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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 22438:
- Bill Rings In Christmas: $1.7 Bn-Plus On India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
With a $1.7 billion budget, Microsoft Corp, the world’s biggest software company, signed up on Wednesday for a major role in India’s drive to modernise and take IT to rural areas
- Take Care Of Your Child (Greater Kashmir, PROF. SYED MAHMOOD, Dec 08, 2005)
To become good human beings, they need a good upbringing and better education, suggests. PROF. SYED MAHMOOD
- Voice In The Wilderness (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Negative signals at Mamata rally
There have been starvation deaths in West Bengal and some districts are particularly hard-hit by poverty and distress, made worse by the fact that the Left Front government has politicised the BPL lists.
- Privatisation Plans (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
Don’t Disinvest, Reinvest
In his interview to The McKinsey Quarterly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed helplessness at not being able to proceed with disinvestment of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and other public sector undertakings (PSUs) . .
- Poverty And Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 08, 2005)
Pakistan's economic future is bright despite the setback caused by the October 8 earthquake, says a senior IMF official. In saying that he rhymes with the optimistic predictions of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, which have made intense
- Us Classes Now In Indian Colleges (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Next time you may not have to fly to the US to have a Harvard professor lecturing you. You could well be sitting in your college in India. Fifteen leading American universities, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Texas, Illinois and California, . . .
- Who Cares About The Litigant? (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Dec 08, 2005)
The statement of the chief justice of India about there being 27 million pending cases has set off alarm bells. First, about what society expects from lawyers and from judges, and next, about the so-far-neglected plight of litigants.
- Sc Said No But Govt To Bring Law For Quotas In Pvt Colleges (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Dec 08, 2005)
Despite a clear verdict from the Supreme Court that the state had no authority to reserve quotas in private unaided institutions, the UPA government is set to bring a law in the ongoing session of Parliament to reserve seats for backward classes . .
- An Indian Faces Medieval Punishment In Saudi Arabia. What Kind Of Country Is It? (Indian Express, Shriya Anand, Dec 08, 2005)
The central institution of Saudi Arabian government is the monarchy. The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that the Holy Qur’an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari’a).
- Bill Gates Is Upbeat On India, Microsoft To Pump In $1.7bn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Bill Gates, founder chairman of Microsoft Corporation had Kamal Mahal at the Maurya Sheraton in rapt attention as he laid out grand plans for India. With the tsars of corporate India turning in full strength, the world's richest man had CEOs . . .
- Microsoft Lines Up $1.7 B Investments For India — To Expand R&d Activities; Promote It Literacy (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Betting heavily on India's IT prowess, the Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, today announced an investment of $1.7 billion (Rs 7,858 crore) spread over the next four years to expand its research and development (R&D) activities, . . .
- Gates & Murthy: They Still Chase A Dream (Business Line, Thomas K. Thomas, Dec 08, 2005)
They are rich, have a good sense of humour and come across as down to earth. Even after 30 years of making it big in the global IT scene, both Mr Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation, and Mr N. R. Narayana Murthy, ...
- American Businesses Including Bill Gates And Microsoft Will Go Back As Fast As They Are Coming To India (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Dec 08, 2005)
That is the way America operates. It is a free capitalistic country where people can choose what they want to do within the parameters of the law of land.
- How True The Forecasts (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 08, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on a study about earnings forecast and stock price
- The Use Of Reuse (Deccan Herald, S KUPPUSWAMY, Dec 08, 2005)
Reusing something is not only economical, it also teaches us lessons about values
- The Protege Who Came In From The Cold (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 08, 2005)
The protege who came in from the cold
- There Are No Zero Sum Games On The Edge Of This Forest (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Dec 08, 2005)
It WAS my second trip to Ranthambhore last month.
- In The Safety Net (Telegraph, MONI NAG, Dec 08, 2005)
The 2005 UNAIDS global report, which was released in New Delhi last month, has drawn attention to the unique success of the STD/HIV intervention project, (popularly known as Sonagachi project) in curbing the spread of HIV among sex workers in Sonagachi,..
- Another Rights Leader Targeted In Ap (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Yet another human rights activist in Andhra Pradesh has been targeted by unidentifed persons, this time in Ongole town in Prakasam district.
