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Articles 14521 through 14620 of 22438:
- Stars Join Leaders In Aids Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Education, awareness only vaccination against the disease: Sonia
Change in outlook towards the disease stressed
People who despise HIV-positive persons need not view my films, says Salman
We only need to be careful: Kapil Dev
- Treat Aids Patients With Sensitivity: Jayakumar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Inaugurates automatic condom vending machine in city Inaugurates automatic condom vending machine in city
- Barnala Commends Hard Work Put In By Aids Agencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Urges health institutions to come out with concrete plans to step up action against AIDS
- Never Say Impossible, Kalam Tells Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Speech laced with questions and answers, anecdotes about scientists Speech laced with questions and answers, anecdotes about scientists
- United States Inks 5-Year Afghanistan Grants (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The US government signed an agreement here Thursday committing itself to grants over five years for development in war-ravaged Afghanistan that could amount to about five billion dollars.
- Afghan Prosperity — Still A Dream For Most (Daily Times, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Dec 02, 2005)
A problem for President Hamid Karzai, a year after he formed a new government following a sweeping election victory, is that people’s expectations have been raised, but not met
- Bihar Redeems Its Pledge (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 02, 2005)
The recent Assembly elections in Bihar will be treated as a milestone in the history of Indian democracy. Though all elections are important in one way or the other, Bihar elections were a cut above the rest. First, they ended the 15-year . . .
- Shun Gender Violence (Pioneer, Remya Mohan, Dec 02, 2005)
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) began as an endeavour by a small group of Canadian men who wore White Ribbons in memory of the brutal massacre at the Université de Montreal Engineering School where on December 6, 1989, a gunman shot dead 14 female student
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku airport . . .
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October, the CPI(M) had in
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku . . .
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October,
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
Ever since Health Ministers' Conference in London in January 1988, December 1 has been observed as World AIDS Day. The global struggle against the killer virus turned 18 this year, almost universally recognised as the age of consent, when adolescents . .
- Dalit Girl Barred From Going To College (Tribune, Sarada Lahangir, Dec 02, 2005)
EDUCATION is my fundamental right. I won’t let anybody deprive me of my rights. Being born in a Dalit family is not a crime. I will fight for my rights,” says Mamta Nayak confidently.
- Australia Pledges $7.4 M To Fight Aids In India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Australia’s government marked World AIDS Day today by announcing a $ 7.4 million aid programme to help battle the deadly disease in India.
- She Is Hiv+ But Faces No Stigma (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
For Amarjot Kaur, resident of a village in Fatehgarh Sahib, a mention of her HIV status invites a simple resignation to the dictates of destiny. Like any other HIV Positive, she narrates how the virus was passed on to her by her husband, a truck driver,
- Violence In Bangladesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
That jihadi terrorism has grown stronger during the past few years in Bangladesh was proved beyond doubt when an extremist outfit, the Jamayet-ul-Mujahideen, successfully planned to unleash terrorist violence on August 17 in almost every district . . .
- Make Love, Not War!where Artists Score Over Other Mortals (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 02, 2005)
Artists have traditionally been looked down upon by those who lead more organised lives. An ancient Tamil proverb says, “If your son is born to be a king, crown him, if to be a poet, drown him!”
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Positioning Cultural Industries With Creative Intervention (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Dec 01, 2005)
A dynamic tradition never stops or slackens. The creative moves, nourishes, transforms, shapes, and furthers. Iqbal celebrates when he writes: "there is something that prevents our very being from being wiped out."
- Solving Kashmir-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
India, being a liberal democracy in its constitutional law, cannot do in Jammu & Kashmir what Czechoslovakia did to the “Sudeten Germans” after World War II. On June 18 1945 the new Czechoslovakia announced those Germans and Magyars within their borders..
