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Articles 14321 through 14420 of 22438:
- Town & Country Prosper Together (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 06, 2005)
The government has launched an ambitious urban renewal mission with on outlay of Rs 100,000 crore (around 3% of GDP) that seeks to build urban infrastructure, enhance the quality of urban services and improve governance in 86 large towns, to start with.
- Female Suicide Bombers Planning To Strike Us, Europe And India? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 06, 2005)
Terrorism experts are all concerned about the female suicide bombers. They are almost impossible to catch before they strike.
- It’S In Our Ability (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 06, 2005)
The usual noises were made on December 3, World Disability Day. But any positive ‘feelings’ — never singlehandedly quite enough for any ‘policy action’ — connected with the promise made in the Disability Act of 1995 was lost in one particularly . . .
- Intel To Invest $1 Bln In India R&d, Venture Fund (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, plans to invest more than $1 billion in India to strengthen its research and development and invest in telecoms and technology start-ups, its chairman said on Monday.
- Aids Cases Up, Prevalence Rate Down In Gujarat (Indian Express, KAMRAN SULAIMANI, Dec 06, 2005)
First the bad news: the number of confirmed AIDS cases in Gujarat is on the rise. Now for the good news: prevalence rate is going down, which means that the awareness lessons are paying off.
- Wb Approves Over $27m For Ajk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The World Bank (WB) has approved a $27.153 million project to assist Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to restore vital economic and social infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the October-8 earthquake. The AJK-Community Infrastructure and . . .
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 06, 2005)
Economic policy should liberate not just business but also people from bureaucracy, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- Indian Ethos In Management (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Dec 06, 2005)
The ability to do the right thing and, what is more important, doing it every time is the noblesse oblige in the managerial milieu. It must become the done thing, the insignia and talisman of a professional manager.
- Tn:relief And Rescue Work In Full Swing, Rain Abates (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Relief and rescue work in rain battered areas of Tamil Nadu, particularly Chennai and its two neighbouring districts continued in full swing after rains let-up yesterday but several areas remained water logged and the MET office has not ruled . . .
- Pm For Cooperation In Energy, Space, Information Techonologies (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
On the eve of his summit-level talks with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India and Russia must initiate dialogue to widen their cooperation for energy security and asserted that working together in the space . . .
- Getting A New High (Indian Express, NATARAJ ANANTH, Dec 06, 2005)
As a schoolboy, my friends and I used to fly gas balloons from the terrace of the building where I stayed.
- B. R. Ambedkar, The Economist (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 06, 2005)
As the nation observers his 49th death anniversary today (December 6), it may surprise many to know that Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, celebrated as the "Father of Indian Constitution," found economics closest to his heart and got his doctorate for a thesis . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace Debates End (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Debating Society of Pakistan’s three-day India-Pakistan peace debates concluded at Government College University (GCU) on Sunday. The society had arranged three debates and three seminars as a peace gesture following similar debates in New Delhi . . .
- Moving From Argument To Dialogue? (The Financial Express, Ashima Goyal, Dec 05, 2005)
Since the title of Professor Sen’s new book captures how we think about ourselves, it has become a buzz word. He reminds us of the long Indian roots of reason, secularism and democracy, and invites us to rediscover these.
- Pedestrian Injured, Gets Summons (Tribune, Paul Schwartzman, Dec 05, 2005)
District of Columbia police issued a $5 jaywalking ticket to a renowned urban designer after a car sent him hurtling through the air as he crossed a busy street in Washington, DC.
- Cupid, Not Ngf, Makes World Go Round (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 05, 2005)
What's a chemical gotta do with love? According to the venerable Psycho-neuroendocrinology Journal that special heady feeling when you fall in love is due mainly to a chemical in the brain called Nerve Growth Factor protein
- Ssc Syllabus In State-Run Schools Yet To Be Completed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Shortage of teachers hits academic activity
- Bihar Docs Practise By Raj Rules (Hindustan Times, Anirban Guha Roy, Dec 05, 2005)
If fancy foreign degrees are what inspire your confidence in doctors, you better be in Bihar. The state’s health system might be on life support but all government doctors are certified as fit for work by no less than officials of the British Raj.