- Behind Enemy Lines (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Dec 08, 2005)
Abhijit C Chandra recounts the exploits of an IAF officer who flew across the Tibetan territory just before the 1962 war
- A New Urban Lifestyle Lures India's Rural Poor (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 08, 2005)
This western city has at least 300 slum pockets, with grimy industry, factory-fouled air and a spiraling crime rate. A 1994 epidemic - reported as pneumonic plague - that originated here caused national panic.
- Seminar On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
K. Ravindra, professor of dermatology, who has been treating people with HIV for 12 years, has advocated certain sanctions against blood donation and transfusion. He has urged the Government to issue legal sanctions against unauthorised . . .
- Politics All Around (Telegraph, SURENDRA MUNSHI, Dec 08, 2005)
In an article that appeared in this paper recently, I argued that a crippling contradiction in Indian society is between visionaries in different spheres and routine politicians.
- Madrasa Reforms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
Will Bengal take leaf out of Musharraf’s book?
The ordinance promulgated by President Parvez Musharraf to regulate the functioning of 25,000 madrasas in Pakistan is a bold step that recognises realities.
- Stitch Up A New Alliance (Telegraph, Soroor Ahmed, Dec 07, 2005)
Post victory, the litmus test for Nitish Kumar, the new chief minister of Bihar, would be to translate a new political alliance of different castes into a lasting social combination ...
- Pak Beats India To Lady Bank Boss (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Dec 07, 2005)
Musharraf picks accomplished Shamshad to take care of coffers
- Of Aesthetics And Truth (Greater Kashmir, Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2005)
The life of a person is shaped in his adulthood. The environment he grows in, the lineage that he has, the influences that orient him
- 120 Die As Plane Crashes In Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
An Iranian military plane carrying scores of journalists crashed into a Tehran apartment block and exploded on Tuesday, killing up to 120 people on board the aircraft and on the ground, police and witnesses said.
- Status Of Biological Sciences In India (Daily Excelsior, Pragya Khanna, Dec 07, 2005)
Human knowledge of Biology began with prehistoric people and their experiences with edible vs. inedible, or even poisonous, plants and animals, their habits and habitats and how best to capture them, etc. This information was verbally passed on to . . .
- Sahitya Parishat Plans Programmes For Suvarna Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Major works produced by eminent Kannada writers to be published
Cultural jathas to be taken out in 52 border taluks
Seminars on unification of Karnataka to be organised
Awareness on Kannada language and culture to be created in other States
- Promising Market For Educational Software (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
ICT solutions allow for simulations and promote interactive mode of learning among students, says RM Group CEO Tim Pearson. In a chat with G. Mahadevan
- Bill Gates, Maran Discuss Areas Of Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
To create an enabling environment for adoption of IT
Progress on other projects reviewed
To launch English edition of Windows XP Starter Edition
- When The Uncle Becomes Role Model (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The Shiv Sena emerged in the late Sixties to fill a political vacuum created by the failure of the communists in Maharashtra.
- Asc Centre To Have Animal Transport Memorial Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
To celebrate 245th anniversary and 8th reunion today
- India Accelerating (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 07, 2005)
NELAMANGALA, India Hot water: 10 rupees. Cold water: 8 rupees.
Toilet: 5 rupees. Sex: no price specified on the bathhouse wall, but, as the condom painted there suggests, safe.
- Campaign On Aids Awareness In State From February (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Anti-AIDS volunteers to make house visits and talk to people on dreaded disease
Collectors asked to prepare comprehensive action plans
Counselling to be provided at PHCs
Supply of drugs at Government hospitals from January 1
- Democracy Makes Fiscal Outlays Work (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 07, 2005)
The Planning Commission has asked for a 35% increase in gross budgetary support to meet the government’s social sector commitments. The finance ministry would do well to consider that request seriously. Spending on education, healthcare, and . . .
- Will India Back Off From Its Neti Doctrine? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Dec 07, 2005)
The draft ministerial text put out by the director-general of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, last week only reinforces the limited progress that negotiations have made so far.
- Karpoori Replaces Lalu (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 07, 2005)
Those Class VIII students in Bihar government schools who thought they would have one chapter less to study in their social sciences textbook after the change in government may have been jumping the gun. As expected, the chapter on Lalu Prasad Yadav . . .
- Microsoft Innovation In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Global software giant Microsoft, will establish an innovation centre in Bangalore early next month.....
