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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 22438:
- An Elevating Experience (Hindu, M. Raghuram, Dec 11, 2005)
He was far-sighted and liberal. A look at the art legacy of Antonio Moscheni, in Mangalore, on the occasion of the centenary of his passing.
- J&k: Sonia Sends 500 Quake-Hit Kids To Pune (Rediff on the Net, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Dec 11, 2005)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi late Saturday afternoon flagged off 500 children of quake hit areas of north Kashmir for their new home in Pune in Maharasthra where a Non Government Organisation has decided to adopt them.
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 11, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Rs. 1,000-Crore Science Foundation Awaiting Parliament Sanction: C.N.R. Rao (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Two scientific institutes will start functioning in Pune and Kolkata in June 2006
Cabinet note on foundation approved
It is to be set up on the lines of bodies in the U.S. and China
- Ncert To Promote Creative Arts In Schools (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
To integrate creative arts into school curriculum and promote it as a medium of teaching, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has now established the Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics.
- Rare Manuscripts, Books Donated To Library (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Vanaja Adhikesavan of Pattukottai donated these manuscripts and books in memory of her husband Adhikesavan, who died recently
- Gates Impressed By India's Amazing Spirit (Hindu, Jaya Shreedhar, Dec 10, 2005)
Gates Foundation investing in India's health. Expects many solutions to challenges to come from the country
Doing business with market India and joining hands with the community to face health challenges
- Chennai On Top Of Microsofts Expansion Plans, Says Bill Gates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
All praise for "inherent strengths" and "exciting talent pool" in Chennai
- Too Precious To Lose (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 10, 2005)
There are two reasons why the focus is again on the depressing phenomenon of infant mortality in the country.
- New Quota Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
THE Union Cabinet’s clearance of a proposal to amend Article 15 of the Constitution and restore reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes in unaided private professional educational institutions
- Fiscal Foozle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 10, 2005)
In accord with such crucial sectors as health and education, fiscal management now emerges as a significant failing of the West Bengal government.
- Good Bye Teacher (Greater Kashmir, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan, Dec 10, 2005)
It’s good you bid them a farewell and remember the contributions of those who have taught you, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan writes
- Rhetorics And Reality Of Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
''Instruments of political oppression still threaten many thousands of people. The number believed to be incarcerated without a fair trial is quite high in some countries. In many cases oppressive states use the police and military to repress people . . .
- Can We Stay The Course On Urban Reforms? (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Dec 10, 2005)
Just before the Prime Minister left for Moscow, he launched the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Prime Minister's speech outlined the challenges of urban planning and highlighted the unresolved issues, not all of which have been . . .
- `Research In Kannada, Tulu To Be Promoted' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Kannur University Pro-Vice-Chancellor K. Kunhikrishnan has said that the university will promote research in Kannada and Tulu languages at the regional centre here.
- Art Lovers Would Love To Be Here. Are You One? - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 10, 2005)
Javaid Iqbal Bhat sums up his experience at the Indian National Achieves Complex, where are housed some rare pieces of art and literature
- Slow And Steady (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2005)
The Indian space technology has progressed successfully focusing on spin-offs
- Educational Reservations (The Financial Express, ABHISHEK M SINGHVI, Dec 10, 2005)
Our Constitution provides a harmonious and interlocking system of checks and balances. The judiciary is fully entitled to interpret the law s and strike these down where it feels this is needed. In the same way, the legislature is fully entitled . . .
- Democracy Undermined (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Cabinet's decision on a Constitutional amendment to explicitly provide for quotas in educational institutions not receiving aid from the government is an example of the populism that political parties are nothing loath to adopt, never mind . . .
- With Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2005)
The state mostly provides awful education. Quotas in the private sector will only pass on that guilt.
- In Chennai, Gates Impressed By Amma’S It And Hiv Initiatives (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
If Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran failed to whiz through Chennai’s rain-battered IT corridor with Bill Gates, then Chief Minister Miss J Jayalalithaa ‘‘thoroughly impressed’’ the Microsoft chief with her IT and AIDS initiatives in the state and . . .