- Aids Day To Be Observed Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Candles were lit in a symbolic gesture for awareness against HIV/AIDS in Fort Kochi on Wednesday. Several organisations joined in the mass education held at the Vasco da gama Square on the eve of AIDS Day.
- Congress Includes Job Guarantee In Panchayat Poll Manifesto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Party promises host of schemes and facilities for people in rural areas, launches poll campaign
Other features
Better infrastructure for rural areas
Food and shelter for all
Compulsory education of children
- Management Gurus To Guide Aids Mission (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
For guiding the Rs-1 billion third phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP-III) beginning next year, the Centre plans to rope in top management gurus including experts from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.
- Australia To Help India Fight Aids (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Australia's government marked World AIDS Day on Thursday by announcing USD 7.4 million aid program to help battle the deadly disease in India.
- Law Fails To Curb Foeticide (Tribune, Amandeep Aggarwal, Dec 01, 2005)
More than 10 years have passed after the enactment of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Treatment (PNDT) Act, but the purpose has still not been served because people who want to get sex determination of a foetus done are getting it done.
- Aids Undermines Development (Tribune, Ishwar Chandra Dhyani, Dec 01, 2005)
AIDS reverses the gains of development, undermines the foundations for development and targets the most vulnerable.
- Of Many Cultures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2005)
It seems a long time since my last ‘Westminster Gleanings’ and since my conversation with Lord Gilmour about the Middle East. Ariel Sharon’s new grab for the central ground, if such a thing really exists, of the Israeli political spectrum,
- Aids Stalks Indian Highways (Hindustan Times, Margie Mason, Dec 01, 2005)
Zalisz Ahmed paid US$1 and lost his virginity on the side of the road to one of India's countless young truck-stop prostitutes. He's had unprotected sex with many others since and says he's never heard of AIDS.
- Health Minister Says Concerned About Aids Awareness (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 01, 2005)
India's health minister expressed concern on Wednesday about AIDS awareness, monitoring and treatment, saying the latest official count in India could have fallen short of the real number of infections.
- Lurking In The Mainstream (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The discomfiture that followed Sir Mark Moody-Stuart’s announcement that the IT industry, including call centres, may be susceptible to the spread of HIV makes its own unfortunate statement.
- Stopping Aids (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) theme for 2005 to 2010, “Stop Aids: Keep the Promise,” is a trenchant reminder to all concerned – governments, institutions, international organisations, NGOs and, indeed, all men and women – that the world has not done . . .
- Walking A Year, In War With Aids (Telegraph, CP Bhambhri, Dec 01, 2005)
Ajay Panwar gave up a year of college in the hills of Mussoorie to walk the nation’s highways, past deserts, coastlines and forests.
- Still Vulnerable To Disease And Death (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2005)
Extracts from the Human Development Report 2005
- Australia Pledges $7.4 Mn To Fight Aids In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Australia's government marked World AIDS Day on Thursday by announcing a $7.4 million aid programme to help battle the deadly disease in India.
- Brazil Bucks Aids Trend, But Blacks Are Hard-Hit (Reuters, Andrew Hay, Dec 01, 2005)
Bucking a global rise in HIV infection, Brazil reported a slight fall on Wednesday in the spread of the virus last year but blamed racism for a marked increase in the proportion of AIDS cases among blacks.
- Unrecognized Schools (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
At last the government has risen to the occasion. By ordering closure of unrecognized private schools, the government has done a favour to the gullible parents whose purse is strained day in and day out in the name of education by these money making machi
- `Communication Skill In English Essential For Successful Career' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Madan Thangavelu of Cambridge University delivered a guest lecture on `Engineering in Biology' at VPMM Engineering College for Women, Krishnankoil, recently.
- Us Delegation Satisfied With Indo-Pak Dialogue On Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting US Congressional delegation said on Wednesday that it was satisfied that Pakistan and India were seriously addressing the Kashmir issue.