- Is It Really Health For All? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 07, 2005)
The Alma Ata message of ‘health for all’ has at long last reached the policy planners in Islamabad. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government’s health strategy was focused on the prevention and control of diseases, provision of maternal . .
- Rivers As Life-Giving Resources (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 07, 2005)
Last week Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Kerala Minister for Water Resources, announced that under no circumstances would the Government agree to the interlinking of the Pampa and Achancoil rivers to the Vypar in Tamil Nadu.
- Values Endure As Traditions Fade (Tribune, John Daniszewski, Dec 07, 2005)
A normal family: four lives under one roof, intertwined, but each an individual. Immigrants from South Asia, Mohsin and Khawar have created a space for themselves and their children to develop and to find identities in a country and on a continent . . .
- Teach Or Perish!-Ardhendu Chatterjee (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
An obscure man in his mid-30s from a nondescript Andhra village, Narasing Lal But, has blazed a trail with his apparently crazy move.
He has claimed “damages”,
- Academic Administration (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 07, 2005)
An able academic administrator can change the whole system. He should be a blend of many skills and qualities. He has to be an academic and an administrator as well, and when you have both the two, you get the person of your choice, . . .
- Why Girls Outshine Boys (Tribune, Michael Gurian, Dec 07, 2005)
Colleges and universities across the US are grappling with the case of the mysteriously vanishing male.
- French Dressing In The Salad Bowl (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Dec 07, 2005)
In 1946, Charles de Gaulle observed, “Everything is connected in the misfortunes of a nation...We have to bring about, despite great difficulties, a drastic reconstruction that will make it possible for each man and woman to lead a life of greater ease,..
- Indian-American Scientist Wins Energy Tech Prize (Indian Express, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Dec 07, 2005)
Indian American scientist Subhendu Guha, noted for his pioneering work in amorphous silicon, has won the 2005 World Technology award in Energy.
- General's Losing Battle (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 07, 2005)
Emerging coalition of religious, political and terrorist groups has serious implications for India and the world, says Wilson John
- Gates’ Date With Indian Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Beginning his fourth visit to India, Microsoft Corporation Chairman & Chief Software Architect Bill Gates met President A P J Abdul Kalam and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
- To Russia With Love (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 07, 2005)
The cold War years — or as we in India call it, the non-alignment era — have officially been declared to be over. No, not by the departure of Natwar Singh from the cabinet, but by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging students of the Moscow State Universit
- Ncc Continues To Groom Tomorrow’S Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The state government can help the Goa and Karnataka NCC directorate with infrastructure and more aid by way of grants.
- Pm Talks Nostalgia & Business With Russia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 06, 2005)
Raj Kapoor, Awara Hoon and Mera Naam Joker were the staple of India’s relations with Russia in the days when a humungous USSR was a counterweight to the US.
- Road Recipes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
CM must get to the root of the problem
It was only after Subhas Chakraborty, West Bengal’s transport minister, had come out in defence of bus drivers following an accident in which a young mother taking her child to school was killed during a mad race..
- Trauma Of The Toffs-Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
As far as I know, no goldfish ever willingly chooses the bowl it wants to reside in. Cherie Blair, though, is absolutely convinced that the partners of past, present and future Prime Ministers of Britain — her own good self most of all — were or . . .
- Madrasa Reforms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
Will Bengal take leaf out of Musharraf’s book?
- In Standalone Mode (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Dec 06, 2005)
At one point in history, the people of Bangalore Cantonment didn't want to be part of Bangalore city
- Teach Or Perish!-Ardhendu Chatterjee (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
An obscure man in his mid-30s from a nondescript Andhra village, Narasing Lal But, has blazed a trail with his apparently crazy move.
He has claimed “damages”, through the human rights commission, from his zilla parishad school for its failure . . .
- To Be Healthy, Wealthy And Wise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Gender inequalities continue to limit girls’ education. Even with the narrowing of gender gaps, girls can expect to receive one year less of education than boys in African and Arab states and two years less in south Asia.
- Wahhabi Islam : A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 06, 2005)
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 provinces
- Give Them A Chance (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 06, 2005)
The challenged don't need charity, but a chance to prove themselves," is the most inspiring message given by a highly successful physically handicapped person on the International Day of the Disabled people which has just been observed across the world...