- Gates To A New Social Landscape (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 10, 2005)
Days before Bill Gates arrived in India, his itinerary was attached with a release from his Foundation on the next tranche of funds for healthcare in India. The last time, it was 200 million dollars for HIV programmes, this time it is for vaccines.
- New Forests Could Make Climate Change Worse (Hindu, Tim Radford, Dec 10, 2005)
Scientists warn that expanding forests in temperate zones could add to global warming.
- One Medical College Gets Mci Nod (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
start new medical colleges during 2005-06, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has recommended permission for one......
- Ringing In Rituals (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Dec 10, 2005)
It was a most sombre occasion, our father’s first death anniversary. We had all gathered for the three-day rituals. The family sastrigal (pundit) had given us a detailed account of the ceremonies.
- The Year That Was... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
It was the coldest winter I can recall: late winter monsoon added dampness to the chill to usher in morning mists.
- Tipping The Balance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 10, 2005)
The government’s decision to move a constitutional amendment to restore quotas in private educational institutions is to be deplored.
- Makkah Declaration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Unlike the declarations issued in the past by Islamic summit conferences, the joint communique released by the summit at Makkah on Thursday is focussed on a reform of the Muslim world.
- Delhi Defies Court Over Reservations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Indian government says it plans to defy the Supreme Court and press ahead with a controversial measure to reserve private college places for students from low-caste or poor backgrounds.
- Oic: Road-Map For Ummah (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 10, 2005)
The OIC Extraordinary Summit has adopted Makkah Declaration and Ten-Year Programme of Action envisaging road-map for Ummah to face the challenges of 21st century.
- Karzai Makes Parliamentary Appointments (Washington Post, AMIR SHAH, Dec 10, 2005)
President Hamid Karzai has made his appointments to the upper house of Afghanistan's parliament, set to convene this month for the first time in over 30 years, officials said Friday
- Gujar Khan People Rally Against Ajk Cops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
A demonstration was staged by college girls, their mothers and dozens of other residents of Gujar Khan in front of the Parliament House here on Friday against AJK police for detaining a family of their city for 26 days in Mirpur police station.
- Realising Fundamental Home Truths (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Dec 10, 2005)
Across regions of violence in India, a peculiar mindset has taken root: A constant harping on grievances - some real, but many imagined, or at least imagined to be uniquely afflicting a specific people or community - combined with a beggar's mentality . .
- Islamists Threaten To Kill Bangladeshi Women Not Wearing Hijab (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Banned militant group tends to make seclusion compulsory for women from the first day of Zilhaj
* Orders female students at Dhaka University not to step out after sunset
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Positions Are Being Treated As Private Property (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Dec 10, 2005)
The number of positions—ministerial, professional, managerial or civil service—is always very few compared to the multitude of aspirants. But once occupied most of such positions become monopolies and properties on lease.
- Protecting Human Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 is the Human Rights Day. Human Rights are those rights which are inherent in every human being by virtue of being a member of the human family. These are nothing but what had been traditionally known as natural rights.
- Iaf Band Regales Tihar Inmates (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Dec 10, 2005)
With all efforts being made by the Tihar jail authorities to reform the prisoners, it was yet another opportunity for the inmates to enjoy some good music, even though it was more of instrumental. For the first time ever, the Indian Air Force symphony....
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- The Other Face Of The Evil That Is Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Ejaz Butt's extraordinary story illuminates the lives of the foot soldiers of the organisation'sjihadin Jammu and Kashmir.
- Educational Malaise (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 09, 2005)
The inter-provincial conference of education ministers held in Karachi this week took what may seem major decisions. From 2006, the academic year for schools will begin in September and end the following May.
- Nasscom For Creation Of Spl Education Zone (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has urged the Centre to initiate effective measures to create a Special Education Zone to free the knowledge segment from the clutches of “educational bureaucracy”, the organisation
- Building Bridges (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 09, 2005)
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ visit to India is in part an outcome of the process of globalisation, and, in part, recognition of India’s role in the process, particularly in the key IT sector.
- Bird Flu Wary Asia On Guard Against Migratory Birds (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 09, 2005)
Forest guard Bhola Abrar Khan peers through binoculars scanning the skies for migratory birds that descend on one of India's biggest bird sanctuaries each winter.