- Human Rights And Wrongs (Tribune, Justice A.S. Anand (retd), Dec 05, 2005)
The notion of human rights is a recognition of the essential worth of a human being. Terrorism and human rights are natural enemies with no possibility of their co-existence.
- The Knowing-Acting Gap (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 05, 2005)
The gap between what we know for certain and what we actually apply in practice is a source of enduring frustration for managers and consultants. Chris Argyris, an outstanding social scientist and intellectual at Harvard Business School, . . .
- Development, Market And Government (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 05, 2005)
Experience suggests that rather than there being a conflict between governance and institutional accountability, the two should be complementary.
- Gentle Persuaders (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 05, 2005)
THE Indian Liberal Group, headed with great dedication by Mr S. V. Raju, deserves a big salute for holding aloft the values (freedom, fair play, tolerance, intellectual honesty, ....
- When Parents Double As Career Managers (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Dec 05, 2005)
Give your son (or daughter) a fish and he lives for a day, teach him fishing and he lives for a life-time, buy him the best fishing gear, take him to the river, enrol him in the best coaching centre, encourage him constantly and, chances are, . . .
- Sbi Vijayawada Lends Rs 427.75cr Agri Loans (Business Standard, Chandrasekhar, Dec 05, 2005)
The Vijayawada division of State Bank of India, with 187 branches covering Krishna, Guntur and West Godavari districts, has advanced agricultural loans to the tune of Rs 427.75 crore to 1,34,395 farmers during the first half of 2005-06.
- Mission To Save Planet Is `Failing' (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Dec 05, 2005)
Sports stars join campaign for trade justice as report says governments are not doing enough to protect environment
- Customer-Centric Approach By New Breed Of Financial Planners (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Dec 05, 2005)
Goal of certification is to convert savers into investors
Organisers of financial planning are collaborating to unify the profession around accepted standards.
- Ppmhs School Emerges Champion In Youth Fete (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
PPM Higher Secondary School at Kottukara, near Kondotty, won the overall championship in the 18th sub-district school youth festival held on the campuses of Padma AUP School and GLP School, Karad.
- Cameron Promises A Different Kind Of Politics (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Dec 05, 2005)
David Cameron hopes to lead the Tories and his target is not Tony Blair but Gordon Brown.
- Against A Sea Of Troubles (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 05, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Two For Joy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2005)
An encouraging moment can sometimes expose the truly discouraging. The enthusiasm with which the world seems to have greeted the election of two women together with 10 men to Jeddah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry indicates that for Saudi Arabia,
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear... (Indian Express, NIRMALA SRINIVASAN, Dec 05, 2005)
December 3 was World Disability Day. The Persons with Disability Act (PWD Act), passed by Parliament in 1995, recognises mental illness as a disability on par with physical disabilities.
- Some Facts Of Life At 9,000 (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 05, 2005)
When the Sensex crossed 9,000, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram repeated his frequent assertion about the market movement being ‘‘orderly’’ and based on economic fundamentals. It must be orderly indeed, when a discredited stock broker, . . .
- Honoured In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
It was a mission that stood oddly with the violence, terror and arms culture of Afghanistan.
- Rss Chief Writes About ‘Population Imbalance’ (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Dec 05, 2005)
After asking Hindus to procreate to avoid getting reduced to a minority in the face of growing numbers of Muslims and Christians, RSS chief K Sudarshan has struck a note of warning against population imbalance in a letter that will soon reach . . .
- Over Population: Mother Of All Problems (Daily Excelsior, Swati Sharma, Dec 05, 2005)
These days, our country is facing a lot of problems. If solution of one problem is found out then other one starts cropping up. What is the reason that our country is facing a series of unending problems? Because problem of all problems is still . . .
- India Assures Afghanistan Of Assistance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed, Sunday, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and ...
- Iran’S Economic Woes (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Dec 05, 2005)
Apart from its problems over its nuclear ambitions, Iran is faced with economic stagnation and US sanctions
- School Recognition Cancelled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Government to run Ravindra Bharati for this academic year
- The Architect Of An Idea Called Naya Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Dec 05, 2005)
Today we remember a man who shaped the modern history of state and influenced Kashmiris for more than four decades.
- Shameful (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 05, 2005)
The government employees have ignored government instructions to donate one-day salary for the victims of Oct 8 quake that hit parts of north Kashmir.