- Aids Day On December 1: 70,000 Aids Victims In Pakistan, 2,300 Registered (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 01, 2005)
95 percent of 45 million AIDS victims from underdeveloped countries
* About half of new victims are young people
- On How Balance-Sheets Weather Global Financial Storms (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 01, 2005)
The Bank for International Settlements "fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability," informs www.bis.org.
- Different `Reserves' And Deepwater Economics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 01, 2005)
Till March 2003, there was no accounting literature on the oil and gas industry, notes Ernst & Young (E&Y) in a chapter included in Oil & Gas Exploration and Production in India: A Reference Book, from Infraline (www.infraline.com), . . .
- Head Full Of Facts, But Where’S The Thinking? (Deccan Herald, Sheelu Rao, Dec 01, 2005)
The school curriculum needs a relook in many areas: work habits, independent learning, decision-making, critical thinking and social skills.
- What Bihar’S Done Today... (Indian Express, RAMESH VENKATARAMAN, Dec 01, 2005)
Is Indian politics becoming ‘middle class’? Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory in Bihar suggests that even in the darkest reaches of India’s heartland a profound political re-alignment may be afoot.
- Volunteers Stalk Hiv Ignorance On A Trek Around India (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Dec 01, 2005)
Activists from the AIDS Walk for Life, a 4,200-mile walk around India, perform a street play to educate people on ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2005)
Laloo Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal’s poor record in governance is a key factor in the defeat of the RJD-led alliance in the Bihar polls, a front page editorial says. “The general dissatisfaction against the style and content of governance in Bihar.
- ‘There’S No Place For Women In Corporate Mindset’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Dec 01, 2005)
Lynette Dumble is an untiring activist. Based in Melbourne, Australia, she wears too many hats to count here. A few will do. She’s been a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Department of Surgery,
- Myself, Malpani (Indian Express, V. Gangadhar, Dec 01, 2005)
Names, particularly those that sound rather unusual, had always appealed to me. In Ahmedabad, I was recently introduced to someone with the surname, ‘Chhapan’, meaning 56. I turned the pages of the local telephone directory, it had ten Chhapans.
- Centres Of Harmony (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Dec 01, 2005)
With reference to the article, "Centres of separatism" (September 30), by NS Kapur let me share a few thoughts on the subject. The writer has charged that minority institutions in the country are turning into centres of separatism.
- Gender Dimension Of Aids (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 01, 2005)
In 2003, 17 million women and 18.7 million men between the age of 15 and 49 were living with HIV/AIDS.
- Children At Risk (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 30, 2005)
Yet another accident involving schoolchildren in New Delhi is a grim reminder that little action has been taken to ensure compliance with traffic rules.
- Economist For Equitable Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Economic disparity more than double, says Deepak Nayyar
- Bombs In Two Bangladesh Cities Kill Nine (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Nine people were killed and 65 wounded by suspected suicide bombers in two Bangladesh cities on Tuesday, apparently the latest in a wave of attacks by militants fighting to turn the country into a sharia-based Islamic state.
- Gandhian Body To Train Teachers On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Coinciding with World AIDS Day, the Academy of Gandhian Studies (AGS), a Tirupati-based organisation has taken up the task of training teachers to enable them to spread the message of HIV/AIDS to the younger generation.
- Chandy Government Promoting Corruption, Says Karunakaran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Says the Government reduced to status of caretaker; did nothing for common man
- Third Aids Vaccine Trial In India To Begin In 2007 (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Nov 30, 2005)
Even as India is in the middle of trying out two vaccines against HIV/AIDS, a third one may be on its way.
- Expert Panel Suggests Setting Up Of Multi-Speciality Hospitals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
HIGH COURTROUND-UP Report to High Court recommends measures to mitigate the woes of the poor
- Forward, But In Which Direction? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
Two weeks ago, on the day that the Israeli government, under pressure from its American ally in the person of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offered the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian residents a small but significant concession in terms. . . .