- Get Tough On Student Loan Default? (The Economic Times, Soumya K Ghosh, Dec 09, 2005)
Social control” on bank credit flows, with priority sector lending as a major aspect, was the major target of bank nationalisation in India. In fact, beginning in the 1990s, the 40% priority-sector lending requirement for public sector banks (PSBs)
- Govt Okays Law To Provide Quota In Private Colleges (Hindustan Times, Jay Raina, Dec 09, 2005)
The government on Thursday decided to enact a law to provide reservation to socially and educationally backward students in private unaided educational institutions. The law will effectively neutralise a Supreme Court judgment against such reservation.
- Bangladesh Bleeds Again, 7 Dead (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
At least six persons, including a suspected suicide attacker, were killed and dozens others injured as two bomb explosions rocked the northern Bangladeshi town of Netrokona today, police and witnesses said.
- 13th Saarc Summit Gave Renewed Hope For South Asia: Ahmed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Observing that SAARC countries are confronted with the challenges of socio-economic development, Bangladesh President Ijuddin Ahmed today said the recently concluded 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka has given renewed hope for rebirth and regeneration of . . .
- India-U.S. Edusat Network Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Networking of universities the first step towards meeting the demands of the knowledge era: Kalam
- Life Arduous For Child Domestic Labourers (Hindu, Tarangini Sriraman, Dec 09, 2005)
Surveys indicate that most child labourers working in homes lead a tough existence
Most young domestic helps in twin cities from Warangal, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar
Ill-treatment of child labourers takes many forms
- Killing Iblees (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Dec 09, 2005)
For three consecutive days, Hajies have to throw pebbles on Ibless (Satan) at Mina. The Ibless tried to mislead Prophet Ibrahiem (AS) and His revered son Ismaiel (AS) when the two were on their way to the altar. Prophet Ibrahiem (AS) threw stones . . .
- Necessary Of A Knowledge Society (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Dec 09, 2005)
Twenty first century is going to be driven by science & technology. National Development is going to be increasingly dictated more by the knowledge strength than by access to Natural resources & capital.
- Wahhabi Islam: A M I Snomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 09, 2005)
A rebel with acause, amission and amessage - V
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinc
- Not Up To Scratch (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 09, 2005)
Gurudas right to attack education mafia
- Society To Oversee Textbook Supply To Schoolchildren (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Students will get textbooks without delay
- Terror Groups Targeting J&k's Political System (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Interrogation shows evidence of Lashkar efforts to plant operatives Using cash, coercion and common political interests, terrorists have sought to build affiliations to protect their overground sympathisers
- Spotlight On Petrol Pricing (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Dec 09, 2005)
The consumer should be able to buy petrol at a cost not inflated by unfair taxes on top of rising crude oil prices
- Launching Edusat In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Dec 09, 2005)
Due to globalisation, the world is going through rapid changes where national boundaries of production and distribution and the quality of life are giving way to global trends and standards.
- Hubris Of The Humanities (Indian Express, Nicholas D. Kristof, Dec 09, 2005)
The best argument against “intelligent design” has always been humanity itself. At a time when only 40 per cent of Americans believe in evolution, and only 13 per cent know what a molecule is, we’re an argument at best for “mediocre design”.
- Health Department Takes Exception To Study (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
A survey which is said to have been conducted by a team of researchers from Delhi University's Anthropology department among schoolchildren in the Amboori and Neyyar Dam tribal belt in the district last week has irked the authorities,
- Volcker Issue: Pm To Respond Next Thursday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would respond in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday next to clarifications on his statement on the Volcker issue.
- Invest In Basic Science: Tech Alone Can't Fuel Knowledge Ambition (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 09, 2005)
The one thing that both Bill Gates and P Chidambaram agreed upon, at their breakfast meeting catalysed by ET, was the importance of channelling private investment into education.
- There Comes Another Good Man (Tribune, V.N. Kakar, Dec 09, 2005)
Anything?” my father’s eyes asked me wistfully, lovingly. “Nothing,” my eyes replied silently, dolefully. Partition of India was just about a month behind us. So was the wreckage of our house in Peshawar. We had landed in Lucknow.
