
- Magic Or Religion? (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 19, 2005)
Everyone needs a miracle. And the miracle service providers are two—magic and religion.
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- Most Marginalised (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 19, 2005)
Governments need to be more sensitive to empower deprived children.
- There’S Good In Pakistan’S Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Power, Dec 19, 2005)
Madrasas, as traditional bodies of learning, are relevant under the socio-economic conditions.
- Scientists Spot Rare Gem (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 19, 2005)
For the second time in the world a rare blue gem has been spotted in the hills near Pune — almost 30 years after it was first discovered near Oregon in the US. Known as cavansite, these minerals are exquisitely priced and has big potential . . .
- Kerala's Rubber Revolution (Business Line, Tharian George K, Dec 19, 2005)
The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), which is celebrating its golden jubilee this year, has a number of achievements to its credit.
- Kalam Calls For Second Green Revolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam said the time has come for the country to usher in the second green revolution which would help it increase agricultural productivity.
- The Confucian Party Of China (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 19, 2005)
For decades since the communist revolution in China, the name of the ancient sage Confucius (551-479 BC) was dirtier than mud. Today Chinese school children are being encouraged to learn the “Analects of Confucius” — a classic compilation of the master’s
- New Zealand Wooing Indian Research Scholars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The new policy of the New Zealand Government to promote research studies has thrown up opportunities for Indian scholars, says Neil Quigley of the Victoria University of Wellington. In a chat with J.S. Bablu
- The Institutionalisation Of Mediocrity (Hindu, Meenakshi Thapan, Dec 18, 2005)
A dilution of academic programmes is the beginning of institutionalising mediocrity
- And Now The Culture Dollar (Hindu, SHANTA SERBJEET SINGH, Dec 18, 2005)
It is time to give the thousands of crafts, skills and cultural legacies the recognition of being an economic sector in their own right.
- Major Influences On World Of Numbers (Hindu, KRISHNASWAMI ALLADI, Dec 18, 2005)
December 22 is Srinivasa Ramanujan's 118th birth anniversary. On this occasion, an examination of the contributions of the German mathematician Issai Schur shows connections with Ramanujan's work.
- Us, Allies Seek Stern Un Line On Myanmar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A UN official told the Security Council of Myanmar's overflowing jails, forced labour and lack of democracy as part of US efforts to take a tougher line against its ruling junta.
- Taliban Kill Two In Attack On Afghan School (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Taliban guerrillas attacked a high school in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing a guard and a male teenage student, a witness said.
- Kalam To Address Medical Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will address the first batch of MBBS students of Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Venjaramoodu, on Sunday evening.
- Role Of Parliament In Relief Work (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 18, 2005)
In between the earthquake and rehabilitation efforts, we are passing through a period of trauma arising from the devastating loss of life and property, with survivors having sustained injuries and lost limbs and many deprived of their families and homes.
- Dowry And Related Evils (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 18, 2005)
A report in an Indian newspaper (November 21) spoke of Daljit Kaur, who jumped to her death from the top floor of a house in Delhi, because her in-laws had been harassing her unceasingly about the inadequacy of the dowry she had brought upon . . .
- We Must Return To The Best Traditions Of Democracy (Tribune, Ashwani Kumar, Dec 18, 2005)
There is in the air, unmistakable flavour of an idea whose time has come — the idea of a vibrant and young India on the move, hastening to catch up with its own destiny and to play its rightful role in the shaping of a new global order in response to ....
- An Impediment For Improving Education (Deccan Herald, M I Savadatti, Dec 18, 2005)
EXPERT OPINION: "It won’t be surprising if the amendment of the act leads to corrupt practices in the way varsities work."
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 18, 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.
- Building An Ugly India (Hindustan Times, Gautam Bhatia, Dec 18, 2005)
If you take the subway downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge stop in New York, it is very likely that you’ll be mesmerised by your very first sight out of the subway tunnel.
- Arjun Singh Inaugurates Edusat Supported Rajiv Gandhi Project (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Union Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh today inaugurated the ambitious EDUSAT supported Rajiv Gandhi project, aimed at providing compulsory education to children between six years to 14 years.
- 151 Glorious Years Of Connecting People (Daily Excelsior, APARNA MOHILE, Dec 18, 2005)
Among the many things, good and bad that the modern world has produced,' wrote Jawaharlal Nehru, ''surely the Postal system which covers the world, is one of its most beneficial activities. There is nothing bad about it, it is all good and it . . .