- Educational Decline (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
The Federal Public Service Commission has set some kind of record this year. In the competitive examination it held in August for recruitment to BPS-17 posts,
- Far Too Many ‘Hang-Ups’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
It is a source of constant surprise to me why no sycophant has yet suggested to General Pervez Musharraf that his portrait should adorn all government offices in the country. I think one can safely bet that if someone does so the general will turn . . . .
- Should We Stay Or Leave, Nato Asks Govt (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 30, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) approached the Pakistan government on Tuesday to enquire whether they should get ready to leave early next year after completing 90 days or their services would be required further.
- 10 Killed In Bangladesh Suicide Hits (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Ten people were killed and 21 badly injured on Tuesday in what police said were Bangladesh’s first suicide bombings and the latest in a string of attacks by militants.
- The Spirit Of Service (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
Let there be no misgivings about people’s spirit of sympathy and help as witnessed in the earthquake scenario.
- Kannadigas Will Be Safe: Deshmukh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has assured his Karnataka counterpart, Dharam Singh, that his government would give full protection to Kannadigas in his state, DHNS reports from Mumbai.
- `Check Spread Of Hiv Infection Among General Population' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Phase III of AIDS control programme to begin in June
Need to address issue of HIV infection within families
District machinery to be strengthened to meet HIV challenges
Focus on school dropouts and injectible drug users
- Divide And Lose (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 30, 2005)
While sections within two of India’s most ideologically driven and, as a result, sectarian parties — the BJP and the CPM — have recently woken up to the perils of their divisive politics, a third, the RJD of Mr Lalu Yadav, has been taught the . . .
- Should The Education Bill Be Scrapped? (Business Standard, Partha J Shah, Nov 30, 2005)
The Bill is well-intentioned, but it may stifle the development of private schools and add to the bureaucracy
- Reinventing Post Office (Tribune, L.K. Puri, Nov 30, 2005)
AN attempt has been made during the last few years to market new products and services by the post office and use the network for money transfer, mutual funds, sale of non-judicial stamps and stamp papers, distribution of social security benefits to . . .
- No Substantive Progress On Major Issues With India, Says Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Britain urging EU to ease trade restrictions on Pakistan’
* UK minister says actions can acquit madrassas of terror charges
- Golden Palanquin Arrives From India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Borders won’t ruin friendship and vice versa, says Elahi
* Amritsar-Nankana bus service to begin soon
- When Armed With The Right To Know, You Have The Right To Question The Govt (Indian Express, SHEILA DIKSHIT, Nov 30, 2005)
As a student, I had often wondered what is the true meaning of our democracy. What does democracy mean to the high-flying businessman, the trader or the daily wage earner? ....
- Government Promoting Corruption: Karunakaran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Three IAS officials have been given a free hand'
- Knowledge Society And Indian Farmer (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 30, 2005)
Merely putting a computer in a ‘village knowledge centre’ will not be of much help
- The Rich Are Getting Richer (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 30, 2005)
The gap between extraordinary wealth and desperate poverty is growing steadily wider in Tony Blair's Britain
- Timely Rule (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2005)
Many nurseries and kindergartens are badly run and hence need to be regulated
- 9 Die In Bangla Twin Suicide Attacks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
At least nine people, including two policemen and an equal number of lawyers, were killed and over 50 others injured on Tuesday in two separate bomb blasts in Bangladesh, described by police as the first ever suicide attacks in the country . . .
- Kalam To Interact With Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Focus on role of business leaders, of ethics and integrity in business
- Shivraj Chauhan Sworn In Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Vajpayee, Advani say his will be a stable government
The new Chief Minister promises transparency in governance
Special message to officials to cooperate with elected representatives
- Globalising The Indian Village (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Nov 30, 2005)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a lawyer by profession. But the economic model that he offered still has the potential to address rural woes. Gandhiji wanted people to lead a healthy, simple and contented life close to nature and preserve their . . .
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