- Research Extension Linkage (Daily Excelsior, Dr M P Gupta, Dec 05, 2005)
In comparison to developed countries, hardly 10-15 per cent amount is being spent to meet the development and recurring cost on ''farm research'' in our country. Besides the agril. research is not cost effective as its potential is not being . . .
- No Breakthrough In Bjp Mla Murder Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Even six days after the murder of Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, along with his seven supporters in Ghazipur, the state police was yet to get a major breakthrough in the case.
- Watching The Watchdogs (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 05, 2005)
Media needs to observe the NGO sector more actively and objectively, says Shailaja Chandra
- A Charter For Police (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Dec 05, 2005)
Failings of the police are an accurate reflection of the state of political leadership, says K Govindan Kutty
- Paying For Terror (US News & World Report, David E. Kaplan, Dec 05, 2005)
How jihadist groups are using organized-crime tactics--and profits--to finance attacks on targets around the globe
- Registration And Monitoring (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 05, 2005)
With the promulgation of the Societies Registration (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2005, one hopes that the process of registration of the madressahs will be undertaken in right earnest and the deadline of Dec 31 will be met. In view of the initial . . .
- Nepal’S Endless Predicament (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 05, 2005)
As one writes this piece, the three-month old unilateral ceasefire announced by the ‘Maoist’ guerrillas of Nepal on September 3, 2005, expires.
- Taking Liberties With English (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 05, 2005)
Every once in a while a political columnist suffers from what is known in the fourth estate as writer’s cramp’. This is more a mental than a physiological condition and describes his sudden inability to come up with a worthwhile subject on which . . .
- India Accelerating (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 05, 2005)
In the middle of the old Grand Trunk Road a temple sits under a peepul tree. The surrounding highway is being widened to four lanes, and vehicles barrel along either side. But the temple and tree thwart even greater speed, and a passing contractor . . .
- Needed, More Whistle-Blowers (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Dec 05, 2005)
Wherever one looks one sees rampant corruption. In India there is no department which does not offer an opportunity to a person to make a climb from rags to riches. Revenue earning departments are well known for offering vast opportunities for corruption.
- Soura Fidayeen Died While Planning Attack On Radio Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
While eliminating five more cadres of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir valley today, Police and security forces have learned that the three Pakistani militants of the organisation, who were killed in Soura area the other day, had planned a high-profile suicide
- True Seeker (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
K.G. SUBRAMANYAN challenges you to think. As an artist, scholar and ideologue, he edges you out of comfort zones to upend established notions, as he has through his artistic oeuvre over six decades.
- The Dangling Man (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Dec 04, 2005)
Masculinism is, quite possibly, a sham, a rhetoric which cannot find approximations in the real world, yet it is built up to enormous proportions.
- Floods Swamp Chennai And Suburbs (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Dec 04, 2005)
Thousands of people living along waterways, vulnerable areas evacuated to safety
Tiruvallur district the worst hit
Virugambakkam, Madipakkam, Pulianthope and Vysarpadi badly affected
Tambaram receives maximum rainfall
- He Walks Into News (Hindu, Amita Malik, Dec 04, 2005)
Every page, paragraph and sentence in this book is an irresistible quote
News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World, John Simpson, Pan/ Macmillan, £7.99.
- A Film Man's Life Without The Gossip! (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Dec 04, 2005)
The book is all about the blessings showered on the author and these are the members of his family. It is a moving account of a family-loving gentleman.
- The Wisest Man In India (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 04, 2005)
Who might it now be?
- Failure And Futility Of Mid-Day Meal Scheme (Daily Excelsior, A S Bahar, Dec 04, 2005)
Mid-day meals scheme was launched previously during the year of 1995 and withered away in the year of 1997 as a total failure scheme I remember it well when the mid-day meals scheme was announced by the Government and the teachers were asked to furnish th
- Pak Tries To Divert (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 04, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake appears to have infused a fear in Pakistani rulers about their future ability to maintain their traditional lordship over the people in occupied Kashmir once this region recovers from its present trauma.
- Celebrating A Timeless Epic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The nine-day Mahabharata Utsav celebrated Mahabharata, the epic for all times and all people, writes Mala Kumar.