- Bangladesh Suicide Bombers Kill 8 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Two suicide bombs killed at least eight people in Bangladesh and wounded more than 50 on Thursday in the latest in a series of deadly blasts blamed on militants seeking Islamic rule in the country.
- Getting Out Of The Greenspan Groove — Winds Of Change At The Fed (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 09, 2005)
For a person who comes through, in his speeches and writings, as a person with a mind of his own, the new US Federal Reserve chief-designate, Dr Ben Bernanke, is unlikely to tamely toe the line of his illustrious predecessor, Mr Alan Greenspan.
- Media Ethics Getting Complex (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Dec 09, 2005)
Wondering whether there are any professional codes of conduct in journalism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised at The Tribune’s 125th anniversary function the issue of media ethics and responsibilities in a provocative way. In no civilised society ....
- Caring Hands Accepting Bribe? (Tribune, Kailashnath Sud, Dec 09, 2005)
A sting operation at the Medical Council of India’s Delhi office amply explained corruption in medicine. The caring hands were seen accepting bribes to set up medical colleges in the country as also registering student doctors with bribes of lakhs.
- Bitter Medicine Beneath The Sugar-Coated Diplomacy (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2005)
FRESH on the home-page of the WTO (www.wto.org) is the December 6 decision on changes to the WTO Agreement on TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). It informs that cheaper generic versions of patented medicines . . .
- Inside The Lashkar-E-Taiba's Network (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 08, 2005)
Top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Shabbir Bukhari's story offers unprecedented insight into the organisation's working — and raises disturbing questions about the threat it holds out to the India-Pakistandétenteprocess.
- A Note That Jars (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 08, 2005)
Never mind what you were taught in school. The fact is that most good things in life are not free. That is pretty much why, barring the Grateful Dead (who were fortunate enough to find corporate sponsors even through the cannabis haze), musicians demand..
- Bill Chants 4-Point Mantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Mr Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of the Microsoft Corporation, said here on Wednesday that he was happy to be back in India and, buoyed by the changes around, offered a four-point “mantra” to maximise the benefits on what the . . .
- Audit Routines, Gas Pipes, Chickens And Lawyers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2005)
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the King's wealth."
- Mining Polluted Hampi Temples’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Mining activities at Sandur and Hospet have led to severe dust pollution in the Centrally-protected Parvathi and Kartikeya temples and in the State-protected Jambunatheshwara temple at Hampi.
- Concern Over Child Labour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 08, 2005)
Two months after the earthquake, concern is being expressed about the future of children in the affected areas. Unicef is rightly worried that child labour is likely to increase in this scenario.
- Galvanizing The Muslim Countries (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Dec 08, 2005)
An extraordinary summit of the 36-year-old Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is being held in Makkah at the invitation of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz to define the Ummah’s response to the multiple challenges it faces internally and externally.
- Why Support To R&d Is Crucial (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 08, 2005)
If India is to compete in the international markets for goods and services, it must give top priority to high quality advanced education in science and technology with a sharp focus on research and development.
- Saran: No Promise To Burns On Iran Energy Deals (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 08, 2005)
"I do not know who assured him because it certainly was not us"
LNG deal with Iran on the cards
"We have told the U.S. that Iran is our strategic partner"
Russia's interest in pipeline project allays fears of financial viability
- Kashmir: Terror Build-Up Triggers Alarm (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 08, 2005)
Many Lashkar operatives seem to have infiltrated in the wake of the earthquake
Up to 100 cadres have crossed LoC since October 8
Activation of new Lashkar cells in Jammu
Degradation in defences because of quake
- Fatwa Against Freedom (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 08, 2005)
It will take Islamists in Bangladesh more than terror tactics to stamp out the free spirit of a brave people, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Eton: School That Connects Rulers (Tribune, Terry Kirby, Dec 08, 2005)
The 19 former prime ministers produced by Eton include Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder, Gladstone, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Sir Alex Douglas-Home, not to mention countless ministers, top civil servants and diplomats.
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