- Quality Higher Education Equals Opportunity (Daily Excelsior, Prof. Ashok Kumar Manwati, Dec 06, 2005)
If liberalization has to stay and economy is integrated to the global market forces and out sourcing holding huge opportunities, there is an urgent need to prompt to harness on energies for a crusade for excellence for Indian students.
- The Employment-Poverty Link In Bangladesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekar, Dec 06, 2005)
The reduction in poverty in Bangladesh has not been commensurate with the expectations generated by the macroeconomic pattern of relatively stable and non-inflationary growth. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekar and Jaya ti Ghosh say . . .
- Pm Woos Russian Businessmen (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 06, 2005)
With people-to-people contact between India and Russia on the wane and bilateral trade between the two far below expectations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today went all-out to sell India as an attractive business, academic and creative destination. . .
- Terrorism To Dominate Singh-Putin Summit Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
In a clear indication that terrorism will be high on the agenda during his summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin at Kremlin tomorrow, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for joint efforts by India and Russia to fight the menace, . . .
- An Expensive Last Stand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2005)
Belying the hope of Congress party crisis managers that the appointment of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Authority would buy peace, the Volcker report controversy seems to be spinning out of control. The news media have remained one step ahead of the officia
- Faculty Improvement The Key (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2005)
Technical education in India is expanding steadily with new institutions being opened and the intake into colleges being raised, but not much attention has gone into improving the quality standards. An anomalous situation has arisen of a large number . .
- National Interest Or American Interest? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 06, 2005)
A U.S. official claims India has assured the Americans that energy deals with Iran are years away.
- Testament Of Faith (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Dec 06, 2005)
LETTERS FROM MIRTOLA — Written by Sri Krishnaprem and Sri Madhava Ashish to Karan Singh: Jyotsna Singh — Editor; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kulapati Munshi Marg, Mumbai-400007. Rs. 150.
- Can Clinical Trials Ever Be Truly Ethical? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 06, 2005)
Unless the rights of those who participate in clinical trials and their ability to get the best treatment in case of injury or infection are guaranteed, the trials will not be fair even if they yield useful scientific results.
- The Information Pagdandi As Bridge Across Social, Economic Divides (Indian Express, KIRAN KARNIK, Dec 06, 2005)
Knowledge is now the currency of power. No longer does power flow out of the barrel of a gun; rather, it flows from the barrel of a picture tube (TV or computer screen) or the barrel of a pen. Since knowledge derives from information, . . .
- Thought-Provoking Articles (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Dec 06, 2005)
Collection of articles on general issues relating to people and society at large
- Manmohan Singh Urges Russians To Discover A ``New Generation Of Raj Kapoors'' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 06, 2005)
India, Russia for joint oil ventures in Central Asia
- Human Rights Education To Start In Select Schools In State (Hindu, K.P.M. Basheer, Dec 06, 2005)
To begin this month; part of national programme in schools
- Oic: Challenges Ahead (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 06, 2005)
could be a significant date in the political calendar of Islamic countries as 57 leaders of member-states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) would be converging on the holy city of Makkah to review the situation of the Muslim world, . . .
- The Legacy Blair Will Leave Behind (Dawn, Max Hastings, Dec 06, 2005)
Tony Blair is working overtime to reform education, commission nuclear power stations, bring stable government to Northern Ireland, impose a new vision on Europe, create stability in Iraq, all within the span of two or three years before he quits the . .
- The State Of Innocence (Tribune, Ramandeep Singh Johal, Dec 06, 2005)
Grown up, I went to see my old school. It looked quite small to me now. Its playing field must be about one-tenth the size of a football ground. I was surprised, because I have memories of running on that ground in a big circle, and usually it took me a w
- Caught In A Traffic Jam? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 06, 2005)
In Darjeeling, on the rare occasions when the sun peeps out of the winter clouds, some schools declare “a sunshine holiday”! Which could be the schoolmasters’ way of coping with the dark, depressing winters! It is in this context that one could look . . .
- Punish Study Loan Defaulters (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 06, 2005)
Various banks are reportedly concerned about the increasing rate of defaults on education loans. Educational loans are an important means of social mobility, of levelling the playing field for talent regardless of social background, and . . .
- British Council Keen To Attract Students From The U.K. To India (Hindu, A. A. Michael Raj, Dec 06, 2005)
10-day `Education UK Festival' concludes
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