- Air Deccan Plans Flying Schools (Business Standard, P R Sanjai, Dec 04, 2005)
Low-cost carrier Air Deccan is planning to set up a residential flying school in Bangalore for training pilots, engineers and airhostesses.
- Residents Had Little Inkling Of Water Release From Canals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Many colonies submerged, causeways cut off
Senior citizens and women put to lot of hardship
Chennai Corporation issues flood warning in low-lying areas
Residents unhappy with relief distribution at Mogappair
- Advani Seeks Resignation Of Natwar, Sonia Gandhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Considering Croatian Ambassador Aneil Matherani's sensational disclosure in the Iraq's oil-for-food programme, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi should immediately resign owning responsibility for the corruption in the party, BJP President L K Advani...
- True Preparedness For Disasters (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 04, 2005)
We are living in an era of natural disasters. Millions are becoming victims of tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones, landslides, drought, forest fires, flooding, bird flu, SARS, Mad Cow diseases and AIDS.
- Chithi Na Koyee Sandesh? (Greater Kashmir, M HYDERI, Dec 04, 2005)
By the way where is Mufti, M Hyderi remembers the former chief minister alongwith his slogan of healing touch
- Custodians Of The Trust You Repose, They Uphold - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Without robbing Peter, paying Paul, here they mean justice at any cost, progress on all counts, accountability on every front. Without leveling all legal and illegal, they mean getting it from those who usurp and giving to those who deserve.
- Chennai Braces For More Rains (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
About 8,000 people were today evacuated from suburban villages of the metropolis after they were marooned by flood waters following heavy downpour last night, even as more rains were predicted in the next two days under the influence of a low pressure ...
- Politics Of Vengeance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 04, 2005)
The assassination of Pakistan’s first prime minister marked the beginning of the politics of vengeance in the country.
- She Creates A Rainbow In Each Teardrop (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
On World Disabled Day, here’s the story of a woman who decided to overlook her own inabilities and make a difference in the lives of others. Jayalakshmi K is moved by the message of hope & determination that stands out in Naseema’s life.
- Wonders Of The Wild (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Dec 04, 2005)
We need wild animals because we are dependent on them, says Ruth Padel, in conversation with
- Militants Threaten To Kill Hostages (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 04, 2005)
Ten American soldiers die in Fallujah explosion; U.S. toll in Iraq reaches 2,120
- It Is A Penguin Classic, Boss! (Hindu, Pradeep Sebastian, Dec 04, 2005)
The man we have to thank for making literature urgent and handy enough to be carried around in our pockets is Allen Lane, founder of Penguin.
The Life and Times of Allen Lane, Jeremy Lewis, Viking, p.496, price not stated.
- A Gandhian Committed To Women's Cause (Hindu, V. Parukutty Amma, Dec 04, 2005)
She is a Gandhian, biographer, painter and woman of strong political conviction committed to women's cause. In conversation withMaleeha Raghaviah
- Ghana Times (Hindu, ABDULRAZAK GURNAH, Dec 04, 2005)
Eshun's story about growing up is also a frightening and shaming one of casual brutalities in Ghana and of childhood racism in London. ABDULRAZAK GURNAH
- Bjp’S ‘Matra Shakti’ Meet Silent On Uma’S Suspension (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) draws closer to the end of its year long silver jubilee celebrations, it decided to pay tributes to ‘Matra Shakti’ at a grand meet organised in the Pink City on Saturday. After all, what could be a better venue . . .
- Alternative History (Deccan Herald, Cynthia Stephen, Dec 04, 2005)
After the feminist movement and the subaltern school, it is now the turn of that silenced majority of India, the lower castes, to make its voice heard.
- Blighted Affections (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , Dec 04, 2005)
Although written naturally, some of the more original sentence constructions might come in for criticism from sticklers of the language.
- He's Got Words (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Dec 04, 2005)
Meet Dreadlockalien, the poet laureate of Birmingham
- Students' Procession Marks World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Students of various schools took out a procession to create awareness of prevention of AIDS, as part of `World AIDS Day' observed under the auspices of the NSS Unit, Pudukottai, on Friday.
- Campaign On Safe Bio-Waste Disposal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
NGC to educate hospitals and labs of danger
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