- Fight Terrorism, Save Democracy: Shekhawat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Calls for a united and joint effort to root out the scourge
Globalisation should lead to equitable world order
WTO should safeguard farmers' interests
Share expertise to mitigate calamities: Somnath
- Let The Stripes Be (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Sanjay Gubbi examines the pluses and minuses in the recommendations of the tiger task force report.
- Keeping Mulk Raj’S Heritage Alive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Mulk Raj Anand was committed to preserving India’s art and culture. Nalini Xavier writes about Lokayata, an institution founded by Anand, which has been organising art exhibitions from time to time.
- Ngo Adopts Novel Method To Create Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
MISPA holds puppet shows to educate people about the dreaded disease
- Restoration Work Under Way At St. Mary's Church (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Dec 18, 2005)
The Archaeological Survey of India (Chennai circle) is executing it
The oldest Protestant church in India is situated within the walls of Fort St. George in Chennai
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 18, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- In The Jewish Museum (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Dec 18, 2005)
The author is Samuel Fischer Professor of Literature in Berlin till mid-February amitchaudhuri@hotmail.com
- Wb Okays $400m Credit For Quake Reconstruction (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The World Bank has approved a $400 million Emergency Recovery Credit (ERC) to further support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan over a three-year period, says a press release issued from Washington.
- Clamour To Deny Saraswati (Pioneer, Makkhan Lal, Dec 17, 2005)
Earthquakes and other natural phenomenon caused the 'Naditama', or River Saraswati, to dry up over two millennia ago. Now, says Makkhan Lal, it's a man-made disaster what with pseudo-secularists and Communists out to deny it ever existed
- Shelved For Alleged Reliance On Mythology (Pioneer, Nilotpal Basu, Dec 17, 2005)
The Committee desired to know the details relating to the Saraswati Heritage Project. In response the Committee was apprised by the Ministry of Culture that the Saraswati Project aimed at conducting a multidisciplinary study of River Saraswati and . . .
- Decline In Public Expectations (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Dec 17, 2005)
It requires no expertise or astrological skill to predict that Jehanabad could have occurred any time during the last couple of years. It was bound to happen. The next day, it was Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Are there no similarities and commonalities? ...
- The New Face Of Terror (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 17, 2005)
A string of intelligence-led police operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba offer glimpses into the terror cells behind the series of high-profile strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and outside it since October.
- Journalist’S House Bombed In Wana (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
A tribal journalist’s family escaped unhurt after his house was attacked with bombs that damaged a wall of the journalist’s house.
- India To Step Up Security For Nationals Working In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India has decided to strengthen security for its nationals working in Afghanistan, weeks after an Indian was abducted and killed, an official spokesman said on Friday.
- Treating Sick Democracies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
IN THE course of a lecture in New Delhi the other day, Nobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen is reported to have said that the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.
- Draft Education Bill Upsets Schools (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
It has not yet been tabled in Parliament but the draft Right to Education Bill is already facing the ire of a cross section of people, from public schools, social organisations to its own framers.
- More Power To Women's Elbows (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
THE RATIO OF women in managerial positions has come up for discussion once again.
- Infy, Wipro Lead The Philanthropy Career (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged to give away a substantial chunk of their multi-billion dollar fortune to their charitable foundation. Indian software moguls and their spouses are showing that they are equally keen on giving away significant portions
- Legislation: Who Needs Westminster? (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Dec 17, 2005)
THE FORMER Lord Chief Justice of England was thrown into prison. Sir Edward Coke, who had been removed by the English monarch James I in 1616
- Longer Conception Needed For Male Child: Study (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Women who take more than a year to conceive are more likely to have a baby boy, according to a research published today.
- Colleges: Quota Bill Next Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The controversial Constitution Amendment Bill to reserve seats for socially and educationally backward classes besides Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs)
- Strike Over Civilian Killings Paralyses Kathmandu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Shops, schools and public transport came to a standstill in Kathmandu today as the Nepali capital heeded a strike call by political parties over the killing of 12 civilians by a soldier.
- India To Face Skilled (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
A shortage of skilled workers will be staring the Indian industry, particularly the BPO sector, in the face in the next decade or so, a NASSCOM-McKinsey report has cautioned.
- Making Children Mentally Strong (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
As per WHO, 'Health does not merely means the absence of disease, but a state of physical, mental and social well being'.
- Quota Bill Derailed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
The Centre was forced to defer the introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament to provide for reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes,
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- Poor, Little, Rich Protestors (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 17, 2005)
Hong Kong is a long way from Maryland, which is where I am, at a lively seminar at the city’s eponymous university. But Hong Kong, the venue of the World Trade Organisation meeting, feels close because gathered in that city were not only trade negotiators
- Pakistan On Notice - India To Step Up Security For Nationals Working In Strife-Torn Afghanistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India has decided to strengthen security for its nationals working in Afghanistan, weeks after an Indian was abducted and killed, an official spokesman said Friday.
- Nepal Stir Hits Normal Life (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 17, 2005)
Life was paralysed in the Kathmandu valley on Friday as opposition parties called a general strike to condemn the killing of 12 civilians
- Govt Sticks To Stand On Quota Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Government has refused to bow to Opposition and Left pressure as it announced on Friday that the Constitution Amendment Bill to ensure reservation in unaided private professional educational institutions would be introduced in Parliament in its present fo
- Mining Mafia Still Active (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 17, 2005)
Arriving in the village of Mahugari in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh is akin to entering the portals of hell.
- Supreme Court Extends Status Quo On Muslim Quota (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 17, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo till January 4, 2006, on public appointments and admissions made in educational institutions by the Andhra Pradesh Government on the basis of an ordinance providing 5 per cent quota for Muslims.
- Kathak Festival From Dec. 17 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Over 50 artists, including performers from Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Bangalore, will participate in the Festival of Kathak Dance to be held here from December 17 to 20.
- Oic Must Explain 'Deviant Ideology' (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 16, 2005)
The recent Summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at Mecca, where leaders of 57 Muslim countries converged, resolved to fight against 'deviant ideas'. By 'deviant ideas' they did not mean Leftist, secular or Western ideas, . . .
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Jmb Chief Distributed Bombs (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Mohammad told the reporters Rahman himself had distributed explosives among divisional chiefs just a week before the August 17 blasts, reports UNB.
- Tcs Takes Aim At Ibm, Doubles Us Staff (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
Tata Consultancy Services plans to more than double its US staff next year in an expansion that takes aim at a key market for IBM and Accenture Ltd.
- The Engine To Drive India’S Future Growth (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Dec 16, 2005)
Incremental kicker to our growth rates will come from manufacturing and infrastructure development
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
- Higher Education: Learning From The U.S. (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Dec 16, 2005)
The culture of supporting educational institutions is deep-rooted in the American psyche. Indians should emulate this practice.
- A Real Forum For The Future? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 16, 2005)
There was no radical departure from the script at the East Asia Summit in the Malaysian capital on Wednesday. A minimal, first step was taken in the direction of what might turn out to be the beginnings of a pan-Asian forum.
- Iran's Economic Irony (Business Line, Gopal Sutar, Dec 16, 2005)
Though Iran's oil wealth has helped build up formidable forex reserves, it has not eased economic difficulties such as unemployment and inflation.
- Rehabilitate Orphans? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 16, 2005)
The Holy Qur’an and the most revered Prophet (SAW) have repeatedly urged the Muslims to take care of orphans.
- Seeing India In A New Light (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2005)
From being seen as a basket case, India is today viewed in the US as a vibrant democracy with a booming economy. American companies are looking to replicate the IT success in other areas. Yet, politically, many things remain unchanged, . . .
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Sexual Revolution In China (Tribune, David Eimer, Dec 16, 2005)
When logging online became possible in China in 1995, the authorities cannot have imagined that a decade later millions of people would crash an internet provider in their efforts to access a website where they could listen to a 27-year-old female . . .
- Matter Of Surprise (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
If an on-the-spot report in a newspaper is to be believed the progress of construction of the road between Bhaderwah and Basohli on the one side and between Bhaderwah and Chamba on the other is painfully slow. This is indeed a matter of surprise.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Arms From Pak, Brains From Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 16, 2005)
Brains or guns, the Naxalites don't mind getting them imported as long as it helps them in their war for the people — against the "brute state".
- 71 Pc Married Women Unaware Of Hiv: Survey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Seventy one percent of married women are unaware of HIV/AIDS in Udaipur in Rajasthan and 40 per cent girls in the age group of 15-18 years in the city already have one or more children, according to a baseline survey carried out under a UN Foundation ....
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